[2001-02-21-WCW-Nitro] A.J. Styles & Air Paris vs Alex Wright & Disqo

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Mike Tenay is still raving about the Shooting Styles Press from last week and how it’s been the talk of the town ever since.  A glorious European uppercut by Alex to Air.  Combination inverted atomic drop/spinning heel kick.  A.J.’s in but doesn’t fair much better, also on the receiving end of the Wright uppercut.  Disqo with a Russian legsweep.  He starts dancing and Styles is able to crawl between his legs to make the tag.  Paris does stagger Disqo but then goes knee first into the top turnbuckle as he avoids his charge.  The Boogie Knights target that leg briefly before moving onto the lower back.  Wright gets crotched upstairs, however as Paris sets for a superplex, Disqo, after nailing Styles on the apron first, gets underneath him and has him on his shoulders in the Electric Chair.  Missile dropkick.  Styles pulls his partner out the way of a corner splash only to immediately walk into a scoop slam when he’s tagged in.  Disqo misses a double axe handle off the middle and A.J. with a DDT for a near fall.  Atomic drop/high knee combination, this time Alex in to break up the cover.  As Disqo takes some respite on the floor Alex is over wondering what he’s doing.  Jeez, what looks like a springboard double dropkick to the floor by Styles!  The Irish whip on the concrete is reversed, A.J. crashing into the barricade, while at the same time Paris wipes out Wright with a crossbody off the top.  Back inside Disqo celebrates after landing a reverse DDT dropped into a backbreaker on Air, not realising Styles is up, perched on the top turnbuckle waiting.  When he turns around he’s caught with a high crossbody, the Wildside boys picking up their first televised win in WCW.  Post-match the Boogie Knights have words, Wright not impressed one bit by Disqo who seemed more interested in dancing than getting the job done.

It boggles my mind that when WCW closed Alex Wright pretty much never wrestled again, what a wasted talent.  A veterans vs rookies story, the rookies picking up the win to take into the Cruiserweight tag team tournament.  It had to be really, you can’t have them going into a tournament on the back of two straight losses in their two televised bouts.  Thought Paris looked a lot more greener this week than he did last.