[1996-04-19-WAR] Rey Misterio Jr vs Psicosis

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

It's interesting to see the difference side-by-side in how these guys work in Mexico and how they work on tour. They still do most of the same spots, but you get a more rushed version of their match and lose some of the good stuff. Still a good introduction to these guys for people who probably hadn't seen them before (Well, this was a J-Cup rematch, but you know what I mean ...), but nowhere near as good as their best. Not sure why these guys like to use chairs so much in their matches though. They are fine without them.

[shoe]

Very spotastic. I miss their Lucha matwork that would build to spots. It seems the ECW effect has bitten them.

[Tim Evans]

Well that's the Konnan effect with all the chairs. He basically killed AAA for years cause of the hardcore shit. This was a ok match and I liked how the basically spoke English throughout. Was this around the time where Ultimo Dragon jumped from CMLL to AAA?

[Robert S]

This is the first thing on the set I was wondering why it made it. It's a seven minute version of their usual stuff to no crowd reaction.

[PeteF3]

Some okay stuff but almost nothing we haven't seen before. Not even a pretense of matwork this time, as they go straight into the spots. Rey needs a new finish besides the opponent trying for a Splash Mountain off the turnbuckle, but as we know it's not going away.

[soup23]

This felt like their version of a touring type match they could send to different promotions. The action was good but there was no storyline or meaning behind both of them. The match is meant to be taken on the surface and pop the crowd and it does that effectively. ***

[tim]

Very by the numbers Rey/Psi match. Fine enough, but stuff we've seen quite a bit of by now.