[1999-07-03-ECW-TV] Little Guido vs Yoshihiro Taijiri vs Super Crazy

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Very good match. This avoided the usual three-way pitfalls of having a guy who has to sell for unusually long periods of time while the other two go at it. They found creative ways around that. I also like that ECW 3-ways are elimination rules, because that makes far more sense to me than just one decision taking the match. Little Guido submits Super Crazy in the first decision, which I liked because I actually think Guido was Taijiri's best ECW opponent based on what I've seen so far, even though Super Crazy was his most known rival. Nothing that will change the world, but I liked that they took a match type I usually don't enjoy and made it work.

[tim]

I love all this Guido/Crazy/Tajiri stuff. Really feels like a style you're not gonna see anywhere else which is nice. The emphasis is always on the work, and the work is great, but they work in enough rule breaking stuff to still give it a very distinct ECW feel without letting that stuff take over the match. I like how they were able to get all three guys consistently involved in the action without recourse to contrived three-person spots. The crow is super into this and it's quite a performance for a house show.

[Tim Evans]

I think this was the debut of the new look Taijiri on the set.\? Decent house show match with crowd pleasing spots. Loved Big sal getting involved and putting Super crazy through the table. Fun match.

[soup23]

I really enjoyed this with crowd pleasing spots, not falling into usual tropes, and mixing in some nice wrestling. Sal continues to be a good hype man for Guido and his sequence with Tajiri at the end was the highlight for me. ***1/4

[PeteF3]

Good stuff--maybe not preferable to 1-on-1 matches between these guys, but a good fun 3-way with good execution all around that doesn't overstay its welcome.