I pretty much loved the primera here, or at least everything in the primera leading up to the the moment where Pierroth just about cripples himself. It was a sporting contest with no sportsmanship. Everyone worked clean, but they brought the personality and you knew who were the rudos and who were the tecnicos. It was tetchy and it gave the matwork a nice edge. Each of the first three exchanges ended with the rudo doing something untoward. Pierroth threw a strop when Azteca got the better of him, Estrada spat on Dandy, and after Texano and Fuerza took turns slapping each other in the face Estrada threw a cheapshot from the floor, which incensed both Texano and Dandy. Texano then matched up with Estrada on the next go, had Jerry chasing his tail before hitting him with a spectacular left hook, and Estrada took one of his greatest Estrada bumps to the floor, slithering away face down in shame. It was really fun stuff and then Pierroth hit the ropes and nearly broke his neck. It was a regular whip across the ring, nothing they wouldn't have done every day of their professional lives, but this time the top rope snapped and Pierroth tumbled backwards, whacking the back of his head and neck off the ring apron. I feel like there's no way this could've been planned. It was a ludicrous "bump" and not the sort of thing you could really control in any way. So I'm going to say the audible the other five guys called after it is one of the best ever, as the next two falls basically set up the Dandy/Azteca feud that would run for the next few months. Were they going to set that up in the first place and circumstances forced them to change how they did it? Maybe. Were they going to set it up like THIS? If they were then that's fucking bonkers and Pierroth is a mad man. Either way, the rudos aren't willing to continue playing unless someone on the other team takes a walk. Dandy and Texano are cousins and regular tag partners so they decide that Angel Azteca is getting the rest of the night off. Azteca must be on one of those pay as you play contracts and isn't interested in sitting out and I can relate to that as someone who's been self-employed at various stages of his adult life. I felt a little sorry for Azteca here as he reminded me of my little brother when my friends and I wouldn't let him play football with us so he'd just hang around making a nuisance of himself. The best part was that Azteca might've been halfway vindicated when the match continued and it was Dandy who let his side down. The bickering between those three did kind of lower the ceiling on what the match could ultimately be, though. For storyline purposes I guess it needed to happen, but it was a strange sort of dynamic with the tecnicos wrestling 3 v 2 against the rudos, even if you'd be hard pressed to feel sympathy for Fuerza Guerrera and Jerry Estrada. Fuerza was a gem and wanted nothing to do with the ropes for the rest of the match. Estrada probably didn't know what was going on anyway and he also about spiked himself on his head falling over them, although I think this was an intentional bump. Overall it wasn't a great match, but I haven't watched the Dandy/Azteca title match in probably 14 years and it was a nice way to get me hyped for that again.
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