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[2016-05-15-Lucha Memes] Virus vs Hechicero


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Man what did Virus' mother ever do to Hechicero? Some really high end grappling as expected but the match featured even more than that, I loved the spot where they dramatically took their shirts off and started a chop exchange only for Virus to quickly cut off Hechicero by kicking him in the leg. Hechicero has some signature spots like the corner knee and the spinning backbreaker and I loved how they'd do sequences where he'd get overzealous and then Virus would counter him and he'd get stuck in/on the ropes. Finishing hold was absolutely breathtaking. ****

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It was superb yet superb is too much of a letdown knowing my expectations of what they could have done. As someone as high as I am on Virus, I'm starting to tire of his formula now that he is getting indy bookings against actual talents. His title and lightning formula works against spotmonkeys who need to be plugged into matches like a stitch in a tapestry, but it disappoints me to see him do that against someone like Hechicero especially when the smile he had prematch just showed how in love he was with the prospect of working such a talent, at last.

The matwork is excellent. Hechicero has great innovative spots to excite you when Virus breaks away from the mat but this needed to be Hechicero's formula than Virus. Both are technical wizards but Hechicero holds advantage in power spots and working his offence into places you least expect it. The way he hit the turnbuckle enzugiri was nasty and if the ropehung knee had ended the match it would be best finish of 2016 hands down.

The problem is that I wanted to see the story follow a struggle of ideology. They both excel on the mat, but Virus does that as his bread and butter. Trying to keep Hechicero down and into counters would have been a great foil for Hechicero to work his beautiful counters into and then place his offence from. There were spots that showed this, and those are some of the best wrestling I've seen in a long time, but a Virus lightning formula is too short to let that story breathe. They go home too early and it hurts the flow. Give this 20 minutes with that story and these guys will give you a match of the decade contender.

 

Still, this was some great stuff.

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