CMLL Puebla: 2015-07-13

Kamaitachi & Dragon Lee have their best match yet.

Recapped: 07/18/2015

Match 1: Arkalis & Black Tiger vs Artillero & Súper Comando
Arena Puebla, 07/13/2015

Video: VideosOficialesCMLL

1. técnicos
   • Arkalis Skayde Special Artillero (6:08)
   • Black Tiger hammerlock armbar Super Comando (6:34)
2. rudos
   • Artillero powerbomb Arkalis (4:09)
   • Super Comando top rope splash (4:46)
3. rudos
   • wheelbarrow cutter on Black Tiger (5:41)
   • Artillero tapatía/Super Comando front cracker (6:32)

Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 17:52
Notes: Referee is Bestia Negra.

 

Review: [ok] bland opener. Best moments were Super Comando’s lightning speed punches. Arakalis looks like the missing Astro Boy brother, and Black Tiger didn’t do much. This wasn’t Tuesday opener bad but would’ve liked these shows to start off a little hotter.

Match 2: Astral ©, Eléctrico, Shockercito vs Espíritu Maligno, Mini Joker, Saurón ©
Arena Puebla, 07/13/2015
Video: VideosOficialesCMLL

1. rudos
   • Espiritu Maligno springboard splash Astral (5:20)
2. técnicos
   • Astral & Eléctrico springboard splashes Sauron (2:25)
3. técnicos
   • Electirco straight jacket tapatía Espiirtu Maligno (2:54)
   • Shockercito cradle Sauron (3:15)

Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 17:12
Notes: Referee is Tirantes. Espiritu Maligno has new facepaint from the last time we saw him – red and white, kind of Demus looking.

Review: [good] faster paced match than the opener with some good action. Espiritu and Shockercito were the standouts. Shockercito looked great for most of the match, until he tried to pull off the reinera on the much bigger Sauron. (At least he fell into a cradle quickly.) Mini Joker, new here, is able to keep up but doesn’t do a lot more than keep up at this point. Espiritu has the most charisma by far. The locals have really put a lot of thought on their entrances, which is surprising for guys who aren’t actually on TV ever until now.

Match 3: Flyer, Lestat, Soberano Jr. © vs Fuerza Chicana, King Jaguar, Okumura ©
Arena Puebla, 07/13/2015
Video: VideosOficialesCMLL

1. técnicos
   • Soberano Jr. frog splash Okumura (5:00)
2. técnicos
   • DQ King Jaguar [remove Lestat’s mask] (3:01)

Winner: tecnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 8:01
Notes: Referee is Bestia Negra. An angry Lestat challenged King Jaguar to a mask versus mask match after they feuded the entire match. King Jaguar insisted he was better than Lestat, and accepted for next week. The two teams brawled after the match, with King Jaguar again walking off with Lestat’s mask.

Review: [ok] total build to the mask match next week. It didn’t feel that strong early on, but the challenges and the fight after it were pretty strong. Lestat’s looked pretty good in years past and they may deliver a good mask match, but the emotion came thru and the promising match quality did not. Soberano looked super in this match, going most of the distance of the ring on his frog splash in the first and following up with a killer tope in the third. The difference between him and (very spotty) Flyer is enormous.

Match 4: Fuego, Stigma, Super Porky © vs Boby Zavala, Misterioso Jr., Pierroth ©
Arena Puebla, 07/13/2015
Video: VideosOficialesCMLL

1. rudos
   • Pierroth senton Super Porky (3:48)
2. técnicos
   • Stigma huracanrana Puma (1:51)
   • Fuego torito Boby Zavala (1:56)
3. técnicos
   • Super Porky sit Pierroth (4:35)

Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 10:19

Review: [below average] Brazo de Plata was horrendous in this match, and he was most of it. Pierroth was not much better. It’s got to be hard to care about the rudos offense after they’ve just looked dumb against Super Porky. Fuego & Stigma didn’t really get much time and didn’t do much interesting with it, and the rudos couldn’t turn this into something interesting. The weekly Porky on Azteca match seems much better than this.

Match 5: Dragon Lee © vs Kamaitachi for the CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship
Arena Puebla, 07/13/2015
Video: VideosOficialesCMLL

1. Kamaitachi double knee smash (1:16)
2. Dragon Lee hanging double stomp (2:19)
3. Dragon Lee spider German suplex (16:44)

Winner: Dragon Lee (2-1)
Match Time: 20:19
Notes: Referee is Bestia Negra. Seconds are Soberano Jr. & Okumura. Comissioner is Guerado Bolando? No weights are announced.

Review: [excellent] the mask match had more emotion behind it, but this match was the technically best match of the Dragon Lee/Kamaiatachi feud. It was not the spot exhibition of their previous matches, there was a story in there too: Kamataichi dominated Dragon Lee for the first 2 1/3rds falls, only slipping up by setting Dragon Lee for a superplex, and Dragon Lee had to find from underneath to even get back in the match. Kamataichi would keep getting the advantage time after time, and Dragon Lee has to go thru extra measures just to finally put him away. Kamaitachi pulled out all the little tricks to say in control, cutting off a Dragon Lee dive, turning his kick into a submission, avoiding the double stomp. Kamaitachi sadly just couldn’t find the move that would finish the champion. It was still an athletic display in addition, with them starting out amazingly fast and continuing thru big spots all the way to the end. (Kamaitachi looked exhausted during the third fall, and it was very believable.) Fans were into the match, strongly behind Dragon Lee, and knowing both guys big moves. These guys are relatively new but the fans know them already. This seems like an easy leader for feud of the year.

Match 6: Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush © vs Euforia ©, Rey Bucanero, Terrible

Arena Puebla, 07/13/2015
Video: VideosOficialesCMLL

1. rudos
   • Terrible superman punch Máximo (6:49)
   • Rey Bucanero Tormenta Bucanero Marco Corleone (7:15)
2. técnicos
   • Marco Corleone Aereo Italiano all three rudos (0:53)
3. rudos
   • Euforia low blow Máximo (5:17)
   • Terrible inside cradle Rush (5:17)
   • Rey Bucanero foul Marco Corleone (5:17)

Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 13:25
Notes: Ref is Tirantes. Euforia sneaking in a foul on Máximo led to all the other técnicos getting beat. Rush demanded a super libre match. Bucanero asked the crowd if they wanted one. They did, but Bucanero did not, so that was that. Máximo told off Rush for pretending to be his friend after being a mean Ingobernable. Rush stole the microphone to tell Máximo to stop being sensitive, but Máximo had enough of this.

Review: [ok] routine trios match. I always believe the title match should come less, and this match didn’t chance that belief in the least. They just did the usual bits and the random rudo finish. Tecnicos cruised most of the way. Máximo appeared to whiff on his springboard butt bump to start the super brief second fall comeback.