[2012-01-01-Arena Neza] El Hijo Del Santo vs Angel Blanco Jr

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Similar to their match a month earlier though I think I liked this one slightly better. It didn't bother me in this particular instance but I always find it weird when the MC tells the crowd whom to cheer for. I love the way Santo uses a waistlock to control his opponent, he is insanely smooth, I love the way he will transition from a pin to a submission or vice-versa when it doesn't work out. There are some submission where you kinda know how they'll counter them and move on but early on there were a couple instances where Santo would bust out these insane totally out of the blue crazy hold counters, like something you'd see in an Otsuka match. We get the usual Santo highspots which is always a treat and I liked the way Blanco Jr. countered Santo's Camel Clutch. ***1/2