Rey Misterio Jr vs El Hijo del Santo (Promo Azteca - 2/23/97
Oct 21, 2019 2:38:43 GMT -5
Post by elliott on Oct 21, 2019 2:38:43 GMT -5
Rey Misterio Jr vs El Hijo del Santo (Promo Azteca - 2/23/97)
Always one of my favorite Rey Jr matches. Most of the Rey Jr in Mexico is either trios/multi man matches where he often has to share the focus or matches against Juventud or Psicosis. Now, those Juvy & Psic matches were almost always awesome, but they were all very experimental in nature. They mixed in as much shootstyle matwork/submissions and Japanese Suplexes/Bombs as they would enormous dives, which often led to matches that were “great” but didn’t really feel like traditional lucha matches. This is a glimpse of Rey Jr working a classically lucha mat based title match style against the master of the style. The exchanges are graceful, the dives of course are fantastic, and the crowd is awesome. This may not be the best Santo, Rey Jr or just Lucha Title match, but it is definitely a great match and will always be one of my favorites.
Always one of my favorite Rey Jr matches. Most of the Rey Jr in Mexico is either trios/multi man matches where he often has to share the focus or matches against Juventud or Psicosis. Now, those Juvy & Psic matches were almost always awesome, but they were all very experimental in nature. They mixed in as much shootstyle matwork/submissions and Japanese Suplexes/Bombs as they would enormous dives, which often led to matches that were “great” but didn’t really feel like traditional lucha matches. This is a glimpse of Rey Jr working a classically lucha mat based title match style against the master of the style. The exchanges are graceful, the dives of course are fantastic, and the crowd is awesome. This may not be the best Santo, Rey Jr or just Lucha Title match, but it is definitely a great match and will always be one of my favorites.
