CMLL’s 82nd anniversary show, featuring Sombra versus Atlantis, will air as an iPPV $10 stream. (That’s about 170 Mexican Pesos.) It’s listed on their website, and you can order now. This is the first time CMLL has done an internet PPV, and the first time they appear to have done any sort of PPV since 2008.
The link on CMLL leads to a site named Cleeng, which primarily just processes payments. It’ll appears it’ll be CMLL who will be responsible for streaming. That’s worked perfectly when they’ve gone thru YouTube for CMLL Puebla shows, and it’s been a bit wavering quality on ClaroSports (though it’s never completely died.) It’s not clear what they’ll be using for these shows. Again, this is the first time they’re trying this, and we’ve learned there’s no guarantees on first times going well.
It’s slightly disappointing for those who’ve got to see the show for free in past years that it’ll be $10 this year, but it’s promising to see CMLL continue to put toes in the internet content business this year. $10 is cheap enough that any lucha fan won’t hesitate to get this show. It’s a low enough price that people who like to watch big shows from everywhere make give it as a try, though the dismal failure of TripleMania might make reasonable make some people hesitant to invest the time in watching this show, or even just watching the show live. (It’s not specifically said if the show will be available on VOD, though that’d be normal.)
CMLL announcing this two weeks ahead of suggests ticket sales continue to go well. The lineup isn’t as strong as it has in previous years, but it doesn’t seem to have slowed things down.
Budo Videos, who stream a lot of Jiu-Jitsu tournaments, including ADCC last weekend, use Cleeng.
Don’t know who handled the streaming, but there was buffering issues a few times over the whole weekend the event was on, so if Cleeng had anything to do with the stream, then this is something you should be aware of.
It was very simple to purchase the event, you can use your facebook account or e-mail account as your login and all you have to do is enter your bank details.
The whole process took around 2/3 minutes to go through.