Another day, another blog post! I have been having so much fun writing these lately, working on these everyday and watching/writing more about wrestling. Thank you to anyone that reads these or even just takes a look at the site, truly. Time for some more matches though!
The Sheik vs. Tiger Jeet Singh [Cage Match] (Canadian Big Time Wrestling ?/?/1975) - FUN
This match was for Sheik's United States Championship and I only found out about this match's existance because I saw that Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling had uploaded this as a part of this show's unaired pilot produced by Dave McKigney, but the footage itself has been on YouTube since 2018 I believe.
I also have historically not been a fan of cage matches that utilize a "escape the cage" stipulation to win the match, especially when you can do so through the cage door. This match's finish definitely makes it work though, but we'll get to that later.
Sheik is so good man, one of the best. My biggest takeaway from the match was how damn good his punching is. Tiger Jeet Singh has some awkward punches himself for the most part, but then lays in some really nice ones to the body near the end.
Going back to that "escape the cage through the door" point, they do some teasing in this one with a lot of the exchanges actually being them grabbing each other whenever one of them makes a run for the door. At one point, Singh takes a punch that knocks him back closer to the door, so he tries to escape then but gets stopped by Sheik. I remember thinking "that's neat" in the moment, and then they revisit that for the finish! This time though, it's Sheik who gets knocked back and flails his body onto the floor outside the cage. Creative finish that really makes you feel like Sheik robbed Tiger of the win, but also points out the hypocrisy of the fans because they would've loved for Tiger to steal that win in that earlier moment.
There's not much else to really talk about for this one. Cool match, nice heat, Sheik is amazing, and Tiger Jeet Singh is awesome (and don't let anyone convince you otherwise.
Chamuel, KeMalito & Periquito Sacaryas vs. Duende Blanco, KeMonito & Mije - GREAT
From this Tuesday's Arena Coliseo Guadalajara show. I was watching primarily for the main event (which I still might talk about at some point in a future post), but was so blown away by this match that I felt like I needed to write about it.
The micros tore the house down at a GDL show that had some pretty big names like Atlantis, Blue Panther, Máscara Dorada, etc. For a part of the roster that I mostly saw as being there to get some laughs and pop the children in the crowd, they blew my mind. I didn't even know how this would go, as I usually associate the micros with the openers that only go one fall, not a 2/3 falls match that's in the middle of the show.
First things first, Chamuel is amazing here. I know to the casual viewer (which one could argue I am myself), KeMalito is the heat magnet for the rudo team, and it's not wrong to say that. But Chamuel takes that heat and is able to stretch it like a rubber band as far as he can without dragging it. There's one moment in particular in which he stops wrestling, leaves the ring, and just stands on the ramp as he takes in all the crowd's boos. Once he takes the initiative, KeMalito and Sacaryas are able to absorb some of that reaction so they can get some of that heat too.
On the opposite end of Chamuel's heel work, you get Duende Blanco and Mije, who do some awesome moves and brings exciting action to the match. Yeah, KeMonito is of course gonna be the center of attention for most people, but those two specifically take such a beating from the rudos. The second fall ended with Mije being late to save his partners and he has to drag KeMonito back to the corner for the next fall, but gets attacked by Sacaryas and KeMalito while doing so. This made me feel genuinely sorry for Mije and them. Good shit.
I am not sure how someone could see the crowd erupting for the first and third falls and feel like both sides didn't do their jobs perfectly here. Speaking of which, I thought this was a very well paced match all things considered. First fall feels goes by very quickly after the opening segments, the second fall sees the rudos getting some good teamwork going on to get some 2-on-1 and 3-on-1 action, and the third fall has our heroes pulling out their big spots. They get their shine, comebacks, and then the win. I did feel that the final fall did get a bit too start-stop at points but it wasn't major enough to ruin anything for me.
Really, really good match, cannot recommend this one enough.
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