CMLL 2015/2/24
La
Sombra vs. Rey Bucanero
The first
two falls got two minutes each, which is your modern CMLL standard and
something we have to accept, but they used it well, I loved La Sombra being a
dickbag badass and breaking the ring girl’s “Segunda Caida” sign on Bucanero’s
head. The finish to segunda was kind of fishy, but waddaya gonna do. The
tercera had its cool moments and spots, but in the end it was all about
cheating and ugly finish attempts. Solid match overall, but nothing to write
home about.
**1/2
CMLL 2015/3/3
Divinos
Laguneros (Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr., The Panther) vs. Virus, Tiger, Puma
Oh yeah,
this was fantastic. Slick, smooth and rather clean match, just a
straight-forward trio with so much good in it, so, so much good. The match-ups
in the primera were BP/Puma, BPJ/Tiger and Cachorro/Virus. The first two were
really good with some really smart and well executed hold-for-hold chain
wrestling, but then came The Panther and Virus and just tore the house down
with their rapid fire scientific llaves, their chemistry is off the charts. The
entire primera was pretty much perfect. The segunda had pissed Virus busting
out his very best throwback llaves onto Panthers, everyone moved onto high
spots and it ruled, especially The Panther’s epic dive. Jesus fuck, I love that
spot so damn much. The tercera was very good, but unfortunately it was only
four minutes long, they didn’t aim for an epic, that’s a shame because these
two teams are more than capable of it. We even got some BP vs. Virus action,
which was beautiful to see, only for Puma to heel it up and sucker-punch BP
from behind and break the whole thing. This match is also the best Blue Panther
Jr. has ever looked.
****1/2
CMLL 2015/2/17
Angel
de Oro, Dragon Lee, Titan vs. Peste Negra (Negro Casas, Felino, Cavernario)
Could’ve/should’ve
been much better instead of just going through motions. The opening minutes
looked promising, but they never quite went there. Felino is scary bad. He’s,
like, really, really, REALLY awful nowadays. The match could’ve used more of
Dragon Lee vs. Casas, and Cavernario fooling around. Glad to see there are more
unresolved issues between him and Titan.
**1/2
CMLL 2015/2/24
Volador
Jr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero
First two
falls were quite terrific, UG was a tremendous force of evil and Volador was bumping
well for him. Volador’s comeback superkicks were stupendously stiff. The
beginning of the tercera was still very good but then they hit a reset button
and just moved onto exchanging big moves until the finish. The crowd kind of
died too. Shame, this could’ve been a great match if they stayed focused and
tight.
***
CMLL 2015/2/24
Delta,
Guerrero Maya Jr., Triton vs. Polvora, Luciferno, Kamaitachi
This was
borderline excellent. Nifty little sprint with a constant rush hour running and
quick exchanges, it was insanely rhythmic and captivating. Kamaitachi <3!
***3/4
CMLL 2015/3/3
Ingobernables
(Rush, Mascara, Marco Corleone) vs. Shocker, Negro Casas, Euforia
Such a great
and genuinely fun brawl. Negro Casas had good intentions at the beginning as he
tried to chain wrestle La Mascara, but then Rush, Marco and Shocker just
started talking smack at each other with no one thinking of backing up, sort of
like in jail. And then the whole “this might be a clean match for at least one
fall” thing fell apart. Left hooks, directs and kicks everywhere, taunts and
gimmick infringements, gang isolations and ruthless beatdowns, the whole thing
was both hilarious and badass at the same time. We got a little bit of
everything in there: Rush/Casas, Rush/Shocker, Marco/Shocker, and it was all awesome.
The finish was super clever, enjoyed it. This was a fantastic tussle and
everyone should watch it.
****1/4
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