Recapped: 06/30/2018
Matches:
Apocalipsis & Cholo beat Bengala & Leono
(12:18 [5:45, 3:05, 3:28], 1/3, n/r, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Astral, Eléctrico, Oro Jr. beat Cancerbero, Nitro, Yago
(9:47 [3:32, 2:26, 3:49], ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Estrellita, La Jarochita, Marcela beat Dalys, La Metálica, Reyna Isis
(10:04 [5:02, 1:43, 3:19], 2/3, n/r, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Hechicero beat Felino in a lightning match
(9:17, Magia Negra, good, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Dragón Rojo Jr., Luciferno, Pólvora beat Esfinge, Titán, Tritón
(15:16 [5:15, 4:09, 5:52], 2/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Dragón Lee, Flyer, Mistico beat Euforia, Forastero, Negro Casas
(13:10 [5:32, 3:15, 4:23], 2/3 DQ, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
What happened:
It turns out nothing happened. It looked for a half a second like they were going somewhere with Forastero & Flyer, but nope.
Thoughts:
The main event, and this whole card, were tough to watch. Everything was the ok/good technically range, and nothing moved me emotionally. It may be too much CMLL or these show feeling so meaningless – the one angle here in the main event appears to have been dropped after it happened – but this was kind of like a chore I had to get thru to do more interesting lucha things. The crowd liked the action better, with Negro Casas & Dragon Lee having the usual strong interactions and Euforia setting up Mistico greatly. Forastero & Flyer really should feud, but it seemed odd that CMLL would do a midcard feud with no title involved, and so it makes more sense they’re not.
The semifinal had things that normally are interesting but it didn’t really come together in a great way. There was enough noise and excitement that I’d understand why people liked it but it just was missing something. It was a little too nondescript, nothing memorable about it that doesn’t happen a lot. Triton & Titan work like a team and Triton & Esfinge work like a team but I’m not sure Titan & Esfinge know each other. Luciferno catching Triton’s first dive with his back and then running away as to make sure Triton didn’t try a second dive was very odd.
The lightning told a match about Felino being outmatched. The normally fast and flying rudo was hit by an airborne Hechicero far more often than he could do for the same, and Hechicero was faster than him when it came to rolling out of the way of the elbow drop. Hechicero put in a lot of effort for an otherwise meaningless Tuesday match and Felino’s streak of better than usual matches continued.
I wouldn’t go as far as saying I liked the segunda, but it was noticeably better than usual. They allowed the tecnicos to do more than usual, and the crowd reacted well enough to their dives and such that it’s confusing why they can’t just keep it this way. Yago needs to be bumped up to (at least) this level on the regular. He’s good enough that he can keep the sometimes shaky spots of the ex-minis on target, without getting fiercely annoyed with them like the veterans in this pool of guys. He’d fine counterbalance to Raizel & Cancerbero, should Raziel ever turn up again.
