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

Arena Puebla Ketchup

CMLL 2015/09/07

Molotov, Lestat, Tigre Rojo Jr. vs. Toro Bill Jr., Rey Apocalipsis, King Jaguar

Relatively fun, albeit heatless for the most of time. Bill and Apocalipsis are a fun act.

**3/4

80s' Lucha, Vol.3 (Ratings Only)

Vol.1

Vol.2

AAA 08/31 (Part 1)

AAA 2015/08/31

Gran Apache, Mamba, Hiedra vs. Faby Apache, Nino Hamburguesa, Ludxor

Typically fun Nino opener, the fans are always super hot for these matches. Ludxor displayed impressive aerial skills, even though he had to work with Gran Apache. Faby was bringing tons of heat into the match due to her brewing beef with Mamba and Hiedra. Good match!

***1/2

CMLL Ketchup

CMLL 2015/08/14

Magnus & Soberano Jr. vs. Cancerbero & Raziel

Very good match, almost great, there was a lot of smart tag team wrestling, you could totally tell Cancerbero and Raziel are Virus’ pals. There was a lot of structure and pacing changes, the tecnico duo made few great hope spots and they got cutoff many times. Cancerbero is just an awesome bruiser. Some really innovative double team shot as well, pretty nice match.

***3/4

All Japan 08/29

Summer Explosion 2015

(2015/08/29)

Arena Mexico 09/04 Quickie

CMLL 2015/09/04

Four Rather Neat CMLL Trios

CMLL 2015/08/11

Valiente, Dragon Lee, Rey Cometa vs. Ephesto, Hechicero, Luciferno

Great match with all six guys working hard. Primera was marvelous with all the nifty matwork and eventual crazy flying (including Lee’s INSANE dive miss) that led to the tecnico win, which pissed off the rudos and hence segunda being all things dirty bar fighting. Rudos losing primera and then dishing out revenge punishment in segunda is one of my favorite things in CMLL trios. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, it always works. Hechicero and Valiente were fired up. They were involved in the finish that served as a prelude to their mano a mano match one week after this. Also so good to see Cometa back!

****

All Japan 08/16

Summer Explosion 2015

(2015/08/16)

CMLL Puebla 08/31

CMLL 2015/08/31

Marcela, Vaquerita, Skadi vs. Zeuxis, Tiffany, Seductora

DUD