Nathan Jones vs Shannon Moore WWE Smackdown 11-25-2003
You guys ever see the movie where criminals steal a guys elephant so for 90 minutes he just knees the beejeezus out of everyone?
It's called The Protector and its incredible. It's a 2005 Thai Martial Arts movie starring Tony Jaa and I love it. If people do know Tony Jaa it's usually from Ong-Bak, which is great but I just like The Protector better. I've seen that movie so many times and I've never not once enjoyed it. It's absolute chaos . By the way, I wasn't joking about the plot, the whole premise is John Wick but without dogs and guns and replaced with elephants and flying knees. Guy with a bunch of lightbulbs on his back getting some weird therapy, YOU'RE GETTING KNEED. Random gang of inline skaters and dirt bikers with light tubes, YOU'RE GETTING KNEED. Nameless villains in Stone Cold Steven Austin Shirts, YOU'RE GETTING KNEED. Nathan Jones. YOU'RE Getting...wait.
Nathan Jones?
After he was the colossal of Boggo road, Nathan appeared in a lot of Thai and Australian action films as the heavy, including The Protector. He shows up and is the first guy to beat the shit out of Tony Jaa. He destroys a temple and just out muscles Tony. Of course, Tony eventually defeats Nathan Jones later in the movie by attaching elephant bones to his arms and cutting all the tendons in his body. I don't even call that a spoiler because OBVIOUSLY that what was going to happen. It's really fun seeing Nathan Jones show up and be great because for a long time he was only known as an awful wrestler. He is the guy WWE took out of a Wrestlemania match because he was too green, think about the ground that covers. In The Protector, all he had to do was be a big guy throwing a little guy around and he was effective. I wonder if that translates to pro wrestling
It Does
There is a simple equation I've noticed in this blog. Giant Guy plus Wimpy willing to die equals Greatness. It's the greatest math equation since u+me=us. This match slaps. Tonight's opponent for Nathan Jones is Shannon Moore, who apparently is being punished by Paul Heyman for something. I just assumed Heyman would write him a bounced check as revenge, but Paul E opted for a more violent approach. Right off the bat Shannon tries to attack Nathan Jones and gets thrown to the outside. Jones then grabs Moore by the head and PULLS HIM FROM THE FLOOR TO THE TOP ROPE. I don't think I've ever seen that. I've seen guys get pulled to the apron, but the top rope is absurd. Shannon gets tossed to the floor before Nathan brings him in and delivers clotheslines. Shannon finally gets separation and looks for a moonsault, but Nathan comes behind him and uh-oh..... One of my favorite things in doing this blog is that so many squashes have a move that is indescribable, so let me do my best. Nathan does like a reverse body slam toss which sends Shannon flying across the ring onto his stomach. It looks bruuuuutaall.
HES NOT DONE
He lifts Shannon up from the mat to above his head for a chokeslam and instead decides to throw Shannon over the top rope and poor Shannon lands flat on his back. He then hits THE CRAZIEST GUTWRENCH SUPLEX IVE EVER SEEN FOR THE WIN. This was insane. I need to re-investigate Shannon Moore as an enhancement guy because he made Nathan Jones look like a force. If they had just done like a month of Nathan Jones killing Shannon Moore he would have been the biggest star in the company. It's a prediction about the past, so you can't prove me wrong. Hall of Fame, Top Tier squash. Absolutely unreal.
I hope Nathan Jones never steals my elephant
TLDR REVIEW
Shannon Moore died for our sins. The sin is not respecting Nathan Jones. I'm not good at describing moves
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