Newish CMLL

CMLL 2015/1/25

MATCH RELAMPAGO: Rey Cometa vs. Tiger

bad

CMLL 2015/1/17

Astral vs. Pequeno Nitro

Good match between two small(er) dudes, there was some neat flashy matwork at the beginning, they did some swell dives and stuff, plus the nifty submission at the end. I’m satisfied.

***

CMLL 2015/1/17

Star Jr. vs. Virus

A maestro Virus singles match out of nowhere, and of course it was very good. Star Jr. is a young tecnico, so the story writes itself, we’ve seen it many times before in all the classic Virus matches. Surprisingly, Star got more offense than expected, Virus gave him a lot, but there was still a clear cut sense of Virus’ superiority. Good shit worth of watching.

***3/4

CMLL 2015/1/20

Marco Corleone vs. Shocker

Very enjoyable 10 min tussle with both guys throwing a plethora of great looking punches, and that was basically everything they did, which I adored. I’m a sucker for minimalism well done. Shocker’s punches looked especially great, thankfully the ring noise was good so we could hear them landing on Marco’s face very well, swell stuff. Damn good match. I imagine a hair match between these two would be seriously great.

***1/2

CMLL 2015/2/3

Campeonato Mundial Peso Medio de CMLL: Niebla Roja vs. Dragon Rojo Jr. ©

These two are probably the most generic CMLL luchadors, and it showed here. The primera was somehow interesting enough with the decent(ish) matwork, but then the segunda made no sense and the tercera was absolutely fucking terrible. No depth, no charm, no color. Fuck these two already. Horrific match.

DUD

CMLL 2015/1/30

Campeonato Mundial Completo de CMLL: Maximo vs. Terrible ©

Now, this was excellent, such a heated and exciting title match with the unexpected ending, the first two falls were really good even with the segunda being so short, but it’s all about how you do it, and they did it fine. The tercera was a real treasure here, the drama increased and the wrestling turned into a rough affair, Terrible was great with all the awesome looking punches, and Maximo was a charismatic underdog working from beneath, he did some very daredevil stuff. They did a real, primal rudo vs. tecnico battle that almost always works, I love it. The seconds were Volador and Rey Bucanero, both guys got involved but it was booked well, they didn’t insult my intelligence, they’re building towards a tag team lucha de apuesta anyway, so this match was a feud advancer that did its job. Super entertaining match with Terrible looking motivated once again and Maximo keeps proving he’s becoming a top notch luchador.

****1/4

CMLL 2015/2/3

Mascara, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs. Terrible, Cavernario, Gran Guerrero

Basic and dynamic trio where the rudos worked great as a unit, judging by this Terrible and Caveman would make for a helluva tag team, they are a wild force of destruction together in the ring, Terrible was an excellent puncher once again and Caveman did his high energy things, including his best efforts in impersonating Terrible. Mascara and Terrible displayed a surprisingly promising chemistry, Delta and Maya were their usual selves, GG was fine too. Very good match.

***3/4

CMLL 2015/1/27

Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa vs. Terrible, Cavernario, Mr. Aguila

Another good trio that would’ve been great with Hechicero in there instead of Aguila. Terrible was awesome once again with all the left hooks he threw across the tecnicos’ faces (poor Delta!) and Cavernario was, well, Cavernario.

***3/4