CMLL
2014/6/24
??? Championship: Arkangel
de la Muerte vs. El Gallo ©
Very
nice lucha title match, clean and slick, with many gracious sequences and
stuff… Okay, I know it doesn’t sound much on the paper, but trust me, it was
swell, particularly the super creative finish. Never watched much of Arkangel,
but he looks like a maestrish old fuck who can still hang with everyone. Gallo,
though, is very over with the crowd.
***3/4
CMLL
2014/6/24
Los
Indeseables (Rush, La Mascara, La Sombra) vs. Shocker, Euforia, Niebla Roja
Solid
contest, but should’ve been much, much better. The pacing was kind of off, and
some things just never clicked. Not bad, though, we still got Rooosh mauling
everyone. And Shocker constantly changes his beef targets, lel, now it’s
Mascara.
**3/4
CMLL
2014/7/1
Campeonato Nacional Femenil:
Zeuxis vs. Estrellita ©
Very
good. This was my first ladies lucha match in a long time, and these girls can
wrestle. Estrellita busted out two rather impressive holds to win her two
falls, one of them being among the most impressive surfboard stretches I’ve
ever seen. Nice lucha style mixed with puro, I’d say, some mind games, and
voila – this was totally swell.
***1/2
CMLL
2014/6/16
La
Mascara, Marco Corleone, Stigma vs. Shocker, Ripper, Kraneo
Basically,
this is where the Shocker/Mascara beef started. Or at least that’s what I got.
Idk, anyway, good trio, some heavy smacks were fired, Marco can be really
violent sometimes. Shocker is someone I appreciate more and more each and every
day, and I like to think he’s the Mexican version of Finlay. Fuck you, I just
said it, and it’s true.
***
CMLL
2014/6/16
Campeonato Mundial Semicompleto de CMLL: Atlantis
vs. Rey Escorpion ©
There’s
just something in the air when Atlantis works big matches, I can’t really
describe it, that sense of importance and tradition… This was pretty fucking
awesome, sheeeeeit, sometimes lucha title matches give you all this matwork
with no spark at all, well, that was not the case here, you got buckets of fluidity and common pro-wrestling sense,
everything was well organized, yet organic. Fuck, now I wanna see Atlantis/Virus.
****
CMLL
2014/7/1
Volador
Jr., Valiente, Angel de Oro vs. Euforia, Ephesto, El Hechicero
Looking
at the cast, I knew this would rock, and it did. Of course Hechicero was the
absolute diamond of the match, of course his sessions with Valiente and Volador
were excellent and could lead to mouthwatering 1-on-1 matches. Then there was
Angel de Oro for some flash, and Euforia for some major dickery, including the
GLORIOUS finish. “Hola jefe, you wanna jump around? How ‘bout I just kick you
in the balls, amigo?"
***3/4
CMLL
2014/7/1
Triton,
Dragon Lee, El Cachorro vs. Misterioso Jr., Skandalo, Sangre Azteca
How
long before Dragon Lee and Cachorro become the next big thing in Mexico?
Seriously, though, those two rock on so many levels already, especially
Cachorro. This was totally sumptuous, classic old school lucha progression through
the caidas, loved it. Also, you live and learn, had no idea Sangre Azteca and
Misterioso could be that good.
****
CMLL
2014/6/27
Ultimo
Guerrero, Rush, La Sombra vs. Atlantis, Mr. Niebla, Shocker
Yet
another Guerrero/Atlantis feud advancer, but with a hella supporting cast,
sheeeeeit, Shocker and Rush just actively hate each other. Two quick submission
exchanges by Guerrero and Atlantis, and tercera was longer and real deal, this
time with Sombra and Shocker doing a very fine ending. Apuesta, pls.
***1/4
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