Tajiri vs. Tazz

[4.0] "Okay, this match was like others, still mid point, the level of these matches isn't a huge level, but good to see Tajiri in this his first WWF/E PPV, WWF 4-3 WCW/ECW. 4/10 [**3/4]"

[4.0] "An okay match, but yet again it's just cut too short. Tajiri is great and I honestly wish he was used more. Could have been better obviously but it's okay. **"

[4.0] "It was clear by this point that WWF saw nothing in Tazz and were just throwing him out there to get beat week after week. But Tajiri was a force to be reckoned with anyway."

[4.0] "I like Tajiri a lot, and he was pretty over here for an undercard guy. But this match didn't make much sense to me. Tazz dominates it. Even though it is short, Tazz has to take 80% of the match before Tajiri wins with the mist/kick combo. You can have the loser dominate the match and make it work from a story perspective if the match has time. If you can tell a comeback or resilient story, it can work. But with only 5-6 minutes, you can't possibly tell a story that way. So it doesn't get Tazz over because he lost, but considering Tajiri cheated and barely won, he doesn't really get over either. The way they did the mist spot also didn't make sense. Considering Tazz was on offense and had to lay off for no reason for Tajiri to prepare it. The mist packet also stained Tajiri's wrist tape, so you knew it was coming. Not a bad match, but just didn't sit right with me."

[5.0] "decent match that felt like a savior after all that terrible wrestling, Tajiri cheats one on Tazz to get the win for team WWF"

[5.0] "Decent match, I enjoyed Tajiri's work a lot. Tazz was pretty much done as a wrestler at this point. Could have done with being a few minutes longer, but there were ten matches on a three hour card and this was one of a number of matches to suffer from a lack of time."

[6.0] "I thought this was a fun short match. Tajiri always delivers amazing offense and Tazz had some excellent counters into Suplexes. Perhaps it didn't set the world ablaze, but in the time they were given, they told an interesting story and had the crowd gasping at every one of Tajiri's strikes. Thoroughly enjoyed this. 3 stars, 6 out of 10."

[6.0] "I didn't mind this and I really like both guys but it's one of those matches where you know they can do so much better if given the opportunity. But I still liked what I saw."

[5.0] "The crowd came alive once Tajiri got his offense in and no wonder because it looked really impressive and he was incredibly smooth with it. It might have been better if Tazz hasn't been presented like a joke up to this point, but at least Tajiri had a nice showing."

[5.0] "Too short to be great, but decent while it lasted and a nice showcase for Tazz in WWE, something that wouldn't happen too often."

[5.0] "Like almost every single match on this show, they could? ve used more time but this was still decent. Tajiri's kicks looked great here, Taz was fine here nothing special tho. The ending with the green mist was pretty well done.**1/2"

[3.0] "Tajiri gets a heel kick and standing moonsault for 2. Tazz fights back with a suplex and Tajiri beats him down with the kicks. Tazz with a clothesline and he beats Tajiri up. Alabama slam gets 2. Tajiri comes back with a handspring elbow and gets a pop, this was when he was fresh in the company and not old hat like in 2004. Tarantula and seated dropkick gets 2. He goes to the kicks again but Tazz gets the trapping suplex to knock him stupid. Tazz pushes the ref away and Tajiri is playing possum as he sprays green mist in Tazz's face and the buzz kick gets the pin. Too short."

[5.0] "All the match since the start of the show are pretty much the same short duration. It could have been way better with this two given more time."

[4.0] "Differently from the strange Regal/Raven contest, this was a decent one (Tajiri and Tazz sure knew each other well), despite some flaws."

[6.0] "I enjoyed this one for the short running time it had. Tajiri was clearly jazzed to be working his first WWF pay per view and Tazz did some good heel character work throughout. Sadly injuries had bogged Tazz's work down a bit by this period. A healthier Tazz and and extra 5 minutes on the match time could have made this one for 2001's hidden gems. As it was, it was a solid mid-card pay per view match that the crowd enjoyed"