[2000-10-26-IWRG] Enterrador & Blue Panther & Scorpio Jr vs Villano IV & Felino & El Hijo del Lizmark

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Oh yeah, more good trios action VIllano IV and Scorpio were the big components of this match and they brought the hate. Scorpio rips the mask and Villano blades. Villano is sent head first right into the iron post. Then we get the big comeback for the second caida and now Scorpio is busted open. Third fall starts with some rapid fire punches and knee right to the face from Villano. Villano is really using his DDT today as a big move in his arsenal. Panther and Felino finish up after Villano and Scorp dive to the outside and this is a good sequence with less hate but some pretty chain wrestling and roll up attempts. Villano ends up picking up the win with a Diamond Cutter and everyone celebrates. Lizmark and Enterrador were kind of just warm bodies here but that was fun because the rest of the guys picked up the slack. ***1/2 (6.8)

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This was a slow-burning trios that ended up with a double bladejob. Any trios match that brings Villano IV to the fore is a welcome addition to the footage as he's not the type of worker who gets showcased a lot. He's extremely capable of playing the lead role in a trios match and carrying his end of a singles feud but he tends to always be in a secondary role supporting his brother or some other central player. Thankfully, IWRG had strong UWA roots and this 2000 run of theirs harkens back to the early 90s UWA where Villano IV was as much a singles player as a trios wrestler. The brawling here was good. The mask ripping and the blading was done right, which isn't always the case in trios matches. They gave you just enough of a tease that you want to see another trios match between them the following week and then a singles match if the powers that be allow it. Plus there was some good stuff between Panther and Felino to back it up. In thise case, they worked rapid fire lucha exchanges that served to contrast the breakdown in sportsmanship between Villano and Scorpio while at the same time matching their intensity. Felino still has a massive engine judging by this footage and Panther is simply one of the best workers in the world at this point (no hyperbole.) Lots to enjoy here.