CMLL Recap (#170)
GALA Air Date: 02/26/05
Recap Date: 08/06-07/05
Welcome To The Show Vignette: El Hijo del Santo, showing off his belt. Happy Christmas and Merry New Year.
Match 1: Emilio Charles Jr., Tarzan Boy, Canek (c)
vs Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr. (c), Mr. Niebla
Arena Coliseo, 12/07/05
Winner: Rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 11:42
Approx Rating: Typical coliseo trios. Canek isn't good.
Vignette: It's Coliseo, so we've got a prematch punk out. Beatdown by the rudos.
Typical brawling/mask yanking from this crew. The rudos actually clean the ring and forget to go get someone to beat up for a while. Wagner helps out by going after Canek. Wagner's actually held in the corner while Tarzan works over DC. After DC is thrown out, they clear the area so Canek can (sorta) press Wagner and drops him on the top rope. Everyone elbow drop! Canek with a posing cover to take the fall. (1:54)
Beatdown strolls into fall two, after a break. Canek rips Wagner's mask apart, as you might expect. Canek also pins Wagner and pulls him up at two, so I guess he's out for blood. Niebla is worked over. HEADBUTT. Where's Caras? I think that's what Terrible is wondering. With on one left to beat, and Canek having control of Wagner, the rudos just kinda end up in their own corner. Whip, back elbow. Emilio wanders over to see if Canek would like help. He does, so all three rudos help. Whip, Canek put his head down too soon, and here's the comeback. Wagner quickly gets mask ripping revenge. Everyone does their own thing, but eventually gets bored and watches Canek and Wagner fight on the outside. And as soon as they get in, they tag out. This is going too long to be a three fall match - we've rest to a normal match and are in a Niebla/Tarzan sequence, complete with wacky Niebla slap antics. There's the handspring elbow, one two three. (4:33) Dos Caras takes care of Emilio, and pulls him over with a Majistral one two three. (4:35) Didn't think we'd be going three. Wagner wants Canek, Canek wants to leave, Wagner gets him anyway. They're headed for a tour of the front row.
Third fall stars with Emilio and Dos Caras, who is also impressed by DC's size, and ability to kip up after being knocked down. Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Sequence includes a springboard armbar and superkick. Tarzan and Emilio go bad on a team work, Dos Caras shows off his leapfrog, and dropkicks them both out. There's the Tiger Mask fake out. Tarzan and Niebla. Niebla goes to the pointless flips early, and then the dance sequence. There's the slap. Niebla with a headscissors to take them out. Wagner and Canek and I bet this finishes it. Wagner gets Canek down, but can't get to the top rope quick enough and is tossed. Canek with a whip, reversed, Wagner hiptosses him over. Snap mare down, and back to the mask. Casas gets free and now they're just brawling. Wagner clotheslines Canek out, and - i guess we go on, huh. Tarzan and DC. They exchange kicks, and Tarzan's not going to win that. Corner whip, reversed, DC with a corner sunset flip, Tarzan rolls through, Tarzan tries a monkey flip and DC lands on his feet, turns, and gives Tarzan a reverse enziguri. Tarzan out, DC to the apron - apron dive dropkick? How odd. Back in, Niebla gives Emilio a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Emilio misses a corner charge and gets slapped down by the back of the head. Niebla holds Emilio in a hammerlock while Wagner and Canek confront each other. Canek sells a corner clothesline awfully, and ends up low blow kicking Wagner. The small package is blown, but they recover enough to count it. (5:13)
This is Niebla's last CMLL TV match, to date, I believe. I was watching to see if I could determine why, but he didn't look any different than he always does to my eyes.
Match 2: Havana Brother I "Ricky" (Rocky)
Romero vs Virus for the CMLL Super
Lightweight Championship
Arena Mexico, 12/10/05
Winner: Rocky Romero
Match Time: 10:15
Approx Rating: Very good but not spectacular. (87)
Notes: This is a return match back from when Virus beat Rocky (and I'm
calling him Rocky!) for this title back in November of '03; we haven't seen
Rocky since. Volador Jr. is corner man for Virus and they hilariously show
him instead of Virus when Virus' name is about to be announced - they pan over
to the right guy before they're too dumb. Averno is in Rocky's corner - what,
Reyes didn't feel like making the trip? That's a long car ride alone.
Circle. Every time Virus looks to lockup, Rocky backs him up with an attempt at a shin kick. When they finally get to a lockup, it's Virus with a waistlock. Romero with an armbar. Virus forward rolls free, sweeps out Rocky's leg, rolls him on to his stomach, and ties up his legs. Rocky turning it, reach for the poses, got 'em. They break. Circle. Lockup, shoulder to shoulder. Virus turns it into the armbar, into a fujiwara armbar. Rocky's in pain but rolling free. Rocky ends up kicking a leg and tripping Virus down. Toe hold, hurts Virus a lot but he gets to the ropes. Rocky's waiting for a five count that's not really coming Look at the crowd. Obvious clip, because they're in mid chant as we come back to the ring. Rocky's trying for a cross armbreaker, but Virus figures it, and rolls Rocky onto his stomach. Virus is on his back, Rocky turns slightly and armdrags him down, cover for zero, standoff. Teasing a lockup - wow, they've got a hard cam on a second side of the ring this week! Virus prefers to kick and chop. Whip, reversed, Virus with a sunset flip, Rocky rolls thru and goes for a dropkick to the head, Virus moves out of the way because everyone's seen that spot five billion times by now, and he ends up getting Rocky with the dropkick. Virus with a whip, Rocky slides under, Virus off the ropes, Rocky leapfrogs, Virus is sorta surprised and was looking for an armdrag, but ends up with a sorta leg trip. Rocky goes down right on left knee and side, and doesn't feel well. Can't blame him. Virus covering one two NO. Virus pulling Rocky up to chop him in to the corner. Corner whip, reversed, Rocky charges into a drop toe hold on to the ropes. Rocky pulls himself up, just in time to move from Virus charge. Virus tangles himself up in the corner in the process, and Rocky sets s him up - hangman neckbreaker. Virus is pulled away form the ropes one two foot on the ropes. Did they just call that a corner suplex? Rocky smiles. Crowd does not appreciate. Virus up, and shoulderblock. Virus off the ropes, Rocky with a 'rana right into the cross armbreaker. That's - no, Virus is holding on! He turns, trying to get to the ropes, almost getting there , pounding the mat in frustration (which they still do in lucha so what Tiger did the other week is so weird), rallying, still short, pulling Rocky a little more and - did the camera miss him get the ropes? I think so. (The camera did a good job of exposing Rocky help him instead. BAD CAMERA.) Rocky is ticked off. He blocks Virus' chops, and wraps him up in a front facelock/bodyscissors/hammerlock submission which needs a better name. (Paydirt? ahaha!) That'll do. (4:16) Rocky celebrates as if he's won the match and the belt, naturally. We go to break before he's informed otherwise.
Replays. Both guys run at each other as the whistle rings, but Rocky nails Virus with a kick to win it. One two no. Chop, kick to the leg, kick to the chest, kick to the chest, kick to the chest is caught, enziguri is ducked (!), but Rocky still nails him with a heel kick on the third try. One two NO. Kneelifts by Rocky. Forearm drops Virus. Now he's stood Virus up and he's just playing with him, slapping him in the face and talking trash. Volador looks concerned. Whip, reversed, Virus with an armdrag into a crazy submission - after some rolling to set it up, Virus has a hammerlock, a half crab and an armbar applied at the same time. Rocky ain't going anywhere but to the third fall - he gives. (:49) It's not a lucha singles match without an insta-fall. (At least there wasn't two. Hope I just didn't speak too soon.) Corner people do their thing, their thing being waving towels.
This time, it's Virus who starts off the fall hot. Whip, back elbow. Virus waits for Rocky to get up so he can clothesline him down. Forward fireman's carry slam, running senton one two NO. Rocky is begging off, and getting slapped in the face for it. Whip, reversed, Rocky tries a hiptoss and gets his arm near ripped off by Virus' armdrag. Half crab! Rocky's close to the ropes, though. He's not giving, he's moving, he's almost go tit, he's almost got it, Virus pulls him tighter it, now Rocky's got it. Virus works Rocky over with chops. Corner whip? Yea, on the second try. Virus charges into Rocky's heel kick - hey, actually, that's Canek's heel kick! - and Rocky heads to the middle rope. MUSHROOM STOMP! Ha! Virus goes out, Rocky's gonad follow - tope con giro! Now is the time for some serious towel waving. Replays. Rocky is in first, meeting Virus on the apron with a punch, but Virus blocks it and knocks him down with forearms. Virus to the middle rope - moonsault! One two NO. Virus pounds the mat in anger. Rocky up, charging, Virus picks him up in a tilt-a-whirl, but ultimately gets him in a Gory Special. Will Rocky give? No no no no no - he rolls it into a sunset flip one two TH-NO! Rocky can't believe it. VEE-ROOS VEE-ROOS. Both up. Rocky's punch blocked, forced into a hammerlock, Rocky tries to reach back for Virus but Virus is up ahead of him, Virus hooks both arms in a reverse double underhook, then turns it into a reverse Gory Special. Rocky immediately turns it to his own, grabbing Virus' legs to add to the pressure. He wanders too close to the ropes though, and has to let go. He's to happy about it. Oh no, he said a bad word in English. Rocky stomps and strikes Virus as Virus gets up, and Virus just takes him down and beats him. Rocky scissors an arm! Cross armbreaker! Virus' foot is under the rope, so no go. Rocky trying to shake it off. Clothesline misses, Virus picks him up and drops him with a standing fireman's carry. Virus wants to go for the same finish as the last fall, but Rocky blocks it, trips Virus, and gets the anklelock! Will he give? NO, he'll reverse it into a bodyscissors cradle one two NO! VEE-ROOS VEE-ROOS. Virus chops Romero. Corner whip, reversed, Virus goes to the middle rope, Rocky goes after him and is shoved down. Virus lands the missile dropkick, but both guys are down. Virus is going - up? Long way to go and the crowd doesn't thing this is wise - top rope missile dropkick is waved away. Rocky doesn't waste much time - jumping arm scissors into the cross armbreaker! That's his move! THAT'S A WIN! (5:30) New Champion. Rocky almost screws himself by hanging on too long, but Averno and the referee talk him down.
We have never seen this belt since (we actually don't hang around long enough to see it here) and it wouldn't be a huge surprise if we never see it again - though I keep expecting to see a NJPW card with Black Tiger IV defending the title.
Match 3: Pierroth (c), Vampiro, el Hijo del Perro
Aguayo vs Universo 2000 (c), Cien Caras, Mascara
Y2K
Arena Mexico, 12/10/05
Winner: DRAW (1-1-1)
Match Time: 12:21
Approx Rating: Usual.
Notes: Yea yea, no. I love how Perro's under the impression that he's the
world's greatest tecnico, except stupid people keep booing him and the refs are
mean to him for no reason. Pierroth yells at someone before the match. The Capos
have alternate music. They're smart enough to take off their entrance gear
before they make their entrance. Of course, they barely make it down the steps
before they're attacked.
Rudo beatdown. Universo gets a double backdrop as part of the first trio victim. Perro brings in Mascara before they've even done with Universo, so Mascara gets thrown out. Are they just going to beat down Universo? Did Perro just get passed a chain? Yep. Second rope fist to Universo's head. Nice way not to conceal the chain at all Perro. Now he's choking Universo for it. You'd think that'd be illegal, what with the choke and the chain? Apparently not. Perro even tied the chain to Universo's neck and around the ropes. I wonder if they were planning a chain match at this point? Oh, there's a DQ. (DQ 2:47) Rudos could care less. We look at scenes form last week, where the Capos choked out Pierroth and Perro - so this is just revenge. I'm trying to recall why I don't remember seeing last week, and then I realize it's because they skipped two week of TV here. I think I'll live. This also explains why I couldn't remember Canek's rudo turn.
Beatdown goes on. They might have clipped a little here, but that's fine with me. Someone finally got the chain out of play. Please please two falls. Vampiro accidentally high kicks Pierroth and accidentally clotheslines Perro, and that's the comeback. All Vampiro's fault. Pierroth ends up all alone against the Capos as Vampiro and Pierroth look for fans to yell at. Fabulous blue suit on one guy in the crowd. Vampiro's turn to get beat. Wow, Universo pulled of a powerslam on Vampiro. Perro realizes it's his turn and decides he doesn't want to wrestle no more. He's going to do it, as long as it's just him and Universo. Perro charges, misses, and it's no longer 1-3. Give Perro credit, he goes down fighting, but he goes down. Universo has left the ring and is going backstage for a foreign object, I do believe. Vampiro is mart enough to realize this might be a good time to try and take the Capos, but he's not enough to make this work. Universo has a rope? Someone's getting hung. First, he's going to swig it like a lasso and hit Perro with it, then he's going to choke him to death. And now he's dragging him around the ring by his neck! The refs have to draw the line there - and they do (DQ 5:40). Now that it really stops Universo in the least! Man, it sucks to be Perro right now. They tie the other end of the rope around the top rope so they can beat him up more. The poor referee is trying to untie Perro, while the Capos are kicking and dropkicking him. Break.
Third fall reset us into a normal match. Announcers talk about the Pierroth/Vampiro vs Cien/Mascara and Perro/Universo matches. Mascara gets a near fall on Pierroth with a small package. Vampiro and Cien do a sequence. Vampiro gets an abdominal stretch, and Universo comes into break it up. Vampiro holds up against tow capos, but three is too much. Universo gives him the top rope knees. Universo and Perro now. Universo tries to - I dunno, slide at him? Did he trip? That was odd. Perro wisely stomps him, and then unwisely losses his mind and goes crazy a bit. Universo uses insanity to take charge. Universo with a slam, and to the second rope - splash, but no one's home. Perro runs at top speed and clotheslines them both out of the ring. They brawl there, and Pierroth comes over to help. Now everyone's out - they're not going to do a six way countout, are they? Looks like - yea. (SCOR 4:04) You don't get many sextuple countouts, but there it is. Not that end of the match does anything to stop the brawls. They have security pull the guys apart, which the fans do not like at all. Replays out counting! Back live, security is doing a horrible job of keeping things broken up, as Perro gets free ac couple times and attempts to murder people. Vampiro gets the hold of one Capo and almost takes him out, and Perro's over to help. No one's restraining La Nazi. Ah, Pierroth has eluded security - now, they got him. Call me crazy, but these security guys look awful lot like lucha trainees!
Stellar Moments
Lance - Ultimo Vampiro jumps over Chris Stone's back into a tope cone giro
on Super Comando
Combination - Chris Star Man and Star Man hit stereo topes in the same
match. Super Comando goes flying on his - Mogur doesn't go quite as far.
Tecnico - Mistico charges at Ultimo Guerrero, Ultimo throws him high and
far in the air, Mistico flies out of the ring and lands on Rey Bucanero. You had
people screaming on that, that was scary for a second.
Spectacular - Mistico, killing Ultimo with a corkscrew
armdrag.
Painful - LA Park, wearing this crazy green outfit, gives Terrible the
Code Red. Terrible landed hard on that one. Hey, Ultimo Dragon, thanks for
showing up in the back ground.
Vignette: At the GdI stairwell, Rey and Ultimo discuss the Guerreros going for the Mexican National Trios titles on next week's show. Rey points out that Hooligan isn't a Guerrero, but Ultimo says he's good, and he's replacing the injured Sangre Azteca. They start naming all the other guys they've got in the Guerreros - Arkangel, Loco Max, Koreano. Ultimo thinks they should concentrate on the guys they have tonight - Santo, Mistico, and Ultimo. They eventually decide they're good, but beatable - though Rey can't win on an empty stomach. Ultimo invites him his New Year's Party. Yay. This goes on and I have trouble following it.
Match 4: Ultimo Guerrero (c), Rey Bucanero, Olimpico
vs el Hijo del Santo (c), Mistico, Ultimo Dragon
Arena Mexico, 12/10/05
Winner: Tecnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 10:45
Approx Rating: Good, though not great.
Notes: Rey's wearing sunglasses, war paint, and a bandana around his mouth.
Of course the tecnicos are going to get separate entrances. Mistico has middle
entrance.
No attack before the match? I have no idea how to deal with this. As you might expect, there's about plenty of photographers around the ring. Dragon and Rey to start. Dragon with an armdrag, armdrag, standoff. Dragon with a single leg and a toe hold. Works over the leg, but Rey escapes out and up to an armbar. Reversed by Dragon, Rey rolls thru, single leg zero, single leg zero, pose. Rey off the ropes, rolling over, under the leapfrog (Dragon not getting much height) and into a monkey flip. Another monkey flip, and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Dragon Three Kick Combo. Rey's gonna tag out now. Ultimo Guerrero, who has an awesome blue mask, in to face Santo. Lockup, Ultimo tries a hipblock takeover, no on try one, yes on try two, front facelock, Santo escapes, armbar, Ultimo rolls out to a single leg, Santo headscissors him, Ultimo forces Santo's knees to down to the mat. Santo uses the ropes to crawl up all the way, and completes the headscissors spin. Standoff. More? Good. Lockup - no, Ultimo trips Santo down, so Santo pulls off the grounded corkscrew headscissors. Ultimo manages to get back to his feet, and gets spun back down. Ultimo won't give to the headscissors lock, though. Back up again., and this time Santo uses him to pull himself up, and be a post for Santo's bodyscissors into an armdrag. Exchange of zero counts, Corner whip, Ultimo charges in, Santo moves, Ultimo tumbles out - and no dive. Mistico and Olimpico get to go ext - so Olimpico wisely passes on the mat wrestling and just knocks down Mistico with a dropkick. Stomps, celebrate. Olimpico's pumped. Mistico up and slapping him. Olimpico charges after him, and ends up throwing himself out of the ring when Mistico pull out the Tiger Mask fake. Mistico off the ropes, slide - is short, and Olimpico pulls him to the floor hard. Olimpico celebrates s as he goes back in. Maybe he should look the other way when he poses - Mistico springboard dropkick! Now Olimpico's back out again, and ducking to evade any tope. Mistico slides all the way out this time, and pulls out a 55 - er, rope assisted spinning dropkick to Olimpico's head. Mistico back in and running - right into Rey's powerslam. Rey takes a moment to celebrate, and reaches over Mistico to pick him up by wristlocks - but Mistico uses leverage to pull himself up like Santo did, but all the way into a dropkick on Ultimo on the apron! Rey got armdragged when we were looking the other way, too. Mistico runs up the ropes and drops off them the outside, dropping Ultimo with a headscissors to the floor. Elsewhere, Santo is running - TOPE on Rey! Ultimo and Olimpico left - this ain't going to work. Heel kick to the midsection, Asai DDT. One two three (4:55) Yea, I had a feeling there. They're counting out the other guys but the camera ain't so interested in seeing it. We'll call the fall there. Break.
Mistico is posing on the ropes as we come back, which concerns the referee. Oh, he's just now raising their hands. Nice of them to right till after the break to do it. Here's a replay of the headscissors, tope and DDT. Santo and Olimpico going right after the bell. Olimpico under a leapfrog, into a monkey flip. Santo off the ropes, waved by, and back again with a spinning headscissors. Ultimo and Rey try to help, but they miss on a double clothesline and Ultimo tosses Santo directly into a spinning headscissors on Rey. Ultimo takes the spinning armdrag, and Santo's cleaned out the rudos. They're in no hurry to get back in - so Rey yanks Mistico off the apron! Harsh. Stomping him, and pulling him way. Santo's trying to protect his pseudo-protégé, but the fights' dragged them away from the ring. Inside, Olimpico is dropping Ultimo Dragon with a back elbow. Rey leaves Santo and Mistico laying the crowd. Olimpico's being worked over as Santo brings Mistico back towards the ring. Dragon takes a spinebuster, and an Ultimo boosted up Olimpico (overshot) senton. Ultimo grabs Mistico and pulls him in the ring. Whip, double back elbow, triple - no, they'll flip him over instead - triple face first powerbomb! Santo's the only one left standing for his team. He's whipped off the ropes, lifted up, spun and dropped for his own triple powerbomb. GdI goes for level of difficulty on the triple submission - crab with double armbar! That'll do. (2:26) Replays.
Final fall, and the beatdown is still on. Dragon's being held and hurt. Dragon is whipped and runs the ropes odd, but eventually take a double drop toe hold. Rey pauses to let everyone know who they are. Ultimo slams Ultimo (!) and Olimpico adds a second rope elbow drop. Guerrero chops Dragon out of existence. Mistico gets up on the apron to help Santo as he comes in, but Rey posts him and he drops to the floor. Sato's brought over to the ropes - GdI sit time. Santo is stomped out. Mistico brought in. Ultimo chops him. Whip, and Guerrero tries to break the world record for highest flapjack ever. It's a Mario Brothers situation, as Mistico flies out of the top of the screen, disappears for a brief instance, and comes crashing down to earth. Earth is not soft, or at least this part isn't. Olimpico sets up Mistico on the top rope for Rey and Ultimo to do something awful to, but Dragon and Santo reappear and drop them both to the floor! Santo slaps the heck out of Guerrero as they battle to the floor. Haha, some guy in a Blue Demon mask is taunting him. Santo's giving Guerrero a tour of the ringside seats. Rey takes a monkey flip from Dragon on the ramp. Inside the ring, Mistico sets up Olimpico on the ropes, and clotheslines him to the floor. He stops, watching Rey and Dragon chop battle on the ramp, and then in the ring. Rey starts running, and takes the monkey flip to the floor, not getting a good hold on the ropes. Dragon leaps to the apron, heel kicks Rey, and lands the Asai moonsault. Back inside Olimpico and Guerrero miss on a double clothesline, and it gets worse from there - Mistico gets his spinning headscissors into a spinning armbar into a fujiwara armbar finish on Olimpico, (3:13) while Santo does the over the top sunset flip on Guerrero. One two three. (3:15) Tecnicos take it.
Replays, but no more action post match. Announcers hyping next week's matches, which should be something completely different than this one.
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