Category: recap

taped 01/18 and 01/20, aired 01/26

I should be at the lucha show as you read this, but hopefully I’ve scheduled this late enough not to interfere with the CadenaTres comments.

I presume Rey was working tecnico here because they didn’t know he was turning when they announced this match (before they announced the change in Friday’s main event), but it’s still odd that the major angle in the promotion was pretty much ignored here. This was more Perros/Corelone with two more tecnicos hanging around.

Inferanles + Virus are still good. Talk about a team that needs to go on a long winning streak…

Galavision US is airing the Best Of (Part 1), by the way. Fast recapping this week.

taped 01/11 – 01/13, aired 01/19/08

The most interesting thing about this show at the moment is watching the FSE show right after and comparing the Arena Mexico crows. FSE’s still lagged into the December death period, so one show has Arena Mexico with something like 1,000 people and the other has Arena Mexico with something like 10,000 people. One looks a bit better. It’s about the difference between Fabian el Gitano and Flash.

This was a much longer women’s match than usual (or I totally screwed up the time), but it wasn’t much better.

taped 01/04-06, aired 01/12/08

Women’s match was better than I figured given the crew, though that just makes it okay. Main event had a longer feeling third fall than I expected from this crew, but it was still just a random trios match.

taped 12/30, aired 01/05/08

I actually kinda liked this minis trios better than the ones that preceded it. It’s close, though, and I think it’s more about the deepness of the minis division more than anything.

Main event was better than it would’ve been with a less into crowd. Wagner’s way over.

CMLL CAN52 GdR #110, taped 12/21 and 12/23/07, aired 12/29

This minis match was definitely a step above the previous one. The rudos jumping the tecnios to start the match worked especially well, because Mini Damian and Mini Halloween are great at killing people. At this point in the minis battles, I think you want them controlling most of the action, and the tecnicitos making sudden comebacks with quick moves, like what happened here. Dorada still seems to be a little off with his opponents on his tricker moves, but I have high hopes for the title match (and hopes GdR grabs it somehow.)