CMLL Puebla: 2019-12-16

Recapped: 12/18/2019

Matches:

Astro, Rey Samuray, Tigre Rojo Jr. beat Black Tiger, Espíritu Maligno, Guerrero Espacial
(14:12 [5:47, 4:10, 4:15], 1/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Dalys, La Comandante, Metálica beat La Jarochita, Princesa Sugehit, Sanely
(13:32 [7:04, 3:16, 3:12], 1/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Misterioso, Olímpico, Rey Cometa beat Sagrado, Stigma, Templario in a relevos increíbles match
(13:06 [6:01, 3:09, 3:56], 2/3 DQ, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Euforia, Hechicero, Negro Casas beat Atlantis Jr., Stuka Jr., Volador Jr.
(11:54 [5:26, 2:38, 3:50], 1/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Carístico beat Forastero
(18:39, 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

1. Forastero armbar (2:45)
2. Caristico huracanrana (4:02)
3. Caristico Spanish Fly (11:52)

What happened:

Negro Casas beat Volador Jr. with an unseen foul. That was the concept anyway. Metalico turned around too soon and was looking at when it happened, and did not call the disqualification.

Stigma fouled Rey Cometa

Thoughts:

Forastero doesn’t fight singles matches with any particular creativity. He’s not hard-hitting or fast. He does interact with the crowd but doesn’t show a lot of emotion. (That led Caristico to make Edgar a bigger part of the match, to make sure the crowd would react to someone, and Edgar’s a big enough ham to go full into it in non-serious/stable ways.) Forastero’s shown impressive athletic ability in trios matches but it never really comes out on his own. He also doesn’t really make the tecnicos look any better for working him. Forastero’s not hopeless; there was an armdrag into a tricky cradle that looked good and he’s established a few signature spots. He’s just been shown to be vanilla on his own and hasn’t shown much improvement in this singles match series. This main event was fine but doesn’t add anything that hasn’t been seen in the previous versions of this match.

The mixed trios tried a story of Stigma trying to play clean but snapping on Rey Cometa in the end. It’s very Puebla to build a feud around Stigma, but at least it was some sort of story. The action was the normal level up to the finish.