[2001-01-21-Monterrey] El Dandy & Dr Wagner Jr & Psicosis vs La Parka & Hijo del Lizmark & Safari

[ohtani's jacket]

This started off as a Parka match, which was pretty much its own thing at this stage, and morphed into a beef between Wagner and his rudo partners. In the middle of all that was some good stuff -- Parka and Wagner brawling, Dandy squaring off with Safari, and a nice finishing stretch between Parka and Psicosis -- but it was mostly a repetitive loop of Wagner and Psicosis interfering with each other's holds. Wagner vs. Psicosis showed plenty of promise but if you've watched enough lucha you'll know that it pays to be skeptical. There's no guarantee that they'll follow it up so don't get your hopes up. It was interesting to see Psicosis back in a lucha setting after his US run. He was a good worker, but nowhere near as charismatic as he was with the mask. No matter how hard he tried, he wasn't really "Psicosis." An interesting case of how larger than life most Pena gimmicks were. 

[soup23]

I liked this much better than the previous match. The way the feud and pairings progressed from Parka vs Wagner to Parka vs Psicosis was well done. OJ’s point about this being a credit to the Pena created characters is also interesting to ponder as that is true that a lot of facets from the match and why it works compared to the previous one is that the gravity seems larger with these performers. I do give credit to them as well as the character that was created. Overall, the best Monterrey of 2001 so far. ***1/2 (7.1)