This match is on the WWE release Rey Mysterio: The Biggest Little Man"
Before the match “Mean” Gene Okerlund is backstage with Roddy Piper, Piper puts over Hogan and his match tonight the way only he can, he names other icons in the sport and says he's the only one that can call his kilt a skirt because he was tough enough to go with it. Gene Okerlund asks about the hip and Roddy Piper skips off. Jushin Liger enters the match first, Bobby “The Brain” Heenan, Tony Schiovane, Dusty Rhodes ,and Mike Tenay all crowd the commentary booth for this match. As Rey Mysterio enters Mike Tenay says this will unofficially be a #1 contenders match to Ultimo Dragon's 9 belt dynasty.
JUSHIN LIGER VS. REY MYSTERIO JR.
WCW Starrcade 1998 (29th December 1996)
© World Wrestling Entertainment
The fans chant for the USA because why not as Schiovane says this is the first time Liger has been in WCW for a year, it's not. He was at Slamboree. They shake hands before locking up. Jushin Liger shoves Rey into the corner. They circle and lock up again, Rey drops and tries to isolate Liger's leg, he trips Liger and tries to put on a surfboard, Liger is able to get to his feet and reverses the pressure. He wrenches Rey's arms back but Rey flips and kicks Liger in the jaw. Jushin Liger gets a headlock, Rey Mysterio Jr. sends Liger off the ropes, Liger sends him down with a shoulder tackle, and Rey kips up into a dropkick from Jushin Liger! Liger slams Rey as Tenay is talking about 1996 being the peak of Rey's career thus far, whereas Jushin Liger has had a tough year. Liger hits a delayed vertical suplex. Liger chops at Mysterio and rams him into the corner. Liger sends Rey off the ropes and sends him overhead, letting him freefall to the mat.
Jushin Liger hits a powerbomb and stomps at Rey Mysterio. He chops Rey and sends him off the ropes, but Rey takes him down with a headscissors. He leapfrogs over Liger and springboards off the middle rope, landing on his feet from a moonsault. Rey ends up on Liger's shoulders and they go over the top rope, Liger is sent to the floor with a headscissors. A Tiger feint kick brings Rey back into the ring as we all take a breather. Liger kicks the guardrail from frustration before getting back on the apron. Rey with a shoulder to the midsection but Liger blocks a suplex. He suplexes Rey Mysterio over the top rope to the floor! Jushin Liger plants Rey Mysterio with a powerbomb on the floor, but he beats the referee's count, getting back in the ring. Jushin Liger places Rey on the top turnbuckle, but Rey knocks him down with a headbutt. Rey Mysterio eats shit on a dropkick from the top rope, Liger kicks him in the gut and sends him off the ropes into the tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Jushin Liger puts a surfboard hold on Mysterio, but he refuses to give up so Liger slams Mysterio down.
Rey Mysterio rolls out to the apron and gets to his feet, he lands on his feet from a suplex attempt and hits a german suplex, Mysterio hits a standing moonsault for a nearfall, a DDT and an Arabian press get another nearfall. Rey Mysterio hits a springboard dropkick and applies a camel clutch, but Liger's close to the ropes. Rey lets it go, moving back to the apron again. Another springboard is cut off by a dropkick from Liger, he covers and gets a nearfall. A german suplex by Liger gets him another nearfall, so he locks in a half boston crab. Rey Mysterio gets the rope, breaking the hold. Jushin Liger starts targetting the left leg with a dragon screw and kicks to the leg. He sends Mysterio from one corner to another and hits the somersault Kappo kick. Rey Mysterio reverses an irish whip and sends Liger into the corner. Jushin Liger is sent across the ring with a monkey flip. A spinning heel kick sends Liger into the corner but he places Rey on the top turnbuckle. Rey kicks Liger in the face and sends him over with another headscissors. Liger reverses an irish whip, Rey goes over to the apron and jumps over a baseball slide, Liger is out on the floor and Rey dropkicks him through the ropes! Rey hits a springboard moonsault from the top rope to the floor, barely beating the referee's count. He tells the referee to allow Liger back to the ring. Rey Mysterio cuts Liger off as he gets back in the ring and hits a guillotine legdrop bringing him back in the ring. Rey Mysterio covers but Liger gets his foot on the rope at 2.
Rey Mysterio Jr. plants Liger but eats shit on the springboard leg drop as Liger rolls out of the way. Liger hits a diving headbutt and covers but Rey kicks out at 2. Liger chops Mysterio but is sent into the corner, he lifts Mysterio over to the apron and eats a forearm shot, Liger cuts off a springboard sending Mysterio from the top rope to the floor. Liger climbs to the top rope but Rey trips him, Rey Mysterio Jr. tries to hit a springboard headscissors but can't bring Liger over. Jushin Liger with another rolling Kappo kick. He hits a sitout powerbomb and just keeps Rey Mysterio Jr. down for the 3.
WINNER: JUSHIN LIGER
Reading a review of this match won't do it justice. It's fast-paced action, with Liger taking on the default “big man” role in the match, using his slight size advantage whilst still being able to use his athleticism. He's also a veteran compared to Rey and was able to use his experience, but if you don't at least try to find this match, you're doing yourself a disservice. – As a match it's *** but personally I'd rate it 6.5/10
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