What happened: Carístico won the Liga Elite tournament when Rey Escorpión decided to listen to Cibernetico’s music instead of covering Carístico. Bandido won the new welterweight title with a partially botched spot. Willie Mack got flown all the way out to Mexico City for a forgettable match.
What was good: Nothing. Nothing was good. All the matches were disappointing and most were badly booked. This is somewhat historically important – either it’s the first season finale or it’s the last episode – but there’s no reason to watch the show otherwise.
Where can I watch it: It’s on the Liga Elite channel.
This is the last Season 1 Elite show (with the idea that they’ll be back for a season 2 at some unclear point.) They’ve skipped a week of tapings to show the last episode they’ve taped. There’s no highlight package of an undercard match and it’s a slightly shorter episode than usual as a result. The second season idea does come up in a Rey Escorpión promo but isn’t particularly pushed in the show beyond the concept of this being the Liga Elite final. There’s no hint of when they’ll be back.Read More
What happened: Blue Demon beat LA Park by DQ in the usual Elite bad finish (with some horrendous production.) Xtreme Tiger beat Ciberentico by DQ when Ciberentico decided to give the referee a martinete for no really good reason. None of these things are going anywhere.
What was good: I wouldn’t recommend anything. This was a really bad episode and fitting a pattern with this show: the singles matches are not good and have awful finishes, and the trios matches are frequently OK but disappointing.
Where can I watch it: It’s on my channel and the Liga Elite channel, with some handheld also around
Blue Demon & LA Park is pushed with the two being held apart backstage and on an Azteca sports show. Read More
What happened: Ultimo Guerrero gifted Carístico 2 points with a mask pull. Angel de Oro & Argos advanced in the middleweight championship.
What was good: The main event? It was technically good though numbed me before the finish. The undercard was OK but the matches didn’t stand out.
Where can I watch it: It’s on my channel and on AztecaDeportes.com
This show is low on material, so they start off with a retrospective on the series so far. (That’s never a good sign.) Carístico and Ultimo Guerrero also have a standoff that turns into punches.
Match 1: Ángel de Oro & Argos vs Dinamic Black & Rey Cometa [ELITE MIDDLE prequalifer]
Arena México, 05/11/2016
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Winner: Angel de Oro & Argos Match Time: 6:00 Notes: Cometa seems to be a rudo, or at least makes a rudo gesture to someone from the ring.
Review: [ok] Kind of worked as a four way match instead of a tag match, except the partners didn’t fight. It was just an ever changing group of opponents with no one spending much time in the ring and no particular build to anything, but some interesting moves. There was no attempt to work together as a team until the finish and no sign of a rudo/tecnicos. (In a way, the seeding battle royal here felt like it must’ve been more like a random draw, because it didn’t feel at all like they had a match worked out and were just throwing things out there.)
Dinamic Black tornilloCometa Spanish Fly
Match 2: Máscara Dorada, Máximo Sexy, Rocky Lobo vs Magno, Rey Escorpión, Último Ninja
Arena México, 05/11/2016
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Rey Escorpión package piledriver Mascara Dorada (4:22)
Winner: rudos (2-1) Match Time: 12:02
Review: [ok] better than the trios match last week but still a little disappointing. Mascara Dorada was on and Rey Escorpión worked well with everyone, but it was overall hurt by Elite just sticking random people in together. Ultimo Ninja didn’t look as good as rudo as he elsewhere as a técnico. Magno looked OK (and didn’t help by them not getting a good shot of his finish.) Máximo seemed to be mailing it in, which stuck out a bit in a match with the Elite guys trying impress. Match was fine but hard to recommend.
Dorada tope con giro
Match 3: Carístico vs Último Guerreroin a Liga Elite match
Arena México, 05/11/2016
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Winner: Carístico by DQ (mask removal) Match Time: 9:20 Notes: Ultimo Guerrero knocks Carístico out of the ring just as he’s coming in it to start the match. The DQ comes about when Ultimo Guerrero is standing with one foot on the top turnbuckle and Carístico attempts to join him. Carístico loses his footing, resets himself, Ultimo Guerrero grabs Caristico’s mask thru the eye holes (it’s loose, so he’s not even really touching Carístico despite having his fingers hooked in) and pushes Carístico backwards. Carístico flies into the center of the ring, but his mask stays on UG’s hand, and that’s the match. On the replay, you can see UG pull the mask back towards him as he shoves UG away.
Review: [good] this one lost a lot to me when I watched it more closely; it’s nothing more than UG doing the big move/rest/big move sequence with a random cheerleading period in between. They tried to start it off hot by having UG attack Carístico, but it means there was no building to the near falls, the entire match was just (not convincing) near falls and that’s not enough for a ten minute match. This was not the spectacle of some other matches, it was just a lot of pins that didn’t seem to mean anything.
Caristico bounces
To fill out the six minutes, highlights of the seeding battle royal and both per-qualifiers in the middleweight tournament are shown.
What happened: Volador Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero picked up 3 more points in the tournament. LA Park and Rush continue to hate each other.
What was good: Everything was watchable. The opener was a Volador special and the main event had some good moments. The trios match was not as dire as it looked on paper.
Where can I watch it: It’s on my YouTube channel and the Azteca 7 Elite show page. Read More
What happened: Mascara Dorada (6 points) and Atlantis (3) picked up 3 points each in wins. The Hell Brothers and the Ingobernables went to an inconclusive finish. Hijo de LA Park debuted in the highlights, and was attacked by Rush & Pierroth back stage
What was good: The main event was the best match. The opener was good for Dorada, but there’s a lot of better Dorada to watch suddenly.
Where can I watch it: It’s on my channel and it’s somewhere on Lucha Azteca’s website.Read More
What happened: Atlantis (over La Mascara) and Caristico (over Volador) picked up their first win in their first Liga Elite matches. LA Park & son, watching the show from the front row, got involved in the trios match and fought with Cibernetico. They’ll have a singles match next week, with LA Park added to the tournament as the 12 man.
What was good: The main event was the only match I really liked, a big spot exhibition. The LA Park angle is good, but you can skip the rest of the match.
Where can I watch it: It’s on YouTube and Azteca’s website.Read More
