Some VINTAGE Pirata Morgan

Pirata Morgan v Volador (Monterrey, 1991)

Another blood-soaked Pirata Morgan classic. This wasn't an apuestas match, it was mano a mano, but it was worked like an apuestas and I'm convinced that just about any Pirata Morgan apuestas from around this period is worth watching. One of the knocks on Morgan is that his peak was fairly short and he kind of fell off a cliff after '92, with only smatterings of top drawer stuff after that. I don't know if I'd even disagree with that to be honest, but I've watched a goodly amount of our one-eyed Pirate recently and I'll tell you one thing, Pirata Morgan from about 1988 to 1992 is one of the best wrestlers on earth. He was a total savage in this, jumping Volador at the bell and ramming him into the post, ripping open his mask and lapping up the freely-flowing blood. People were losing their minds for Will Ospreay licking Omega's blood off his arm last weekend and that was very nice and all, but Pirata Morgan licking a handful of Volador's blood before guzzling it straight from the wound and spraying it in the air is really the peak of disgusting ghoul behaviour. Some of the ref' intervention in the primera was a little overbearing, but this is Monterrey and heel ref' shtick is par for the course. I thought Morgan was great at pouncing on Volador's indecision though, often by punching and booting him in the kidneys. And to be fair, Morgan outright cracking the ref' with an accidental punch to set up the Volador comeback made for an awesome payoff. And the longer it goes the more walls come crashing down around Morgan. First it was that shot to the ref', then Misterioso, Morgan's second, tries to interject, only to get clocked by Pirata himself. Volador's blood loss selling was really great and by the end of the tercera you've got him stumbling around with half a mask and Pirata Morgan spewing blood from his scarred eye socket like a freak. The big Volador dive is a real corker, and in very un-Monterrey fashion we actually get a clean, satisfying finish with no horse shit. This was awesome.