#3 Jonathan Coachman vs. Tajiri (WWE Backlash - April 18, 2004)
Oh, The Coach. As a commentator, he was pretty good. As a character he was great. As a member of ESPN SportsCenter, he does a fantastic job.
He’s not necessarily somebody who should have ever stepped inside the squared circle. Coach got beat up a heck of a lot throughout the year 2007, but this match goes back to 2004.
April’s annual Backlash pay-per-view, which featured Benoit vs. Michaels vs. Triple H in a rematch of the classic WrestleMania triple threat the previous month, also saw Jonathan Coachman take on Tajiri.
Coach actually ended up beating Tajiri after interference from Lance Cade (Garrison Cade at the time) and he went on to wrestle in a few too many somewhat competitive matches afterwards.
The big issues with this match were two things: One, The Coach got in far too much offence, as he should have gotten exactly zero; two, the match should have never happened in the first place.
Tajiri is better than that, even though he is great at comedy. Which, although you would expect it to be, this match actually wasn’t.
To be completely fair, the match was actually fairly okay, and it was short. But still, it happened. On a pay-per-view nonetheless. Ew.
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