This match was tailor made for its audience, and while I can’t fault the effort of either man, it was sloppy, a tad repetitive and wasn’t for me (although I imagine me in 2000 would have lapped this up). Jeff Jones sets a table up in the ring, and after some back and forth action and with Awesome sat on the turnbuckle, he puts Spike over his shoulder, climbs to the top and comes off with an almighty Awesome Bomb through the table for the win. Acid Drop attempt inside the ring, but this time it’s Awesome who blocks it and tosses Spike over the top rope and through another table. Awesome sets up for a powerbomb from the apron through a table on the floor, but Spike blocks it and hits the Acid Drop instead. Unfortunately on landing he loses his footing on the wet concrete floor and takes a nasty looking fall himself. He tosses him over the guard rail again, nails him with a chair and comes off with an impressive springboard clothesline from inside the ring and over the rail to Spike. Spike with a rana off the top and Awesome responds with a killer looking clothesline. Spike catches his legs on a tope, but Awesome is able to catch him in time and prevent him from landing head first on the concrete. Back in the ring and the beating continues until Spike reverses a powerbomb into a huracanrana over the ropes to the floor. Awesome then with a running dive over the rail onto him. He whips Spike into the guard rail and he goes flying over it and into the crowd. He crawls back in the ring but Awesome tosses him straight back out the other side and through two tables that had been stacked on one another. Spike gets a ring crew member to help him put some tables up around ringside, although that backfires early as Awesome presses him overhead and throws him through the first of these. ![]() Goes for the Acid Drop but is FLYING THROUGH A TABLE!!! Great spot1 They give Spike one more hope spot before THE MOTHER OF ALL AWESOME BOMBS FROM THE TOP ROPE THROUGH A TABLE!!! I liked this better than any Tanaka stuff because Spike made for a lot better babyface still Awesome needed someone to teach him how to be a heel. You actually kinda believe Spike has a chance. Finish was great loved the Acid Drop counter through a table on the outside and nasty chair shot from top rope to floor. Like a really despicable bully there are still to many times where he is trying to get himself over with his cool spots which detracts from that emotional impact of the match. Awesome as a Goliath offensively was great throwing Spike through tables at will, steamrolling him with clotheslines. You felt he needed every a pound of body weight to contend with Awesome when he hurl his body at him or tackle him. ![]() I loved how he threw himself into every spot whether it be a bump or offense. Thought Spike really gave an inspired performance both as ragdoll for Awesome to throw around and someone with a lot of fighting spirit. **1/2ĮCW World Heavyweight Champion Mike Awesome vs Spike Dudley - ECW Guilty As Charged 2000Īs expected great David vs Goliath match. I like both of these guys and I understand the story, but this didn’t feel like a PPV title match and the table spots became repetitive after a while. Spike gets Awesome Bomb’d through the table from the top rope and that is all of the match. ![]() Spike goes for another Acid Drop inside the ring and Awesome is able to elevate him again through a table in relatively reckless fashion. Spike is able to hit the Acid Drop from the ring apron to a table on the outside and the crowd wakes up with a big ECW chant as Awesome is in trouble for the first time. Spike is busted open and of course we get a dig at Hogan on commentary. Awesome does a springboard dive to the outside and slips like crazy on the floor. Spike goes for a tope but gets caught into the ropes and luckily Awesome sort of catches him or he would have splated on the concrete. ![]() We then get a slammed chair shot onto Awesome’s back along with a head chair shot. Spike gets a rana to Mike and hits the Acid Drop on the guard rail. Awesome dives over the guardrail and into the row of fans with a crossbody onto Spike. Joey doing his “Stop the match” JR impression is pretty awful. Spike comes back in and gets thrown through two other tables on the outside. Awesome rushes in and immediately press slams Spike into one of the tables on the outside. Spike arranges furniture on each side of the ring during his entrance.
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