AAA on Twitch: 2019-10-05 (Morelia)

Recapped: 10/05/2019

Matches:

Eclipse beat Iron Kid and Mr. Iguana
(9:52, Eclipse springboard moonsault Iron Kid, good, 00:23:06)

Cíclope & Miedo Extremo beat Aramis & Toxin in a TLC match
(8:44, Miedo Extremo 450 splash, below average, 00:43:06)

Lady Shani & Dinasita beat La Hiedra & Látigo
(8:41, Lady Shani headscissors backcracker Latigo, good, 01:01:51 )

Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana beat Octagon Jr., Faby Apache, Pimpinela Escarlata
(11:00, Cota frog splash Faby Apache, ok, 01:19:43)

Aerostar, Murder Clown, Niño Hamburguesa beat Abismo Negro Jr., Monsther Clown, Texano Jr.
(11:58, Aerostar top rope tijeras, ok, 01:39:34)

Blue Demon Jr., Chessman, Rey Escorpión beat Dr. Wagner Jr., Pagano, Psycho Clown
(16:02, Chessman foul Pagano, ok, 02:01:05)

What happened:

Not all that much plot-wise. Everyone who has been feuding is kept up their feud with nothing important changing. The show was full of mentions of Heroes Inmortales coming up next, but the only attempt to build anything up was Kenny Omega sending in a promo. (Strange to have an AEW promo but no AAA ones.) This event seemed to exist because it’d been a while since they had taped TV, and for no other reason.

Chessman got in a foul on Pagano to win, though the director missed the shot the first time. Blue Demon wore Joker facepaint under his mask so it could be shown off for a second when Wagner unmasked him mid-match.

Aerostar & Monster Clown ripped up each other’s masks.

Tirantes behaved fairly until a Faby Apache dropkick took him out. He was unable to count a bridging pin, then slow counted her later. They fought, with Tirantes throwing her in position for the Poder del Norte finishing sequence and fast counting the pin.

Toxin was hurt within the first couple of minutes of the second match, possibly suffering a jaw injury and bleeding from his head. Medics took him away. Aramis was stretched out after the match.

Argenis destroyed the tecnicos than complained about Myzteziz using his name on Exatlon as disrespect and said he’d go after all the Jinetes. No Jinetes were actually on this show, so maybe that’s why he never appeared again

Thoughts: 

The main was about what we’ve seen from Wagner & Demon when they can’t bleed. The same sort of format to the match, the same sort of brawling and tecnico run off offense at the end. There have been better versions of it before. The finish here was obscured by Dr. Wagner deciding to incite fans into throwing drinks at the ring, and cameras picking that over Chessman getting in a foul.

Monster Clown/Aerostar fighting hard in the closing minutes of the semi-main was the highlight of an otherwise unmemorable match. The tecnicos hit the usual highspots, the crowd was into Hambrugesa (even with him being less of the match than usual), but it didn’t come across anything as memorable. Eterno was doing better under his name then in the new gear and isn’t pushed any stronger.

The Poder del Norte match, much like their new music, wasn’t as good as the past one. It had a slower pace than they’re using to going to accommodate Pimpinela. Pimpinela wasn’t as over with this crowd as other, so it didn’t quite work. The Tirantes/Faby stuff made more sense than usual and got into it logically, and I still checked out when it happened. Octagon Jr. is Golden Magic wrestling the same way with no attempt to adjust his character to the gimmick or add something new. It doesn’t seem to be taking anything away from Golden Magic, either. These new characters feel as if they exist because AAA needed for legal reasons, and they couldn’t come up with a creative reason to match.

The mixed tag was the best match on the show, with every combination working well. Latigo and Dinastia is strong pairing, Latigo understandably doesn’t want to be labeled a mini, but he’s good with working them. Shani’s new Maestra spots came thru nicely in this match. She and Hiedra had a fun sequence, which made me angry with Dinastia for breaking it up. He did a flip later, so it was fine.

The TLC was a waste. AAA gets away with taking a lot of these sorts of risks. What derailed this one wasn’t any more serious than in other matches, because AAA does a lot of chair shots to the head and face. Toxin got caught bad in this one, couldn’t continue, and it left a match that kind of fell apart. Maybe that particular chair shot wouldn’t have happened in a non-TLC match. The bigger problem with the stipulation is they still had to go through their props after the injury despite being very thrown off by missing one of the guys meant to go through them. Aramis had a couple of cool dive spots, he and Ciclope took the big plunge through a table, and they got to a finish, so this will look fine when they cut it down for highlights. It was the long moments in between the highlights that didn’t go well. This injury stinks for Toxin, just back from a different one and getting hurt in a match AAA will never mention again. The promotion took advantage of having young wrestlers willing to do anything for their first taste of being in a major league group, and I hope they take care of them after.

The opener has plenty of Creative moves with Iron Kid being the standout. His flying looked the most impressive, and he had the biggest moves. I didn’t love the Iguana stuffed animal spots on this type of show, but it didn’t hurt anything. The bulldog spot looked better. Eclipse’s finish was pretty good, though it seemed unnecessary after the super Michinoku Driver. Iron Kid was very much dead already.