Recapped: 05/22/2016
What happened: a Volador picked up 3 points in the Liga Elite, which may or may not be meaningful. Golden Magic & Puma advanced to the Elite Middleweight cibernetico (which wasn’t really.) The Hell Brothers and Parks aren’t friends.
What was good: The singles match and the opener tag match were good.
Where can I watch it: It’s on my channel and Azteca’s site.
Match 1: Metaleón & Tritón vs Golden Magic & Puma in a ELITE MIDDLE pre-eliminatory match
Arena México, 05/11/2016
Video: thecubsfan
Winner: Golden Magic & Puma
Match Time: 6:14
Notes: Golden Magic & Puma can’t get along, though it doesn’t affect their chances of winning.
Review: [good] fun while it lasted, which was not nearly enough. Total rushing to get in all the spots they could in six minutes, with everyone getting in big spot but it not settling down enough to tell much of a story or do many near falls. (Given how much they had to fill on this episode and the next one, they should’ve had them go longer.) The storyline of Puma & Golden Magic not being able to get along pointless with them not being a team at any point after this match and makes their opposition look like chumps.
Match 2: Hijo de LA Park, LA Park, Súper Parka vs Cibernético, Mephisto, Sharlie Rockstar
Arena México, 05/11/2016
Video: thecubsfan
- Team Park
- Hijo de LA Park Spanish Fly Sharlie Rockstar (8:20)
- COR Cibernético & Mephisto (8:42)
- Hell Brothers
- Cibernetico spear LA Park (2:37)
- Hell Brothers
- DQ LA Park [weapon shot] (9:41)
Winner: Hell Brothers (2/3)
Match Time: 21:00
Notes: Both sides shove each other before the match. The back of LA Park’s shirt, with a Park quote, is blurred out. Cibernético pulled out knuckles to use on Park, Park took them and used them himself, then showed them to the ref to be Dqed.
Review: [ok] timing issues with this match: it was very long, and the teams didn’t have much timing with each other. There was much more “a lot of do a spot, look at the other person, resume moving” than you’d expect from veterans, and the match looked very unconvincing at times. Cibernético was way out of position on the big first fall spot, and Super Parka didn’t look goo thru the match. Slightly interesting that Cibernético pins LA Park, and LA Park never pins Cibernético.
Match 3: Volador Jr. vs Xtreme Tiger in a Liga Elite match
Arena México, 05/11/2016
Video: thecubsfan
Winner: Volador (Volador Spiral)
Match Time: 10:20
Review: [good] Another Volador highlight run, a slight bit not as sharp as previous ones. Tiger & Volador looked less crisp and there were a few moves that didn’t come together. They also lacked any real moment where the match could end before the finish. It was a spot exhibition, and there were some great looking spots – Tiger really nailed the legdrop off the barricade, the dives looked cool. I’d put Caristico/Volador & Tiger/Dorada easily ahead of it, but it was still fun.
The show ends with the moment of applause for Kato Kung Lee, and extended highlights of the minis opener.