taped 2015-04-07 @ Arena México
Fantasy & Último Dragoncito vs Mercurio & Pequeño Universo 2000: [ok] notable in Pequeño Universo actually winning. Notable in no other way. Mini openers remain better than other openers, but this wasn’t as near as good as other ones have been. Three of the four wrestlers in this match wore black and white. Fantasy prevented this from being full monochrome. Mercurio getting no reaction from the most diehard CMLL crowd was hilarious. He did it to himself.
Flyer, Magnus, Robin vs Artillero, Disturbio, Súper Comando: [below average] a psuedo-opening match booked around Robin, when Robin had an awful match. The rest of the guys being fine was the only thing that saved this. Robin struggled in the first fall, both giving and taking moves, and it took Disturbio just throwing him out to save the match. Robin couldn’t/wouldn’t take whatever corner move the rudos were trying in the second fall, and Super Comando seemed angry with him over how the second fall finish went down. The finish turns out to be Robin saving the day for the técnicos, which was surely planned in advance but looked so wrong. Match generally got really slow near the end, for no obvious reason. On the upside, Magnus is a rare undercard técnico who realizes there’s a crowd there watching during his match.
Oro Jr., Soberano Jr., Star Jr. vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Sangre Azteca: [ok] This was a good match in parts, but kind lost me in the second fall due to boredom. Maybe it’s better without watching the other two matches prior and being lulled to sleep. They got a lot of time and made use of it early in the second fall but it seemed like that was just drifting on. Soberano and Star Jr. looked really good, with Soberano doing it all by himself and Star Jr. being more assisted by Raziel being very good. Soberano’s third fall tornillo and dive both looked really sharp.
Blue Panther, Titán, Valiente vs Ephesto, Hechicero, Luciferno: [good] Blue Panther formula breaking matches, with surprise finishes and switches. This match even saw the técnicos realize they could come back in the the ring after the third fall dives (and got the advantage into doing that.) Luciferno’s best moment under that name so far might have been being beat lightning quick by Titan in the first fall. It definitely wasn’t his “splash” in the third fall. Announcers were talking a lot about Blue Panther vs Hechicero, but we only got a little but of that and mostly them against others.
Dragon Lee, La Máscara, Stuka Jr. vs Euforia, Kamaitachi, Negro Casas: [ok] Two different matches: the La Mascara focused match was not interesting (and the same match as always), the Dragon Lee focused match was exciting. There really wasn’t much of a Stuka match. Kamaitachi seems comfortable wrestling unmasked and should be fine. Negro Casas suddenly deciding he needed to get Dragon Lee’s championship seemed like a fair development. Finish didn’t make any sense if they’re going to do more Dragon Lee/Kamaitachi, which sure appeared to be the plan.
The Panther vs Virus: [ok] would’ve been a better match win another format; they were pacing themselves as if they had a fifteen minute match, and then forced the last eight minutes into two. The mat wrestling was solid, but it was lacking showy or extraordinary holds that would get this Tuesday crowd into it. They were losing patience right when they went to the dive. They didn’t have much time do much else after that.