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Match # 111: Chavo & Hector Guerrero vs. The Fabulous Ones (Texas Tornado Cage Match) (2/28/86)

This was a great feud that has begun to have diminishing returns for me. I loved the first two matches, felt slightly let down by the finish and work of the third, and then it got worse. My problem is while these guys have clashing styles that work in matches where the is a classic wrestling rulebook structure and build, I don’t buy them walking around brawling by any means, and that’s what the feuds escalated into. Mexican death match wasn’t as good as I’d hoped, and the yellow strip singles match was horrible, yet the first to straight tags ruled. This is a cage match with all four men in at the same time, but I don’t have my hopes up.

Dull brawling with the heels dominating and the babyface brother team bumping off the cage in a bouncy way. Punch, kick, and mostly hold otherwise.

Match gets much better when the faces take over. They are better at showing charisma, and the heels are better selling here. Oddly enough the heels don’t draw heat for the beatdowns, but the place is popping and buzzing for the face’s controlling. Everyone is bleeding before the five minute mark.
Both teams brawl on top of the cage. A great visual for any time, but especially in 1986. Hector falls to the floor and gets more beat up by Keirn. This at times very reminiscent of ECW, both positive and negative.

Guerreros come back and then we end up on the cage again. Chavo gets stuck on the outside part of the cage in a clever bit of booking and athleticism. Heels tag team Hector till Chavo turns the tide with a big save. Crowd loves that they stopped a stuff piledriver and gave one of their own. In fact, that’s the finish. Guerreros win. Well laid out and the crowd popped, but like the Jake vs Slater match, I didn’t feel the sense of being taken on a ride. Half a great match is better than an average match. 3 stars and 6/10.

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