Pro Wrestling Chronicle

Match # 87: Juventud Guerrera vs. Psicosis (Nitro 2/2/98)

I’m beginning to feel as though these WCW luchadore matches are like candy bars. They are good single serving sweets, but they don’t really add anything to your diet. They exist to impress you for that moment, and there’s nothing that evolves further from it. I don’t blame the workers themselves. All the matches are better than average affairs ranging from 2 ¾ to 3 ¾ stars. But even on 3 hour Nitros these guys got less than ten minutes to do the same frequent match ups. They are great for what they are, but you start to feel like you’re watching the same match with a glass – no, concrete – ceiling overhead.

Raven’s Flock comes through the crowd for your trademark “take the attention off these luchadores” WCW moment. I think may perhaps my problem with some of these Lucha matches is the style is a demonstration of spots to me many times, and if every spot doesn’t land clean it distracts from the overall dance (match). Where as a typical American or Japanese match can be much more guttural and not as tight, but yet still look very cool with the mistakes. There’s more room for error, at least to me.

Solid if unspectacular stuff before the first commercial break. We come back to Psicosis in control and Juvy selling. Juvy come back has some good high spots he hits rather cleanly. The crowd “ohs” at all the moves as they hit. A crazy moment as Juvy drop kicks Psicosis as he flyings from the top to the floor with a dive. Juvy wins with the 450 in about 5:30 minutes. 2 ¾ and 5/10.