A Little Bit of Post-Aniversario CMLL

CMLL 2014/9/28

MATCH RELAMPAGO: Fuego vs. Kamaitachi

Good little MR, nice mixture of exhibition and attacking lucha. For those living under the rock, Kamaitachi is New Japan’s Young Lion Hiromu Takahashi. I dig his character, he just needs to modify the mask a little bit, to make it more heelish. Fuego is awesome and one of the discoveries of 2014.

***

CMLL 2014/9/28

Blue Panther, Rey Cometa, Angel de Oro vs. Polvora, Cavernario, Hombre sin Nombre

Five out of six names involved are either good or marvelous, so of course it’s gonna be a damn good trio. The main story is Cavernario and Cometa continuing their beef after the cabellera match, and it’s intense, naturally, Cometa wants a piece of caveman, and caveman wants to wrestle on his own terms, which means ambush tactics and endless stalling. Goddam it, I’m in love with Cavernario, incredible rudo and luchador in general. The rudo trio provided some really good and effective brawling here, what’s awesome is that Polvora looked like a competitive brawler here, which is surprising to me as I didn’t watch much of him. Good trio match, tons of fun, Cavernario/Panther needs to happen ASAP.

***3/4

CMLL 2014/9/21

MATCH RELAMPAGO: Stuka Jr. vs. Hechicero

Not a good MR, too dry and slow in a bad way, by far the worst Hechicero match and performance I’ve seen.

**

CMLL 2014/9/21

Atlantis, Volador Jr., Valiente vs. Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Escorpion, Mephisto

The first Atlantis/Ultimo match after Aniversario, and the main selling point for everyone was to see one of them unmasked. As we all know, Ultimo lost the mask in a highly emotional match, but here there was no place for emotions, he’s angry and wants to unmask Atlantis badly, his rudo trio ambushes the tecnicos during Atlantis’ entrance and it’s all great wrestling until the very end of the match. Electric atmosphere, high intensity simply a majestic lucha with Atlantis and Ultimo headlining the match, that was some damn good booking, Ultimo displayed what I’d call one of the greatest rudo performances of the year, this is a must-see trio.

****1/4