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Post by Cap on Dec 8, 2017 9:38:56 GMT -5
El Satanico vs Pirata Morgan (Hair vs Hair - AAA - 11/26/1993 [air: 12/12/1993])
I am absolutely in love with this match as a shining example of what why lucha brawls are great. I am not sure it hits the highest notes in terms of drama, but it makes up for that by being a continuous struggle between the two and having some really compelling back and forth late in the match. This strikes me as one of the more translatable lucha matches, something I would probably give to someone who doesn't "get" lucha or whatever to see if it could speak to them. Also Jake fucking Roberts is in the front row watching so that is kind of cool too.
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Post by elliott on Dec 8, 2017 18:48:54 GMT -5
Seconded. This is fucking awesome. It actually just barely missed my rough draft top 100, but I could definitely see ranking it on a different day and ranking it like super high. Lucha Brawling at its best is by far my favorite style of wrestling and these two are masters.
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Post by jr on Jan 4, 2018 23:29:34 GMT -5
Morgan was so good during this time period. I think if we had abundant footage of him from 87-94 he'd be in the same class as the top luchadors of that era. Matches like this, and the Faraon match, and the Vampiro carry job are the evidence as to why.
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Post by club on Dec 8, 2022 15:53:53 GMT -5
This is a match I like more the more I watch it. Pirata was a his usual awesome gurning mean heel self but I thought Satanico was on another level here. There was this palpable sense of struggle here through the little things he did: escaping a submission by going at Pirata's bloody eye socket, the pain on his face fighting through Morgan's figure four, knocking himself silly with a headbutt and slowly turning the tide of the third fall. Like Elliott I don't have this in my top 100 at the moment but could see it slipping in there.
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Post by mrjmml on Apr 20, 2023 14:55:01 GMT -5
Second. The best lucha match of the year only the greatest match ever was better than this bout in 1993.
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Post by silverwidow on Apr 20, 2023 15:14:56 GMT -5
Second. The best lucha match of the year only the greatest match ever was better than this bout in 1993. Love this match, too! Satanico is a pro wrestling god.
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Post by makaiclub on Mar 10, 2024 18:21:19 GMT -5
This was awesome. So detailed in the way they brawl and strike and fight. It’s unrefined but that lack of art makes it so wonderful and compelling. Satanico is an animal who rocks Morgan early on, bloodying him up bad before winning the fall. Morgan is able to make the comeback and that leds to the final fall. More of the same: great brawling with some good technical work although that’s less of the focus. This is a heck of an apuesta for sure. ****
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