CMLL Puebla: 2020-01-27

Recapped: 2020-01-28

Matches:

Asturiano & Rey Samuray beat Black Tiger & Rey Apocalipsis
(15:04 [6:55, 4:02, 4:07], 1/3, below average, VideosOficialesCMLL)

La Comandante, La Infernal, Reyna Isis beat Marcela, Mystique, Sanely
(12:57 [7:19, 3:15, 2:23], 1/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Stigma beat Kawato San in a lightning match
(7:47, fisherman’s powerbomb, below average, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Shocker, Templario, Vangellys beat Audaz, Dulce Gardenia, Flyer
(19:38 [6:53, 6:02, 6:43], 1/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón beat Carístico, Soberano Jr., Titán
(17:59 [7:35, 3:27, 6:57], 1/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

What happened:

Sanson stole Caristico’s mask and rolled him up for the win.

Thoughts:

The main event got extra time but didn’t do much with it. That seemed the case for most of the matches on the show. NGD tried to do a cool Soberano flip into the reverse bear hug to set up the first finish. It didn’t work and it felt that was the end of trying. NGD worked slower than usual in charge, while the tecnicos just ran thru their usual offense. Forastero should consider wearing gear without a hole in them.

There often mismatches teammates in CMLL, but no one felt as out of place as Templario teaming with Shocker. Just two guys having a very different match, only united by a desire not be kissed by Dulce Gardenia. Templario bases for all the tecnicos in the third fall, Shocker walks around ringside for a moment to offer up people besides himself to be kissed by Dulce Gardenia. It’s not as much a balance as a weird counterpoint.

The first few minutes of the lightning match were rough. Stigma botched taking a headscisssors takedown then whiffed on catching Kawato on a dive. Kawato seemed to be working thru shoulder or rib pain the rest of the way. There weren’t any obvious problems past that, but it was slow and never interesting. Kawato kicking out of Stigmatica just to get pinned a move later was strange and didn’t any reaction.

The third fall of the women’s match is aggressively nothing after the first two falls seemed to have a lot to them. The first fall felt rehearsed as well, which made that third fall feel like something went wrong. Mystique is not great the tricky armdrags she’s trying but it’s vastly entertaining and I pray she continues.

Samuray & Asturiano are some times interesting but the opener was not. It fell apart after Asturaino fell out of the ring, with the most forced hanging stomp spot you’ll see. Wipe this from the memory banks.