Hey y'all. Another comp today from myself. I promise I'll stop doing these daily at some point lol.
Wouldn't suggest reading further until after you have finished watching. I can't stop you from doing that either way, but I do suggest you experience this compilation without knowing the contents within it.
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Ricky Banderas vs Rastaman (IWA Puerto Rico 12/?/1999) - GREAT
The rematch! This has a lot of the same stuff as their first match, but that's absolutely fine with me. If anything, Banderas feels even more fired up. He's such a fighter here.
It's barely missing some of the magic that the previous matchup had, but maybe that's just me loving chaos.
Bryan Danielson vs Kaval (FCW TV 2/7/2010) - FUN
This was taped on 1/14/2010. Pretty sure this was Danielson's first FCW match as well. You're getting a dumbed down version of Danielson v Low Ki but they also have to try to get creative because this is sub-10 minutes. I've seen more 2010 FCW than most probably. It's not good, but you'll sometimes get a match like this that's interesting to think about at least.
They do some stiff-for-WWE-standards striking and matwork. Looks good, feels good. You can tell even at this level, there's still that road agent/production micromanaging behind every match, but this one does a better job at separating itself apart and making me feel like I'm watching two wrestlers go at it, which those other ones don't.
Bruiser Brody promo (NWA Polynesian Wrestling 8/?/1986)
Brody loved this shit, man. One of the promos where all you can do is silence, listen up, and believe every word coming out of his mouth.
Bret Hart vs Jeff Jarrett [Special Referee: Big Boss Man] (WWF House Show San Francisco, CA 12/5/1993) - FUN
I think I like the WWE house show style a lot, what can I say. We need more special referees to be like Big Boss Man here. Jeff Jarrett's great. I'm not the biggest Bret fan but I think he's seriously good here. Does an awesome job at slowing being unnerved by Jarrett until he finally breaks.
El Hijo del Santo & Damian 666 vs Super Parka & Blue Panther (WWO 5/3/2003) - GOOD
I want to believe there's always room for wrestling to get better, in any time period. And then I watch El Hijo del Santo and yknow what, maybe it can't. I've watched so many of his matches and I'm still always amazed. Somehow, he's able to move in a way that feels mythical. The stories about El Santo make a lot more sense when you see what Santito was capable of.
Blue Panther can be just as good of a rudo as he is tecnico. He can be a real bully in the ring, even with Hijo del Santo being as aggressive as he is in this. Super Parka gets a bit too much of the spotlight, but Santito shuts him down a few times at least.
The finish isn't great, but the rest of the match is good enough at least.
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