Low-Ki Advent Calendar Night 12: Low-Ki vs Red 2

Low-Ki vs. Amazing Red ICW 9/14/01 - EPIC

PAS: This was one of the first events in NYC after 9/11 and it was a special moment. This period of indy wrestling is my all time favorite, you had these young Puerto Rican kids inventing their own thing, a mix of lucha, New Japan Juniors and Sonny Cheba movies. ROH kind of took this movement and commodified it, pre-ROH it was young guys trying to steal the show from the Balls Mahoney vs. Crowbar main event, it was way more punk rock and pure.

We open with the famous Matrix minute, with both guys having a martial arts movie fight. Attempts to replicate this by others have almost always failed, Red and Ki make it look like a Kung Fu movie, almost everyone else has it look like a dance routine. After that it is more a standard juniors match, with Ki landing big thudding kicks and Red firing back with hard shots of his own, and some real breathtaking agility. No one takes Ki's offense better then Red, that finish Ki Krusher looks like he compressed his spine into an accordion. I think I might like some of their lesser known works a little better, but that is very hipster of me. This was their classic match, what put them on the map, and is truly an all timer.

COMPLETE AND ACCURATE LOW-KI