Perro Versus Two Dickbags

AAA Triplemania I

 (1993/04/30)

Cabellera vs. Mascara: Perro Aguayo vs. Mascara Ano 2000

Semi-main of the first Triplemania ever, the big culmination of the heated rivalry, epic clash in front of 48,000 Perro marks, fucking great apuesta encounter. Perro loses primera via controversial foul, Dos Mil loses segunda via obvious foul (brassknuckles) and tercera was your good old lucha restart with big moves, bigger drama in front of electrifying fans. They created such grand high-end match by using nothing but the most basic moves and sequences, and the match was totally 50-50 because you don’t often see the hair losing to the mask, plus Dos Mil’s second, Universo 2000, is basically like the biggest piece of shit you’ll ever see and is fucking GREAT at cheating. Obviously Perro bled, but it wasn’t your usual Perro-as-a-slaughtered-animal bladejob. Mascara Ano’s mask was also red, but I couldn’t tell whether it was a bladejob or Perro’s blood. The only thing I’d change about the match is the ending. While the low-blow finish from Perro felt sooo fucking good to the fans due to Dos Mil finally tasting his own medicine and looking like a dork in the biggest match of his career, I’d still have preferred an additional blast or two. But nevermind, because this match is still a goddamn groovefest!

****3/4

Mesias/Park x2

So, I re-watched the two Mesias/Park matches and it’s still quite an enjoyable stuff with one common flaw – kind of weakly executed finishes, especially the first one. The ref looking the other way was some poor timing, and the same ref getting kicked in the head in the second match was very far-fetched. So yeah, the endings could’ve been better and it definitely affected the star ratings. Now onto the matches, they’re two awesome brawls with tons of good stuff in there, both had glorious Park control sessions to start the match where he’d just decimate Mesias with chairs, stiff punches and nasty suplexes. Then we’d get Mesias coming back and hitting big hope spots but also getting revenge on the LA by chairshotting him silly across the head. Seriously, though, those tight sluggish sounds of chair connecting with head, as well as floor connecting with back and hips… Brrr! Creepy and truly unsettling. The TripleMania match has what is probably the best plancha ever executed, courtesy of Mesias, seriously that thing was beautiful, and Park did one killer tope that puts most of young luchadors to big shame. Naturally, Park’s face was shown almost in its entirety in both matches, lol, the only thing keeping it from full unmasking was blood. The best thing about both matches was the atmosphere, it was dark, gloomy and gritty, Hell on Earth right there, it helped to put over both guys character traits, especially Park’s murdering menace and Mesias’ gladiator-like aura.

Guerra de Titanes 2010/12/5 ****

Cabellera vs. Mascara: TripleMania XIX 2011/6/18 ****3/4

Parka vs. Park... x2!

AAA TripleMania XVIII

(2010/6/6)

Nombre vs. Nombre: La Parka vs. LA Park

Finally gave this a proper watch, and it’s glorious. I don’t want to explain the story behind the match, it should be a well-known thing to anyone who considers themselves a wrestling fan. Also, Wikipedia is your friend. Anyway, this was a long ass match, it was designed to be an epic, and an epic it was. Park took control early in the match, those punches and hardcore beatdown on the “impostor” was years in the making, it felt huge, colorful. Very few pro-wrestlers can control a match like Park can, and I’m talking worldwide here, it’s a joy to watch him mauling his opponents, and this was no different. But as much as I love the original Parka, I was still rooting for Parka II here, after all he was the one with the tough task of carrying the Parka name and gimmick after the original one went to WCW and CMLL, it’s never easy to fill shoes that big, but he did his best. He was a tremendous face-in-peril here, and that brings me back to Park being a phenomenal aggressor. Long story short, the roles were played perfectly, it made for a grand setting. Lots of nasty smacks, nifty counters and big blitz & glam drama with the Roldan family other wrestlers interfering, which was both necessary and logical considering the nature of the feud, this was an excellent match-up.

****1/4

AAA 2010/7/4

La Parka vs. LA Park

The rematch, much shorter than the first one, but equally chaotic and just a really good brawl, there were buckets of dramatic moments filled with struggle, interferences, the awesome ref brawl, etc. AAA thrives in this blitz & glam setting, you feel like a kid again.

***3/4