Negro Casas vs El Dandy

[GOTNW]

This is the only comparison thread we haven't done yet for the top three ranked luchadores. Judging by the Santo/Dandy thread Casas should win in a landslide which would be interesting since Satanico, who finished below Dandy in the GWE poll fared fairly well in a direct comparison versus Casas. I am not sure if Casas ever had a year like Dandy's 1990 but his best matches reached a higher peak than Dandy's and quantity and longevity are on his side. At his best Dandy was a phenomenal wrestler but I can't say his performances have ever impressed me so profoundly like Casas' best did.

[goc]

There really isn't much for me to say because my thoughts on this are pretty much the same as GOTNW's. Casas kind of blows Dandy away on longevity and quantity and I don't know if Dandy's peak of 1990 is really THAT much better than Casas at his best.

[Cap]

I was just talking about this with my buddy (who is not that high on Casas) the other day. I am still getting into lucha. I have watched a lot of Dandy and Casas, mostly their top matches, but other stuff too. It really is a peak vs longevity argument. I love Dandy at his best and I don't think Casas has a match that I would put above my 2 favorite Dandy matches. I was kind of thinking maybe I really do value peak and then I watched Casas vs Santo from the 80s set and I LOVED Casas in that match. I would say Casas' natural charisma would put him over the Dandy on the whole for me. He would rank higher if I mad a GWE list, but as far as personal favorites go it is kind of a toss up. Dandy at his best has the ability to take the drama of a match to another level.

 

In short, I don't really have an answer, but it is something I have been thinking about a bit lately.