May 2003

Fancy entrance for the champs. They're decked out in full Aztec warrior headdresses. Vampiro and Lizmark make a regular entrance. The Mega Powers combine! There was a time when you wouldn't have been able to pay me to watch this match; now, I'm eagerly anticipating it. The first fall is rubbish. The second fall is a quick equalizer. The third fall is where the action is. They do a good job of making this seem like an important title fight. For all its flaws, the modern lucha style is still good at delivering a dramatic third fall. The match swings back and forth, and there are some exciting nearfalls. Arena Mexico is rocking as it usually does for Vampiro fights. There's …

Oh hell yeeeeah. These two brutalize each other in very compelling fashion from bell-to-bell. Joe's beatdown of Homicide is absolutely joyous in all of its viciousness -- Joe obviously brings it, but much of it is also of course thanks to Homicide's nutty bumping; my man made those signature suplexes of Joe look so much more terrifying than they already do. Bless that man. He also totally delivers when on the offense himself, especially towards the end after Ki comes out to fire him up, leading up to his last big rally, which was some truly exciting pro-wrestling. I do think they could've trimmed some minutes from that point on though, as it feels like the match doesn't m…