12 WWE Survivor Series 2017 Impulse Reactions
3. Getting Over
In 100% correct predictions piece previewing this show, it was posited that Enzo Amore was a substantially superior star than Kalisto merely because he was actually over. As if to plainly illustrate the gap between himself at the 'Smacktalker Skywalker', the former Lucha Dragon couldn't even literally interpret the criticism in their kickoff Cruiserweight title clash.
Nobody will speak of the match, because nobody should. There was nothing to talk about, write home about, or lament. But, feasting on the misery of others as we're sometimes wont to do, let's just share once more in the calamitous Kalisto entrance.
The mask has been a cursed artifice since WWE cynically attempted to replace Rey Mysterio's merch-shifting mechanism without giving remote thought to the performer under the hood. Mysterio was a rare breed in his ability to emote with children and adults alike. Like most truly exceptional performers, his moves were second place. Like Sin Cara before him, Kalisto is unable to establish the emotional connection from underneath his colourful garb. When flips are elsewhere on the card, more is required to form that bond.
That 'more' is yet to show itself, but not for the first time, Kalisto has shown himself up. If 'good lucha things' won't cut it, bad ones clearly won't help either.