Wrestler of the Day – September 19: Super Crazy
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Super Crazy got his start all the way back in 1988 when he was fourteen. He would actually get a spot on Raw on November 3, 1997 as Super Loco.
Light Heavyweight Title Tournament First Round: Super Loco vs. Aguila
Aguila (Essa Rios) fires off some kicks in the corner and a springboard armdrag to start but walks into a spinwheel kick to the face. A moonsault into another armdrag puts Loco down and another flippy armdrag drops Loco. Super gets caught up in the ropes and winds up going face first into the barricade. Aguila nails a huge flip dive to the floor but gets caught with a springboard spinwheel kick to the face.
Yoshihiro Tajiri vs. Super Crazy
Crazy comes back with a springboard missile dropkick to send Tajiri to the floor followed by a HUGE flip dive to keep Crazy in control. A moonsault off the barricade crushes Tajiri before sending him back inside for a surfboard. Crazy keeps the hold on and bends Tajiri back into a dragon sleeper with the legs still bent back for a PAINFUL looking hold. Back up and Tajiri dropkicks the knee out and hits a huge dive to the floor (with Crazy nice enough to stand there with his arms open so Tajiri could hit him).
Tajiri slowly gets up first and kicks Crazy in the head. Back inside and a spinwheel kick to the face gets two for Tajiri but he comes back with a majistral cradle for two but Tajiri comes back with one of his own for the same. Crazy flips out of a German suplex attempt and hits a moonsault press for two. Tajiri heads outside again and another dive takes him down. Back in and a missile dropkick puts Tajiri down but he rolls through a tornado DDT.
Again at Living Dangerously 1999.
Super Crazy vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri
Tajiri is now from Tokyo. Joey bills this as the final match in the feud with the winner of this match winning the whole thing. Tajiri grabs an armbar before cartwheeling into a monkey flip but Crazy lands on his feet. A standing hurricanrana gets two for Tajiri before they trade fast armdrags and forward flips to another standoff. The fans give them a standing ovation as things start up again.
Tajiri nails his handspring elbow but gets chopped down. Crazy gets launched over the top onto the ramp before Tajiri hits an even bigger flip dive over the top to take Crazy down. An Asai moonsault plants Crazy again but Super comes back with another moonsault onto the ramp. Tajiri counters something Crazy was setting up on the ramp with a hurricanrana but Crazy clotheslines both of them back into the ring. Back in and Crazy hits his triple moonsaults (one from each rope) for two.
A hard kick to the rips drops Tajiri again and a springboard Lionsault gets two more. Yet another moonsault is countered by some knees to the ribs and Tajiri kicks his head off. A baseball slide to the face with Crazy in the Tree of Woe gets two more and a dropkick to the head gets two on Crazy. Back up and Crazy slips off the ropes when trying a springboard. Tajiri gets another near fall off a German suplex but Crazy kicks him low and nails a sitout powerbomb for two.
Little Guido vs. Super Crazy vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri
Guido and Tajiri make a short lived deal to work on Crazy but Tajiri quickly turns on Guido with a dropkick to the face. More kicks to the legs send Guido to the floor and Crazy puts him in the front row. Crazy dives over the barricade to take him down but Tajiri takes both of them down with a huge Asai moonsault. Sal is in the ring and crushes the non-Italians. Guido nails a middle rope Fameasser to Tajiri and covers Crazy for two.
Jerry Lynn vs. Super Crazy
Rating: C+. For some reason I liked this. It was fast paced and while the ending was kind of out of nowhere, it fits with the story from last week which is a big improvement over a lot of the stuff you get on here. These guys worked well together but then again I like Lynn a lot which has a lot to do with it.
Jerry Lynn/Little Guido vs. Yoshihiro Tajiri/Super Crazy
Everyone is sent to the floor and we unleash the dives before Guido throws Crazy into the crowd. Back inside and Lynn gets caught in the Tree of Woe for a baseball slide from Tajiri. Crazy has climbed into the balcony for a big dive onto Guido. Somehow Guido is back on the apron first as Tajiri hammers away on Lynn. A sunset flip out of the corner gets two for Jerry and they trade hurricanranas. Lynn gets two off a German suplex but Tajiri does the exact same thing.
Rob Van Dam had to vacate the TV Title due to a broken ankle in early 2000 so a tournament was held. Super Crazy made the semi-finals at Living Dangerously 2000.
TV Title Tournament Semi-Finals: Little Guido vs. Super Crazy
And the finals from later that night.
TV Title: Rhino vs. Super Crazy
The title is vacant coming in and Cyrus, Corino and Victory are at ringside. Crazy hits a springboard dropkick and sends Rhino to the floor for a big flip dive. Back in and Rhino rams him into the buckle over and over but Crazy drops him out to the floor. The fans want Sandman as Crazy dives over the top again to put Rhino down. The monster sends him into the crowd and sets up a table on the floor.
One more ECW PPV match at Guilty As Charged 2001.
FBI vs. Unholy Alliance vs. Super Crazy/Kid Kash
Crazy lets go to save his partner but the Italians prevent him from diving on the Alliance. Kid helps send the Italians to the floor for a huge Asai Moonsault from Crazy, followed by an even bigger flip dive from Kash. Back inside and Kash hurricanranas Mikey before Crazy misses a dive over the top rope and hits the barricade. Big Sal comes in and splashes Kash, allowing Mamaluke to score the elimination.
Crazy would appear at the first ROH show and challenge for the IWA Intercontinental Title from Puerto Rico. From the Era of Honor Begins on February 23, 2002.
IWA Intercontinental Title: Super Crazy vs. Eddie Guerrero
Crazy offers a handshake but gets slapped in the face for his efforts. A quick snapmare puts Crazy down and he does the spinning eye rake with the boot. They hit the mat with Eddie holding a headlock until Crazy suplexes him down to escape.
Guerrero wins a slugout and gets two off his own suplex. We hit the chinlock for a few moments before Eddie gets caught in an armdrag. Crazy goes up and dives down with another armdrag before hammering away in the corner. They head outside with Eddie hammering away and planting him with a brainbuster.
The slingshot hilo gets two back inside and Eddie stomps away. Crazy rolls out of a sunset flip and dropkicks Eddie in the back of the head for two. A missile dropkick gets the same but Eddie comes back with a top rope hurricanrana for a near fall of his own. Back up and a spinwheel kick drops Eddie but he plants Crazy with a powerbomb. Three Amigos set up the frog splash but Crazy rolls away and grabs a small package for the pin and the title.
Time for the TNA appearance. From Weekly PPV #34 on March 5, 2003.
Super Crazy vs. Jerry Lynn
Crazy has Konnan in his corner. Lynn armdrags him into the ropes to start but Crazy armdrags him right back and flips into a crucifix for two. They trade some flips in the corner followed by armdrags for the standoff and applause. Crazy nails a quick clothesline but his powerbomb is countered into a hurricanrana to the floor. Lynn dropkicks him off the apron and grabs another hurricanrana off the apron for good measure.
Back in and Crazy kicks him in the head but charges into an elbow to the jaw. Lynn sends him into the buckle before they head outside for a chase. Crazy gets in first and nails his spinwheel kick to knock Jerry back outside. A spinning springboard moonsault drops Lynn again and Konnan is very pleased.
They go inside again for a springboard Lionsault for two but Lynn comes back with a TKO for the same. Konnan distracts Jerry to break up the cradle piledriver, allowing Crazy to plant him for two. A running tornado DDT and Batista Bomb get the same for Crazy. He loads up a top rope hurricanrana but Jerry rolls through for the pin.
It was off to WWE now, starting at One Night Stand with an old standard.
Tajiri vs. Super Crazy vs. Little Guido
This is under elimination rules. The whole FBI comes out here, as in 5-6 guys with maybe 2 Italians in there. The innuendo joke gets old fast. These were matches that happened a lot back in the day and they were always International Three Way Dances, as in one guy is from each country. Crazy was a guy that I never was sure if I liked him or not. Foley throws out a little known fact that he and Smothers won tag titles in Japan.
This was ECW’s answer to the luchadores that were stolen by WCW. Joey is in his element here with a bunch of move names as Foley says he can’t keep up with Joey so he’s mostly on his own here. SICK dropkick to a seated Guido from Crazy. These guys are moving like insanity out there (can’t say Crazy is moving like crazy out there).
They hit the crowd and Crazy goes to the balcony and hits an AMAZING moonsault into the crowd before going back into the ring and taking the Tarantula. That moonsault really was amazing and Joey chanting DIOS MIO was hilarious. We haven’t had an American wrestler in a match yet.
There’s the FBI in there and since they have the combined IQ of yogurt, Mikey Whipwreck, Tajiri’s tag partner, comes in and hits the Whippersnapper (second rope Stunner which yes he used before Austin) so Tajiri gets the easy pin to get us down to the Japanese Buzzsaw vs. the Crazy Mexican wrestler. After some more Mikey shenanigans, a top rope moonsault ends this for Crazy.
Rating: C+. Other than the dive this was a total mess. It wasn’t terrible at all but compared to the stuff WCW would pull out, this really wasn’t that great. The dive was indeed awesome though and definitely makes the match. At the end of the day though, you have to have this match at an ECW show.
Crazy got a job out of this performance and would appear at Great American Bash 2005.
Mexicools vs. BWO
A bit better match from Armageddon 2005.
MNM vs. Mexicools
MNM is John Morrison (Nitro here) and Joey Mercury. The Mexicools are Super Crazy and Psicosis. See, they’re Mexicans and they ride lawnmowers. That’s their gimmick. Mercury vs. Psicosis to start us off. Off to Nitro who doesn’t do any better so it’s off to Mercury again. Ok make that Nitro. Yeah it’s Nitro. Not that I can’t tell them apart mind you. They’re just tagging in and out that much.
Psicosis misses a charge but gets a punch to Mercury’s stomach off the top. Spinwheel kick sends Mercury to the floor and here come the dives. Crazy uses the referee as a launching pad to dive onto MNM in a nice spot. Psicosis loads up the guillotine legdrop but Melina crotches him to shift momentum. Psicosis gets a sunset flip but a blind tag breaks up anything he’s about to get going.
Clothesline gets two for Mercury. Psicosis gets a nice headlock takeover/headscissors to take both guys down. No tag though as Mercury brings Nitro back in. Nitro takes Crazy out which is a smart move because when Psicosis breaks free for a tag attempt there’s no one to tag. Nitro grabs a Cravate and Psicosis still can’t make a tag. Mercury almost jumps into a boot in the stupidest spot ever but he catches himself which is a sigh of relief from me.
Psicosis gets an enziguri and it’s hot tag to Crazy. He sends MNM into each other and fires off some dropkicks for everyone. Tornado DDT gets two on Mercury. Nitro and Psicosis go to the floor and Crazy hits the moonsault after kicking Melina to the floor. Nitro makes a last second save. Crazy gets up and walks into the Snapshot (3D position but Mercury holds him there and Nitro hits a DDT) for the pin.
Rating: B. I know that’s probably high but I really liked this. The Mexicools were flying all over the place at times but it was never to the point where it was just high spots and nothing of actual significance. MNM was good too and Melina in that tiny skirt of hers helped too. Really fun tag match and I’d like to see them get a long match (this was about 9 minutes).
Back to the ECW reunions (kind of) at One Night Stand 2006.
FBI vs. Tajiri/Super Crazy
Guido and Mamaluke here with a guy named Big Guido. The fans all chant welcome back to all four guys, even though some of them were here last year. Mamaluke isn’t tiny like he was back in the day of ECW. Tajiri breaks up a key lock by Mamaluke to tick off the Italians. Joey and Taz make fun of the whole Mexicool idea as the fans chant Nacho Libre. Technical stuff of course to start as that’s what you should expect from these guys.
Short arm scissors goes on and Crazy lifts Mamaluke up ala British Bulldog vs. Shawn Michaels. Taz says it’s like Backlund who is more famous for it I guess. Off to Tajiri (big pop) and Guido with the fans chanting for ECW in general. Guido grabs a very quick Fujiwara armbar but Tajiri gets a rope. That came out of nowhere. Guido really was good when he got going out there.
Tajiri gets something like an inbred cousin of the Tequila Sunrise which doesn’t last long. Tree of Woe for Guido and everything breaks down quickly. Double Tree of Woe and almost stereo baseball slides into the Italians. Crazy tries for the triple moonsaults but totally misses the bottom rope one and Mamaluke saves Guido from the others. Asai moonsault takes out the Italians though and everyone is down.
Big Guido finally gets into this and beats up Crazy like there’s nothing there. Crazy vs. Mamaluke now and Tony (Mamaluke’s first name if I missed that) throws on some fast submissions which get him nowhere. Guido kicks Crazy in the face and Tajiri is like GIMMICK INFRINGEMENT and kicks the Italians in half.
One man flapjack by Crazy sets up the tag to Tajiri and the kicks are on again. Octopus goes on Mamaluke as this has been about 1.1 sided. Handspring elbow takes out the Italians and a big kick to Guido gets two as it all breaks down again. Double Tarantula to the Italians as this is shifting to 1.05 sided. The good guys (I guess) try to take out Big Guido with kicks and that actually works. Some giant. Crazy gets taken down so Tajiri beats up the Italians for a bit until they catch him in a double Fisherman’s Buster to end it.
Rating: C. Really not sure if I agree with that ending as Tajiri was WAY more popular than anyone else in there. The Italians were a team that was funny when they had the joke right but then towards the end they blew it by making them just a regular tag team. Really not sure I get the ending there but not a bad match at all.
Super Crazy vs. Chris Masters
This is due to Crazy saving someone from an attack last week. Masters hammers him down to start but Crazy comes back with a cross body for two. He escapes a quick Masterlock attempt but gets caught in a wheelbarrow suplex. We hit the chinlock before a big slam gets two for Masters. Super comes back with a clothesline and the spinwheel kick followed by the standing moonsault for two. Chris avoids a charge in the corner and puts on the Masterlock, only to have Crazy fall back on him for the fast pin.
Xtra Large vs. Jonah Rock vs. Super Crazy
Crazy has a belt here which I believe is a Tag Team Title. Rock sends him out to the floor but Crazy trips up Large and hits a high cross body for two on Rock. Jonah runs both guys over and splashes them in the corner for two on each. Rock puts Large in a camel clutch but Crazy dropkicks him in the head for the save. Large nails a missile dropkick on Rock but gets armdragged to the floor. A dropkick puts Rock outside and Large hits a shooting star off the top to take both guys down. Rock is sent into the crowd but Large misses a corkscrew plancha, allowing Crazy to hit a Michinoku Driver for the pin.
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