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Oro vs. Mano Negra
04/02/1993
CMLL
NWA WorLD MIDDLEWEIGHT

Year: 1993
Type: Title Match Style
Other: n/a

Synopsis:

If you are looking for a match that demonstrates Oro’s reputation as a spectacular high flier, this is not necessarily the best one for that. Much of this title match is based around rudimentary holds and submission, with only glimpses of Oro’s impressive balance and agility. Oro twice scales the turnbuckles off of a running start and does so very smoothly. His big flying move of the match is a springboard plancha to the outside that he gets great distance on. Those moves and one or two other minor sequences provide a glimpse of Oro’s polished and innovative flying but otherwise it is a ho-hum sort of title match. Both wrestlers look competent trading holds and submissions but the non-flying stuff is overall average which made for an average-ish match overall. A match between the seconds – Guerrero Maya (Black Terry) and Ciclon Ramirez – would have had much potential.

Additional Reading:

• Lucha Libre Weekly (April 15, 1993)

  Champion La Mano Negra defended his title successfully versus challenger Oro. The seconds were for Oro, Ciclon Ramirez, and for la Mano Negra, el Guerrero Maya. Your referee was senior EMLL referee Roberto “el Guero” Rangel; and supporting the opening ceremony were legendary wrestlers and now commissioners Daniel Garcia Aceves (Huracan Ramirez) and Jorge Diaz (Rey Mendoza). Fust fall: Oro made Negra submit with a what Dave Scherer called a “sick” arm-bar /leg-bar combination submission hold. Second fall: La Mano Negra then made Oro submit to what Dave Scherer called a “sick twisting” submission move; Third fall: We bad the usual lots of near falls; Oro had the best dive of the match with una plancha from off of the middle of the top rope onto la Mano Negra on the floor. Negra won via clean submission (a finish that would NEVER be done these days in the States) with the Negra “swinging arm bar.” Not bad at all . •••

Accolades:

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