CMLL
2015/3/24
Sombra,
Stuka Jr., Dragon Lee vs. Peste Negra (Felino, Negro Casas, Cavernario)
Pretty
light-hearted primera, short and sweet match-ups, DL/Caveman was the best. The
segunda was pretty much the same, only a little bit longer. The highlight was
Sombra and Casas beating bajesus out of each other. The tercera was brawlish
for awhile before the double foul/cheating by Casas and Sombra for the finish,
which was funny, I must admit. All in all, fun match, but nothing that’ll stay
in my memory for the rest of the week.
**3/4
CMLL
2015/3/24
Luciferno,
Hechicero, Boby Zavala vs. Blue Panther, Valiente, Triton
Really neat
and rather different than your typical CMLL trio match, probably because this
one had Panther and Hechicero on opposite sides and as the central match-up.
They had the opening scientific exchange on the mat that was absolutely
brilliant and it set up the bar so high that the rest of the crew stood no
chance in making a follow-up to it. They tried, but one simply cannot reach
those levels of awesomeness. What surprised me most that the tercera and the
climax didn’t have crazy balls-to-walls action and vivid topes, they rather
built drama around tight nearfalls and submission struggling. Really cool
match.
***3/4
CMLL
2015/3/20
Mascara vs. Mascara: Dragon
Lee vs. Kamaitachi
This totally
lived up to its potential, such an athletic, freaky and nasty apuesta slugfest
that eats little babies. In a manner of typical CMLL booking, the first two
falls were short, Kamaitachi won the primera with a couple of fantastic
Germans, then dominated the segunda via heavy blasts but still lost it via
super double stomp. Damn, DL makes that move look like a true killshot. They
obviously banked everything on the tercera, and shit man, it paid off big time.
They mutilated each other just like in all those build matches, they hit all
the signature moves and the crowd loved every second of it. Fucking seven
hells, they really fucked up each other on few occasions, those shots were
brutal. They botched two spots, probably due to fatigue, but it wasn’t anything
scary that would take away from the match. Fantastic lucha de apuesta and I so want
to see even more of these two, I want to see them in two totally different
situations now – for Dragon’s freshly won title and in another lucha de
apuesta. Their chemistry is glorious and they need to milk every atom of it
before Kamaitachi returns to New Japan. The most fascinating aspect of this is
they managed to get the most out of such a predictable outcome.
****3/4
CMLL
2015/3/20
Cabelleras vs. Cabelleras: Volador
Jr. & Maximo vs. Rey Bucanero & Terrible
So, Volador
comes out dressed as Johnny Mundo. Mkay then. Another match with terribly
predictable outcome, and another match where they did the most out of what they
got. Logically, the first two caidas were insanely short and once again the
tercera had to carry the load. They did tons of big moves, including some
awesome looking topes, suicidas and other high flying stuff, both tecnicos were
top fucking notch in execution. All things considered, it was good, but the
ending was mismatched and prevented the match from reaching four stars. First
Volador pinned Maximo’s rival Terrible, then Bucanero pinned Volador, and then Maximo
defeated Bucanero to win the big match for his team. I don’t know, it seemed
kind of anti-climatic considering what the actual feuds were. I wish they did
2-1 finishes for caidas 1 & 2 and 2-0 the tercera, with Volador defeating
Bucanero and Maximo defeating Terrible. This way it felt strange to see Volador
taking Bucanero’s hair after he lost to him just few minutes earlier.
***3/4
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