
Mutant vs Flaco - Custom Video Series 27
This match is not what you think it’s going to be. On paper, it has all the makings of a predictable, big-crushes-small match – a big, muscular bodybuilder with pecs you could shade under vs a wiry, sinewy guy who looks like the before picture in a Charles Atlas ad! But on paper is where all that predictability stays… The first surprise is right at the start of the match. There is no pre-amble, no trash talk, no belittling of their opponent – there is barely an acknowledging stare before they lock up, which lasts all of a few seconds before Mutant rams Flaco up against the wall. It’s like someone said “Mutant – smash.” Because that’s exactly what he does – he smashes his massive fist into Flaco’s abs again and again and again, before throwing him back to the mat like so much garbage. Mutant follows Flaco down and wraps his arm around his neck in the beginnings of a classic sleeper – and this is where the size difference is seen in vivid relief. Mutant’s arm is as big as Flaco’s