Posted June 25, 200916 yr comment_5441162 Hiro Saito vs. The Cobra - (WWF Junior Title) - Damn, Cobra opening up with some fire. I really expected this to open up with Saito abusing Cobra with Cobra getting in some hope spots. Instead, Cobra is choking Saito with a rope, put him in a tree of woe that kind of fell apart and ramming him in the guard rail. I’ll have to read TV results but was there some incident or feud that actually gave the Cobra some personality? Shit, Cobra is killing my good vibe by applying the nerve hold. Thankfully Saito lifts him from a squat position and tosses him. Doesn’t last long as Cobra is in complete control. Shit, he tried to get him in a piledriver but Saito blocks it so he gives an early version of the Pedigree. This match is just a blast to watch with Cobra KILLING Saito but Saito nearly escaping. The end run is enjoyable but a little too random but still cool to see Saito grimacing in pain and refusing to quit. Oh shit, great enziguiri! Well, I heartily endorse the nomination even with the cobra losing. NJ Classics 198
July 2, 200916 yr comment_5441405 Man I thought this was a total mess, multiple moments of ugly execution and straight up blown spots. How about Cobra eating a nasty knees first piledriver, getting up two seconds later and going back on offense without selling. Significanltly worse then every match on the XCW midwest show Tomk and I just watched, big time no from me.
July 17, 200916 yr comment_5442050 Here's another match where I fall in the middle. I appreciated the animosity portrayed, and there were some nasty individual moves, including Saito's piledriver thingy and Cobra's enzuigiri. But the haphazardness and lack of selling were problematic. I liked it better than some matches that have been nominated, but it's nowhere near as good as the 150th best match from the decade, so I'll vote no.
