Feel The Sound, Pray For Rain, 'Cause This Is The Night Pirata Morgan Rides

Pirata Morgan, Octagon, & El Dandy vs. Fuerza Guerrera, MS-1, & Vampiro Canadiense EMLL 3/24/1991 - FUN

And now for something completely different: technico Pirata Morgan. Pirata working as high-energy babyface isn't something he seems to do quite as well as him working as hard-nosed rudo brawler, but he's still pretty good at it, and I enjoyed seeing him in this role. And that's a good thing, because for a match with four all-time great lucha workers in it, only he and MS-1 really seem to show up, and even MS-1 doesn't kick into high gear until the second fall. That's not to say Dandy and Fuerza are bad in this. They're not. But they don't live up to expectations. And as for the weak links, Octagon was perfectly fine in this, and surprisingly, I kinda dug Vampiro here, if only because he actually bit someone's neck during the match. His exchange with Pirata in the first fall smoked anything from their hair vs. hair match, and Pirata's dropkick and enzuigiri that sent Vampiro to the floor were pretty sweet. Basically, everyone was good, but only a few people excelled. Now, normally, it only really takes two strong performances to make a great lucha trios match, but this suffered from some pacing issues, too. The first fall was long, but aside from the aforementioned Pirata/Vampiro exchange and the neck biting, not a whole lot was going on. The second fall was awesome, as MS-1 went into full asskicker mode, and Pirata continued to be a ton of fun. At one point, he subverts Fuerza's handshake routine by repeatedly pulling his hand away, and then just punching him in the face. Really got into the match big time here. The third fall picked up right where the last one left off, and gives us a brief but awesome Pirata/MS-1 exchange that ends with a big Pirata tope, but it's over before you know it. Really felt like something that was on the road to GREATness, but they frontloaded it with a lot of stuff that didn't grab me and cut things off right as it was about to go to the next level. Still, it's entertaining overall.

COMPLETE AND ACCURATE PIRATA MORGAN