[2000-09-09-FWA] Low Ki & Don Montoya vs Monsta Mack & Mace Mendoza (Tables & Ladders)

[soup23]

Besides the initial commentary on Mace's entrance, this was presented well as getting over Mace as a competent worker who belonged in this match and proved something to the naysayers. Besides that, it was a fun garbage brawl that looked dated at points in current day but still had enough big spots and action to remain entertaining in an evergreen environment. Low Ki's senton to the floor was nuts and the finishing Ki Krusher to Mace looked brutal and nearly botched. FWA continues to have good production values. *** (6)

[AstroBoy]

Not a real story to speak of as they brawl before getting to some dives and spots. Don Montoya was horrendously bad in this. He had an absolutely awful "roaring elbow" which the announcer likens to the roaring elbow of Masato Tanaka. His dive was also horrendous and he took a super timid and awkward bump getting slammed onto the ladder by Mack. I loved Monsta Mack's meaty clothesline from Compton. Low Ki is insane for that senton to the floor. The finishing Ki Krusher looked like it could have killed both guys. Fun spotfest.

 

**1/2

[Migs]

Lost my comments on this to a browser era, but want to point out how nuts it is that Mack doesn't bother to let Mace get out of the way of the powerbomb through the table. Just a wild moment.

[GSR]

Mafia was supposedly arrested on the way to the arena so Drew Lozario has found Mack a replacement in the form of Mace Mendoza.  I dread to think what kind of abuse Mendoza is getting from these fans.  Mack and Mendoza head to the back of the building and jump Ki and Montoya as they make their entrance.  Lozario is also involving himself, helping out Mendoza against Montoya as everything is legal in this match.  Ki brings Mack to his knees following a couple of kicks to the head, while over on the other side, Montoya whips Mace into the ringside chairs.  They make their way around to the merchandise table where Montoya chokes him with a T-shirt.  Ki lands on his feet after a backdrop and levels Mack with a Koppu kick.  Handspring forearm smash.  Double clothesline by Montoya to Mendoza and Lozario as all four men are in the ring.  Ki lifts Mace up as if he’s going for the ‘Ki Krusher’ but instead rushes him into the turnbuckles.  Mack throws Ki to the outside and lands a tope, although it’s more like a ‘slow-pe’ from the big man, Lozario helping to break his fall.  Everyone then hits dives of varying degrees (Montoya’s middle rope plancha looking like garbage), finishing with a Ki flip dive from the top rung of a giant ladder which was set up in the ring.  I was having flashbacks to that CZW match so thankfully nothing went wrong this time!  A dodgy looking ‘roaring elbow’ by Montoya that the commentator has the gall to liken to one Masato Tanaka would throw.  Mack with a low blow and as Montoya collapses in the corner, he positions a ladder into his groin and then bashes it with a chair.  Mendoza hits an exploder after escaping the ‘Ki Krusher’ and Mack gives Montoya a spinebuster onto the ladder.  ‘Bottoms Up’ elbow by Mace and Ki has recovered to break up the pin just in time.  Huge powerbomb on Ki.  Montoya wedges a ladder over the heads of the opposition and runs it into the turnbuckles.  He lays Mack on a table and starts climbing the ladder, unaware that Mace is now up and helping Mack off it.  Mack grabs Montoya while Mendoza sets the table upright in the corner.  As he is making sure the legs are safely tucked away, here comes Mack with a running powerbomb, launching Montoya through the table and damn near killing Mendoza who is still behind it.  Holy fuck!!!  Amazingly he is not dead and is soon back helping his partner.  The finish takes a bit of setting up and they don’t quite hit it right, but Ki ends up putting Mendoza through a table with a ‘Ki Krusher ‘99’ off that giant ladder.

Some of the spots here did take a bit of setting up and weren’t the most natural, but this was a fun, garbage style spot fest.  Mace Mendoza held his own as an equal in there and I was pleasantly surprised that they didn’t resort to the easy option of ‘the gay’ getting destroyed the whole match.  Admittedly he got destroyed when Mack launched Montoya through the table but that’s a different matter altogether!  Enjoyable stuff with a couple of truly memorable moments in there.