CMLL Puebla: 2017-11-20 

Vega

Recapped: 12/05/2017

Matches: 

Millenium & Vega beat Ares & Guerrero Espacial
(12:59 [7:00, 2:28, 3:31], 1/3, ok, via
VideosOficialesCMLL)

Asturiano & Stukita beat Joker & Pequeño Nitro
(15:45 [7:38, 3:31, 4:36], 1/3, ok, via
VideosOficialesCMLL)

Dalys beat La Vaquerita in a lightning match
(7:20, spinning side slam, ok,
VideosOficialesCMLL)

Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora, Virus beat Fuego, Stigma, Stuka Jr.
(12:22 [3:26, 5:43, 3:13], 2/3, ok, via
VideosOficialesCMLL)

Ángel de Oro, Dragón Lee, Soberano Jr. beat Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
(14:08 [5:20, 1:24, 7:24], 2/3, good, via
VideosOficialesCMLL)

Máscara Año 2000, Negro Casas, Último Guerrero beat Niebla Roja, Rush, Valiente  
(9:43 [2:45, 1:39, 5:19], 1/3, ok, via
VideosOficialesCMLL)

What happened:

Both UG and Rush have their feet in the ropes on the finishing pin, but Tirantes never even looks in the direction of the pin as he counts.

Pequeño Nitro is a late sub for Pierrothito – so late, they actually just place Pierrothito’s music for him.

Thoughts:

Dalys looks behind herself to a bump, then scoots into position for the next spot

The main event wasn’t long, though it was freshened up a little by Rush actually being in the técnico side. He still wrestled like a rudo, but Rush getting annoyed at someone else’s shenanigans is always a good deal. Niebla Roja and Mascara 2000 engaging in a pose off was odd, and so was them playing it out like Mascara was some giant and Roja a tiny guy. Valiente and Negro Casas were technically in the match.

There’s probably a MOTYC coming at some point in the next 12 months out of NGD versus Soberano, Dragon Lee, and whoever they find as the sixth man. This wasn’t that match. It had nothing to do with Angel de Oro, who’s perfectly fine as a third man, but just the usual ceiling of a normal b-show match. Still, even with those limits, you can tell these guys were enjoying working with other and smoothly going from one thing to the next. They did about half of what they could do and it was still a pretty entertaining match. Dragon Lee scares me when he gets really excited to do something, but the tope con giro to the floor went fine.

someone’s got to talk him into stopping this

The fourth match lacked a lot of the usual energy in these things, especially on the técnico side. Stigma’s tope was a nice way of breaking the usual formula, but it’s not a good sign when he’s clearly the one most into the match in his trio. Fuego messed up the thru the legs top for the first in forever, that’s about how that one went.

I guess you ought to give everyone tries at singles matches to see if something comes from them. Nothing much came from the women’s match, and the crowd wasn’t much outside one near fall. Dalys can’t help but make the matches look choreographed at times, taking the intensity down and making it clear she’s getting in position for moves.

The dives at the end of the minis match woke me up, from a show that was becoming really boring to watch. I’m not sure how much it really woke up because it looks I never finished this paragraph.

The opener had a lot of mat wrestling and none of the Vega high spots I wanted to see. Millenium’s 450 is an excuse to mark this as OK, but it’s not really that good.

Stukita