Reel in Place

My idea here is to watch 5 matches of a wrestler who I haven't seen a lot of, or want to see more of, and decided if they have a shot at making my 2026 GWE ballot. Fidel Sierra vs Ray Gonzalez - WWC 1998 Fidel and Ray are jawing at each other at the commentary position, Sierra hits the ring and attacks some randoms with the Cuban flag, Gonzalez follows him in and the two exchange punches. It's heated, but eventually, Sierra takes over wailing on Gonzalez with grounded chops that do a great job of making Sierra look like a bully. Gonzalez shows some life and gets to his feet, but Sierra gets him in the corner, and we've got some more chops, but Ray counters and starts to land some overhand chops. There are few things in wrestling that make like somebody more than overhand chops. Sierra eats a few but eventually gets back on offense, we get a flash of hope as Gonzalez hits a small package for two, and a few moments later sunset flip for two. Gonzalez is building momentum and ...

The whole playlist is here , for your continuous viewing pleasure.  ' Tiger Mask II vs La Fiera - August 26, 1984 Tiger Mask Misawa, and really every iteration of Tiger Mask, is polarizing. I'm not crazy about this run, but I don't think it's actively bad, either. In general, I am just sort of generally disappointed in most of the stuff, but there's also usually something cool. The tope in this match rules, but La Fiera is the real star here. Dick Murdoch vs Ray Gonzalez - November 17, 1991 A random TV match between a declining Dick Murdoch and a young Ray Gonzalez, where Murdoch may or may not break Gonzalez's orbital bone, and may or may not keep punching him in the head, while he bleeds buckets. Alexander Otsuka vs Takeshi Ono - March 9, 1996 Someone once described Alexander Otsuka as "Kurt Angle if he was good."   This is from the first Battlarts show, where Es are optional, but suplexes aren't. Low Ki vs Necro Butcher - A...