Recapped: 04/03/2018
Matches:
El Malayo, King Jaguar, Policeman beat Black Tiger, Lestat, Tigre Rojo Jr.
(13:02 [5:38, 4:14, 3:10], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
La Comandante, Tiffany, Zeuxis beat Kaho Kobayashi, Princesa Sugehit, Sanely
(15:15 [7:07, 4:00, 4:08], 2/3, n/r, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Ángel de Oro, Esfinge, Stigma beat Máscara Año 2000, Pólvora, Universo 2000 Jr.
(13:22 [4:50, 2:32, 6:00], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Dragón Lee, Niebla Roja, Soberano Jr. beat Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
(12:27 [6:59, 5:28], 1/2 DQ, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
Mistico, Valiente, Volador Jr. © beat Carístico, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero for the CMLL World Trios Championship
(18:15 [8:22, 1:16, 8:37], 2/3, good, via VideosOficialesCMLL)
What happened:
Mistico submitted Caristico to La Mistica. Carístico challenged Mistico to a singles match. Mistico attacked rather than accept.
Thoughts:
The Sky Team versus the Caristi-Guerreros was a fun main event, and Mistico submitting Carístico was a big moment. The core of the match seemed to lack the intensity and speed of the bigger trios title matches of the past, and it veered too much into UG and Volador getting their big match spots checked off while everyone else hung out waiting for something to do. Part of that was be design – they wanted Mistico & Carisitco in only to do an even sequence and the finish – but that meant it was more of a solo match than a team one, and the match wasn’t quite as good as good as straight Guerreros/Sky Team for that reason. Still, it might be more memorable if that finish goes anywhere.
The semimain never picked up to a big end game because the endgame was two falls and a DQ. It was alright as a regular TV match without living up to it’s on paper potential. Maybe they didn’t want to do too much with the trios title match to come, or maybe I’m expected too much out of them for a Monday semimain. The NGD didn’t do a lot of teamwork, but the tecnicos looked spectacular in what they did in their time. I really want some Dragon Lee singles matches, and he matches up well with Sansón here. Wish it meant it was happening.
Good things you can say about Mascara 2000: he doesn’t seem to have a problem losing to younger guys (even if he seemed to kick out a little too soon, he didn’t require a foul to get that far), he was willing to get up and down for Angel de Oro’s armdrags, and he didn’t totally drag the match down. That’s also because the match wasn’t particularly anything much beside the Angel de Oro/Mascara. Stigma Universo, Pólvora and Esfinge were all fine but only Stigma seemed to be doing things. This was an OK outcome to a Mascara 2000 feud, I still wouldn’t do them.
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