Pagano/Rush

CaraLucha 2015/07/11

Pagano vs. Rush

Furious and relatively quick brawl that is basically another testament to Rush’s strong case for being a Best in the World contender. The fact that Pagano is really sloppy in regular pro-wrestling setting is common sense by now, so naturally Rush did his very best to help him hide his obvious disadvantages by not letting the match run away from brawling style. Rush would always do something to make things going and he really embraced Pagano’s willingness to bump hard. All the chops were raw and nasty, especially Rush’s. Ringside tussles were awesome and rabid, they used chairs well and Rush took a nasty bump on one. I like how he kept hitting Pagano with dropkicks, it’s such a simply bit of psychology that always works. The true mark-out moment of the match was Rush bringing the lighttubes into play, which felt surreal because there’s no chance you’ll ever see him do it in CMLL, for obvious reasons. And then he held nothing back during the killshot on Pagano. This match is great.

****1/4