taped 2013-11-01 @ Arena Mexico
Blue Panther, Shocker, Thunder vs Euforia, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas: A lot of Shocker & Thunder, not a lot of Negro & Panther (and even that wasn’t at the level of past fights.) Thunder remains bad at most everything. Shocker did not seem in good form in his return, which is no surprise.
La Sombra, Máximo, Mistico vs Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr.: Straight formula match. Volador and Sombra continued their issue but the match felt more built around Ultimo Guerrero and Máximo, until it was derailed near the end of the third when they just stopped fighting to argue back and forth. Okay overall Místico takes the biggest bumps possible off that backcracker.
Rush vs Tama Tonga: Didn’t work as well as designed. Rush got all of the offense for the first two-thirds of the match and more later, causing Tama Tonga to come off as not on his level but just someone who lucked into a win at the end. It’s the usual act of giving the loser enough in the match to still seem strong, but it felt like both came off weak. Tama seemed not on Rush’s level for most of the match and then just ended up winning in the end. It wasn’t a disaster and it still was okay, but I’m not as interested in seeing a rematch in the near future.