[1991-04-12-CMLL] Octagon vs El Satanico

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

This was a fun display of violence from Satanico, but it was too one-sided to be a good match, and Octagon didn't bring much to this at all.

[Childs]

I hate Octagon, so I enjoyed watching Satanico kick the shit out of him. I did not enjoy watching Octagon steal two consecutive falls, though I guess it worked okay as a little story about Satanico going too far.

[shoe]

Satanico was awesome here. While Octagon brought nothing.

[PeteF3]

Well, I liked Octagon's sudden flurry of offense--though victory came awfully easily for a guy who got his ass kicked the entire match. I get that Octagon was probably CMLL's biggest singles star at the time but is he anything more than a one-match wonder from a sheer working quality standpoint?

[ohtani's jacket]

Konnan was probably CMLL's biggest singles star at the this time as he was getting his big babyface push after losing his mask to Aguayo.

 

I never had a problem with Octagon. He's a bit of a poor man's Black Man but I like his trios work. There were worse workers in CMLL at this time than Octagon. His best singles match is the Fuerza match from Nov '91.

[Kevin Ridge]

Seems to be some type of top ten count down. Octagon is number one. Okay. Satanico doesn’t like this ranking and beats on Octagon to start match. First fall is a complete ass kicking with Satanico dominating and going after the mask right away. He’s too aggressive though and gets himself disqualified. Crap call ref! Satanico ties Octagon’s mask to the ropes. Great spot. My score card had it 3 falls to 0 for Satanico.

[soup23]

I liked this for what it was, a straight beatdown from Satanico with Octagon getting a quick flash of offense in the second fall to win the match. I thought it was effective and actually thought Octagon was ok in what he did in this match and sold well for Satanico.

[garretta]

If I hadn't seen the countdown at the start, I'd have assumed that Octagon was a jobber who'd pissed Satanico off somehow. I suppose the story of the match (Satanico's anger costs him one fall, and he was so busy being pleased over what he'd done that Octagon was able to sneak the other) was decent for what it was, but is this any way to treat a guy who's supposedly your number one wrestler? I'd have much rather seen the second fall contested straight up, with Octagon getting the win through superior skill.

 

Fortunately, Satanico was enough of an asshole here that I'd pay to see a rematch if I had to, but I know no more about Octagon now than when I sat down to watch this match, and that's just wrong. Hopefully, the next bout between these two (if we get to see it) is a little more competitive.

 

I don't understand the little sketches we sometimes get before, during, and after the lucha matches, but they're a good way for us to know how wrestling was presented on Mexican TV. For that reason alone, I hope we see more of them.

[cad]

This might be the most gallingly selfish performance I have ever seen in a wrestling match. Satanico was losing in two falls, so he took ninety-nine percent of the match and sold zero percent of what little he let Octagon have. Ric Flair has to deal with breakdowns of random jobber matches, but Satanico, touted as an alternative for the number one spot, somehow avoids getting knocked for something like this, in a main event against one of the biggest wrestlers in the company. It looks worse when you compare what Satanico did here with what Fuerza Guerrera did against the same opponent, in the same year, in the same arena, with the same stipulations (albeit over three falls rather than just two).

[dawho5]

Great beatdown by Satanico. Not a lot more to say really.