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Match # 93: The Fabulous Ones vs. Chavo & Hector Guerrero (12/29/85)

Rematch from earlier on the disk, and this one I was hoping to see again. Great start as Hector shows the fire and aggression chasing Stan Lane with the Mexican roll till Lane leans under the ropes. Kiern is there to reassure him. Totally defines the two teams in the first moments. Guerreros as the fiery aggressor and innovative, while the Fabs are tentative clever above-it-all heels.

A better first five minutes physically, layout wise, and psychologically than their first match. The brothers are more athletic and quick, but the heels are smooth cheaters who know not to get to close to the Guerrero corner.

Awesome flying arm bar takeover by Chavo. Chavo and Hector have fun with a head scissors and Steve Kiern sells the hell out of it. Technical yet easy for a kid to follow. Kiern’s bail to the outside and regroup was just the right facial expression and attitude. Stan Lane in gets heat for just stalling, so the crowd is sucked in. Also helps the faces because when they finally grab them and turn up the speed off the ropes the fans get excited. Only the babyfaces are flashy here.

Perfect match so far. Heels try to slow it down with a head lock off Guerrero pin attempts. Works only a short time. We get some mat reversals and ..commercial break!? NOOOOO. This was great stuff. We come back and they left some of the heels getting heat. Double teams behind the refs back, grounding the high risk offensive minded faces, and throwing Hector to the outside. This is like a better full game time version of the match they did weeks before.

Good hopes pot as Hector almost crawls over only to get his eyes raked. Fabs showing a lot more than last time. Lots of ring position controlling. Kiern has a sleeper on so long he thinks he won the match, which is a fun spot. Gets slightly dull here as they keep it very slow and grounded, but the quick cut offs of the hope spots are really great, and the crowd heat builds well (as has the match itself). Hector finally starts crawling and rolling all around the heels to an almost silly degree (excessive silly, but only for a moment). Hot tag to Chavo.

Drop kicks and spin kicks from Chavo. All four men in and Hector becomes the legal man. Running the ropes gets screw up by to many workers in the ring, cut the do it anyway. Collisions everywhere (they fake through the screw up well enough) and Hector falls on Lane. Of course Tommy Gilbert is out of position, but why isn’t Chavo yelling at him to turn around. That’s lame.

Guerrero’s get the visual pin like last time, but Keirn rolls Lane out and takes his place. Cool moment where Hector still instinctively pins him, and Kiern allows it until two. When Kiern goes to take the pin, Hector rolls him up for the surprise 1-2-3. Guerreros win.

A great match the had flow and some great contrasts in style. A well told story with only small mistakes, but little risk. It knew it’s place on the card, but I really enjoyed it. 3 ¾ and 7.7/10.

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