RIPPA Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Rey Jr is 41 today. So yeah... y'all are fucking old. Of course - I never realized that Rey was 6 weeks older than me. FINALLY! I have someone my age who has worse knees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I am so happy you did not post this match so that someone else could. I love this match so very very very very very much. Jesus, that sequence that starts around the 4:49 mark sticks with me to this very day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 I more didn't post it because it was post in the Eddie thread like a month ago... and in the first Eddie thread :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 This is great. --------------- The Rey Rey vs Juvie match that eludes the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I more didn't post it because it was post in the Eddie thread like a month ago... and in the first Eddie thread :-P The match cannot be posted enough anywhere. It is the best thing I ever saw on WCW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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odessasteps Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I guess we should let Rob post all his Rey music videos himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Not being a huge fan of the lucha libre, I only watched this match because Meltzer raved about it. I got my copy from Henery Hawk, before there was such a thing as RF Video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 I don't know why I remember these things. Rey Mysterio Jr. v. Misterioso – Mask v. Mask 5/16/97- (PHIL SCHNEIDER): Misterioso may have been a good luchadore at one time , he seems to have some faded athleticism and some concept of what to do in the ring. However inertia and narcotic abuse had led him to be a shell of whatever potential he might have had. The mask has such an iconic role in Lucha history that even the most half assed luchadore will step it up when he is dropping the hood (as Pogo Pete mentioned earlier, I still need to see it to believe it.) Also, Rey Mysterio Jr. did not want to take his uncle’s mask in a bad match, so both guys had their working boots laced. Misterioso unmothballed a tope to start and him and Junior did some ring side brawling, with Rey taking a nice ring post bump. Rey took the first fall rather quickly with a springboard leg drop. Misterioso controlled the second fall, doing some nice mat based submission work on Rey’s knee and gets a submission with Lucha hold #7286. Because this is Tijuana they brawl into the crowd, a section which was highlighted by Rey doing a balcony dive. They take into the ring and have a nice nearfall section highlighted by a Misterioso superplex , Junior top rope rana and a pair of really nice Nodowa’s by the rudo (getting nice height and power because Rey is so small.) Rey finally gets the duke with a really nice springboard rana roll up (which he had really stopped using at this point, which belays the importance of the match.) Really nice lucha match, which thankfully didn’t have the stench of Konan all over it, this wasn’t all Rey, Misterioso held his own for once, and when you watch him perform like this, you really bemoan his normal suckassness. Don’t do drugs kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Seeing Rey vs. Eddy again, after such a long time... goddamn. I don't know what to say. It's flawless. And I miss Eddy so so much. Speaking of flawless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMZ0jtuya1g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Ray Mysurtio III is my favoryte loochador. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 I should mention that Eric and Schneider have the Rey Jr/Low Ki match from the JAPW anniversary show currently as their match of the year. So if you have a means of watching the match you should do so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 vs Dean Malenko vs Ultimo Dragon vs Kaz Hayashi vs Curt Hennig vs David Flair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 One reason I like Rey so much is how he's the perfect antidote to so many bullshit philosophies in wrestling. "It's unrealistic for small guys to beat big guys!" Bullshit, the crowd always loved it when Rey won. "You've got to be able to cut good promos in modern wrestling!" Bullshit, the fans are clearly not there to see Rey talk. "Spot-monkeys are useless and nobody wants to watch flippy gymnastics crap!" Bullshit, the audience always pops huge for Rey's highspots. "Only white Americans can get over with mainstream America!" Bullshit, Vince Russo, Rey (and many others) have disproved your racist assumptions on countless occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 He was interviewed on Wrestle Talk TV a few weeks ago. They did ask him why it was that of everyone in the Wrestling business who's ever been interviewed, none of them has ever said Rey was a twat. He says it's because he was always raised to be respectful, and he never got himself into any backstage politicking so nobody ever had reason to dislike him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I assume that's a paraphrase, and they didn't actually use the word "twat?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 It was actually phrased like "When I talked to Raven, he said that basically everyone in the Wrestling business has some else in the Wrestling business who thinks they're a... twat". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 w/The Usos vs The Shield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Not being a huge fan of the lucha libre, I only watched this match because Meltzer raved about it. I got my copy from Henery Hawk, before there was such a thing as RF Video. This was actually a sequel to their match the week before in Mexico City that went to a draw and may have been even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 It was actually phrased like "When I talked to Raven, he said that basically everyone in the Wrestling business has some else in the Wrestling business who thinks they're a... twat". Goddamnit, I need to stop assuming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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