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[2000-05-26-TWA-San Antonio, TX] American Dragon & Spanky vs D-Lo Brown & Essa Rios


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This match should have put away any doubts of Spanky/Dragon being able to hang with established WWF names. D-Lo is presented as a touring star for the match and they perfect that role against him bumping huge for all his signature stuff. With Chulo, both Spanky and Dragon show lucha tendencies. These guys were close to ready to debuting IMO as a tag team on the big stage. It is amazing that they weren’t kept under WWF contract. Lita helps with some interference which is weird given the heel/face structure of the match and D-Lo is able to pick up the win. Spanky and Dragon brawl with each other to the back. ***

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  • 4 months later...

Man D-Lo was over like a rover here. So was Lita for that matter. Weird seeing Spanky/Dragon team up as they were just feuding during the Cade match.This was fun thanks to the crowd and D-Lo working well with the texas guys. The Finish is weird with the camera missing I guess Lita tossing Spanky onto Dragon. They break up afterwards but would become a great team a few months later.

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Another RF house show taping. Strange to see Spanky and Dragon together again, although by their mannerisms it looks like they’re doing the reluctant partners gimmick. Lita is seconding the WWF team and Spanky hands her some flowers pre-match which she just tosses into the crowd. Classy “show us your puppies” chant aimed at her, and you can clearly make out a few young voices in there. Dragon with a drop toe hold on Rios and the two have some nice exchanges and reversals worked around a wristlock. Picture perfect dropkick and he tags in Spanky. Essa reverses the Irish whip, tilt-a-whirl backbreaker attempt, but Spanky counters with a Lucha style arm drag. Cartwheel into a wheelbarrow arm drag, although that’s not the smoothest. He looks for it again, but this time Rios just dumps him to the canvas and drops the leg for a two count. D-Lo decks Spanky with a couple of rights and has him set for a powerbomb, when Dragon springboard dropkicks Spanky in the back sending him crashing down on top of D-Lo. Double hip toss followed by a double dropkick from the TWA boys. Essa tries to help his partner, but Danielson takes him out with a spinning heel kick. That slight distraction was enough though as D-Lo levels Dragon with a dropkick. Modified sit out powerbomb, although there is no-one home for the frog splash. A miscommunication sees D-Lo ‘Stinger splash’ his own partner, and Spanky and Dragon with a pair of springboard dropkicks, followed by stereo punches in the corner. Tornado DDT by Spanky as he and Dragon then climb adjacent turnbuckles. Danielson with the flying elbow, but Lita is up on the apron and saying something to Spanky. As Dragon covers D-Lo, the count is broken up by a Spanky top rope splash. D-Lo then rolls over to cover Danielson for the win, as he and Spanky then fight each other all the way to the back.

 

Seeing the two of them together, you can clearly see that Dragon has now surpassed Spanky. He’s much more crisper in everything he does, whereas Spanky still has a tendency to look rough and ragged at times (such as when he was working those Lucha spots with Essa Rios). Interesting to see them both against WWF names (and not looking out of place one iota), and D-Lo especially was over huge with the San Antonio crowd. Talking of which, the reaction she got here is an indicator that Lita would have a bright future ahead of her. The finish was a tad unclear as RF was filming the pin, so you don’t know whether Essa shoved Spanky off the top on to Dragon, or whether he did it himself trying to impress Lita.

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I thought that American Dragon still looked a little rough here (especially when he went for what appeared to be a spinning wheel kick), but has made a bit of progress since the beginning of the year. The crowd was very into this thanks to D-Lo. The WWF guys take the majority of the match, but allow Dragon and Spanky to get a fair amount in. The finish seemed well put together (except for the camera work) as it looked like the TWA guys could have pulled out the victory if it wasn't for their miscommunication/outside interference.

 

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