Let’s look at the teams in this week’s block of CMLL Trios Tournament action
– Felino, LA Park, Máximo
* Maximo is booked for the June 13th segunda
– Héctor Garza, Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara
* Hector is working the June 13 tercera. Hijo del Fantasma is working the segunda (and Fantasma leapfrogging so many people on entry seems like a post in itself. As is how Garza is teaming here with a guy who wasn’t even in the group they held a press conference about. What the heck was the point of that?)
– Máscara Año 2000, Olímpico, Universo 2000
* Olimpico is in the segunda as well.
– Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero
* In a shocking coincidence, not a single one of these three highly ranked wrestlers are booked for June 13th.
I don’t think any one is surprised to see the Guerreros as obvious winners – they were heavy favorites before we knew the anniversary card – but it’s another thing to see them spell out the finish so clearly. Especially after they just did nearly the same thing with the first half of this bracket.
There are ways to gracefully deal with this problem – you could book all the teams, and make it clear matches will change depending on who advances.
Instead, this is kinda as business exposing as letting Joaquin Roldan be a second for TripleMania’s main event, though I don’t think the commission will be making a call.
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Just realised, keeping someone like Park off the supposed big show ain’t too bright is it?….
He really should have been in Dos Caras’s spot in the trios tourney.
Ricky is booked for NOAH on the 14th so someone is lying. Big shock I know.
But the 14th in Japan will be the same day as the 13th in Mexico which means he wouldn’t be able to make Triplemania. My guess is NOAH forgot to remove him from the lineup.
I for one would love to see an entire post dedicated to Hijo Del Fantasma’s rise in CMLL since his debut… a month ago. How many guys who make their debut have a title shot within two weeks? Don’t even have to make a chart – the answer is zero. Well… now it’s one.:)
I don’t even think CMLL is going to bother rebooking this card. It would involve too much work.
I didn’t even make the connection with all the family members being booked on the show till Henrik mentioned it and that makes the card even more depressing now.
Garza not teaming with anyone in his new group is a tad hilarious as well.