Christopher Daniels vs. Spanky (Brian Kendrick) from EPIC WAR 2002

All EPIC WAR matches are temporarily unavailable.  The promotion has assured me that the matches will be available again. I will fix the posts as the matches become available again.

 

 

Recap from TJ Hawke:

Excalibur is on commentary.  Spanky comes out in a giant hat, with Jurassic 5’s Quality Control as his music.  What a winner.  Excalibur compares the flippiness of Spanky’s style to that of a drunken monkey.  Heel Excalibur is a treat to listen to.  Spanky sent Daniels to the floor early with a headscissors.  Back in the ring, they went back and forth for a bit until Daniels hit a running neckbreaker.  Excalibur: “Would you say Rivera, that Spanky was trained by border-hopping Mexicans?”  Meanwhile, Daniels started to get the heat on Spanky.  Spanky came back with a dropkick and a Russian Legsweep.  Daniels cut him off with another big running neckbreaker.  Daniels started to get the heat again, until Spanky avoided a German suplex and hit a dropkick.  Spanky sent Daniels to the floor with a springboard headscissors.  Spanky followed that up with a tope con hello.  Back in the ring, Spanky hit a superkick for a nearfall.  Daniels came back with a STO.  Daniels hit a Blue Thunder Bomb for a nearfall.  Rock Bottom from Daniels.  Daniels went for the BME, but Spanky rolled out of the way.  Spanky went for a Frog Splash, but Daniels rolled out of the way himself.  Spanky avoided Last Rites and hit  Sliced Bread #2: 1…2…3!

 

This was a nice match that showcased these two great talents before they found as much mainstream success as they would in the next couple of years.  It’s kind of crazy that Daniels has managed to work a style that is both safe, yet engaging enough so that he hasn’t got completely stale over the last decade.

About TJ Hawke

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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