Box Y Lucha reports a 98% full building.
CMLL (FRI) 03/20 Arena Mexico
1) Pequeño Olímpico, Shockercito, Ultimo Dragoncito b Pequeno Violencia, Pequeno Warrior, Pierrothito
2) Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto b Blue Panther, Sagrado, Toscano
Toscano broken his ankle on a dive and will undergo surgery tomorrow. Rudos won in straight falls.
3) Dragon Rojo Jr., Misterioso II, Sangre Azteca b Hector Garza, Hijo del Fantasma, La Mascara
Straight falls for the kinda-national champs, who will get a title shot next week if Sangre is to be believed.
4) Dos Caras Jr., Shocker, Volador Jr. b Atlantis, Mr. Niebla, Rey Bucanero
straight falls again
5) Negro Casas b Mistico [CMLL WELTER]
Negro took the first, Mistico the second, Negro the third via mask pull to win the belt. 23rd champion. Usual hair/mask challenges after.
6) Ultimo Guerrero b Villano V [mask]
– Ultimo Guerrero wins quick first fall
– Villano V wins quicker second fall
– Ultimo Guerrero counters the toque universal for the win.
Villano V is Raymundo Diaz Mendoza Jr., 46 years old, 32 years a wrestler
YES. SLEEP.
A few quick thoughts from the show.
1. Minis match was incredibly short.
2. Misterioso II getting the pin on Garza in their match for the deciding fall was a bit of a surprise.
3. Dos definitely gave no signs of a rudo turn.
4. Mistico/Negro was the match of the night in my opinion. I forget what Negro is capable of when he is into a match and has a solid opponent.
5. Main event was quicker than I expected, but that is probably good in a match with a Villano. Good to see both Villanos as seconds and Atlantas and Panther with Ultimo. Rey came out for the post match celebration. interesting to see both he and Atlantas play rudos in their match, but celebrate with Ultimo/Panther in the main. Villano III seemed to indicate that Panther was all talk about the hair match with hand gestures before the match started. IV had a stairdown with Guerrero after the match and pointed to his mask and Guerrero’s.
6. Didn’t quite look like a sellout, but a very full house. Definitely the largest crowd I’ve seen there in months which is quite impressive given the ticket prices. We had great seats, seven rows back, right behind the tecnicos corner.
Good show overall. Didn’t have the surprises that AAA provided last weekend, but they did have a surprise title change in a good match, and delivered a mask match that seemed to have the crowd happy. Definitely had a big show feel tonight which made me happy since it was the first mask match I’ve gotten to see live.
Thx for report
Good for Misterioso II!
~rl
Very good match, good i didnt have to wait 3 or 4 weeks to see it on tv lol box y lucha posted the vids of it and was great.
Hard to see sometimes from that far away of an angle, but the match looked pretty damn solid. Maybe a little formulamatic, but solid. Didn’t seem to be as good as Panther/V5 though by any means.
Next week’s lineups look good if everything airs as expected. Good to see Mistico, Sombra and Volador Jr. back together.
CMLL TV is all repeats naturally.
3/6 women
2/20 especial
3/6 main
Not airing Corleone match for obvious reasons.
@Alan: So the show started at 8:30 and was over by about 11:15?