April 20, 2019 – luchablog

CMLL (FRI) 04/19/2019 Arena México [CMLL, ESTO, Lucha Central, Marca, Notimex, Ovaciones, thecubsfan]
1) El Coyote & Grako b Arkalis & Halcón Suriano Jr.
15:08. Rudos took 1/3.
2) Kaho Kobayashi, Princesa Sugehit, Tae Honma b Amapola, Dalys, Reyna Isis
15:33. Tecnicos too k1/3.
3) Rey Cometa b Kawato San [lightning]
4:02. Cometa won with a 450 splash
4) Ángel de Oro, Atlantis Jr., Carístico b Hijo del Villano III, Rey Bucanero, Sansón
15:15. Tecnicos took 2/3. Rey Bucanero replaced Forastero on Tuesday.
5) Gran Guerrero & Vangellys b Cuatrero, Hechicero, Negro Casas, Templario, Terrible, Último Guerrero [Torneo Increible de Parejas, seeding battle royal]
3:14.
6) Cuatrero & Místico b Hechicero & Stuka Jr. [Torneo Increible de Parejas, 8f]
5:36.
7) Atlantis & Negro Casas b Audaz & Templario [Torneo Increible de Parejas, 8f]
3:31.
8) Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. b Niebla Roja & Terrible [Torneo Increible de Parejas, 8f]
3:23.
9) Rush & Vangellys b Gran Guerrero & Valiente [Torneo Increible de Parejas, 8f]
2:47.
10) Cuatrero & Místico b Atlantis & Negro Casas [Torneo Increible de Parejas, quarterfinal]
3:14.
11) Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. DQ Rush & Vangellys [Torneo Increible de Parejas, quarterfinal]
2:28. Rush intentionally dropkicked the refree in the head when Vangellys was getting pinned.
12) Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. b Cuatrero & Místico [Torneo Increible de Parejas, semifinal]
6:10. Ultimo Guerrero & Volador face Titan & Barbaro Cavernario

CMLL promos: Rey Cometa, Atlantis Jr., and the block winners.

Press room interviews: Volador & Utlimo Guerrero (Box Y Lucha, +LuchaTV), Caristico (Box Y Lucha), Atlantis Jr. (Box Y Lucha, +LuchaTV), Rey Cometa (Box Y Lucha, +LuchaTV), and the tecnicas (Box Y Lucha, +LuchaTV), Coyote & Grako (+LuchaTV)

This was a weak show. You can watch the first match and maybe the last and not miss a lot in between. The luchadors weren’t really doing much in the tournament and the outcomes were as uninspired. Try again next week.

The women’s match had so many Amapola & Dalys hitting each other spots that I thought CMLL was really doing a surprise ruda/ruda feud. They ignored it after the match and played up Kaho versus Amapola. That’s a harder than usual result to guess, though Kaho growing out her hair may be a red herring.

This weekend’s shows include a Lucha Memes/MDA/Lucha Libre Boom show at Arena Lopez Mateos Saturday. The show is called Clasico, with the concept that these will all be classic style matches. There’s no IWRG show this weekend. Generacion XXI runs at Arena Naucalpan with LA Park vs Diamante Azul as the main event. It is an odd situation where Azul seems not to be cleared to wrestle in CMLL but says he’ll be good for this match. Aramis vs Bandido vs Leon’s Murcielago Plateado Jr. could be the standout match.

Sure reads like Daga was blocked from a match because CMLL thinks he’s an AAA guy. It is odd because it didn’t seem to be happening to Laredo Kid, who has three AAA titles.

05/02 Gladiators at Fronton Mexico

The Cats are representing Elite. Bengala was never in Elite. It took two matches to get there.

As weird as this sounds, I think this might be an Elite led idea. They’re the ones pushing it hard, posting the info first and way into tournaments. They’d need a lot of support from AAA to do it, but AAA isn’t really promoting this beyond RT-ing information posted elsewhere.

05/04 The Crash

Greshman is in Mexico for the Battle of Naucalpan (versus Virus) and this match. That leaves him Thursday and Friday for some sightseeing. It would be nice if he paid a visit to Arena Mexico on Friday but past history has shown CMLL shouldn’t be counted on booking a ROH guy when they’re in Mexico.

Lineup

CMLL (FRI) 04/26/2019 Arena México
Arena Mexico 63rd Anniversary
1) Sonic & Súper Astro Jr. vs El Coyote & Grako
2) Kaho Kobayashi, Marcela, Tae Honma vs Amapola, La Comandante, La Seductora
3) Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Tritón vs Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto
4) Valiente vs Hechicero [lightning]
5) Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Soberano Jr. vs Cuatrero, Forastero, Máscara Año 2000
6) Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. vs Bárbaro Cavernario & Titán [Tornei Increible de Parejas, final]

Not much going on beyond the tournament final. Mascara 2000 is maybe in the semi-main specifically to avoid doing the rematch again. Kaho/Amapola continues in the second match. Opener includes Sonic’s Friday debut after being with the promotion since 2017.

Recapped: 04/19/2019

Matches:

El Coyote & Grako beat Arkalis & Halcón Suriano Jr.
(15:08 [5:50, 2:49, 6:29], 1/3, good)

Kaho Kobayashi, Princesa Sugehit, Tae Honma beat Amapola, Dalys, Reyna Isis
(15:33 [6:35, 3:50, 5:08], 1/3 DQ, ok)

Rey Cometa beat Kawato San in a lightning match
(4:02, 450 splash, ok)

Ángel de Oro, Atlantis Jr., Carístico beat Hijo del Villano III, Rey Bucanero, Sansón
(15:15 [5:26, 3:06, 6:43], 2/3, ok)

The dumb battle royal went 3:14

Cuatrero & Místico beat Hechicero & Stuka Jr. in a Torneo Increible de Parejas eighthfinal
(5:36, ok)

Atlantis & Negro Casas beat Audaz & Templario in a Torneo Increible de Parejas eighthfinal
(3:31, ok)

Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. beat Niebla Roja & Terrible in a Torneo Increible de Parejas eighthfinal
(3:23, ok)

Rush & Vangellys beat Gran Guerrero & Valiente in a Torneo Increible de Parejas eighthfinal
(2:47, below average)

Atlantis & Negro Casas beat Cuatrero & Místico in a Torneo Increible de Parejas quarterfinal
(3:14, below average)

Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. beat Rush & Vangellys in a Torneo Increible de Parejas quarterfinal
(2:28, DQ, bad)

Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. beat Cuatrero & Místico in a Torneo Increible de Parejas semifinal
(6:10, ok)

What happened:

Tae Honma made her debut. She was pinned in the third fall by Dalys, but Dalys and Amapola kept hitting each other by mistake while aiming for Kobayashi. Amapola eventually got disqualified for excessive violence on Kobayashi.

Volador & Último Guerrero won the second block and will face Titan and Cavernario next week.

Thoughts:

The tournament is totally skippable, a far cry from last week. There were no surprises and not much action. Rush wrestled twice while actually wrestling not at all. It was still better than what Vangellys was doing. The first round had two different versions of a team falling apart and fighting. (Audaz & Templario waited until after their to fell apart), but the cameras weren’t there to see. Rush decided to dropkick the referee in the face instead of breaking up a pin. Hechicero & Stuka tried a team and the main event had some effort, but it was so to the formula for both winners that it does not give great hope for next week.

The semi-main was a very easy, the técnicos cleanly doing high spots and not much more to it. Villano III Jr. & Atlantis Jr. didn’t look like rookies. That’s an improvement, though it still felt like a stretch to have them this high up. Villano has added some weight, Atlantis is still skinny and slow at the Atlantida.

he was making certain this would connect

Rey Cometa seemed to be annoyed Kawato had forgotten a sequence in the lightning match and decided to end it immediately. I can’t be sure that was his decision, but Kawato definitely forgot whatever he was supposed to in response to the second handspring and that was that. Cometa’s tope looked really cool, but that was mostly because he aimed it directly at Kawato in a way where Kawato’s head was going to break the fall even if he didn’t get his arms up. After a year, they don’t trust Kawato with must and he proved them right not trust him. He needs a fresh start any place else and it is a waste of his time to keep going in CMLL. This is not working at all and no one’s going to get much out of an apuesta with him.

Honma was not good in her first exchange with Amapola. She’s seemed ok the rest of the way but no strong impression. She was small enough that she made Amapola’s spear look great. Kaho had some bad luck with ugly looking shots during the. It didn’t seem to slow her down. Reina Isis was almost too short to do the Sugehit shove off the off spot.

The opener was a great Halcón Suriano showcase we haven’t gotten from him since long ago Stukita days. Grako & Coyote were fine, better than some of the latter mini rudo performances, and that was enough to be a platform for some impressive moments. Even given his height and travel, it is surprising they don’t do more with him. Though maybe not Grako’s flying elbow drop at all could be a clue. They had a lot more action to it than usual, not just from Suriano, and that effort was enough to call it worth checking out.

Day: April 20, 2019

Volador & Ultimo Guerrero advance to Parejas Increible final, faces Cavernario & Titan next week

CMLL on Marca: 2019-04-19

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