Wednesday 21 June 2023

The art of the hair match

El Dandy v Pirata Morgan (Hair v Hair) (EMLL, 9/23/88)

What a sensational bloodthirsty masterpiece. One of the highlights of any Pirata Morgan apeustas match is him lapping up someone's blood straight from their forehead and spraying it in the air like a demented vampire, and he did that within about a minute and a half here so we got an early indicator of how good this was going to be. He wiped the floor with Dandy in that first caida and while Dandy maybe over-milked the ref' preventing him from throwing retaliatory punches, I at least appreciated how quickly Morgan pounced on the advantage that presented itself. There was no quick second fall to tie things up here either; Morgan kept going at Dandy with a vengeance, then when Dandy made his comeback they stretched it out a little longer than usual. Of course Pirata Morgan does what he always does in wagers matches and bleeds like a psychopath. I love Dandy getting some payback from earlier by biting Morgan's open wound and spraying the blood in the air, albeit with less grizzly proficiency than his opponent. The tercera might genuinely be my favourite deciding fall in an apuestas match ever. I had no recollection of it being this great but jeez louise these two were fucking incredible in this. The blood-loss selling, the desperation, the PUNCHES, the bumps, the big dive, everything. Dandy tries a falling headbutt at one point and Morgan mule kicks him right in the face and it was the best counter to a falling headbutt I've ever seen. Some of the moves off the top looked not one bit graceful and they were all the better for it, especially Morgan's attempt at a senton where he barely mustered the energy to flip himself over, only to crash on the mat like he'd been flung out a catapult after Dandy rolled out the way. I was so wrapped up in the moment that it didn't even register that they hadn't yet hit a dive, so when Dandy flipped Morgan to the floor and hit the ropes I got legitimately giddy. And of course Dandy's tope over the top hit like a fucking torpedo. Morgan's determination to put the figure-four on Dandy after Dandy won the second fall with it was always going to be his downfall and sometimes the most obvious payoffs are the best ones. Holy fuck this was tremendous. 

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