[2000-07-23-Monterrey] Super Parka & Antifaz del Norte & Felino & Mr Niebla vs Dr Wagner Jr & Silver King & El Dandy & Bestia Salvaje

[soup23]

This match is up there with my favorite Monterrey stuff of the year not including Panther and Santo. You had a majestic heel beatdown with Dandy being vicious with his little punches and really going after Antifaz. In addition, the comedy that was mixed in here with the referee doing the dive and the other spots were well done and placed. Nearfalls with Antifaz doing his comeback were well timed and the double knockout headbutt was excellent in the finishing stretch leading to Dandy picking up the win while being knocked out. ***3/4 (7.7)

[AstroBoy]

The comedy stuff is much more palatable thrown into the middle of a match here with time to breathe both before and after it. The work itself was good, though this felt a tad on the long side. A good match and the finish comes off well with Dandy getting the pin.

 

***

[Tim Evans]

Thought this was a little long but the Dandy beatdown of Antifaz was real good. He tears his mask and punches him right in the face multiple times in the corner. Really liked the finish with the double knockout.

[ohtani's jacket]

This was a solid match. I didn't mind the comedy too much as this was a house show for these guys and they were taking it easy. Dandy vs. Antifaz provided some decent narrative thrust although Dandy somehow managed to be the least charismatic of the rudos. It was obvious during the comedy spots that he wasn't as flamboyant or outgoing as the other rudos. What helped this bout was having a stronger tecnico unit than usual, I also loved that spot where the ref did a tope and the old guy with the potbelly and the cowboy hat who had to get out of the way of the dive train. This is the type of match that would disappoint if you were scrolling through match lists and found all these names together in the same match but from a house show point of view it was reasonably entertaining.