Recapped: 09/08/2019
All matches took place at Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo, Puebla, Puebla.
Matches:
Chik Tormenta, Toxin, Low Rider beat Aramis, Draztick Boy, La Parkita
(10:00, Chik Tormenta powerbomb La Parkita, good, 00:22:08)
Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana beat Bengala, Dinastía, Eclipse
(9:43, Mocha Cota Jr. frog splash Eclipse, good, 00:51:00)
Big Mami, Lady Shani, Octagon Jr. beat Abismo Negro Jr., La Hiedra, Villano III Jr.
(13:13, Octagon Jr. moonsault slam Abismo Negro Jr., ok, 01:11:05)
Ortiz & Santana beat Myzteziz Jr. & Laredo Kid and Arez & Daga
(11:00, LAX double inverted suplex Arez, good, 01:35:50)
Averno, Chessman, Texano Jr. beat Aerostar, Murder Clown, Niño Hamburguesa
(15:21, Texano pin Murder Clown, good, 02:01:06)
Drago, Psycho Clown, Taya beat Ayako Hamada, Blue Demon Jr., Rey Escorpión
(16:41, Psycho Clown torito Rey Escorpion, ok, 02:29:25)
What happened:
Demon had the match won via foul but Wagner came out and attacked his hand with a hammer, taking him out of action.
Texano pinned Murder Clown after a distraction by La Hiedra and a foul.
Hijo del Vikingo appeared to apologize for being unable to wrestle due to injury. Averno attacked him. Myzteziz & Parka tried to make the save but were attacked by Argenis. Argenis has a beef over Myzteziz using a Mistico family mask. Argenis attacked Myteziz again after his match, causing Myzteizz to bleed from the head after a chair shot.
Abismo Negro Jr., Octagon Jr. (third version) and Bengala (third version) all made their debuts under those names on the show.
Thoughts:
The main event brawl didn’t come off as well as some others, missing some wildness that was found in other matches. There were a few headscissors that looked pretty awful once they got back in the ring, but including the women didn’t really change this from the usual AAA main event formula. Wagner being advertised this show and only appearing to hammer Demon’s hand seemed to be a let down. Maybe not for the crowd, who seemed to enjoy it.
The rudos sell a lot for Murder Clown and Murder Clown doesn’t sell a lot of for them, which is making Murder Clown into a big star. He’s not really given anything to do and I’m not sure what they should be doing with him, but he shined brighter than both his partners before taking the loss. Aerostar seemed to get hurt but still was going a lot of his usual stuff. The crowd liked Hamburguesa against these rudos but maybe not with the urgency of before TripleMania. Like the rest of the undercard, this was enjoyable without getting too serious.
They were going for a great match in the three-way tag and it just didn’t work. There was some good creative and an attempt to bring back a spot from the GCW/BLP spot last week, but they just didn’t work out. It didn’t seem like the match was clicking with the fans, in part due the usual unfamiliarity with the foreigners (and AAA doing nothing to introduce them, as they did with all the new people on this show.) It’s possible they may have burned out a crowd that just wanted to see Psycho Clown by this point. Everyone worked hard and there were highlights, it just didn’t work out like I think they were hoping. The cameras missing both the three count and the dive before it didn’t help.
The tercera got more time than usual but it didn’t really wasn’t quite as exciting as the other ones. I think there were still some good moments but it didn’t come together any big, with the crowd getting into Big Mami’s spots but not a lot else. Octagon & Abismo worked together well but I’m unconvinced Abismo can pull off the character and nothing that happened here changed my mind. Octagon basically wrestled the same as Golden Magic, which isn’t idea for a martial arts character but at least is enough to get a reaction. Abismo Negor needed a moment of his own and since Eterno doesn’t have many, it probably needed to be an Abismo Negro one. I was waiting for a martinete that didn’t come and he’s going to need a moment like that to work. Without one, Abismo Negro Jr. is going to quickly feel like the third versions of Psicosis and Histeria, guys in suits who never got anywhere in AAA out of it.
The tecnicos looked solid in the second match. Arkangel Divino had a good debut in the new gimmick if he made it very obvious that he was under the mask. Eclipse had an inventive final stretched before Poder del Norte destroyed him. This was about at the level of most of the recent Poder del Norte matches, where they help the tecnicos look spectacular for about six minutes and then destroy them for the last three. The destruction remains good, but they remain ready for something a bit more.
The opener was the usual AAA opener match with craziness. Toxin seemed to get the high score with the diving senton to the floor but Low Rider was also doing ill-advised things. This didn’t seem to build to any particular big finish but it kept on the absurd level for most of the match. Perhaps the weirdest thing was Aramis & Toxin doing good mat work to start a match, which is not something normally done in AAA
