2019 watch later catch up, part 4 of ∞

Penta 0M & Rey Fénix  vs Dragón Lee & Rush
(Martinez @ 02/22, 14:04, good, mluchatv)

The atmosphere and feeling of this match is great. The Fenix kicks badly missing in the first half of this match are not as great. They were able to take this match up and down, from being a Dragon Lee spot fest to a Rush brawl, pretty well. There were moments that really worked. The timing on the Pentagon Mexican Destroyer spot was perfect among other good exchanges. It just wasn’t as clean as it could’ve been.

Centvrión vs Mecha Wolf, Alan Extreme
(MexaWrestilng @ 02/23, 10:38, good, mluchatv)

Some cool moments, though the match really never flows. Alan Extreme – back masked for reasons – is less a presence here than his previous standout MexaWrestling match. It’s Centvrion who gets the bigger moments, and it as also Centvrion who scarily takes himself out on a tope, causing a medical break. This is a very “let’s just do some cool stuff” and stuff is cool, but it never really comes together.

Multifacético & Polifacetico vs Aramis & Black Terry
(IWRG @ 02/24, 12:13, good, hector godfrey)

Aramis is so fluid, and it shows in both his mat work and his suplexes this match. The Multifacetico duo – it is unclear which is the one who kept the name and which is the one who got booted to being Polifacetico (and then stopped being Polifacetico as soon as this match ended because all their gear had M on it already) are both game though neither stand out as much Aramis does. They’re actually surprisingly good as a team for guys who have just been feuding for weeks and weren’t a team prior. Black Terry is game, though carefully picking when to take a bump. Red Multifacetico seemed to be out of it in the last minute of the match, which hurt a little bit.

Flamita vs Dragón Bane
(MexaWrestling @ 02/23, 12:08, good, mluchatv)

Barely good, that may be generous. I’m not sure what happened in the last few minutes to cause the match to slow way down. Flamita seemed like he got annoyed by something, stopped selling, and then just fell backward into a pinfall. It didn’t give Dragon Bane a great feeling upset win, it was just weird. They were better going back and forth earlier and it’s not like Flamita would’ve found out just before the end that he was going to lose. The early portions of this match are better back and forth.

Metaleón vs Garza Jr.
(MexaWrestling @ Arena San Juan Pantitlan, 28:08, good, mluchatv)

There are great of brawling that are just great, and there’s a lot of set up and slow moments to get to where they need to be. It’s a very Joe Lider feeling match in that way. It also comes off like the big end of a feud between two guys who haven’t fought before. Maybe I missed some promos that justified the violence; it definitely feels like I missed something. There’s really big spots with plywood panels late, but they could’ve done with a few less of them. The last one definitely worked but the ones prior were getting lesser reactions.

Daga & Difunto II vs Caifan & Silver Star
(ERLL @ 02/24, 15:55, ok, Luchamania Monterrey)

There are falls here, but there’s no real break in fighting between them, and there are no whistles starting each fall. The LuchaMania Monterrey version is far longer, though it also has painful sound. I ended up watching the last half of this on mute. This was a solid match at times, but I was expecting more hard-hitting with Caifan and Daga were involved. They did that – Daga’s fear of Caifan’s chops was great –  but it was more a normal Monterrey match with special guest star Daga. The brawling was all good, the attempt to go back and forth on moves was less so. Silver Star seemed like the week stint.