I can’t find anything on the Havana Pitbulls wrestling in AAA, although they have wrestled as Los Cubanitos as well. I’ve only seen them once, and that was in New Japan, teaming with American Dragon in a funky triathalon match. They looked ok. It’s cool that they’re coming in but it won’t change your life, dig?
Good News: I was able to watch last week’s show.
Bad News: My tape cut out the Markus/Pierroth clips, the first two caidas of the first match, and the last caida of the main event. But at least I saw some!
I liked what I saw of the opener in a “Here’s a random bunch of guys we don’t see often” kind of way. It’s always good to see Mr. Mexico, even though he’s no great shakes in the ring (gotta love the facial expressions, plus he looks like a roid raging Freddy Mercury). Virus’ flip somersault dive to the floor where he landed on his feet was pretty nutty. And I liked how they reviewed the replay footage from a million different angles like it was the Zapruder film. I mean, is it really beyond the realm of possibility that Mascara Magica, who recently turned rudo again, would cheat in a match?
I see Black Warrior is back as a rudo, even though they never really showed why on TV. Me, I don’t care why, I’m just glad he’s a heel again. Let’s face it, here was a guy who was never cut out to be a tecnico, and it hurt his in-ring performance. I’m a lot more enticed by the thought of BW/Niebla and BW/Atlantis than any matchups he may have had with a rudo. And maybe they’ll reunite the awesome Wagner/Panther/Warrior combo.
Shocker also went rudo, but this is a guy who can work both sides of the coin equally well. The feud with Vampiro is going to make mad money if they do it right, and let’s face it, who do you trust more than CMLL to do angles right? It was still weird, almost shocking (no pun intended–ah, who am I kidding?) to see El Hombre Electrico slapping around Super Porky. That’s what happens when you don’t have 100 guys turn every year.
With his head shaved, Gran Markus now looks like a crooked Mexican sheriff in a Clint Eastwood western. And he and Porky were feeling it in the main event, and I think it went further than the GDI bumping big for them. Maybe Gran is some sort of anti-Samson or something. Now I really do wish I saw that last caida.