Recapped: 07/31/2018
Matches:
Black Tiger, Lestat, Rey Samuray beat Ares, Fuerza Chicana, Guerrero Espacial
(12:34 [5:17, 5:47, 1:30], 1/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Joker, Mercurio, Saurón beat Astro, Asturiano, Shockercito
(12:59 [6:24, 3:12, 3:23], 2/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLLgif: 3845/4335/4342
Esfinge, Guerrero Maya Jr., Tritón beat Olímpico, Templario, Universo 2000 Jr.
(17:55 [7:07, 3:21, 7:27], 2 COR/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Hechicero, Mr. Niebla, Shocker beat Niebla Roja, Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr.
(17:34 [5:21, 7:03, 5:10], 2/3 COR, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Flyer, Mistico, Volador Jr. beat Carístico, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero in a relevos increíbles match
(14:57 [4:28, 2:24, 8:05], 1/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
What happened:
Volador wrestled in Último Guerrero’s kilt for a while for fun. He also unmasked and cradled Carístico for similar reasons, setting up a singles match next week.
Thoughts:
It’s still strange Volador & Mistico are the evildoers against Carístico, but they did a good job of being stooges for the Guerreros and Carisitco. The crowd delights at chanting Mistico Pirata and believe in it, so they might as well get to it. The action itself was about usual b-show main event level.
Soberano and Hechicero have some elegant exchange in otherwise to form match. Niebla isn’t doing a lot but is engaging in what he’s doing. Shocker’s jaw issues aren’t the reason he’s walking from spot to spot. Pompin nearly got run over by Niebla Roja at one point, then backed into by him later. He’s got to stay fast enough to get out of the way. The ending, with the técnicos getting beat no more than usual for a brawl outside the ring this time leading to a countout, came off as strange. It was definitely a planned finish by the way everyone was reacted, but not a credible plan.
The tercera guys weren’t doing any special match but still got the crowd well into the match by the time the dives came around in the second fall. The third fall cooled it off considerably; maybe there’s nothing more to see after Tirantes almost gets kicked low. This was not a Templario dong cool stuff with flyers match, so what’s the point.
Minis matches in Puebla are enjoyable with the right secondary guys (Astro, Asturiano), and when the CMLL rudos try. Mercurio gave a good effort here, and Shockercito’s offense was flashy enough to keep the crowd’s attention. They worked the match at a fast pace than usual for a Puebla undercard match, which helped a lot too. I still wouldn’t recommend the match, there wasn’t so much to it, but it was nothing something you need to speed past either.