[2000-08-18-ECW-TNN] FBI (Little Guido & Tony Mamaluke & Sal E. Graziano) vs Yoshihiro Tajiri & Mikey Whipwreck & Psicosis

[soup23]

All of FBI is in this which is cool because I like Sal on the outside and want to see him in a match proper. Joey on commentary says Psicosis and Tajiri probably wont be able to coexist since they are facing off in singles the next night. Tajiri kicks the shit out of Mamaluke and then a completely brutal combo chopping down Big Sal like a tree. Psicosis gets caught on the first pescado but Mikey piles on and everyone goes down on the outside. Tajiri gets the hot tag after Whipwreck is worked over a bit and has a fun sequence going through everyone like a buzzsaw before he mists Psicosis on accident. Psicosis then kicks Tajiri and it is ambiguous whether he meant to or not. Guido and the FBI pick up the win with the Kiss of Death. Fun match. **3/4

[AstroBoy]

Sal was used perfectly here as they got to play off his size and make Tajiri look like a stone cold killer cutting him down. Psicosis was able to shine and stand out hitting his aerial offense and Mikey is great at getting sympathy of course. FBI as a unit is always going to be solid and they all cut a good pace, made things enjoyable, and the ending is a really nice little shade of grey build into the Tajiri vs. Psicosis match.

 

**3/4

[GSR]

After being defeated by Psicosis recently on TNN, Little Guido challenged him to find a couple of partners and face him and the FBI in a six-man tag match.  His partners turn out to be the ‘Unholy Alliance’ of Yoshihiro Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck which surprises Joey Styles somewhat seeing as Psicosis is taking on Tajiri tomorrow night at the ECW Arena.  It looks like Mamaluke and Whipwreck will be the two men to kick this off, but as Sal distracts the official, Guido clubs Mikey from behind and takes Mamaluke’s place.  Styles talks about Mikey missing seeing the blind tag, although there was no such tag made.  Flying headscissors by Mikey after the tip up followed by a huracanrana.  Reverse crossbody off the middle, but Guido snatches the arm and locks on an inverted Fujiwara arm bar.  No chance of a submission just yet so he gives up on that and tags in Mamaluke.  Mikey avoids the charge and Psicosis with a spinning wheel kick off the top.  There’s a slight communication between the two before Psicosis hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.  Guido is back in, escapes the tilt-a-whirl and as he and Psicosis fight over the back slide, an open Guido is prime for Tajiri who drills him with a thrust kick to the jaw.  Sal makes his first entrance to the match and proceeds to fall over!  His whole purpose here appears to be so Tajiri can just kick the shit out of him.  After one one to the face, he rolls to the outside where his partners come around to check he’s okay.  The three of them catch Psicosis on the pescado, however and a Mikey slingshot somersault then takes everyone down.  The ‘Unholy Alliance’ double team away on Mamaluke, until he manages to counter the attempted backdrop with a DDT.  Mikey avoids Sal’s avalanche splash but not Guido’s clothesline as Sal finally stops being a hindrance to his team by dropping a big elbow.  Mikey counters Guido’s attempted backdrop with a ‘Whippersnapper’ and hot tags Tajiri.  Handspring elbow on Mamaluke and as Sal waddles in he’s caught by a Psicosis missile dropkick.  He grabs Mamaluke in a full nelson, Tajiri goes to blow the mist, but Mamaluke slips out of his grasp and it accidentally ends up hitting Psicosis instead.  Tajiri goes to town on Guido with a flurry of kicks and punches, picks him up for the brainbuster, when Psicosis kicks him in the groin.  ‘Kiss of Death and the FBI with the win.  Styles wonders if Psicosis was still blinded and didn’t know what he was doing, although it didn’t feel like that to me, and that he was getting revenge for Tajiri misting him.

Psicosis and Sal were a step (well in the case of the latter a stair case!) below the other four here.  Funny that I should say how these guys constantly change it up, then this follows the St. Petersburg fancam where there are a fair few similarities between the two matches.  Tony Mamaluke continues to be a bumping machine in this environment.  Finish puts some heat on the upcoming Arena singles match between Psicosis and Tajiri.