This match actually interests me because Del Rio turning babyface seems like the stupidest thing in the world. Also, I can’t understand how WWE screwed up Giant Bernard.
Tensai was in control early on. He a couple of Vader Bombs. Del Rio came back with a German suplex, which Jerry Lawler called a belly-to-belly suplex. I point that out because Lawler took about ten seconds to call that move, and he still got it wrong. Del Rio then hit his corner, step-up enzuigiri and a middle-rope moonsault: 1…2…3!
Del Rio celebrated with Ricardo Rodriguez. Del Rio then taunted The Big Show, saying that he was going to win their last man standing match. Del Rio and Ricardo then got the crowd to count to ten in Spanish. WWE encouraging a babyface to get a crowd to count to ten in Spanish is the most progressive thing they’ve ever done.
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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