Things had escalated Fall Brawl 1997, when Zybysko had counted the fall in Hall's match with Lex Luger, and then even further at Starrcade, when Larry beat Eric Bischoff for control of Nitro and Hall got involved. Chris JerichoĪs an announcer, Living Legend Larry Zybysko had been more than a little vocal about his hatred of the New World Order, leading to an eventual war of words with nWo founder, Scott Hall. WCW Cruiserweight Champion Rey Mysterio Jr. World Championship Wrestling Cruiserweight Championship The two shared a nod of mutual respect, and then it was on to our next match. Though both men would have better matches with other people, they worked well together to deliver a good, no-holds-barred match which ended when Raven passed out in the Crippler crossface.Īfterwards, The Flock attacked Benoit but Dean Malenko made the save as the announcers wondered aloud why he'd come to Benoit's aid. He then went to war with Chris Benoit in a solid effort that brought a whole new level of brutality to WCW. Raven, proving that he was enough before emo was cool, took to the microphone to claim that he didn't care about being alone because he had no friends in school. Raven came to the ring with The Flock but, unlike at Starrcade 1997, when he had Saturn substitute for him, officials had ordered that Raven had to compete and The Flock were banned from ringside. Mean Gene Okerlund then shilled the hotline for a bit and then it was on to our next contest. Your Winners: Chavo Guerrero Jr., Juventud Guerrera, Super Calo, and Lizmark Jr.Īfterwards, the batshit crazy La Parka went batshit crazy and took out everybody -including his own teammates- with a chair. Ok, so there was nothing here that was groundbreaking, or that even mattered outside the confines of the match itself, but it was great fun and included some terrific spots, including Silver King hitting a suicide dive onto nobody and splatting himself to death.Īfter almost everyone else threw themselves to the outside with a bunch of dives, Chavo Guerrero and Psicosis were left in the ring.Ĭhavo hit a tornado DDT from the top rope, and this fun little match was over.
Rey at Halloween Havoc 1997 - matches that meant something, matches that had drama and emotion on top of just a bunch of cool flippy-spots.īut hey, sometimes a bunch of cool flippy-spots could be fun too, and tonight's opening contest proved that.
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The result was a series of incredible pro wrestling matches such as Eddie vs. had done a great job in making the company's Cruiserweight mean something important by forgoing the spot-orientated lucha style in favour of something that really mattered. Throughout 1997 -and even a bit before- the likes of Chris Jericho, Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, and Rey Mysterio Jr.
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