This match was for Eddie’s Intercontinental Championship. The commentators were Coach and Raven. El oh el. Both men are in great shape here. Eddie’s mullet never looked cooler. Eddie jumped Dreamer before the bell, and he immediately started to work over the ECW relic. Was that mean? Yea, a little bit. Dreamer avoided Eddie’s slingshot senton and came back with his spinebuster variation. Dreamer hit a back body drop and a Russian legsweep. Dreamer got a nearfall with a snap powerslam. Eddie avoided the DVD, but Dreamer then hit the DDT: 1…2…NO! Dreamer went for the Superfly or a Frog Splash, but Eddie avoided it. Eddie then hit a brainbuster. Eddie followed it up with a Frog Splash: 1…2…3!
Fun little defense for Heat. The whole “frogsplash” storyline with RVD was going on at the time. I always find that type of storyline silly, but it is what it is. Raven was amusing on commentary.
TJ was a fan of wrestling as a kid (starting around 1999), and his first concrete wrestling memory is some kid bringing Hulk Hogan his old yellow and red gear backstage during an episode of Nitro. Hogan needed the gear to defeat Kevin Nash in a title vs. career match at the next WCW PPV. Nash lost the match and his career, which sadly resulted in the world losing out on seeing Kevin Nash matches for the last 13 years. Like almost all young kids, TJ’s interest in wrestling fluctuated over the years until an episode of Raw on July 3, 2006. TJ was curious and excited to see his beloved RVD show up with the WWE Title belt and what he thought was the revitalized European title. TJ decided he must turn to the the internet to figure out what was going on. Almost 6 years later, TJ is still searching the internet every day to find out what is going on in wrestling. Now though, he writes for the pop culture site (411mania.com), has his own blog (The Best of Chikara), and is the creator of the very site you are reading now.
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