taped 2011-09-02 & taped 2012-01-20 @ Arena Mexico
file:
match 1: http://www.sendspace.com/file/oj6ut6
match 2: http://www.sendspace.com/file/m2v62a
match 3: http://www.sendspace.com/file/lg9og9
recap
Volador Jr. vs Máscara Dorada in a lightning match: A bit disappointing. Could’ve been partly the editing, but this felt like an occasional big spot and not a lot of connective tissue. Volador has more flushed out matches with Sombra, so I’m not sure if the problem was Dorada is not Sombra (a tough standard), or if they did too much early and got really tired (they both were breathing hard for a few minutes) and decided to just do the important things, or if it was just unfortunate. There are ideas of a good match here and it was nice to protect Dorada a bit by taking three moves to put him down, but this is going to look better in the highlight packed than it did on TV.
Fuego, Sagrado, Sangre Azteca vs Cancerbero, Euforia, Virus: Cancerbero matches tend to have more variety in finishes and layouts than other matches. Or at least that’s the generalization I’m going to make from this match, which had some nice bits strung together and a surprise finish that actually felt surprising. This is not a great match, but it was more interesting than your average weekly TV match fare.
Blue Panther, La Máscara, Marco Corleone vs Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas: Better than a lot of this feud has been of late. The first two falls being short was annoying, but they did make the Negro/Panther stuff come off as important. Marco was as good as he’s been since coming back, him and Niebla continue to play off each other well. There seems to be tiny hints of Panther and Negro switching sides in this feud, but they’re so tiny that they may just be me overreading into things.
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The editing of Dorada/Volador was just confusing. They left in the slow start and botched rana from the ramp but if you watch the clips at the end of the show they show an edited our Dorada dive and a couple other cleanly hit spots. Why wouldn’t you leave that stuff in and edit out the mistakes if you have time constraints? Don’t get me wrong – I thought it was fun for what it was but I was just confused by the editing.