Tajiri's mouth is taped up from getting barbed wire shoved down his throat by Taz so Guido smacks him in the mouth and then opens up with matwork. Tajiri breaks it up with a nice kick while laying down. Guido keeps going to the arm every chance he can, including a really great looking Fujiwara counter spot. Guido keeps slapping his ears and he ties Tajiri in the tree of woe. Guido goes for sliding dropkick but crotches himself and Tajiri looks to take over but takes a Tomikaze. Corino pulls Guido out of the ring and gets sprayed in the eyes with something by Corino. I thought this was going to be the finish, but they go back and fourth then Tajiri starts throwing vicious shots to Guido's leg which he sells by just plummeting when Tajiri tries to shoot him into the ropes. Tajiri ends up locking in a Texas Cloverleaf for the submission. Good match, very different from their other stuff. This is pretty much the best series in ECW history.

Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Little Guido (7/31/99)

 

This was yet another helluva match in their series but this one has a different touch as Corino gets involved and his heelness helps Tajiri get the advantage that would eventually lead to his victory. Another solid nomination from these two.

Tajiri vs. Little Guido (ECW TV 8/6/99)

- Tajiri has a face cast here. After Sal injures Tajiri early on, this is a Guido showcase but I like Guido’s offense so I can appreciate it. They also get the Face cast off so Guido attacks the face! He tries a tree of woe dropkick ot the face but Tajiri escapes and attacks Guido. When Guido drops him with the Unprettier, it feels OVER. Tajiri gets saes with Guido being pulled outside but I love how the face cast adds another dimension to the match. Damn, later on, Guido blocks a Tajirir move and again drops him on the face. Awesome. Tajiri turns the tide and he tears Guido apart. The silliness at the end sucked but the match was high up there as a favorite from the series. Solid Nomination.