Recapped: 10/01/2019
Matches:
Bengala & Leono beat Apocalipsis & Cholo
(12:05 [5:49, 3:26, 2:50], 2/3, ok, 00:00:00)
Dalys, La Infernal, Tiffany beat La Guerrera, La Maligna, Lluvia
(12:57 [6:33, 2:46, 3:38], 1/3, n/r, 00:18:41)
Drone, Fuego, Pegasso beat Misterioso, Sagrado, Tiger
(12:27 [4:50, 2:43, 4:54], 1/3, ok, 00:40:12)
Virus beat El Audaz in a lightning match
(8:58, armscissors, ok, 01:03:19)
Atlantis, Kráneo, Volcano beat Felino, Hechicero, Rey Bucanero
(13:46 [5:11, 2:52, 5:43], 2/3, n/r, 01:17:06)
Forastero, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas beat Carístico, Diamante Azul, Soberano Jr.
(10:03 [5:53, 4:10], 1/2, ok, 01:41:43)
What happened:
Forastero pulled Caristico’s mask to get the win in straight falls, setting up a singles match next week.
Bengala was actually counted out in the first fall of the opener after taking a dropkick. Apocalipsis too was counted out in the third after a Bengala tornillo pescado.
Thoughts:
The main event was two falls, but they gave it a good amount of time, working in the usual Tuesday big spot format around it. Forastero and Caristico exchanging real near falls before the inevitable controversial finish was more thought than the usual rushed ending.
Virus/Audaz didn’t really come together. Virus led a more mat-based focus of the match for the first five minutes. Audaz didn’t impress in the concept and the crowd got restless. Audaz followed with two highspots, which didn’t really make sense in the context and just seemed to exist to get people back into it. The back and forth followed was ok and rarely better with that; Audaz still hasn’t developed the singles offense he needs to make these matches work. It’s a place where Soberano is far ahead of him.
The tercera was a generic match seen a hundred times. The corwd dug it, third fall had a bit more to it than it seemed at first, it still didn’t rise to anything notable above those many previous matches.
I’m presuming the all veteran opener on Nuevo Valores was a knockoff effect of the prelim guys being in the Gran Alterantiva. Still, there should be an unlimited amount of trainees in CMLL to fill these spots. Anything in 2019 where Leono is the youngest guy serves little purpose. Bengala probably should’ve saved his one dive in Arena Mexico this year for a bigger purpose.