The latest older lucha recap

The latest older lucha recap is up at the Wienerboard. A whole bunch of stars are on this show. The Great Sasuke vs. Ultimo Guerrero, from a point about a year before Ultimo made his move from really good to DAMN~~~. But there is also one of the most surreal things I’ve seen – Kurrgan as a capo. Mercifully, there wasn’t a match – he just interfered, thankfully putting an end to a match with both Tinieblases and the always annoying Alushe.

I did get some new and old stuff in my latest tape acquisition. I’m now watching stuff from 2000, which included the final build-up to the Vilano 3/Atlantis mask match, the start of Tarzan Boy/Satanico differences, and a short feud with Olimpico & Blue Panther that saw the tecnico hit a few gushers. I thought Pimpinella Escaralata never worked Arena Mexico, but s/he’s on this tape too. I also have some matches from Tajiri’s 1997 stint in EMLL. Seeing him forget he is in a lucha ring and just start punting rudos around straddles the fine line between great and surreal. Some 1995 AAA as well. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Rinoceronte’s ring attire. Also, Black Warrior in some typical AAA nonsense that sees him in a monkey tail. Wow.

And I have the missing episodes from TCF’s CMLL recaps. Once I get through the Simpsons DVD and the Profiler DVDs, I’ll get to that.