Recapped: 05/27/2017
All matches aired live from Arena Puebla.
Matches:
Ares, El Malayo, King Jaguar defeated Arkalis, Espíritu Maligno, Zaeta Roja (18:28 [7:38, 5:42, 5:08], 2/3, ok)
Marcela, Princesa Sugehit, Sanely defeated Amapola, Reyna Isis, Tiffany (15:32 [8:53, 2:55, 3:44], 2/3, below average)
Ángel de Oro, Johnny Idol, Stigma defeated Dragón Rojo Jr., Niebla Roja, Pólvora (11:22 [5:40, 5:42], 1/2 straight falls, ok)
Marco Corleone, Máscara Año 2000, Mr. Niebla beat Pierroth, Ripper, Rush in a relevos increíbles match (13:16 [3:16, 2:37, 7:23], 2/3, ok)
Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero beat Atlantis, Mistico, Valiente (9:20 [5:06, 1:06, 3:08], 1/3, ok)
What happened:
Ripper replaced La Mascara in the semifinal. Pierroth pulled out the referee when Niebla had Rush beat with a powerbomb. Rush followed by pulling off Niebla’s mask for the DQ. Rush work Niebla’s afro and taunted Niebla after the match, including hitting him with the stretcher.
Niebla Roja wrestled the fourth match as a traitor, frequently helping the técnicos and stopping the Revolucionarios. They attacked him too, and kept attacking him after the match when he turned over a Dragon Rojo sunset flip to give Angel de Oro the straight fall win. Angle de Oro made the save for his brother.
Ares was a fill in for Camorra in the opener.
Thoughts:
Something happened with the video in the main event, where it jumped from the set up to the third fall finish to a few second after. It seemed about right. You didn’t need to see it. You probably would’ve forgotten about it if you did anyway. This wasn’t much of a show.
They’re mid storyline on a couple matches (Rush/Niebla, Niebla Roja’s turn), and none of the other matches were anything. The spark of the Guerreros/Mistico/Valiente matches wasn’t there with Atlantis, who slipped while trying the Atlantida. (Atlantis is still OK, but it was a reminder this is Mexico and we’re probably not going to see his run end until well after it should’ve.) The women’s match was no good. The opener went too long. There should be at least one good match on every CMLL show, but there wasn’t on this one.