OK, we’re back. Match #2 in the Trios Trios Trios tape review:
El Hijo Del Santo [c] & Negro Casas & Felino vs. Bestia Salvage [c], Scorpio Jr., & Black Warrior (sometime in 1998)
Breakdown:
Santo (still looks the same today)
Casas (same)
Felino (wears long sleeves, other than that, the same)
Bestia (same)
Scorpio (still has his mask, which increases my enjoyment of his matches 1000%)
Black Warrior (looks a little skinnier, other than that, the same)
So besides a few things, this match could take place in 2004 and you wouldn’t blink. God bless Lucha.
Primera caida: Warrior and Felino start us off and work a quick sequence that ends with Warrior taking a huge Jerry Bump to the floor. Casas comes in and hits some clotheslines on Bestia. Santo’s next and he flattens an unsuspecting Bestia with a tope to the floor. Man, this is all going at a lighting pace. Casas hits Scoprio with a DDT for a pin and Felino powerbombs Warrior out of a ‘rana attempt to win the fall. (1:15)
Segunda caida: Negro and Scorpio start again and Casas hits some more clotheslines. Cripes, is he El Hijo de Duggan? We get teased with Santo vs. Warrior but the other rudos jump in for the beatdown. Scorpio almost unmasks Santo, but other than that, not much else of interest. Bestia gets Casas with a standing senton and Santo submits to a 2 man half-crab/armbar deal. (2:19)
Tercera caida: Casas makes a comeback with, you guessed it, some clothesline to end the beatdown. A pretty lengthy Felino/Warrior section starts us off proper that ends with Felino taking a spill to the floor and Warrior following with a HYUGE somersault plancha. Casas soon gets Scorpio with a sharpshooter but Bestia rips off Santo’s mask for the pin and the match. (2:30)
Post-match, Casas does a double take when he sees Santo face down on the mat without his mask. Tecnicos protest to the rudo ref to no avail. Both teams brawl some more, but then get separated and yell at each other over the mic.
More of an angle set up than an actual match (with six minutes of total action, you’re not getting a lot of content in your match). It did make me want to see a rematch—hey, the next match is the rematch. Sweet. Hope they bring the wrestling next time out.