Pro Wrestling Chronicle

Match # 16: Chavo Guerrero vs. Kengo Kimura (11/3/80)

Joined in progress?! What’s this crap? I’ve been waiting on this one ever since the first Kimura/Chavo tango. We come in mid-hold, friends.

It’s a random hold, but the way Kimura moves into a leg lace is beautiful. The shoot wrestling and holds section of this match is something to behold. It flows, and yet has a strength, -more so than many of the other well received matches before it. This is a set with little to no bad mat/hold exchanges, and this is high end of that. Chavo love ripping arms out of their sockets. Brutal. These guys make each other work for every hold, and I love that. Chavo does a jumping head scissors takeover that I’m in love with.

It slows down a bit to much in the middle for me. Kimura grabs a few holds, and it’s not like it’s bad, but the struggle gets a bit dull for two minutes. Chavo comes back with some higher impact stuff, and Kimura learns from his mistakes. Time move on, and I’m not feeling it, then Kimura busts out the big moves. A back drop suplex and two big pile drivers send Chavo to the floor. Kimura goes for too much and misses a dive. Chavo gets back in after a summersault splash on Kimura, and wins via count out. Decent early stuff, duller second half, and a good last minute. 3 and 6.1/10.