The Crash: 2017-12-01 

Recapped: 01/05/2017

Matches: 

Arkángel Divino & Black Boy vs Aramis (Estado de México) & Toxin (Estado de México)
(10:59, excellent, via MegaKakashi619)

An outstanding match, one of the best The Crash matches of the year. These are two up and down teams, prone to spectacular moments and the occasional youthful mistake, only they didn’t really make the mistakes here. It was just a lot of big offense for ten minutes. The pace slowed down slightly during the second half, but then they did the doomsday device tope into the crowd and everything was awesome again. Team CDMX got ripped off after their superb combo – hometown ref should’ve given them a three count. In more serious matters, Toxin & Aramis felt like they had been training together, and had totally come to this match prepared. This is ever so slightly docked cause I have no idea what happened on the finish from this video, but it really fits along Sky Man/Saturno as the kind of all action style indie match I really enjoy. This would be one of the first matches I’d show people if they wanted to know what The Crash was about.

Christi Jaynes, Keyra, Lacey Lane vs Black Danger, Jonathan, Último Maldito
(12:41, good, MegaKakashi619)

The viewing of the women’s match is though, because the person in front is wearing a Black danger mask, and the big white afro is blocking the center of the ring. The action is pretty good when you can see, you just have to accept you can’t for large portions of this. The misogynistic spots are still there, but it doesn’t feel like the story of the match like it has in other mixed matches. The women base really well for the women’s offense and the match has a lot of showy spots.

Hijo de LA Park vs Jack Evans, Joey Ryan, Luke Hawx, Viento
(11:38, good, MegaKakashi619)

This is about as random as group of people as there could be, with everyone but Jack not really regulars here and not regular opponents. It’s a bit directionless and strange, but it goes as well as it could given that setup. Viento & Park seem to have the best exchanges. Joey Ryan does his Joey Ryan stuff.

Damián 666 & M-ximo vs Black Taurus & Pierroth
(8:37, ok, MegaKakashi619)

This was a bit of a waste of Black Taurus, who’s great in working with Máximo but feels qualified for something better. It’s a match with no real finish – a one armed Garza comes out and helps martiente Damian for the DQ, then gets run of by the Rojo Rebellion. That’s at least a substitute for the Daga/Garza stuff that was probably supposed to happen here, but the match itself wasn’t all that interesting. Damian’s back on the next show, six weeks later, and isn’t involved with any of these guys, so it seems kind of pointless.

Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson vs Daga & The King
(17:01, good, via MegaKakashi619)

This comes across as big match for Daga & Rey Fenix, and another indie appearance for the Bucks. It’s a bit more comedy and bits, and not always so serious – doing a long staggering around spot about 14 minutes in is about the level. They’re not blowing off the match, and they get over with it, but it’s also not the dream match. Daga has a bad moment early, flipping on to his head and onto Matt Jackson, does better the rest of the match, but is missing that little bit extra where he takes over the match. This is fun enough if you go in to it with reduced expectations.

LA Park & Nicho el Millionario vs La Máscara & Rush and Bestia 666 & Garza Jr.
(13:17, good, MegaKakashi619)

Better than I thought it would be. It didn’t come together in a big way, and the finish was strange (since when do Los Ingobernables have a referee?), but there were interesting enough parts. Rush & Park had their usual good chemistry. I wonder how many times I’ve seen LA Park push a referee into a sunset flip and count pin. It’s a good sized numbers. The usual finisher sequence turning into everyone clotheslining and dropkicking each other hard was unique. Garza and Bestia getting into an unending war of superkicks because they’re essentially the same guy was amusing. Nicho seemed to have more energy but was moving gingerly.