[2000-12-15-CMLL] Villano III & Villano IV & Villano V vs Blue Panther & Black Warrior & Dr Wagner Jr

[ohtani's jacket]

Another match that failed to set the world on fire. It had all the ingredients -- excellent work between Blue Panther and the Villanos, the ultra-charismatic Wagner vs. Villano III and Black Warrior's willingness to bump like a madman -- but for some reason, it didn't come together. The match screeched to a halt in the segunda caida as the rudos engaged in some sluggish mask ripping and some shenanigans played out with Babe Richards, who was decked out like Shiro Abe from those old All Japan Women's matches. That woke the crowd up, though, and they popped for the retaliatory mask ripping and started up a "Vii-lla-nos!"  chant during the third fall. The match ended on a high note with some pretty topes from Black Warrior and Panther but the bout wasn't remotely close to the type of MOTYC you'd expect from these teams on a pay-per-view show. In fact, it was barely above the level you'd see on a Friday night show. It was simply shown in full instead of being butchered. But then pay-per-view was a new concept for CMLL and the workers probably weren't thinking about it as a marquee event. Any way you slice it, it didn't live up to its potential which was a bummer given the talent involved.