extra 1995 CMLL, part 2

a rough day for Bestia Salvaje

Astro Rey Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Emilio Charles Jr. beat Corazón De León, Shocker, Silver King
(Arena Coliseo @ 04/14, 9:54, good, rnrwrasslin)

Short match moving at a fast speed all the way through, leading to some nice aggressiveness by the rudos and lots of energy. Maybe too much energy, since Shocker’s dive went very wrong. The balance of the match was strong, with Silver King looking like the best guy and Corazon again looking rawer than I’m used to seeing him. It’s weird to think about Shocker, Mephisto, and Chris Jericho crossing paths.

Satánico © beat Héctor Garza for the CMLL World Middleweight Championship
(Arena Coliseo @ 04/25, 12:04, 1/3, ok, decadas80s90s2000)

A true technical match between the two, which is much different than the rest of their rivalry. Its fine, it plays into the viciousness they apply holds, but it’s not the most effective use of them. The ending ref bump looks bad and the idea is muddled. The announcers react like Satanico’s cheated but it doesn’t look that way.

Último Dragón © beat Bestia Salvaje for the NWA World Middleweight Championship
(Arena Coliseo @ 05/23, 8:16, 2/3, good, Roy Lucier CMLL)

This is heavily cut down, but still quality action from what we get to see. It’s not a natural match-up but they build well to Dragon’s highspots and Salvaje is unafraid to throw himself around dramatically. Bestia Salvaje taking back bumps from the top rope to the hard CMLL mat probably didn’t help his career. This is well into the period where the crowd goes nuts every time a tecnico tries a top rope move in a title match.

Pantera © beat Great Sasuke for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship
(Arena México @ 05/26, 6:47, 2/3, good, rnrwrasslin)

Another match edited down highly. The crowd reacts like it’s one of the best match they’ve seen, and what we get is at least good. Sasuke & Pantera didn’t seem to be working well together early – the first fall finish takes a couple of tries because Pantera didn’t seem eager to go up for it – but the back and forth of the last half is well done. The match comes off as a bigger deal than the previous two ones.

Apolo Dantés, Pierroth Jr., Pirata Morgan beat Dos Caras, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Vampiro
(Arena México @ 05/26, 12:44, 1/3, ok, rnrwrasslin)

A long way to go to see Apolo Dantes fake a foul. Dantes role in all these feuds is to be the bumping somewhat comedic foul to the limited tecnico heavyweight roster. He does well in that spot, but it limits the range of matches he’s going to have. This is another one where Dos Caras might be good but is the third most important tecnico on his team. I wonder if there were Toreo fans upset their guy was given so much in CMLL.

Héctor Garza, Pantera, Último Dragón beat Bestia Salvaje, El Brazo, Kahoz
(Arena México @ 06/02, 13:59, 1/3, ok, rnrwrasslin)

Sometimes I think there might just be about 18 people on the CMLL 1995 roster but that’s just how the uploads go. This has a really long first fall and two other falls that don’t amount to much. Pantera comes off as the best guy on his trios team, and evil Brazo is a good foil for all. The match ends when the rudos can’t make it back in after a triple dive spot, which is something they ought to try more often.