Heroes Inmortales IX (Part 2)

Heroes Inmortales IX (Part 1)

AAA 09/20

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 07/10

AAA 2015/07/10

Daga & Steve Pain vs. Ludxor & Fireball (aka Flamita)

I’m not big on Flamita, so this was a surprisingly good debut match for him in my eyes. Probably because of Daga, though, who made sure things were kept tight and focused, which made for an easy watch where you can keep up with the flow and spots. So, yeah, I just praised Daga, something I’ve never done before. But he was awesome here, and now I don’t know whether it’s his intention or not to come across as a New Japan Junior Heavyweight to distinguish himself from the AAA bunch, but in this match it totally worked, matter face it made the match good. Ludxor was on and off, mostly off, and Pain was just kind of – there, so this was a Daga show featuring Flamita, and I would really like to see them in a mano a mano after watching this showdown.

***1/2

TripleMania

AAA TripleMania XXIII

(2015/08/09)

AAA 07/03

AAA 2015/07/03

Dark Cuervo, Dark Scoria, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. vs. Elegido, Drago, Bengala

A match. No big stakes, no big heat, no backstories, just six guys doing moves, and that’s about it. As good as it gets all things considered.

**3/4

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 3/6

AAA 2015/3/6

Hijo del Pirata Morgan, Carta Brava Jr., Mini Psycho Clown vs. Dinastia, Nino Hamburguesa, Argenis

Neat match, everyone did their thing and it was a fun watch. Dinastia and Mini PC have developed an intriguing chemistry, their eventual title match could be excellent. Pirata was great in the big(ger) man role once again, and Nino did his shtick that got the cheers, all in all this was good enough.

***1/4

AAA 2015/3/6

Joe Lider, Daga, Super Fly vs. Angelico, Jack Evans, Australian Suicide

Excellent match that’s got a plenty of time, which gave them an opportunity to build things slowly and properly, that way the rudos could display their shtick and do a prolonged beating. Once again Super Fly absolutely carried the match, he’s been really awesome since the mask loss, just a total asskicker rudo. The tecnicos were perfect bumpers and their comebacks were well done and placed too. Jack Evans is a total videogame douche wrestler but somehow I didn’t mind it here, I guess because he was mostly bumping around for the rudos, and all he did on offense was two or three Michinoku Pro moves. Great match, highly recommended.

****

AAA 2015/3/6

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

This really suffered from the lack of time given, which is so strange because it was main event. These six guys in a 20 min match would tear the house down, it’s a piece of cake for them, but unfortunately all we got here is a 10 min version of “what could’ve been”. Still pretty good, though, the match-ups were mostly Perro/Myzteziz, Fantasma/Fenix and Pentagon/Fenix, and they were all good. They started with rapid fire exchanges and big spots before the rudo trio took over the pacing and then we got good old rudo domination before tecnico comeback. Super nice sprint.

***3/4