CMLL on Fox Sports (Mexico): 2014-10-18

recap

taped 2014-10-10 @ Arena México

Kraneo pancakes Valiente

Diamante Azul, Marco Corleone, Valiente vs Kráneo, Mr. Niebla, Shocker: [OK] A lot of comedy, which the crowd seemed to enjoy. A lot of Diamante Azul/Shocker, which didn’t seem to be over at all. A lot of editing in the first couple falls, less so in the third fall. Kraneo was a start here, stealing the show again. Diamante Azul no selling Shocker’s German suplex to get up and give Shocker one of his own was a nice surprise but kind of killed Shocker’s move. May have killed Shocker too.

Valiente revenge
Marco & Monito as Kraneo & Mije
bad times for the rudos
Maximo springboard huracanrana

Máximo vs Mephisto in a CMLL La Copa Junior tournament final match: [GOOD] Máximo has a serious mode he goes into for big matches and it worked for him. It gives him a whole bunch of extra stuff to try for these matches. It’s all stuff he does well even if he doesn’t do it a lot and makes for a different feel. This was otherwise a lot like Mephisto’s recent title matches – finishers tried once and kicked out of, cavernaria, big dives by the técnico – but Máximo made it feel unique. The first falls not too much, though nice finish of Mephisto evading the kiss set up to get the cradle himself and second fall played into Máximo being more serious for the occasion. I can’t believe they cut out Maximo’s springboard dive – you can tell where it goes, because the sound jumps greatly and they’ve transported to a different side of the ring. I wonder how or why those decisions are made. It’s great Estrellita was way into the match, but the screaming near the end was not quite working for me.

super Devil’s Wings

La Máscara, La Sombra, Rush vs Euforia, Thunder, Último Guerrero: [OK] This feud didn’t seem to click here, because the guerreros ares seemingly supposed to be the crowd favorites, only they’re not really working that way and the crowd’s not going to cheer a team with Thunder anyway. They just mostly booed the Ingborenables. Those guys can be good as rudos and bumbled around great at times, but need more help.

this is how the double dropkick is supposed to look