Hey y'all, back with more matches! All of these are gonna be ones from lucha indie shows.
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Tonalli vs. Aero Boy (Rompiendo Madres 9/7/2025) - FUN
Tonalli is easily one of the best (if not the best) rudos on the scene and he's only 27! He's got a great mind for an indie luchador on the younger side; feels like he just gets it. Knows exactly when to knock his opponents down and knows when it's his turn to get his ass beat.
Aero Boy doesn't let up and makes the most of every chance he gets at Tonalli. Haven't seen much of him before, but I like him here. Shows a ton of urgency and makes it feel more like a struggle to overcome Tonalli. In today's day and age, it's harder for me to care about/want to root against a rudo as cool and talented as Tonalli, but Aero Boy does well at making me believe in what he's got going and his offense doesn't get as annoying as I expected it to.
Yeah, he's got better matches for sure, but I would definitely show this to anyone who likes Tonalli or thinks he'd be up their alley. Love him. He does a good job at grounding things, literally and figuratively.
Erick Ortiz vs. Enigma Extremo (Panther Promotions Arena Coliseo Reynosa 8/17/2025) - GOOD
I've seen only like one other Enigma Extremo match before and it was him tagging with the indie GOD Erick Ortiz back in Feburary of this year and I thought he was awesome in that. The easiest way to win me over on first watch is to do sick shit that's dangerous and he did that and then some in the tag. What a delightful surprise to see that these two did a singles against each other last month.
Starts off with some cool llaveo between the two before heading into more bump-freak territory. What's surprising is that Erick Ortiz isn't the one doing said bump-freak stuff, it's Enigma Extremo. I remember him doing some nuts stuff in that February tag but holyyy; I shrieked at some of the moves he took here.
Also while I have my complaints with matches that start off with grappling to fill time and then dropping it as soon as the match leaves the opening minutes, I am more lenient when it comes to llaveo because it feels more exhibition-like in nature already. Also while I wish they did more of it, I still thought the grappling was enjoyable.
Erick Ortiz is great. Enigma Extremo is starting to climb up my list of guys I should be paying more attention to.
Avisman vs. Feroz (Lucha Memes Coacalco Patrio 9/14/2025) - GREAT
Speaking of good llaveo, AVISMAN~! My current pick for wrestler of the year, there's nothing I can think of that this dude can't do. He's matwork looks magical, he can do the blood-soaked brawls, also has done more "exciting" stuff with some of his matches that are more all-around. I don't know how this is the first time I'm talking about him on here.
I've never heard of Feroz before but figured I'd give him a watch after seeing him get a match announced against Xelhua. I love Avisman and it's hard to have a bad match with him, so why not give this a watch?
This leans more into that aforementioned all-around type of Avisman match, but both of these guys are so good at everything they go for. Feroz can hang in there with Avisman's grappling, and they beat the hell out of each other on the outside for a bit in this match. Avisman is of course the tecnico in Coliseo Coacalco and the crowd's completely behind him. Feroz is a strong force standing in the way and fills the role pretty well. It especially shows in the latter portion where he's just destroying Avisman with the big moves, and Avisman just keeps fighting on. Finish is satisfying too.
Loved this match. Everyone should watch more Avisman and I think I'll be watching more of this Feroz dude in the future (excited now to see how that Xelhua match goes).
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I love indie lucha libre.
Thank you for reading my thoughts on these matches today; I hope you enjoyed! If you didn't, that's alright too. Let me know if you have any thoughts, criticisms, ideas, or whatever in the comments or get in touch with me on my Twitter page.
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