I know I promised lucha libre, but I'm gonna admit that I tried watching an El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas hair vs. mask match two weeks ago. I wanted to like it, but I just couldn't get into it enough to make it past the first fall. I don't know what to say here, but maybe there are other lucha matches that might be a more approachable introduction? Some help out here?
Anyway, this edition of From the Archives is at least slightly germane to lucha libre, in that it features the founder and owner of the American Northeast's premiere lucha libre federation, Chikara. Yes, this match features "Lightning" Mike Quackenbush taking on SoCal indie legend Super Dragon. This match is from Revolution Pro Wrestling's Revolution J 2002 card, and it's the only time the two icons of the underground ever met. Quack is doing just fine right now, again entrepreneuring and competing in Chikara, while also touring other feds, most notably DragonGate USA. Dragon... not so much. He got a concussion against Kevin Steen and El Generico on a PWG card in 2008 and hasn't wrestled since. Rumors say he's finito, which would be a shame.
Anyway, the video quality on this really isn't all that great, but it's not totally shitacular either. You get one angle, but it catches all the action clearly. A lot of mat wrestling and submissions going on early, which segue into the end with some attempted high-flying moves, big strikes and the closing sequences, which see a few pretty neat moves culminating in a pretty cool combination of moves to finish Quack off - German suplex to blue thunder bomb to Memphis piledriver. Enjoy!
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