CMLL Recap (#165)
GALA Air Date: 01/22/05
Recap Date: 08/04/05
Welcome To The Show Vignette: the gentlemen from Monterrey, Hector Garza and Terrible
Dos Caras Jr. provides the interruption on opening lineups bit, but he was actually supposed to be there. He thanks his father and mentors for allowing him to get this far, and thanks CMLL for booking him.
Vignette: Dr. Wagner Sr. is recognized for his accomplishments. They have a plaque for their wall of fame, which Dr Wagner accepts.
Match 1: Universo 2000 vs Dr.
Wagner Jr.
Arena Coliseo, 10/30/04
Winner: Dr. Wagner Jr.
Match Time: 12:36
Approx Rating: Disappointing.
Notes: Universo, who's died his goatee, is announced as champion but of
course doesn't have the belt.
Universo attacks Wagner before he even gets into the ring, and it's on. Beatdown. Wagner gets in the ring, but gets knocked down trying to take off his jacket. He can't even get off his pants! Crowd loud for Wagner. Universo takes Wagner out, takes him in, and drops him with a powerbomb for the fall. (1:19)
More beatdown. Universo helpfully takes off Wagner's (entrance) pants so he can choke him with them! That's not very sporting of him. Universo stops, then restarts to get a better grip. Universo actually pulls him in by the pants choke. Universo keeps the illegal choke on while kicking him, and ignores the five count to let go. The referee is very flexible about the whole thing. Ugly looking guillotine legdrop over the middle rope. Universo gives Wagner room to get up, so he can chop him in the corner. At least he's not charging the corner. Universo picks up Wagner and throws him in the corner. There's the whip, Wagner reverses it and ends up spearing Universo. Universo argues a low blow and gets dropkicked in the head. Wagner grabs Universo in a Cavernaria, but Universo won't give. Wagner lets go, and while Universo is still recovering, gives him an Oklahoma Roll one two three. (3:19) Huh. There was a good 15 second delay between the hold and the pin. Especially anticlimactic finishes so far. Break.
As we return, Dr. Wagner has a drink in hand and is waiting. Not to drink of course, just for Universo to turn around. Universo, meanwhile, is requesting a back massage from the ref - and getting it! Huh. Universo turns - DRINK TO THE FACE. Now back in so Wagner can bite Universo's forehead. Wow, another dropkick to the head. Wagner does pull out the somersault bodyblock apron dive, but as he reaches for another drink, you realize we're all on autopilot. This one get s more of the chest. Universo tries to come off the top rope. Nope. Wagner gets a near fall o a sunset flip. The loud section is loud for Wagner. Universo catches Wagner with an abdominal stretch and a rope grab so obvious the ref spots it. He lets him keep the hold when eh lets go of the rope, which is odd, but doesn't really matter because Wagner hip tosses anyway. Bodyscissors cradle is reversed by Universo, but he grabs the ropes and gets caught again. Wagner gets dropkicked out and toped - both guys (Universo especially) are really winded from what hasn't been a consistently high speed match. They both end up in, and Wagner gets a near fall on a Majistral. Universo took back advantage and untied Wagner's mask, but Wagner managed to slam him. Wagner takes his time going up, and Universo meets him there, tossing him to the mat. Universo lands a senton, and heads up, just as slow. His top rope splash connects one two NO. Universo teases Black Hammer, but the referee breaks it up. Universo pushes down the referee. Just in case that's not enough to get a DQ, Wagner pulls off his mask and tosses it to Universo. Looks like he frosted his tips recently! Universo drops the mask a beat too late, and that's it. (DQ 7:58)
Universo won't give the mask back, but someone else gives Wagner a substitute mask. They then proceed to take forever.
Match 2: Loco Max, Mr. Mexico (c), Sangre Azteca vs Ricky
Marvin, Alan Stone, Zumbido (c)
Arena Mexico, 11/02/04
Winner: Rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 3:20 shown
Approx Rating: A couple nice spots, but not much here.
Other Match Notes: Joined in the third fall. They have the coolest people playing third amigo in this Alan/Zumbido vs Loco/Mexico feud.
Loco and Zumbido are supposed to start, but Loco leads Zumbido on a chase instead. So Alan and Mr. Mexico do it instead. Loco, by the way, is incredibly in need of some sort of haircut. That thing's a mess. Nothing much in that exchange, but we switch to Sangre Azteca and Ricky Marvin. Sangre's wearing the same shirt Ark did last week - there must be a Guerrero Padilla shirt, and if so, I WANT IT. Ricky ducks many clotheslines and lands a spinning headscissors. Sangre goes out, Ricky follows him with a superb springboard corkscrew plancha. Now it's Loco and Zumbido again. Loco really doesn't want to do this. Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Chop battle goes badly for Mr. Max. Zumbido actually gets the pinfall off the slap to the back of the head, of all things. (2:21) Somewhere, Niebla is so jealous. Guess Loco isn't captain, because they keep fighting. Mr. Mexico races into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, but manages to get a low blow headbutt. Mr. Mexico covers - is Ricky down on the outside? Gotta be, he's the only one I can't spot. Anyway, Mr. Mexico gets the pin. (3:20) And I guess he's the captain - Alan keeps fighting, but the refs stop counting pins and have no problem when Loco Max comes back in to help his partner. Zumbido is busted open again. Oh, that's it.
Match 3: Shocker (w/que monito), La Park, Dos Caras
Jr. (c) vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Hector Garza,
Tarzan Boy (c)
Arena Mexico, 11/02/04
Winner: Tecnicos
Match Time: 15:57
Approx Rating: Okay. Fine enough Dos Caras introduction.
Other Match Notes: Park's using Porky's old dance music, so he can dance! How odd. His jacket will later be made into Bronco's gear! (Maybe not.) DC has generic pop. He does the dive into the ring. Tarzan wastes no time doing his own dive into the ring and facing off with Dos Caras. Tarzan quickly asses that there's a height problem to be worked on here.
They tease Perro vs Shocker, and instead we go straight to the beatdown. Tarzan is slightly awesome, brushing himself off after dropping Shocker. Perro just stops to pose while his partners are still working. Dos Caras comes in to help after Shocker's taken out. I forget that Shocker's the captain, so I'm totally confused when we can stroll thru a between falls beatdown after. Perro clotheslines Park out, and holds him as Hector pulls out the most casual double jump suicide moonsault you'll ever see. There's a hitch between jumps, but otherwise, it's like he's walking in the park, not doing something incredibly risky. He's also wearing the smallest outfit legally allowed. Hector wanders over to declare himself #1 to the announcers. They still haven't gotten around to replays, which is what confused me Perro is now choking Shocker with the "1000% RUDO!" noisemaker. Dos Caras and Tarzan work in the ring while the referees try to clear up things. Here's the replays.
Beatdown is going to roll thru the second fall. DC wants a piece of Perro, but of course he gets double teamed. Tarzan ends up hitting him with the missile dropkick. Parks' turn. Double clothesline on him fails, and there's the comeback. Things reset without a pinfall. Hector starts with Dos Caras, realizes there's a height difference, and tags to Perro. Chop battle. Perro's shove does little to Caras, but DC's shove knocks Perro down hard. Perro gets the better of some rope running with a clothesline. Dos gets the better of the next exchange and dropkicks Perro out, only to get ambushed by Tarzan Boy. Tarzan off the ropes, into a Dos Caras superkick. Caras kicks him while he's down. Rope sequence ends with Dos powerslamming Tarzan Boy. No pin, but he's calling for the end. Tarzan misses a clothesline, Dos misses a kick, Dos connects on the kick catch enziguri, and out goes Tarzan. Dos teases a dive and does a Tiger Mask fake instead. Okay enough. Hector claps, but I don't believe he's serious. Again Garza wants nothing to do with him, so Shocker tags in. Hector is still unsure, but as long as he fixes his hair first, he's okay. Shocker's got a Band-Aid on his forehead. Garza wants a handshake, doesn't get it, kicks instead. Hector takes time go after Que Monito. Garza off the ropes, and Shocker drops him with a slap to the face. Shocker's looking good, and Garza begs off. He's a little to happy about it, getting himself dropkicked. Que Monito comes in and gives Garza a dropkick to the groin! While the rudos protest everything that just happened, Shocker and Monito strut. Garza sells it like he's been permanently damaged. Parka and Perro. Perro doesn't want to deal with any of Park's shenanigans. Beating him down to the corner, beating him down in the corner. Chops in the corner: Uno does tres quatro cinco cies, and Park turns it around. Glove off. Uno. Dos. Tres. Quatro. Garza tries to talk Park down and it doesn't quite work. Cinco, shot for Garza, and a strut for Park. Perro and Park have an armdrag sequence, ending with Perro talking the tilt-a-whirl backbreaker twice. Garza charges in, and gets drop toe holded into his partner's crotch. Garza's all offended and helps up his partner - before boosting Park into a dropkick on Perro (at least in theory.) It breaks down from there. Dos Caras levels Tarzan with his own missile drop toe hold. Park gets Tarzan on the outside with a tope armdrag, and Dos Caras finishes Perro with a cross armbreaker (8:53) while Shocker gets a half crab/armbar on Garza (8:56) Que monito gets in some revenge shots on Garza as Shocker is slow to let go. Monito mocks Garza's beg off! Break.
Even though it sorta feels like we should be done, we've got another fall here. Park is entertaining himself with dance, but Garza breaks it up because he thinks it's dumb. Really. They charge at each other and neither go down. Garza wants to do it again. Charge, and no. Park wants it one more time. Charge - no, Park bails and hiptosses Garza. Park gets put on to the middle ropes, and comes off with a headscissors. Why am I doing every move? I'm not supposed to be doing every move! Gosh. Garza ends up slamming Park in position for the moonsault, but Park breaks it up. Garza a breaks up Park's attempt. They do the sunset flip-> dropkick spot with a huge pause in it, and the clichéd dropkick to the head after to make the point. Park scares the rudos on the apron while Garza gets checked on by the Doctor. Perro and Shocker now - Shocker pulls out an F5. Perro decides to beat up on Monito, and gets driven into the second rope by a Shocker tope! That one had some force to it. Tarzan and Dos have a kicking battle. That goes bad for Tarzan. Tarzan gets the powerbomb with feet on the rope, but Park breaks it up from the apron. Perro is hurting o the outside. As Garza goes to the back (hurt his hand?), DC gives Tarzan a press, then drops him into a waistlock for a German Suplex. That'll do it. (3:46) No one uses German Suplexes on a regular basis around here, so that's a neat spot. Perro is gingerly getting tangled form the steps - he hurt his right leg. Rudos really are banged up here. Replay shows Tarzan's feet were in the ropes (oops) and Park tried to kick them away.
Stellar Moments
Triumph: Rayo Tapatio II topes Caligula, Rayo Tapatio I beats Koreano for
the pin.
Key: Mini Olimpico beats Sombrita with an upside down front facelock with legs
tied
Combination: Starman and Neutron dive over the same over with slingshot tope
con giro.
Rudo: Loco Max low blows Zumbido
Tecnico: Mistico with a top rope suicide corkscrew armdrag. High marks for level
of difficulty.
Vignette: Capos meet in the basement of evil! I like how Cien is wearing his sunglases in a dark room. They talk about Pierroth, and Vampiro. Universo wants the hair/hair match. It's going to be difficult, but they think they can take out Pierroth, his sons, and Vampiro to make it work.
Match 4: Pierroth (c), Hijo del Pierroth, Vampiro
vs Cien Caras, Mascara Ano 2000, Universo 2000 (c)
Arena Mexico, 11/02/04
Winner: Pierroths
Match Time: 12:29
Approx Rating: Pointless
Other Match Notes: They play Pierroth's music. Announcer bills this as Canada and Puerto Rico coming together. Universo charges Pierroth on the ramp, Pierroth ducks and Vampiro gets nailed. I actually didn't see that one coming. As they get in the ring, I realize I completely blew last week's Pierroth Jr/Hijo del Pierroth discussion and I have to go clean it up. Those names SUCK.
This is billed as rudo vs rudo. Beatdown by the Pierroths. I zone out for a while. The belt's used, that I know. I think La Nazi got in a foreign object at some point. Hijo picked up the pin just being in the right place when they were bored with beating people down.
La Nazi is worried about illegal involvement by a ringside official before the second fall starts. The beatdown marches on. A lot of beatdown Universo. Is that the Commissioner? It's a different guy. La Nazi tries to crotch Cien Caras around the ring post and gets caught - and ejected. She argues and takes her time. And holds Universo for a cheap shot - but Universo escapes and Nazi takes the low blow kick. That's the comeback. Hijo takes time from his beatdown to get to talk to the announcers. "Puerto Rico is number one! Hijo de Salsero - Hijo de Pierroth/" Announcers gets completely side tracked for the next five minutes as a result. Pierroth is getting belted. Announcers discuss if Leobardo learned English from one of those correspondence schools. After Pierroth is freed, Hijo and Vampiro have a spirited discussion about who should go in. Pierroth is leaving for the back again. Vampiro goes in, and gets beat up. He gets crotched around the post. Hijo's turn. They all end up ripping at his mask. Vampiro's stopped from helping out. Ah, here's Pierroth and the bat again. Universo meets him on the ramp and gets the bat for himself. Capos hold Pierroth, and Universo swings and hits him in the midsection. That's it, although the Capos prevent it form stopping until all the Capos get a shot. They eventually grab the bat away before Cien can get in a swing, and finally get around to raising an arm. Break.
Talking. Don't care.
Next Week: Universo 2000, Canek, Ray de Jalisco, Apolo Danes, Hector Garza, Black Warrior, Vampiro, Satnaico, Pierroth, Tarzan, Terrible, Pierroth Jr.
ALSO: La Mascara! We're probably not kidding this time!
Talking. Still don't care.
THAT'S IT