Well look at that, El Dandy and Negro Navarro are a good match-up. SURPRISE~!

So I haven't updated this thing since November, but it struck me that people may actually read it. I have a lot of stuff to post, but I'll take it one at a time. First up, el Dandy and Negro Navarro~!


Negro Navarro v El Dandy (IWRG 11/8/01)
--This is pretty much everything I could ask for. Three satisfyingly timed falls of excellent work in one of the best matches of 2001. Really, this feels better than the awesome Santo v Parka bloodbath on first watch. First fall is ten minutes, and it really looked to me that it was based around Dandy not being able to top Navarro on the mat no matter what he tried. He thought he caught a break when he hits a figure four and goes for some leg-directed attacks in general, but Navarro has a counter for every hold and a hold for every counter. Eventually Navarro tries a pile of them fancy schmancy holds and manages to keep Dandy down. The challenger's a fall down and might need a new game plan. Negro's like "fuck you we're sticking to the mat," and in a reasonably short second fall, Dandy manages to get the pace up. Literaly under a minutes before the pace is quickened and both guys are on their feet, Dandy gets a flash crucifix to even the score. Third fall had a total chess game aura and neither guy really stood out as the leader for much of it. Greatly back and forth and even if the lacked the suspense it could have otherwise had, the final few moments were truly fucking awesome. Dandy was trapped and the crowd burst into a chant for him while Navarro had sweat rolling down his whole body trying to make him give it up. It's no srurprise that once they get on their feet, Dandy can escape any chance of Navarro's holds, and Navarro makes the bigget mistake of the match by plunking himself on the mat so Dandy might trip, because it leads to la MAGISTRAL. LA FUCKIN MAGISTRAL. This match really feels must-see. Yeah, this is fan-tucking-fastic. Fan-tucking-fastic, I say.

 El Dandy/Ultimo Vampiro/El Fantasma v Negro Navarro/El Pantera/Bomber Infernal (IWRG 3/19/02)
El Dandy/Ultimo Vampiro v Negro Navarro/El Pantera (IWRG 4/4/02)

Neither are list-worthy, but the first is really bloody good and the second isn't THAT far behind it. Dandy/Navarro are obviously the best parts, and the mat work still rocks, but what separates these from anything else is the quasi-boxing segments. Navarro's punches fucking rule and Dandy stays down and out before making his big-ass tecnico comebacks. The other guys in the match do nothing to drag any of this down and these are certainly worth watching. Prefer them to the 2007 Monterrey match I watched yesterday.

I went to upload Dandy/Navarro on its own, but accidentally uploaded that and the two tags in the one file. Check them out: http://ifile.it/we1kfji