Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Ray Mendoza Jr.: A Man on a Mission

CMLL 2009/3/27

Guerreros del Atlantida (Ultimo Guerrero, Atlantis, Rey Bucanero) vs. Ray Mendoza Jr. (fka Villano V), Villano IV, Texano Jr.

Rudos contra rudos, this was a revenge match, first time seeing Villano V wrestling unmasked, the new chapter of his life has begun, he’s a man with a mission now, and the first stage is the annihilation of Ultimo Guerrero, and boy oh boy, he did a pretty damn good job here. He was a nasty, surly beast with all them stiff punches, slaps, vicious chops to the neck, etc. He looked like the best goddamn wrestler of all time here, and his hermano VIV was right up there with him in his own quest of trying to avenge his brother’s mask loss. Texano was more than a suitable backup, so naturally this turned out to be a top notch entertainment. The Guerreros’ comeback in the segunda was marvelous, there was that one sequence where UG looked like an action movie character made by Leonardo da Vinci, if that makes any sense, it was unreal, beautiful poetry in motion. Atlantis did his stuff, which is always good, including the gnarly crowd killing tope that might put him in prison some day, he could kill someone in the front row. Bucanero was kind of the weakest link, but that’s absolutely no biggie considering the amount of greatness the other five dudes produced. This is a must-see high-end action, one of the best trios ever, mos def.

****3/4

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