Lucha Azteca Workrate Report 4/12/14

These matches were from the 3/28 Arena Mexico show.


Volador Jr. vs. La Sombra

This is tecnico vs. tecnico but Sombra wins me over immediately by working as a dick. Jumps Volador on the ramp and when Volador goes for a dive Sombra ole's him right into the barrier. Sombra's electric chair dropped down into a German suplex is a pretty fun goofy move that I assume was either stolen by a tiny indy guy, or stolen from a tiny indy guy. I think I dig rudo-ish Sombra as then he starts off the Segunda with some stiff forearms and some nasty knees on the floor, then takes a nasty spill over the barricade into a beer vendor's tray. Volador follows with a flip dive over the barrier into the crowd and holy shit I'm digging this! They do some silly fighting up on the ropes leading to Volador's frankensteiner, but it was a much better way to get to that move than they usually do (usually a guy gets caught up there, and then not only has to wait for Volador to get in position, they have to hold onto each other to balance each other. ). Sombra has a bunch of cool offense on display here, and I especially dug his running double knees into the corner (like the old Elijah Express) and a fun and goofy backflip mule kick thing. Volador eventually switches on that classic Volador invincibility and just hops up after taking all these moves and does his inverted Canadian Destroyer thing. So that ending blew. But this match was a blast and so much damn better than I was expecting. Sombra working rudo was a touch I wasn't expecting and his work totally made the match.

Mascara Dorada, Valiente & Mistico vs. Euforia, Ultimo Guerrero & Niebla Roja

Maybe my hopes were up really high for this one, as it's for the CMLL trios titles. But this felt like something that could have been a potential MOTY, but instead kinda rushed to the finish line. It had a bunch of cool stuff, and seemed like it would be taking it's time at the beginning, but then flew to the end. Mistico got to shine which is tough to do in a match with Dorada. But damn is Euforia catch the dragon rana one of the crazier spots in lucha. I don't even understand how a human being can stay balanced while catching another human flying at him that fast. This was just odd in that everybody looked fine, the spots all worked, but it just didn't add up to very much for me. A title match should have a little something extra, and while this was good it didn't feel any different than a non-title match between these teams. There was no extra struggle, no real feel of anything important being at stake.