This is a twenty-plus minute Texas Death Match, with exactly one fall, and one guy who is very limited so on paper this really shouldn't be as good as it was. I wouldn't call this a home run, but this was a good match, built almost entirely around the selling and blood loss of Colon. Colon gets his offense in to be sure, but this starts off with Colon being beaten to shit on a table in the infield of a baseball stadium with grass that is crazy overgrown and ends with Colon losing Eddie Guerrero at JD 04 levels of blood. Ayala's offense consists of a punch of middling strikes, but it largely works because of the way Colon sells things. His punch drunk stance is great and the way he just sort of falls around on his feet really adds to the match. I also loved the way he sold the after effect of the Ayala figure-four as he he literally crumpled to the canvas at one point when trying to apply his own version. The only fall is Ayala going down to the figure-four of Colon, but that was sort of used as a reset after Ayala fights his way to his feet and from there it quickly turns into "can Colon survive the mauling." This is eventually stopped by a ringside ref, with Colon refusing to stay down and even take a fall, even though he was gushing pools of blood all over the ring.

 

This is probably the least of there matches on first watch, but it's hard to see how it wouldn't make a set.

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Hercules Ayala v. Carlos Colon - Texas Death Match -

 

This is really good and far from being hampered by clipping. I think we may have missed Ayala bleeding first but I very seriously doubt we missed enough to put this to the side. The brawling in the ballpark was awesome and I loved the use of the table. Ayala's bump into it was insane. They go back to the ring and Ayala works over Colon's leg and puts in the figure four. I love these figure four spots as they are huge deal in PR. They are always exciting. Colon breaks out of the hold low blows Ayala. He takes control and works over Ayala's leg. Colon locks in the figure four and gets a pin with it. Ayala barely makes it up in time for the ten count and the match continues. Colon stays on the leg and hits a great headbutt sending Ayala to the floor. Chicky Starr has been great as the baseball manager for Ayala here jawing with the ref etc. and gives Ayala brass knuckles. I thought it was silly that they did this behind the ref's back because the ref shouldn't give a shit but whatever. Ayala uses the brass knuckles and bloodies Colon. He beats Colon to a violent pulp and we get one great hope spot from a low blow by Colon. The wild swinging later on between both was awesome and the last few minutes are gruesome with Colon drowning in his own blood. The ref calls for a stoppage due to the blood loss which is controversial because of the match rules. Yeah, no way in hell is this simply clipped. From what I've seen, this has to go on. Ultimately, I'd call it a SOLID nomination.