2013 watch later catchup, part 9

Still not done. So many gifs.

11-18: Rush vs Shocker (Puebla) – GREAT. Rush dropkicked Shocker back to 2002 in this one. Rush has had among the highest average level of matches this year, even if he’s missing the big definitive one to make his year. He and Shocker took it each other here, matching each other shot for shot. Shocker’s spear in the first fall looked as good as anything he’s done all year. I liked how they set up the finish; even by accident, Shocker upset about Tirantes not counting his under the ropes pinfall earlier led to Shocker angrily shoving him near the finish (and costing himself the match.) I had doubts about a Rush/Shocker hair match being anything worth watching, but I don’t really after this match (as long as Shocker shows up in good condition.)

11-28: Imposible vs Dragón Celestial for the IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship (IWRG) – A really good title match considering the experience level of these guys. Imposible known quality, but this was Dragon Celestial’s biggest match yet and he acquitted himself pretty well. He battled Imposible, looked impressive, and had no major problems. Finish was nicely done. Just on the borderline of great, though I’d put some of the other IWRG title matches ahead of this.

11-28: Alan Extreme & Veneno vs Trauma I & Trauma II for the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (IWRG): Didn’t do much for me. The first fall was about the Traumas repeatedly annoying the challengers until the técnicos overreacted and the Traumas took advantage for the win – the Traumas were just a better team. They switched to a different story, about Traumas destroying the rudos, hitting them very hard, and occasionally considering about winning the match. The story changed a third time to standard big man near falls when it came down to Veneno and Trauma II, and ended with a weak counter cradle. Maybe it was some sort of compromise match, or one where there were different ideas thrown together, but it didn’t hold together and none of the individual sections were that interesting. The new champions looked like the much weaker team, and it wasn’t that entertaining to get there.

01-06: Aerostar vs Eterno (Super X in DF, via tvluchadelpasado.wordpress.com) – Hey, remember Super X? It’s good for about 3 shows every 2 years. I was surprised about this match’s slow start, as they did holds on the ground and kept it simple for the length of an average CMLL lightning match, but then disappointed when it never really switched into a high gear. Aerostar did his big dives, but the overall pace never picked up and he also had moments which didn’t look good (the cradle neckbreaker thing, landing on his own head on a handspring.) Both guys were either tired or selling exhaustion much sooner than I would’ve expected. Run-ins before the finish don’t make much sense out of context and didn’t really add anything to the match. Kind of disappointing.

08-16: Imposible vs Golden Magic (IWRG, via http://tvluchadelpasado.wordpress.com/) – GREAT and I’m not sure if I would’ve felt the same way if this was a TV match. It was a chaotic high spot match feeling more so because of the handheld camera, but the sound of the action and the crowd really came thru and added to the atmosphere. This was no more complex than a your move my move high spot fest at it’s heart, but it felt more free form than that because of the way I was able to see it. It made for a much more exciting match (and maybe that’s help coming off watching some matches with dead crowds.) Golden Magic and Impossible destroyed each other – and occasionally themselves – with moves in this match. The dives were good, the diving at each into the pile of seats was better. This was well done for where these guys are at.

04-13: Eita, Flamita, Tomahawk vs CIMA, Hacker, Rocky Lobo (DTU in Tulancingo, via http://tvluchadelpasado.wordpress.com/) – Mostly just a match with some good and bad craziness near the end. There’s a moment a little over 10 minutes in where Hacker runs into a corner boot from Eita twice, only Hacker pulls up six centimeters short of the boot both times, yet there’s a loud ‘contact’ (slapping) noise and Hacker sells it anyway. It’s hilarious enough to almost be worth the watch. I don’t really know if this match hasn’t anything to do with the other tow making it and Hacker not, but Hacker clearly was the least of the the three Mexicans in this match. Everyone else was about what you’d expect; CIMA didn’t a lot but beat up on Eita, Tomahawk’s tomahawk chop bit is kind of annoying, Flamita was super high flyer and Rocky Lobo was good. Finish came off as a dud for whatever reason; everyone seemed off guard that it was over and no on reacted. It was neat to actually (get around to) see a match from the Tulancingo Car Wash, though I wish they would’ve turned off the colored lights pointed across the ring.