[2001-02-17-TCW-Winchester, TN] Super Crazy vs Yoshihiro Tajiri

[Migs]

This is billed as their final match against each other in the US, and it appears it might have been, as cagematch has no record of any others (they wouldn't meet again in the US until One Night Stand, and even that was a three way with Guido). They'd wrestle again in Mexico a few weeks later, though.

 

First we've seen of Dusty's indy and it looks like a pretty big crowd by 2001 indy standards.

 

This is good. They keep things relatively basic, but the match is well worked and moves nicely. Still, not much to recommend this unless you're a completist on their series (which it seems like I might be now). If you're looking to check out one of their US indy matches, this is well above the CZW one.

 

 

[GSR]

So much for that CZW match a week ago being the last one between these two then!  Another encounter billed as ‘their final match ever’, this time with the additional caveat of ‘in the United States’.  The now obligatory mist blow from Tajiri after the initial lock up.  This is an RF Fancam version and Crazy is once more talking to whoever is filming this, so let’s hope that’s not an indicator that we’re going to get something on a par with what they did in Pine Bluff.  Crazy gets the better of a shoulder tackle, but Tajiri then blocks the hip toss and kicks him in the side of the head.  An arm wringer with authority that sends Crazy shooting out of the ring and into the first row of the crowd.  He reverses the Irish whip and a nice delayed tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.  Satellite headscissors by Tajiri before the two trade arm drags and we have a ‘respect’ stand-off.  Tajiri offers Crazy his hand and, despite warnings from the fans, he accepts.  He should’ve listened to them as Tajiri immediately double crosses him with a couple of kicks to the thigh.  Crazy floats over on the attempted brainbuster, takes Tajiri down and applies a surfboard.  That becomes a rolling surfboard and when he’s done rolling, transitions to a ‘Dragon sleeper’.  Punch to the bread basket followed by a head butt.  Whip to the corner is reversed, but Crazy with the tip up over the inrushing Tajiri, hooking his legs under his armpits and catching him with a lovely sunset flip in the process.  Superkick by Tajiri which buys him a bit of time to recover.  He tosses Crazy to the floor and they do their sequence where Crazy pulls Tajiri out after him, quickly hops back inside but crashes and burns on the pescado.  Tajiri slams Crazy into a steel chair and then launches him into the ring post.  Camel clutch with Tajiri once more playing a tune on Crazy’s head.  Great roll through off the huracanrana as Tajiri barely kicks out in time.  ‘Ten punch in the corner’ spot, although the good folk of Winchester, TN are not quite as versed in their Spanish as the ECW fans are!  Headbutt to the balls by Tajiri and he’s mocking his opponent’s obvious discomfort.  A stiff sounding kick to the head fells Crazy like a logged tree.  Tajiri is on at the referee to count him out and when he doesn’t, a baseball slide dropkick right between the legs.  He drags Crazy to his knees, a pair of kicks to the side of the head, basement dropkick to the forehead and Tajiri comes out on top in this apparent ‘final ever meeting’ between the two long term rivals.

Whilst nowhere near the level of their best stuff, this was a far more fitting ‘final chapter’ than that lacklustre showing in CZW.  You know the score by now when it comes to these two, and if you’re only going to watch the one match between them this year, make sure it’s this one.