Posted March 7, 201312 yr comment_5538062 This was Finlay and Jones' best match together. A really heated bout for the World Mid-Heavyweight title with both guys being openly aggressive. There were a lot more strikes thrown in this match than your average WoS bout and Szakacs had real trouble on his hands with these two. One thing that Jones was really good at was playing the ill tempered baby face. Every time he paces around the ring pointing at Finlay, back chatting the referee or complaining to the timekeeper, I imagine him as some kind of turner and fitter who keeps shouting over the top of everyone at a union meeting. Finlay was an unbearable prick as well, so the dynamic here was really two assholes fighting over who the bigger prick was. The crowd fed into this and were massively pro-Jones. When he fell out of the ring, fans rushed to his aid, including one older woman who was frantically pushing him back in the ring to beat the count. I've never really liked Princess Paula era Finlay, but it worked really well here. When Finlay dropped a fall, instead of his usual kiss he got kicked to the canvas. This was a great touch for a guy who was supposed to be hard as nails and the crowd rode him for it. The finish here was also great: the crowd were whipped into a frenzy; tempers between Jones and Finlay reached a boiling point; Szakacs started dishing out public warnings left, right and centre, giving two at the same time to Jones; Finlay blindsided Jones with the mother of all cheap shots; and Szakacs DQ'ed him. The crowd rushed to the ring and Jones cut a rabid promo into the camera, lazy eye and all. Hot damn was this exciting.
