CMLL CAN52 GdR - 05/05/07 (#76)
Recapped: 05/05-06/07
Intro: a cast of hundreds - instead of Jesus and Magadan, it's Miguel Linares (from the A-show), Juan Carlos (from FSE) and Maximo (from his home planet) doing the intro. Promos by Mistico, Black Warrior, Olimpico (in the usual Arena Mexico black room), Alex Koslov (with a ton of kids around him), not to mention...
Reoccurring Feature: Olimpico at home. They do an a mask give away deal as week. As usual, this is just sitting around the trophy room, but we do get a recap (with video) of his neck injury. We also get a look at a poster Olimpico has hanging up of him not wearing much and posing - this is from the bodybuilding contest, I'm sure. He also shows his masks from beating Brazo de Platino and Bestial, and he's got a Rey Bucanero mask and another I can't identify. The highlight is Olimpico cooking! Olimpico says he's not a rudo around his family.
It does appear we have no Jesus this show, with Magadan, Juan Carlos and maybe Miguel doing the announcing. We get lots of interview bumpers thru the show, to the point I give up counting them.
Match 1: Atlantis (c), Olimpico, Ultimo Guerrero vs
Alex Koslov, Dr. Wagner Jr. (c), Marco Corelone
Arena Mexico, 04/29/07
Winner: Tecnicos
Match Time: 10:09
Approx Rating: Got over with the (easy) crowd, but won't be on Corelone's
greatest hits segment.
Other Match Notes: The valets are wearing Kid's Day t-shirts. We get two
more promos, as Atlantis and Wagner pretend they might have a mask match this
decade - all this talking before the first break.
1: Atlantis and Koslov start on the mask. Atlantis is wearing a classic, non-evil, mask. It IS Kids day. Alex has control, Atlantis pauses to try and get the crowd behind him, and Ultimo gets in a cheap kick on the next exchange. Beatdown form there. Olimpico suplexes Corelone, and brawls with him on the outside. That's an interesting feud. Guerrero quickly get back to three on ones - Koslov takes the corner charges and the big sit. Wagner takes the running GdI set, Olimpico backing up all the way up the aisle. Atlantis and Ultimo double suplex Marco, and Olimpico adds a bad springboard splash for the pin. Marco's not the captain, but the tecnicos aren't coming back in, so I guess we'll pretend that's good enough.
Mascara Sagrada does a promo.
2: Wagner in to get beat. He tries to take a leisurely bump out of the ring after a triple boot, and it actually seems to backfire horribly for him. Koslov is kicked around. Rudos kick the ropes as Corelone comes in, and he's selling it like a foul. Corelone ducks a double clothesline (how is that possible? Why do they have giants ducking moves?) and clocks Olimpico with a lefthanded punch. Leapfrog over the other two, jump to the corner, back with a springboard plancha. Corelone does his Eagle Man dance and the comeback is own. Wagner gives Olimpico an apron tope con giro as the foreigners take care of the other two in side the ring. Atlantis and Alex get into an argument, as the announcers talk about their (pending when this taped, past when this aired) NWA Title match. Atlantis throws himself out out with a missed charge, and Alex flattens himself with a springboard plancha. Corelone gets his a springboard clothesline on Olimpico, which has look better, and Wagner gives Ultimo a wedgie before he gives him a powerbomb.
3: Wagner takes care of Atlantis, and does fair bit of posing before he and Ultimo actually start fighting. Both take turns missing corner charges before Wagner drops Ultimo with a running Tornado DDT. Tecnicos are doing Wolfpack hand signal tags. Corelone and Olimpico in, Olimpico out as he teases leaving. That'd be fine with me. Pose off, which of course turns to Corelone doing a hip swivel. They start wrestling, and something must've gotten horribly botched, because we get the longest crowd shot I've seen in quite some time. When we're back, Olimpico is doing elbow drops. Corelone looks cut on the check. Olimpico tries to suplex Corelone, but now he can't so it - Corelone can do it the other way. Hanging suplex. Clothesline sends Olimpico out. Atlantis and Ultimo charge, Corelone catches them in goozles, and does the worst double chokeslam this side of Groon XXX. Alex in with a springboard splash on both, and Wagner takes his time posing while going up. Tope rope splash on both. Gonna cover? Uh, no. Olimpico back in, and all three rudos are bundled together in the middle of the ring while Corelone goes to the ramp and waves his arm like a bird. This is quite ridiculous. Corelone backs up, charges - superman plancha connects, everyone covered, one two three. That last sequence can work on Kid's Day, and perhaps no other day.
Match 2: Black Warrior vs Mistico for the NWA World Middleweight Championship
Arena Mexico, 04/29/07
Winner: Mistico (2-1), becomes 84th Champion
Match Time: 10:09
Approx Rating: Good, but definitely not great.
Other Match Notes: No entrances. Sagrado is with Mistico, Averno with
Black Warrior. Interestingly, Mistico's left shoulder is heavily taped. Tons of
kids cheering for Mistico.
1: Opening is clipped, once again. They try to hide it by doing it when we jump into the 1A Caida graphic, but this time's particularly inadequate, seeing as Mistico goes from his feet to laying on the mat with a headscissors on a standing Black Warrior. Mistico gets the Santo-ish headstand corkscrew headscissors to bring Warrior down to the mat. They're barley doing anything and the crowd is rabid. Warrior pushes Mistico onto his back for a cover, eon two no. Of course, Tiger Hispano is doing this match. Mistico pulls Warrior back down with another corkscrew. Warrior gets free himself, and Mistico uses leverage to jump to Warrior's shoulders. Fireman's carry spinning armdrag, zero count trips, face off. Mistico off the ropes, waved by, and right into a Warrior back elbow drop. What's with the gray power on Warrior's face and chest? I think that's some sort of paint that didn't work out. Mistico up and charging but, Warrior drop toe holds him, and hits the 619. STF? No, Warrior tries something, and seems to bail to a half crab. That'll do, anyway.
Let's interview fans instead of showing as all the match. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. There's so much filler on this show this week, but then I and whoever's deciding these things may have opposite views of what's filler.
2: Mistico misses a corner charge to start the fall, and falls down hard. Warrior leisurely goes to the apron, and comes back in with a slingshot legdrop. Crowd still chanting for Mistico. Corner whip, charge, and Mistico moves out of the way. Drop toe hold, Warrior this the ropes so hard he falls off, and is pulling himself up just as the 619 hits (boos there), springboard headscissors sends Warrior out, tornillo follow! Magadan is losing his mind. Replays, as Sagrado gives Mistico a pep speech. Mistico is back in first, but Tigre Hispano is very slow on his count and Warrior takes his time coming back in. Mistico off the ropes, waved by, tilt-a-whirl reversed into a small package one two three.
And another conversation, this time with a Warrior fan.
3: Again, we rejoin in mid-move. Mistico has a 'rana on Warrior, and Warrior kicks out at 2. This is very annoying. I wish Ocampo went to this show, so I could figure out how much we've missed. Both men slow up (so this has been going for a bit.) Mistico charge, and gets backdropped form the apron. Warrior blocks Mistico's punch, and spin kicks him to the floor. BULLET TOPE! The whole front row section was completely cleared out - I think security got them to move as soon as Mistico hit the floor, and it's a good thing they did. That section of seats collapsed into the second row, and one guy was still sitting back there. Both men down, Mistico having hit the seats hard - with his left shoulder (hmmmmm!) Warrior checks on Mistico before going in. Mistico rolls in, then rolls back out. Back to the apron. We take a long look at a woman in the crowd, and then back at the ring, where Mistico does a springboard sunset flip in on Warrior. (How did Warrior not see him coming? Clips?) Warrior rolls thru anyway, and dropkicks Mistico. One...two....t-NO. Crowd loud for Mistico. Both guys are selling exhaustion. Hey, a person with a Hell Brothers shirt. Warrior up first, Mistico really slow here. Lots of looks at the crowd. Mistico off the ropes, spinning headscissors sends Warrior out, dive tease, Mistico hops to the apron and gets him with an Asai Moonsault. Mistico walks right by Alexis, so let's note his Argentina jersey looks nice. Mistico back in and pointing at the crowd. Salaaming the crowd. Warrior back in, Mistico still pointing to the crowd - and so Warrior kicks him over. Ha. Warrior pointing, as Averno tries to get a Warrior chant going. Slam, and Warrior's heading up. Well, almost - bottom rope fistdrop misses! What was he thinking? One two NO. That was preposterous. Looking at Mistico fans. Looking at Warrior fans. No clip here. Mistico up, kick, slam, and he's going up. Sagrado's telling him NO, Don't Do It. That doesn't work, so Sagrado gets the fans to do the same. Everyone but Mistico thinks this is a horrible idea, so Mistico does it - moonsault, Warrior moves, Mistico lands on his feet, dropkick to the knee barely hits (delayed boo), La Majistral, Warrior rolls out of it, La Majistral of his own one.....two.....the-NO! Mistico kicked out at 4, by my count. I'm not going to be joining the Tigre Hispano fan club soon, I know that. Is that woman they keep showing in the crowd the lead singer from 5a Estacion? I think so, that'd explain it at least. Mistico off the ropes, La Mistica, good night. Crowd goes crazy. Warrior ended up falling inches from the ropes - close enough so he couldn't actually tap out without hitting them. I guess he's not allowed to grab them.
Miguel interviews Mistico - some time has passed, because the arena's started to file out. Mistico doesn't have his breath back. He does have the belt. Why did we skip him getting the belt put on? We don't have much time in the show, I guess. Replay of the finish - Warrior still looks like he's about in the ropes on this angle too, but you're not going to find a better one.
That's it.