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Post by brandonwagemann on Apr 29, 2018 11:34:01 GMT -5
When it comes to i think so far the run away guy is Ricky Marvin. Since going independent from AAA he has had a lot of great matches starting with Keyra in what will likely be the best intergender match this year, the Ciclope match, Kawato (my current match of the year), Barbaro Cavernario, and of course the Dr. Cerebro stuff in IWRG. While I love PCO's comeback story, for me Ricky Marvin is having comeback of the year so far
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Post by xoanafacetico on May 11, 2018 10:03:00 GMT -5
I am LOVING our new Satanico in Ricky Marvin of all people. Every match mentioned is a blast, but tags with Eterno & Keyra have also been gems. He's been doing this for 25 years and can still keep up with 20 year-olds while having a modern classic feud with Cerebro.
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Post by thrifty on Jul 30, 2018 15:13:09 GMT -5
Ricky has been awesome in a variety of roles too. In the Keyra match, he's a jaw-dropping bumper while working de facto heel. In the Cavenario match, he works as a fiery babyface. In the Dr Cerebro feud, he shifts from expert technician to brawler seamlessly. Also, the Negro Casas match is an great hoot.
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Post by anotherspammer on Aug 1, 2018 13:26:07 GMT -5
If voting was today, I'm pretty sure Ricky Marvin would be my wrestler of the year, and if not #1 then easily in the top 5. Marvin can't (or doesn't, at least) fly quite as much or quite as well as he used to, but he has instead focused on getting meaner and hitting harder. His feud with Dr. Cerebro was amazing. Their title match was a great twist on traditional lucha title matches and is one of my top matches of the year. The apuesta match is similarly great. Marvin has been great at working smart, creative comebacks into all of his matches so that they make sense and don't just switch from one guy's offense to the other's. Xoanafacetico calling Marvin "our Satanico" is too accurate as he swings back and forth between having great technical displays and wild, stiff brawls, just like Satanico did (and does!). I think my list below has every Marvin match this year up to his NOAH stuff, which I have not seen.
PROMOTION NAME | NAME OF SHOW | DATE OF SHOW | MATCH | NOTES | RATING | LINK | Lucha Memes | Colieso Coacalco | 1/7/2018 | Ricky Marvin vs. Keyra | Really fun match with Marvin having to increase the violence and aggression to overcome Keyra's skill and speed and youth. Smartly worked with some incredibly stiff spots, so if that sort of thing in intergender matches turns you off (which makes sense!) then you won't like it. | 4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRxTVBHFopc | Mexa Wrestling | Arena San Juan Pantitlan | 1/27/2018 | Ricky Marvin vs. Toxin vs. Aramis | Great stuff. Real hard hitting and good dives. | 4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnAJKQX_47o | Lucha Memes | Arena Naucalpan | 2/5/2018 | Keyra, Ricky Marvin vs. Psique, Sky Man vs. Corsario Negro Jr., Drako | Good, fast paced match. | 3 3/4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK4cZWfbSOI | IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 3/4/2018 | Ricky Marvin vs. Dr. Cerebro | Starts slow but does a good job building up the pace and spots and turns out okay. | 3 1/4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYx9Y6SAua4&t=2s | Lucha Memes | Coliseo Coalcalco | 3/11/2018 | Kawato vs. Ricky Marvin | I watched this twice and it's okay and certainly the end is kind of fun but that sort of segment doesn't work if you don't think one guy can win or is any good and Kawato's whole gimmick is "doesn't win; isn't very good," isn't it? | 3 1/4 | youtu.be/UFZPdEjqZ98 | IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 3/11/2018 | Ricky Marvin vs. Dr. Cerebro | Super Libre match that is fast and brutal. | 4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQYqX7ELHqo&feature=youtu.be | IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 3/18/2018 | Ricky Marvin vs. Dr. Cerebro | The title match, and it is great. It's worked similarly to most lucha title matches, with the wrestlers focusing on skill and holds and who is the better WRESTLER, but it's also a lot grittier and meaner than most, as this is into their feud. Great match. | 4 1/2 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u5l2JKpdk8 | WWCI | Coliseo Coalcalco | 3/18/2018 | Ciclope vs. Ricky Marvin | Fun, hard hitting match. Was that a tooth? | 4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLvazDBT3vw | Mexa Wrestling | Arena San Juan Pantitlan | 3/24/2018 | Ricky Marvin, Eterno vs. Impulso, Belial vs. Freelance, Astrolux | Ricky Marvin and Eterno have great, veteran stops and reversals, Astrolux and Belial and Freelance have great flips and Impulso is sick of Astrolux's shit. Great match. | 4 1/2 | youtu.be/uR8ZajrH-BU | IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 3/25/2018 | Ricky Marvin vs. Dr. Cerebro hair vs. hair | The culmination of their feud and it is a classic. Ricky Marvin's selling is phenomenal, and these two just have a great apuesta match. | 4 1/2 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=26bhrLDgGcc | FILLM | Salon Citlalli | 3/31/2018 | Ricky Marvin vs. Fuerza Guerrera | Good, hard hitting stuff. WIld that Guerrera is having these stiff brawls in 2018. Finish made me mad, but good until that point. | 4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhy6ooWvgdc&index=15&list=WL&t=0s | Lucha Memes | Coliseo Coalcalco | 4/22/2018 | Ricky Marvin vs. Cavernario | Fun stuff. | 3 1/2 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEiueuLXLgA | Torta Super Astro | Tortas Super Astro | 5/12/2018 | Kawato, Super Astro Jr. vs. Ricky Marvin, Imposible | I watched this full version after I watched the clipped version and it is better, a decent match, but I still don't understand Kawato at all. Is his gimmick that he is bad? Is Ricky Marvin's gimmick that he loses to bad wrestlers? Super Astro Jr. is fun doing his dad's spots but he is a little muscle guy and his dad's appeal is that he is/was a little round guy doing all sorts of rolling headbutt spots and little muscle guys should be doing little muscle guy spots probably. UPDATE: I watched a different handheld version and I no longer think Super Astro Jr. is a little muscle guy. | 3 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LDWPy8xlWs | indy | Arena Nacionalista | 5/20/2018 | Ricky Marvin vs. Skalibur | GREAT match with Skalibur coming right at Marvin and Marvin beating the hell out of him in return. | 4 1/4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-4fdNF0D4s&list=WL&index=115&t=0s | Torta Super Astro | Arena Azteca Budokan | 6/2/2018 | Ricky Marvin, Hijo de Dos Caras vs. Ciclon Infernal, Dragosth | Marvin and DC looked good (DC surprisingly so) but the tecnico team's offense was really sloppy and slow. Still, most of the match was Marvin and DC on offense so it is pretty good. | 3 1/2 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGqQn2ta6uc | indy | Palenque de Zacatecas | 6/7/2018 | Blue Demon Jr., Ricky Marvin, Rey Caballero vs. Silver King, Fuerza Colombiana, Xibalba | Starts with a pretty slow and extremely long rudo control segment, but the tecnico comeback is pretty fun and pretty smart. Not bad | 3 1/4 | youtu.be/3HlVoppVaFk | LLB/MDA/Lucha Memes | Arena Lopez Mateos | 6/17/2018 | Daga vs. Ricky Marvin | Very deliberately (read: slow) paced match but EVERYTHING looks great. Even when something looks messed up, it turns out to be on purpose and looks great. Until the end, which is sloppy. But two very good, hard-hitting wrestlers trying to out-wrestle and hit each other hard. | 4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgwf1kAowu4 | Torta Super Astro | Arena Lopez Mateos | 6/23/2018 | Ricky Marvin, Silver King vs. Steve Pain, Terremoto vs. Samoano, Tonga | Slow, sloppy, and just overall not much of anything except a good example of how good Marvin is, as he barely holds this together. AND WHY WAS TERREMOTO WORKING TWICE IN ONE NIGHT? | 2 3/4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8EU7R61lI0 |
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Post by anotherspammer on Aug 2, 2018 12:59:03 GMT -5
Here are 3 matches that I had left out. I did not think the Casas match was anything special when I watched it initially but I just rewatched it and holy heck it is fun. PROMOTION NAME | NAME OF SHOW | DATE OF SHOW | MATCH | NOTES | RATING | LINK | LLDLJ | Polideportivo del Sur, Puebla | 1/1/2018 | Ricky Marvin vs. Prayer | Joined in progress, and the match is basically Prayer just selling for Marvin. It's very simple and kind of slow, but the deliberateness of all of the offense works. Marvin does not have to work offense in in convuluted ways, he does what is natural for the situation/position he is in. In other words, everything flows together well. Fun match. | 3 1/2 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h7rkVM6vbE&feature=youtu.be | RO | Salon Citlali | 5/5/2018 | Ricky Marvin vs. Negro Casas | Wasn't feeling this one as much, but it's fine. UPDATE: I dunno but I liked this a TON more on re-watch. from 3 to 4. The 3rd fall is great. | 4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uyATINOQ-U&feature=youtu.be | IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 5/13/2018 | Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro vs. Ricky Marvin, Freelance, Super Mega | Fun rudo beatdowns to start, fun tecnico comebacks. | 3 1/2 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3EV6gicN-0&feature=youtu.be www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar0cd47gZH8&feature=youtu.be |
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