CMLL on CadenaTres: 2012-11-17

recap

taped 2012-11-13 @ Arena Mexico

Metatrón & Oro Jr. vs Espanto Jr. & Herodes Jr.: just a collection of spots with not much even basic story to it in a short match. It’s too early to tell if these rudos are going to make it, but Oro Jr. seems to have some genuine promise and should be the quickest guy from Gen2012 to move up.

Bam Bam, Pequeño Halcón, Último Dragoncito vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior: Could’ve been pretty good with two people replacing Halcón and Warrior, was kinda good without them. Warrior and Halcón were epically lost for a stretch in the third fall, but most of the other action was solid and Bam Bam looked a lot more like his old self than his last appearance. He even made it up to the top rope fine! There seems to be a rule against (or at least discouraging) dives in the first couple matches; they’ll still show up, but far less frequently than other matches.

Fuego, Stuka Jr., Triton vs Hijo del Signo, Namajague, Shigeo Okumura: way too short. They were going along here good. This was a good six minute match, but it needed to be much more than six minutes. The good thing is Fuego & Stuka & partner seem to fight Okumura & Namajague & partner each and every week without sight of another title match, so they’ll maybe they’ll get more time next week.

Blue Panther, Máscara Dorada, Valiente vs Niebla Roja, Pólvora, Rey Escorpión: A spectacular day for Rey Escorpion! Escorpion took an undeclared neutral rudo Pólvora and convinced him to hate Niebla Roja and all the Guerreros in less than fifteen minutes. He worked Pólvora for the start, sucking up to him (a notable Rey Escorpion skill!), made sure Niebla Roja came off as the inconsiderate one through the match and saved him in a time of need. Escorpion could not have planned for Niebla Roja dropkicking Pólvora, but the groundwork had been laid and Pólvora had no choice but to fight along side Rey Escorpion at that point. The match itself was not anything spectacular (though Valiente did try to break the barricade on his tope), but the storytelling was superb. CMLL needs more of these; this was much better than the group getting together in a press conference.

Atlantis & Diamante Azul vs Tama Tonga & Terrible for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship: I wanted to like this match more than I actually did. It had some bumpy moments – Tama Tonga forget how to flip people to the apron for a couple minute stretch, which is a problem when every third técnico move involves being flipped to the apron (which is also a problem) – and the finish felt like someone just got a time cue to go home right then. Both teams felt like individuals rather than teams, but that was a problem with the Azul & Atlantis team the entire time. This was an okay match and last few minutes were intense, but it wasn’t quite enough to overcome the other flaws and the usual pointless early falls.