CMLL #214

from way back on yesterday (2006.03.11), taped last October.

I believe was the match where the fans were booing Atlantis and we (and by we, I mean I) were thinking CMLL had screwed up with the Atlantis stuff so much it was hurting other people, namely Mistico. This is where not having the current A-Show dramatically hurts analysis, because it becomes instantly obvious that a lot of the boos were simply for Mistico being really below par in this match. He was very much off, and the boos (some of which were before he started screwing up) messed with his head and he completely unraveled by the time he went for the moonsault. There were people who were unhappy with Mistico and probably felt the wrong guy was winning, but based on the crowd reaction at the end of the match, the booing was all based on his performance level during the match.

The other interesting note out of the singles match is Atlantis has a lot of offense when he wants to show it off. Off the top of my head, he used a rebound suplex (which was nearly a rebound brainbuster), a hangman neckbreaker, and a top rope somersault senton, none of which are regulars in his matches. At the same time, Atlantis wasn’t nearly as rudo-ing it up as much as he has on the GdR stuff – did he exchange the moves for the bits along the way or was he showing off for this match? He’d be really good if he brought both the moves and the act.

The crazy brawl was indeed a crazy brawl.

Maybe 1, maybe 2 more recaps tonight. Depends on how much bracket stuff/baseball stuff I get hooked into.