CMLL on Marca: 2019-09-20

Recapped: 09/24/2019

Matches:

Sonic & Súper Astro Jr. beat Espíritu Negro & Grako
(13:17 [5:53, 3:35, 3:49], 2/3, good, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Átomo, Gallito, Microman beat Chamuel, Mije, Perico Zacarías
(6:34 [3:50, 2:44], 1/2 DQ, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Felino, Hechicero, Hijo del Villano III beat Atlantis Jr., Dulce Gardenia, Flyer
(14:36 [6:22, 4:33, 3:41], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Soberano Jr. and Templario went to a draw in a lightning match
(10:00, TLD, good, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Big Daddy, Gilbert el Boricua, Último Guerrero beat Cavernario, Ciber the Main Man, Volador Jr. in a relevos increíbles match
(6:57 [3:07, 3:50], 1/2, below average, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Carístico, Místico, Valiente beat Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Negro Casas
(11:28 [3:29, 3:01, 4:58], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

What happened:

Neither team in the semi-main got along or even really attempted to do so. Promos followed.

Soberano & Templario collapsed after the ten minutes were up then started fighting more

Chamuel got caught unmasking Microman for the DQ

Thoughts:

The main event had all the moves, but it just was shockingly off in some parts. It seemed more the rudos, who are never this inconsistent. Maybe Euforia was working through a leg injury because he couldn’t even get the celebration with Gran Guerrero to go correctly. It was not terrible, but there was enough wrong with that you should pick something else.

The semi-main was an intentional mess. It was hard to watch outside of the attempt to have a hot last sixty seconds. Even that ended with Ciber noticeably not wanting to keep his shoulders down on the final pin. Big Daddy dove once. Not much else that looked good. Cavernario & Volador screwed around a lot. Ultimo Guerrero seemed like the only one who was into this, including those outside the ring.

Soberano & Templario felt like a fifteen-minute match cut off at the ten-minute mark. They were killing each other with big moves; it just also never felt like they got close to the point where they focused on winning. There were a couple of spots that seemed like they were about to fall apart, but Templario is a good enough rudo to keep them together. Soberano and Templario are really at their best against each other and hopefully will get another chance later.

The tercera didn’t come entirely together for me despite having some good individual performances. Dulce Gardenia had his most complete match so far, even while relying less on the exotico spots. Atlantis Jr. continuing to show improvement is one of the best stories of the year in CMLL. There was a heroic performance by Hechicero to keep a complicated Flyer headscissors from falling apart. Hechicero carried a lot of the action for his side.

The minis match was not much, just another unmasking bit to build up to next week’s mask fight. Even Microman and Chamuel seemed to be saving their best stuff for the following week. It’s an easy skip.

Super Astro & Sonic are about as an entertaining tecnico duo as CMLL throws in the Mexico City openers. They had a lot of fun in the third fall especially, pulling off flashier moves than usually seen in this place on the card. The execution wasn’t smooth; Espiritu Negro & Grako were will if not able. It was still better than an average opening. Maybe calling it good is judging on a curve but it deserves some notice.