[1998-11-23-WCW-Nitro] Rey Misterio Jr vs Billy Kidman

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Rey unveils all sorts of new moves here, and he's moving around much better than he has for most of the year. This was a good match that had the crowd. Eddy comes out and tries to interfere, but eats a dropkick and pescado from Kidman. Juventud runs in the ring in an LWO shirt and his Rey with a Juvi Driver. Heel turn for Juventud. Kidman doesn't see all this, hits the SSP and retains the title. I love that Juventud wears reading glasses in his run-in.

[soup23]

Here is the Rey 1998 match I have been looking for as I thought this was very good and innovative. Rey was busting out all sort of counters and unique leverage spots here and looked way more confident on his leg than before. He seems to have Kidman beat but Juvy comes out and cashes a receipt from last night by giving Rey a Juvi driver with an LWO shirt on. (***1/2)

[tim]

Fun match. Nothing to blow your socks off but a nice workrate cruiserweight affair. I liked Rey's weird facebuster off the code red set up here.

[PeteF3]

Definitely a fun little match, with Kidman working to ground Rey and Rey playing hit-and-run, including turning a sunset flip into a bulldog...somehow. I guess Juventud's interference last week was a bit of accidentally-on-purpose work on the LWO's behalf.