Silver King

[Grimmas]

Discuss here.

[Grimmas]

I've seen Silver King in Japan, WCW and a little bit in Mexico. I've liked everything I've seen, but not enough to put him on the list.

 

However, I do want to watch him in Mexico. What should I check out?

[Gregor]

Silver King vs. Emilio Charles Jr. is worth watching. Silver King vs. Apolo Dantes is, too, but it's not as good as the Charles match. Silver King/Gran Hamada/Texano vs. Negro Casas/Dr. Wagner Jr./Rambo got a ton of praise from the people who went through the match discussion archives, but I haven't seen it and it doesn't appear to be online.

 

I remember thinking that Silver King was one of the better guys in 1994 CMLL. He's not a classic luchador, but CMLL was pretty dreary in 1994 and he was one of the most exciting guys they had. The only match online I can point to off the top of my head is Silver King/Ultimo Dragon/El Dandy vs. Javier Llanes/Emilio Charles Jr./Pierroth Jr.

[Matt D]

That's a good start, but I haven't seen a ton of Silver King either. Someone else suggest some more please.

[alexoblivion]

There’s so much footage from his initial CMLL run that I don’t know what to think of that run yet, but when just looking at his 94 and comparing him to his stablemates, I don’t think he surpassed Dandy or Texano. The same quick, athletic style that King is working in 94, Texano is doing but only better, and no way does King have anything in his career as good as the Dandy/Llanes match from 94. The Charles and Dantes single matches are good, but they both were just as responsible for the quality in those as King.

[cad]

Eh, I don't feel too strongly about Silver King one way or the other. He's good for an impressive spot but I can't remember him ever doing anything really gripping. He didn't even leave behind that many matches to call overrated or underrated. I guess I'd compare him to guys like Black Warrior and Heavy Metal, other athletically gifted and charismatic workers who never put it all together to hit that next level. King was better than Metal, not sure about him vs Warrior.