2. Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (Halloween Havoc '97)
Both Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio channel their days in AAA here as Guerrero is every bit the jerk "Los Gringos Locos" heel while Mysterio is the ultimate underdog Mexican babyface. For an American crowd that's really not used to the ability for luchadores to seemingly bounce back from what appears to be incredible brutality, the dick heel beatdown that Guerrero lays on Mysterio here is incredibly captivating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jibrD6TRAZk Mysterio makes his comeback, gets cut off, and Guerrero is up on top going for some sort of ultimate coup de grace when Mysterio hits a top-rope hurancanrana that it seems that only he can hit, and gets the pinfall victory. Breathtaking, spellbinding and overall wonderful, it's an enjoyable 15-minute watch.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
