AAA on Twitch: 2020-01-25 (Mexico City)

Recapped: 2020-01-25

Matches: 

Lady Maravilla & Villano III Jr. © beat Big Mami & Niño Hamburguesa and Dinastía & Vanilla and Arez & Keyra for the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship
(11:26, Lady Maravilla pin Dinastia, great, 00:21:05)

Máscarita Sagrada, Mr. Iguana, Taya beat Abismo Negro Jr., Demus, La Hiedra
(13:46, Masarita Sagrada tiejras into a cradle Demus, good, 00:47:06)

Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana beat Dragon Bane, Myzteziz Jr., Octagón Jr.
(10:59, Mocho Cota frog splash Dragon Bane, good, 01:19:26)

Rey Escorpión, Taurus, Texano Jr. beat Hijo Del Vikingo, Murder Clown, Puma King
(12:24, Taurus super Rosa Driver Hijo del Vikingo, good, 01:43:12)

Aerostar, Drago, Pagano beat Blue Demon Jr., Chessman, Monsther Clown
(11:38, Blue Demon disqualified for weapon usage, ok, 02:08:54)

Fénix, Pentagón Jr., Psycho Clown beat La Bestia Del Ring, LA Park, Rush Toro Blanco
(24:59, DQ for triple unmasking, good, 02:29:32)

What happened: 

The rudos fouled all the tecnicos but took time to debate it with Tirantes before covering and didn’t get three. They unmasked the tecnicos and Tirantes did call the DQ.

Demon spit mist in Drago’s face and hit him with a hammer. He was caught with the hammer for the DQ. Demon continued to use the hammer post-match and handed it to Monster Clown to use. Monster Clown refused, so the rudos attacked him. Psycho & Murder Clown made the save, reuniting the Psycho Circus. Faccion Ingobernable attacked them, going straight into the main event.

Rey Escorpion demanded a trios title match after his team defeated Vikingo.

Argenis attacked Myzteziz after this match and unmasked him.

There was a bit of confusion over which bit they were doing first in the post-match of the mixed trios match. Mascarita Sagrada grabbed the microphone to talk but they left it off. Instead, Keyra came out to challenge Taya for the Reina de Reinas championship she never lost. Taya accepted a singles match. Mascarita Dorada then was honored for 26 years in wrestling with lots of clips of him being Mascarita Sagrada. They announced the AAA poll had been in favor of him returning to the Sagrada identity. As he was putting on the mask, Faccion Ingobernables got in the ring and destroyed him. LA Park and Rush talked for a while, establishing their team and promising to destroy everyone in AAA. They talked about their feud and teased that maybe they’d still fight at some point.

Thoughts:

There are new people in the AAA main events but they haven’t changed all that much: rudos jump the tecnicos, tecnicos make a comeback with a pose, the tecnicos run thru their offense and then there’s a finish. The difference was there wasn’t much of a finish but the matchups were a lot better than usual. Psycho and Rush came across strong, LA Park and Penta teased that again. Fenix and Bestia is less of a good idea. The ending was flat; the Ingobernables style of constant disqualifications (to get out of finishes) doesn’t fit in AAA’s style (of screwjob finishes, to get out of clean finishes); cheating to beat Psycho or someone else would’ve fit better in that spot.

The hammer spots livened up a semi-main that was otherwise a bit calm by the standards of the rest of the show. Aerostar tried a new rope flip spot, which looked good but didn’t quite come through perfectly. Pagano really loves headbutting chairs and it wasn’t even the silliest way he killed himself in this match. Monster Clown re-joining the Psycho Circus was a great moment though it’s harder to figure out how it’s going to work long term.

The Mercenarios trios didn’t do totally click but it still was good. Fans chanting for Puma even when he wasn’t in was surprising. He did well when he was actually in. That Vikingo dive would’ve been an all-timer if they could finish it. He didn’t get as much in this one, with the rudos mostly beating him up, but he looked sharp with the rest. Mercenarios need to win every while to be taken seriously, and this win set up something.

Poder del Norte seemed a little off in their match. Carta Brava being in the wrong place to catch Dragon Bane’s dive was the most obvious error, but they seemed a little slower than usual all match. Even the finishing sequence had the spacing on the moves a bit off. Still, there was tons of action, plenty enough to make it worthwhile. Myzteziz outshined his partners from early on, looking sharp on his moves. There were a lot of dives but the triple tornillo impressed the most; it’s gotta be hard to all grab the ropes in a way where they don’t pull it away from each other.

The mixed tag had some clunky moments but was overall fun. The finish didn’t totally work as planned – the cradle was more of a thumb – but the Dorada dive into a tijeras on Demus was great. The Iguana comedy seemed fun but there wasn’t a strong reaction to it. Iguana balancing it out with some headscsisors spots, later on, kept him from just looking like a comedy guy. Abismo Negro was better than he’s been.

The opener was the perfect insane match for AAA after a break. Lots of huge spots, constant action and a big pile up on the outside, exactly what you’d expect from an AAA match with lots of people. The teams, except maybe the makeshift Dinastia/Vanilla one, showed a lot of teamwork spots. Arez & Keyra came off surprisingly well. Maravilla took a lot of abuse before sneaking out the pin, though the bit with her (not very bald) head reveal kind of got spoiled by taking one move too many and losing her cap. The post-match attack was a bit random but worked with the over the top nature of the match.

Vanilla replaced Lady Shani. Maravilla stole a pin on Dinastia after he was flattened by a Hamburguesa splash. Big Mami declared her friendship with Nino Hamburguesa was more important than the tag team titles and wanted to keep teaming. They may have been about to kiss, but they were attacked by Stronghearts (CIMA, T-Hawk, Lindaman.)