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Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Last night Caristico and Mistico were on opposing sides at Lucha Libre Boom and they started feuding. Volador was on Caristico's team and had problems with him, so Caristico was working full heel. After the match Mistico challenged Caristico to one more fall, mano a mano. In the fall, which seemed to be short, Caristico escaped La Mistica, kicked Mistico in the groin, and pulled his mask. Then they agreed to do a 2/3 falls singles match at the next show.

Match Highlight: https://youtu.be/dZQthQBLFiI
Post-Match: https://youtu.be/yl73jjVH6xY

Backstage comments from +Lucha promos:

Místico (con máscara de Fuerza Guerrera): "Carístico, el nombre y la máscara son míos"

Carístico (con máscara de Místico): "Esta máscara le queda mejor al original Místico"

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Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Match Recs 10/19, clearing out my backlog of bookmarked stuff I've been meaning to write up:

Rey Mysterio vs Matt Cross vs Xtreme Tiger vs Último Ninja - CTLL Martínez - 8/19/17 - GREAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYkKwltt08w
Really fun short match about spots. Almost too short, given the price I've heard that it costs to book Rey. The four-man mega-spot had me hooting at my screen.

Lilith Dark vs Lady Cat vs Hija del Pantera - IWRG - 9/27/17 - GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqqCb_tn6k
Enjoyable triangle match hiding in the bottom half of a Wednesday IWRG show with a big cage match on top. I was especially impressed with Lilith Dark here.

Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr., Titán vs Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón - CMLL - 9/30/17 - GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ft7aj9eYQ
La Nueva Generación Dinamita battles all of your mid-card favorites in a regular trios match on a regular Guadalajara show. No weaknesses, just a good time.

Soberano Jr. vs Barbaro Cavernario (Mexican Welterweight) - CMLL - 10/2/17 - EXCELLENT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGRakZPC6c4&t=6056s
The Year of Soberano rolls on as CMLL lets an Arena Puebla title match go 30+ minutes including a 20 minute third fall. Both guys are at the top of their game and they go hard.

Mexico City vs. Guadalajara Cibernetico - CMLL - 10/3/17 - FUN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvc7khAMWAg
This one's 6 vs 6 teams of undercard guys whose matches you usually skip over. I was impressed most by Star Jr, Oro Jr, Star Black, and Flyer, and the cibernetico format means you're going to have a good time. Not as much drama as you'd want, but the wrestling's good.

Toreno de la Leyenda de Plata - CMLL - 10/13/17 - GREAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oOd5xAMaOc&t=4602s
Not necessarily willing to go full MOTYC for this one, but it was an honorable mention for sure. There were some bits towards the end where everyone was blown up, and that hurt a bit. But the good parts were really good and the delivered on what you really want out of the match: unusual match-ups. Lucha Libre Boom had teased Caristico/Mistico the week before, and now it's shown up on the big show. That will be one they tease for a long time, slowly, and it will probably never happen, but for now I can dream that it's the main event of the 85th Anniversary show next September.

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
The Monterrey soccer team dressed their mascot up as the most famous hometown hero of all
https://twitter.com/Rayados/status/924423009821216770

DJExile
Jun 28, 2007


Boco_T posted:

The Monterrey soccer team dressed their mascot up as the most famous hometown hero of all
https://twitter.com/Rayados/status/924423009821216770

that owns

Numero6
Oct 10, 2012

ここは地の果て 流されて俺
今日もさすらい 涙も涸れる
ブルーゲイル

Boco_T posted:

The Monterrey soccer team dressed their mascot up as the most famous hometown hero of all
https://twitter.com/Rayados/status/924423009821216770

I hope he'll hit other mascots with a chair.

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Match Recs 11/1

Soberano Jr. vs Bandido – Lucha Memes – 10/1/2017 – GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bskme_FNRb0
Soberano Jr. is one of the best wrestlers in the world in 2017. This match-up is a solid exhibition of highlights that takes advantage of Coliseo Coacalco to be something different from the big CMLL matches that Soberano’s already had this year. The match is 100% worth watching for Bandido doing an apron to floor headscissors that throws Soberano into a guy in the front row, completely destroying him and his drink. In the end, they only go 10 minutes, Soberano hurts his hand, and there’s no finish. If they put these guys in the main event and give them 20 minutes, I think they could have another one for Soberano’s highlight reel.

Laredo Kid, Mascarita Dorada & Arkangel Divino vs Steve Pain, Demus & Último Maldito – The Crash – 10/5/2017 – GREAT
+Lucha Highlight – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxTACjpN_u4
Full Match – https://www.patreon.com/posts/monkey-members-4-14807823 (Konnan’s Patreon)
Much of the standard undercard for The Crash is about booking the most impressive flip and dive wrestlers and encouraging them to sprint for 8 minutes doing the best things they can think of. This match is a perfect example of that, and then they even take a few minutes afterward to build towards an interesting possible singles encounter. The dives in this one are outstanding, Laredo Kid is great, and Arkangel Divino brings it home with a double at the end.

Flamita vs The King (Rey Fénix) – The Crash – 10/5/2017 – GREAT
+Lucha Highlight – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkl3NlQRJ0c
Full Match – https://www.patreon.com/posts/monkey-members-4-14807882 (Konnan’s Patreon)
I liked this one more than the one from September. The opening minutes were really my favorite, I can always get behind the long counter exchanges where neither wrestler can get a solid hit in. The match still didn’t get all the way there for me because I thought the closing sequence was awkward. Still, enough quality on the whole to make it over the line from “good” to “great.”

Panthers vs Dinamitas Trilogy – CMLL – 10/2017 – GOOD
10/3 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m65I4xHLxSA
10/10 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dABwtrpBOJk
10/17 [Mex Trios] – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwUy3ICel1Q
Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr., and The Panther battled Sansón, Cuatrero, and Forastero three weeks in a row on the Tuesday Guadalajara show. The matches are all good and all different. They take advantage of the possibilities that are available for match structure and falls in lucha trios rules, ones that you don’t usually see. Blue Panther is still going in 2017 and La Nueva Generación Dinamita gets under the skin of the Panther family so bad that they start going for the Dinamitas’ masks. The build to the title match is good and the end leaves room for the rivalry to continue, which it almost certainly will.

Lilith Dark & Dulce Luna vs Lady Cat & Princesa Shira – IWRG – 10/11/2017 – GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NOxc1BtuyA
Really solid Wednesday mid-card IWRG match. All four women do a good job, but especially Lilith Dark and Lady Cat. This is a good match to watch if you want to see wrestlers destroying each other with different kinds of dropkicks. It’s difficult for me to believe that nobody was hurt taking some of them. Be on the look out for the most devastating Do-si-do I’ve seen in wrestling.

Lilith Dark vs Ludark – IWRG – 10/22/2017 – GREAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dohokx0NukM
IWRG has these one-fall ten-minute lightning-equivalent matches on most shows and they are usually good, but this one is even better than usual. Ludark and Lilith Dark, ruda vs ruda, stiff the crap out of each other, then drop each other on their heads for good measure. A tope goes wrong a little, but it ends up working in the “both wrestlers take so much punishment that did one of them really win in the end?” fashion.

rare Magic card l00k
Jan 3, 2011


Lilith Dark is exactly the kind of name I look for in pro wrestlers.

Pinche Rudo
Feb 8, 2005

Is that the first time we've seen Hijo de Caristico?

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost
https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/926678732051320832


RUSH invited Volador to join Los Ingobernables at the end of tonights show when Volador yanked off Mistico's mask


also they gave RUSH command of all the skeletons tonight

so the show ends with him kicking Gran Guerrero in the balls and then having Los Guerreros and maskless Mistico dragged to hell

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

exploded mummy posted:

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/926678732051320832


RUSH invited Volador to join Los Ingobernables at the end of tonights show when Volador yanked off Mistico's mask


also they gave RUSH command of all the skeletons tonight

so the show ends with him kicking Gran Guerrero in the balls and then having Los Guerreros and maskless Mistico dragged to hell

More evidence CMLL is a shoot.

Wiccan Wasteland
Oct 15, 2012

exploded mummy posted:

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/926678732051320832


RUSH invited Volador to join Los Ingobernables at the end of tonights show when Volador yanked off Mistico's mask


also they gave RUSH command of all the skeletons tonight

so the show ends with him kicking Gran Guerrero in the balls and then having Los Guerreros and maskless Mistico dragged to hell

Is there a video of this floating around somewhere?

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

Wiccan Wasteland posted:

Is there a video of this floating around somewhere?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouML3KDPLzQ

About 2:32:00 in

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
http://twitter.com/therealfredo/status/928395399131308032

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
I cannot believe that I might get to meet Park, Wagner, and Keyra in the same day, in less than a month from now
https://twitter.com/wuwworldwide/status/929488076631691265

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Boco_T posted:

I cannot believe that I might get to meet Park, Wagner, and Keyra in the same day, in less than a month from now
https://twitter.com/wuwworldwide/status/929488076631691265

I can't believe I might get to meet The Crow.

"Sir, Laser Mission changed my life."

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Do you love watching vertically shot wrestling that was streamed live on Facebook because there's a blurry Carlito in it? Click here to see just how much of it I had to watch to bring you my reviews of The Crash's 6th Anniversary tour:
https://luchasorpresa.wordpress.com/2017/11/16/the-crash-6th-anniversary-tour/

11/3 - Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progreso - Guadalajara
Enviado & Lacey Lane vs Estrella Oriental & Keyra - FUN - File seems to have most of the match in its 5 minute runtime. Lacey Lane replaced Diosa Quetzal on this tour and she can hold her own. Entertaining lower card match.
Flamita vs Sammy Guevara - GOOD - Fun short match with a lot of impressive dives.
Blue Demon Jr., Penta 0M, Rey Mysterio 619 vs Carlito, Garza Jr., La Máscara - SKIPPABLE - House show trios main events aren't my thing. They brawl all over the building and the cell phone video quality is really not great, but they do send everyone home happy.

11/4 - Sixth Anniversary Show - Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana
Keyra vs Christi Jaynes vs Lacey Lane vs Baronessa [The Crash WOMEN] - FUN - Pretty bummed this one only got seven minutes on the big show, but everyone did their best with the time allotted. Many cool big moves.
La Máscara vs Penta Zero M vs Rush vs Rey Mysterio 619 [The Crash HEAVY] - GOOD - Not the best-worked match because of the nature of the four-way format and the brawling style of Los Ingobernables, but still a good time. All four guys are rightful, legitimate mega-stars and they get the packed house going. The one-on-one breakdowns, for the short time they each last, is a taste of a solid dream match, so if anything you end up wanting to watch more Crash in hopes that they put any combination from this match as a singles main event down the line.
Bestia 666 vs Jack Evans [hair] - EPIC - Link goes to the 13 minute meat of the match, 13 wild minutes. Jack Evans is still insane in 2017 at 35 years old. There's also a full match video from ringside but it's shakier and harder to watch. I'd say just watch the better quality clip then switch over to the other one to see the haircut post-match.

11/5 - Gimnasio Nuevo Leon Unidad - Monterrey
Flamita, Flip Gordon, Último Ninja vs Laredo Kid, Sammy Guevara, Shane Strickland - Highlight of what seemed to be a very good match

11/6 - Poliforum La Fe - Nuevo Laredo
Penta Zero M & Rey Fénix vs Hanson & Ray Rowe vs Bestia 666 & Black Taurus - Enough of a highlight to know the match was good. My favorite part was the Black Taurus dive.
Brian Cage, Daga, Rey Mysterio 619 vs La Máscara, Pierroth, Rush - SKIPPABLE - Another house show main event. It was neat to see both my Large Boy Brian Cage and my Handsome Boy Daga mix it up with Rush, but you won't be missing anything if you don't have 20 minutes to spend on a shaky cell phone video.

11/11 - Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan
Astrolux, Atomic Star, Pegazus vs Black Dragón, Látigo, Torito Negro - GOOD - Opening sprint where everyone worked hard to get the crowd going. Really strong dives.
Arkángel Divino, Black Boy, Black Danger, Último Maldito vs Aramis, Dinamic Black, Fly Warrior, Toxin - GOOD - Plenty of sloppy moments in this one, but they made up for it with some of the most insane and creative dives I've seen in a while.
Keyra, Lacey Lane, Máscarita Dorada vs Christi Jaynes, Demus 3:16, Tiago - BAD - Real garbage here. It's one thing to have a rudo like Demus trying to kiss opposing women, but when the start of the match is tecnico Máscarita Dorada kissing Christi Jaynes against her will, you've lost me. A normal wrestling match would have been just fine, in fact the actual wrestling in the match was fine. The kissing stuff was offensive.
Daga vs Último Ninja - SKIPPABLE - This one was okay, but didn't really get all the way there. Some impressive stuff, and the mat sounded really hard on the video I watched so that added to the impact moves, but a lot of sloppy parts. (alt link)
Carlito, Jack Evans, M-ximo vs Bestia 666, Black Taurus, Hijo de Pirata Morgan - FUN - A toss-up between fun and skippable, this was just a match but everyone did a good job and it was short enough that it didn't wear out its welcome.
Garza Jr. vs La Máscara vs Penta Zero M - FUN - Another match that ended up just clearing the bar into feeling like it was worth my time. Too much was on the outside away from the spectator recording and that hurt, but there were enough moments that I enjoyed. The story of the match putting Penta against the odds, seeing some more famous luchadores visit La Famosa Esquina Fria, Garza bleeding all over the place, and just the right amount of goofiness for the occasion.

11/14 - Domo de la Feria - León
Lacey Lane, Máscarita Dorada, Tiago vs Black Danger, Demus 3:16, Keyra - BAD - Re-read what I wrote above about the prior Dorada/Demus/Lacey/Keyra encounter. Enough with this.

Mob
May 7, 2002

Me reading your posts

When he fights men Demus usually bites nipples so I'm glad he changed his moveset for intergender

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Here's my lastest recs:

Bandido vs Eterno – Mexa Wrestling – 10/21/2017 – GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC8EhxOMNSE
Very professional match that isn’t breaking any new ground but you can hold it up as an example of a well done match in the Mexican indie style. I might put it higher if I hadn’t seen this type of match so many times already this year. They did have some cool mat work in the beginning that stood out to me. Also, Bandido is only 22 years old.

Pantera I vs Arez [IWRG IC Light] – IWRG – 11/2/2017 – GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqYERY_FqOw
As I read back these write-ups, I keep seeing that I’m obsessed with the ages of the wrestlers. In this case, Pantera I is 53 years old and he’s trying to defend the IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight championship against solid journeyman Arez. Pantera needs every bit of his veteran wiles here. Interesting match structure, some cool moves, a good time.

Halcón 78 Jr. & Scorpió 2.0 vs Tiburón (Veracruz) & Xibalba – AAA – 11/3/2017 – FUN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_kTUQycV5g
This is the kind of match I love to find. It’s a 6 minute TV match featuring four guys I’ve never heard of, and I clicked on it because I had a few minutes to kill. It seems to be a dark match that they had time to air. Tiburón and Xibalba are awesome here. I don’t know if they would have what it takes to go long, but they have enough to go all out as “large guys doing lucha flips and throws” in the allotted time. The técnicos don’t get much, but you gotta take what you can get.

Solar & Super Astro vs Black Terry & Virus – CMLL – 11/17/2017 – GREAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEq2AkosYQo&t=57m4s
Exactly what you want out of a match on a legends show. Really solid mat work that culminates in whatever crazy knot submission holds the guys can think of. I wish Negro Navarro could have been in this one but you’ll never see me complaining about Virus being involved in this kind of match.

Volador Jr., Dragón Lee, Rush vs Último Guerrero, Gran Guerrero, Euforia – CMLL – 11/17/2017 – GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEq2AkosYQo&t=1h43m52s
The Legends matches earlier on the card were going too long, so they told these guys to go out there and have a sprint. It really helps the match. Things get going quickly, the crowd is hot, and the chemistry of the Volador/Lee/Rush team is undeniable. It has everything you need.

Dragón Lee, Soberano Jr., Ángel de Oro vs Sansón, Cuatrero, Forastero – CMLL – 11/20/2017 – GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AH0hdGMFTc&t=1h16m57s
Five of the six wrestlers in this match are between 21 and 24 years old (Ángel is 29). This is incredible for the future of lucha. All of the young wrestlers are so good already. Soberano is in the conversation for best of 2017. While this match doesn’t completely tear the house down due to the slot it’s in, it’s a match that’s worth your time.

Astral, Flyer, Robin vs Akuma, Espanto Jr., Templario – CMLL – 11/21/2017 – GREAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmrTtZ1y-wk&t=21m45s
As good a second match on a Tuesday night as you’ll ever see. Guys that are veterans at this level and usually do fine, but with missteps. In this one, though, everything syncs up and they go to the next level. Everybody makes up wild moves and they don’t mess any up, with perfect timing. The best Martes de Nuevos Valores match in a while.

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

This is gonna be real good

https://twitter.com/Konnan5150/status/939246482842161152

oatgan
Jan 15, 2009

they're never going to find the distribution they want for those tapings

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

I don't care I just hope Russo takes Rey's mask again.

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
https://twitter.com/Boco_T/status/939617803539222529Just call me Black Terry Jr. Jr. because I taped two matches from the show like all the Mexican hero fans I admire so much:https://twitter.com/Boco_T/status/940368000737337344https://twitter.com/Boco_T/status/940379207565217793

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/943264674988150784

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Start booking your travel plans now, March 25 is the date:http://twitter.com/muchaluchaatl/status/945343760623374337The Crash has been building towards this one but if they don’t have it on the books soon it’s entirely possible that it will happen for the first time at Atlanta.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
Steel Cage Ladder Match

https://twitter.com/therealfredo/status/945753002454876161

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Plenty of good stuff to unpack from this poster:

- 20th anniversary of IWRG having a New Year's show?
- All 5 matches on the card are in the cage
- Opening match is a battle of "schools" with mask/hair on the line, and you discover which "schools" on the day of the event, so going with an apuesta as the first thing on the card
- Second match is tornado elimination match between 8 guys with pinfall/submission elimination, the winner will be crowned King of the Air 2018
- Third is a FATAL PRISON Hair Match between Ovett and Chico Che, two fat guys that rule and will beat the hell out of each other and bleed and I'm really looking forward to this sloppy brawl of a match
- Semifinal is the same format as the second match except eliminations are by the pair (I think), pinfall/submission with referee (not escape rules), last pair standing wins the IWRG Tag Championship
- Main event, as MRT posted, is a LADDER MATCH INSIDE A CAGE. The complete rules on the poster are that the match will start and for 10 minutes they have to just fight, then a whistle will sound and the ladder will be brought into the ring. First one to leave the cage with belt is the winner, with the title IWRG KING OF THE RING

Most IWRG matches get posted in full, and while I doubt much of this will be legitimately good wrestling, I'm sure sometime next week you will probably be able to watch at least the top 3 if you want to.

Mob
May 7, 2002

Me reading your posts

Boco_T posted:

Start booking your travel plans now, March 25 is the date:http://twitter.com/muchaluchaatl/status/945343760623374337The Crash has been building towards this one but if they don’t have it on the books soon it’s entirely possible that it will happen for the first time at Atlanta.

I will probably end up trying to go to this even though it's 10 hours of driving on a work night and it'll be impossible to get merch of either guy

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca

Mob posted:

I will probably end up trying to go to this even though it's 10 hours of driving on a work night and it'll be impossible to get merch of either guy
Let me know your sizes/preferences and I can try to get you something. When I went to MLA 13 they had Penta masks for sale even though he wasn't at the event. Also after the show I know Rush and Caristico came out to the lobby to take pictures with people and sell merch so you may still be able to get some then.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
It's sad the IWRG isn't on an earlier day or we could watch that on Monday when Puebla is again pre-empted.

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

Boco_T posted:

Let me know your sizes/preferences and I can try to get you something. When I went to MLA 13 they had Penta masks for sale even though he wasn't at the event. Also after the show I know Rush and Caristico came out to the lobby to take pictures with people and sell merch so you may still be able to get some then.

hot tip: will say to size up if they run out of your size; highly regret getting a medium instead of a large Rush T-shirt from that show

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca

abraham linksys posted:

hot tip: will say to size up if they run out of your size; highly regret getting a medium instead of a large Rush T-shirt from that show
I thought you got a Small because he was out of Mediums? My Medium Rush shirt fits just like my other Medium shirts

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

Boco_T posted:

I thought you got a Small because he was out of Mediums? My Medium Rush shirt fits just like my other Medium shirts

whoops, that is exactly what i meant!

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

how can I get my hands on one of those Mephisto hoodies I saw on tonight's CMLL broadcast?

Bard Maddox
Feb 15, 2012

I'm just a sick guy, I'm really just a dirty guy.

Mexico is so cool

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
Watch some lucha matches over the long weekend:

Drone, Fuego, Stigma vs Felino, Puma, Tiger – CMLL – 10/31/2017 – FUN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lm6w8j5lcQ
Tuesday Guadalajara mid-card match where everyone is having a good time. Drone does two really cool dives, then botches a basic spot. Felino is in above average form. Fuego tries to show his bare rear end to the crowd.

Volador Jr. vs Último Guerrero – CMLL – 10/31/2017 – GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arNXk52qPII
I was going to leave this one off the list because this is the 14th iteration of this match, including the third in 2017. It is a very good match. My memory stinks but I have to believe the other two versions this year were better. The first was in Japan and the second was a tournament final in Arena Mexico on a Friday. So if you didn’t see those, or you don’t mind seeing what you expect to see in a match, this one is worth the time.

Flamita vs Bandido – TSW – 11/18/2017 – GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLFCDeSBi8o
A solid match with two solid guys wrestling this solid style. There’s a little bit of innovation, but there’s also every guaranteed Mexican Indie Junior move you expect. Maybe if I only watched “this match” once every quarter I would like them all more, but seeing it once or twice a month has devalued it some.

MVP vs Xtreme Tiger – MDA – 11/19/2017 – FUN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBlFib-sdZY
Watching this and reviewing Wikipedia, I am fairly certain that this is the first time I’ve ever seen an MVP match. I have no idea if, historically, he is good. But he was good here. Short, standard-ish “small fast guy vs. big power guy” match, but MVP played his role well and his power moves looked good. The power bombs he gave Tiger in this match looked extremely painful.

Mr. Niebla vs Caifán – Lucha Memes – 11/20/2017 – GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dL-jejmG1c
The Naucalpan crowd is here for Mr. Niebla. You can see several wearing his masks and they are loud in their support. Caifán takes advantage of this and spends the first several minutes destroying Niebla, making him bleed. They brawl over all sides of the arena, into the Cold Corner, really working the hot crowd. This is not a technical match at all but it’s still really entertaining and an easy recommendation.

Dragón Lee vs Bárbaro Cavernario – CMLL – 11/21/2017 – GOOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiycutfFnyw
Solid singles outing between two of CMLL’s brightest young stars, considering it’s the fourth time they’ve met in 2017. Nice to see Cavernario is not destroying his knees doing the post-to-floor splash in every match these days. They manage to build a solid story around his in-ring splashes, and the finish looks brutal.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
Reminder this will probably be on Claro this evening



6PM Eastern

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
It's confirmed to be on Claro and Facebook.

I'm gonna tune in about 7 to catch the top 2.

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
When you're watching CMLL Viernes and they show one of those recap video packages, it's because THIS is happening in the arena and they don't want to stream it for some reason:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVQ2fzGfkBc

Also, Negro Casas vs. Sam Adonis was very very good and you can watch it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcnzEeCEZc0&t=6921s

Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
https://twitter.com/Arena_MX/status/949656956649787392Tuesday's show had a very solid 5 minute lightning match between The Panther and Triton that unfortunately ended in an injury, but they went wild for the time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOrX2bi3JnI&t=3689s

There was no show last night because they're having a special show tonight for Dia de los Reyes:
https://twitter.com/Arena_MX/status/947141618980741121CMLL (SAT) 01/06/2018 Arena México
1) Audaz, Flyer, Magia Blanca vs El Coyote, Templario, Yago
2) Pegasso & Titán vs Raziel & Virus
3) Soberano Jr. vs Rey Cometa
rematch of Soberano’s title win.
4) Drone, Esfinge, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
5) Niebla Roja vs Gran Guerrero
rematch of 2017 Anniversario mask match
6) Cavernario & Volador Jr. vs Último Guerrero & Valiente [Relevos Increíbles]
rematch of tournament final

Show will start at 6 PM Eastern, and will be streamed on Claro and Facebook.

Audaz is a new gimmick for very good young wrestler Fiero. I predict that 3 and 6 will be great, 4 and 5 will be good, and 1 and 2 could even be fun. This is a solid bet for a show to watch top to bottom.

Also, Atlantis returns on Tuesday:
https://twitter.com/Arena_MX/status/948932317061423105Friday is the start of the New Japan Fantasticamania tour. Last year they taped an early show on the tour for Samurai which will probably show up on Real Hero, then the Friday, Sunday, and Monday Korakuen Hall shows next week (1/19, 1/21, 1/22) will be on NJPW World. Line-ups were expected today but I guess haven't gone up yet.

If you followed this thread in 2017, you should vote in the Luchablog Tapatia awards:
http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/2018/01/03/voting-for-the-2017-tapatia-awards-is-now-open/

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Thauros
Jan 29, 2003

that's a crazy strong card for a Tuesday

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