Festus Vs Vladimir

This is a fun match. Festus is working the same gimmick Curly did in an old Three Stooges short, where a bell makes him go berserk.

Kozlov is  a Russian killing machine who no one has managed to even slow down. Festus keeps Kozlov off balance initially and Kozlov takes him to the mat. Festus fights out and Kozlov knocks him out on an attempted flying tackle.

Some Raven matches

I go back and forth on my opinion about Raven. Sometimes I think he is incredibly overrated and I really hate a lot of stuff in his original ECW run.

But watching him in WCW, the WWF and his second time in ECW, I think he could be really good. He was excellent at bumping and he really knew how to lay out a match.



I don't understand why WCW was obsessed with getting rid of masked wrestlers. To me it makes even the dullest matches more exciting.

Anyway this started the Kanyon/Raven feud. Kanyon was still working as Mortis and ambushes Raven at the beginning.

Good match that makes full use of the ring and ringside area. No real wasted movement, everything counted. Only thing that bugged me a little was the referee distraction spot in a No DQ match.



This is a match from July of the same year. I will say this much, losing the mask gave Kanyon more confidence in the ring.

Kanyon set up his offense so well. It never seemed convoluted like some guys with fancy offense.

Saturn comes into save Kanyon from the Flock and accidentally Death Valley Drivers him. Then Kanyon returns the favor after Saturn puts Raven thru the table.



This is the first tag match I watched last night. I was expecting a typical TV match from the era with Duncum and Enos more or less squashed.

Instead Enos and Duncum dominate the match and there is even a second face in peril section. Some really nice sequences in this match.