Albert vs John Cena, 10/1/2002
First time in a while Albert faces another young heavyweight in the rookie John Cena. And Albert basically wrestles like a 2002 Walter here stiffing Cena around and smacking him. He had some pretty nice knee strikes and his Bicycle Kick looked absolutely unreal. Cena wasn't as good as he has looked in previous matches but he was fine enough. And he wins it with the Protobomb for the first time, too! Poor Albert just couldn't catch a break, jobbing to Funaki and now rookie Cena.
Billy Kidman vs Doug Basham, 10/1/2002
Doug Bashham is really amusing here looking like a total creep with his greasy hair and leather pants. It was his second match on TV too. Kidman is super nice here, taking a huge bump for Doug over the rope. Doug had some slick moves - a cool bow and arrow against the buckle, nice quick russian legsweep, a flying leg lariat from the rope that was really cool. It's almost weird how much offense Kidman gives Doug in this match. You don't know what Doug Basham of all people is gonna do in a 5 minute 2002 TV match and that makes this fun. Kidman wins it with the Shooting Star and Doug is sent back to developmental.
Tajiri vs Shannon Moore, 10/1/2002
Eh, Moore isn't that good. He is athletic enough and that's fine with me, but his character doesn't go far beyond 'he trained with the Hardys'. Tajiri is the Velocity god though and he does some really nice legwork on Moore here and kicking him in the face for good measure. To be fair Moores leg selling was quite good and it produces some interesting results because of his athletic style. The spin kick to the back of Tajiris head was surprisingly brutal, too.
Chavo Guerrero vs Crash, 10/8/2002
A match up that will make any 2002 Velocity superfan excited. Both these move really well and precise, and they just do that little extra to make a 4 minute throwaway match memorable. In this case Chavo does a really nice job working attacking Crashs neck. Crash makes a really nice comeback to constantly selling his neck. Like, he would make Chavo bump, but had to clutch his neck, so he couldn't follow through for the usual 'guy takes 2 clotheslines in rapid succession' spot. Pretty nice. He even takes the time to give Chavo some payback by elbowing his neck and bouncing his head against the turnbuckle. Chavo takes it with a nasty Brainbuster. Good stuff.
Albert vs Funaki, 10/8/2002
Albert is trying hard to escape 'Velocity jail' as he called it. I think he was actually thriving there. I'm really enjoying this match series between him and Funaki. Albert really beats the crap out of the smaller guy in this match and Funaki is great trying to evade him and bombard the bigger man with fast dropkicks and other credible offense. At one point Funaki hit this really hard Dick Togo esque back senton for a nearfall that was just totally awesome. And the 'working the back hair' rules once again. Crowd really got into it, too. Really nice little match series between these two.
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