Arena Mexico Report! 06/26/2018
Nitro, Yago & Cancerbero vs. Oro Jr., Astral & Electrico
Nitro with fuzz on his mask, Yago in yellow/black and Cancerbero with a red and black attire/mask.
Oro in silver, Astral in red and Electrico in black.
Good, Yago showing up is nice same goes for Oro Jr. as both guys aren’t regulars in this spot. Nitro is a weird guy who seems to show up, but doesn’t have an alliance. With Cancerbero/Raziel saying they want to reunite with Virus to be Los Cancerberos del Infierno again. Virus might not want to do that, but Nitro seems like he could fit in with a group and it would put him in some sort of team. Astral and Electrico are fun, but this was a pretty common level match for them. Makes sense as it’s just an early card match on a Tuesday show.
Marcela, Jarochita & Estrellita vs. Dalys, Reyna Isis & Metálica
Marcela in a dark single piece, Estrellita in a red full bodysuit & Jarochita in black/white and the only masked girl on her team.
Dalys in the 2 piece with a hard body, Metalica white/black and Reyna Isis in light blue.
Okay, this was fine but is almost a complete copy and paste from Friday Night with the exception of Metalica being in this instead of Amapola. I’d suggest the Friday match over this and wasn’t even that smitten with that. Best moment from this match is probably this nasty move Metalica hit Marcela with. I’m not too certain what CMLL could do to spice up this luchadora division, but something needs to happen. Jarochita/Isis seems like it could be a good feud.
Hechicero vs Felino, Lightning Match
Hechicero in his suspenders like always and masked.
Felino has no mask in orange pants.
Very good, Felino has natural sympathy being a CMLL dad. It’s hard not to feel attached to Felino when the night before we just saw him teaming with his sons. I’m personally a big fan and Hechicero might be my favorite champion in CMLL now, though Soberano Jr. always makes a great case for himself. Felino pulls out more than you’d expect from him to make this lightning match worth being the only singles match on the card. A great contest and I’m in love with Hechicero’s submission finisher these last few match. It’s unique and scream Hechicero, like something only he’d do.
Luciferno, Dragon Rojo Jr. & Polvora vs. Titan, Triton & Esfinge
Luciferno wearing a shirt, Polvora in black pants yellow mask and Rojo in red.
Titan in silver mask, Triton in white and Esfinge in gold/silver.
Great, Polvora/Rojo steal the show again though this time not with someone as fun as Hechicero. Titan lost his title match the night before, but a good consolation prize could be winning the Mexican National trios titles from NGD as he seems to be Triton/Esfinge’s favorite third and have pitched the idea of it being in a 3 man team. Who knows if that will happen though as them dethroning NGD might be a little too similar with the how Volador/Valiente both hold the world tag/trios titles.
One of my favorite moments so far this year has to be in this match when Rojo interrupted Esfinge/Tritons team pose... only to get his teeth kicked in by the two immediately after. If CMLL don’t put some sort of title on Dragon Rojo Jr. soon I’ll be a bit disappointed. He has been one of the best parts of CMLL programming since coming back from injury.
Dragon Lee, Mistico & Flyer vs. Negro Casas, Euforia & Forastero
Lee in black, Mistico in white/blue and Flyer in gold.
Negro Casas in silver, Euforia the bigger masked guy in black/white and Forastero in black/gold.
Very good, this on paper didn’t look like a bad match by any means. The rudo team is just a mish mash of unrelated guys. Unlike the tecnicos which has Mistico/Lee who of course are brothers. Going into this I didn’t know what the story would be here or if there would be much of one. What happened was Forastero made it clear Flyer is in his sights. Starting the match out by tossing him into the barricade and taunting the gold attired Flyer throughout. That made this match more noticeable than some Tuesday Main Events, but the actual wrestling was fun too. I think Euforia is underrated and he stands out more here as a solo guy than when he teams with Ultimo/Gran. I really hope someday we get Soberano/Euforia in a tag team. Glad to have Dragon Lee back on Tuesday since coming back from BOSJ.
Arena Mexico New Values Highlights 06/26/2018
