Recapped: 10/11/2019
Matches:
Espíritu Negro & Grako beat Eléctrico & Príncipe Diamante
(4:49 [4:14, 0:35], 1/2 DQ, below average, 00:00:00)
Átomo, Gallito, Microman beat Chamuel, El Guapito, Perico Zacarías
(13:19 [5:44, 1:57, 5:38], 2/3 DQ, ok, 00:12:32)
Felino beat Rey Cometa in a lightning
(7:03, Felino powerbomb w/ropes, ok, 00:34:56)
Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Audaz beat Hechicero, Hijo del Villano III, Mr. Niebla
(10:07 [3:10, 1:21, 5:36], 2/3, ok, 00:48:06)
The dumb battle royal went 1:50.
Cavernario & Espanto Jr. beat Ángel de Oro & Sonic in a CMLL Gran Alternativa Tournament eighth final
(6:09, ok, 01:15:04)
Súper Astro Jr. & Titán beat Negro Casas & Yago in a CMLL Gran Alternativa Tournament eighth final
(6:13, ok, 01:23:17)
Furia Roja & Gran Guerrero beat Magia Blanca & Niebla Roja in a CMLL Gran Alternativa Tournament eighth final
(5:25, ok, 01:31:37)
Star Jr. & Valiente beat Akuma & Euforia in a CMLL Gran Alternativa Tournament eighth final
(1:56, ok, 01:39:30)
Cavernario & Espanto Jr. beat Súper Astro Jr. & Titán in a CMLL Gran Alternativa quarterfinal
(2:30, ok, 01:43:52)
Star Jr. & Valiente beat Furia Roja & Gran Guerrero in a CMLL Gran Alternativa quarterfinal
(4:35, ok, 01:47:42)
Star Jr. & Valiente beat Cavernario & Espanto Jr. in a CMLL Gran Alternativa semifinal
(7:12, ok, 01:53:15)
Carístico, Místico, Volador Jr. beat Cuatrero, Sansón, Último Guerrero
(3:40 [1:36, 2:04], 1/2, ok, 02:03:21)
What happened:
Star Jr. & Valiente won the tournament and will advance to face Fugaz & Místico next week.
Felino used the ropes to beat Rey Cometa and was strangely angry about the win.
Chamuel fouled Microman once again.
Grako powerbombed Electrico in the second fall of the opener, only for Electrico to accidentally pull Grako’s mask off as he fell. (Electrico had his hands around Grako’s head to keep him up as Grako ran.) Referee Edgar immediately ruled Grako had won, though Grako angrily stomped and unmasked Electrico after the. This sequence must’ve seemed utterly bizarre to the tourists.
Thoughts:
CMLL adjusted from last Friday’s show. They ran the same amount of, just cutting a half-hour out of it. The resulting was a show rushing to get done by the end, despite a truncated opener by several minutes. The block final did get some time for drama, but only in between the last five minutes, including a rudo attacking a tecnico before the start to get them going quickly.
The main event was absurdly short, shorter than the time it took to get everyone out there for it. The two trios tried to pack in a lot in a little time. It was still obvious how the rudos didn’t do pretty much anything, that it was nothing but a setup to a couple of finishes. Místico continues to win often in the new era.
I’d be interested in knowing how the tournament feels to people who know the outcome. There was a sense of creeping and overwhelming dread for most of watching live. Perhaps knowing Star Jr. was safely going to win would make it more enjoyable than the displeasure it was in real-time. Maybe it would take the hope of CMLL I’m currently missing. CMLL’s been so disappointing that Espanto Jr., one of the consistently worst wrestlers employed, seemed like a realistic option to win. Star Jr.’s win felt less like a triumph and more of relief about the company not slipping into senility. Super Astro Jr. & Star Jr. looked like the other best two novatos through the tournament, though Astro struggled in his first match. Yago and Sonic did well with fewer opportunities.
I nearly forgot to write about Rey Cometa & Felino. There’s not much to say anyway. Cometa did the apron headscissors again. Cometa is very repetitive, but he seems like the more promising and exciting luchador. Felino seemed grouchy even after he got his win. I missed what caused it if anything did.
The first half of the card was no better. By the standards of this undercard, Atlantis & Audaz were shining beams of light by just doing what they do in every. Atlantis, being unable to do a front roll for a snap mare, was more like the rest of the first hour. Hechicero worked as well with these tecnicos as you’d hope, though they need something more to push them farther, or maybe a better third partner.
The micros have fully stagnated at this point. Every (outside of the mask) ends with Chamuel getting disqualified. He and Microman do a couple of cool things beforehand, though not as much as they did initially. Other micros try, and it doesn’t quite work. There’s no enough variety for how often we’re seeing them.
The opener was a joke, with a disastrous finish leaving the referee laughing at his own faulty decision. The referees do have the ability to rule a mask removal accidental and keep going. That wasn’t the decision here, and everyone was left looking dumb.
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