Match of the Day - Super Crazy finds himself a tag team partner to face The Unholy Alliance!

Sinister Minister's Unholy Alliance (Mikey Whipreck & Yoshihiro Tajiri) vs. Super Crazy & Kid Kash - ECW Massacre on 34th Street (2000)

Sorry for my absence... Once you start playing catch-up it's easier to just give up. I'm not back now though and trying to clean up this place.

Despite almost on their way out the door as a company at this time (this was their second to last PPV), ECW still had a lot of young talent that were trying their best to put on a show. An ECW show even for that matter. Some can argue and say that once ECW hit the limelight on Television, it was no longer cool. But as a kid hearing about ECW for the first time at this point and actually getting to watch it at some obscure time for a couple Friday nights, it was still awesome to me.

Though I never watched this match on the few occasions that I got to watch ECW, this is still a really well worked match from right around that time. It's the Unholy Alliance of Tajiri and Mikey Whipwreck led by their Sinister Minister, James Mitchell, taking on Super Crazy and a partner of his choosing. And who did he choose? No one. But as soon as the match kicks off, Kid Rock starts playing from the speakers and out comes Kid Rock himself!

 Just kidding it was Kid Kash.

Match of the Day - Vampiro get's hung-up while TNA explains how oxygen works

Vampiro vs. Raven  - NWA:TNA (2003)

Blood Gallows of Retribution Hangman's Horror Dog Collar Match

Vampiro and Raven fight out in a Hangman's Horror Dog Collar match, because there's nothing like taking a good thing i.e. Greg Valentine and Roddy Piper's classic Dog Collar match, and choking the life out of it for the amusement of no one.

The object of this match, which had three names, one being "dream blood" which Professor Mike Tenay explains to us is the words smeared on Raven's chest and that's about it, is the first person to strangle their opponent with the dog collar over the top rope wins. So yeah, dream blood.

After chaining Vampiro up with two dog collars to smack Vampiro with a trash can and then delivering him with a terrible-looking DDT onto a table, Raven would get the victory as Vampiro was unable to continue from the dog collar choke-out.

What makes the match as bad as it was though really would have to be combination of the fans on-demand chanting "let's go Raven" as if this was some kind of fun pie eating contest or was running a 200 meter dash at a high school track meet, and Mike Tenay and Don West's constant teaching of science as they continually try to explain that without oxygen going to your brain or something - you are a goner.

Another cringe-worthy part that I actually enjoy that takes place after the match is when a young CM Punk runs in to try to help Raven against James Mitchell and his sinister fireballs which causes Raven to grab a mic and explain to Punk that "this is a personal matter" and he "must take care of it himself" - except instead of Raven saying this, it sounds just like classic Johnny Polo circa 1993.

I would love to see Raven play Johnny Polo again in Chikara for King of Trios in some classic blast-from-pasters team like Team WWF. I would see that.

For Sure.