CMLL Martes: 2020-01-28

Pequeno Olimpico goes to his death

Recapped: 02/09/2020

Matches:

Acero & Aéreo beat Pequeño Olímpico & Pequeño Violencia
(13:17 [4:29, 4:47, 4:01], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Amapola, Metálica, Tiffany beat Avispa Dorada, La Guerrera, Princesa Sugehit
(13:14 [7:38, 3:24, 2:12], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Súper Astro Jr. beat El Coyote in a lightning match
(7:06, casadora bomb, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Disturbio, Misterioso, Sagrado beat Diamond, Oro Jr., Pegasso
(15:48 [10:06, 2:16, 3:26], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Black Panther, Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr. beat Hechicero, Rey Bucanero, Terrible
(18:47 [10:11, 2:33, 6:03], 1/3, good, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Atlantis Jr., Carístico, Soberano Jr. vs Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
(12:44 [6:49, 5:55], ½ DQ, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

What happened:

Sanson fouled Caristico for the DQ.

Aereo is the most anonymous good wrestler in CMLL.

Thoughts:

a different double submission

The semi-main was very long for a Tuesday match, though it rarely felt like it was getting stretched out. Blue Panther doing a long even grappling exchange with Terrible isn’t exactly the way the semimain was expected to go, but that’s sometimes what you get from a Blue Panther match. Lately, you also get a strangely motivated Rey Bucanero in these matches too, and an interested crowd which didn’t give up despite the length. This wasn’t as strong as the other recent strong Panther/Bucanero trios match, but they did re-imagine some of the usual spots in a different order. It stood out for a Tuesday match.

The most interesting part of the fourth match is Diamond doing the same spots Sagrado did a decade and a half ago in his debut with a very similar gimmick, only to Sagrado. It goes better for Diamond than it did Sagrado and the match is getting good reactions until Oro Jr. messed himself up. Pegasso struggled in fall two and the third fall had a weird feel with no real comeback. Diamond coming back 1 on 3 – Pegasso was eliminated by pinfall despite Diamond breaking up the pin – would’ve been a great moment for a new gimmick but CMLL’s just not that into him.

Oro Jr., apparently attempting a Brillo dive, misses the middle rope and tumbles over the top rope. The fall looks more dangerous in real-time than it turns out to be, thanks to Oro Jr. being able to turn over, but it derails the match. Referee Pompin is too distracted to count the pinfall at first to the opening fall, then the following two are wrestled 3 v 2.

The lightning match had one of the least creative setups for a stage dive you’ll see. The crowd still cheered loud for a moonsault off the stage, so it’s not stopping any time soon. Coyote was willing if not always capable opponent for Super Astro, though two young guys working together meant this had highlight spots and not much in between. That walk to the stage really annoyed me but maybe others would get more out of this.

Avispa squashed Metalica