Loss Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 I was disappointed in this. Fuerza Guerrera is a fine wrestler, but he's not meant to be this credible. Some of the sequences seemed to be missing some snap, and this was too short to really build to something big. I still like the idea of it being here, as these guys were world class workers in spite of the match falling short, and it's an interesting look at them taking their act around the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted December 10, 2012 Report Share Posted December 10, 2012 None of this technical, mat-based title match lucha shit here--Fuerza crotches Santo on the ringpost and both guys dive onto each other with impunity. Santo electric-chairs Fuerza off the turnbuckles and then applies La De a Caballo for the submission to win the first fall...and, oh, fuck, it's a one-fall match. Yeah, this ended just as it got going, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 I am definitely higher on this as everyone else as I thought it was a really good sprint type match. We get some showcase spots early then Fuerza says fuck that and crotches santo and drops him right on top of his dome. I always like Santo selling when he milks it and this was no exception. Ending stretch is good with some power moves and maybe one of my favorite Santo dives of all time with the glare from the lights in the screen. Fuerza makes a costly escape allowing Santo to win with the clutch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 I thought this was good. It seemed the finish came right when these guys were heating the match up. I think Fuerza's stuff plays better in trio matches though. Or at least I prefer him in trios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted January 25, 2013 Report Share Posted January 25, 2013 No more fan cam. Santo kind of sluggish to start. Guerrera with a vicious looking powerbomb where he dropped Santo his his neck. Wasn’t treated as anything big though. I thought they were starting to get going but it was just the one fall so match was short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenjo Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 You can tell if it's going to be 1 or 3 falls by listening to the ring introductions... Â As it only went 10m they showed the Japanese fans a sample of what they could do. They mainly stuck to aerial warfare as quite rightly they thought that this is the type of Lucha most accessible to foreigners. The matwork and brawling styles are more of an acquired taste. I thought that this was a nice compact little match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 This was fine as a showcase style match but not anything more. At least we get the pro shot video rather than the camcorder, though one of the cameras is in bad need of white balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 This was a nifty little bout, but I can't believe that there wasn't more done with the crotch shots, especially since both of these guys are high flyers. Shouldn't a groin injury, particularly the one Santo got (nasty post job from Fuerza, by the way) restrict your ability to jump around? These two shrugged of their crotch postings like they were incidental bumps. Comparatlvely, a much lesser bump than this supposedly put Lawler out of action for six months in '87 (I think it was actually a cover for legitimate testicular surgery). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drew wardlaw Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Wait, this was only a one fall match. Just as I thought I was getting accustomed to things here, it changes! This was pretty cool. This match did help me articulate something though. I really enjoyed the snap and energy in Kendo's offense in the previous match, so for this match I was looking for that same thing, and didn't quite get it here as much as I would have liked. So from here on out, I think that's something I'll be looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawho5 Posted March 4, 2017 Report Share Posted March 4, 2017 Seemed like they were a little off all match. Until they hit the finishing stretch and really brought things home well. I also questioned shrugging off the low blows, but it's a ten minute exhibition match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. Badger Posted March 24, 2021 Report Share Posted March 24, 2021 I'm with soup23 & Zenjo on this. I thought it was a very good sprint match. Everything looked like a struggle but still very smooth and clean. Something like this is what laid the foundation for Jr. lucharesu of 90's Michinoku Pro. Since I'm a big fan of that then, I really dug this. I've seen better matches with these two but, its been awhile so, this was a nice treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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