[2001-01-14-Monterrey] Blue Panther & Rey Bucanero & La Llamarada vs Olimpico & Astuto & Mr. Niebla

[ohtani's jacket]

This was a fairly meaningless Monterrey bout. It had some nice stuff in it and managed to keep its shape until the end instead of breaking down in the tercera caida, but the finish was a schmoz that rendered the bout pointless. Panther was great and for my money the best worker in Mexico at this point. I particularly liked his work with Astuto. You can tell a lot about a luchador by the way they work with chance opponents like Astuto and Panther really let him shine in the opening fall. Niebla and his duck arse continue to annoy but Olimpico and Bucanero were decent. 

[soup23]

Was interested to see some well known guys mix it up with lesser known but overall besides that curiosity, this didn’t raise above fun. I agree with OJ that Panther seems elite around this time and Olimpico is always someone I’m drawn to inexplicably. *** (5.8)