2021 AAA TV reviews catch up

first in a series?

AAA is really good this year. It has the talent to be great. Their strongest ability has been bringing useful talent on board, and they’ve been less impressive in using that talent. AAA cooling their heels while waiting for COVID to clear out has taken energy from the shows, as has the no-fans locations. AAA has a history of getting its own way promotion gets in its own way, and at least it’s still a very watchable product. I would prefer they invest money in a giant portable tent to cover the ring for these outdoor shows rather than outsider talent, but you can’t have everything.

Reviews by tape dates. I suspect AAA’s next two shows will be some unaired matches from these tapings, but this is otherwise everything going into TripleMania.

February 4th

  • Arez vs Latigo vs Aramis [great]: ended up airing on a catch up show, exactly what you’d expect out of these guys in a short TV match. Exactly what you’d expect out of AAA too, with no sign Latigo & Arez are about to become a regular team.

(rest of the episode got its own review)

February 7th

March 11th

  • Arez, Chik Tormenta, Latigo vs Flammer, La Hiedra, Lady Maravilla [good]: this is not a good moment because AAA booking the two new rudo groups against each other revealed they were using the “CMLL Hat” booking strategy. The two rudo teams do mix well; Latigo & Arez are the right sizes to work against them.
  • Octagon Jr. & Laredo Kid vs Abismo Negro Jr. & Taurus: Mostly suffers from being in the shadow of the previous match.
  • Rey Escorpión & Taurus vs Laredo Kid & Psycho Clown great]: this didn’t air on space for months, until right after Escorpion/Psycho was announced for TripleMania. Do you give them credit for saving this for when it might matter more, or is it a vote against them for not airing a really strong match for months? A lot of sometimes boring Mercenarios beatdown just works a lot better here, Psycho Clown is great at coming back and Laredo Kid is Laredo Kid. Seems like just a normal TV match and is much better than that.

March 13th (aired out of order)

  • AAA skipped over this entire taping when cutting down the lag on the YouTube uploads, so I never put it up on YouTube either.
  • Arez, Látigo, Parkita Negra vs Aramis, Niño Hamburguesa, Octagoncito [good]: another one for “Parkita Negra would be considered one of the more exciting rudos in AAA but he’s typecast as a mini and so AAA has little use for him” file. It’s really hard to fit the name on the label. He’s about the same size as his partners and used 1/8th as much. It’s almost like he’d better off leaving AAA but moving to Mexico City, working those indies for a year to build his name, and then hoping they bring him back in a different role. It seems impossible for him to work his way out of the position he’s in.
  • Aerostar & Myzteziz vs Argenis & Parka Negra [good]: Parka Negra got a title shot in like his third match and has never done much since. He’s been really good and got more out of Aerostar than most this year.
  • Arcano vs Venenoide [good]: the Marvel Lucha Libre stuff is aggressively fine or weird, this was a nice Taurus performance with a few things changed.
  • Hijo del Vikingo & Laredo Kid vs Abismo Negro Jr. & Taurus [good]: it’s only in doing a post like this where I really notice how often AAA ran this exact same match with a rotating Laredo Kid partner. Hijo del Vikingo started the year looking off and started to regain his form by this point. Abismo Negro Jr. is more a little more shaky.
  • This was the taping where Poder del Norte crossed a very imaginary line; they’re doing the same matches they’ve done well for years, but they’ve stale enough that they don’t feel like going out to watch. They shouldn’t break up or anything, but they need to add some new stuff to their routines. Poder del Norte more need a purpose, they just can’t count on AAA giving them a direction – if they were going to do it, it would’ve happened by now.

March 20th (AutoLuchas)

I actually wrote about the May 1st show because it was Rey de Reyes. The other matches didn’t rate. The trios title match was an underwhelming end to the Jinetes del Aire run.

May 3rd

May 31st

  • Latigo vs Laredo Kid [excellent]: An outstanding match. They took it from cool matwork early and escalated into big spots later. Probably the best Latigo’s looked in AAA; Latigo’s always good, but this time he came off as an impressive wrestler as he does outside of AAA. Laredo’s Germans looked painful and were a good adjustment for a smaller than usual opponent. There were a couple of spots that didn’t look like they went as planned, though they did such a good job of adjusting that’s it’s hard to be sure. I can’t really articulate why this is higher than Arez/Laredo Kid, which says more about my weakpoints than these guys.
  • Vikingo/V3/Abismo might be worth watching if you’re looking for another match from this set; I didn’t feel strongly about it.

June 2nd

  • outdoor taping with no covering where it rained and everyone was slipping. Pass on all of this.

July 3rd – Verano de Escandalo

July 5th

All the ratings in a table

rating taped match
excellent 05-31 Laredo Kid © vs Látigo for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship  (posted by ) HUASCA DE OCAMPO PARTE 1 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) Laredo Kid © vs Látigo for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (posted by luchablogdos) LAREDO vs LÁTIGO | HUASCA DE OCAMPO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
great 02-04 Arez vs LátigoAramis  (posted by Google Drive) AREZ vs LÁTIGO vs ARAMIS | TLAXCALA | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) Arez vs Látigo vs Aramis (posted by luchablogdos) Luchas NUNCA ANTES VISTAS | GIRA 2021 | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA)
great 02-07 Fénix & Laredo Kid vs Abismo Negro Jr. & Taurus Fénix & Laredo Kid vs Abismo Negro Jr. & Taurus (posted by luchablogdos) TLAXCO PARTE 2 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
great 03-11 Rey Escorpión & Taurus vs Laredo Kid & Psycho Clown  (posted by Google Drive) ADIÓS la MÁSCARA de PSYCHO CLOWN | VALLE DE BRAVO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) Luchas NUNCA ANTES VISTAS | GIRA 2021 | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) Rey Escorpión & Taurus vs Laredo Kid & Psycho Clown (posted by luchablogdos)
great 03-20 Laredo Kid vs Arez for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship  (posted by ) ¿LA MEJOR LUCHA del 2021? | CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL CRUCERO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) COYOACÁN PARTE 2 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) Laredo Kid vs Arez for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (posted by luchablogdos)
great 05-01 Dinastía vs ToxinAramisLátigoArez for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship and in a Number One Contenders Match match  (posted by Google Drive) Dinastía vs Toxin vs Aramis vs Látigo vs Arez (posted by luchablogdos) LOCURA y VUELOS en REY DE REYES | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) REY DE REYES 2021 | EVENTO COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA)
great 05-03 Látigo vs Villano III Jr.Abismo Negro Jr.Hijo Del VikingoAramis [Copa Hijo del Perro]  (posted by ) Látigo, Villano III Jr., Abismo Negro Jr., Hijo Del Vikingo, Aramis [Copa Hijo del Perro] (posted by luchablogdos) Látigo, Villano III Jr., Abismo Negro Jr., Hijo Del Vikingo, Aramis [Copa Hijo del Perro] (posted by luchablogdos) ZACATLÁN PARTE 1 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
great 05-03 Picadura Letal & Venenoide vs Araña Voladora & Arcano  (posted by Google Drive) NUEVOS PERSONAJES de MARVEL LUCHA LIBRE EDITION | LUCHA COMPLETA (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) Picadura Letal & Venenoide vs Araña Voladora & Arcano (posted by luchablogdos) ZACATLÁN PARTE 2 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA)
great 07-03 Kamikaze vs KomanderHijo Del VikingoAramisLátigoToxin [Alas de Oro]  (posted by Google Drive) ESPECTACULAR Torneo ALAS DE ORO | VERANO DE ESCÁNDALO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) Kamikaze, Komander, Hijo Del Vikingo, Aramis, Látigo, Toxin [Alas de Oro] (posted by luchablogdos)
good 02-04 Abismo Negro Jr. & Texano vs Laredo Kid & Octagón Jr. Abismo Negro Jr. & Texano vs Laredo Kid & Octagón Jr. (posted by luchablogdos) OCTAGÓN sin MÁSCARA | TLAXCALA | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) TLAXCALA PARTE 1 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
good 02-04 Mr. Iguana & Niño Hamburguesa vs Arez & Látigo El NUEVO equipo de RUDOS | TLAXCALA | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) Mr. Iguana & Niño Hamburguesa vs Arez & Látigo (posted by luchablogdos)
good 02-07 Drago Kid & Laredo Boy vs Arez & Látigo Drago Kid & Laredo Boy vs Arez & Látigo (posted by luchablogdos) La PESADILLA de los MINIS | TLAXCO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) TLAXCO PARTE 1 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
good 02-07 Aerostar, Mr. Iguana, Niño Hamburguesa vs Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana Aerostar, Mr. Iguana, Niño Hamburguesa vs Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana (posted by luchablogdos) Mr Iguana ATROPELLADO en TLAXCO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) TLAXCO PARTE 1 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA)
good 02-07 Laredo Kid © vs Octagón Jr.Aramis for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship Laredo Kid © vs Octagón Jr., Aramis for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship (posted by luchablogdos) TLAXCO PARTE 2 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
good 02-07 Arez & Chik Tormenta vs Drago Kid & La Parkita Arez & Chik Tormenta vs Drago Kid & La Parkita (posted by luchablogdos) TLAXCO PARTE 2 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA)
good 03-11 Arez, Chik Tormenta, Látigo vs Flammer, La Hiedra, Lady Maravilla Arez, Chik Tormenta, Látigo vs Flammer, La Hiedra, Lady Maravilla (posted by luchablogdos) La LOCURA de HIEDRA | VALLE DE BRAVO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) VALLE DE BRAVO PARTE 2 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
good 03-11 Laredo Kid & Octagón Jr. vs Abismo Negro Jr. & Taurus El VUELO de LAREDO y OCTAGÓN | VALLE DE BRAVO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) Laredo Kid & Octagón Jr. vs Abismo Negro Jr. & Taurus (posted by luchablogdos) VALLE DE BRAVO PARTE 2 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
good 03-13 Arez, Látigo, Parkita Negra vs Aramis, Niño Hamburguesa, Octagoncito  (posted by Google Drive)
good 03-13 Aerostar & Myzteziz vs Argenis & Parka Negra  (posted by )
good 03-13 Arcano (2021) vs Venenoide  (posted by Google Drive)
good 03-13 Abismo Negro Jr. & Taurus vs Hijo Del Vikingo & Laredo Kid  (posted by )
good 03-20 Faby Apache, Laredo Kid, Niño Hamburguesa vs Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana  (posted by ) COYOACÁN PARTE 1 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) EL PODER de FABY APACHE | LUCHA COMPLETA | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) Faby Apache, Laredo Kid, Niño Hamburguesa vs Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana (posted by luchablogdos)
good 03-20 Hijo Del Vikingo & Psycho Clown vs Chessman & La Parka Negra  (posted by ) COYOACÁN PARTE 2 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) Hijo Del Vikingo & Psycho Clown vs Chessman & La Parka Negra (posted by luchablogdos) PSYCHO y VIKINGO vs PARKA NEGRA y | LUCHA COMPLETA | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
good 05-01 Octagón Jr. vs TaurusVillano III Jr. for the AAA Latin American Championship  (posted by ) LUCHA POR EL CAMPEONATO LATINOAMERICANO | REY DE REYES | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) Octagón Jr. vs Taurus vs Villano III Jr. for the AAA Latin American Championship (posted by luchablogdos) REY DE REYES 2021 | EVENTO COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
good 05-01 Faby Apache vs Lady ShaniFlammerChik TormentaLady MaravillaSexy Star in a AAA’s Reina de Reinas Tournament match  (posted by ) Faby Apache vs Lady Shani vs Flammer vs Chik Tormenta vs Lady Maravilla vs Sexy Star [AAA REINAS] (posted by luchablogdos) Lucha por el REINA DE REINAS | REY DE REYES | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) REY DE REYES 2021 | EVENTO COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
good 05-01 Laredo Kid vs Texano Jr.Murder ClownAerostarDragoAbismo Negro Jr.Hijo Del VikingoMyzteziz Jr. in a AAA’s Rey de Reyes Tournament match  (posted by ) 2021 AAA Rey de Reyes (posted by luchablogdos) COPA HIJO DEL PERRO AGUAYO | ZACATLÁN | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) REY DE REYES 2021 | EVENTO COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) TORNEO REY DE REYES | LUCHA COMPLETA | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA)
good 05-03 Arcano (2021) vs Venenoide  (posted by Google Drive) ARACNO vs VENENOIDE | MARVEL Lucha Libre Edition (posted by Lucha Libre AAA) Arcano vs Venenoide (posted by luchablogdos) ZACATLÁN PARTE 1 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA)
good 07-03 Deonna Purrazzo vs Lady Shani  (posted by ) Deonna Purrazzo vs Lady Shani (posted by luchablogdos) SHANI vs DEONNA PURRAZZO | VERANO DE ESCÁNDALO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA)
good 07-03 Komander & Octagón Jr. vs Toxin & Villano III Jr.  (posted by ) Komander & Octagón Jr. vs Toxin & Villano III Jr. (posted by luchablogdos) VERANO DE ESCÁNDALO 2021 PARTE 2 | EVENTO COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) VILLANO DESATADO en VERANO DE ESCÁNDALO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA)
good 07-05 Abismo Negro Jr., Arez, Toxin vs Aramis, Dinastía, Kamikaze  (posted by ) ¿NACE una NUEVA FACCIÓN? | LUCHA COMPLETA | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) Abismo Negro Jr., Arez, Toxin vs Aramis, Dinastía, Kamikaze (posted by luchablogdos) AMEALCO PARTE 1 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv)
good 07-05 Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana vs Hijo Del Vikingo, Lady Shani, Laredo Kid  (posted by ) AMEALCO PARTE 1 | PROGRAMA COMPLETO | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana vs Hijo Del Vikingo, Lady Shani, Laredo Kid (posted by luchablogdos) SHANI y VIKINGO ¿LESIONADOS? | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by Lucha Libre AAA)
good 07-05 Octagón Jr. vs Faby ApacheVillano III Jr.Taurus © for the AAA Latin American Championship