Descansa En Paz Perro Aguayo

Perro Aguayo/Leon Chino vs. El Hijo Del Santo/Eddie Guerrero WWA 8/19/88

PAS: After seeing that Perro passed this afternoon, I went searching the internet for a cool Perro match to review and came across this banger. This is super young Eddie who is wearing Giant Warriors face paint, we get some cool mat exchanges between Eddie and Perro early, and we have a standard lucha primera caida. Then all hell breaks loose: Santo snaps and cracks Perro over the head with a chair, and Santo and Eddie go full rudo in Tijuana. The crowd starts throwing things at Santo as he batters a bloody Perro, throwing him into chairs, standing on top of him, and egging on the crowd. Great example of Perro's connection to the crowd as this beatdown turns the crowd on the son of the saint. There is a great moment at the end of the second fall when Santo taps Aguayo with the caballo and then contemptuously throws his face into the mat. The third fall is great too with Perro getting his revenge and cracking Santo with a chair. The finish shows a double pin eliminating both Chino and Santo, leaving Eddie and Perro to square off. It is a cool section which ends with Evil Santo jumping in and low blowing Perro. Great match, one I hadn't heard of before, and ends up living up to its prodigious on paper promise.