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Under rated but not top 100 most likely. His 1990 work in trios matches is at a similar level to easy picks such as Satanico, Dandy, and Atlantis

Every time he made tape he was fantastic in trios, and he has the epic match with El Dandy. I wish there was more footage...

A scrappy worker with stubby little legs and a high, thick head of hair, Cruz doesn't seem to have stood out in the eyes of the voters here. It wasn't for lack of trying or lack of talent. Look at him bust out these Rey Misterio Jr. spots before anyone had ever heard of Rey Misterio Jr. Maybe it was just his lot to be the other guy in memorable matches. Like, when Ciclon Ramirez speared that guy into oblivion, that was Cruz. When Jerry Estrada gave the world the quintessential Jerry Estrada performance, he had Cruz in the ring with him. And Cruz was in so many of those 1990 CMLL gateway matches with Angel Azteca and Atlantis. Eventually even the front office agreed that Cruz was a bit too plain to cut it as one of their tecnico stars, so he got a (very) brief makeover with a mask and bodysuit before they decided to just keep him as Javier Cruz but turn him rudo. It wasn't his natural role and he wasn't as consistent in it, but he still managed to contribute to some good matches and create an identifiable rudo persona, as the grumpy dude who refused to fight on anything but his terms.

In 1994 he had one of the best years of his career through sheer willpower. It wasn't classic after classic or even good match after good match, but he brought it every time out and made the most out of some uninspiring situations. And that's before even getting to the Ciclon Ramirez match I mentioned earlier. To me that's a masterpiece, remembered for Ciclon producing the most violent series of dives you'll ever see, but just as crucial were things like Cruz breaking a pinfall with a shot to the kidneys, or desperately throwing a kick from his back, or just that shot of him after that final tope, slumped in the front row looking like a corpse. Naturally that just about signaled the end for Javier Cruz's case. He was barely on TV in 1995, and after that all we get is the occasional late career match from his home state of Jalisco. I liked Cruz vs Cavernario, even if Cruz still tried to wrestle the same way he had in his prime.

Cruz matches:
Cruz, Mogur and Kato Kung Lee vs Tony Arce, Vulcano and Sultan Gargola
Cruz, Negro Casas and Felino vs Oro, Kato Kung Lee and Ultimo Dragon
Cruz, Cachorro Mendoza and Mogur vs Felino, Arkangel and Halcon Negro
Cruz, Cachorro Mendoza and Mogur vs Felino, Arkangel and Halcon Negro (rematch)
Javier Cruz vs Ciclon Ramirez
Javier Cruz vs Barbaro Cavernario