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Yeah it's a poor man's rip off of Testify's thread in the legends section but still let's go. I'll do a match a week, showing why I feel you should watch it and a star rating it probably won't be awfully long as it's all about the wrestling. It'll generally be shit that I watched recently and liked :dawg:
Volador jr Vs Rey Escorpion 29 - 01 - 13
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VWwILRzVIg[/yt]
A simple way to judge a competitor's selling is to watch him when he thinks everyone else has forgotten about it. Volador is a testiment for this as he doesn't stop, the match starts up with Volador taking a big bump on the outside onto his head and the ending sequence really showed the grogginess from this more than most would, anyone who says Lucha is all flippy shit with no storytelling is living for an awful stereotype. It does happen but not all lucha is like this.
The first fall counter from Hurricanrana isn't overly original but the execution was solid and well built, the match really took on a new lease of life into the 2nd and final falls. Rey took the first but Volador took the second after feigning many different hurricanrana attempts he rolls him up for the second fall, also I think this is where we see a crossbody from the stage.
The final fall is an example of making a match mean something, the risks are riskier, the kicks stiffer and the hurricanarana to the outside shows this well however it's the grogginess of Volador which ups this match up, along with the bump from the outside and previous injuries he's caught by a spinning package piledriver to concede the final fall.
Rey wins 2 falls to 1.
My star rank : **** stars maybe edging to **** 1/4 on a good day.
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Volador jr Vs Rey Escorpion 29 - 01 - 13
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VWwILRzVIg[/yt]
A simple way to judge a competitor's selling is to watch him when he thinks everyone else has forgotten about it. Volador is a testiment for this as he doesn't stop, the match starts up with Volador taking a big bump on the outside onto his head and the ending sequence really showed the grogginess from this more than most would, anyone who says Lucha is all flippy shit with no storytelling is living for an awful stereotype. It does happen but not all lucha is like this.
The first fall counter from Hurricanrana isn't overly original but the execution was solid and well built, the match really took on a new lease of life into the 2nd and final falls. Rey took the first but Volador took the second after feigning many different hurricanrana attempts he rolls him up for the second fall, also I think this is where we see a crossbody from the stage.
The final fall is an example of making a match mean something, the risks are riskier, the kicks stiffer and the hurricanarana to the outside shows this well however it's the grogginess of Volador which ups this match up, along with the bump from the outside and previous injuries he's caught by a spinning package piledriver to concede the final fall.
Rey wins 2 falls to 1.
My star rank : **** stars maybe edging to **** 1/4 on a good day.
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