Lucha Capital: 2019-10-30

Recapped: 10/30/2019

Matches:

Bengala beat Mamba and Abismo Negro Jr.
(10:55, Bengala top rope headscissors Mamba, ok, 00:03:37)

Keyra beat Vanilla and Lady Shani
(10:01, Keyra German suplex Vanilla, good, 00:21:41)

Octagón Jr. beat Carta Brava Jr. and Mr. Iguana
(11:16, Octagon Jr. moonsault powerslam Carta Brava Jr., good, 00:42:19)

Psycho Clown beat Murder Clown, Pagano
(11:04, Psycho Clown Code Red Murder Clown, ok, 01:00:46)

What happened:

Bengala, Keyra, Octagon Jr. & Psycho Clown all won their matches.

Thoughts:

The crowd dug Psycho Clown and the main event. It didn’t seem as good on video, peaking with Murder Clown’s top rope splash and then just going on a while longer because they had more moves to do. Pagano had a relatively safe day, Psycho and Murder were fine, this just was less than some of the other matches on the show.

The Octagon Jr. felt laid out well, with the action moving well from pairing to pairing. Iguana’s still new here and very willing to take just about anything, which helped Carta Brava look like a killer. That helped Octagon look great for beating him in the end. The Poder del Norte rudos have delivered well in these three-way matches and everyone got a big moment.

Vanilla is only on TV once every two months, which makes it easy to forget she and Keyra seem to hate each other. This brought back memories of their Guadalajara brawl. Keyra hit hard, Lady Shani hit back hard, Vanills survived for a while until she was killed in the end. Vanilla did give Keyra a brutal corner powerbomb, though she could use some of the creativity of Shani’s mat work. Keyra’s hard face kick right before the finish was a signature spot. This could’ve used Shani not disappearing for a long time before the finish, but was otherwise flew by.

The opener will play better in highlights than it did in real-time. It was slow, with a few moments of the match coming to the halt. Some of that was to play to the crowd, filled with fans who more into Abismo Negro Jr. then anyone has been so far. It struggled to find any rhythm. Abismo Negro Jr. was breathing very hard by the end.