I don’t expect to have a lot to say about these matches, but one show a week makes this more palatable to watch everything than the three shows CMLL is running. The AAA luchadors are generally working hard than the CMLL ones in addition to having a better roster. There’s no storyline, which is normally a drag though also slightly better than what CMLL is doing. I’m still going to do these in batches so there’s some length to these.
Stats/results are for the unaired matches only.
Episode 1
- Laredo Kid beat Drago © for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship
(10/03 1st show, 12:11, good, Lucha Libre AAA) - Murder Clown & Octagón Jr. beat Abismo Negro Jr. & Dave The Clown
(10/03 2nd, 12:30, ok, Lucha Libre AAA) - Faby Apache beat Hades
(10/03 2nd, 6:29, ok, Lucha Libre AAA) - Carta Brava Jr. & Tito Santana beat Dinastía & Myzteziz Jr.
(10/03 3rd, 8:17, ok, Lucha Libre AAA)
Notes
- Myzteziz’s shooting star press to the floor splits the rudos in the main event, and that’s where he picks up an injury. He finishes the match but misses the next day’s shows. Mocho Cota ran in after the match with Mr. Iguana making the save; there are plenty of Iguana/Poder del Norte matches to come
- I’m not entirely sure if this is the Faby Apache/Hades match from the 2nd show or the third.
The Drago/Laredo Kid match was a little bit less than the Octagon/Laredo Kid. That match the next day was more spectacular, though this had a good story of Drago continually taking advantage of Laredo Kid mistakes. It never got close enough to where Drago felt like he could win (and given how these two have been positioned, it should feel like Drago could win.) Of all the guys who were just working one show a night, Laredo Kid was doing the craziest stuff.
The rest was fine matches. Faby Apache & Hades didn’t go a long time but made the most of it as usual. Faby wasn’t great at basing for Hades’ headscissors but did destroy Hades on a powerbomb. It must have been a long weekend for the young ruda, Faby seemed to be putting her through the wringer. (I suspect these were meant to be Shani/Apache matches and I wonder how those would’ve gone.) There seemed to be editing issues with Murder/Octagon versus Abismo/Dave, with them cutting away right after the finish. The camera switching was overwhelming during that match. The main event was going well until Myzteziz got hurt, and it’s was still enough to show they could have a very strong match if given the opportunity.
Episode 2
- Myzteziz Jr. & Octagón Jr. beat Dave The Clown & La Parka Negra
(10/03 1st, 4:10, ok, Lucha Libre AAA) - Pentagón Jr. beat Texano Jr.
(10/03 2nd, 11:28, ok, Lucha Libre AAA) - Big Mami & Niño Hamburguesa beat Abismo Negro Jr. & Mamba
(10/03 3rd, 6:08, ok, Lucha Libre AAA) - Drago & Psycho Clown beat Chessman & Súper Fly
(10/03 3rd, 13:42, good, Lucha Libre AAA)
The main event was nothing more than usual AAA main event style (in 2v2 form instead of 3v3), but the formula generally worked well. The brawl on the outside was the weakest section. Chessman teasing Psycho throwing into multiple cars and holding up (because he’d clearly been told not to do that) looked awkward and they were just meandering early on. The action picked up back in the ring, with the Drago boost headscissors to start the comeback being timed very well. Super Fly’s salida de bandera was excellent, looking like he clocked his head on the apron unless you really slow it down. Super Fly took a table bump too (and it broke!) so he was doing a lot for an Autoluchas show.
The Pentagon/Texano match is much longer than the time; Penta’s entrance alone last longer than the opener. Penta spent the first half of the match just selling and it felt too slow to me. That one had a lot of playing to the live crowd that didn’t work well on video. Cutting to a camera showing Texano’s shoulder not even close to being down on the finish was no bueno.
The other two matches weren’t offensive but not much notable. Abismo and Mamba didn’t play to the tecnicos strengths. The opener was one of the shortest AAA TV match you’ll ever see.
Episode 3
- Hades & Mamba beat Big Mami & Faby Apache
(10/03 1st, 9:07, ok, Lucha Libre AAA) - Myzteziz Jr. beat La Parka Negra
(10/03 2nd, 9:07, ok, Lucha Libre AAA) - Mr. Iguana beat Mocho Cota Jr.
(10/03 3rd, 8:30, ok, Lucha Libre AAA) - Texano Jr. beat Octagón Jr. and Laredo Kid
(10/03 3rd, 7:03, good, Lucha Libre AAA)
Notes
- Poder del Norte ran in after Cota’s loss, with Myzteziz and Dinastia running them off.
- The rope finish set up a Mamba/Faby challenge which seems to have gone nowhere.
The main event was just enough to get one match over the line. The three-way portions made sense, with Laredo and Octagon competing enough for the win to justify working against each other at points. This had Lots of impressive power spots for Texano, making him feel like a bigger deal than usual before the win. Laredo Kid probably should be winning all the way to Omega but I guess at least he didn’t take the pin and Texnao winning is a decent idea.
The opener turned into a lot of the usual Faby/Tirantes stuff. Fewer matches this year has made some repeated bits feel fresher. Not Faby Apache & Hijo del Tirantes though. Myzteziz was up and down in his match with Parka Negra, messing up a 450 splash before a perfect picture shooting star press for the finish. (What a world where those are done back to back in a midcard match.) Parka Negra is good but would better with a few less unserious pins. Iguana/Cota was solid.