CMLL Martes de Nuevo Valores: 2017-07-18 

Recapped: 07/20/2017

All matches aired live from Arena Mexico

Matches: 

Pequeño Olímpico & Pequeño Violencia beat Angelito & Fantasy
(11:56 [4:41, 3:43, 3:32], 1/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Akuma, Arkángel de la Muerte, Metálico beat Flyer, Príncipe Diamante, Robin  
(15:42 [6:15, 3:15, 6:12], 1/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Fuego, Oro Jr., Pegasso beat Disturbio, Nitro, Sangre Azteca
(10:51 [3:06, 3:41, 4:04], 2/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Vangellys beat Johnny Idol in a lightning match
(5:41, northern lights suplex, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Gran Guerrero, Hechicero, Negro Casas beat Rey Cometa, Titán, Valiente
(13:06 [5:05, 3:42, 4:19], 1/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Mephisto, Rey Bucanero, Terrible beat Ángel de Oro, Carístico, Mistico
(13:23 [5:16, 2:17, 5:50], 1/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

What happened: 

Rey Bucanero started a feud with Angel de Oro in the main event.

Johnny Idol clearly had his foot on the ropes on the finishing northern lights suplex pin. CMLL referees are usually reluctant to count pins if someone’s not completely down, but the referee ignored the foot on the ropes here. Idol made sure to point it out, even though it felt like the finish and that he was not actually supposed to do that.

This opener was Angelito’s return after being gone for more than a year. Angelito took a package piledriver from Mercurio as the finish to the opener and went in spasms. They cut away from the ring for a long time and Angelico was quickly being stretchered out when they came back. There was no update and the fans and the promotion treated it like it was nothing important. He continued on with his normal schedule.

Thoughts: 

Easy show to skip.

The main event was sufficient if not special. Mistico & Caristico are a fun team. I’m interested if Rey Bucanero will be as good with Angel de Oro as he was with Hechicero (which seems unlikely when I type it like that.) You can skip this though.

The semimain has good pace, good action, and people trying. Even if wasn’t the best action, you had them looking good and trying new things. Rey Cometa’s frogsplash is looking better. His spot with Hechicero getting flipped onto the guardrail chest first. This was a fun match on a show with not much fun on it.

Johnny Idol was a better opponent than Pierroth for Vangellys, and it’s not like he or Vangellys were much better. They were just both competent and able to go for longer than three minutes at stretch, so it’s was a setup from the hair match.

It’s hard to care about a match with Nitro & Sangre Azteca. Fuego & Pegasso did look good in their runs, Oro treated his win like a big deal, but it’s quickly forgettable.

Arkangel is one of the least fun guys to watch. He’s not good and he’s not good for a long time, as his matches always seem to go longer. Robin and Flyer’s matching Super Sky Team (Sombra/Volador era) gear looked god, and the second fall finished well. I kind of wonder what Akuma would turn into outside this environment. This one of the matches where looked useful but it’s going to be tough for him to get better in these matches.

The minis match was better than usual because of Angelito being back. He had a good fall two and three, and was looking to make an impression. The third fall seemed like it ended early.