This is exactly the kind of lucha I am a sucker for, big tough mean looking guys beating on each other. Fun brawl with great bumping and punches, I hadn't seen much of Salazar before but he looked really slick, Herodes bumps like a freak as usual, and the finish with psycho Aguayo choking a motherfucker with a cable ruled. Fun, fun shit.

 

EMLL 3/22/85

This got good, but it took a while to get there, and I wasn't really that excited about it when it was over. The first fall is largely built around two things: Tony Bennetto not getting along with his teammates, and Tony Salazar wanting to fight Perro, but Perro not wanting to get in the ring with him. The former feels really distracting, and while the latter gets built up well, but totally blows the payoff. Builds up with Salazar as angry vengeful technico and Perro as cautious cowardly rudo, but when they finally square off, it's all lightweight fluff with Salazar working as fun, evasive Road Runner technico and Perro as his Wile E. Coyote. And it's not even particularly well-done Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote stuff. I actually thought Salazar looked kinda bad in this match. He's been much slicker elsewhere. Like I said, this got pretty good eventually. Herodes especially put in a good effort to put this match over for me. I certainly didn't hate it, but it doesn't merit nomination. That said, the post-match bit with Perro and Herodes turning on Bennetto and choking him out with the cable was awesome, and I could see including this match as an extra for that.

Mascara Ano Dos Mil/Rayo de Jalisco Jr./Tony Salazar vs. Perro Aguayo/Tony Benetto (Gran Markus Jr.)/Herodes (3/22/85)

 

It's gotten to the point on this where I'm looking forward to Salazar matches and he delivered again here with his exchanges with Perro being really fun although there were some psychology issues at times. Benetto looked good in what he did when he wasn't arguing with his teammates and Herodes yet again pinballs around really well for a guy his size. MA2K & Rayo were fine here in their roles but the stories here was Perro/Salazar and the impeding turn of Benetto. Benetto got the shit kicked out of him after the match with Perro choking him out with the ringside cable. This was very fun and I'll back this as a low-end nomination.