CMLL on Marca: 2020-02-21

Recapped: 2020-02-21

Matches:

Magnus & Retro beat Akuma & Espanto Jr.
(12:08 [4:47, 3:36, 3:45], 1/3, ok, 00:00:00)

Dalys, Metálica, Reyna Isis beat Marcela, Mystique, Sanely
(13:49 [7:52, 2:00, 3:57], 2/3, ok, 00:17:23)

Blue Panther Jr. beat Vangellys in a lightning match
(7:09, half crab, ok, 00:39:08)

Carístico, Diamante Azul, Titán beat Ephesto, Mephisto, Terrible
(15:30 [5:45, 3:25, 6:20], 2/3, ok, 00:50:35)

The dumb battle royal went 2:00

Gran Guerrero & Stuka Jr. beat Blue Panther & Fuerza Guerrera in a torneo nacional increible eighthfinal
(7:26, ok, 01:23:14)

Ángel de Oro & Sansón beat Espíritu Negro & Rey Cometa in a torneo nacional increible eighthfinal
(6:00, ok, 01:33:49)

Atlantis Jr. & Negro Casas beat Cuatrero & Valiente in a torneo nacional increible eighthfinal
(5:00, ok, 01:42:26)

Cavernario & Volador Jr. beat Soberano Jr. & Templario in a torneo nacional increible eighthfinal
(3:52, ok, 01:50:12)

Ángel de Oro & Sansón beat Gran Guerrero & Stuka Jr. in a torneo nacional increible quarterfinal
(5:08, ok, 01:57:15)

Cavernario & Volador Jr. beat Atlantis Jr. & Negro Casas in a torneo nacional increible quarterfinal 
(2:39, ok, 02:04:29)

Cavernario & Volador Jr. beat Ángel de Oro & Sansón  in a torneo nacional increible semifinal 
(7:35, ok, 02:09:19)

What happened:

Volador & Cavernario advanced to the block final, facing Caristico & Forastero next week. Caveranrio notable beat Negro Casas in a block final.

Thoughts:

Last week’s tournament shined because there was an exciting team getting to have good matches and making it through three rounds. There wasn’t any of that this week. Angel de Oro & Sanson were there physically but not mentally, showing little effort as a team or opponents. Volador & Cavernario were impressive and did show effort, and got shorted on time. That time didn’t go to anything good; Blue Panther/Fuerza Guerrera tried but were a bit exposed by the end. Espiritu & Cometa made the most of what might be one chance to the team, but their opponents weren’t there for them. Templario & Soberano had no chance to do anything. The crowd did care about the final but this was a slog to watch. The whole show was that way.

The Caristico trios was the best match on a fairly boring undercard. There weren’t any surprises in this one either, with the match going exactly as expected for these guys in this spot. Titan did his rope flip armdrag trick, Diamante did his ramp dive, Caristico walked up the ropes for an armdrag, you’ve seen this match. The usual tecnico big spots did wake up a drowsy crowd. Caristico seemed slow, or Ephesto & Mephisto were a little off setting up him up.

The lightning match was two big men moving slowly with Panther trying to do flying spots and not looking good at them. Vangellys didn’t look good at anything but he was also not trying to do much so it’s about correct. They didn’t blow anything but there’s not a lot to recommend about this.

The first fall of the women’s match was slow and felt too obviously like a rehearsed match. The pace picked up in the later falls. One thing you pick up after watching too many of these matches is Dalys always catches the dive, which also means she’s not there to take the one pinfall her team has to take. Mystique is trying to do a lot that she’s just barely pulling off, and it seems like a recipe for disaster.

The opener was the usual waste of time. They keep putting Retro’s big offense leading into the rudos winning, which seems like a waste to me. He still somehow looked the best of the four guys, though that may have been by design. Magnus should switch from a backbreaker to a tilt-a-whirl slam if he doesn’t want to put the knee out.