El Apache & Carta Brava Jr. vs. Luxdor & Venum
February 19, 2016
AAA
Auditorio Jose Maria Arteaga (Santiago de Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico)
*** ½
For at least a year now if not longer, the opening matches on AAA TV have been as big of a reason as any to watch AAA’s television. More specifically, the non-mixed openers involving Apache have been particularly good. This is another one to add to the list.
What stood out most about this match was the fact that they opted out of the standard long AAA rudo beat down segment. The rudos controlled sections of the match but the match settled into a competitive one far earlier than I expected it to. This was just a high octane, fast paced tag match with Apache holding it altogether. The flying spots were high level stuff and executed well with a few exceptions. The Cadets’ non-flying offense was a little hit or miss (too many leg slapping kicks for me) but fune. The rudos were rudos so this never felt like an exhibition of spots; this was definitely a complete match. Apache scoring the win after a foul was the perfect ending in its simplicity. If only AAA would export that philosophy to other parts of the card.
