rey mysterio jr. vs. heavy metal
AAA
Mexican national welterweight
02/26/1993
Year: 1993
Type: n/a
Other: High Flying; Clipped
Synopsis:
Rey’s Mexican National Welterweight title was on the line in this bout between two of AAA’s most promising young starts. The match is heavily clipped up with only a couple of minutes of each fall shown at most so its hard to get a full grip on what kind of match they actually had. Rey is still wearing his long pants, singlet gear while Metal as always is sporting his classy one-third back t-shirt. The most notable spot is a near blow spot where Heavy Metal slips leaping onto the second turnbuckle. He climbs the turnbuckles and then freezes, seemingly waiting for Rey to follow up and cover. Rey eventually gets the message and kicks Metal to the floor, before they get back in the ring and go right to the planned fall finish. Rey looked good here but he’s still in that part of his career where he was a tad exposed in singles match. Heavy Metal never quite left that stage of his career. It makes you wonder if the match wasn’t messier than what was shown and that’s why it was all clipped up.
Additional Reading:
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Recap (March 8, 1993)
On the 2/26 Mexico City show, Heavy Metal (Erick Casas) won the Mexican welterweight title from Rey Misterio Jr. (Oscar Gonzales) clean in the middle. Misterio even raised Metal’s hand after the match. The expected blow-out match didn’t occur, this was in the ***1/2 range.
Lucha Libre Weekly (March 10, 1993)
Mexican National Welterweight Championship: Heavy Metal won title, defeated Rey Misterio Junior 2-1. Ultra clean match with third fall finish being a clean pinfall for Casas via la magistral. The announcer Miguel Linares said the hold was also called “la casita,” and was the invention of Pepe Casas (which I think is true) and all of his sons use the hold. Casas got a much bigger pop for winning than I ever would have expected considering how over Misterio is. Best explanation for that is that everyone appreciates how good he is. Just the last 1:06 of fall two and the last 2:18 of fall three aired. But what kind of signal does it send to the fans when a) the title and b)the feud is blown off like it doesn’t matter; NOTE: In Mexico City and in Mexico the whole match aired uninterrupted so this is· NOT the same coverage it got in the country it counts most in. By the way, the new Mexican “german suplex begun while your opponent is still on his stomach on the mat” is the new state of the art suplex, isn’t it? No grade.
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