This was here to set up the Jerry Estrada/Satanico hair match, and to that end it fairly did the trick. I hadn't forgotten how good Satanico was, but if I had then this would've been a timely reminder. One thing about Satanico is that he'll never let you forget you're watching a contest, or in this case a fight. He always captures a sense of struggle. The primera here was a rudo domination, but Satanico was never content to just let them get their licks in with impunity. I've seen even the best luchadores go through the motions in trios matches, content to let the heat build until it was their turn to make the tecnico comeback or start the rudo beatdown. Satanico makes you earn everything. He's always firing back and if you hang around too long gloating or playing to the crowd or messing about setting up a double team he will punch you in the neck. He threw a number of punches to the neck in that first fall, even dragging Estrada to the mat by the throat before Morgan and Emilio swarmed him. When the tecnicos do make their comeback they fight fire with fire, but before long they drag things back on track and actually turn it into a wrestling match. It works, and so the tercera begins with the rudos trying to instigate another brawl. Estrada throws Satanico head-first into the turnbuckle bolt and the camera shot really captures how wildly Satanico hits this thing, just no hands totally unprotected. There were some awesome exchanges in that third caida, particularly when things settled down a bit. Villano hits Emilio with an AMAZING punch flurry, Atlantis reels off a sort of flip powerbomb on Pirata Morgan before following up a dropkick and springboard moonsault, then Emilio takes a running corner bump that was somewhere between a Jerry Estrada special and a missed bronco buster. It always comes back to Estrada and Satanico though, usually with Estrada backing away until he knows his teammates are there to bail him out when Satanico - inevitably - turns up the aggression. Satanico hits two bulldogs in this that are as good as any bulldogs you'll ever see, like he's trying to ram Estrada's face through the canvas. Pirata Morgan was more of a background piece here but he showed how valuable that could be in a match like this. He didn't take up much of the spotlight, yet when he did he made the tecnicos, especially Atlantis, look dynamite. He'd never hesitate to cheapshot or throw pot shots when they couldn't see it coming, he'd beg off and plead for a reprieve when they'd retaliate, and obviously he'd bump big because he's still Pirata Morgan in any situation.
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