Guerra de Titanes - Part 1

AAA 10/09

Heroes Inmortales IX (Part 1)

AAA 09/13

Verano de Escandalo '15

AAA Verano de Escandalo 2015

(2015/06/14)

AAA 09/10

AAA 08/31 (Part 2)

AAA 2015/08/31

Super Fly, Carta Brava Jr., Machine Rocker vs. Australian Suicide, Venum, Super Nova

Fuuuuck, this was even slightly better than the previous week’s (but same show actually) trio match. Fantastic shit right there, from Super Fly being a surly aggressor, Machine Rocker being the best possible Psicosis, to the tecnicos doing some truly buggy flying things. It’s official now – Australian Suicide is awesome. Incredibly retarded ring name, though. Venum looks like someone who could repeat Aerostar’s success in Lucha Underground. Machine Rocker also belongs there, great and underrated guy. This is a must-see sprint.

****1/2

AAA 4/30

AAA 2015/4/30

Lucha Libre World Cup – Grupo 1 Eliminatoria: Fenix vs. Electroshock vs. Hijo del Fantasma

Sweet little match, this was good, IMO, great balance between Fenix and Fantasma continuing their rivalry and Electro interfering via powerhouse moves. Some sequences were neat.

***1/4

AAA 4/3 (Part 1)

AAA 2015/4/3

Super Fly & Hijo del Pirata Morgan vs. Australian Suicide & Dinastia

Not even close to what the match could have been. For some reason they just didn’t click all together, despite some good individual efforts, especially by Pirata. The crowd wasn’t into the match. Dinastia wasn’t on his smoothest level and just in general the match felt kind of awkward on few occasions.

**3/4

AAA 4/2 (show of the year?)

AAA 2015/4/2

Texano Jr., Pentagon Jr., Dark Cuervo vs. Parka, Psycho Clown, Angelico

I have no words for this. Such a glorious ass-kicking brawl in front of probably the hottest crowd of the year so far, I’m talking world wide here. Psycho Clown entered the match with a legit angle injury and they decided to make a story out of it in the match, and oh boy, they did a wonderfully job. Texano got the role of a merciless piece of shit who destroyed Psycho’s leg with chairs, stomps, etc. and he was like a relentless pit-bull in doing so, we got doctors checking on Psycho and taking him out while the rest of the crew fought all over the ringside, it was chaotic and awesome. Parka and Angelico took a beating, I’m telling you. The match was a handicap match for awhile before the tecnico comeback, Angelico was simply spectacular, dude’s growing on me tremendously. Parka and Angelico gave the rudo team a taste of their own medicine and did to Pentagon the same what they did to Psycho. So, we’re 2-on-2 now and it was a perfect opportunity for Parka to do his vintage Parka things. Fabulous. The finishing match-up was Cuervo/Angelico, and while it may sound “meh” on the paper, it was everything but, trust me, I’ve never ever seen Cuervo being this good, and like I mentioned earlier, Angelico’s been improving in my eyes. Their respective partners Dark Scoria and Jack Evans got involved. Great drama, great finish, great match.

****1/2

AAA 2015/4/2

NO DQ: Brian Cage vs. Alberto el Patron

Shit man, who would’ve thought a couple of years ago that Brian Cage of all people would be this good and competing in a main event scene for a major wrestling promotion. He had that great Steen title match and a fair share of awesome multi-man performances, but in singles competition he was mostly hit or miss. He also got roided way too much, but in the last half a year or so, he toned it down and now looks totally appropriate, it also noticeably improved his stamina and condition.

This was a great hardcore match, it was really well done and the tables/chairs spots were all paced in a compelling manner. Once again Cage got over, he even used some quasi-lucha moves, so there you go… Needless to say, Alberto was stupendously over in his hometown. Since this was a No DQ, Konnan, Fantasma and Pentagon used it profusely in Cage’s favor, while on the other side Parka came to help Alberto. Surprisingly great match, tbf.

****

AAA 2015/4/2

Mini Charly Manson & Mini Psycho Clown vs. Dinastia & Mascarita Sagrada

Slick, smooth and clean as a whistle, that’s honestly all I can say about this one. Four minis going all in and creating magic, Mascarita Sagrada was godlike here, and the centerpiece of the match was Dinastia/Psycho building to a title match at some point, oh god, that will rock. I wasn’t totally sold on Dinastia before, but that quickly changed after this one. Awesome sprint, kind of must-see.

****

AAA 2015/4/2

Electroshock, Hijo del Pirata Morgan, Carta Brava Jr. vs. Fenix, Aerostar, Argenis

I’ve always felt Electro was getting a lot of undeserved hate. I mean, sure, he’s not very athletic or agile, but dude can throw a punch and is willing to bleed buckets for our own amusement. That’s a gigantic plus in my book. Therefore, I’m kind of excited to see where his angle is heading to, especially with Pirata in his team. Needless to say, I dig Pirata very mucho, and if you wanna know why, just check this match. The tecnico trio was fucking out-of-this-world spectacular here, especially Fenix who acted as if someone shoved a turbo engine in his ass, the shit he did here was totally unreal and if he doesn’t win all the High Flyer of the Year awards, I might murder someone. Like, seriously, what the fuck was that?!

****1/4

AAA 2015/4/2

Daga, Super Fly, Dark Scoria vs. Drago, Bengala, Jack Evans

Another really good match, but slightly damaged by the ending. It wasn’t anything scary, though, just a minor thing that bugged me. I guess something was in the air this night, because even fucking Bengala looked pretty damn good. Super Fly’s post- mask loss of hot wrestling goes on, and Drago is Drago. And yes, Evans is Evans too.

***1/2

AAA 2015/4/2

Mesias & Hijo del Fantasma vs. Myzteziz & Blue Demon Jr.

To everyone’s surprise, they’re starting things off with a minute of clean chain wrestling, courtesy of Demon and Fantasma. But then (to no one’s surprise) Mesias decides he’s had enough of it and turns the match into a smacky tussle just like that. There’s nothing in the world better than a rudo domination in lucha. Nothing. Especially if there’s blood and mask ripping. Now, this match didn’t have those two things, but Mesias did give Demon quite a proper beating, and Fantasma to Myzteziz too. It was all awesome in front of the fantastic crowd. The inevitable comeback was excellent and Demon is excellent in these violent affairs where he gets to throw smacks and use weapons. Do I smell a potential TripleMania main event in Demon/Mesias? Hmm, I’d fucking love that. Also, the Myzteziz/Fantasma chemistry is beautiful, and goddamn it, AAA is just hitting it on all cylinders right now.

****

AAA Rey de Reyes

AAA Rey de Reyes 2015

(2015/3/18)

Campeonato Mundial Crucero de AAA: Fenix vs. Hijo del Fantasma ©

Good spotfest, but kind of soulless all around, visually it was spectacular but in the end pro-wrestling is way more than just “my turn-your turn” big move exchanging. However, Fantasma super fast and killer tope deserves two stars alone.

***1/4

AAA Rey de Reyes 2015

(2015/3/18)

Villano IV vs. Blue Demon Jr.

Epic throwback smackfest, this was a three act play and they did one helluva job in recreating the old school lucha. The opening stage was a long hold-for-hold matwork session, it wasn’t anything particularly scientific or fancy in Virus style, it was just two veterans struggling and fighting on the mat, using simple and traditional moves. After a stalemate on the mat, they suddenly switched to nasty blood brawling, both guys cut themselves and bled hard, it definitely added to the drama. Naturally, V4 was godlike in punching, there was a moment with him and Demon going back-and-forth Rocky Marciano on each other and the crowd went apeshit for it. Third act saw things going back to normal, they exchanged some big moves before the awesome finish. Match was very similar to the last year's masterpiece, which was one of my favorites in 2014. These two fucks are slow and not very athletic, but wrestling is the game of minds, not the game of jumping around. After the match, Villano IV asked for one more match down the road, Demon accepted but he wants it to be mascara contra mascara. FUCK! YEAH!

****3/4

AAA Rey de Reyes 2015

(2015/3/18)

Rey de Reyes 2014: Aerostar vs. Mesias vs. Texano Jr. vs. Psycho Clown

Another excellent match, probably the best 4-way in over a decade (?), this was a helluva slugfest, Aerostar did another big ass dive from the lightning structure and his three minutes of fame before he got eliminated were amazing. Mesias is a freshly turned rudo so he teamed with Texano a lot here. Psycho Clown and Texano had a relatively long mini-match as the last men standing, and they made sure to recreate their TripleMania magic, they worked such a surly brawl, both guys bled like pigs and fought outside the ring a lot. Epic match. The only slight negative is ref Maya shenanigans.

****1/2

AAA Rey de Reyes 2015

(2015/3/18)

Hijo del Perro Aguayo & Pentagon Jr. vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. & Myzteziz

Damn good match, but very hard to watch because this was Perro’s last match for AAA. L Both Perro and Pentagon did their usual best here – they made the high flying tecnicos look like solid gold. Rey-Rey looked great in his AAA return.

***3/4

AAA in Toluca

AAA 2015/1/30

Chessman & Averno vs. Angelico & Jack Evans

I don’t care for Angelico, I don’t care for Evans, and I especially don’t care for their shitty “urban crackas youth” tag team. I’m usually the biggest Chessman advocate on internet, but he was truly awful here. Cibernetico entered post-match and got CRAZY ovations, however that beatdown was horrible and very poorly executed. Of course the table didn’t break. What a DUD!

DUD

AAA 2015/1/30

Rey de Reyes 2015 – Grupo 2 Eliminatoria: Parka Negra vs. Mesias vs. Cibernetico vs. Parka

bad

AAA 2015/1/30

Mini Abismo Negro, Mini Charly Manson, Mini Psycho Clown vs. Mascarita Sagrada, Octagonito, Mini Drago

Good, fun minis action, they built well to the nice finish. Few spots didn’t connect the way they needed to, but nothing too scary that would damage the match (it did damage Mascarita’s back, tho), so yeah, like this a lot overall.

***1/2

AAA 2015/1/30

Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Pentagon Jr., Hijo del Fantasma vs. Myzteziz, Psycho Clown, Fenix

Typically fun AAA main event, there was an all-out brawling, wild topes, Perro comedy, Psycho’s insane crowd love, and so on. Top notch entertainment, very enjoyable trio.

***3/4

Guerra de Titanes 2014 - Part 2

AAA Guerra de Titanes 2014

(2014/12/7)

Campeonato Mundial Mini de AAA: Mini Charly Manson vs. Dinastia ©

Very nice and well constructed minis title match, the others’ (Mini Psycho Clown & Mascarita Sagrada) involvement actually helped the match, and both competitors paced things well, they sold too. Good mix of stiffish striking and aerial offense.

***1/2

AAA Guerra de Titanes 2014

(2014/12/7)

3-WAY for Campeonato Mundial en Parejas de AAA: Pentagon Jr. & Joe Lider vs. Myzteziz & Fenix vs. Angelico & Jack Evans ©

Good match with Angelico and Evans wrestling a human videogame and Pentagon La Parka-ing and Shibata-ing his opponents, he’s simply the grandest. Lider was just… there, Myzteziz and Fenix was okay and there you go, this was nice, although some things were kind of far-fetched and too synchronized but nothing too scary, the match was also filled with awesome tag wrestling.

***1/2

AAA Guerra de Titanes 2014

(2014/12/7)

Mascara vs. Mascara: Super Fly vs. Aerostar

Amazing mask match, truly amazing, and more than satisfying conclusion to a long, heated feud, these two high flyers worked old school style of lucha de apuesta combined with modern, freaky athletic lucha. But the secret of the success it they paced it so well, so when Aerostar’s OMG spot happened, it felt so right, so… purposeful. Both guys bled a lot, they brawled, they hit each other silly with chairs, they struggled, long story short – they did some really nasty things to each other, it truly felt like the biggest match of their respective careers, that one place where you drain yourself to the maximum, where you give your very best. One of my favorite things to see is two high flying dudes being driven to the point where they have to work a sluggish, heavyweight style due to exhaustion and all the damage done, I just love it.

Also, HUGE fucking props for the finish, seriously, that shit was done incredibly well, just… amazing stuff.

****3/4