CMLL Mini Line - 08/13/05 (#184)
Match 1: Pierroth (c), el Hijo de Pierroth, Terrible vs
Black Warrior (c), Mr. Niebla, Blue Panther
Arena Coliseo, 03/08/05
Winner: Rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 9:51
Approx Rating: Not good.
Other Match Notes: We join the match right at the whistle, but they show
the match graphics instead of the match. 1st fall is rudo beatdown. Break
between falls 1 and 2. Second fall is also joined in progress. Beatdown is not
compelling. Warrior escapes a La Nazi full nelson, and while Pierroth pulls up
just short on the punch, it's still enough to start a comeback. Warrior does all
sorts of near low blows for no DQ. Yes, Niebla did win with hammerlock - it was
a modified one and Warrior was occasionally kicking Pierroth, but there it is.
Break between falls 2 and 3. Third fall may also be joined in progress; sounds
like they dubbed in a whistle. It's straight up one on one exchanges and acceptable
from this crew. Warrior gets in belts shots, goes up top, and gets tripped up by
La Nazi. Pierroth covers with his feet on the ropes and gets the pin. No
replays.
Match 2: Black Tiger (c), Ryu Taguchi, Okumura vs LA Park, Shocker (c), Brazo de Plata
Arena Mexico, 03/11/05
Winner: Mexico (2-1)
Match Time: 13:33
Approx Rating: Good but not special
Other Match Notes: Joined post-entrances. It's of course hyped as Japan
vs Mexico. It's a minute between opening whistle and first lockup. Park
and Taguchi, start, skipping the mat wrestling and going to more moves to start.
Park gets a near fall on a swinging neckbreaker, but is scared off the pin by
Okumura and Black Tiger. Shocker and Tiger are next - Shocker's mask is white
this week. They have a faster paced sequence, and get a little lost doing
counters in the corner, but it works out. Porky and Okumura are last. They do
the sumo bit. Porky out sizes Taguchi as well, using his stomach as a
destructive weapon. Into Tiger and Park, both evading each other. STRUT. Park
ends up in the rudos corner, and Taguchi and Okumura both try to hold him, only
to take the chop from Black Tiger instead. Black Tiger gets a hold of Park
himself and his partners come in - to whip Park in to the corner, and chop Black
Tiger down! Stompdown! Park cheers them on, till they try to attack him. That
fails miserable. It's not a particularly clean run of moves at the end, but Park
makes fun of the rudos not getting along again and almost walks off with Black Tiger.
Porky and Okumura again, and they try to chest to get him down, but only do it
with a sunset flip, and not how they'd like. Tiger breaks that up with a
dropkick. It breaks down to each man getting a big move, until Park gets in his
(top rope corkscrew body press) and stops Tiger from getting his with a
powerslam. Bodyscissors roll ends it. Longer than normal fall. Monito, in Tony
Rivera cow print, gets in a top rope splash on Taguchi. Park tries to help Porky
do the same, but he's too heavy to get up top - so Porky just splashes him from
the mat.
Shocker and Okumura have a knife edge chop battle to start the second fall. Okumura appears to be winning till Shocker punches him in the face. Okumura gets in an eye poke, and Shocker spins out on a shoulderblock. Taguchi ends up coming into help, and it actually works for a bit before they try a double clothesline. Park and Tiger again - it's almost like they're building up a feud! Lots of zero count covers, and Tiger flipping on a Park jumping enziguri. Park goes for Tiger's mask, Taguchi kicks him down, and with some more urging by Tiger, the rudos go into beatdown mode. Porky is the size of two Taguchi's. Park gets crotched on the post, and then takes Black Tiger's second rope somersault senton. No pin for him. Tiger brains Shocker with a somersault legdrop, and the Japanese give him a missile dropkick/electric chair drop combo for three. (3:34) Tiger finishes off LA Park with a headscissors/hammerlock submission (3:36)
Beatdown goes on, on Porky, as the third fall starts. Comeback is awful quick- after working Porky on the ropes for a minute, they whip him once, miss a double clothesline, and it's all over for the rudos. It's settles back down into none on one pretty quick. Shocker and Park have a competition to see who can chop Taguchi harder. Park wins! They don't be appear to be big fans of Taguchi's chops. Double teaming with Okumura goes bad, and when Taguchi and Okumura get sent outside, they turn to corner to avoid teased topes from Park and Shocker - but instead get flattened by Porky's apron dive! That's the end of them. Tiger fights as best as he can against Shocker and Park, but that's just not working out well for him. Shocker gets the reinera, and Park digs a grave (2:57) No, REALLY. Park nearly kills Black Tiger on Code Red (bad timing) to get a completely unnecessary three count, but whatever. They shovel imaginary dirt on Black Tiger! Too bad this isn't his last appearance - it would've been quite the way to go.
Hype for the hair/hair/hair/hair match here.
Match 3: Super Comando vs Sombra de Plata in a Lighting Match
Arena Mexico, 03/11/05
Winner: Sombra de Plata
Match Time: 6:26
Approx Rating: 81. Okay, but not a blow away match or as good as I thought
it might be.
Other Match Notes: Sure, why not. It's weird to not hear the ring
announcer say "sin limite". Comando's valet wore camouflage, but I can
totally see her. I think Super Comando stole Veneno's gas mask!
Circle. Lockup, Sombra with a waistlock, spinning him around for an armdrag into an armbar. Super Comando gets the headscissors counter. Sombra looking for a way out, and rolls forward to escape, but Super Comando gets an armbar and tightens it. Twist again. Sombra takes him down to get free, but Super Comando kicks him away from following up. Noisy 24 clock appears here - I think they're off by four seconds, but who cares? Super Comando celebrates his momentary control for a moment too soon and gets taken down for it. Sombra on top of his m with punches, though I guess the referee decides they're forearms. Sombra backs off anyway, and they circle. Lockup, no. Lockup, Comando with a waistlock, and throws him down. Front facelock, Sombra out into an armbar. Sombra reverses to an armbar of his own, having Sombra bent over and kicking at his head. Cranking the arm. Twisting the Arm. Sombra rolls to a reversal, trips up Super Comando, and knees him in the head a couple times. Comando up, and chests slapping Sombra hard. Sombra chest slapping back not quite as loud. Comando with a shoulderblock, off the ropes, rolling over, charging into a drop toe hold - well, I thought it was a Sombra drop told hold, but he's acting more hurt than Comando. He kicks Comando in the back with his free leg, bending him over and back bridging on top for a pin, one t-no. Both up, Sombra with an armdrag, Comando kip kicks him away, and waits for him to get up. Comando misses a clothesline, but lands a dropkick to the knees. Waiting for Sombra to get up again, slap to the back, corner whip, charge in after a dealy, and Sombra gets up boots. Sombra charges backwards (?) into a monkey flip, trying to land on his feet and ending up on his stomach. Eh. Sombra charges back at Comando, Comando catches him by his legs and throw shim down. That wasn't what it was thought to be, I think. Whip, head down too soon, and Sombra headscissors sit. Comando goes out, Sombra goes out after him - slingshot corkscrew plancha! 6:30 left in the match, and the stupid alarm is going off. Replay of the move as both gather themselves and make the count back in. Sombra is in first and tries to ambush Comando with a splash on the way in, but Comando moves - they must've discussed this tactic in the pre-mission briefing. Comando with a inside cradle one two NO. Comando kicks Sombra as he gets up. Whip, Sombra back with a springboard 'rana works, though with no cradle. Sombra charges, Comando backdrops him to the apron and gives him a shoulder to the midsection before he can do anything. Commando yells as he walks away, charges, and throws himself out of the ring through the ropes. Sombra leaps back to the apron, heel kicks Comando, and tries an Asai move, but Comando pulls him off the ropes, before he can do anything. Comando back in and now he's diving - TOPE! Hit him, and sent Sombra far. Replay of the dive, as Comando climbs back in at about the five minute mark. He's waiting for Sombra, and is successful with the ambush kick. Comando yells at the crowd again. Off the ropes, into a Sombra backdrop. Sombra with a grounded crucifix rollup, one two no. He hurried into getting that, wonder if he's starting to worry about the time. Sombra off the ropes, sunset flip, Comando rolls thru, jackknife cover the other one two reverse one two Comando kicks him away. Sombra off the ropes, springboard leapfrog over Comando, Comando springboards himself and nails Sombra with aback elbow one two NO. Four minutes remain! Right hands by Sombra, corner whip, charge in, and Sombra uses the ropes to sort of forward flip over him, avoiding the charge. Sombra off the ropes, jumping into a Comando torture rack, but spinning himself into a Satellite armbar - that'll do it. (6:26 - their clock)
Hype for the hair/hair/hair/hair match here - #2.
Stellar Moments
Castigo: Super Comando gives Espiritu the Gory Special.
Rudo: Brazo de Plata Jr. tries a corner kip up, and Hooligan low blows
him.
Lance: Stereo dives by Valiente and Meteorix
Spectacular: Mistico with a corner plancha on Último Guerrero
Doloroso: Rey kills Wagner with his bodyscissors powerbomb.
Match 4:
Cien Caras (c), Mascara Magica, Apolo Dantes vs Perro Aguayo Jr. (c), Hector Garza, Tarzan Boy
Arena Mexico, 03/11/05
Winner: Capos (2-0)
Match Time: 7:42
Approx Rating: Fine but forgettable
Other Match Notes: Perros are in the ring when we join this match, and they
get the early advantage and beatdown. For a group Tarzan Boy is not a part of,
they work really well as a team. Non-Apolo Capos turn the tides themselves while
Perro is celebrating (and Apolo is half dead) while still in the first fall.
They all decide to be really sneaky and wait for Perro to turn around and find
he's 3-1 on. In truth, Mascara looks exhausted and really needed the 20 second
break. Mascara and Apolo do the slingshot into a DVD combo which can't help but
be neat. Beatdown goes on between falls.
Perro takes time for his busy schedule of being beat up to talk to the announcers. That's good of him. Meanwhile, Tarzan's taking a three on one. Hector tries to negotiate better terms but is out of luck. Perro doesn't want in, but eventually talks himself into it. He's punching away for about two seconds before he gets taken down, but starts his own comeback with a dropkick on Mascara, and a duck of a Cien boot that gets Apolo. Perro is quite arrogant when calling for the double stomp, and Apolo knocks him down before he can do it. This turns into an Apolo and Tarzan sequence, which seems fitting somehow. Apolo clotheslines Tarzan outs , so Hector comes in, Apolo does good there, and Tarzan yanks Apolo out. Tarzan holds him for Hector to dive, and that's just a bad idea - yea, Apolo moves and Tarzan gets it. Apolo goes the apron and sentons them both, but more lands on their head then anything. Perro's stuck in versus the two Reyes brothers - gosh, this is just like the match they're setting up, except they need one more person. Come on down, Perro Aguayo Senior. He makes the save and costs the match at the same time, but the Aguayos are already thinking about next week. (DQ 4:05) Words are exchanged on microphones. You may be familiar with the concept. The fight rebreaks out, but they get security involved. And then it rebreaks out a third time anyway! A lot of good you are, SECURITY.
Match 5: Último Guerrero, Rey Bucanero vs Dr. Wagner Jr., Mistico
Arena Mexico, 03/11/05
Winner: Tecnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 5:31
Approx Rating: 78. Way too short, but fun while it lasted.
Other Match Notes: Entrances. I think the ring announcer even introduces
Marisol - we don't see her, but she must've done something with GdI. Mistico
charges the ring like a fool, gets backdropped into it by Rey, lands on his
feet, and still is killed by an Último clothesline. Último tosses him around
while they wait for Bad Medicine to start. Mask ripping. Wagner poses before he
realizes the dire situation, and meets Bucanero on the ramp for a brawl.
Bucanero's punches have no effect, and Wagner tries a belly to belly (not sure
if it was side or overhead, which explains how it looked). Bucanero dead, Wagner
walks past him to the ring - and smack dab into the introductions.
We pick up with Wagner being pumped in the ring, and chest slapping with Último. Another break to look at the tecnicos, but Wagner's gotten ahead and is getting some revenge mask pulling. Rey's down on the ramp, Mistico is down outside the ring presumably. No, there he's on the apron, watching as Wagner gets his long running dropkick to the head. Tag to Mistico for a twisting headscissors to take Último out. Is he going to dive? NO, Wagner's on the apron - there's the somersault back press. Mistico sides under Bucanero, but Rey gets him by the tights and throws him forward. Follow up elbow drop comes up empty. Both up, Mistico ducks one clothesline, and turns the second into La Mistica! Bucanero's done. (1:23) Baby Richard counts out Último Guerrero as they pose - the camera gets bored and doesn't show it, but oh well, I'll estimate. (1:43) WAG NER. Is that a Dr. Wagner comic? Break.
Mistico's posing with a kid in a Mistico mask as the second fall starts. He and Último will open it up. Mistico off the ropes, handspring for no reason, waved by, and Último gives him the out of the screen flapjack. Último celebrates, and then presses Mistico - tossing him at Wagner, who luckily catches him. Highlights from Último snapping last week air as the Último charges Wagner and takes a drop toe hold - Mistico 619, and Último bulldog. Wagner stays in. Whip, reversed, Rey gets in a knee from the outside. He comes in with his slingshot Stunner, holding Wagner's head in position for Último's dropkick. Mistico tries to help, and ducks Rey's clothesline, only to try a bodyscissors and take Rey's blocking powerbomb. One two three (1:06) Until I come up with something better, that's now the Pirate Bomb, because it's shorter to type then Imminent Neck Damage Maneuver. Meanwhile, Último gives Wagner a spinebuster and puts him in the stretch muffler. (1:17) Maybe I should call that Guerrero Special #2? Worked for other people. While Último goes to rip Wagner's mask, Rey does the huddle dance with rudo fans. What do we look at? Marisol and her freaky biceps. Back in the ring, they're ripping Wagner's mask good. He's hung in the Tree of Woe so he'll leave them alone while they deal with Mistico. We deal with replays - the Doctor is checking on Mistico's neck after the Pirate Bomb.
Rudos firmly in control as they go to third fall. Wagner whipped into the corner, and Rey hits the rolling back elbow on him. Wagner's sat down fur Último's headstand sit. Wagner rolls out as Bucanero brings Mistico back in. They show a kid from their yearly telethon, watching the show in the crowd - and Shocker went out to the crowd to meet him earlier. Good for him. Double press on Mistico, and he's swung down into to a powerbomb. Mistico's' dragged out to the ramp and gets a double bulldog there! The fans do not like them for doing such things, as you might imagine. Referees being awful liberal with their twenty count here. Baby Richard finally comes out to convince Último he might want to come in and not lose the match. Último turns back towards the ring, sees Wagner on the apron, charges him, and takes a belly to belly to the inside of the ring! Rey does the same, and he takes a big hiptoss in. Mistico stands up, and Wagner tells him to run - boost into a big double dropkick. Wagner double dropkick, and the GdI are outside. Mistico runs up the ropes - big plancha on Rey! Wagner's pumped, pointing at the fans and the crowd is chanting for him. Último in and staring him down, then running him into the corner. Chest slaps , but Wagner shrugs them off and delivers chops of his own. Último blocks one, only for Wagner to turn it into a big running tornado DDT. Bucanero in, his kick is caught, Wagner drops it, Bucanero misses a clothesline, Wagner scoops him up, Wagner Driver! One two three (2:27) Mistico in - up and over Code Red on Último (in theory) one two three. (2:31) They actually landed on Mistico's back and not Último, but Mistico rolled it so he was on top. There's 13 minutes in the show by my watch - I wonder why this was so short. Marisol is leaving! She's going to miss mic work. They set up their match for next week, I guess
Next Week: Perro/Perro vs MY2K/Cien and Mistico, Shocker, LA Park vs Último Guerreros, Tarzan Boy, Hector Garza
They tease the fight starting again, but Último is forced to leave. He's none too happy about being pinned by Mistico again. Everyone pose. Replays! Lots of post match - even fans coming to ring for autographs - because they've got the time.