Saturday Night Digging in the Crates: Eric Embry vs. Invader #1

We go back sifting through the chaff to find you the wheat. Puerto Rico is a blind spot for most wrestling fans and this classic brawl will certainly end up on the DVDVR 80's set, but outside of the prep circle for that, isn't something folks have talked about.



Invader #1 vs. Eric Embry, WWC Summer 1986

PAS: Insane epic brawl, which was just worked at a breakneck pace. This was like the crescendo of a Lawler v. Mantel brawl extended over 10 minutes. Embry was amazing here just pinballing around the ring on defense and being a total vicious bastard on offense. His snap piledriver is totally awesome looking, I love it as a transition move, just stops his opponents momentum cold. Invader #1 is probably only second to Benoit in the wrestling Pariah category, but he has a ton of charisma and you can see why he was so over.  Wild stuff which feels on the level of the best brawls of the decade. All SC readers will love this match

ER: Cool brawl, fun seeing Eric Embry pre-WCCW. I didn't recognize him as I've only seen his WCCW stuff where he's bearded and about 40 lb chubbier. Invader has a bunch of cool strikes and mixes it up nicely between throat thrusts and downward punches that look like they're banking off Embry's nose. They brawl out in the crowd which seems crazy in PR as numerous fans seem to have no problem just getting right in the way. A large elderly woman in what appears to be just a nightshirt literally kicks and tries to trip Embry as they brawl by her!!!! Embry gets great color from flying face first into a metal roll-up door, Invader takes a piledriver through a table, and this was all good.