taped @ Arena Coliseo, 04/03/2011
Dragon Lee, Hijo del Signo, Hombre Bala Jr. vs Apocalipsis, Escorpion, Semental: Semental is just great. He’s a far more interesting mat worker than guys his age (and tries more than guys much more experienced), he makes the tecnicos look good and he has a good dive. There are four guys in this match who are in Forjando un Idolo, and he may be better than any of them. I’m glad this Team Primera vs Gen11 feud is happening so Semental can get sucked into it, but I’m not sure why he’s stuck at this level. Maybe he just needs to network better? (Apocalipsis is not good.)
Rush vs Rey Bucanero for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship: Expected this to be a small bit of torture and it was actually perfectly acceptable leaning towards good. My faith in Rey Bucanero has been somewhat restored, and Rush held up his end. There is room to improve: Rush’s crushing tope to start the second fall shouldn’t have been blow off so easily, and there were other spots which didn’t go as intended. But when Rush started to climb the top rope, got massively booed (as usual) and flashed a smile back at the crowd, I was sure I was seeing a great rudo in the making. (Too bad CMLL hasn’t figured it out.)