Posted August 7, 20214 yr comment_5958910 Watching clips of Brazo de Plata and Los Brazos got me thinking about some of the great matches that involved trios. Those that come to mind are: Dick Togo, Taka Michinoku & Terry Boy vs. Gran Hamada, Masato Yakushiji & The Great Sasuke (4-13-97) Angel Azteca, Solar I & Super Astro vs Blue Panther, La Parka & Rambo (8-30-92) The Shield Vs. The Wyatt Family (2-23-14) CIMA, Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito (3-13-06)
August 7, 20214 yr comment_5958914 I love trios matches and I'm always bummed when folks want to talk about lucha but focus exclusively on singles matches. During the 80s lucha set I felt like people were really cool on all of the trios matches that made my top ten. These are some some of my favorites: Solar, Ultraman & Super Astro vs Sergio El Hermoso, Bello Greco & Rudy Reyna, UWA 2/26/1984 La Fiera, El Faraón & El Egipico vs MS-1, Satanico & Pirata Morgan EMLL 3/29/1985 Pirata Morgan, Hombre Bala & Verdugo vs Atlantis, Angel Azteca & Ringo Mendoza, EMLL 3/1988 Emilio Charles Jr, Fabuloso Blondy & Pirata Morgan vs El Dandy, Atlantis & El Faraón, EMLL 7/21/1989 Super Astro, Atlantis & El Faraón vs Fuerza Guerrera, Blue Panther & Emilio Charles, EMLL 8/18/1989 Los Brazos vs Hombre Bala, Pirata Morgan & El Verdugo (Super Libre), EMLL 11/10/1989 Los Brazos vs El Satanico, MS-1 & Pirata Morgan (CMLL World Trios Championship Tournament), CMLL 11/22/1991 Super Muñeco, Super Raton & Super Pinocho vs Leono, Panthro & Tigro (Mask vs Mask), Monterrey 12/8/1991 El Hijo Del Santo, Octagon & Rey Misterio Jr. vs Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera & Psicosis, AAA 7/15/1994 El Hijo Del Santo, Scorpio Jr. & Bestia Salvaje vs Negro Casas, El Dandy & Hector Garza, CMLL 11/29/1996 Bracito de Oro, Cicloncito Ramirez & Mascarita Magica vs Damiancito el Guerrero, El Fierito & Pierrothito, CMLL 10/3/1997 Negro Navarro, El Texano & El Signo vs Solar, Super Astro & Ultraman, IWRG 2/10/2005 Black Terry, Dr. Cerebro & Chico Che vs El Hijo Del Diablo, Gringo Loco & Avisman, IWRG 3/7/2010 Mascarita Dorada, Astral & Ultimo Dragoncito vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Pierroth & Pequeño Black Warrior, CMLL 8/13/2010
August 7, 20214 yr comment_5958926 Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, and Dave Taylor vs Mike Quackenbush, Johnny Saint, and Jorge "Skayde" Rivera - Chikara 3/28/09
August 7, 20214 yr comment_5958927 Rush/Rey Escorpion/Maximo vs Negro Casas/Terrible/Shocker (CMLL 28/06/2014) - the second greatest 6-man of the last decade (behind only Wyatts/Shield). MotDC if there ever was one.
August 7, 20214 yr comment_5958928 Crazy MAX vs. Do Fixxer vs. Italian Connection vs. M2K (Toryumon 8/30/2003) Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid vs. CIMA, Don Fuji, Naruki Doi (Dragon Gate 7/3/2005) Young Bucks vs. Future Shock vs. Super Smash Bros. (PWG 7/21/2012) Golden Elite vs. Rey Mysterio, Rey Fenix, Bandido (All In 9/1/2018)
August 7, 20214 yr comment_5958930 If we're defining trios as any 3 vs. 3 tag match and not just ones done under lucha rules, the early 90s Jumbo/Misawa six-mans (10/19/90 and 4/20/91 being the best of the bunch) lap the field to the point where matches from other promotions barely even merit consideration. Personally, I think lucha trios work much better in a live setting because there's usually so much going on simultaneously, particularly in the third fall, that it's impossible for the cameras to pick up on it all and I hate missing out on any of the action.
August 7, 20214 yr Author comment_5958963 I call any 3 vs 3 match trios and whenever all this could stuff is over I want to travel and seeing a Lucha show live is on the top of my list.
August 8, 20214 yr comment_5959024 On 8/7/2021 at 8:47 AM, NintendoLogic said: If we're defining trios as any 3 vs. 3 tag match and not just ones done under lucha rules, the early 90s Jumbo/Misawa six-mans (10/19/90 and 4/20/91 being the best of the bunch) lap the field to the point where matches from other promotions barely even merit consideration. Personally, I think lucha trios work much better in a live setting because there's usually so much going on simultaneously, particularly in the third fall, that it's impossible for the cameras to pick up on it all and I hate missing out on any of the action. Christ Almighty how did I forget these two? These are two of my top ten best matches ever.
August 8, 20214 yr comment_5959025 This or the Santo/Onita trios are my 2 favorites. This is probably my pick for the best La Parka match i've ever seen
August 9, 20214 yr comment_5959107 Last year there was a thread similar that had a bunch of great trios listed. The AAA trios from March 95 is still my pick.
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