DVDVR Top Lucha Matches of the 80s – Disc 2:
CMLL
1984/1/20
Satanico
vs. Atlantis
Young
tecnico Atlantis is too damn quick for the surly bruiser Satanico, his flashy
and gracious athleticism is top notch and he wins the primera in under 3
minutes, it was too easy sort of speak. Atlantis looks like one million dollars
and even here, in a very young age, he’s the master of creating drama, suspense
and big match feeling using nothing but most simple body talk and gestures, now
that’s called true working. The segunda is pretty much the same until Satanico
decides he’s had enough of it and switches to dirty fighting and cheap shots. The
rest of the match is a brilliant struggle between two guys who are mean and
malicious to each other, there’s blood, mask ripping, hair pulling and amazing
selling by both. One mistake can be deadly and that’s exactly what leads to the
finish.
So
far this has been the best match on the set, simply incredible, easily five
stars.
*****
CMLL
1984/1/27
NWA World Welterweight Championship:
Mocho Cota vs. Americo Rocca ©
I
don’t really know what to write here other than “this match had a bunch of
swank hold-for-hold matwork and dusty finish”.
****
CMLL
1984/2/3
NWA World Welterweight Championship:
Americo Rocca vs. Mocho Cota ©
See
the description above, but this time I enjoyed it way less.
***
CMLL
1984/2/17
Egipcio
& Faraon vs. Lizmark & Atlantis
Quality
semi-chaotic tussle, Egipcio and Faraon were mental in the gnarly rudo roles
and they made the perky tecnico duo look like gold. They worked the surly Texas
dirty style, straight out of bar fights. You could see back then Atlantis had
the “it” factor for greatness.
***3/4
CMLL
1984/2/24
Faraon,
Herodes, Mocho Cota vs. Ringo Mendoza, Tony Salazar, Lizmark
Classic,
old school brawl done in a vintage CMLL style, the rudo trio is practically a
dream team of evil dirtbags, here they controlled the large portion of the
match simply via isolations and 3-on-1 gang beatdowns, with the central
match-up being Herodes vs. Salazar. Herodes made him bleed and just mauled him
relentlessly, on and on, only for Salazar to get some revenge in the tercera.
Loved the whole thing here, the rudo trio looked like a pack of rabid dogs
going after chicken. For fuck’s sake, the tecnicos didn’t make a proper
comeback until the 14th min into the match, they were getting their
asses kicked all the time.
****1/2
UWA
1984/2/26
Cadetes
del Espacio (Solar, Ultraman, Super Astro) vs. Ola Lila (Sergio el Hermoso,
Bello Greco, Rudy Reyna)
Another
visually fun trio, but also another match with no clear direction or notable
events to write about. The tecnico trio was outstanding, though, so there’s
something.
***1/2
UWA
1984/2/26
Campeonato Mundial Peso Completo de UWA:
Dos Caras vs. Enrique Vera ©
Meh…
**1/2
CMLL
1984/3/2
Herodes
vs. Tony Salazar
Okay,
Tony Salazar’s got to be a contender for the best puncher ever, at least
judging from this small sample of two brawls on the disc. This is a
continuation of the blood trio brawl from 2/24 and it’s just as awesome.
Herodes is basically the Mexican version of Harley Race, a surly bulldog who
will dig your eyes out and fuck the skull. Just a perfect big fat rudo with
extremely violent tendencies, his job is to make tecnicos sympathetic, and damn
it he’s so good at it, he’d probably make George W. Bush a likeable person. Naturally,
both guys bled a bucket or two in the match, the selling was phenomenal with
them barely standing on their feet near the end. Fantastic, nasty ass brawl.
****1/2
CMLL
1984/3/2
Campeonato National Medio: Jerry
Estrada vs. Ultraman ©
Now
this was a fun scientific match! One of those lucha title bouts where nothing
really stands out other than some damn fine hold-for-hold matwork, but it’s so
captivating you can’t take your eyes off it.
****
CMLL
1984/3/9
Ringo
Mendoza, Hijo del Santo, Chamaco Valaguez vs. Jerry Estrada, Fuerza Guerrera,
Talisman
Great
Santo showcase, the young tecnico superhero was the centerpiece of the match,
there was great heat with Fuerza and Talisman. Ringo served as a father figure
for him, good story, good match.
***3/4
CMLL
1984/4/?
Campeonato Mundial Peso Welter de CMLL:
Lizmark vs. Satanico ©
Great,
clean title match, hold-for-hold and struggle on the mat everywhere. These two
killed it in the ground based game.
****
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