Lucha Libre: GIF Of AAA on Televisa: 2014-05-17 !

taped 2014-05-04 @ Teatro Al Aire Libre del Parque Tabasco, Villahermosa, Tabasco

Steve Pain nearly escapes

Angélico, Australian Suicide, Jack Evans vs Daga, Eterno, Steve Pain: Good, but would’ve liked to see this one get a more time to breath a bit. They really wanted to get to the various singles matches at the end and it felt like they had to hurry thru the beatdown and the comeback to get there and fit it all in. There was a lot of good action but very little of it had enough time to really stick out. Entertaining to see Jack back up to get a running start on his dive into the ring. Finish was unintentionally hilarious, with Steve Pain and Jack having to find some way to grapple with each other for 20 seconds while the submission took forever to get counted – Tirantes did the very pro wrestling three arm drop bit on a very MMA choke.

unsure how being kicked in the chest makes you turn over.

Eterno DOWN

Fenix flips onto his head, no sells it, legdrops, sells

Bengala, El Elegido, Fénix vs Hijo del Fantasma, Pentagón Jr., Texano: Good match, with some sections better than the match prior, though I think that one holds together better. Bengala didn’t come off as exception as you’d like for a debuting luchador. He got the pin on the piledriver at the end and didn’t have any problems, but Fenix had the highlights. I wonder if Fenix flipping on to his own head changed plans early on; Benagla never got his early showcase because they went right to the beatdown after Fenix’s mishap. Elegido didn’t feel like he belonged here. Rudos all looked fine but it wasn’t their match. Australaian Suicide had one of the least effective run-ins in some time.

this went much better

giant backcracker

There’s a good tornillo in here if you squint

the children’s mob finally catches up to Parka

Blue Demon, Electroshock, La Parka vs Chessman, Silver King, Villano IV: They could’ve taken away some time from this match. This was usual AAA main event style – rudos attack, técnicos comeback, técnicos get in their spots forever – stretching it for long. It didn’t all come together – Demon seemed to want to do the more serious brawling style with Villano IV, and Parka & Electroshock wanted to just do what they normally did. (Electroshock tried to brawl, and had some cringeworthy punches to Villano IV late. He needs to stick with the slapping.) The dropkick counter to Chessman’s spear was a good idea but the crowd didn’t really react to it at all. If you’re keeping track at home, this is a week where they had to do ref distraction spots to explain the interference and weapons. Join us next week, when it’s completely different.

incorrect but effective CPR techinque

The Psycho Clown video package which aired before this was a well done effort. It expanded Psycho’s character beyond just being one of three wacky Clowns and a smart way to make sure Psycho had a presence on television even when he didn’t have a match. I would’ve liked to see them squeeze in one more match to TV, but that was a much smarter use of time.