What a rudo show. All three brought a little of everything here, some comedy, some nastiness, some technical proficiency, charisma levels through the roof. This was really all about their assault on Solomon Grundy. At times they went about it in a goofy way, which led to amusing moments like Pirata and Emilio trying to slam him only to get squashed beneath the ampleness of Grundy's frame. At other times they were downright vicious though, like when all three cornered the big fella and put the boots to him. They were a group of bullies wailing on a fat kid in dungarees. Grundy is basically Jerry Blackwell if Blackwell ate Hillbilly Jim. When he can defend himself he's fine and his partners have his back, one of his partners being Satanico and there's no one you'd rather have at your back than Satanico (although Grundy accidentally squashes Satanico in the corner and I half expected him to turn on Grundy right there). Lots of amusing stuff built around Grundy's size and the rudos not wanting to go at him one on one, like when Pirata Morgan was in there with Super Astro, the latter then tagged Grundy and Morgan nope'd the fuck out of there immediately. This was also a tremendous Jerry Estrada performance. He was determined to look like a fool and all of his horse shit had the perfect timing. It can be hard to do comedy right in wrestling, but this worked as well as it did because Estrada was so good at making himself look effortlessly stupid. He'd add a bunch of great little touches to accentuate the main stuff happening at the time, walking across the apron obliviously as Grundy is running the ropes and getting bounced into the second row, trying to grab someone's foot from the floor only to miss and fall over. It's the sort of peripheral stuff that kept people engaged even in the quieter moments, without trying to make things all about him. There's a great bit where Emilio grabs Super Astro so Estrada can smack him, but before it Jerry turns around and shit-talks Satanico and walks right into a pump kick to the face. Later the rudos get triple squashed in the corner off a running splash and Estrada crumples in a heap claiming he was kicked in the nuts. His timing, positioning, stooging, reactions, just a ridiculously fun Jerry Estrada highlight reel.
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