[1995-07-23-WWF-In Your House II] 1-2-3 Kid vs The Roadie

[PeteF3]

This had something of a rep and it's probably the best non-gimmick singles bout of Brian Armstrong's career. It's not great or anything much more than a solid TV-level bout, but he's able to keep up with the Kid on the faster sequences and he tones down the dancing between moves from where he had been in the summer. Kid is working at around 50% due to his neck injury but still knows how to put together a strong match. Roadie wins with a second-rope piledriver, which is effective considering Kid came in with a neck injury but probably should have been sold with a stretcher job rather than just a three-count.

[cactus]

Double J & Roadie injured Kid's neck, so Kid rushes Roadie as he is making his way to the ring. This was a good opener with a lot of energy. Kid hits a lot of cool kicks on Roadie before he cuts him off with a powerslam. Roadie is still clearly green as he looks lost when he's on top, but Kid does a good job carrying this. They cut to Double J in the back and he's not paying attention to the match as he's more preoccupied with his concert later on during the show, We get an incredible finish here, with Roadie landing a piledriver from the top rope! Although it's not quite on the level of Bret/Hakushi from the last In Your House, this is still an enjoyable opener that showed off what a workhorse 123 Kid was for the WWF in 1995. ★★★

[xlynwoodx]

I feel like this was intended to be a hot opening match but Road Dogg seemed a step behind throughout.  Still, how many matches has he had better than this?  Crowd was pretty hot for Waltman, he was flying all around the place.  There wasn't much of a climax at the finish, the Roadie cut off 123 as he climbed the ropes and hit a rough looking piledriver off the second rope.  The Kid was a lumberjack in the main event later on, that move should have been sold like death.