Recapped: 03/24/2018
Matches:
Astro & Millenium beat Joker & Saurón
(10:00 [5:13, 2:09, 2:38], 2/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Arkalis, Astral, Eléctrico beat Hijo del Signo, Perverso, Policeman
(14:27 [7:30, 3:42, 3:15], 1/3, n/r, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Blue Panther Jr., Drone, Stigma beat Kawato San, Puma, Tiger
(12:24 [4:20, 4:17, 3:47], 1/3, good, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Kráneo beat Euforia
(9:13, Kraneo Boom, good, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Ángel de Oro, Matt Taven, Niebla Roja vs Cuatrero, Mr. Niebla, Sansón
(9:02 [2:02, 2:05, 4:55], 2/3 DQ, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Carístico, Gran Guerrero, Mephisto beat La Bestia Del Ring, Mistico, Rush in a relevos increíbles match
(12:17 [3:56, 4:45, 3:36], good, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
What happened:
Gran Guerrero pulled Mistico’s mask and pinned him in the main event.
Cuatrero fouled Angel de Oro to end the semimain.
Euforia & Kraneo was a one fall no time limit match.
El Egipico was honored on this show, Puebla’s version of Homenaje a Dos Leyendas.
Thoughts:
The main event was fun because the crowd was so into Mistico and Caristico. They don’t have to do a mask match to get people care; a simple singles match between them would be a big deal at this point. Who knows if it’ll actually happen but the atmosphere for their trios matches are the hottest in CMLL. The real idea, at least in this match, was to set up Mistico/Gran Guerrero and they worked well together. Rush/Pierroth also had better teamwork in this match.
The semimain was pretty slight for two falls, but picked up nicely in the third fall building off the mask feud. This Puebla crowd was far more pro-Angel de Oro than the Arena Mexico fanbase, giving them the desire reaction to everyone they were doing. They really should bring Oro/Cuatrero back to Puebla as a title match, it’ll do well. Taven seemed amused by the idea of wrestling a typically strange Mr. Niebla, and it went surprisingly well.
You’d never be able to tell who won the Kraneo & Euforia match by looking them post match. Kraneo was so, so tired and Euforia wasn’t looking much better. They slowed down greatly from a hot start due to that lack of energy, but the match otherwise was the action and the silliness you’d want to from a big Kraneo/Euforia match. Euforia was at his best when he just wasn’t putting up with Mije & Kraneo’s silliness (and so, it was disappointing when he played to the crowd too before the finish), and the crowd easily went to Kraneo’s side. This wasn’t a match of big spots, it was still plenty entertaining.
The Puma/Tiger division continued to churn on good matches, only handicapped by how many of them feel about the same since they’re never given a direction. I feel like Tiger & Stigma have always been wrestling in Arena Puebla and always will be wrestling in Arena Puebla. Kawato’s stomp in this match was the worst, but he also attempted a frog splash and apologized to the fans after he got toped into them, a nice man.
An average opener begin the show. Saurón is a better version of Pequeño Universo, slow and sometimes clumsily but with more impressive moves. Millenium wants to be good but is in the wrong matches for that to happen and could use more help. Astro’s third fall offensive run looked really good this week. I didn’t like this Joker masks, he’s got better looks.
