Tajiri Debuts vs Crash Holly

[stoicfan]

I love how when Tajiri kicks he acts so calm

[AlexBadborn]

john cena < Tajiri

[redhillclose]

Used to love Tajiri!!!

Should have got loads more time on the show!

[resop3]

Tajiri went from Crash to SMASH.

[WHEATTHlNS]

I loved this "debut". Crowd obviously into it.

[stoicfan]

@WHEATTHlNS Yeah I loved their ECW chants, that was cool

[japoneofakind]

boom head shot :D

[JoeC7711]

tajiri's kicks were so fucking awsome.

[CopyingNinjaKakashi]

0:29 - 0:30, damn son WWE goes way back when it comes to using fake crowd cheers.

[Dewleys]

fake

[tripleraven]

RIP CRASH

[hamham934]

PLEASE RETURN!

[dav1dwi1s0n]

GOD DAMN, i use to loveTajiri!

[Pogogichel]

This is NOT Tajiri's debut! He debuted in 1997 against Taka Michinoku!

[VanillaBrice100]

@Pogogichel that was a tryout this is his official debut he was listed as a jobber and just competed for fun kinda not a official competiter mate

[NyFin3st11]

Tajiri was the man!

[tenstarmike2]

Regal's reactions were perfect during this

[bakonman12]

tajiri debuted in like 1997

[Choppaaah]

Tajiri could have been a bigger superstar for WWF... just listen to that crowd support.

[VanillaBrice100]

tajiri and crash were awsome they should hav been a tag team

[mjlambert1]

@VanillaBrice100 That would have been a great variation of Tajiri's tag teaming with Mikey Whipwreck.

[VanillaBrice100]

@mjlambert1 mikey and tajiri were awsome and thats a good point to bad crash died and tajiri is in japan

[Helm2112]

I wish he'd come back

[thethunderbird87]

They act like Tajiri was a nobody he was a big ECW star

[iAmSuperDuperTroll]

This isn't Tajiris wwf debut...

[STA2ATL]

@iAmSuperDuperTroll his match debut

[iAmSuperDuperTroll]

@STA2ATL His match debut was back in 1996/7 (i forget) i believe...?

[STA2ATL]

@iAmSuperDuperTroll As a WWF contract superstar.

[bushregmike]

Ah the ECW chants sends chills down my spine :) RIP ECW may u live on in our hearts forever

[Stunaldo]

Why did they get rid of Tajiri? I used to love him when i watched this.

[ProjectAwosi]

@Stunaldo Tajiri asked for his release. He wanted to go back to Japan

[xstevenxcorex6]

ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW

[popcur]

@713NawfSid3 Tajiri fought Mysterio on Smackdown. One move that I remember that Tijiri made. Mysterio was sitting down on the ring, with his legs at the front of him. Tajiri gave him a dropkick on the chest. You could hear the impact, Smack!!! That was a very phyisical match for cruiserweghts.

[MrWWEtron]

this finisher..... Yoshi Tatsu is the next Tajiri??? :OO

[xcosama]

aww...... no mist?

[mistanderson]

That match beat every Miz match

[lazyxmoo]

tajiri was so sick when he came to the wwf

[NOAHDYERULES]

ECW ECW ECW ECW ECW

[TheDukeCTL]

yeah, tajiri is great ;) i want him back^^

[dcm221985]

The mid cards of this era would f**k the mid cards of this era up. Hell, in this era, Batista, The Dudley Boys, Eddie Guerrero & Chris Benoit were considered mid card. Those four names alone could demolish the 2011 mid cards with no swaet.

[lionslicer9999]

2:43 ECW chants :P

[ramennoodlechef]

both ECW vets. :D

[lakerfan4life420]

how did crash die?

[plzdie17]

@lakerfan4life420 He committed suicide in 2003, death by choking on his own vomit due to a drug overdose.

[MMagentaHH]

@lakerfan4life420 i think overdose, around 2003. i still remember a remembrance video on heat.

[LiamAddison08]

@MMagentaHH he commited suicide, he got drunk, then purposely choked on his own vomit :\

[TheMysticWolfAura]

@LiamAddison08 I'm sorry but that made no sense.

[LiamAddison08]

@TheMysticWolfAura he knew what he was doing, read about it.

[TheMysticWolfAura]

@LiamAddison08 That still doesn't make sense sorry. He committed suicide, got drunk, THEN purposely choked on his own vomit? How can you do that if you already committed suicide?

[LiamAddison08]

@TheMysticWolfAura wow..he got extremely drunk...passed out, choked on his own vomit and died. coroner ruled it as a suicide.

[TheMysticWolfAura]

@LiamAddison08 That's better. You are smart after all.

[thepeep007]

1:43 EPIC KICK!!!

[ThePacmanClassic]

RIP MIKE LOCKWOOD AKA CRASH HOLLY! He died in Nov 2003 ;-(

[christoph1192]

Tajiri rules! tremendous skills! he's much better than half of the raw and smackdown roster right now~

[FaintestFusion]

i always loved how wwf attitude fans were also ecw fans. it just shows that if they'd let heyman control the wwecw product, it could have worked easily and grabbed the 18+ market whilst allowing raw to be the pg shit it is today.

[TranceCore3]

OH MAH GAWDDD I FORGOT ABOUT CRASH HOLLY D:

[jojoe1878]

always enjoyed Michael Lockwoods matches.

[DarkStyle0163]

ECW ECW ECW

[AndreONEz]

Tajiri owns!

[BadAssDrummer001]

shit i didnt know crash was dead...miss those two crazy bastards lol

[yakshan2010]

tajiri's skill definitely deserved more exposure

[malevolenceXXXensues]

@yakshan2010 what did he practice? shoot boxing?

[TheSalman5555]

rip crash holly he the best hardcore champion ever

[Fireproofretz]

Man I miss Crash!

[InceptionalMind]

wwe sucks now

[therealwrestlingfan]

ECW! ECW! ECW! ECW! I miss that days, and that logo...

[firemoder]

E C DUB !

E C DUB !

E C DUB !

E C DUB !

[MrCoggyTNAWWE]

RIP crash

[787pablo]

1:24 is when it starts HAHAHA !!

[darkkinght000]

R.I.P Crash Holly

[Khyper87]

love regals theme.sooo cheesy

[xDolphZigglerx]

Remember when the midcard guys were allowed to have matches?

[trowabarton321]

@10markitoz Damn when did he die?

[TheWrestlerNation]

Taijiri is the shit

[CallusEviscerate]

May I say, Regal was exscreamly impressed after that baseball slide. :P

[TheKingofmat]

2:31 tajiri screams like a girl

[MacPr0xnxx0]

why are there s0 many deaths in wrestling?

[DamnYouLightYagami]

RIP Crash :(

[ramennoodlechef]

hahaha even though Tajiri was a heel here the crowd was still cheering for him.

[xtremixt1]

2:35  haha crash just got crashed. lol. RIP crash

[PremaritalSex1]

Tajiri's first match.... as Tajiri.... was in 97. This is just ignorant. RIP crash.

[CanadianGuitarist]

@PremaritalSex1 Good call, that's one of most-forgotten matches ever. Come to think of it, while Vince could never get the lightweight formula right, he did have a who's who come in for a match or two, didn't he?

[kyledavistv]

how did crash die?

[D4HOR1]

@kyledavistv he chocked on his own vomit @ stevie richards house

[DamnYouLightYagami]

@kyledavistv Car Accident

[jasonrulez100]

@DamnYouLightYagami No he died of mixing drugs and beer with stevie richards but richards didnt die

[brkcustoms]

@jasonrulez100 didnt he choke on his vomit (the reson he died)

[jasonrulez100]

@brkcustoms Yeah

[trowabarton321]

@DamnYouLightYagami He died from a car crash? The irony

[nw0]

@trowabarton321  drug OD I thought

[derrickaut]

@nw0 no he died in his sleep from alchol posioning

[nw0]

@trowabarton321 drug od , or suicide

[ypdaras]

So many ECW chants. Those bring back memories

[aaditparikh1]

RIP CRASH

[GANLEYBRAND]

that girlish shriek was hilarious

[xtremixt1]

@GANLEYBRAND hahah who was screaming ? tajiri or crash ? 

[GANLEYBRAND]

@xtremixt1 my guess is Tajiri

[shakysyxx]

i thought crash weighed 400+ lol,,rip crash

[wwerandy5]

RIP CRASH HOLLY :(

[EGPMH]

@wwerandy5 true he may have been a little goofy but he was good guy and an awesome wrestler

[003bone]

@wwerandy5 what happened?

[RejectedSpiritX]

RIP Crash Holly

[rlouie05]

Tajiri's kicks look like they actually made contact with Crash's head. Regal looks pretty healthy and young here. Sad how all three of these guys no longer headline any WWE show, with Crash's passing, Tajiri going back to Japan, and Regal was supposed to be the most powerful entity in the WWE in 2008 before Kennedy took him down...

[bernie69ification]

william regal + tajiri = the best tag team ever

[chandrikaran]

Wow, the crowd went crazy for this Mid-card match... good times..

the crowd is more Live for this then they are for current wwE main events..

RIP WWE Glory Days

[7LucasCabrera71]

Old School Smackdown... badass.

[Sam031194]

tajiri is fucking amazing! yoshi tatsu suck my dick.

[kozone5000]

WWE should have pushed Tajiri more

[subzero147]

2:31-2:33 was that Tajiri or the crowd???

[kozone5000]

@subzero147 thats Tajiri 

[gusenborge]

Crash holly reminds me of Eric young! or is it the other way around?

[kozone5000]

@gusenborge the other way around x100

[sexyalex15]

E C Dub Tajiri rules

[gjfwang]

Tajiri's not dead. He went back to Japan to be with his family.

[aokoebor2k7]

all the good wrestlers died

[ravenbez]

RIP crash :(

[drapedup202]

tajiri was bad ass. one of many underused wrestlers in wwe

[oisinholz]

hahaha 2:08 tajiri tells ref to shush lol

[20DeeJayEl]

back when matches used to be exciting.

[jeritron90]

Holy hell it's Daniel Bryan's entrance music! (before Ride of Valkyries)

[ElWeyChingon]

crash was funny. loved that 24/7 always on the line hardcore title. I MISS THE ATTITUDE ERA!

[KAPTAINmORGANnWo4eva]

Tajiri and Regal made a good team. There were a few guys on the roster who were really good together, but almost never used as a team.

[TheVampireEd]

The WWE was fucking retarded for letting Tajiri go. They could have done so much with him, he was easily one of the most talented wrestlers they had at the time. But, hey, they do that a lot with people who actually have talent. If you don't have a goofy catch phrase or some dumb gimmick they don't use you very well.

[alansalt]

@TheVampireEd Sadly thats how the WWE works i guess, so so so many guys with talent present and past and they let them fade out. If your interested in looking for it tajiri vs great muta, shows tajiri in a light the wwe should of put him in long time ago...

[GULLAGULLA7]

lol 2:33

[twisted2damax]

this was still good 'ol days in wwF attitude-era

[Fektthis]

You just saw more wrestling in 4 minutes than the last 8 weeks of Raw has combined. I am a huge Tajiri fan, despite what VKM does to these guys I know who I like to watch and don't like to watch. He can't make me hate them only him. Crash I always enjoyed as well, his story ended so sadly as so many others that VKM has ruined there careers not made them as he would think. For the record this hate is not directed at Mr. McMahon the tv character, but VKM super asshat. I can tell the difference.

[michaelhoangtin]

How do people pay like 200 bucks to see a 4 minute match?

[SSCode09]

RIP Crash (used to call him Crashman Holly)

[byoungjeezy]

Listen to the crowd go nuts for a mid card match. Sad that these days are long gone.

[Finnishbeast]

@byoungjeezy Didn't you watch Bryan vs Ziggler?

[byoungjeezy]

@Finnishbeast pretty sure I posted that comment before that match happened

[perleatsworld]

@byoungjeezy you obviously haven't been watching Danielson's matches. The crowd goes NUTS

[BACKoffFilms]

@byoungjeezy uh stfu wrestling nerd

[byoungjeezy]

@BACKoffFilms I'm sorry and you are?

[DANW547]

@byoungjeezy Listen to the commentators ignore the match, some things never change.

[ramennoodlechef]

@DANW547 what are you talking about?? Taz was totally calling the match and at the same time acknowledging his past ecw experience with Tajiri....

[bigmacdaddy31]

@byoungjeezy I know. This was the good old days. I was just watching the latest DX dvd "One Last Stand" and even when the DX music would play the crowd would be almost silent. That wouldn't have happened back in the late 90's to even early 2000's.

[Hillvillager17]

we miss you crash

[sharkdudeintegra]

I dig Crash's lime green short-tights...RIP man

[bernard1878]

LOL @ 2:08 = SSHHHH

[r1o9n8a6n]

william regals facial expressions are like mr bean.lol

[napalmman420]

I loved how people would say ECW was garbage, even after their demise, Yet one ECW guy is able to get 80% of a WWF crowd to chant ECW.

[MAXCINC]

@napalmman420 2 ECW guys

[ilikethecoke]

@MAXCINC I don't think Crash Holly was in ECW. You might be confusing him with Chris Candito.

If he WAS in ECW, however, show me. I'd love to see it.

[derrickaut]

@ilikethecoke yea u r confusing him with cris candido crash was never in ecw

[Badguy260]

@napalmman420 who?

[bluebrotherx7]

@napalmman420 And this wasn't even a hardcore match. This was the cruiserweight wrestling that is often forgotten when ECW comes to mind.

[jwzero]

luv it when tazz comments ecw wreslters!!

[ilikethecoke]

lol Tajiri does a great Banshee impression! XD

[dannielpreto]

A house boy??? WOW this was a bad gimmick Vince fucked all former ECW and WCW guys

[wfhs77]

Tajiri and Mikey whipwreck the best

[razorback1309]

name of song?

[jwzero]

@Gorrrillla5 ecw chants listen cloesly 1:25 2:44 3:58 fans havent forgotten u Tajiri !!!!!!!!!!!!! japanese buzzsaw

[runeepk3d]

damn regal song is anyoing

[Manbeast222]

Amazing how the fans remember Tajiri from ECW! Tajiri, FTW!!!

[naraicks]

@Manbeast222 it was less than or only a year after he left ecw

[Manbeast222]

@naraicks Wow, I thought it would was a solid 3 years. U sure? Well I can't blame them, Tajiri was a BEAST in ECW. Shoulda been treated better in WWF/WWE. Now he's owning ass again In Japan.

[10000dc]

i like the buzzsaw kick

[garavrocks1234]

RIP crash

[stevokwhl]

RIP CRASH

what a bad mother fucker

[LusherSucks]

damn R.I.P. Crash :(

[cheesycaverat]

I like Taz(z) trying to feign not knowing who Tajiri was during the first half.

[Rayla840]

Not sure if anyone brought this to your attention yet, but Tajiri debuted in WWF in 97 when WWF started their Light Heavyweight Division

[TaylorKazarian]

@Rayla840 Yeah, didn't he lose to TAKA in the tournament?

[Rayla840]

@TaylorKazarian Yeah. He lost to Taka in the tourny and before that, I think he had a match with Great Sasuke as well. It was when he was in the blue and white and a clean shave

[UIWWildthing]

Oh yeah! I remember being at this Smackdown at the Baltimore Arena

[tgms177]

2:30 like tommy dreamer

[mjdmjdmjdmjdmjd]

Yoshi Tatsu should use that as his finisher



[Crimmyboy]

crash was a pretty good worker.

[wholefnshow1]

2001 was such a great year for wrestling. tajiri was a beast, he still has it he should come back and jump start a cruiserweight division.

[Villekind]

rip crash!!!

[stevoe05]

FFFUUUUUUUU.....a debut getting a standing ovation....name the last time thats happened in wrestling history

[Vaishino]

Why's Tajiri fighting Crash? He's way out of his weight-class.

[luxors1919]

@Vaishino Same reason why Rey Mysterio fought The Big Show.

[TheEagleEye227]

@Vaishino ya he weighs over 400 pounds haha miss the attitude era

[joshx022]

That was one of the hottest debuts... They really could have used tajiri a lot better than they did... He's far superior to a lot of cruiserweights.

[Manbeast222]

@joshx022 Agreed. Why do you think Tajiri returned to Japan? WWF/WWE was wasting his talent... One of my fav. Cruiserweights hands down!

[joshx022]

@Manbeast222 I'm pretty sure he left wwe to spend time with his family back in japan as well... atleast that's what I recall them saying... But man.. From ECW to WWE...talk about a smooth transition.

[seanpaul1984ab]

These were the good days of smackdown.

[CallusEviscerate]

Who has Rhyno's WWF debut?

[silverbeast75]

 hahahahah i her ECdub chaaants they know who he is!!