Tag: 2024 great match roundup

Some notes

• I’ve caught up putting ratings in (even the many weeks I didn’t do one of these posts), and you can see what I’ve liked the most this year so far here.
  • I haven’t put many Big Lucha ratings in there, though I don’t think much are going to hit that list.
• I feel like I’m underrating things to only have two Excellent matches so far this year.
• I’ve reopened the luchablog drive under the same link. I’m not going to put anything from the last two years of CMLL this year. New AAA stuff is still going up, but mostly it’s a historical resource. I know that’s not the answer most of you want but it’s the answer I have for you right now.
  • If CMLL comes back and DMCAs the old stuff, then I’ll just move all the CMLL stuff off of there.
• still watching the CMLL Sunday stuff even if I’m not streaming it or putting anywhere you can find it

Nothing jumped out from this week but there was plenty of watchable stuff.

rating	match	aired	taped
good	Mecha Wolf vs Octagón Jr. © for the AAA Latin American Championship	AAA on Space 2024-04-13	2024-03-16
good	Astro Boy Jr. & Novato vs Calavera Jr. I & Calavera Jr. II	CMLL on TV Mexiquense 2024-04-12	2024-03-31
good	Máscara Dorada & Místico vs Ángel de Oro & Templario	CMLL on TV Mexiquense 2024-04-12	2024-03-31
good	Gran Guerrero vs Averno, Templario, Titán, Stigma, Bárbaro Cavernario, Terrible, Dragón Rojo Jr., Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja for the CMLL Universal Championship and in a tournament semifinal match	CMLL YouTube 2024-04-12	2024-04-12
good	Flip Gordon vs Euforia in a lightning match	CMLL YouTube 2024-04-12	2024-04-12
good	Blue Panther Jr., Dark Panther, El Hijo De Blue Panther vs Hijo de Stuka Jr., Hijo del Villano III, Villano III Jr.	CMLL YouTube 2024-04-12	2024-04-12
good	Legendario vs Forneo in a lightning match	CMLL YouTube 2024-04-12	2024-04-12
good	Hijo del Pirata Morgan vs Jack Evans	Big Lucha World 2024-04-13	2024-04-13
good	Flamita vs Argenis	Big Lucha World 2024-04-13	2024-04-13

The only OK match I had from H2L was the minis match (and the Angelito dive was still cool.) Other people seem higher than me on Zandokan/Esfinge and lower on the women’s trios. It was all worth checking out.

The CMLL B show stuff was fun but not must see. No non-CMLL/AAA watching this week.

Rating	match	aired	taped
excellent	Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley, Matt Sydal vs Blue Panther, Místico, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr.	CMLL YouTube 2024-03-29	2024-03-29
great	Máscara Dorada & Rocky Romero vs Atlantis Jr. & Soberano Jr. in a National Parejas Increible Tournament match and in a tournament final match	CMLL YouTube 2024-03-29	2024-03-29
great	Lluvia, Stephanie Vaquer, Zeuxis vs La Catalina, Tessa Blanchard, Willow Nightingale	CMLL YouTube 2024-03-29	2024-03-29
great	Bárbaro Cavernario © vs Averno for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship	CMLL YouTube 2024-03-29	2024-03-29
good	Astro Boy Jr. & Hunter vs Dragón de Fuego & Forneo	CMLL on TV Mexiquense 2024-03-29	2024-03-17
good	El Audaz, Futuro, Max Star vs Dark Magic, Espanto Jr., Raider	CMLL on TV Mexiquense 2024-03-29	2024-03-17
good	Capitán Suicida & Diamond vs Raider & Vegas	CMLL YouTube 2024-03-28	2024-03-23
good	Esfinge © vs Zandokan Jr. for the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship	CMLL YouTube 2024-03-29	2024-03-29
good	Magnus & Rugido © vs Brillante Jr. & Neón for the Mexican National Tag Team Championship	CMLL YouTube 2024-03-29	2024-03-29

I’ve got a draft from August, where I started to do this and just never got it done again. No promises it’ll be more than this one. This is mostly an outlet to get my thoughts on the “extra” matches CMLL is putting out now. It’s like a full extra show:

• 4 matches from Sunday shows (3 airing on AMX/TV Mexiquense, 1 going up as a free match of the week)
• 2 matches from Coliseo (usually up Thursday nights)

This was not a great week for high end up stuff. I think Akuma/Dulce vs Rocky/Dorada is the match I’d recommend strongest, but it was just a fun 7 minute match rather than something superb. The “extra” matches gave me more to write about.

• Cancerberos/Ola Negra had far more life than it looks on paper. Cancerberos played really good rudos and Akuma’s power moves played as tecnico spots. You will never hear Espanto Jr. and Dark Magic cheered this loudly again.
• The Fuerza Tapatia was helped by me expecting everyone to sleep through it, and that not happening. Felino and Gemelo Diablo II had a top rope huracanrana/top rope splash combo finisher, not sure what got into them. Hechicero looked good and the tecnicos seemed motivated.
• Maya/Difunto did not come across as the MOTYC as hyped live, but I can accept people in the building feeling that way. That Coliseo crowd was super into the match, cheering loudly for Difunto to pull the upset. The match itself was worked like a throwback title match, lots of mat work early and slow build to a finish. A Difunto springboard spot late went badly wrong and I never got to the point where it felt a title change was coming, but those fans sure thought it could happen.

Rating	match	aired	taped
good	Cancerbero, Luciferno, Virus vs Akuma, Dark Magic, Espanto Jr.	CMLL on TV Mexiquense 2024-03-15	2024-03-03
good	Esfinge, Fugaz, Star Black vs Felino, Gemelo Diablo II, Hechicero	CMLL on TV Mexiquense 2024-03-15	2024-03-03
good	Guerrero Maya Jr. © vs Difunto for the Mexican National Middleweight Championship	CMLL YouTube 2024-03-14	2024-03-09
good	Máscara Dorada & Rocky Romero vs Akuma & Dulce Gardenia [Torneo Increible de Parejas] and in a tournament quarterfinal match	CMLL YouTube 2024-03-15	2024-03-15
good	Akuma & Rocky Romero vs Ángel de Oro & Gran Guerrero [Torneo Increible de Parejas] and in a battle royal match	CMLL YouTube 2024-03-15	2024-03-15
good	Flamita & Ricky Marvin vs Emperador Azteca & Limbo	Big Lucha World 2024-03-16	2024-03-16