AAA #824

taped 02/15, aired 03/15

I really loved this match. In a promotion where rudo refereeing is done and overdone and then done some more, it does still work when you’re not expecting it and they’re subtlety building it thru the match. It even makes sense if you remember back to their (unresolved) issues last year – just because Abismo might be becoming a good guy doesn’t mean Hijo de Tirantes has to like him. Niebla was also as good as I’ve seen him here.

There’s been better matches, I don’t know if it would hold up to rewatching or redoing, and the post-match angle doesn’t make any sense as a story. On the other side, AAA seems to have toned down rudo referee bits – Piero’s been calling it more fair of late, Copetes hasn’t been around a lot, and Tirantes Sr. hasn’t been around at all – so this was helped by similar stuff not happening.

I’m totally expecting Hijo de Tirantes to be a back tecnico referee next time he’s referring a match without Abismo Negro, because I hope I would know if Hijo de Tirantes has been a rudo for a month. It was good to get to boo him for purposely being a rudo, instead of all the attention grabbing tecnico referee things I’m not supposed to make a deal about.

Meanwhile, the cage match, and the lack of idea of what was going on, was so AAA. I wonder how many people thought they won that match. “I know it’s tough for you, Halloween, having to get beat up post match, but you get to win the match!”