Newish Lucha

AAA Heroes Inmortales VIII

(2014/10/12)

LUCHA CALLEJERA: Psycho Circus (Psycho Clown, Murder Clown, Monster Clown) vs. Hell Brothers (Cibernetico, Averno, Chessman)

Good Street Fight, they didn’t spend themselves considering this was only the first match in the feud.

***

AAA Heroes Inmortales VIII

(2014/10/12)

Texano Jr. & Hijo del Perro Aguayo vs. Patron & Mesias

Good, enjoyable brawl, Patron was crazy over. Sure, this was his hometown, but still, crazy cheers for him and this was probably the first time since his arrival where I didn’t think “man, this guy needs to be a rudo”, he took a nice dose of rough beating here, Hijo del Perro made him look great. Texano was good and Mesias was very good, his punches were great, they looked and sounded quite vicious.

***3/4

CMLL 2014/11/16

Sensei & Flyer vs. Espanto Jr. & Akuma

Harmless and solid opener where Sensei and especially Flyer looked really good, Flyer looks like a red hot high flying prospect.

**3/4

CMLL 2014/11/16

Maximo, Dragon Rojo Jr., Fuego vs. Shocker, Pierroth, Cavernario

Solid trio match where the only thing that bugged me was Fuego not breaking the losing pinfall… twice. Otherwise, this was a nice healthy dose of Cavernario being awesome.

**1/2

CMLL 2014/11/16

Campeonato Nacional Peso Welter: Polvora vs. Titan ©

Great title match, but for Titan’s own sake I hope loses the belt next time because otherwise he’s going to kill or cripple himself doing big match dives. Obviously he’s very passionate about his title and wants to sell the importance, but man, keep it real for once. Both guys did a nice job here, the structure, selling, excitement, another Titan gem this year.

****

CMLL 2014/11/16

Atlantis, Volador Jr., Mascara Dorada vs. Negro Casas, Mephisto, Euforia

Good main event with Casas having all those nifty little sessions against each member of the tecnico trio. Also, great finish with Mephisto and Volador.

***1/2

 

Chico/Terry: YES YOU ARE FUCKED, SHIT OUT OF LUCK, NOW I'M COMPLETE AND MY COCK YOU WILL SUCK!

IWRG 2012/1/22

Chico Che vs. Black Terry

Complete, total bloodbath, good old vicious lucha brawl with tons and tons of pure hate and throwing kitchen sinks at each other. One of the best matches of this decade, an organic and minimalistic five star masterpiece that will blow your mind, it begins with Chico ambushing Terry during his entrance and what we got afterwards is just a total annihilation of the 60 year old Terry, basically a prolonged squash, cat-and-mouse style, Chico was mauling him right, left and centre with chairs, buckets, ringposts and Mike Tyson punches. Terry got to hit his first hope spot about 8 minutes in, and then it was his turn to dish out some barbaric punishment on CC, he gave him a proper taste of his own medicine, amazing shit. The match is 16 minutes long and has a clean finish, just about everything was picture perfect here. Considering the clean finish here, it’s unclear why it led to the hair match for next week, because the aftermatch stuff is missing here. One more thing, this is a handheld video, it made an experience so gritty and rough looking, you could feel raw intensity and emotion in every strike, every sell possible.

*****

IWRG 2012/1/29

Cabellera vs. Cabellera: Chico Che vs. Black Terry

So, exactly a week after the one fall cult classic here we go with a hair match, and again, Terry is ambushed before even entering the ring, this time with a barbaric headshot chairshot, this time Chico’s perishing control session was even longer than the one from the previous week, here it took 10 minutes for Terry to hit a meaningful comeback move as he was on the verge of losing (Chico has already won the primera in five minutes), he somehow managed to win the segunda and gained some advantage for the tercera where he was a dominant force in the opening stages, it was a 13 min long fall where we saw another great round of gritty, raw manliness and heavy smacking across the body. However, considering this is a hair match, the ref bump and interferences were inevitable and ultimately cost this havoc from reaching the five star territory, but that’s no big deal, because that bar was raised too high, the relative overbooking is just a minor setback in what is really a fanFUCKINGtastic apuesta slugfest. Fucking hell, this was glorious.

****3/4

100

100th post, not bad.

CMLL 2014/11/4

Sombra, Dragon Rojo Jr., Blue Panther vs. Terrible, Rey Bucanero, Mephisto

Wow, strong names out there, and it still sucked dog ass.

bad

CMLL 2014/10/31

Atlantis, Volador Jr., Diamante Azul vs. Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas, Thunder

DAAAAAYUM at Casas/Volador sessions! Casas matching him in the athletic department despite being 20 years older… Bring it!

**3/4

CMLL 2014/10/28

Divinos Laguneros (Blue Panther, Black Panther, Cachorro) vs. Okumura, Kamaitachi, Tiger

Off sync and just generally bad, such a waste, but at least they kept it short.

bad

CMLL 2014/10/13

Atlantis, Maximo, Valiente vs. Guerreros Laguneros (Ultimo Guerrero, Euforia, Niebla Roja)

Fucking finally, this was a bloody great trio, simple, beefy and well paced. Atlantis is pissed that Ultimo is still pissed at him and here we go again, so much heat and hate between these two, I’m comfortable with calling this the Feud of the Year. Both guys were overall fabulous in the match, not just against each other.

****

CMLL 2014/10/31

Rush vs. Ultimo Guerrero

Excellent match, right off the bat you could feel the tension of a big match feel. Primera and segunda were pure old school brawling with gnarly beatdowns, terrific stuff. Tercera had me worried at the beginning it may be just a regular big move sorting, but shit son, it was fantastic. They did exchange some big and dangerous moves, Rush was bumping like a madman, but dammit, the selling was simply marvelous and pushed the match to grand new heights. Obviously the finish was not clean which means we’ll be seeing more of these two warriors, and hopefully it culminates in an epic cabellera match.

****1/2

CMLL 2014/10/24

MATCH RELAMPAGO: Rey Escorpion vs. Maximo

Fun.

***1/4