Match # 126: Psicosis vs. Juventud Guerrera vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Blitzkrieg (Nitro 4/19/99) Lucha high spot action, here we come. Juvy was clearly on some stuff during his Nitro run. Watch his shaking entrances. Thug Life Rey Jr, complete with title belt. I’m game.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Match # 123: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera (Nitro 4/12/99) No hype is needed for this match up. They had masks, and now they don’t. Let’s begin.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Match # 122: Chris Benoit and Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. and Billy Kidman (Nitro 3/29/99) Four of my favorite cruiserweights ever lock it up in a tag title match. And the best part? They’re in Canada!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Match # 121: Ric Flair vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro 3/22/99) A Spring Break main event that plays host to an oddity of fun booking. A heel Flair will take on a babyface Rey. Jr. Watch Flair bump for the little guy!
Friday, October 16, 2009
Match # 119: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Billy Kidman (Nitro 3/15/99) This is a match-up I’ve been waiting to see on the set since both men have worked well with Juvy, but didn’t seem to cross paths. This is Hip-hop Rey Jr., not the masked luchadore. Kidman is YOUR cruiserweight champion.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Match # 118: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Scott Norton (Nitro 3/8/99) Usually I look at the set matches on paper and see all kinds of potential in a match up. This one looks like a horrible style clash and a cluster-fuck, but then, it’s gotta be on this set for a reason. Cat and mouse [...]
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Match # 117: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Kevin Nash (Nitro 2/22/99) Nash is out with Rey’s mask, and does some mic work while Liz and Lex wander around the ring adding nothing. Rey comes out without his mask for the first time. I’m thinking this is one of those matches here just to note something [...]
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Match # 115: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Blitzkrieg (Nitro 2/8/99) Blitzkrieg was a hot cruiserweight project that hit Nitro pretty big at the end of the decade. He was also a flash in the pan, as he left wrestling only a few years later, selling the gimmick to Jack Evans (at least I think there [...]
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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 [...]
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.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Match # 81: Rey Mysterio Jr./Juventud Guerrera/Hector Garza vs. Psicosis/La Parka/Silver King (Nitro 12/22/97) Just like match # 80, which was awesome, only we get Garza and Silver King added to the mix for a good old fashion Lucha trios match. There was a time when people were really giving a look at Silver King [...]
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Match # 80: Rey Mysterio Jr./Juventud Guerrera vs. La Parka/Psicosis (Nitro 12/15/97) It’s weird after all their matches to see Rey with Juvy, but with both heels being bigger this on paper looks like a gem.
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.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Match # 74: Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Nitro 10/27/97) This is the night after a pretty famous Guererro vs Mysterio match on PPV. Rey Jr. is the new cruiserweight champ. His first defense is a tough one. Multiple time former champ Dean Malenko. These two had a classic earlier in the set (Match [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Match # 67: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. El Caliente (Nitro 9/29/97) The third Rey Jr. Match in a row on this set. I’m starting to get a nice groove with these Nitro Lucha seven minute specials that end with Rey doing the springboard ‘rana. Did I give away the result? That’s impossible, I haven’t watched [...]
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Match # 66: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera (Nitro 9/15/97) The crowd is tough on them in the opening minute. Rey gets his stuff in, head scissor included, and Juvi manages to miss a drop kick on a prone Rey Jr. But right after we get a power bomb to the floor and the [...]
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.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Match # 53: Rey Mysterio vs. Psicosis (Nitro 3/17/97) I use the word sprint from time to time to explain a match that’s front-ended with a lot of cool spots, moves, and/or story because it’s been booked to go under ten minutes. This match was not a sprint, it was a run, and I mean [...]
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Match # 52: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera (Nitro 2/24/97) This is some Lucha-done-right early. Too bad the crowd could care less live. Guess they were all waiting for the NWO to come out.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Match # 50: Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (Nitro 1/6/97) Lucha viewing is such a tricky deal with me. I respect Lucha as a great dance of wrestling style. However, if they go to fast it doesn’t have time to sink in and just looks like a collection of (high) spots that don’t hurt and [...]
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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