The third straight ripped up episode. By this point, FSE figured they should give the finishes, so we get 2 minutes of a womens match and the final two falls of a trios match.
It occurs to me now, if FSE really wanted to be helpful, they’d ditch the first segment, since it’s just hype and teases, rather than cutting out stuff that’s actually being hyped and teases. It’s kinda tough to skip the opening of a show, I guess.
I want to be annoyed about Averno and Negro being cut out, because it’s a rare CMLL TV match between upper level workers (a bit too rare of late), but I don’t think one more fall would’ve saved it. This was Every CMLL Singles Match Ever for the final two falls, what with the quick tecnico pin, taking 10 seconds of rest between every move in the third fall, super slow counts, the “tecnico does a dive, comes back in first, celebrates on his knees, gets pulled into a caverneria, fights free” spot they’re apparently required by law to do every time; it felt like enough title match clinches so it qualifies as a title match and very little desire to do any more. And it wasn’t well done enough to overcome the lack of imagination. Disappointing.
FSE should’ve have a big shot of Averno winning the belt at some point here, but they appeared to forget until we saw it on him during the post match interview. That’s championships in Mexico.
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