PC: Big "What if..." match here, Coach. You've got Pillman and Benoit in the same ring on national TV for one of the only times, you've got Liger tearing it up in America, you've got Junior Heavyweight wrestling getting over huge with a crowd that had never really seen the style before. Of course, all these things would be quickly squandered by WCW.
Coach: I've got another What If. What if there were a Qdoba in our neighborhood instead of a Popeye's?
PC: Oh yes, I almost forgot to mention that this match is being accompanied by a heaping helping of Popeye's Wicked Chicken. So far, it's not much different than their chicken tenders; except for the fact that it doesn't come with a dipping sauce.
Coach: Still, I've got PBR, chicken, fries, and wrestling. Let's do this.
PC: They make their entrances. I should point out that Beef Wellington is NOT the Beef Wellington that I'm tagged in a picture with on Facebook.
Coach: More wrestlers should be named after their favorite food.
PC: We start off with the kind of chain wrestling that you would expect from Chris Benoit and Jushin Liger. That is to say, it's awesome.
Coach: What's that on Benoit's ass?
PC: A Pegasus, I suspect. He was known as The Pegasus Kid in Japan.
Coach: The Pegasus has always been, to me, a much more noble mythical animal than the Unicorn. And while we're on the topic, if a winged horse had a horn would it be a Pegasus with a horn or a Unicorn with wings?
PC: Wellington and Pillman tag in now. They trade some strikes and continue to establish where each guy is dangerous. Perfect way to start off a tag match.
Coach: They also do a good job of establishing that Liger is wearing a lot of clothes (a full body suit, in fact) while Pillman is wearing next to nothing (a tiny pair of tiger-striped bottoms).
PC: Also involved is Bill Alfonso, one of wrestling's great Crooked Refs.
Coach: Crooked ref, eh? Did he ever blow a call to ruin a Perfect Game on the last out?
PC: Benoit hits Liger with some psychotic chops. They take turns throwing each other out of the ring. Then we get Pillman and Liger beating the piss out of each other. Benoit gets the advantage and goes to the top rope. Pillman recovers and hits a HUGE backdrop on Benoit from the top rope.
Coach: A strategic error there.
PC: Pillman hits a crossbody onto Benoit from the apron. It is the rain crossbody that actually looks like it hurts the guy on the receiving end.
Coach: We get a TBS logo that reminds us that we are, in fact, in the South.
PC: Liger hits a big plancha from the top to the outside and the crowd is just eating this match up.
Coach: They are eating it up in much the same way that we are eating up our Wicked Chicken.
PC: Wellington and Benoit beat up on Liger. Benoit goes for the top rope backdrop but Liger reverses. Liger throws Benoit to the outside and then hits a great Asai Moonsault.
Coach: TBS - Very Funny!
PC: Wellington misses a top rope Missile Dropkick. It's the most impressive thing he's done all match long. Benoit and Pillman trade big chops on the outside. Liger goes up to the top and hits a great looking Moonsault on Wellington for the win.
Coach: Jesse Ventura calls Liger's moonsault the gutsiest move in the history of professional wrestling. Finally, some hyperbole!
Final Thoughts
Coach: Still getting to know this Benoit fellow. I'm not sure if he's a winged Unicorn or a horned Pegasus. I am sure that he killed his family though.
PC: Good stuff. Man, WCW just never knew a good thing when they had it. By that I mean naming wrestlers after food.
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