This match was a fast-paced, highly athletic 2-out-of-3 falls bout between two of the era’s most exciting luchadores, Rey Mysterio Jr. and Juventud Guerrera, and it stands as one of their most memorable encounters in ECW. From the opening exchange, they showcased lightning-quick reversals, acrobatic counters, and traditional lucha libre sequences that energized the crowd and highlighted their chemistry. The first fall saw Guerrera score with a bridging dragon suplex into a bridge, but Rey rebounded to win the second fall with a sit-down gut-wrench powerbomb and other dynamic offense. In the decisive final fall, both men took the battle outside the ring and into the crowd and ringside area, including off-the-rope dives and intense spots, before Rey ultimately finished Guerrera by reversing his Splash Mountain attempt into a hurricanrana for the pinfall. The bout was filled with skillful mat work, dramatic near-falls, and high-risk aerial maneuvers that exemplified the excitement of ECW’s cruiserweight and lucha-influenced style of that period
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