CMLL Puebla: 2019-07-22

Recapped: 07/23/2019

Matches:

El Malayo & Policeman beat Arkalis & Tigre Rojo Jr.
(11:08 [5:33, 2:30, 3:05], 1/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Dalys & La Metálica beat Marcela & Skadi
(11:32 [7:22, 4:10], 1/2, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Perverso, Stigma, Virus beat Eléctrico, Kairos, Toro Bill Jr. in a relevos increíbles match
(14:57 [6:47, 3:28, 4:42], 1/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Stuka Jr. beat Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto
(15:14 [4:47, 4:59, 5:28], 1/3 DQ, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Soberano Jr. © beat Negro Casas for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship
(10:14, 1/3, good, VideosOficialesCMLL)

1. Soberano armdrag (3:10)
2. Casas fujiwara armbar (2:24)
3. Soberano powerbomb (4:40)

Euforia, Valiente, Volador Jr. beat Carístico, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero in a relevos increíbles match
(12:36 [4:25, 2:25, 5:46], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

What happened:

Volador appears to be wearing an old Maximo style “Kiss Me” T-shirt but it’s his logo on it so it must be new. He also worked rudo against Caristico and unmasked him after the main event.

Mephisto was called for a foul in the semi-main, though he visibly barely touched Angel de Oro. (Oro jumped more than Mephisto was expecting.)

Metalica hooked the middle rope during a cradle to hold on for the win.

Thoughts:

The main event was weird in that Ultimo Guerrero wanted his team to be the rudos but Volador’s always the rudo against Caristico here so the crowd just kind of turned the match in their favor. The match was fine, though I hoped for more Euforia versus his teammates than they gave us. There was a short bit of it in the third fall, just about as much Volador/Caristico got. CMLL is such in a rut that weird matchups like Euforia against Los Guerreros stick way out as interesting so I definitely wanted more of it.

Casas & Soberano didn’t go long. It was definitely fun while it lasted. They repeated the DDT on the apron spot from the last match (timing it a little bit better). Everything else felt different enough to be worth watching alongside the previous title match, though that one still felt a little fresher. Soberano won with an armdrag and Casas went after the arm in revenge. Casas was wildly cheered and still cheating whenever he had the chance. Soberano does stuff with Casas he doesn’t do with anyone else and Casas breaks him out of some of the bad habits.

Kairos in English means an opportune and definitive moment. Puebla terceras are not opportune and definite moments for pretty much anyone. This wasn’t Kairo’s moment in general. He had an unimpressive look, stumbled taking Perverso’s finishing the first fall, barely got anything on his tope, and he did the slowest handspring you’ll see by someone trying to do it seriously. It’s just one match, a strange match with people on different sides for obvious reason. Kairos still has to improve a lot to be a positive addition. I’d rather see him try rather than see another Olimpico match, but it worries me that this is what the CMLL school is putting out right now. The rest of the match was passing by the scale of Puebla.

The women’s match had an ending that didn’t come together smoothly. The rest of the match was smoother but featured a lot of moments where selling was replaced by people just positioning themselves for the next spot. These matches just don’t feel alive to me. It’s weird that, on a show where Negro Casas put over a youngster again, Dalys is out here doing double pin finishes in the only fall she’s asked to lose.