AAA on Twitch: 2018-03-25 

Parka Negra is good, needs to remember to strut

Recapped: 03/25/2018

Matches: 

Ashley & Estrella Divina beat Mamba & Pimpinela Escarlata  
(10:54, Estrella Divina pin Mamba, ok, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Drago & Aerostar beat Monsther Clown & Murder Clown and Joe Lider & Mr. Águila
(13:04, Dragon’s Lair cradle Mr. Aguila, ok, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Rey Escorpión & Texano Jr. beat Dark Cuervo & Dark Scoria ©   for the AAA World Tag Team Championship
(17:08, Texano Jr. Tornado Texano Cuervo, good, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Hijo del Fantasma © beat  La Parka Negra for the AAA Latin American Championship
(13:57, Hijo del Fantasma Thrill of the Kill while Blue Demon submitted Wagner, good, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch) )

Máximo, Pagano, Psycho Clown beat Averno, Chessman, Súper Fly
(17:16, DQ for Murder Clown shoving the referee, OK, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Blue Demon Jr., Hernandez, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Dr. Wagner Jr., La Parka, Vampiro
(24:00, Hernandez pin Parka as Demon submitted Wagner, below average, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch) )

What happened:

GIF’d this to be sure it happened

Vampiro took a piledriver on a chair from Hijo del Wagner and was stretched out. Vampiro had earlier on Facebook said he’d no longer be wrestling on TV, and this seemed to be the explanation for his exit (or all of it’s part of a story to set up his return.) The match continued as Vampiro was strechered out. Dr. Wagner Jr. had issued an open challenge for his title to start the show, and Hijo del Wagner seemed to want to challenge himself or for Blue Demon after the main event and even had the microphone, but never got to say anything.

OGT apparently lit a La Mascara mask on fire. Máximo & Psycho Clown saw the fire and ran away. There was a cut away to a disoriented looking Pagano. In the ring, Averno said La Mascara wasn’t here, so he wanted the trios match called off. Pagano showed up to finish the match. The thing is Pagano was listed on the card as being in the match the entire time (La Mascara had a booking elsewhere), so the bit made no sense to anyone who had seem the poster. Maybe it’ll work on TV.

this probably should’ve been an injury storyline too, instead of something where he’ll be back on the next taping

Neither tag title match was announced ahead of time, though they were definitely decided before the show because Vampiro was promoting the idea of having two title matches.

Rey Escorpión took out the ref bump before the finish, then fouled Cuervo before each man landed their finishing move. Drago & Aerostar asked for a tag title shot in Tijuana.

Divina stole the pin from Ashley, and Ashley was unhappy about it.

Thoughts:

Aerostar being Aerostar

The main event looked like it was going to be bad, and went badly. Vmaprio seemed to start his comeback sooner than the expected in the match, and that threw things on. He was protected on the piledriver spot, but they should’ve shot in a way here we didn’t see the protection because it made it hard to take as a serious injury spot. Hijo del Wagner is trying to stand out but it’s not really happening yet. He’s not the worst son of a wrestler to get a big push, he’s just not justifying this one so far. Parka showed up in street clothes and put in little effort. Dr. Wagner Jr. & Blue Demon have presence but can’t do enough to fill up all the time in this one, and Hernandez working super light to not hurt the old men doesn’t help him either. This was a long waste of time for one injury spot.

The semimain was a replay of the OGT/Alvarado match from San Luis Potosi with Pagano plugged into La Mascara’s spot. There’s no reason to expect a lot of creativity when they’re doing the same matches in a short time. It’s the same problem CMLL has with all it’s streams, though they have a bigger roster to at least plug in different random combinations of people. This was about as fine as the other match was, and there not being a big drop off from La Mascara to Pagano is probably not a great sign for La Mascara. The powerbomb spot at the end was impressive, though there’s nothing good that can come out of Murder Clown & Pagano.

good angle, maybe not great catch

Fantasma/Parka Negra was a pure title match in a promotion that doesn’t give them all that often. Fantasma took a lot of the match, especially early on, but Parka Negra looked good when he could find ways to get shots in and helped make it an interesting match. This did more for Parka Negra in a loss than the bad battle royal (which set up this title shot) did for him in a win. Fantasma also getting to have a good match and being without Tirantes or a fork was a happy change of pace, and he also looked more impressive with the win. I wish we got more of these matches in AAA, I’m glad we got at least got this one.

The tag title match was slower than you’d expect with the rudos in charge early. It made more sense when it turned out they were going so long. There wasn’t a lot of interesting story here, and Texano & Escorpión don’t do anything that really feels like a team, but it did have a lot of simultaneous near falls spots that came off as dramatic. Cuervo & Scoria survived an awful lot and got in once close near fall before the end. This was a length match and the crowd was quite for part of it, it still came off good.

a big powerbomb

The three way tag was an unending bit of one person doing a move to a second, and a third person there to break it up. Somehow, even though it shouldn’t be possible, it felt like a Traidor Clown was in at all times. They dominated the action, with the other teams getting less moments. That format worked better with the San Luis Potosi match, and just felt like it existed at an unending even level with no peaks or valleys outside the dive spots. At least the right team won and might get to go onto to doing something interesting away form these other teams.

This matches haven’t gotten particularly good despite happening frequently Mamba’s making improvements as a tecnica and seems to enjoy being able to d more varies offense now that she’s not working against Pimpi most of the time. They did play off the other finishes for people who are really paying attention. The match felt long, maybe as a result of trying to build on all that came before. It’s surprising the Pimpinela/Mamba team lost in Monterrey of all places but I’m fine with having a different finish.