[2000-10-15-Monterrey] Bestia Salvaje & El Dandy & Shocker & Zumbido vs Antifaz del Norte & La Parka & Safari & Negro Casas

[soup23]

Match starts with Shocker burning La Parka’s mask on the ringpost. Holy shit that is awesome and 1000% rudo. First fall was a big ol brawl and Shocker has some incredible punches against Parka towards the end. Shocker dancing and gloating after every punch just puts it over the top. Finish has rudos beating some ass and Parka’s has about half of his mask ripped. Dandy puts it on and dances around. Second fall and tecnico comes back with Casas going fucking crazy and then he gets Parka all riled up who posts Shocker with some retribution and sends him into the chairs. Antifaz and Zumbido also are killing it in the stands and there is just action flying all over the ring. Parka has some ladies purse and is pounding Shocker with it. Antifaz and Zumbido take stage and duke it out. Casas and Bestia say hold my beer and they start kicking each other in the mouth. Tecnicos win the second fall when things break down and they get some big dives. Third fall makes a big mistake in integrating the comedy spots with the referees. It felt shoe horned in and really unnecessary. Luckily it doesn’t go too long and we do have an exciting breakneck finish with dives and sequences. Finish has Parka with a nasty looking sharpshooter really cranking back on Shocker to get the submission. Casas and Zumbido are still going after it after the bell. Great match from Monterrey. Give me Parka vs Shocker Hair vs Mask please. **** (8.1)

[ohtani's jacket]

Shocker burns Parka's mask at the start but Parka doesn't care and dances with some chicks in the crowd. Shocker vs. Parka is a good thing but this was a boring bout. They went through the motions of a rudo beatdown and a tecnico comeback but there was no edge to it. These matches work best when the other wrestlers hate each other too but we didn't get that level of intensity here. Casas tried hard to be a traditional foil for this sort of match but the rudos were on autopilot. Parka's humiliation wasn't quite severe enough and his comeback wasn't inspiring. They progressed the feud from the week before but I've seen tons of lead-in matches that were better than this.

[Tim Evans]

Parka not even caring that his face is showing while beating down Shocker is great. The Parka/Shocker parts of this were pretty good. Rest of the guys didn't do much although I liked the Zumbido/Antifaz crowd brawl. Shocker burning the mask and almost setting fire to the ringside area was a nice visual. Match went a little too long in the first and second falls.