Masanobu Fuchi & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Mike Rotundo & Steve Williams

"They actually showed a bit more than usual with this highlight package, probably because these are the two main teams to look out for in this entire thing. Kawada gets to beat down on a T-shirt wearing Williams (seriously, was the guy just really self-conscious at the time or off-cycle? I'm fine with it, it's just a bit weird) with a fancy Gamengiri shot, and Fuchi gets to yuck it up with a Misawa-style neckcrank right afterwards to work on the wounded lad but he escapes. Fuchi gets beat up by the two as Rotundo lands his usual Samoan Drop and Williams uses the very rarely-used (at least at this point) second rope powerslam on Fuchi: seemed a bit shaky but mostly looked fine enough, at least to get the pin anyway. Doctor D looked super gassed afterwards as he just spent a long time kneeling down and not really moving: not in a "selling" way but in a "I'm blown up" way as he wasn't even trying to move. All in all, it's still not enough for a ranking but I can at least say this looked enjoyable, though the fact Rotundo only showed up for one move here is telling."