IWRG: 2020-03-08

Recapped: 2020-04-13

Matches:

Charro Negro (Nuevo León), King Rex, The Mummy beat Fly Warrior, Hip Hop Man, Mosca
(9:46, ok, +LuchaTV)

What Happened: The Mummy’s team are all Monterrey based wrestlers, brought in by promotion Lucha Time but working most of the indie groups in the region.

Review: You can see the potential in the Lucha Times guys, even if this match started to fall apart by the end. Charro Negro seems ready to move into a bigger indie spot as other people get swooped elsewhere. Hip Hop Man had no idea how to absorb Charro Negro’s dive, but I’m not sure I blame him. That thing was athletic but weird. Mummy starting the end game by tripping his way into the ring was rough and it took too long to get the point. The Mummy came off as a regional attraction who was not wrestling in his region. It was nice to see Fly Warrior anyway.

Jessy Ventura, Pasion Kristal, Zoy Raymunda beat Fuerza Guerrera NG, Lunatik Xtreme, X-Fly
(9:42, ok, mluchatv)

A thoroughly fine match that I’ll remember little off once I close this window. The sequences feel more out of control and not as patterned as the CMLL ones, but the match feels similarly weightless. I don’t know why it feels like Imposible is less impressive as Fuerza Guerrera NG; it may just be more him treading water even with the new name. The finish worked as mockery of the over done “ref bump, foul” finish, though in no way did it seem like it meant to be subversive. Funny unintentionally maybe.

Demonio Infernal, Fresero Jr., Hijo De Espectro Jr. (Nuevo Leon) beat Emperador Azteca, Hijo del Alebrije, Shun Skywalker
(17:08, ok, +LuchaTV)

There’s a good 13-minute match in the 17-minute semi-main. It seems to hit a peak on the comeback and the last act of the match gets stretched out for too long. Emperador Azteca had a really good match and then knocked himself silly on a handspring in embarrassing fashion. There was a lot of building up of IWRG/Lucha Time issues; maybe the plan was for the IWRG guys to go to Monterrey, but it comes across as Fresero bleeding just for fun.

Ayako Hamada, Lolita, Miss Delicious beat Diosa Quetzal, Hahastary, Mary Caporal
(13:27, good, mluchatv)

What Happened: This is the International Day of Women, so the women are in the main event spot.

Review: The women’s match was a pleasant surprise, a clear improvement over the recent action. This might be the best assembly of the women available to IWRG at the moment, though it was also a lot more figuring out what wasn’t working and getting rid of it. (The Hamada wheel kick only shows up here as something intentionally missed. It seemed like it would take a remarkable Ayako performance to have a good match but this was more everyone taking a step forward; this was the best match so far for Miss Delicious and Mary Caporal in particular. Lolita was the quiet star of the match, just a solid wrestler who seems so useful in a division full of wildcards. Lolita hasn’t figured out the personality side – this might be a time for her to come up with a new character – but she’s the glue these matches need. Diosa Quetzal looked great working with Lolita, and Quetzal hasn’t looked great often. Hahastary seemed to have the weakest match. There was some confusion with her and Quetzal on the comeback spots. The bigger problem is Hahastary can’t do her flying spots (or doesn’t trust doing them) with most of these women, and she’s not worked out a whole lot else to do.

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