Below is a report from Pro Wrestling Indsider on last night’s attempted comeback of former WWE Tag Champs – The Nasty Boys. Pretty funny stuff!
Former WWF and WCW World Tag Team champions The Nasty Boys, Jerry Saggs and Brian Knobbs worked their first WWE match in many years in a dark match at last night’s Smackdown taping in Tampa, Florida that was said to have been an absolute disaster, leaving a ton of heat on the Nastys and possibly causing a ripple effect that nearly screwed up the live broadcast of ECW on the same taping.
From what I was told by several backstage, The Nastys treated the dark match like they were huge stars coming back. They took forever to even get in the ring because they spent so much time interacting with friends and family members sitting ringside. Brian Knobbs entered the ring with his back to the hard camera. Jerry Saggs then got in the ring “literally right next” to opponents Drew McIntye and Dave Taylor, “leaving them looking like idiots” according to one source.
Once the match started, The Nastys were said to have taken liberties in the ring with McIntyre. McIntyre, who is 21 and just started on the main roster a few weeks ago, tried to be respectful and take the abuse but finally starting dishing it back out by returning with stiff shots of his own. Even worse, Dave Taylor, a respected veteran, was treated in similar fashion by the Nastys.
One WWE performer called the dark match, “one of the all time worst things you could ever hope to see. It was abysmal.”
Another source believed that the Nastys taking so long actually screwed up the flow of the taping. The Smackdown taping didn’t end up until 9:54 PM, leaving the WWE crew only six minutes to rush and change over the set and ring for the live ECW on Sci Fi broadcast. I have not confirmed that with additional sources, but one person who was live in the building described the ring crew as being “frenzied to finish” after the end of the Smackdown aspect of the show.
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