Who’s who?

On the rudo side we have Hechicero in the straps and with a stylized H on his belt, Polvora has his name on the back of his tights and has fire themed mask design. While Dragon Rojo Jr has a red mask that has his hair hanging out of it. Rojo/Polvora together make up the team Los Revolucionarios del Terror, while Hechicero doesn’t have any official stable/team ties.

Meanwhile on team tecnico we have Rey Cometa the maskless man in blue, Drone who has drones on his tights and blue wing eye detailing while Guerrero Maya is dressed in white with some green/orange detailing.

How’s the match?

If you’ve read how I felt about Rey Cometa in the pass, this match does nothing to help that situation. He’s just a jobber at this point in my eyes, I see him on a team and I know that team isn’t going to win… which isn’t good for him or the match they are putting on. While this match is far from bad, having Cometa involved made me assume the winner and I was right. Cometa needs something or else why even have him in Arena Mexico? Relegate him to Puebla and lets boost a guy who CMLL see potential in, because they seem to see none at all in poor Rey Cometa. The third fall/round particularly made him look like the biggest loser on the show.

Who’s who?

Valiente is in the green/shiny briefs and mask. While Gran Guerrero is in black and blue with a mask that shares the design his older brother’s mask Ultimo Guerrero.

Both men have something to prove with Gran being second banana to his brother Ultimo who leads his group. While Valiente was eliminated in the first round of this years Universal Tournament after winning it last year.

How’s the match?

Good, I think anyone familiar with CMLL would argue that Valiente is top 10 workers in the company. He is well liked by most of the fanbase and obviously by some guys in the back. He won The Universal Championship for 2016.

So if Valiente works a match and it’s not good… it likely isn’t his fault since he is such a good worker in the ring. I’m confident he could carry a match with Kemonito. Here vs Gran Guerrero the two put on a great match and the main issue anyone would have with it is the finish. However, with this stipulation I think about every 5-10 Lightning match should end this way. It’s a draw, because both men are so equally matched. You could argue it makes both men look bad, but you could also argue it puts both men over rather than elevating one over the other.

The ending is also a little bit of fun fluff you will only ever encounter in Lucha Libre where so many men wear masks. It’s a fun visual to see both men try each other’s mask on. They both want to keep fighting, but the ref is very clear : it’s a 10 minute time limit and time is up. Great effort from both men and Gran Guerrero represented his brother and faction well in this fast paced match. While Valiente continues to be one of the most crisp luchadors not only in the CMLL roster, but on the planet.



Who’s who?

Angel de Oro always has gold wings on his mask and pants. This time his whole attire is gold while Mistico is in white with gold trim and Niebla Roja is wearing red and white attire. Niebla famously left the Los Guerreros group because he didn’t want to attack his real life brother Angel de Oro.

Meanwhile on team rudo we have : El Terrible who starts us out and has facial hair as well as long black hair, Shocker in a singlet and wearing wrestling head gear while their third Rey Bucanero is wearing facepaint and has golden boots.

This team also had 3 hues of hair : Bleach Blonde(Shocker), Dirty blonde(Rey) and Terrible with pitch black hair. They are a pretty oddball team, not really being affiliated with one another at all. (Though they have feuded and teamed in the past, that’s more an obvious like how anyone who has been around a company for a decade have probably crossed paths in the past)

How’s the match?

Good though I have problems with the match in the same regard as I did with Rey Cometa. I just don’t really feel like Shocker or Rey Bucanero are big enough threats for guys like Roja(who is building towards a hair vs mask match) and Mistico who is one of the better workers in the company. Granted, I feel like Angel de Oro is a midcarder for life, basically stuck in the ‘high flyer we aren’t going to push’ spot that most lucha libre companies have.

So, I’m a fan of about half the field here. Still it’s hard to say it’s an awful match mostly thanks to the 3 talents I’m more a fan of. Really, you could probably say 2 of the talents I more like. It feels like Mistico and El Terrible really carried the match with the rest of the talents playing support. Hopefully this is leading to a feud between the two of them, as that would be a pretty fun match.

Overall a fun Tuesday night, but really the Lightning match is the main highlight from the night and I’d probably recommend Arena Puebla from yesterday more than this show tonight.