Recapped: 11/30/2019
Matches:
Australian Suicide, Lady Maravilla, Vanilla beat Big Mami, Dinastía, Mr. Iguana
(13:33, Lady Maravilla frogsplash Big Mami, ok, 00:25:31)
Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana beat Bengala, Draztick Boy, Eclipse
(10:23, Cota Spanish Fly Eclipse, good, 00:50:37)
Monsther Clown, Súper Fly beats Aerostar, Máximo
(11:45, Monster Clown elbow drop Aerostar, ok, 01:10:54)
Dulce Kanela, Faby Apache, Niño Hamburguesa beat Abismo Negro Jr., Keyra, Villano III Jr.
(11:13, Nino Hamburguesa splash Abismo Negro Jr., ok, 01:31:12)
La Hiedra, Rey Escorpión, Texano Jr. beat Hijo Del Vikingo, Drago, Octagón Jr.
(9:47, La Hiedra sunset flip Drago, ok, 01:52:46)
Averno, Chessman, Taurus beat Pagano, Psycho Clown, Puma King
(12:00, Chessman foul Pagano, ok, 02:15:06)
What happened:
Chessman snuck in a foul to beat Pagano again. A brawl with all the TripleMania Regia participants except for Demon & Wagner (but including the earlier comatose Aerostar) ended the show.
Blue Demon distracted Drago during the match, then attacked him with a hammer after. Demon had earlier declared that the hammer was his only friend (though the Mercenarios seemed to be on his side here.) There was no explanation why Demon would be going after Drago, though they coincidentally meet in the Guerra de Titanes main event.
Monterrey exotico Dulce Kanela (spelled here Canela) debuted in the fourth match.
Aerostar, who came in with an arm injury, went out on a stretcher after being put thru a wood panel by Monsther Clown.
Nino Hamburguesa tried to help Big Mami, ultimately failed, and Big Mami shoved him away.
Thoughts:
Taurus going through two different wood panels as just things that happened during the match for no particular reason was a bit too much. They did use it to set up Taurus not going thru a third, but it was a strong reminder that none of this stuff really matters except for the finish (where a low blow is the most painful move possible.) It’s fine it doesn’t matter if it was still entertaining and this just came thru as a lot of stuff taking up time before the finish and the run-ins.
The semi-main was one of two matches where Piero looked foolish because someone else didn’t break up a pin as planned. This time, Demon forgot to pull him out and so Piero had to stop counting at nothing. The finish didn’t go great from there, and Demon feuding with Drago came out of left field. This match started hot and the Mercenarios looked well coordinated as a team, but there was a big tecnico comeback expected that never really arrived. You could say this served its purpose but it was not clear what purpose that was; I’ll believe a Drago/Demon match is happening when I see it.
Dulce Kanela had a good debut, getting in a few flashy spots and a big dive near the end. The rest of the match was normal, with maybe Villano III Jr. killing himself a little less than usual but nothing extraordinary. Faby and Keyra kicked each other hard, that’s about it. This was weird being so late in the card, but maybe they wanted to break up the heavy angle matches.
Didn’t find most of the Aerostar/Monster Clown tag match interesting. Maximo was not invested much in this despite being off Twitch since TripleMania. Most of the work was going after Aerostar’s arm, which made sense but doesn’t really fit Monster Clown’s style. It got better late, and a big finishing spot was almost worth the time it took to set it up.
Poder del Norte changed a few things up, which definitely helped in making the match feel a little bit more novel. The first half of the match was a bit of their usual stuff, but they added more and stayed away from the usual ending run, making the pin feel like a bit of a surprise. Bengala also looked like he had different ideas from his usual set pattern. Not everything came off smoothly – Draztick Boy had a sequence that was up and down late in another wise solid match – but this turned out to be a reliable fun PdN match while not feeling like the other ones.
The opener was a lot of fun that got derailed when either Big Mami didn’t kick out or Nino Hamburguesa was way late in showing up. Iguana continues to get a bigger reaction every time he does one of this and Big Mami came off as a huge star. Dinastia didn’t get to do as much as in other matches but still stood out. Suicide & Vanilla are enjoyable goofy opening match people
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