Dyna-Mido vs Crazy J, AVANZAR 9/1/2018
AVANZAR baby. The set up for this show was just a flimsy little mat in a small community center. They have two ladders on the opposite corners to allow for some flying moves and shenanigans, like the old JWA Tokai or JWA Kansai. And this was serious pro wrestling, and I love all serious pro wrestling that has no ring. This was mostly straight forward pro wrestling with Mido punishing Crazy J with his stiff elbows and headbutts. Mido looks tough as nails and at one point he goes for a splash off the ladder with J moving and Mido just splatting on that tin mat, it’s crazy. Crazy J is mostly about fun jumping one legged dropkicks that are kinda cool, and he also brings both the ladders in to deal punishment so that’s a nice unpredictability factor. He also had a nice STO. Simple match built around elbows and headbutts and lariats that all look hard and I enjoyed it.
Hey look its Hideki Shioda. I mostly know him from FU*CK. This was probably the best I’ve ever seen Hideki Shioda look as it was a shockingly good match. Shioda was punishing his opponent here with slaps and kicks that looked genuinely vicious, and dominating him on the ground. Sero was able to look in a really cool modified spinning figure 4, but Shioda is able to reverse another leglock because he’s the veteran (I think). The one truly Shioda-ish moment was when he attempted some kind of leg scissor take down that came out warped. He does muck about a bit much with the leglocks but the finish is pretty fun. I actually wanted to see more of Shioda coming out of this, and his opponent also looked pretty cool.
Koji Sudo is another guy I know from FU*CK. And well I guess this is more like that because the Great Salaryman is a full on middle aged Japanese businessman complete with suit and tie. The Salaryman actually fights with dropkicks and suplexes and such. He has Great Salarywoman with him, who keeps hitting Sudo with a paddle and a briefcase. For some reason Great Salarywoman was hitting him insanely hard. This was mostly Sudo taking comical amounts of abuse including the old bowling ball to the crotch. At one point Sudo bridges out of a pin like a joshi wrestler. Sudo wins it with an insanely sick double stomp off the ladder. This was one of those surreal spectacles that you can watch when you’re in the mood for that kind of bullshit, I would rate it as above average just for seeing Great Salarywoman beating on Sudo like that, and the finish.
A serious main event! Very straightforward action here with this guy Super Guapo MEX being all about llaves and tying up his opponent, and A-Z kicking him really hard. Both guys display solid skills, with MEXs llaves and rollups being cool and A-Zs kicks looking actually vicious. There are a few fun moments such as A-Zs big enzuigiri or the crazy cut-throat complete shot that Super Guapo did. Ladder ends up coming into play and we get a bunch of deadlift suplexes that just look brutal on that mat. This kind of stuff really makes you think the best pro wrestling happens on a flimsy mat in a small community center room in front of 30 people. Totally a blast to watch, and I do wish a more serious mat pro wrestling group was around right now that delivered more stuff like this on a regular basis because the potential is endless.
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