Match # 114: Eddie Guerrero/Juventud Guerrera vs. Billy Kidman/Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro 12/28/98) This is, on paper, is a great match. Kidman works awesomely with Juvy, and Rey works well with both Juvy and Eddie. So all that has to fall into place is Kidman matching up with Eddie, which I can’t imagine would be a [...]
Monday, October 12, 2009
Match # 113: Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro 12/21/98) This disk keeps getting better and better. There’s no way an Eddie and Rey Jr. match can suck. This might be my third straight 3 ½ - plus rated match. My hopes are high.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Match # 82: Ultimo Dragon vs. Eddie Guerrero (Nitro 12/29/97) Eddie jumps him from behind in the aisle and it’s on! Ultimo tries to get it together, but Eddie hits a rolling DDT to take full control. Just as that happens Ultimo reverses out of a move, locks in the Dragon sleeper, and Eddie taps to [...]
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Match # 79: Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko (Nitro 11/17/97) This is the match that was set up at the end of our last match (Match # 78: Guerrero vs Mysterio). Eddie is the WCW cruiserweight champ here, and as we begin the match the announcers are talking about the recently acquired Bret Hart. That’s right, [...]
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Match # 78: Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro 11/10/97) Hell yes. If I’ve seen too much post-prime Flair vs Savage on this ballot, I’ve certainly not seen my fill of this match up. Both guys in their prime, and this is only a week or two after their famous Halloween Havoc match.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Match # 71: Psicosis vs. Eddie Guerrero (Nitro 10/13/97) Eddie is the U.S. Champ here, I believe. They never really say but from the glimpse of the belt I think it’s the U.S. title. Eddie is your cocky heel here. He outsmarts Psicosis at the bell, but Psicosis come back and hits a nasty senton to [...]
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Match # 69: Eddie Guerrero vs. Ultimo Dragon (Nitro 10/6/97) Ah, the great debate. Was Ultimo over-rated or under-rated. I use to think under-rated. Recently, I’m leaning towards over-rated. I’m hoping Eddie working heel in this helps swing me back towards thinking Ultimo needs more accolades. Good news: Ultimo is out with no Sonny Ono in [...]
Monday, August 10, 2009
Match # 65: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Eddie Guerrero (Nitro 9/8/97) No need for introductions in this match. Both guys rule. Both guys were in a groove by this point with some three hour Nitros giving them time to perform, if not frustrate them with a lack of upward mobility.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Match # 47: Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit (Nitro 12/23/96) I wasn’t as high on their earlier Nitro matches (Match # 40 & 45) as some people because either they needed a bit more time to fit what they had mapped out doing, or they lacked the right feel for me as a fan to [...]
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Match # 45: Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero (Nitro 11/18/96) This is break neck speed work from the onset. It’s all really good tight work, but neither guy is at the point where they are given the air time, nor do they have the experience, to fully engage the crowd in all the great stuff they [...]
Monday, June 29, 2009
Match # 41: Eddie Guerrero vs. Psicosis (Nitro 7/22/96) This is a rematch from earlier in the set (Match # 39) so we’ll see what the difference is in this match. Can’t say the first one had too much personality, other than Eddie as the big face and Psicosis being super Lucha. Psicosis is rocking the [...]
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Match # 40: Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit (Nitro 7/15/96) Cute little trick that gets me right into this one: Benoit makes the ref check Eddie’s boots for paraphernalia then attacks his occupied opponent. The kind of tricks Guerrero would use later in his career in his “cheat to win” mode.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Match # 39: Eddie Guerrero vs. Psicosis (Nitro 7/8/96) I’m realizing as I get older and see more wrestling – perhaps too much – that while I respect the art of the Lucha style, I’m not a huge fan of Lucha. I like moves within the style, but as an overall style I like less matches [...]
Monday, May 25, 2009
Match # 31: Ric Flair vs. Eddie Guerrero (Nitro 5/20/96) I believe I saw this match up in the late years of Ric Flair’s WWE career. It was the ball shot watered down Flair who could still get over but was nearing sixty. Unfortunately, Guerrero was nearing the end of his run on earth. This match [...]
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Match # 12: Ric Flair vs. Eddie Guerrero (Nitro 12/18/95) Very cool mix of old school NWA and Lucha/super juniors. These guys can work anyone. Flair gets in his Stylin’ and profilin’ at the bell, so I’m a happy man. He’s noticeably bigger than Guerrero, much like Sting was against Malenko earlier in the set.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Match # 11: Eddie Guerrero vs. Mr. JL (Nitro 12/11/95) There are times when these two miscommunication in this match, and you could hold it against them, but then you’d have to think about how difficult it is to hit all these spots they perform moment to moment with little communication. Guerrero is just awesome, and [...]
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Billy Robinson – (AJPW 3/5/77) Fit Finlay & Pegasus Kid vs. Negro Casas & Eddy Guerrero (New Japan 4/30/92) These matches don’t have a ton in common other than being taped in Japan and both being around twelve minutes. I thought I’d throw in my two cents on these two together since I watched [...]
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Match # 5: Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit (Nitro 10/16/95) In nine years this would be a great success story as the two stood in the middle of Madison Square Garden as the two champions of the WWE. In 12 years it would become a complete tragedy as both would be dead. For the purposes of [...]
Friday, March 20, 2009
4.15.95 Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko So Malenko lost his TV Title to 2 Cold Scorpio. Scorpio then lost it to the debuting Eddie Guerrero. Now Malenko wants his belt back, so he’s going after Eddie. Malenko is the natural heel here, and Eddie got over huge in his first match, but Eddie retains some of [...]
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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