Man, Hammer’s selling is so shit- just sorta contorts his body and holds his arms against his chest with his wrists splayed out like “OOOOH! AHHHH!”. ![]() He takes his time and puts his head down early on a body drop, taking some shots but landing on Hammer on a bodyslam attempt. Hammer throws boots to start, but Reese reverses a whip and clotheslines him, then drops him from a backdrop suplex. Hammer’s in flared dark jeans and a very “1990s male stripper” look of bleach-blond hair and a dark goatee, while Reese is in the usual “t-shirt/jorts/flannel shirt around the waist” look. Hammer is thus a babyface hero, though you wouldn’t know it as the crowd completely shits all over him here. At this point, Reese had an issue as Hammer, a Flock member, had aided Juventud Guerrera against the Flock at the Great American Bash, netting Juvi a win despite Reese totally dominating him all match. * Yes, it’s some “Flock EXPLODES” for you tonight, as one of WCW’s worst roid-monkeys takes on the Flock’s massive Reese! Hammer had been floundering for literally years by this point, as WCW was unwilling to cut him loose even though he had no talent whatsoever. When you’re 7 feet tall but share a company with the 7-footer they actually WANT to push. Rating: 1/2* (basic average squash with some ugly bits and some flashy stuff from Rios) Also Joe takes that huge dive to the floor and just pops up and hits a taunt for a powerbomb, lol- way to be a jobber, dude! Though there was some ugliness here- Rios was clearly having difficulty figuring out how to turn that powerbomb to a DDT. ![]() This is every Metal/Jakked match you’ve ever seen- the star hits some basic stuff, the jobber is given a minute or so of token offense (they were kinder to the jobbers in the 2000s than they were in the ’90s, probably because these guys were actually serious indie wrestlers more often than not), and then the star hits a comeback and does their stuff to win. He brings Joe in for a legdrop and some punches (?) for a two-count, but Joe quickly pops up and goes for a powerbomb- Rios gets an ugly-ass counter to a DDT, and a super-pretty Moonsault gets the pin at (3:14). A terrible running stomp sets up the comeback as Rios hits the tilt-a-whirl headscissors and Joe bails to the floor to get in position for Essa’s over-the-corner Tope Con Hilo, his one crowd-pleasing spot. He throws a chop but gets pulled into the corner and Joe hits an overhead belly-to-belly and snap suplex to dead silence. Rios does a couple acrobatic flips out of basic moves and powerslams Joe for two. Rios is in black & blue tights while Joe looks like he’s just come from a Linkin Park concert. ![]() but looks barely larger than Rios at all, and I think they’re the same height (their billed heights are four inches apart, of course). Joe hilariously has curly bleach-blond hair and is only a little doughy (but wearing the ECW t-shirt of shame), while Rios has given his last fuck and just has this “YUP- workin’ the D-shows…” look to him as he comes out post-turning on Lita and has nothing going on. Going-nowhere forgotten WWF acts taking on fuckin’ legends like Samoa Joe back when they were just starting out as jobbers. It seriously has to be heard to be believed- this goes way beyond even Monsoon & JR’s biggest digs and has to be based off of reality.įinally, it’s late-stage WCW with CHRIS HARRIS turning up as a job guy, teaming up with Mike Rapada against the super-rookie squadron of Mark Jindrak & Sean O’Haire! Then it’s a fascinating match as Dean Malenko takes on “Just Joe”, indie dweeb Joe E Legend with a “shit-disturber” gimmick- itself not interesting… what IS interesting is Kevin Kelly and Michael Cole doing the most vicious bury job I’ve ever heard on commentary. Reese! Then we get more of the NEW MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, with Bombastic Bob & Bodacious Bart being made to fill Shotgun Saturday Night time with the Headbangers after the WWF had given up on both teams! Then it’s over to WCW as the Flock breakup continues with a workrate paradise of Van Hammer vs. SAMOA JOE, as Joe was in fact one of many indie darlings cast as jobbers on WWF weekend TV in the early 2000s along with Bryan Danielson & Low-Ki.
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