Recapped: 08/1/2018
Matches:
Apocalipsis & Inquisidor beat Retro & Sangre Imperial
(11:49 [4:54, 3:20, 3:35], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Amapola, Metálica, Tiffany beat Estrellita, Lluvia, Princesa Sugehit
(12:12 [5:22, 3:06, 3:44], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Misterioso Jr., Sagrado, Universo 2000 Jr. beat Drone, Star Jr., Stigma
(9:10 [4:49, 1:54, 2:27], 1/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Tiger beat Disturbio in a lightning match
(7:40, jumping spinning DDT, good, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Dragón Lee, Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. beat Hechicero, Máscara Año 2000, Pólvora
(14:21 [3:39, 5:07, 5:35], 1/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Carístico, Diamante Azul, Kráneo beat Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero
(12:45 [6:02, 1:37, 5:06], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
What happened:
Hechicero & Stuka agreed to a match next week.
Thoughts:
This didn’t have the smoothest main event. I could not believe the Guerreros tried the super press slam bit on Kraneo. It wasn’t much of a press. Somehow, the chokeslam on Carístico went even worse. The second fall was delayed by Último Guerrero going into the crowd, seemingly to point out someone who had thrown something at him. It was that kind of energy. Carístico and Euforia messed up a headscissors in an impossible fashion. They did give us a Kraneo and Último Guerrero doing sumo spots, and perhaps that’s all we need.
Stuka/Hechicero looks like it’ll be solid if not spectacular, a lot like the semimain. This match was a bit all over the place, to the point where I couldn’t tell if they were doing some Blue Panther level weirdness or if just not totally paying attention. The Mascara/Hechicero midmatch fight might have meant to have some payoff that Stuka interrupted, but the countout to end the second fall felt more like they lost track of who was captain. Dragon Lee did a lot of exciting stuff, surprisingly breaking out the diving headscissors off the apron on a Tuesday show. He also used a Boston crab as a finish.
Tiger/Disturbio was better than the average rudo/rudo lightning match, though maybe only a good by the sliding Tuesday scale. Disturbio does both big (faking the injury again) and little (repeatedly finding a limb to put on the ropes to make Tiger have to cover again) things to make it feel like something’s actually happening. It also allowed Tiger to play técnico, and his dives and moves worked well in that context. The new spinning DDT needs a bit more speed so it’s not so obvious the rudo is carrying him around, but it’s an interesting idea.
They didn’t go long in the tercera, which at least meant they went faster. It was more of a Misterioso “look how stupid the rudos are” more than a Sagrado “look at the rudos actually doing something” match. They made the most out of the rudos dumbness and Drone had a nice tope.
