Pro Wrestling Chronicle

Match # 13: Chavo Guerrero vs. Kengo Kimura (9/30/80)

After Kimura’s performance against Fujinami, his stock is rising with me. Chavo was in my favorite match from disc one, also with the great Fujinami. This could be fun.

Chavo’s holds are pretty solid and I believe him as a challenger for the WWWF juniors title. I am growing a little wary and tired of the overall formula of these matches. It’s not that they are all exactly the same, but the guidelines they follow is clear. An early exchange of holds and reversals, followed by a longer segment of holds and control segments for each guy. Then you get strikes and movement towards the end, and maybe a clean finish if you are luck.

Chavo makes me happy about ten minutes in when he takes control and begins to punch and kick. I never thought I’d say this after being raised on WWF, but I was happy to see punch-kick stuff. When did a snap suplex become a brain buster? Either way Chavo has upped the big moves, and he’s trying to get Fujinami up for a pile driver. He drops that and works on some nifty arm bars and pin attempts. The pace is really going here, so I’d guess this is the home stretch. Fujinami and Chavo both miss big flips, which I’ve seen no one land when coming off the ropes towards a guy. Chavo gets tossed outside and Fujinami hits a dive on him. The count starts from the ref. Chavo stops Fujinami from getting back in and hits a back drop driver on the outside floor. An interesting finish where Chavo is half through the ropes, with Fujinami holding on for dear life, when the ref counts to twenty. Double count out finish in sixteen minutes. 3 ¼ and 6.5/10.