Posted October 8, 200915 yr comment_5444940 This rocked. You never know how a WoS bout will turn out. This started off with a pudgy guy I'd never heard of, and Walton refusing to make puns about his name so early in the afternoon. Settled into a solid preliminary catchweight contest, then suddenly the switch was flicked. Lapaque took the fight to Cortez, and Cortez, being the slick motherfucker that he was, was all over this. This was the best comeback from a fall down that I've seen in WoS. Somehow Cortez was able to score back-to-back falls in quick succession and still make it look convincing. Exciting bout and a great opener.
May 22, 20205 yr comment_5918103 This was a dope match. Just the kind of random World of Sport bout you can turn on and get lost in. Jon Cortez was so great at crafting these throwaway matches as intense struggles. Pete LaPaque is a cool, chubby rudo, but this is all about Cortez who is such a graceful, awesome wrestler. Starts of with some slick grappling, then great arm work from LaPaque, Walton talking endlessly about how to tell wrestlers apart, and then lots of niggle and head to head wrestling with plenty of neat spots. One might complain about the kind of flat endings but don't forget this was just an undercard bout to the bigger Saint/Grey match later. As such it was real good. Fantastic stuff. Easy inclusion.
