Wednesday Night Bootleg- Rey/Christian v. Del Rio/Clay
Rey Mysterio/Christian v. Alberto Del Rio/Brodus Clay 4/24/11 -Lyon France
Very good traditional tag. Mysterio and Christian are both great babyfaces and we get nice long Morton sections from both of them. I loved the Clay/Del Rio tag here. I haven't seen a ton of Clay, but he is a huge dude who wrestles like a huge dude. He has some really nice headbutts where he drives his spiky hair into the face of his opponent. Del Rio is super charismatic, really plays to the back row, and his jumping top rope enzigiri is a really spectacular spot. Finish with Edge was a little trite, but this is an excellent match, well worth checking out.
posted by Phil @ 10:00 PM
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Loving these wednesday bootleg series. Tons of great little discoveries. Keep it up.
I didn't like the Del Rio/Clay combo at first as they didn't really fit characteristically, but the differences actually really made the act work and it really grew on me. No clue why they stopped using Clay. I guess they're repackaging him or whatever, but he's a solid big man with solid big man offense. He's way better fundamentally than dudes they feature like Mason Ryan. They almost had a Rick Rude/King Kong Bundy feel to them.
Couple of other things I loved in this match:
Clays bearhug on Christian. He bends his knees to lower Christians body for an awesome pin attempt.
Christian reaching over Clays massive frame in a Von Erich-level hot tag tease where he and Reys fingers just about touch.
Really wish they didn't turn Christian. He's so fucking good as a babyface.
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