Well, Hey There! Are You IWRG? Long Time No See!

IWRG 2015/10/18

LA Park, Trauma I, Trauma II vs. Dr. Wagner Jr., Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Golden Magic

Massive disappointment, nothing even close to an out-of-control Arena Naucalpan mayhem I was secretly expecting. It was the worst possible version of Park vs. Wagner, with all the posing, shenanigans, annoying stalling and screwy finish. Wagner was the worst here with all the unnecessary posing and crap like that. Such a real life douche, but you gotta give him credit for being a smart worker who knows how to get and stay over with the crowds with minimal fucking efforts. Even when Park and Wagner actually wrestled, it was painfully average, with lots of sloppiness and low-bump shortcuts. Wagner’s son was useless here. Terrible wrestler. The Traumas and Golden Magic were the saving graces of the match, they did some cool and fancy shit and made sure the match stays somewhat coherent. I also liked some brawling portions but those were rare, unfortunately. Such a meh match.

**1/4

Random Perrito Shit from AAA

AAA Rey de Reyes 2012

 (2012/03/18)

4-WAY for 2012 Rey de Reyes: Jack Evans vs. Hector Garza vs. Hijo del Perro Aguayo vs. LA Park

Oh man, what a bad match! One would probably never guess based on talent involved, but the match was truly bad, and it’s all because of AAA being the worst here. We got some solid stuff before the first elimination, which happened after Jeff Jarrett hit LA Park with a guitar. On the entrance stage far away from the ring. With fucking Karen being involved. The guitar wasn’t even smashed. Guitarshot suddenly means a killshot, after three million wrestlers kicking out of it in various places. So now the one and only LA fucking PARK has to lose like some rookie geek to advance a shitty angle? FUCK! YOU! It was all downhill from there. Ringwork blending in with shitty booking, everyone looking bad and lazy, etc. The only somewhat saving grace was Hector repeatedly interfering and messing with referee during Jack Evans’ pin attempts on Perro. That shit was legitimately funny and the only reason why I didn’t DUD this crap. Such a mess, just a vintage AAA clusterfuck.

bad

Meh

CaraLucha 2015/09/16

3-WAY LUCHA EXTREMA: Pagano vs. Damian 666 vs. LA Park

Damian working instead of Rush, because CMLL vetoed their wrestlers from working indies that have Park and Wagner booked. Park’s “fuck your mothers” thing is now – a thing. Like a new catchphrase. Mkay then. And this match? Well, it was good every time they hit each other with various objects during ringside brawling parts, and it was actively bad almost every time they stepped into the ring. Pagano’s sloppiness was painful to watch, and in general there were lots of awkward moments that are so typical for 3-ways. There was no Rush or Trauma to carry Pagano. Passable hardcore match, but barely.

**

Arena Mexico 09/04 Quickie

CMLL 2015/09/04

Park & Wagner Making CMLL Hot Once Again

CMLL 2015/08/28

LA Park, Atlantis, Volador Jr. vs. Dr. Wagner Jr., Sombra, Rush

Wild and out-of-control brawl mixed with some crazy flying, man oh man, this match was all it needed to be. Park and Wagner working their first CMLL match in seven years drew big time and Arena Mexico was filled with red hot fans who created an electrifying atmosphere and were into everything. Wagner was posing and stalling for like 80% of his ringtime, but I didn’t mind it at all, lol. So many stories, plots and subplots in this match, with old grudges and the new ones. Park and Rush have an unbelievable promising chemistry, they beat bajesus out of each other here, there were nasty headbutt and German suplex battles, also Park was choking him with cables and hitting him with a stretcher. Park is bringing it! Assuming Park stays in CMLL long enough, their eventual apuesta clash should be amazing. Park and Wagner also didn’t forget their bitter feud. Atlantis and Sombra did a great job in building towards the upcoming mask vs. mask match at Aniversario, but they were also hinting at Atlantis/Wagner, which is an old beef with some sort of resolution still to come. Volador was here to bump around and do the flying part. All in all, this was a totally crazy scuffle and a proper return match for Park and Wagner, you better watch it.

****1/2

The Rush/Park Violence

Lucha Libre BOOM 2015/6/27

Rush & Mr. Niebla vs. LA Park & Hijo del LA Park

Very fun match and quite noteworthy due to Rush working a blood brawl, something he can’t do in CMLL, he also took and gave chairshots, another thing that’s verboten in CMLL. Niebla and Park’s son were really sidekicks here, all they did was filling ring time when Rush and Park were busy selling beatings. Niebla was truly awful once again, seriously, fuck that guy already. Fuck him in his ear! Parkito was mostly good, his armdrags and rope bouncing looked good, he also hit a great tope and wonderful plancha into the crowd, so yeah, he did his part well.

Obviously the main story here was two surly brawlers from different eras beating the shit out of each other. I don’t think I’ve ever seen better rudo stalling than what Rush did at the beginning of this match. Not even the endless “PUTO!” and “PUTA MADRE!” heckles from Park and the fans could make him change his mind, he was just enjoying being a total dickbag. Rush bleeding hard was such a stunning visual, Park did his usual thing with blood and shit, Rush did the mask-ripping part, there were hard suplexes, heavy smacks and chops, attacks on the ref, etc. All in all, good match and something I hope is just a prelude to their potential singles match. Now, that’d be so fucking sweet!

***1/2

Do People Actually Think Park Isn't the Best?!

TXT 2013/5/11

LA Park vs. Dr. Wagner Jr.

Legendary blood brawl of modern lucha. And it gets better on every viewing. The first two falls are perfection, the tercera not so much. It’s still great and stiff, they worked a regular fall, but the ref bumps kind of drag the match down a notch. But no biggie there, because this is still a fantastic piece of pro-wrestling, the first two falls are as good as it gets in the lucha massacre department. Park dominated Wagner for 13 straight minutes, the entire primera and good part of segunda, it was nasty and brutal, Park was one mean motherfucker, his asskicking aura shined like almost never before. He looked and acted frightening. Hard chairshots, mask-ripping, blood licking, brawling through the crowd, punches, kicks… Glorious shit. Wagner was selling everything like death. The crowd was extremely pro-Wagner here, there were numerous “Parka es puto” chants as he was decimating their hero. When Wagner finally made his comeback, the place exploded, Hulkamania style. Obviously Wagner gave Park a taste of his own medicine, as it was his turn to unleash violence now. He fucked up Park pretty bad with a beer bottle, Park was bleeding buckets, to the point they had doctor stopping the match for awhile to patch his forehead. Also, huge props to Black Terry for being such an awesome and easy-going ref, he let them go as hardcore as they wanted. Sweet!

This is an amazing match and a must-see for every lucha fan out there.

****3/4

Classic AAA

AAA 1996/10/6

LUCHA EN JAULA: Pierroth Jr., Killer, Halcon Dorado Jr. vs. Mascara Sagrada Jr., Blue Demon Jr., La Parka

Fun cage match brawl, basically as good as it could get with the “escape” stipulation and some of the names involved. But hey, it was entertaining enough and kept short, with a minimalistic structure and layout. Parka was brutal in his comeback punishment, he went full throttle on the rudos with chairshots and caneshots. Totally watchable tussle.

***

Random Indie Lucha

Lucha Libre Kdna 2014/12/28

3-WAY: Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. LA Park vs. Atlantis

Wow, this match actually had a decisive winner. Well, it wasn’t clean of course, it never is with Park and Wagner in the mix, but there was a winner. Due to Atlantis’ presence, this wasn’t a crazy Park/Wagner helter-skelter brawl, but rather a game of tricks and smoke and mirrors. Sure, some stiff shots were still thrown around, but the majority was a normal 3-way match with dudes trying to outsmart each other. Atlantis needs to have singles matches with both these dudes.

***1/4

Llaves y Candados 2015/3/15

LUCHA EN JAULA for LyC Tag Team Championship: Dr. Wagner Jr. & Silver King vs. Hijo del Ninja & Ultimo Ninja ©

Another contender for the trainwreck of the year, this was such a hilariously terrible cage match filled with Botchamania gags. I don’t wanna waste any time on writing about this shit.

DUD

Vamper Revolution 2015/3/14

Canek & LA Park vs. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. & Dr. Wagner Jr.

A Park/Wagner match, which was good. But it was also a Canek/Jalisco match, which was fucking AWFUL. Meh.

**

Vamper Revolution 2015/3/14

Negro Casas vs. Fuerza Guerrera

Good match with not so good dirty low-blow finish for a DQ. They worked a throwback lucha match and it was mostly nice and engaging, shame things didn’t work out well due to booking.

***1/4