Recapped: 10/30/2018
Matches:
Espíritu Maligno & Joker beat Astro & Meyer
(10:55 [4:49, 2:52, 3:14], 1/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Millenium & Robin beat Espanto Jr. & Fuerza Chicana
(10:51 [3:44, 5:22, 1:45], 1/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Esfinge, Kráneo, Stigma beat El Malayo, Hechicero, Templario
(16:42 [7:27, 2:44, 6:31], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón beat Flyer, Stuka Jr., Valiente
(15:03 [6:29, 3:49, 4:45], 1/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
La Bestia Del Ring, Mistico, Rush beat Carístico, Diamante Azul, Último Guerrero in a relevos increíbles match
(12:25 [3:03, 3:04, 6:18], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
What happened:
Rush fouled Carístico in the main event, seemingly setting up a singles match between them.
Joker and Espíritu Maligno have matching outfits and JCR talks about wanting to see them team more. This is CMLL for “they’ll never team again”.
The video stream is bumpy again, causing the very start of the second fall of the segunda to go missing. This matters to only people who are keeping track of the time.
Thoughts:
The semimain was a usual Dinamita match, not a bad thing. It needed a little more to stand out. Flyer’s third fall offense showcase consisted of a dropkick and a rebound double armdrag. That third fall didn’t go that long, but he needs to show a lot more to be taken well in this level. Stuka & Valiente, having their own normal matches, clearly outshined him. Cuatrero reversing out of Valiente’s move to his own inverted bearhug was a more thought than usually put into those matches and should pop back up in a big match one day.
The tercera features Templario and Hechicero standing around for 15 seconds waiting for Malayo to do something with Stigma, than Hechicero just doing it himself. Malayo was worse than usual and I don’t understand what someone sees in him to continually put him so high on the card. Templario and Stigma have an iffy third fall sequence, salvaged by Templario for the most part. It makes me grateful Tlaxcala’s Templario made the move to Mexico City and didn’t just commute to Puebla like Astro. Match wasn’t worthless but it was worse than the usual Kraneo led match.