[1997-11-23-WCW-Worldwide] Dean Malenko vs Norman Smiley

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Really fun B-show match. Five minutes of superb matwork.

[Kevin Ridge]

Good stuff from both guys. I've really only seen Smiley in WCW during his Hardcore title period. Would like to see him against a Regal.

[soup23]

Norman took a lot of this match and looked good. The finish was abrupt but the 7 minutes of action leading up to that were a treat. The announcing is really dreadful with them barely focusing on the action at all. Good B- style match.

[PeteF3]

No real build to the Texas Cloverleaf, but the holds and counterholds were pretty amazing. This seems to be Smiley's debut (not counting the Pat O'Connor tag tournament).