Posted December 9, 201014 yr comment_5460037 Holy shit the pre-match is great as the whole FBI is out including Rich, Big Guido, and Sal E. Rich gets them fired up and then Smothers adds fuel to the fire on the mic. Tajiri is mocking Rich for having round eyes which is hilariously awesome and Guido is screaming at the crowd. Guido starts to do the Smothers hand clap to warm the crowd gimmick and Tajiri stops it by leaning over and slapping the canvas. Opening mat exchange was fun. Tajiri gets slapped to shit which he sells great. He comes back with some kicks including a springboard enziguri and is still selling the slap. Hell he is selling the slap even after the next exchange. Guido bails to the floor and crowd starts chanting faggot so Smothers rips off his shirt in anger and then starts simulating double fisting cocks. Guido gets in the ring and starts screaming at Tajiri. Tajiri just looks at him so Guido starts screaming at him in obviously fake Japanese gibberish was is great. Smothers trips Tajiri coming off the ropes but Guido misses an elbow drop and Tajiri ends up hitting a tope con hilo onto both of them for a huge pop. They do an elaborate sequence that ends with Tajiri hitting a dropkick to the leg and then a knee bar. Smothers runs in and they start double teaming Tajiri which brings out Nova. God damn does Nova's early offense suck. They recover pretty quick due to the bumping of the FBI as they take everything really well. Ends up being Tajiri and Guido alone again and Tajiri kills him with a brainbuster. This had to be one of Tajiri's first matches in ECW which may be why they paired him off with Nova here on the impromptu tag. As much as I don't like that "run-in and change match from singles to tag" staple of ECW, I do love the FBI and I do love Tajiri and this is a unique look at both so I will pass this through on the low end even though I think this is likely to miss the set or maybe wind up as an EXTRA.
December 9, 201014 yr comment_5460118 FBI vs. Tajiri & Super Nova (12/27/98) - Tajiri and Guido were having a perfectly good match before the tag match begun so that can only be a plus. I loved Tajiri’s focus on the leg. Sadly, the tag match was over before it had started to warm up. If the tag match would have gone a few minutes longer, I could see making way for this match. As it stands, no vote.
February 16, 201114 yr comment_5464667 Super Nova & Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido & Tracy Smothers) (12/27/98) Yeah the FBI is in full fucking force here and it's too bad JT Smith wasn't around to make it the elite FBI. The match was fun while it lasted but criminally short and may best be served as an extra because it needs to be seen on the set because of all the schtick going on.
