Umaga vs. Sabu by neoche78
Last night on DVDVR Dylan Waco said
"I actually think in a way the greatest strength of Sabu was his ability to be a fun novelty act against almost any opponent. It's the same trait that Abby has and that Necro has. The persona is so big that even if you aren't high on him as a worker you just want to see him and the weirder the match up the better."
I think that is why I have been mostly looking at his runs in places that are not ECW. Seeing him in WWE is so strange that beyond being good (they are) they also have a freak show appeal. This match is one of those. This is a match Sabu had with Umaga the week before Survivor Series 06.
The match is almost a complete squash. I've seen Mike Jackson and Tony Stuber get more offense in TBS squashes than Sabu got here. But Umaga is such a beast and Sabu does such a great job taking the beating its hard to care.
Sabu goes on the attack first and Umaga catches him with an uppercut to the throat. After this Sabu never gets going. Umaga takes a part Sabu with headbutts and a huge chop which folds Sabu up. Umaga starts clubbering in the corner. Sabu fights his way out and Umaga will have none of that and drops him again.
On the outside Sabu gets whipped into the barricade taking a chest first bump. Back in the ring he starts hurting Umaga with punches only to get his head taken off by a kick.
Umaga misses a charge. Sabu hits a leaping leg lariat, dropkicks his knee and hits the big springboard DDT but Umaga gets up. Sabu leaps blindly into the ropes and takes the Samoan Spike. Probably the best looking Samoan Spike I have seen anyone take.
On commentary JR and even King try their best to put over Sabu. Getting across how tough Sabu is which gets Umaga over even more as a force of nature.
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