Wednesday, September 16, 2009

From the Archives, DragonNigel Week: Nigel McGuinness vs. Elijah Burke... from OVW (!?!?!?!)

Tit for tat, as yesterday, I posted Bryan Danielson involved in a WWE squash match early on in his career. Today, well, I found something a little more surprising. Turns out that when Nigel McGuinness makes his debut appearance with his new contract, it won't be the first time he's been in a WWE match. Same with his first FCW match... it won't be the first time he wrestled for a developmental territory. Turns out that Nigel had a cup of coffee both with the big company and with the former minor league, OVW. He wrestled on Heat against Danny Basham, but the match I got today is from OVW against Elijah Burke. It's more of a squash than the Danielson/Cena affair was, but Nigel does get some offense in. Towards the end you get to see a backstage segment featuring Paul Burchill and Mr. Kennedy. Funny how many recognizable faces there are in the clip.

Anyway, enjoy!



ETA: You might notice that neither Chris Jericho nor Delirious are in this video. Well, I had a FtA lined up that featured one of them, but found this one and thought it fit better. However, the other match I have will be saved for another day.