taped 2012-11-16 @ Arena Mexico
La Máscara, Rush, Shocker vs Felino, Negro Casas, Volador Jr.: Usual fine match with these guys, but a lot of it just the very usual stuff. Any time Shocker wins a match, it feels like a match done just to do a match, not because they have plans. Mascots were fun.
Titán vs Averno for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship: One of the best matches of the year. It was probably even better live; TV exposed Titan\’s shoulder injury spot as not as good as they wanted it to be, but Titan still managed the best body part selling done in CMLL in a while. It\’s not just that he almost never used the right shoulder, it\’s that he winced when he did it by reflex. Everything up to that point was really good too. A lot of credit should go Averno, who kept this going and helped Titan looked good, but Titan is a much more complete and confident luchador than anyone should expect from him at this point in his career, leaps and bounds head of those at the same experience level. Titan might have gotten to the point by a gimmicky competition, but he\’s more than earned his spot with his performances. He maybe should work on the aim on the rope flip moves a little, still.
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