Tag: AAA Twitch

Recapped: 03/25/2018

Matches: 

Ashley & Estrella Divina beat Mamba & Pimpinela Escarlata  
(10:54, Estrella Divina pin Mamba, ok, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Drago & Aerostar beat Monsther Clown & Murder Clown and Joe Lider & Mr. Águila
(13:04, Dragon’s Lair cradle Mr. Aguila, ok, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Rey Escorpión & Texano Jr. beat Dark Cuervo & Dark Scoria ©   for the AAA World Tag Team Championship
(17:08, Texano Jr. Tornado Texano Cuervo, good, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Hijo del Fantasma © beat  La Parka Negra for the AAA Latin American Championship
(13:57, Hijo del Fantasma Thrill of the Kill while Blue Demon submitted Wagner, good, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch) )

Máximo, Pagano, Psycho Clown beat Averno, Chessman, Súper Fly
(17:16, DQ for Murder Clown shoving the referee, OK, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Blue Demon Jr., Hernandez, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Dr. Wagner Jr., La Parka, Vampiro
(24:00, Hernandez pin Parka as Demon submitted Wagner, below average, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch) )

What happened:

Vampiro took a piledriver on a chair from Hijo del Wagner and was stretched out. Vampiro had earlier on Facebook said he’d no longer be wrestling on TV, and this seemed to be the explanation for his exit (or all of it’s part of a story to set up his return.) The match continued as Vampiro was strechered out. Dr. Wagner Jr. had issued an open challenge for his title to start the show, and Hijo del Wagner seemed to want to challenge himself or for Blue Demon after the main event and even had the microphone, but never got to say anything.

OGT apparently lit a La Mascara mask on fire. Máximo & Psycho Clown saw the fire and ran away. There was a cut away to a disoriented looking Pagano. In the ring, Averno said La Mascara wasn’t here, so he wanted the trios match called off. Pagano showed up to finish the match. The thing is Pagano was listed on the card as being in the match the entire time (La Mascara had a booking elsewhere), so the bit made no sense to anyone who had seem the poster. Maybe it’ll work on TV.

Neither tag title match was announced ahead of time, though they were definitely decided before the show because Vampiro was promoting the idea of having two title matches.

Rey Escorpión took out the ref bump before the finish, then fouled Cuervo before each man landed their finishing move. Drago & Aerostar asked for a tag title shot in Tijuana.

Divina stole the pin from Ashley, and Ashley was unhappy about it.

Thoughts:

The main event looked like it was going to be bad, and went badly. Vmaprio seemed to start his comeback sooner than the expected in the match, and that threw things on. He was protected on the piledriver spot, but they should’ve shot in a way here we didn’t see the protection because it made it hard to take as a serious injury spot. Hijo del Wagner is trying to stand out but it’s not really happening yet. He’s not the worst son of a wrestler to get a big push, he’s just not justifying this one so far. Parka showed up in street clothes and put in little effort. Dr. Wagner Jr. & Blue Demon have presence but can’t do enough to fill up all the time in this one, and Hernandez working super light to not hurt the old men doesn’t help him either. This was a long waste of time for one injury spot.

The semimain was a replay of the OGT/Alvarado match from San Luis Potosi with Pagano plugged into La Mascara’s spot. There’s no reason to expect a lot of creativity when they’re doing the same matches in a short time. It’s the same problem CMLL has with all it’s streams, though they have a bigger roster to at least plug in different random combinations of people. This was about as fine as the other match was, and there not being a big drop off from La Mascara to Pagano is probably not a great sign for La Mascara. The powerbomb spot at the end was impressive, though there’s nothing good that can come out of Murder Clown & Pagano.

Fantasma/Parka Negra was a pure title match in a promotion that doesn’t give them all that often. Fantasma took a lot of the match, especially early on, but Parka Negra looked good when he could find ways to get shots in and helped make it an interesting match. This did more for Parka Negra in a loss than the bad battle royal (which set up this title shot) did for him in a win. Fantasma also getting to have a good match and being without Tirantes or a fork was a happy change of pace, and he also looked more impressive with the win. I wish we got more of these matches in AAA, I’m glad we got at least got this one.

The tag title match was slower than you’d expect with the rudos in charge early. It made more sense when it turned out they were going so long. There wasn’t a lot of interesting story here, and Texano & Escorpión don’t do anything that really feels like a team, but it did have a lot of simultaneous near falls spots that came off as dramatic. Cuervo & Scoria survived an awful lot and got in once close near fall before the end. This was a length match and the crowd was quite for part of it, it still came off good.

The three way tag was an unending bit of one person doing a move to a second, and a third person there to break it up. Somehow, even though it shouldn’t be possible, it felt like a Traidor Clown was in at all times. They dominated the action, with the other teams getting less moments. That format worked better with the San Luis Potosi match, and just felt like it existed at an unending even level with no peaks or valleys outside the dive spots. At least the right team won and might get to go onto to doing something interesting away form these other teams.

This matches haven’t gotten particularly good despite happening frequently Mamba’s making improvements as a tecnica and seems to enjoy being able to d more varies offense now that she’s not working against Pimpi most of the time. They did play off the other finishes for people who are really paying attention. The match felt long, maybe as a result of trying to build on all that came before. It’s surprising the Pimpinela/Mamba team lost in Monterrey of all places but I’m fine with having a different finish.

Recapped: 03/21/2108

All matches were from Domo de San Luis, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí.

Matches: 

Lanzelot, Mamba, Pimpinela Escarlata beat Ashley, Dinastía, Estrella Divina
(8:36, Pimpinela Escarlata reinera Ashley, ok)

Dark Cuervo, Dark Scoria, La Parka beat Joe Lider, Mr. Águila, Parka Negra
(8:40, La Parka urange Parka Negra, below average)

Rey Escorpión & Texano Jr. beat Angelikal & Drago vs Monsther Clown & Murder Clown  
(10:24, Rey Escorpión legdrop Monster Clown, ok)

La Máscara, Máximo, Psycho Clown beat Averno, Chessman, Súper Fly
(9:56, La Mascara campana Averno, ok)

Blue Demon Jr., Dave The Clown, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. beat Dr. Wagner Jr., Pagano, Vampiro  
(15:00, Hijo del Wagner F5 Vampiro, ok)

Parka Negra beat  Mr. Águila, Joe Lider, Averno, Texano, Rey Escorpión, La Máscara, La Parka in Copa Perros del Mal
(14:10, Parka Negra foul La Parka, below average)

1. Texano out (1:37)
2. Rey Escorpión out (2:16)
3. Joe Lider out (3:12)
4. La Mascara out (3:36)
5. Mr. Aguila out (9:47)
6. Averno out (12:19)
7. Parka Negra foul La Parka (14:10)

What happened: 

Dave the Clown ran out, got beat up by Parka, but distracted him enough for Parka Negra to get in a foul for the win in the main event.

The scheduled Aerostar/Drago/Fantasma vs Texano/Rey Escorpión/Mesias match was changed to Drago/Angelikal vs Texano/Escorpion vs Murder/Monster. It appears Aerostar missed the show because Lucha Underground was still filming this week after all. Mesias was also in Los Angeles, but missed missed the show because he quit AAA.

As usual when they lose, Murder and Monster attacked the winners and fought them to a standstill.

Again, Estrella Divina attacked Ashley for losing. Mamba & Pimpinela tried to convince Ashley not to go with Divina after the match, but she didn’t listen.

Thoughts:

Two Twitch streams this week. Not much happening on any of them, and not much good action. If you didn’t stay up until 11pm, you might want to check out the opener and the OGT match, or you could just safely skip this one too.

Copa Perros del Mal was done as a slow, boring battle royal. The final four were in the ring for an extended amount of time, full of undramatic eliminations teases. La Parka and Parka Negra was never going to be good as a singles match, and AAA could’ve made this better by just doing the Dave the Clown interference spot earlier. They really didn’t care about anything other than making La Parka the big deal, and it was tedious thing to watch.

The semimain went a long time but didn’t feel like as much happened as previous matches. It was just slow and had a lot of standing and punching to minimal effectiveness. Blue Demon isn’t any more interesting as a rudo. The finish made sense for where they’re going, which made it shocking by AAA standards. The crowd seemed very into these guys coming out for the match but not much into the match. I’m not sure if that’s what it sounded like live; it felt like the crowd sound wasn’t coming thru here any better than it did in Rey de Reyes.

Alvarados/OGT felt like a Tuesday CMLL main event, without the falls breaks. There wasn’t the opening mat section either, but the rudos got control of the match quickly, the técnicos made a comeback, and there was a clean finish. The action kept moving even if it never got all that interesting, and it turned out to be a solid match. Like those Tuesday matches, this was nothing I’ll look back at but worked for the crowd, and was easily the best match for the Alvarados as a trio here so far and the best match of the night.

I could go a long time without seeing Monster & Murder Clown in a match again. Maybe they’re awesome people. They’re on these shows too much and always in matches that aren’t any good. This was a lot of nothing brawling and between the two rudo teams and beating up the técnico teams for about five minutes before they made their comeback. This match was predictable a lot better when the Traidor Clowns were not involved, even though it never lasted for long. Argenis slipped on his Brillo dive, but Murder Clown also should’ve adjust and moved forward to catch him. He decided not to move and to make sure he still got in his powerbomb spot. Escorpión & Texano as tag team contenders seems like underutilized them but still could be pretty good.

The situation in the second match called for the Perros del Mal to get a nice win. They lost cleanly to La Parka instead. The match actually started out OK but turned into a usual La Parka match of rudo bumbling around to hit each in place of Parka doing offense. Everyone else was fine, the new Parka Negra is a good addition to the act because he can move better than Lider can at this point. It just was a deflating match.

The opener moved along pretty well for the time it went. Mamba taking the Apache slap everyone spot is a nice homage. The slap spot to set up the finish looked really bad live, but a lot better in the replay. It would be nice if a comeback started in a Pimpinela match some other way than someone running into her backside. It seems to have happened in a hundred matches in a row, and got no reaction in this one. Otherwise, Pimpinela seemed better than usual. Dinastia was on the rudo side and didn’t really worked rudo. He did get to have a couple of nice sequences with Lanzelot, which also picked up the match when they happened. Both made this a better match than it was in Cuernavaca, and it was not far off from a good match.

Recapped: 03/17/2018

Matches:

Dinastía, Dragón Solar, Pardux beat Bronco González Jr., Fetiche, Mini Histeria
(6:59, Dinastia huracanrana Mini Histeria, good, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch) )

Mamba & Pimpinela Escarlata beat Ashley & Estrella Divina
(8:25, Mamba powerbomb Ashley, ok, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Histeria & Psicosis beat Monsther Clown & Murder Clown
(4:25, Psicosis senton Monster, ok, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch) )

Dark Cuervo & Dark Scoria © beat Joe Lider & Mr. Águila for the AAA World Tag Team Championship
(8:30, Cuervo Stunner Mr. Aguila, ok, via Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

La Máscara & Máximo  beat Averno & Chessman and Carta Brava Jr. & Mocho Cota Jr.
(15:58, Máximo pin Carta Brava, ok, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch) )

La Parka & Pagano beat  Dave The Clown & Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.
(29:54, Pagano splash, bad, via Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

What happened:

Hijo del Wagner put a Wagner mask on Pagano and beat him up as if he was his father, though I guess his father doesn’t wear that any more. Fur robes were not easily available. Tirantes worked as a rudo referee, helping frequently and then counting a normal pin for the técnicos at the end anyway. Rey Escorpión interfered late for no particular reason except to set up Hijo del Vikingo attacking him to even the odds. That was the only appearance on the card for both wrestlers.

Super Fly & Tito Santana came out with three teams. The Alvarados agreed to take them on, and Psycho Clown came out to add himself as well. Averno fouled Carta Brava, who remained laying on the mat as Máximo kissed Averno three times. Máximo pinned Carta for the win.

Parka Negra ran in to help the Perros del Mal, and La Parka evened it up.

Psicosis turned the tide in the match by putting the snake on Murder

Thoughts:

The main event made me question why I was even watching AAA. It was so bad. It seemed good for the small children they were showing. It was still so bad to me. The wrestling was poor and lasted forever. I couldn’t believe how long the opening beatdown was going, thinking they must’ve not left time to have a comeback if the match was going to go 10 minutes before one. I was wrong, they had all the time in the world. And they had the two best wrestlers in the match watching the match backstage to do run-ins at the end that amounted to nothing. This match was going to be bad because everyone in it is not particularly good and was not interested in having a good match and they were doing the Tirantes stuff, but it might have been slightly not terrible if Hijo del Vikingo and Rey Escorpión were in the whole time. If you missed this one, count yourself as lucky.

The three way trios match was hard to follow and not that interesting when they slowed it enough down to make it easier to follow. Both rudos teams taking turns at holding an Alvarado down in the ring for an extended portion killed the momentum in the middle of the match. The Alvarados got the showcase here they didn’t get at Rey de Reyes, which was probably part of the idea. It just didn’t translate well to TV but seemed to get a good reaction from this crowd.

The tag title match was a match that will be recorded as occurring despite not being good. Joe Lider used the stapler on his opponents. The opponents made the comeback and used the stapler on him. Mr. Aguila didn’t do a lot of impressive stuff and the version of this match with Parka Negra might have been better. Parka Negra did get come in and take a big bump at the end, so that was good for him.

At least the Vipers/Traidors match was short, and it’s not often you see a team win a match by using their pet snake. This was the kind of brawling match you’d expect with maybe less to it than you’d expect. I can’t recall anything Histeria actually did here, and the stuff the other three did wasn’t much.

The second match wasn’t match. The Mamba & Pimpienla act can get a reaction but it’s much to watch. Estrella Divina isn’t as good as Faby Apache at being mean to Ashley, but at least they’re trying to keep this story going. The finish looked brutal and the match didn’t fall apart any point, and it’s about as much as I’d expect out of a Pimpinela match at this point.

The opener was a fun. They had energy and plans to do trincky things. It didn’t always work out, Dragon Solar seems a pretty spotty guy in particularly. It still was an exciting way to start the show. Bronco Gonzalez is still a pretty good base, saving a Solar spot from falling apart, and I wonder what’s happened where he’s not much a part of things. I can almost identify Fetiche out of a lineup now. Dinastia at least one pinfall win this year.

Recapped: 02/17/2018

All matches aired live from Salón Rojo del Club Toluca, Toluca, Estado de México.

Matches: 

Big Mami & Lady Shani beat Ashley & Faby Apache
(12:29, Lady Shani northern lights suplex Ashley, ok, via Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Dave The Clown beat Niño Hamburguesa
(5:20, beal off the top rope, below average, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Joe Lider & Mr. Águila beat Histeria & Psicosis  
(12:07, Mr. Aguila moonsault Histeria, ok, via Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Angelikal, Hijo Del Vikingo, Lanzelot, Máscara de Bronce beat Australian Suicide, Averno, Chessman, Súper Fly
(7:05, Angelikal torito Averno, 7:05, good, Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Dark Cuervo, Dark Scoria, La Parka beat Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana
(9:19, La Parka inside cradle Carta Brava Jr., ok, via Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. & Hijo del Fantasma beat Texano Jr. & Villano III Jr.
(9:03, Fantasma Thrill of the Hunder on Villano III Jr., ok, via Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

Psycho Clown & Vampiro beat Dr. Wagner Jr. & Rey Escorpión
(17:51, Psycho Clown foul and small package Rey Escorpion, below average, via Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch))

What happened:

In the main event (which is treated as a dark match), Wagner is on the rudo side but is reluctant to fight the técnicos at time. He’s really a tecnico at this point and definitely going forward.

Psycho bleeds heavily after a chair shot the head. Vampiro is run into the post, loosely body slammed onto the floor, and stretchered out. It does seem severe enough to need him being taken out of the match when Psycho is covered in blood. Vampiro’s exit by Rey Escorpion attacking the medics, and the medics later accidentally dropping Vamprio off the stretcher. After a ref bump, Maximo and Mascara came down to make the save, clearing out the rudos. Rey Escorpión does mange to foul Psycho Clown, but Psycho returns the favor, following and small packaging him for the win. Rey Escorpion took Psycho’s mask anyway.

Prior to the match, Vampiro and a frail looking Villano III come to the ring to remove Tirantes as referee. He needs the help of both Vampiro and Copetes to get down the steps, which really is what makes him look old. He’s relatively fine otherwise, but those steps are the first impression. Copetes stays to replace Tirantes.

Wagner attacks his partner Fantasma out four minutes into the match, and hands him over to the rudos to beat. Wagner walks out. Fantasma continues fighting, including kicking out of the Tornado Texano that was his finish. (He doesn’t often win with a move, so I’m unsure if it’s suppose dot be his finish)The referee gets taken out moments later, and Tirantes runs in to attack Fantasma. Bengala runs out to make the save, with Copetes being out for 90 seconds before recovering just in time to count Fantasma’s pin. As with every técnico win, Fantasma is immediately beaten and unmasked.

It’s announced before the match the winning person will get a title shot. The stipulation has no affect on the match. The finish of the match is Carta Brava fouling La Parka (missed by the cameras), Carta Brava covering, and Carta Brava stopping covering because Averno is on the apron. Averno spits at Carta Brava, and Park rolls up Carta for the pin. Mocho Cota Jr. appears to be injured after taking a dive.

Argenis appears before the match, in his outfit but limping. He can hardly put weight on his right foot and apologizes for not wrestling tonight. OGT & Suicide come out to confront him, but Argenis holds them off with his giant sword. The técnicos eventually make the save, though everyone’s standing around for a few moments before it happens. (They seem to be waiting for Tirantes to make it to the ring, since it happens two seconds after he gets there.)

Dave the Clown attacks Nino’s legs after the match. He doesn’t seem to know how to do the worked version of that spot (where you hit the mat a little past the foot so you don’t actually connect) and actually hits Niño in the foot repeatedly. Niño needs help getting ot the back after.

Big Mami has her AAA Mixed Tag Team championship back. Last time we saw it, La Hiedra & Villano III had stolen it from her and given it Hernandez. Faby berates Ashley after she takes the loss in the match.

Thoughts:

The main event was a slow paced action less brawl, where Psycho Clown was the only one who didn’t know they were mailing this in and bleed a dramatic amount. I’m never particularly high on psycho Clown as being the cornerstone of the promotion, but he was a great representative of the promotion in this match, trying to make something out of another match by blood and effort alone. It still wasn’t any, a boring trying affair to get thru that was twice as long as it needed to be and an unimpressive way to end a show.

Just like in Guerra de Titanes, the Fantasma/Texano match here was more of angle to set up Tirantes & Bengala’s participation than an actual match. Bengala is fine but his and Tirantes inclusion in this is really forced. The rudo post match attack and unmasking is so common place that it means nothing any more. Hijo del Wagner’s suplex on Villano III was the most impressive thing he’s done. He needed to have a bigger impact on the match if he was going to be part of the main title feud past this.

Poder del Norte continue to be miracle works because they made Escoria & Cuervo seem exciting for the first time in their técnico run. Escoria came off as a good high flyer. The biggest success was how heavily they fed into La Parka’s offense, just making him look super destructive while also enabling him to stand in the same place for the entire bit. These rudos would be really helpful in CMLL, even if they were still stuck on the Puma/Tiger level. I wouldn’t strongly recommend this match but it’s about as good as a trios match between these two teams with a dumb finish is going to be.

The atomicos was a lot of fun. The young guys were flying all over the place and getting better as the match went along. The dive sequence was as wild as anything, with Mascara de Bronce’s rough landing on the barricade only tope by Angelikal’s rough landing right on the floor. Angeliakl’s missed dive was insane and planned to be crazy and played into him coming back for the finish well. I normally like a longer comeback, but I can’t deny the crowd went nuts when Angelikalk snuck in the torito for the surprise win (and only wish the técnicos got to run off before they were attacked to let it sink in.) This was a hot, easy to enjoy match.

Dave/Hambruguesa didn’t have any tragically blown spots. It was largely boring, and featuring a finish where Niño Hamburguesa took a chair shot to the head and sold it by climbing all the way to the top rope so he could get tossed off. It was dumb and so was this match. The new Dave The Clown idea seems to be a scary methodical brawler. It asks him to do less. I’d like to see him nothing.

Women’s match was alright. There were some iffy moments (Shani stopping and starting halfway to the corner was not good) and Big Mami doesn’t fit in the style of match the other three are going for. Still, it’s worthwhile because the character work is great. Faby’s now fully committed to the ruda role the entire match, and great at it. The sarcastic war cry was awesome, the taunting and her other antics were good, and berating Ashley for losing the match afterwards was played just right. They even got the fans to boo Faby by the end. Ashley is going to be so over as tecnica if AAA lets this play out and does the split right. You can tell on day 1 that this is going to work great. It’s also greatly foolish to expect something to play out right in AAA so I’m going to be vastly disappointed when this all just gets dropped by April. If anything, they do risk at making Shani a small player than she need sot be in this, but she did get the pinfall win and they can get there in time.