Recapped: 12/13/2018
Matches:
El Coyote & Grako beat Bengala & Leono
(11:32 [6:19, 2:29, 2:44], 1/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Akuma, Camorra, Nitro beat Hijo del Signo, Raziel, Yago
(10:31 [2:49, 3:11, 4:31], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Guerrero Maya Jr., Pegasso, Star Jr. beat Kawato San, Tiger, Virus
(10:34 [6:56, 3:38], 1/2 DQ, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Okumura beat Drone in a lightning match
(8:23, cutter, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Luciferno, Mephisto, Rey Bucanero beat Black Panther, Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr.
(10:52 [2:33, 1:58, 6:21], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Stuka Jr. beat Cavernario, Euforia, Terrible
(10:57 [3:30, 2:11, 5:16], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
What happened:
Tiger, dressed as the Grinch, unmasked Guerrero Maya for the DQ
This is Raziel’s first streamed match after being out five months with injury. Signo & Yago attacked Akuma on the way to the ring. Camorra from the outside helped Akuma pin Signo for the win. Challenged followed.
Thoughts:
The lightning match had a lot of action if not a lot of smoothness. Drone doing the slide splash underneath the referee was a good idea that didn’t work right, because Okumura was too close to the ring. He had other good spots in a match that was just a lot of spots, and really ate it on the cutter at the end.
There’s not much to say about the tercera except the crowd was weirdly way into Guerrero Maya and less weirdly into Tiger Grinch. They’d have something if they followed it up into a match. Guerrero Maya is facing Misterioso in an irrelevant lightning match instead.
The segunda rudo feud produced a competent match, which is a bit more than I expected. There were no real embarrassing moments and the people involved in the feud seemed excited about it. Those people are the only ones who care, but at least it’s something. Competent doesn’t mean good. Yago & Akuma having a solo match might be interesting, and Signo & Camorra each add nothing. Returning from a knee injury Raziel looked a lot better than Nitro.