God damnit we are getting to the point where any Tajiri match is a strong contender for the set. Tajiri slithering around the match, yelling at fans, et. is always fun, but I really loved how Dreamer kept reverting to nut based offensive attacks to the turn the tide. Seriously, Tajiri gets crotched on guardrail, takes a nasty crotch slide into the post on a missed tree of woe spot, sells his ass off from Dreamer kick to the crotch. There is a Rude v. Dustin match that works with a similar theme and I'm not sure Asian ethnic stereotypes lend themselves to crotch being main body part weakness to target but I still liked that Tommy was working over a body part. The big spots in this are also really awesome, with Dreamer flying backwards over a table off of a kick on the floor, Tajiri taking a huge bump into the crowd, Tajiri leaping on to a table in the crowd only to eat a nasty chairshot, et. Tajiri ends up blading in the crowd and is running around in the penalty box at the stadium knocking over fans. Dreamer bites the cut and punches it in the corner and then goes for a corner charge and gets his head kicked right off. Tajiri stands on Dreamer's head and spits on him and then runs from one corner to the other spitting on fans. Dreamer ducks a spin kick and hits a DVD but Corino pulls the ref out of the ring. Francine beats up Corino. Raven runs in and DDT's Dreamer and Tajir hits a running dropkick to him for the pin and celebrates by crawling around on the mat like a dog with two broken hind legs while cackling into the camera with blood pouring down his face. This is THE Dreamer v. Tajiri match to include and this is coming from someone who really liked the other two and hates the sort of run-in train finish we got here. I defy anyone to show me a better wrestler in 99 than Tajiri.

Tommy Dreamer vs. Tajiri (TNN 10/1/99)

- Man, this is on par with those handhelds we nominated and another case that Tajiri can do no wrong! I always looked at Dreamer a s a guy who pretty much sucked but his stock s rising on this set. Granted, you have enough matches, there are bound to be some good ones but his interaction with Corino and giving Tajirir the tarantula just works. Even the crowd brawling, whichI normally roll my yes at felt energetic and frantic with the hyped crowd. Oh shit, Dreamer gave Tajiri the BEER MIST. Oh man, Dreamer’s charge into the super kick was SICK. Yep, easy nomination.