6/24/2023 0 Comments El hijo del santoThis is in the top five of the set easily. I don't care about the VQ, the clipping, the pauses. Of course Santito wins with the camel clutch and we get the unmasking of Espanto Jr., noble in defeat. Both guys are just wore out at this point but Santo still busts out a plancha that the VQ buries. He busts out a tope that sees him vanish below the apron from the camera angle, they cut to the two and Espanto is just covered in gore. Awesome Lucha Thing #184: Spitting your opponent's blood in the air after you bite him. We get a great posting shot with Santo flying straight at the camera which Espanto turns to his advantage, chairing him and biting the cut. Then Santito hits a tope and senton for the second pinfall. Espanto does the through-the-ropes Psicosis bump skidding to a stop on his knees. Man I love the camerawork on this, right up in your face. Espanto beats on him some more and rips his mask, but then he comes back and despite the truly horrendous audio you can hear the crowd erupt. The little kids coming up and comforting Santito after the first fall was just adorable. This opens with Santito just getting ragdolled by Espanto Jr., who does the very Japanese thing of throwing his opponent back into the ring so he can beat on him more. On the right day this could end up being number 1. I'm probably going to end up watching the top matches again because I can't commit myself to putting my top 5 in order at the moment. I also think this is one of the greatest matches of all time so it says something about how great this set is that there is a chance this could end up being number 2 or number 3. This is probably my MOTY for 1986 which is my favorite year for wrestling. The VQ gets funky so we don't get to see one of Santo's dives but we still hear the crowd losing it and how often has Santo fucked up one of his flying moves? Santo eventually sinks in the deepest camel clutch in wrestling history for a hard earned victory. It's only after Espanto's tope when both of them are recovering on the arena floor that we really get to see just how much punishment both have taken. Espanto posts Santo and beats him with a chair so Santo slams Espanto into the turnbuckle until it is a bloody mess. Espanto tears Santo's mask so Santo tears his. The third floor is just a war with perfect revenge spots. Espanto also has one of the best Fuerza bumps I've ever seen. In addition to his always incredible dives he throws some awesome kneelifts to get himself back into the match. I love that Santo is completely dominated before the comeback that wins the second fall for him. As it turns out staying outside the ring is the only place Santo can rest and regroup as Espanto is on quite the roll. That image of the children coming to console Santo between falls is one of those classic pro wrestling images. Santito has a major hope spot before he ultimately succumbs to Espanto's brute force and loses the first fall. Every throw looks like he's trying to put Santo right through the mat and he may have the best snapmare ever. is a beast and he just dominates throughout much of this match with his very physical grappling. This isn't a wild brawl with lots of punches but it is a fiercely competitive wrestling match where both competitors give everything they have to hold on to the masks that represent their family's honor.
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