CMLL on Televisa: 2013-04-20

recap

taped 2013-04-12 @ Arena Mexico

overly complicated Acero finish

Acero, Aereo, Fantasy vs Mercurio, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico: A drag. The editing of the match bugged me – cutting out the comeback hurts always, but hurts more in an otherwise very cold match. A lot of stuff done with no particular intensity or speed. It wasn’t done wrong, but it wasn’t doing interestingly. Moves, a few more moves, and then the match was over.

weekly Rey Cometa tornillo

Rey Cometa vs Namajague in a lightning match: a really definite outcome for something that was designed to set up the hair rematch; Cometa was going to win in five minutes after Namajague had a fair shot. They’re banking on the previous match, the Mexico vs Japan aspect, and this big angle to get people to care and it didn’t feel like enough (both in this feud and this match.) Angry Namajague is not much as fun Namajague, but probably closer to Back in NJPW Namajague. [a month later edit: wait, why didn’t Namajague beat Cometa here? If they were going some place with Cometa and wanted him to just run thru people, that’d be one thing, but they’re still doing this feud and Namajague probably could’ve used a real win some place, like right here.]

Monito TKO

La Sombra, Marco Corleone, Shocker vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Mr. Águila, Rey Escorpión: A short match to build up Shocker/Aguila. It came across stronger here, but still just in random insta-feud territory. Marco Corleone, master of the inside cradle, is an unexpected thing to see.