CMLL Martes: 2019-10-08

Recapped: 10/09/2019

Matches:

Acero & Aéreo beat Pequeño Olímpico & Pierrothito
(12:45 [5:37, 3:03, 4:05], 1/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

La Comandante, Metálica, Reyna Isis beat La Jarochita, La Vaquerita, Skadi
(16:23 [8:02, 4:35, 3:46], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Disturbio, Pólvora, Universo 2000 Jr. beat Drone, Oro Jr., Pegasso
(15:22 [4:27, 3:29, 7:26], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Black Panther, Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr. beat Dark Magic, Misterioso, Sagrado
(13:23 [6:34, 1:39, 5:10], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Atlantis, Místico, Soberano Jr. beat Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto
(9:18 [3:23, 5:55], 1/2, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Carístico beat Forastero
(12:27, 1/3, good, VideosOficialesCMLL)

1. Caristico casita (1:20)
2. Forastero armbar (1:27)
3. La Mistica (9:40)

What happened:

The opener is joined a minute or so in progress. It’s usually streaming issues when that happens.

Thoughts:

I’d like to see more progression that we’re getting out of Forastero. He was there to take Caristico’s move (except for the springboard plancha in the opening fall), he does play up being a rudo a bit, but his offense still isn’t there. Forastero feels like he has his trios moves and no more on his own, though he’s had the opportunity to do more. A lot of Forastero moves play off his cousins dropping someone on the mat or in a corner for Forastero to add his move, and they don’t feel like they work on his own with what he’s doing so far. So much of it is flying moves that he actually comes off as a miscast tecnico than a rudo at times. Ultimo Guerrero & Místico was more predictable because Guerrero was better at putting Místico in a level of danger not see here. This main event was a fine enough Caristico exhibition and more fun than anything else on the show but it also exposed the need for more.

The semi-main was more notable for the protection of Místico – turning the match around in the second fall to lead to the sweep – than much that happened. I didn’t really need a long Hijo del Infierno match and what we saw was fine, there just was no reason for it to go two falls except to keep Místico from losing. Atlantis couldn’t move but he couldn’t move for a shorter amount of time this week, so that was nice.

Blue Panther celebrates his 41^st anniversary by wrestling the midcard rudos in a match that unusually struggles to get a reaction. The crowd dies in the third fall around the star spot. They do get them back, but that’s a bit that nearly always seems to work. Nothing works quite as well as it should be here despite Panther pulling out all of his tricks. Even the surprise finish comes off flat.

Acero & Aereo have evolved into a good prelim tag team who would absolutely not be missed if they disappeared tomorrow. They’ve actually moved down the card as they’ve gotten better, with CMLL giving up on this division but still booking them in openers. The first fall was the best fall in the opener.