I keep forgetting to mention this:
Over on CRZ’s Wienerboard, poster HomerJFong has put up two really nice lucha related posts. There’s a list of his most favorite 10/11 matches of all time, and a review of a CMLL show, circa 9/13/97.
It’s really good, if you’re like me and want to get a little bit of an idea of what to start with with the older stuff you know little about. The first thread is closed (time), but the second one should still be open for comments.
In a time of 11 minutes flat, Ultimo Guerrero and Rey Bucanero d. Jado and Gedo via Ulitmo’s Guerrero Speical (I think – that’s what it sounds like anyway), notching their first NJPW win. Good for them.
For humor’s sake, here is the recap of the match, via babelfish:
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< Referee: Black * cat >
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Bu gold Ro and the ƒQƒŒ?[ƒ? which from opening make the meeting place grow with skillful connection skill and continuation of dogfight. But it is the original IWGP tag champion and either the noted wicked road * outside road has not been defeated as the tag team whose T 2000 is black. It manages freely from submission to rough shooting method and hurt attaches the ƒ‹ƒ`ƒƒƒ`?[ƒ€. But outside it tries to acquire conclusion with the super fly the ƒQƒŒ?[ƒ? raised the road and the sword mountain of the ƒqƒU became opportunity, end decided ƒQ ray Ro, the proud skill avalanche type reverse bus tar (the ƒQƒŒƒ?ƒXƒyƒVƒƒƒ‹) with at a stroke. The Mexican tag team became first victory since new day mat participating.
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Bu gold Ro is “Rey Bucanero’s name does not translate well – but not as bad as box guy over there”.
(Super Crazy lost, but such is life.)