So. In the past, I’ve been down on Lady Apache because she’s seems to be pushed more on the prestige of her past successes than where you’d rank her abilities right now among the current roster. (It’s probably better for business that way, but you’ll forgive me if I sometimes care about what’s more interesting over what makes more money.) In the midst of begrudging her, I didn’t give her enough respect for what she still does in the ring, and she did pretty good here. The Amapola/Marcela matches were better, but this is nothing to be sad about.
This title match was in the process of being build up anyway, but it still feels like a booking correction – as if the hair match at Sin Piedad was out of the normal female booker’s control, and they quickly wanted to re-establish Amapola as the top wrestler. Which she did, totally clean here.
BTW: Lady Apache Was Right – if the minis and the women are the only ones going to do mat wrestling, then they ought to be on the anniversary show. And it seems like only the women and the minis who have blow off matches with clean finishes too.
For his experience in CMLL and his level, I think Dragon Rojo is doing perfectly fine. I don’t know if I trust him on his own in a big singles match, but then the list is small for guys around these parts I would trust.
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Link to the review?
Thanks!
Link is up.