Tag: CMLL FSE

CMLL on FSE #8 (10/01/06)

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taped 09/24/06 and 09/05/06 (for some reason)

The final segment of the show was cut out. I’m guessing they didn’t realize they were running long until the last second, and then just cut the last segment out becaus they had no choice. But maybe I’m giving them more credit than they deserve

I may have no actual factual basis to declare Ramstein “el Rey de Neza”, but based on this match, I have some video evidence to declare him “not so good in 2006.” The frog splash to finish off the second fall was so much less than Tony’s the previous fall, and that wasn’t a great one. Ramstein had bad timing and communication issues and he really should either watch this mistake to figure out everything he did wrong, or burn every copy of it and hope everyone forgets. Whichever is easier.

The rest of the matches from the 09/24 show never aired anywhere. GdR aired stuff from Arena Mexico those weeks. Maybe there were some sort of taping issues at Coliseo? It’s quite random.

CMLL on FSE #7 (09/24/06)

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taped 09/24/06

The third straight ripped up episode. By this point, FSE figured they should give the finishes, so we get 2 minutes of a womens match and the final two falls of a trios match.

It occurs to me now, if FSE really wanted to be helpful, they’d ditch the first segment, since it’s just hype and teases, rather than cutting out stuff that’s actually being hyped and teases. It’s kinda tough to skip the opening of a show, I guess.

I want to be annoyed about Averno and Negro being cut out, because it’s a rare CMLL TV match between upper level workers (a bit too rare of late), but I don’t think one more fall would’ve saved it. This was Every CMLL Singles Match Ever for the final two falls, what with the quick tecnico pin, taking 10 seconds of rest between every move in the third fall, super slow counts, the “tecnico does a dive, comes back in first, celebrates on his knees, gets pulled into a caverneria, fights free” spot they’re apparently required by law to do every time; it felt like enough title match clinches so it qualifies as a title match and very little desire to do any more. And it wasn’t well done enough to overcome the lack of imagination. Disappointing.

FSE should’ve have a big shot of Averno winning the belt at some point here, but they appeared to forget until we saw it on him during the post match interview. That’s championships in Mexico.

CMLL on FSE #6 (09/17/06)

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for Victor, and if there’s anyone else who noticed, the links should be working these posts

taped 09/10/06

This is a show completely wrecked by clipping – you lose the finish of the first match, and the first fall of the second match.

We – or I, at least – see the rudos in the opener plenty, but the Tigres don’t make TV that much (and neither really does Stuka, as we move on), so it would’ve been fun to see their comebacks.

Main event had some good parts, but the indelible memory is Averno reaching and missing for that inside cradle, since that flash pin was supposed to set up the challenge, I’d think. It could’ve been worse, but you expect better from those two.

TV Update: I gave in and got the Latino package, though I may change my mind later. Theoretically, I’ll continue to have recaps on the CAN52 and add the FSE shows, but we’ll see.

CMLL on FSE #5 (09/10/06)

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Matches taped 09/03/06

And, here we go the clipped episodes. The second segment of a women’s trios was cut out, and it probably wasn’t the worst thing in the world. Still, if you’re going to show any part of a match, it’s pretty obvious to show the ending of it. Showing just the beginning is pointless (and annoying when you’re getting six entrances – an underrated factor in why there’s not as much wrestling as there should be on some of these shoes.)

I enjoyed the main event, and not just because Eclipse was at a point where they didn’t want him doing anything at all to anyone (if you’re reading this in 2010, Eclipse may still be there.) Koslov, Felino, and Sagrado were good here.

CMLL on FSE #4 (09/03/06)

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Matches taped 08/27/06

So, the day that post went up saying I’m taking a break from recapping for a while, the last five months of CMLL FSE turns up in my mailbox. I couldn’t decide if that was in fact the greatest thing ever, or cruel punishment from the lucha gods.

What I did decide is to leave AAA on the backburner for a bit, and run thru some of these episodes to catch up. As you’ll see as I start posting them, I decided to recap each and every episode to start, but I’m not sure it’s going to stick that way, or I may just do it in bunches, leave them along for a while, and then do another bunch.

This episode had an ordinary Arena Mexico segunda match that just happened to be the Arena Coliseo tercera (need a shorter/catchier name for that) and one of those Perro/Mistico matches were the crowd reaction made the match great than it actually was.