Tag: Puebla recap

taped 01/13. No videos this time.

I wasn’t as sold on this show as I was the first one, but this was a lot more CMLL regular heavy, so I shouldn’t be too surprised.

* I know the locals only exist to be filler, but I don’t see the point of putting the regular novatos over them, especially rudo ones. No one in Puebla is going to care if they CMLL guys lose by the time they’re supposed to care about them (a long time from now, if ever, and possibly a new gimmick by then), but the Puebla guys are back there next week.

* Shockercito looked good for this first match with out the mask, and the rudos minis were pretty effective. Not sold at all on Nino de Acero and Bam Bam was far in the background here.

* Poder Mexica is so fun for many reasons, but I like to pretend it’s a battle for Dragon Rojo Jr’s soul. He’s got Mr. Reliable (but a little too predictable) Sangre Azteca on one side, and the other has a guy prone to stretches of being super awesome and stretches of disappearing off the planet in Black Warrior. One can learn a lot from these two men (and these two men can do some covering while you’re learning) and they’re not polar opposites, but it’s a mixture of different personalities they rarely get in a trio.

* never ever roll out of the ring on Ephesto. You will pay.

Taped 01/05

So, I’ve gotten into watching Arena Puebla, but I’m very slow at posting the recaps. This is from about a month ago, and was a pretty good show. I was sold on following this show by the opener alone, but the second match and the cibernetico were pretty enjoyable.

I have more I want to say about the locals here, but I’lll save it for a fresher recap.

Sangre/Mictlan was as good as it’s going to be, which is not good enough to go out of you way but not bad enough to embrass anyone. Mictlan’s still so limited, they just do the same thing they do with all limited tecnicos here – do as many dives instead of sustained offense.