Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Rush/Shocker Saga (Cherry-Picked)

CMLL 2013/11/18

Rush vs. Shocker

During the first two falls, the match was more a vicious bar fight, and much less a regular pro-wrestling contest. Watching them hit each other very hard, it makes you wonder whether they took a long piss in their respective chilies or something. The tercera dragged a little bit because it went longer than necessary, but nothing scary, overall the match was awesome.

****


CMLL 2014/2/28

Rush, Sombra, Diamante Azul vs. Shocker, Rey Bucanero, Terrible

Just a fantastic prelude to the hair match, this was a heated, hate-filled brawl with Rush and Shocker putting some more fuel onto their bitter beef, this was all about odio, mucho, mucho odio. The first fall had Shocker’s team outbrawling Rush and his buddies, but when Toro Blanco makes his return he’s one furious ball and all hell breaks loose. It translated into the segunda perfectly, it’s all abour Rush vs. Shocker again and it’s glorious, Shocker wins 2-0 and Arena Mexico goes ballistic for him. What a fantastic helter-skelter!

****1/2


CMLL 2014/3/3

Rush, Mascara, Diamante Azul vs. Shocker, Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero

Filled with Rush/Shocker hate, but the other four guys didn’t really partake in it, they were rather working their own tag match. Nothing wrong with that, but it did prevent the match from being bloody great, which is something it could’ve been easily. All the Rush/Shocker brawling throughout the crowd was nifty and much appreciated. They finished the match in a proper manner as a build-up to the upcoming hair match.

***1/2


CMLL 2014/3/21

Cabellera vs. Cabellera: Shocker vs. Rush

Amazing match and a proper blow-off to their super intense feud, this was a perfect mixture of nasty bar fighting and classic lucha, I love how they were shifting back-and-forth from those two. The subplot was Rush resorting to big boots, stomps, kicks and chops every time he felt endangered by Shocker’s llaves. Great shit. The tercera was almost magical with the crowd being red hot, the nearfalls were beautifully done and served dramatics very well, the match ended on a high note. Wonderful hair match!

****1/2

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