[2001-01-15-WCW-Nitro] Billy Kidman & Rey Mysterio Jr vs Shannon Moore & Shane Helms

[GSR]

Shannon accidentally clotheslines Shane right at the onset and Kidman, who hadn’t even stepped into the ring at that point makes his entrance with a slingshot legdrop.  Double team sit-out chokeslam on Shannon.  Helms counters the Kidman powerbomb by taking him over the top rope to the floor.  Combination neckbreaker/powerbomb by 3 Count on Rey.  Kidman with a flying headscissors back into the ring.  Baseball slide dropkick to a seated Shane’s groin, Rey coming between Shannon’s legs as he was stood in front of his partner.  Bronco buster.  Shannon hot shots Kidman on the top rope and he falls to the arena floor.  A Moore flip dive, a Rey corkscrew senton and finally a Shane froggy crossbody to finish the dive train.  Rey backdrops Shannon from the apron over the ringpost.  Kidman crotches Shane upstairs and hits a top rope Frankensteiner for a near fall.  Shane ducks under the clothesline and flattens him with the ‘Sugar Smack’ (which I called something else last night).  Rey saves his partner from the ‘Vertebreaker’ which Kidman reverses into the ‘Kid Crusher’ for the 1-2-3.  “Amazing!” says Tony Schiavone.  Team Canada jump ‘the Animals’ post-match until security are out to separate the teams.  Lance Storm isn’t done, challenging Kidman to a hair vs hair match against Mike Awesome for later in the show.

A non-stop spot fest from the moment the Filthy Animals slid into the ring.  The wrong person did the job for their team though.

[soup23]

Man this goes around four minutes but was a blast. Both teams meshed well together and this feels like a series that could have really elevated Helms and Moore. I continue to be impressed with devil horns Rey as his gimmick is annoying but the work is certainly there. Only complaint is that I wish this was longer. **3/4