[2000-08-06-ECW-Hardcore TV] Christian York & Joey Matthews vs Simon Diamond & Johnny Swinger

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York/Matthews get a straight spotfest showcase in ECW and the match is pretty fun overall if brief. Swinger continues to be someone I really shouldn’t like based on his look and how unsmooth he can be, but him and Diamond continue to be a good tag team with enough double team moves to make themselves memorable. Matthews is the FIP here and does a good job until York is tagged in for the hot tag. They run through some of their offense and look for the finish when CW Anderson runs in and hits the spinebuster and big punch combo leaving York to be hit with the Problem Solver for the heel victory. **

[GSR]

Hot opening as York spikes Simon with a tornado DDT while at the same time Matthews catches Swinger with a flying headscissors.  That sends Swinger to the outside where he is soon joined by Simon courtesy of a double clothesline.  Stereo suicide dives and although it looks like Matthews hits his head on the guard rail he quickly shakes that off.  Back inside, he holds onto the ropes to avoid a Simon dropkick but is levelled by a Swinger clothesline from the apron.  Matthews kicks out after the ‘Swing Thing’ (a cobra clutch Russian leg sweep) and a double flatliner gets the heel duo another two.  As Simon complains to the official about the count, Matthews schoolboys him for a near fall.  Simon counters the huracanrana with a modified sit out powerbomb before spitting in Christian York’s face.  York shows his inexperience reacting to that, and while the official is dealing with him, it allows Simon & Swinger to double team behind his back.  Matthews ducks the double clothesline, lands a double DDT and makes the tag.  Cool double hip toss into a double powerbomb on Swinger.  Lots of doubles here!  Not sure what York & Matthews are planning, and we never find out, for as Simon distracts the ref, C.W. Anderson rushes into the ring and gives Matthews a spinebuster and drills York with a left.  The heels hit their ‘Problem Solver’ finisher and this one’s over.

Not sure what to make of Simon & Swinger after this.  I enjoyed the PPV six-man involving them immensely, but this was just ‘meh’ for me after the opening.