2019 Ongoing MOTY List: Mysterio vs. Andrade 2/3 Falls

4. Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade WWE Smackdown 1/22

PAS: This was more of a spotfest then the week before, but man what a spotfest. We have mentioned it before, but Rey is a marvel, no idea how he can keep coming up with new cool spots every week in his 40s. This week he breaks out a Silver King dive into a rana on the floor (which he had only done once in 97 against Parka, he hit it better 22 years later), and a baseball slide in to a powerbomb  into the barricades, not to mention his flip piledriver,  poision rana and sprinboard rana.  Andrade has a bunch of cool moments too, especially awesome was his top rope powerbomb where he actually yanked him from the second rope. We had a BS ending, and I would have liked to see a bit more mat wrestling, but this was a worthy second act to this feud.

ER: I'm not really sure the 2/3 falls stip added anything to this, but I really don't care. We can have these two work under any stip and I'd be content watching them do their thing. Just run new stip matches out the rest of the year. Shoot let's roll out a blindfold match, because Andrade is awesome enough to take a blindfolded flipping piledriver. Let's see what they can do in the 2nd ever King of the Road match, because you know both of them would come up with some incredibly awesome stuff to do off of hay bales. Do another parking lot brawl, because I'd love to see Andrade base Rey as Rey leaps off a production truck. This whole match is spotty, but there aren't many other guys I'd enjoy watching spottiness from. That top rope powerbomb is one of the most fantastic spots in wrestling history. Honestly, if the rest of the match had just been the two of them doing jerkoff forearm exchanges for 15 minutes, I'd probably leave the match going "So that powerbomb rite!?" It's seriously one of the damndest spots I have ever seen. Andrade, standing on the middle rope, holding Rey up for a powerbomb...we all watched it and we all expected Rey to reverse it with a rana. We've all seen a dozen splash mountain counters, we were all expecting it...and then Andrade somehow steps up to the top rope while still holding Rey for a powerbomb. Picture how difficult it would be to just step from the middle rope to the top rope while facing the ring and not using your hands. Now picture doing that already difficult task while holding a smaller man in front of your face so that you're doing it blind. I almost fell while getting out of my car yesterday. Andrade carried a man over his head up a ropes course. And then, as a reward, he got to drive the back of that smaller man's head into the mat from the highest point he could physically get. Both men are perfect dance partners, Andrade takes all of Rey's flips and flops to new heights, makes Rey look like a crazier yet more sensible PCO, and yeah, I'm going to want more.


2019 MOTY MASTER LIST