[2001-01-07-ECW-Guilty as Charged] Danny Doring & Roadkill vs E.Z. Money & Julio Dinero

[GSR]

ECW tag team title match.  Danny Doring threatens to kick Elektra’s ass which goes down well with the fans at the Hammerstein Ballroom.  Magistral cradle by Dinero for an early two count.  Modified T-Bone/Ferris Wheel suplex.  E.Z. lands on his feet after being flipped backwards, however as he starts swivelling his hips, doesn’t realise Roadkill is in the ring behind him.   Roadkill plants him to the mat and then drops an elbow from the middle.  ‘Lancaster Lariat of Lust’.  Dinero is in, but he gets caught and powerslammed hard, right into perfect position for the ‘Panty Drop’ elbow.  The champions whip Money into his partner, and as Doring slingshots Roadkill towards them they both duck out the way and the big man goes sailing out over the turnbuckles to the floor.  High pescado by Dinero.  ‘G-Spot sweep’ on Money.  As E.Z. crawls around on the canvas Doring goes to leap off his back (at least they’re not using the referee for that spot), however he comes up short on the dive, barely grazing Roadkill and Dinero.  Roadkill gets nailed by a Hamrick side kick when he grabs Elektra and ends up in the front row.  Doring whips E.Z. towards the railing, but he turns that into a ‘Money Clip’ over the barricades to Roadkill.  Great spot.  Back inside the official is distracted by Money and misses seeing the Hamrick springboard DDT on Doring. ‘E.Z. bomb’, which is a terrible name for the ‘Crash Landing’ release suplex.  The challengers continue to isolate the ‘Dastardly One’ until he catches Dinero with ‘Wham, Bam, Thank You Mam’ and then counters the ‘Money Clip’ with ‘the Bareback’.  Hot tag to Roadkill who runs wild in there, including making Money regret wearing that thong prior to the ‘Amish bomb’.  Double springboard clothesline.  Elektra is up on the apron and her distraction allows Dinero to connect with the ‘Jalapeno Popper’.  Moonsault by Money.  E.Z. snatches Roadkill but he’s able to free himself from his grasp and Hamrick takes out his own man with the springboard clothesline.  Dinero with a bodyscissors but Roadkill holds him in position and Doring comes off the top with the ‘Buggy Bang’ as the champions retain.  Hot Commodity jump them after the bell and our footage ends as Nova appears to be coming out for the save, which in typical ECW style segues into the next match. No doubt ‘impromptu’ !

The more I see of them the more I realise what a strong undercard trio Hot Commodity are.  Dinero still has moments where he looks indy but Money is fantastic.  It takes some sort of brave chap too to wear those translucent tights with a black thong!  The champions didn’t seem as over as what they were towards the end of last although the crowd are clearly into Roadkill.  Doring wasn’t great mind, blowing that dive to the floor, throwing some bad looking punches and being nothing more than a series of ridiculously named moves.  He’s always had them but I don’t remember him being so one dimensional last year.

[soup23]

I realize that stating that Roadkill hot tags are probably the thing I will miss most about ECW going away is an indictment on the product overall and why they are going under, but dammit it is true. This certainly had some indie shit with Doring looking worse than usual and blowing a dive and Dinero missing the Jalapeno Popper by a mile. The crowd was also easy to get on the wrestlers tonight with loud YOU FUCKED UP chants. Still, Money was pretty damn good here as obnoxious but flashy and damn good when he needed to be and Roadkill nailed the final moments with an excellent hot tag. Overall, a fun tag match that isn’t exactly executed flawlessly but feels like a match you can shut your mind off to. *** (5.8)

[AstroBoy]

This came together nicely after a somewhat meandering route to get to the heat and they committed to having Doring fight his way through some peril to set up Roadkill cleaning house.  Dinero isn't much at all but things mostly clicked here, champs got to hit their trademark stuff, and score a nice win.