CMLL LATV #138 (03/28)

CMLL LATV #138, March 28:
– Saturno is so young and thin – he seemed taller than Bam Bam, so he probably won’t be a mini when he fills out – that he really stuck out versus tank mini rudos like Pierroth and Violencia. Still strange that they didn’t do a background here, since it’s not like him being Boomerang and Gran Cochisse’s son wasn’t going to end up obvious to all.There wasn’t much here of interest beyond him; minis were fine, but they’ve done more.
– I’ve been conflicted on the Mistico/Negro matches since I’ve watched it. For sure, it’s a breath of fresh air not to put up with the short short long bit they’ve been doing – the second fall in particular was worked like a fall, not an impediment to part where they really wanted to work. Plus, Negro’s more enjoyable in a big match as a rudo than a tecnico right now (though it’s a trade off with him doing less in trios.) I just felt I need something more out of Mistico and didn’t really the moonsault sidewalk slam – it’s part of Mistico’s 2009 plan of doing more dangerous stunts to prove how much people should love him, but it’s really was him burning of someone else’s finisher for a near fall in his own match, and a move Negro didn’t seem to have any idea to take. Even more, this feud has been all about each guy biting each other’s finish, which gets remembered for the earlier falls but not for the finish. I thought the match was good, but a little bit less than I’d need to say Yes as a must see 2009 match.

Regardless, pretty nice bonus to get to see it, when I’d thought it wouldn’t turn up for a while longer. And neat editing to give us more of the match by cutting out the slow crawls back into the ring post-dive.

videos: minis title match
download: megaupload

EDIT: download link corrected.