Post by anotherspammer on Oct 8, 2018 12:22:02 GMT -5
With Aramis and Dragon Bane working Arena Naucalpan a lot, you would think Freelance would be left behind. Instead, he is putting on great matches with them and holding his own. His dives are as reckless as ever, his bumps are good and he can keep up a fast pace. He was having a good-okay year until the past few weeks when he as been in some of the best matches of the year. The 3-way vs. Aramis & Dragon Bane is an easy MOTYC, and he is a big part of that. (FWIW, I am so tired of 3-way matches and the tropes they bring and this match does a great job of avoiding those tropes until it makes sense) Just great timing and placement in all of his matches. Yeah, he's spot-based, but he is really good at working those spots in to his matches and building to big ones. Maybe the big ones don't work on occasion, but when they do it is great.
PROMOTION NAME | NAME OF SHOW | DATE OF SHOW | MATCH | NOTES | RATING | LINK |
CMLL LLB | Arena Lopez Mateos | 2/17/18 | Cuatrero, Sanson, Forastero vs. Rayman, Freelance, Mike Segura | Very by the numbers trios match but these guys make good numbers. | 3 3/4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQtCbwpYVWQ |
Mexa Wrestling | Arena San Juan Pantitlan | 3/24/18 | 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 |
LLB | Arena Naucalpan | 5/2/18 | Freelance vs. Super Mega vs. Star Boy vs. Carta Brava Jr. vs. Fantasm de la Opera vs. Ultimo Vampiro vs. Enterrador 2000 vs. Avisman vs. Mega vs. Bombero Infernal | Just an excuse for some old guys to show they could still pull off a spot or two, and then for Freelance and Super Mega to pull off A SPOT. | 3 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-xr2ZKbF10 |
KDR | Salon Citlali | 5/13/18 | Freelance vs. Astrolux vs. Latigo | Astrolux badly blows a few spots but that can't keep Freelance from looking AMAZING and Latigo to also look really good and hold this thing together. Really good match. | 3 3/4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=Easf3M30VLM |
IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 5/13/18 | 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 |
AULL | Arena Lopez Mateos | 5/19/18 | Sadico, Yoruba, Lokillo, Guerrero Mixtico vs. Falcon Jr., Hijo de Zumbido, Freelance, Iron Love | Kind of weirdly crowded to start but then guys start doing dives and turn this in to a fun match. | 3 1/2 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtX4-AeQD5o |
AAA | Arena Aficion | 5/31/18 | Dragon Bane, Freelance, Iron Kid vs. Impulso, Draztick Boy, Low Rider | Not as hyped as the other "local guys opening AAA show" matches but really just as good. Impulso and Freelance were great. | 4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO0UUomBO6M |
IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 6/3/18 | Freelance, Aramis, Chico Che vs. Dragon Bane, Picudo Jr., Psycho Kid | I don't know if this is clipped or was only 6 minutes or what was going on but there are a few fun dives and Aramis vs. Dragon Bane feuding is good but really unless you are some Chico Che completist this is probably okay to skip (I say as I document my 339th match on this list and it is only July 11th). | 3 1/4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvNiZdig8Ck |
IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 7/1/18 | Aramis vs. Freelance | Title match that is not worked like a traditional title match too much. Freelance is having a really good year so of course this has to be his worst match. He gets it together though and there are some good dives at the end. Good match. | 3 3/4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRi4zfnEVLY |
LLB, NOBA, TWE | Arena Lopez Mateos | 7/21/18 | Arez, Belial, Impulso vs. Eterno, Freelance, Mike Segura | This is fun. They mess some stuff up but other stuff looks really good. | 3 1/2 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdzzFmr2KAs&feature=youtu.be |
IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 7/29/18 | Freelance, Hijo de Canis Lupus, Relampago vs. Demonio Infernal, Diablo Jr., Gallo Frances | This drags at times but there is some really good stuff in here especially the Demonio & Canis Lupus matwork at the beginning. | 3 1/2 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jurZtsdGsU&feature=youtu.be&t=00h56m56s |
AAA | Arena Ciudad de Mexico | 8/25/18 | Astrolux, Dragan Bane, Freelance vs. Aramis, Draztick Boy, Latigo | Fun flippy stuff with some huge dives and an amazing spot to finish by Freelance and Latigo | 3 3/4 | |
IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 9/9/18 | Aramis vs. Freelance | Really fun, fast paced title match although it was worked more heated than most title matches. They blew the final spot, which they routinely blow except I saw them hit it once and now I don't think they'll ever stop trying to hit it. In a spot-fest type match that hurts. Really good up until that point, though. | 3 3/4 | |
Impact | Mexico City | 9/13/18 | Astrolux, Freelance, Iron Kid vs. Impulso, Belial, Fly Metalik | Iron Kid and Astrolux hit some of the best dives I have seen | 3 3/4 | |
IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 9/23/18 | Aramis vs. Dragon Bane vs. Freelance | GREAT match that really uses the 3-way format to work with it rather than against it as it starts with guys working together or using each other as weapons and it isn't until much later in the match, when they are hitting bigger and bigger moves, that you get the "one guy lay around outside for a minute" trope, when it actually makes sense for that to happen. Everything looks great and a cool finish. | 4 1/2 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgFSqcHu0c |
IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 10/4/18 | Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Dragon Bane vs. Aramis, Freelance, Relampago | GREAT Aramis vs. Dr. Cerebro matwork to start, Dragon Bane leans in to being a rudo, and some Freelance dives. Good stuff. | 4 | youtu.be/D1ZNBpRV8Tc?t=5139 |
IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 10/7/18 | Aramis, Dragon Bane vs. Demonio Infernal, Freelance | Great dives and some good character work. The losing team has to face each other in an apuestas match, so there is more story than match here, but it is still great. | 4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7M-Kov_CPQ |
IWRG | Arena Naucalpan | 10/7/18 | Freelance vs. Demonio Infernal | Fun finish to the previous tag. | 4 | www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7M-Kov_CPQ |