CMLL on CadenaTres: 2015-05-02

Okumura had no idea what was coming

CMLL on CadenaTres #387 (05/02/2015)
Recapped: 05/07/2015

Magnus as Dragon Lee III

Match 1: Flyer, Magnus, Oro Jr. vs Canelo Casas, Disturbio, Hijo del Signo
Arena México, 04/28/2015

  • rudos
    • Signo Jr. top rope splash Flyer (6:44)
  • técnicos
    • Oro Jr. cross armbreaker Canelo Casas (3:14)
    • Magnus senton con giro (3:40)
  • rudos
    • Signo nudo Oro Jr. (4:45)
    • Canelo Casas release half nelson slam Magnus (5:24)

Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 15:48
Rating: ok
Notes: Magnus and Flyer had words post match, with Magnus slapping Flyer in the head

preview of upcoming attractions

Review:  [ok] Average primera, even if it technically wasn’t the opener. Flyer’s confidence seemed shot after messing up the moonsault in the first fall, and he didn’t wrestle at his usual level after. Oro seems slow and sloppy, though matching up with Signo Jr. is not going to help. Fake Justicero got kicked in the face hard by Magnus a couple times in this match, Canelo Casas totally missed timed a spot late, and Magnus didn’t get to do much more. We may need to put together a supercut of times where it appeared Magnus was about to do a rudo turn but nothing came of it.

still think Oro shook the rope
hanging DDT

Match 2: Hombre Bala Jr., Starman, Súper Halcón Jr. vs Nitro, Okumura, Sangre Azteca

Arena México, 04/28/2015

  • rudos
    • Okumura hanging DDT Hombre Bala Jr. (5:49)
    • Nitro piledriver Super Halcón (6:20)
  • técnicos
    • Starman Schwein Okumura (4:51)
  • rudos
    • Sangre Azteca low blow dropkick Okumura (4:08)

Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 15:19
Rating: ok

Bala goes from 0 to double knees quickly

Review: [ok] felt like a lot of action at time, especially in the first and last falls, but more action all over the place. Never really with a story or great enough to be exciting on it’s own. It’s nice to see Halcón and Bala try to add onto their usual moves, except when it’s so totally botched as it appeared in the second fall here. Bala’s double knee springboard dive went a lot better. Hombre Bala just generally looked better. Starman comes off as a guy who must be slow live and hidden by the cameras; the first fall bit where Sangre Azteca teased a dive and then had to stop in front of the corner until Starman finished climbed and leaped on to him stuck out even with the camera switch.

Halcon blows his double team
Halcon takes forever climbing, pays for it
dive sequence sums up the match

Match 3: Narumiya © vs Princesa Sugehit [CMLL-REINA INTL]
Arena México, 04/28/2015

  • Narumiya spear (3:48)
  • Princesa Sugehit motocicleta (4:30)
  • Princesa Sugehit Mistica (5:18)

Winner: Princesa Sugehit (2-1)
Match Time: 13:36
Rating: ok
Review: [ok] not that interesting of that match. Narumiya wasn’t good, though she wasn’t the worse. They both had timing issues, Narumiya’s offense didn’t look good at points, she wasn’t a lot better at taking moves, and both women’s dives were near injuries. Sugehit didn’t seem to bring much of her own; this was her usual lightning match stretched a little longer, with nothing looking particularly sharp. I don’t know that this is the worst match with money thrown in, but it was not one worthy of it.

Stuka smashes Escorpion with a tope

Match 4: La Máscara, La Sombra, Stuka Jr. vs Felino, Pólvora, Rey Escorpión
Arena México, 04/28/2015

  • técnicos
    • La Mascara casita Felino (4:24)
    • La Sombra rope flip moonsault Pólvora (4:29)
  • rudos
    • Felino casadaora cradle La Mascara (2:!0)
    • Pólvora Driver on Stuka Jr. (2:20)
  • técnicos
    • Sombra & La Mascara double suplex Pólvora (4:40)
    • Stuka torpedo splash Rey Escorpion (5:34)

Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 12:23
Rating: below average
Review:  [below average] not interesting unless you really need to see the Ingobernables betray a técnico once again. This time the won, because it doesn’t really matter. The 10 seconds of Sombra/Escorpion weren’t as good as the 25 seconds we got in the other match.

sitting in the front row is dangerous!
Dragon Lee is just flying thru

Match 5: Atlantis, Blue Panther, Dragon Lee vs Negro Casas, Shocker, Vangellys
Arena México, 04/28/2015

  • técnicos
    • DQ Shocker [shove to Tirantes] (4:48)
  • técnicos
    • Atlantis Atlantida Negro Casas (8:08)
    • Blue Panther nudo lagunero Shocker (8:10)

Winner: técnicos (2-0)
Match Time: 12:58
Rating: below average
Panther & Atlantis demanded a tag title shot after their win. There was little reaction for their challenge.

Dragon Lee headdrop, check

Review:  [below average] maybe I’d let this pass on 52MX and am just more annoyed after a two hour show, but there’s no way someone should watch this. Rudos tried to work a methodical, measured beatdown, as if getting over their brutality, but the técnicos were obviously never going to sell it as soon as they made their comeback so who cares? It was just slow and boring. Shocker’s shove to Tirantes came with no build up and is the lame thing they do in every two fall match. They also did the usual bit of making one fall absurdly long so the match time is the same as the third fall, and stretching out a fall didn’t really help anything. Dragon Lee had a noticble limp here, with that leg that hasn’t healed in six weeks, but it was also part of that’s the story. For him, this was a match off, but he still ended up doing the most of anyone.

Shocker gives me L for “loser who used the wrong gif size”