Freelance

[Dylan Waco]

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[Dylan Waco]

The last of the IWRG glory years guys who I felt the need to nominate it. Like Chico Che I'm not sure I can come up with a concrete case for him, but god damn what a great flyer. He had the ability to go completely bonkers in a trio and just take the match over with smooth as silk, impressive as fuck, highspots. I remember thinking he was really great from like 2008-2012 when he would show up, but god knows it was spotty as hell in that period. This is really more of a nomination about my missing that era of IWRG, but god damn at his peak he was a guy that seemed destined for this list.

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Lotta Freelance fans here. I watched a couple of matches where he squared off with the master.

Freelance vs Dr. Cerebro, May 21 2017
This was a good match. It was a little less mat based than your typical Cerebro match but he's not a one dimensional worker. Freelance clearly had more talent than a lot of the pikers I've seen Cerebro try to match holds with. On the other hand, it didn't really have anything special going for it, and Freelance pretty clearly just let go of a hold and walked away at one point. Keep that shit limited to Negro Navarro matches, please.

Freelance, Fenix and Aeroman vs Dr. Cerebro, Fantasma de la Opera and Cerebro Negro, July 31 2008
Dr. Cerebro beat the absolute shit out of Freelance here. This was the kind of rudo performance I've wanted to see from the doctor for a long time. It wasn't heatseeking stuff, he just destroyed Freelance, who was a great sympathetic babyface. The other rudos got into it too and I loved how Freelance just collapsed with exhaustion after evening the match. They were two thirds of the way to a great one. I didn't really like Freelance's third fall offense. It was good tecnico offense in and of itself, and I have no problem with tecnicos making a comeback on rudos with flashy tecnico offense. I'm just kind of OCD about blood, I guess. Once you're busted open and having trouble even standing, that should be a sign that you're in no condition to be doing crazy standing flips or whatever. As usual with IWRG I can't understand what they wanted to do with the finish, which saw Freelance eliminated early before Aeroman and Cerebro landed winning blows simultaneously. Still, I gotta call the match a big success, as it improved my (already very high) opinion of Cerebro and made me want to see more Freelance.