[1995-09-25-CMLL] Silver King vs Miguel Perez Jr (Hair vs Hair)

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Awesome match. Very accessible, and something I'd recommend for any lucha primer comp. Silver King is such a charismatic babyface that could have gotten over in the U.S. if he was presented in the right way. I guess you can say the same for Miguel Perez as a heel. This is paced like an American-style match, the crowd is audible, there's blood and a sharp face/heel dynamic and the counts are paced like those in an American match, so many of the things that normally make lucha tough for newbies aren't there. Silver King has some great high-flying offense and is really good at winning over the crowd, but he's not really good at keeping his hair. It goes bye-bye.

[Tim Evans]

Awful finish to this with Silver King botching the finish. I didn't care much for this although Silver King's dive was nice. It had blood but not much.

[PeteF3]

Xenophobia out the wazoo for this, with the mere mention of "Puerto Rico" drawing boos and both guys decked out in the flags of their homelands. King disappointed me, as it didn't seem like he was interested in doing much until busting out the big dives. Those were impressive, but his selling in particular was not. Perez was great again, though, and carried most of this. Some primo heeling, and some great offense from both a flashiness and stiffness standpoint. Perez wins clean to take King's hair. Finish wasn't perfectly done, but I'm not sure if that was King's fault or if Perez was just too big or King too small to be doing that spot. Pretty good match, but the earlier Perez matches were better. What's with Silver King's hissy fit after the match? You got pinned clean as a sheet, dude.