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WRESTLER OF THE DAY: DOS CARAS


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Someone will have to explain to me why an Aubrey Plaza gif comes up when I did my Dos Caras image search. Anyway...

 

http://www.luchawiki.com/index.php?title=Dos_Caras

 

God - the amount of people still labeling Alberto Del Rios "Dos Caras Jr" on Youtube videos doesn't help my fucking search.

Thankfully - Caras and Mils Mascaras being in a couple of All Japan Tag Leagues means a lot of great random match ups.

 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl5mqm_mil-mascaras-dos-caras-vs-abdullah-the-butcher-t-sheik_sport?search_algo=2

 

or

 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xletc7_mil-mascaras-dos-caras-vs-wahoo-mcdaniel-strongbow_sport?search_algo=2

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This showed up in my Twitter feed today and is slaying me

 

 

Meltzer in the 90s ‏@ObserverQuotes  1m

The reason Dos Caras wasn't in TM II-B was because he was unhappy about being four matches from the top and wrestling clowns. [5/94]
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The first Dos Caras I ever seed!  And it holds up pretty well.   From, JEEEBUS, ALMOST TWENTY YEARS AGO :(   8/23/1996

 

I found this to be almost completely not enjoyable as Caras just smothers Sasuke so much here that when they get the finish it actually makes Caras look worse.

 

I would say a large majority of the match is Sasuke getting trapped in holds and getting stuck while Caras does nothing to draw you in emotionally.  Caras comes off as a complete cipher who just has a couple of holds he wants you to see.  Check out this bow and arrow!  Isn't it keen?  Sasuke tries to pick up the pace at points but Caras just keeps shutting him down which can be a story but its not executed well here.  Caras just comes off as selfish and uninterested in selling anything Sasuke is doing.  Then after taking a small package on the floor, Caras decides to hold onto Sasuke for dear life like he just got murdered.  Caras took so much of the match that when it came to the finishing stretch, it comes off like he has a glass jaw or something.  Sasuke absorbs all this stretching and you can't get back into the ring after a flying space tiger drop?  It just doesn't come off as a fulfilling way to put the match together.  I wanted to see a rally before the finish and this came more out of nowhere.

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They had two matches, right? 

 

EDIT: I found two on an old Angelfire listing, pretty sure I have them both on my external. Might peep 'em later. Anyway, since Dos was awesome beating the shit out of the original Tiger Mask, maybe he's equally great doing it to the perpetually underwhelming fourth iteration:

 

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