CMLL Guerreros del Ring on 52MX: 2016-01-02

Recapped: 01/13/2016

What happened: Titan defeated Dragon Rojo to set up a title match (which won’t be shown.) That’s pretty much it.

What was good: I enjoyed the opener. The rest is skippable.

Where can I watch it: It’s on my YouTube channel.

Match 1: Hombre Bala Jr., Stigma, Súper Halcón Jr. vs Puma, Skándalo, Tiger
Arena México, 12/15/2015
Video: thecubsfan

1. tecnicos
   • Hombre Bala Jr. headstand double knee smash Puma (4:37)
   • Stigma running double knee smash Skandalo (4:57)
2. rudos
   • Tiger backcracker Hombre Bala Jr. (3:08)
3. rudos
   • Skandalo Driver on Super Halcon Jr. (7:21)
   • Puma reinera Stigma (7:53)

Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 15:58

Review: [good] the cage match is one week closer, and yet this one felt more like a random trios match than last week’s obvious build up match. Usually moves, way too usual moves for Skandalo, but everything seemed to go well enough and the rudos winning strongly at the end stood things out. There’s also less Stigma/Skandalo when they run these matches in Arena Mexico, though still a bit too much of them.

Match 2: Blue Panther, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Kráneo, Misterioso Jr., Pierroth
Arena México, 12/15/2015
Video: thecubsfan

1. rudos
   • Pierroth senton Blue Panther (4:14)
2. tecnicos
   • Delta splash Kraneo (4:01)
3. rudos
   • Pierroth inverted bodyslam Guerero Maya (5:29)
   • Misterioso Gori Special Delta (5:32)

Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 13:47

Review: [ok] This is another one where it’s a little novel for the midcarrders who don’t seem to exist show we get right now, but it’s really a very average match underneath. The sequence at the end of the second fall was as close to an unusual Blue Panther finish as we got. Not sure why Pierroth was badly attempting to catch a dive when Kraneo still exists, but I guess I can’t blame Panther for who he’d rather work in the final stretch.

Match 3: Mistico, Stuka Jr., Titán vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Bucanero, Vangellys
Arena México, 12/15/2015
Video: thecubsfan

1. tecnicos
   • DQ Dragon Rojo [unmask Titan] (1:27)
2. tecnicos
   • Titan Capture Dragon Rojo (3:35)

Winner: tecnicos (2-0)
Match Time: 5:02
Notes: Dragon Rojo & Titan feuded during the match, and Titan challenged Dragon Rojo to a title match after the win (in a promo talked over by the announcers and cut off by the end of the show.)

Review: [ok] a short build up match for a title match which wasn’t actually shown. This is absurdly short for a main event; it seemed a little bit edited, but no that much edited. The first fall actually does work well for what it was, with everyone going top speed and taking each other out in a different feeling sequence than normal. The second fall was just killing time until Titan return (and starting it while Titan was still unmasked seemed like a bad call by Tirantes.) The comeback spots were nice, and the match they’re building to should be good, but it’s not so great for it to not air.