CMLL Domingo Familiares: 2017-04-30 

Recapped: 04/30/2017

All matches aired live from Arena Mexico and can be seen on CMLL’s YouTube channel.

Matches:

• Leono & Príncipe Diamante beat Cholo & Espíritu Negro (12:42 [5:01, 4:29, 3:12], 1/3, ok)
• Pegasso & Starman beat Hijo del Signo & Metálico (11:25 [5:12, 3:08, 3:05], 2/3, ok)
• Hechicero, Misterioso Jr., Virus beat Drone, Esfinge, Fuego(15:36 [7:13, 2:47, 5:36], 1/3, good)
• El Gallito & Microman  defeated El Perico Zakarías & Mije (13:00, great)
• Cavernario, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas beat Atlantis, Marco Corleone, Volador Jr. (8:14 [2:23, 1:31, 4:20], 2/3, ok)
• Carístico, Dragón Lee, Mistico beat Euforia, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero (9:13 [3:14, 2:25, 3:34], 2/3 DQ, good)

What happened: 

The Micro Estrellas/mascots had their first match, with the one fall match featuring a lot more wrestling and less comedy than expected. The tecnicos won cleanly and lots of money was thrown in.

Euforia unmasked Caristico to end the show. Niebla Roja still wanted to be friends with the tecnicos, but worked more with his teammates than on Tuesday (which may have been a one day Kid’s Day reprieve.)

Thoughts: 

This show was really just about the mascot match. It was an crowd (both in the building and on the internets) that really wanted to see the match and would’ve been appreciative of a basic match, and got much more. There was comedy, there was surprising athleticism, and there was comedic athletic spots. (Gallito going up all the way to the third step for a stage dive was impressive and funny.) They said these guys were training with Ultimo Guerrero and maybe he needs to train everyone, Mircoman looked better than most of the guys wrestling in the opening match. These guys had the advantage of obviously having worked out a match ahead of time and rehearsing it, plus a crowd that was going to be forgiving if they didn’t hit everything not quite right, but they also had the not so small disadvantage of being tiny, and they overcame it to have something really entertaining. Everyone should be thrilled how this one went.

There wasn’t much worth paying all that attention to on the rest of the show. The last three trios matches were very much good match formulas, with there just being a little bit less to than semimain for me, but other people might fairly rank them in a different order. They really just needed to do the usual matches to get over with the crowd, with only the tercera feeling like they may have gone a little extra. Putting the Niebla Roja angle aside for the night was the smart move for the main event, giving it a better flow for the night. Peste Negra winning their match was odd, but they can get away with it with that rudo team. Hechicero looked a lot better than in his Angel de Oro match and is back to landing the springboard.

The opening two matches were forgettable. Espíritu Maligno hasn’t made TV in eight months, but still can do his old man senton con giro. Principe Diamante wearing a Captain American design when the other mini to come up to the main roster is also doing the same design is not smart. The crowd was reacting strongly even to that opener, which is may why the second match seemed to play a lot to the crowd and not to the pace of the match.