CMLL Fox Sports Episodes 1 & 2
August 13/06:
Satanico/Sagrado/Volador Jr. vs Damian 666/Mr. Aguila/Terrible: Interesting way to start the new show. Sagrado and Volador Jr. looked good whenever they got in the ring but unfortunately that was only 4 times combined. Really short lucha by numbers match. You got your quick rudo win, two cool dives from the tecnicos and then a predictable quick finish. On the bright side - more footage for an eventual Volador Jr. music video.
Dr. Wagner Jr./Lizmark Jr./Rey Bucanero vs Mascara Ano 2000/Pierroth/Ultimo Guerrero: Another lucha by numbers match all the way through. Would have been better(maybe) as just a tag with Wagner/Bucanero against MA2K/Guerrero as the other two guys brought nothing to the match at all and maybe as well have not even been involved.
August 20/06:
Volador Jr./Dr. X/Mascara Purpura/Virus/Apocalipsis/Misterioso II/Satanico/Hombre Sin Nombre/La Mascara/Sangre Azteca - Torneo Cibernetico: Another candidate for most disapointing match of the year. They aired the ENTIRE BATTLE ROYALE. Totally useless and took up 5 minutes which on this type of show is an eternity. When they came back from commercial, Dr. X got elminated within 30 seconds and Virus was out after another 30 seconds. Does that seem right at all? La Mascara/Sangre Azteca were the first to do an 'exchange'(I use that term VERY LOOSELY) which consisted of... you guessed it... a running frankensteiner from Mascara followed by a tope suicida. After that the eliminations just kicked in like crazy with everyone gone except Azteca/Mascara/Volador/Misterioso within 5 minutes. Azteca went next and then Volador pinned Mascara in a battle of former tag team partners. The ending with Volador and Misterioso was interrupted by a commercial but then they went a solid 2-3 minutes with a nice dive by Volador and a couple of nice nearfalls before Misterioso got hit with the Spanish Fly and lost. Good to see Volador Jr. getting some wins to build himself up as a true semi-main event type guy.
Mistico/Blue Panther/Dos Caras Jr. vs Atlantis/Black Warrior/Olimpico: Your standard GdR main event except on Fox Sports Espanol.:) Beatdown, Mistico comeback, two random guys picked to feud in the third fall, two dives and a cheap finish. You get all that with every CMLL weekend episode you order. Our new random feud seems to be Dos Jr. and Black Warrior who agreed to a singles match for the following week. At least it's new instead of Mistico/Atlantis again.
I don't know what I was expecting with the new show but it really doesn't matter now anyways as it's pretty obvious it's just a second hour of Guerreros Del Ring. The negative is quite obvious - see all the Guerreros Del Ring complaints(too many interviews, matches too short, none of the matches stick out). The positive is a bonus hour of footage gives us a chance to see some guys we might not normally get to see. So while I may have been negative on some of the above matches, just remember it means the other show is getting undercard matches which may turn out to be great so it's a fair trade-off, right?
It's also great to see CMLL now has more TV time than they've had in the history of the promotion.
Weekly Galavision Mexico - 1:45/2:00
Guerreros Del Ring - 1:00
FSE - 1:00
The only matches that don't air these days seem to be the Sunday Coliseo opener and Arena Mexico opener + segunda(which sometimes makes the cut on the normal show). Nothing to complain about footage-wise these days if you are a CMLL fan.
August 13/06:
Satanico/Sagrado/Volador Jr. vs Damian 666/Mr. Aguila/Terrible: Interesting way to start the new show. Sagrado and Volador Jr. looked good whenever they got in the ring but unfortunately that was only 4 times combined. Really short lucha by numbers match. You got your quick rudo win, two cool dives from the tecnicos and then a predictable quick finish. On the bright side - more footage for an eventual Volador Jr. music video.
Dr. Wagner Jr./Lizmark Jr./Rey Bucanero vs Mascara Ano 2000/Pierroth/Ultimo Guerrero: Another lucha by numbers match all the way through. Would have been better(maybe) as just a tag with Wagner/Bucanero against MA2K/Guerrero as the other two guys brought nothing to the match at all and maybe as well have not even been involved.
August 20/06:
Volador Jr./Dr. X/Mascara Purpura/Virus/Apocalipsis/Misterioso II/Satanico/Hombre Sin Nombre/La Mascara/Sangre Azteca - Torneo Cibernetico: Another candidate for most disapointing match of the year. They aired the ENTIRE BATTLE ROYALE. Totally useless and took up 5 minutes which on this type of show is an eternity. When they came back from commercial, Dr. X got elminated within 30 seconds and Virus was out after another 30 seconds. Does that seem right at all? La Mascara/Sangre Azteca were the first to do an 'exchange'(I use that term VERY LOOSELY) which consisted of... you guessed it... a running frankensteiner from Mascara followed by a tope suicida. After that the eliminations just kicked in like crazy with everyone gone except Azteca/Mascara/Volador/Misterioso within 5 minutes. Azteca went next and then Volador pinned Mascara in a battle of former tag team partners. The ending with Volador and Misterioso was interrupted by a commercial but then they went a solid 2-3 minutes with a nice dive by Volador and a couple of nice nearfalls before Misterioso got hit with the Spanish Fly and lost. Good to see Volador Jr. getting some wins to build himself up as a true semi-main event type guy.
Mistico/Blue Panther/Dos Caras Jr. vs Atlantis/Black Warrior/Olimpico: Your standard GdR main event except on Fox Sports Espanol.:) Beatdown, Mistico comeback, two random guys picked to feud in the third fall, two dives and a cheap finish. You get all that with every CMLL weekend episode you order. Our new random feud seems to be Dos Jr. and Black Warrior who agreed to a singles match for the following week. At least it's new instead of Mistico/Atlantis again.
I don't know what I was expecting with the new show but it really doesn't matter now anyways as it's pretty obvious it's just a second hour of Guerreros Del Ring. The negative is quite obvious - see all the Guerreros Del Ring complaints(too many interviews, matches too short, none of the matches stick out). The positive is a bonus hour of footage gives us a chance to see some guys we might not normally get to see. So while I may have been negative on some of the above matches, just remember it means the other show is getting undercard matches which may turn out to be great so it's a fair trade-off, right?
It's also great to see CMLL now has more TV time than they've had in the history of the promotion.
Weekly Galavision Mexico - 1:45/2:00
Guerreros Del Ring - 1:00
FSE - 1:00
The only matches that don't air these days seem to be the Sunday Coliseo opener and Arena Mexico opener + segunda(which sometimes makes the cut on the normal show). Nothing to complain about footage-wise these days if you are a CMLL fan.
posted by Rob at 4:13 PM
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