caley Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I'm surprised no one has mentioned Tajiri for the best midcarder discussion. Is it that people feel his ECW stuff occasionally getting a main event disqualifies him? I love Tajiri. He, Mikey and Vandenberg were such a fucking awesome act. Probably one of the highlights of late ECW for me. And his stuff with Regal was really awesome too. I loved his short lived tag team with Rhyno and subsequent feud, I loved the mist. I'm a big fan of his. I know I've said it on here somewhere before, but one of my favourite WWE memories of the early 2000s was the way Tajiri just kinda appeared as Regal's assistant, then when he had his first match and made one of his great kicks, the audience gets this hushed "Did he just really kick Crash Holly in the head?" sound while Regal makes this amazing facial expression like "Is this really the guy who I've been using as a lowly assistant?!" His early momentum got kinda side-tracked by the Invasion angle. But that one match was so awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caley Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I'm surprised no one has mentioned Tajiri for the best midcarder discussion. Is it that people feel his ECW stuff occasionally getting a main event disqualifies him? I love Tajiri. He, Mikey and Vandenberg were such a fucking awesome act. Probably one of the highlights of late ECW for me. And his stuff with Regal was really awesome too. I loved his short lived tag team with Rhyno and subsequent feud, I loved the mist. I'm a big fan of his. I know I've said it on here somewhere before, but one of my favourite WWE memories of the early 2000s was the way Tajiri just kinda appeared as Regal's assistant, then when he had his first match and made one of his great kicks, the audience gets this hushed "Did he just really kick Crash Holly in the head?" sound while Regal makes this amazing facial expression like "Is this really the guy who I've been using as a lowly assistant?!" His early momentum got kinda side-tracked by the Invasion angle. But that one match was so awesome. Here it is, btw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hearing Michael Cole calling a match and not "TELLING STORIES" is weird now. Gawd... Regal is the best. Look at those facial reactions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 God Tajiri is just the fucking best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningBeard Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I think I had the same reactions as Regal tbh as I'd never seen the guy in ECW prior to that Holly match. I remember the spider-rope submission got a big pop out of me when he did it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeCristyV.1.6 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Too bad he had to lose his second match in. Against Rhyno. His matches against Regal were short, but awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsplash Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Don't forget the Tajiri/Eddy team either. There was that awesome ladder match against WGTT in 2003 or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 The thing with Tajiri was, you'd think that having been a big star in the USA, he'd have gone back to Japan and been a top star main eventer there. But he never really did. He sort of flitted around from promotion to promotion feuding with their main eventers and losing in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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