IWRG 3/26/09

Freelance, Turbo & Chico Che vs. Black Thunder, Black Terry & Capitán Muerte

IWRG is back and it'll only take a few seconds of matwork to make you realise what you've missed.

The match itself was low-key. There wasn't much of a crowd and they didn't bite on the switch-up in the first fall, which, considering the technicos snuck a fall they should've lost, kinda killed the tone for the rest of the match. The rudos played it a bit loose after that, but the work was good. The Black Terry matwork was awesome and Freelance was able to bust a move or two from the mat without killing himself.

Fuerza Guerrera vs. Oficial 911 [Campeonato Intercontinental Welter IWRG]

Hadn't seen Fuerza in awhile and wasn't sure if he still had it. He still has it. In spades.

He's a lot heavier and slower than the Fuerza I remember, and his body can't move or bump like it used to, but it's all about the top two inches and Fuerza's as keen as ever. Through two falls he looked better than Blue Panther and Negro Casas combined, but they worked this awful finish that was straight out of '94-95 AAA with an Americanised twist. What a gaffe. You could see it coming, actually -- they passed up on some awesome finishes and you knew the beat beyond would be shit. Still, the finer points in this were awesome.