CMLL Puebla: 2019-12-02

Grinch bomb

Recapped: 12/02/2019

Matches:

Hijo de Centella Roja & Meyer beat Fuerza Chicana & Joker
(13:12 [5:50, 2:51, 4:31], 1/3, ok,
00:01:45)

Arkalis, Millenium, Rey Samuray beat Cancerbero, El Malayo, Raziel
(13:46 [8:08, 1:48, 3:50], 2/3, n/r,
00:22:01)

Perverso beat Toro Bill Jr. in a lightning match
(7:51, Gedo clutch, ok,
00:43:48 )

El Audaz, Esfinge, Rey Cometa beat Pólvora, Tiger, Vangellys
(12:39 [4:48, 3:02, 4:49], 2/3, ok,
00:55:40)

Cuatrero, Ephesto, Forastero beat Carístico, Star Jr., Titán
(18:32 [6:20, 4:39, 7:33], 2/3, ok,
01:16:11)

Volador Jr. beat Euforia
(17:27, good, 2/3,
01:44:54)

  1. Euforica Special (3:20)
  2. Volador torito (2:08)
  3. Volador top rope huracanrana (11:59)

What happened:

Caristico had Forastero in La Mistico, but Ephesto distracted Metalico (who didn’t have a great night), Cuatrero ran in and took off Caristico’s mask, and Forastero cradled him for the win.

Thoughts:

a Toro Bill dive

Euforia brought out a more interesting match from Volador than usual of late, though he also did while accidentally squashing him on the second fall finish. That seemed to stall out the match to start the third fall, and it was on the slow side the rest of the way. It also tended towards the usual Volador your move my move sequence to a finish, but it felt more novel since we see a lot from Euforia we don’t normally get. Even if he has his own UG move checklist, it’s not checked off nearly as often as some of the other rudos (which is the strong case for giving more rudos chances to do this match.) Euforia also looks super impressive on some of his power moves here. The reversals from the previous finishes looked thought they may have come too early to be effective; the later tease of the Euforica Special was more subtle but felt like it meant more.

The semi-main generally followed the pattern of all the NGD matches of late, similar falls and outcome, though this was a little screwy. Star & Titan did well even if the focus was more on Caristico. Weirdly, there was more interesting co-ordination on the finish with these guys than usually seen with Sanson involved. Maybe Ephesto is an idea man.

The best part of the fourth match was Rey Cometa slipping on a handspring, limping to the apron, laying there for minutes and being fine after all. He was still moving gingerly but it really would’ve sucked for him to get hurt in a match as perfunctory as that one.

Whoever is in charge of Puebla nowadays seems behind Perverso, though he just comes off as a regular guy who doesn’t have much crowd interest outside of an apuesta match. He and Toro Bill Jr. were ok here, though Toro Bill came off as the more technically sound wrestler. I came across wanting to see more of him I bigger spots, not the guy who couldn’t quite get his finishing cradle to work. The rudo/rudo stuff doesn’t work great, but running more singles matches between the locals might produce something and at least is no duller than the rest of their matches. Singles matches between locals and Mexico City talent would be more of a thing.

The opener was solid, so that’s always good. Fuerza Chicana backdropping Centella Roja into his own partner’s doom was amusing. The Centella Roja son seems better than the father even if we see him about half as much.