10 Relatively Unheralded Matches Worth A WWE Network Revisit
5. Rey Mysterio Vs. Sabu - ECW One Night Stand 2006
Many fans can't get past the non-finish, and with good reason. Sabu himself once re-taped his bicep to his arm in order to finish a match. To go from that feat of will, to not being able to recover from a relatively innocuous DDT through a table, stretched the crowd's disbelief and their patience.
As crucial as finishes are to any wrestling match, what preceded it is too good, too expertly paced, to consign to the dustbin.
It's a rare botch-free effort from Sabu, whose sloppiness in the original ECW slightly compromised the quality of even his better matches. Rey meanwhile was on fire in the mid-2000s, even during his questionable reign as World Heavyweight champion, and this frenetic performance was no exception.
Lacking almost entirely in psychology, they instead take turns to batter one another with a series of increasingly violent and flamboyant chair and table spots, the most painful-looking of which sees Mysterio crotch himself on a chair after his second seated senton attempt goes awry. The fans went nuts for this.
Rejecting Rey's attempts to win their favour by dressing like his early 90s self, they received his transparency with deafening jeers, enhancing the drama in the ring.