Atlantis/Sombra

CMLL 82 Aniversario

 (2015/09/18)

Mascara vs. Mascara: Atlantis vs. La Sombra

Damn, CMLL is really hitting it on all cylinders with big mask vs. mask matches for third year straight now. I’ve watched this one four times since Friday already, and it gets better every time. Totally stellar match, I was rooting for Atlantis, and I was so happy when he won. One of those feuds where you just don't care about booking consequences and the future, all you care about is your guy winning. And since I was so into the whole thing, I wasn't too emotional during Sombra's unmasking (unlike UG's from last year), I was more like "fuck yeah, not this year, you Ingobernable cunt!", plus he's a handsome fella and he'll be just about fine.

I find this match slightly better than Atlantis/Ultimo Guerrero, but it's very fucking close, like, 50,05% - 49,95%. Atlantis/UG was much more emotional due to huge backstory and UG being more charismatic and WAY more liked than Sombra. This year's main event only had a 6-week build, but they got the most out of it, and naturally it wasn't going to feel as emotional as last year due to Sombra being universally hated by the old school fans and being such a good douchebag rudo. If Atlantis had lost, though, then we'd have a totally different emotion-wise talk right now.

Bell-to-bell and workrate were clearly better in this one. Atlantis looked like he was working the match of his life, he was bumping around like a perky rookie, Sombra’s flying was spectacular once again, early brawling was awesome and its intensity carried on to the rest, Rush was such a glorious shit-stirrer, etc. Tercera was crazy and highly dramatic with all the neat and slick pin attempts and nearfalls, that shitcunt Rush interfered once again, etc. High-end stuff right there. Arena Mexico was going bonkers for the old man Atlantis, and when he won everyone was jumping out of happiness and hugging each other. Crazy! You’ll rarely see something this cinematic and emotional in pro-wrestling today.

So, the big mask matches in the last 15 years: Atlantis vs. Villano III > Blue Panther vs. Villano V > Atlantis vs. La Sombra > Atlantis vs. Ultimo Guerrero > Volador Jr. vs. La Sombra. All stellar and spectacular matches.

*****