taped 2013-12-25 @ Arena Mexico
Leono & Metálico vs Akuma & Zayco: A routine opening match with one psycho Zayco bump to the floor. He should’ve just stayed on the floor and been counted out forever after that, but he came in in after a minute or so for some random near falls. No one showed much but this was a match to show a lot.
Astral, Eléctrico, Último Dragoncito vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico: Felt like a more active minis match than other ones of late. Maybe it was the same amount of action in less time, but it was more fun match to watch . Finishing sequence was not good.
Molotov, Starman, Stigma vs Canelo Casas, Hijo del Signo, Shigeo Okumura: Canelo pins captain Starman about 3 minutes into the second fall. Only, he’s clearly not supposed to have pinned him – Tirantes counted too fast, Starman didn’t get shoulder up. Tirantes tries to end the match, only the rudos argued they didn’t actually win the match! Everyone generally ignored Tirantes and went along to do get in their spots and luckily Tirantes went along with it (though he appeared to receive a loud message in his earpiece between falls – when he finally put it back in.) This aired! I’m glad it did because I don’t what I’d write about this match otherwise. I was unconvinced by Canelo Casas finish, or that it was a move at all.
Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Valiente vs Euforia, Felino, Pierroth: Short match, even granted the problems of the online feed. (They didn’t seem to join this one so late, it was just a quick match.) Guys generally seemed to be trying while there were out there. Delta seemed slower than usual. Pierroth remains bad and not a good fit for this match. I’m not sure which match he’d be a good fit for, but I fear they’ll keep giving him matches until they figure it out.
Atlantis, La Máscara, Titán vs Averno, Mephisto, Rey Escorpión: Normal build up trios match, focusing on Atlantis/Mephisto with the other four guys getting in spots in between. I would’ve liked to see a more full out match with these guys to make it memorable, but they were still fine at this level. The visual of Atlantis’s ripped mask still around his head as he wore the replacement one was nice.