CMLL Mexico: 2019-11-12

Recapped: 11/12/2019

Matches:

Angelito & Shockercito beat Pequeño Nitro & Pequeño Olímpico
(13:01 [5:21, 3:31, 4:09], 1/3, ok, 00:00:00)

Metatrón, Oro Jr., Principe Negro beat Akuma, Espiritu Negro, Nitro
(9:24 [6:32, 2:52], 1/2 DQ, ok, 00:20:17)

Black Panther, Blue Panther Jr., Fuego vs Dark Magic, Disturbio, Pólvora
(12:01 [4:24, 3:33, 4:04], 1/3, ok, 00:38:15)

Vangellys beat Esfinge in a lightning match
(6:46, Vangellys spear, below average, 01:02:05)

Felino, Rey Bucanero, Terrible beat Blue Panther, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa
(17:16 [7:57, 4:51, 4:28], 1/3, ok, 01:13:53)

Carístico, Titán, Valiente beat Cavernario, Negro Casas, Templario
(15:58 [5:23, 4:12, 6:23], 2/3, ok, 01:43:02)

What happened:

Espiritu Negro went after Principe Diamante all match, including unmasking him for the disqualification in the second fall.

Thoughts:

The main event’s tease of a match that might be good was the Titan/Templario exchange in the first fall. They didn’t get as much later on, but Titan was good thru the usual send them home happy main event. Casas didn’t look right but his partners did pretty well. It was the best match on a typical Tuesday show.

The lightning match was the usual “tecnico does two dives, then a finish” affair. Vangellys being committed to doing nothing at all before getting the win made it worse than usual. Esfinge deciding to kick out of the finish too was a contribution.

The Panthers did their hot comeback but they’ve had hotter comebacks. I hope Polvora gets Dragon Rojo back soon so he gets something else to do. The rudo triple win at the end of the second fall was at least well done.

I’m not convinced Espiritu Negro versus Principe Diamante is a great idea. Espiritu Negro seemed convinced, going after Diamante with an aggressiveness uncommon for him. That does give some hope. There wasn’t much to the rest of the match.

The opener was fine for a minis match. Shockercito tried with some unexciting rudos. Angelito was better than last week but still seemed off, and was really slow off the mat after taking a flip bump on a clothesline.