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Absolutely awesome old man brawler. In the last three or four years or so he's been in several of my favorite brawls during that stretch, including the 2/25 Todo X Todo tag which is my one of my favorite matches of all time (and he is the best guy in that match). I enjoy him as maestroish mat worker too, though I'd prefer to see him throw hands and bleed. That said I really need to go back and watch his best stuff from earlier periods. What 90's matches of his are worth tracking down? Someone give me guidance? I want to rate this guy, but I'm not sure if the meat is there or not.

I'd say check out the matches vs Payasos, Brazos and the Caras brothers. It's kinda hard to pick because it took me years to tell the difference between IV and V even though they had the numbers on tights. You can start with this match from 1991 Tijuana

I just happened to come across his match with Regal on WWE Network from when he was working unmasked as Tony Pena. It was pretty short but not a total squash either.

He is having a hell of final run in his late 50s in the Triplemania AAA mask tournament, two absolute blood soaked wars, one with LA Park and one with Psycho Clown, and still has a mask match against Pentagon coming up. No one punches better then old luchadores and he is like Juan Manuel Marquez these days. Wrote up both matches for the Ringer and I imagine the mascara contra mascara will make the cut too

https://www.theringer.com/2022/5/2/23053456/randy-orton-serena-deeb-hiraku-shida-la-park-villano-best-matches

 

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Pentagon match was awesome too, really one of the greatest retirement tours in wrestling history. Also shouldn't Villano V have a thread too?

One of the greatest retirement tours in wrestling history alongside Megumi Kudo's. We should nominate Villano V too.