[2000-09-23-ECWA] Mark & Jay Briscoe vs Mozart Fontaine & Eddie Valentine

[soup23]

The Briscoes brought their entire high school with them to cheer them on. It is amazing they were 15 and 16 at the time of this match. Their offense was spotty but on point and the raucous crowd cheering them on really added to the atmosphere. The heel team featuring future VD member Eddie Valentine was competent when they went on top and the Briscoes played that role accordingly. Big win for them after the hot tag and the crowd was rocking. Impressive debut for them in the 2000’s. Afterwards, they get attacked by the Haas brothers who accept their challenge for a match next month. ***1/4 (6.3)

[AstroBoy]

Way better than it had any right to be considering the age of the Briscoes. A lot of the flash and offense is deliberate but pulled off cleanly and you get two veteran guys making Jay and Mark look like a million bucks in front of a crazy crowd. This really was a showcase for all kinds of fancy offense from Jay and Mark.

 

Good old school heel tag team work by the veterans which leads to a good hot tag by Jay and a win for the Briscoes.

 

***1/2

[GSR]

It’s like the Rock & Roll Express in their pomp with all these girls screaming for the Briscoe brothers.  I don’t recognise Valentine and Fontaine’s manager, but he’s clearly been taking fashion tips from Cornette by the look of things!  Mark lands on his feet from a German suplex, whips Valentine into the corner, runs up his chest, flips backwards and gets a two count with a victory roll.  Quesadora into a sunset flip as they run through some pinfall attempts and counters.  Fast Eddie offers Mark his hand and the youngster shows his inexperience by accepting, getting forearmed across the chops for doing so.  He ducks the double clothesline and connects on a double Asai moonsault.  Tag to Jay, stereo inverted atomic drops and both men end up on the outside.  Somersault senton over the top rope to the floor by Jay and Mark with a twisting Orihara moonsault out onto everyone.  Double dropkick followed by a double standing moonsault, however the ref is otherwise engaged and slow to start on his count.  Combination side suplex/middle rope legdrop and this time Fast Eddie is in to make the save.  The Briscoe’s telegraph the double back drop and Mozart with a DDT to Jay while Valentine launches Mark with a belly to back.  Awesome spinning backbreaker on Mark as the heels look to isolate and target him.  They continue to use their experience to their advantage, cutting off the ring, making false tags and double teaming behind the official’s back.  Mark blocks a second backbreaker and counters with a cutter, although Fontaine is in before he can make the tag.  He sits Mark on the top turnbuckle, however from there he fights back, hits a ‘Diamond Dust’ and makes the hot tag as these girls go loopy!  Jay runs rough shot over both, soon re-joined by his brother who has quickly regained a second wind.  Mozart dumps Mark ‘snake eyes’ style and then goes over to help Eddie who is struggling against Jay.  As they go for a stuff piledriver on him, Mark shakes the ropes causing Fontaine to lose his balance.  Jay with a low blow to Valentine, combination flatliner/top rope bulldog and the Briscoes get the win, much to the delight of their screaming fans.  Post-match they are jumped by the Haas brothers, duped into thinking they are coming out from the front by Kevin Kelly when in fact they attack them from behind.  Yes, banana split/flying elbow to the groin!  From here this pretty much segues into the next match.

A pretty spectacular showcase for the Briscoe’s in our first look at them in the project and crazy to realise that they’re just 15 and 16 here.  Fontaine and Valentine are perfectly fine as the veterans leading them through this, everything solid but nothing to take the shine away from the brothers.  The heat section on Mark was maybe a tad too long for my liking although where did that crowd come from?  The reactions and response to the Briscoe’s was bonkers!