[2000-10-26-IWRG] Olimpico & Black Dragon & Astro Jr & Mascara Magica vs Gladiador & Bombero Infernal & Oficial & Guardia

[soup23]

Absolutely no chance of me being able to tell who is Guardia and whom is Offical. It looks like they have their name on the front of their uniform so that helps me out around five minutes in. This was probably helped by having some guys we don’t see a ton of but I also appreciated the admittedly slow pace this had for most of the match. Everything had time to develop and work it out. Bombero was really strong in the opening fall and continues to work over until he gains the submission victory. The second fall with the miscommunication and the triple victory roll was also enjoyable. Third falls have things opening up with quicker pairings and some dives to the outside. We get a sneaky foul on Gladiador and the tecnicos end up pulling out the victory. Enjoyable for what this was. *** (6.2)

[ohtani's jacket]

This was a fun atomics match. It had all the hallmarks of undercard lucha -- some fun gimmicks and neat workers and a mix of traditional lucha exchanges and exciting dives. On the rudo side we got to see two members of the very first incarnation of Los Oficiales which was cool. They were more of your classic journeyman team that the fluid and dynamic trios unit we'd see later on but I liked the original Oficial. He could've been mistaken for just about any corrupt police captain in Mexico. Hijo del Gladiador continued to engage his role as the midcard veteran and Bombero is always busy doing his thing. On the tecnico side there was a nice mix of masked guys. Olimpico didn't shine as much as I was hoping and seems to have gone backward throughout the year. I liked Mascara Magica the most. he wasn't flashy but I thought he showed solid fundamentals. IWRG is very good at keeping these undercard matches short and snappy. None of the matches outstay their welcome and the guys entertain you while they're out there. Solid bout.