Video Vault Part VI: Heart Punch Lives!

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BANG! BANG!

Jerry Lawler & Al Snow (w/Head) v. Chris Candido & D'Lo Brown (w/Tammy Sytch) - North East Wrestling: Renegade's Rampage (10.2.04)

Mick Foley is your special guest referee. Fun stuff, as you might imagine with all of these guys in one match. I would have loved to see this live. Guess it just goes to show that when the workers are having a ton of fun, it'll certainly show through in the match. It also makes me miss Candido, who was just so great at what he did. People are quick to pigeonhole guys as either being "serious" wrestlers or a "comedy" act, as if the two can never meet. Candido straddled that line as well as anyone ever has. (9:59)

AJ Styles v. Matt Hardy (IWC: No Excuses - 7.29.05)

This is the first time these two wrestled during Matt's, err...summer vacation. Or when he went flat out insane, I guess. He could have had an interesting run through the indies, but I can't blame him for going back to WWE. Who doesn't want to cash in while they still can? Anyway, this is decent. Not a great match by any means, but it does make me wonder how awesome their matches would be if they worked together regularly. (28:30)

Super Dragon & Excalibur v. Kevin Steen & El Generico (CZW: Cage of Death VI - 12.11.04)

One of my favorite matches from 2004. Super Dragon is the biggest asshole in wrestling history and you can't help but to cringe at the beating that poor Generico takes for whatever Dragon perceives his sins to be. I don't like Steen at all, but even he brings his A-game to this one. (31:12)

Toshiaki Kawada v. Cactus Jack (HUSTLE-3 - 5.8.04)

Kawada defends the Triple Crown against...Mick Foley? That's different. Oh well, Kawada likes to kick people to death and Foley enjoys taking ungodly amounts of punishment. You do the math. (24:03)

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