CMLL Mini Line - 10/01/05 (#190)
Recapped: 10/07/05
Welcome To The Show Vignette: Michel and Xuxu, who I'm guessing are from some hip happening Televisa show - Big Brother? I'm also guessing Michael is way gay. Michel is too fey for even Maximo. This goes on forever because they just won't stop talking.
Match 1: Nitro (c), Hooligan, Veneno vs Ricky
Marvin, Safari, Alan Stone
Arena Coliseo, 04/26/05
Winner: Tecnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 7:25 shown
Approx Rating: okay, nothing special
Notes: No entrances, so we don't get to see if Veneno's carrying around a
belt with him this time. Ricky's bald, and either recently so or he's keeping it
that way. The video clip they have of him still has hear, so they use a clip
where's he hard to see. Genius. I think Alan jumped because they wouldn't stop
using the video with the stupid A glasses. I know I would.
Ricky and Nitro start. Ricky's wearing blue strips with white stripes down the side, and "Jarocho" on the butt. He's not completely unrecognizable, but maybe 70% of the way there. So weird. Ricky has with a few front flips to escape an armbar, as they do another mat exchange before descending into shoves and slaps. Only in CMLL is a superkick sold as a glancing blow. Safari and Veneno take a turn. Veneno points at the one guy cheering for him. Announcers mention the IWRG Corporation and name some of the members. Chain wrestling between these two, with Veneno escaping a headlock to get an inside cradle and a two count. Veneno's trying to be all serious, which isn't as much fun. On the upside, Safari hasn't crashed and burned. Okay, they're done, Alan and Hooligan in. Alan has to springboard in, so Hooligan runs him over for being stupid. Hooligan has a very Ultimo Guerrero mask in color scheme and head shape, but it's the Hooligan skewed flag design. Hiptoss fun. Alan gets in a Mexican headscissors so he can go springboard some more, and flattens Hooligan with a tope. Ned game already? Safari knocks Veneno out of the ring with dropkicks, and has an elaborate path to landing on the apron (including faking a tope), which actually nets him nothing because Veneno just yanks him off the apron before he can hit the Asai whatever. Captains in, and Ricky jumps into a Nitro's fireman's carry - oh no, he did not just do the FU. Indeed, it was a crappy fireman's carry release slam. You're so much better than that, Nitro. That's 3. (3:54) Clap clap break.
Back for replays - of the second fall! Someone forget to tell them we were taking a break! At least we get those replays so I know what happened: Ricky got La Majistral on Nitro, and Safari got the wacky Safari hold on Veneno.
Third fall. Nitro pounding on Safari, obviously angry we missed his big beatdown. And that he has to deal with Safari - watch Nitro kneel over for a backdrop, and Safari flip over him on the way to an armdrag. Simulation of a fake dive (because no one thought he was actually going to do one) and tags. Ricky in and dropkicking Veneno. Another one misses, and Veneno works him over with slow (measured) stomps. Veneno also puts his head down too soon, but because Marvin's been to Japan, he's just going to kick Veneno a bunch. Marvin off the ropes, and Veneno kicks him in the face! That'll work. Veneno spends a lot of time standing and staring. Off the ropes, into a Ricky powerslam, and then taking a dropkick to the face. Tags, Alan and Hooligan. Alan is ticked off - maybe about not getting a pin last fall? They have a nice exchange, although Hooligan gaining control by chest slapping Alan as he leapfrogs is odd. All the rudos in to help and beat up Alan. Tecnicos are content to watch, not even trying to protest. he's thrown around and out. Rudos go to work on the other tecnicos - maybe we didn't miss the beatdown? Because they never do two. Ricky takes a triple boot. Safari tries to turn things around and fails. They're not actually doing anything particularly interesting, so Ricky and Alan put a stop to it with a springboard dropkicks. Tecnicos back in control. Double whip for Nitro, he's lifted up, Ricky and Safari take forever in deciding on a plan, they both go off the ropes, and Hooligan trips up Safari. As Nitro turns it around on Alan in the ring, we see a second of Hooligan beating up Safari, and then get a crowd clip (from Arena Mexico? Especially lazy!) and turn back to see Alan trying to put Nitro in abdominal stretch. Great editing. Veneno breaks that up, Safari dropkicks him, I'm completely lost, how about you? Safari backdrops Nitro, Alan spring dropkicks him - they're the only three still in the ring. Safari ties up Nitro's legs while Alan puts on a reverse surfboard, and that's it. (3:31) I'd think that fall was less odd live, but who can say. Are we ever going to see what happened to Ricky? Did he have flight to catch? Ah, there he is, barely.
Vignette: Tarzan and Rey try to figure out the puzzle that is Tarzan's dual citizenship. This goes nowhere (I think Tarzan's just not going to deal with it as long as he doesn't have to), so let's point out the highlights: they're still using the staircase, and Rey's hair is looking good, which is pretty rare for him. It may be the red light.
Match 2: Atlantis (c), Dos Caras Jr., Ultimo Dragon vs
GdI (Ultimo Guerrero (c), Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy)
Arena Mexico, 04/29/05
Winner: GdI (2-1)
Match Time: 11:53
Approx Rating: Okay.
Other Match Notes: When you look back it, the thing which truly turned Atlantis heel has got to be 'Blue'. Well, when I look back at it, at least. Dos Caras has no video, and is never going to make it to the ring if he keeps going out of his way to shake so many people's hands. While he does the Asai DDT pose, I wonder if Ultimo Dragon thinks his WWE stint was bad. I think he might have different feelings about then the rest of us. Tarzan Boy comes out to his own music, and separate from his teammates, as if they're trying to make some sort of point I will now ignore.
Rey takes time to yell at the camera before we actually get this match started. Lingering crowd shot instead of actually showing us the action. Looks like Tarzan and Dos started. Tarzan's already trying a cross armbreaker, but we can't see much of it - now we do, because Dos is lifting up Tarzan by that arm! (and with help from the other arm, but shh). Tarzan hangs on and gets back control, but Dos escapes with a hiptoss. Exchange of zero covers and a standoff. Rey and Atlantis. The Atlantis hop weirds out Rey. So do the people chanting for him. We take a look at Michel and Xuxu and their rack of luchador figures, because it's not like there's a match going on anything. We're back, in time to see Rey up on the ramp mad about something, and ending up taking an armdrag on the ramp. Switch. Ultimo and Ultimo. Oh boy do I hate this. Remember, Guerrero is on a worldwide mission to make Dragon lose his mask. Guerrero's mask doesn't isn't cut to show the mouth, which is unusual. he looks more Canek like. Mat to start. Ultimo works a toe hold, and ends up taking the mat corkscrew headscissors. I think Dragon wants to be Santo when he grows up. There's another one. They try to do the "leaning on top into a monkey flip", but blow it and don't get back on track. Rey leads a charge to thankfully turn it into a beatdown. Dos takes a clothesline out. Ke Monito in hiding. Guerrero's going after Dragon's mask while the others are held at bay. Atlantis get posted. Referees are trying to stop Guerrero, but he only stops himself. Double whip, double boot. Dos Caras wants in, but he's trying to find a way to deal with the numbers. No luck, he's topped quick. Tarzan is actually wearing a pair of Olimpico's tights, it looks like. Atlantis gets crotched into the post. Caras is leading up to Ultimo, sitting on the top rope - triple superbomb! I think he's dead. Atlantis is set up on top. Ultimo puts on a Boston crab on Atlantis thru Dos' legs, and the other two grab arms and yank. That'll do it. (6:13) Replays. No break.
Beatdown goes thru the break. - Rey gets the ramp GdI sit on Atlantis. Dragon tries to help, and he's worked over. Guerrero ends up loading him on the top rope - going back for the mask. It's loose, but Dragon is holding on - so Guerrero pulls him down rudely. Atlantis takes time to shake hands with a kid in the front row. Dragon for the GdI combo: Guerrero lifts him up, Rey chest slaps him down, Guerrero catapults him and holds on, Tarzan clotheslines Dragon - wait, Dragon ducked! That's not supposed to happen. He steps on Guerrero's face as he gets free, and Dos and Atlantis hit the ring to help. Rey's unaware, still climbing facing away from the ring, and he's kicked to the floor by Dos before he realizes what's up. Atlantis TOPE on Rey. Dos Caras with a sunset flip on Tarzan, Tarzan rolls thru, Dos kips up to his feet, standing enziguri. Dragon ducks a Guerrero clothesline and lets on him with the five kick combo as everyone watches Dos press Tarzan. Guerrero evades the fifth kick, and lunges - he's got Dragon's mask! The refs saw it; that's a DQ (1:43), but hey, Guerrero finally has Dragon's mask and he's not giving it back. On the outside, Rey's choosing not to fight Que Monito (and Atlantis) at this time. It's 1.1 on 1, no fair odds. All the replays, either a rope or a referee obscures Dragon's face, although the high tech Televisa Deportes gear allows them to draw a circle around Dragon's head. Flashing arrows! Impressive. Break.
Phone call breaks my flow. CMLL is running ads for shows in May, always fun. Tarzan and Atlantis to start. Dual whips, and the exchange leads to Atlantis getting a crossbody for zero. Corner whip, Tarzan charges, Atlantis moves out of the way way early, Tarzan takes the hamstring bump to his feet anyway. Monkey flip. spinning armdrag. Tarzan out, and begging off Atlantis. About to trip over people too. Ultimo and Ultimo. Dragon out flips Guerrero, landing the handspring elbow, and doing the same standoff in the crowd as the last time. Dragon, still ticked over the whole "yanking the mask" thing, attacks Guerrero out there, and ends up posting him. Rey and Caras. Dos shows off he's taller. Rey asks Tarzan to come into do the huddle dance - and leaves the ring so Tarzan has to wrestle him. Tarzan tries, but Dos's kicks are hard. Just putting on a headlock looks a bit goofy, because there's the height difference. Tarzan runs into a powerslam and rolls out. Dos slides out, Tarzan slides in, Dos slides in, and Rey's ambushed him. Crowd does not approve. Corner whip, reversed, Dos with walking up/jumping enziguri. Rey manages to avoid a dropkick, but takes a monkey flip into the ropes, which actually looks to hurt more than the one to the floor. Dos kicks him out, goes up top, and drops on him with a plancha. The other for all in - Atlantis get the front facelock on Tarzan and he's in trouble, but Guerrero gets a corner powerbomb and feet on the ropes on Dragon. That pin counts (3:57) which confuses Atlantis into letting go, but Tarzan's never given. The match illogically stops here - Dragon isn't the captain, but they raise Guerrero's arm anyway. That's pretty poor. Atlantis wants to protest all of this, and I don't think I can argue with him. He teases punching a ref but doesn't actually do it, so it's no good. Replays. You think Tarzan or someone was supposed to roll up Atlantis when he went to celebrate and forget? That's the usual sequence here, but I think they just forgot who the captain was. Even if Tarzan did give, he's not the captain either, so that finish can't make any sense. After the replays, we see Dragon chest slapping Dragon into the crowd - security has to help him out, because he's fallen on top of people.
Vignette: Kids day highlights. Luchadores - rudos and tecnicos -0 were giving out free shirts to everyone. Lots of Arkangel, La Mascara and Stuka. there's a long line getting in, too. I think these are the shirts from the website.
Stellar Moments
Tecnico: Valiente dropkicks Polvora as he springboards off the ropes.
Tope: Super Comando is exploded by a Molotov tope
Doloroso: Super Comando and Ramstein hit stereo sliding dropkicks on
Brazo de Plata Jr., as he hangs in the tree of woe.
Llave: Guereo Loco puts Valiente in an reverse figure four.
Spectacular: Mistico with a running slingshot corkscrew plancha onto Averno.
Vignette: Tigre Enmacardo will appear on 05/13. They have past highlights - but from Japan. Don't blink and you can see the Dyanmite Kid. Well, there's a longer shot of him.
Match 3: El Hijo del Perro Aguayo (c), Hector Garza,
Damian vs Universo 2000 (c), Negro Casas, Mistico
Arena Mexico, 04/29/05
Winner: Tecnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 13:23
Approx Rating: Good, not memorable.
Other Match Notes: ARF ARF ARF ARF ARF ARF ARF ARF. Unvierso starts the fight early, which I don't think pleases Negro too much.
Brawl to start, with the Perros getting the early advantages. Garza and Perro take turns beating up Mistico on the ramp. Universo's the next focus. Lots of screwing around because Negro doesn't come in. They end up just bringing Universo back in for more dropkicks to the face. Perro goes out to beat up on Mistico while the other two work on Universo. Damian grabs Mistico, and gives him a giant swing into the ring post! That's not cool. Negro brought in and worked over as the crowd gets on the Perros. Damian has taken off his PdM shirt to reveal a Damian shirt. Negro really doesn't get much before they go back to Mistico. Universo tries to help out, but it's still 3 on 1 because Mistico's not doing much. Corner whip, Rudos take forever before whipping Perro over, and Universo gets up a back elbow. There's the comeback, already. Universo gets in a pescado! Negro is doing a lot more now. Garza and Mistico do a sequence, with a bodyscissors bulldog and a 'rana - with Mistico grabbing the ropes? It gets three on Garza. (4:28) Garza realizes it and attacks him. Meanwhile, Negro has a crossface on Damien, and that's it for the fall. (4:35) Hector, sure he's not going to get the ref to help him out, has thrown Mistico to the floor and is going to dive on him, but Universo's out to help his partner. Mistico beats up Damien and Hector. Perro's retreated to the stage while both his men are being beat up by the tecnicos. Did Mistico run after him? Perro wants no part of him and keeps backing up. Universo's goes up the stage to help Perro out, and it seems like they have something planned. Mistico climbs the steps to go to the higher part of the stage, and Universo holds Perro in position - moonsault bodyblock gets more of the stairs than Perro, and looks scary as a result. I'm gonna watch it again in slow motion. Ahhhh OOOOH. He just didn't get any distance on it, instead moving to the side. Mistico's knee hit the stairs, and he immediately is trying to walk it off. Damien comes over to make it a fair fight, but it turns out more just a chance for Perro to run away. Eventually, the refs actually break it up. Replays. Circle on the rope grab. We get a better angle of Damian giving up on the crossface, but they're more focusing on Mistico's antics. Break.
Second fall. Mistico and Garza are having a stare down on the outside. Garza tries to slap him, but Mistico slaps right back. Garza is appalled. In the ring, Damien and Negro look to start this thing. Lots of kicks by Negro. Damian eventually catches on and and elbows it a bunch of times, for all it'll do. Negro knocks him out of the ring with a dropkick, but Garza is in and kicking him down. Garza tries again after Negro gets up, and Negro turns into a side kneebreaker. Brutal Dropkick Right To The Face. Mistico in, to face Garza. MIST E KO. Garza shoves him down, and tags in Damian. Mistico wants Garza, but Damian ain't giving it to him. Whip, Mistico ducks a clothesline, ducks a clothesline, slaps Garza, hiptoss Damian. Mistico uses Garza to counter a backdrop into headscissors on Damian. Elbow to Hector, 619 for Damian. Garza in and dropkick Negro. Yelling at the crowd. Crowd ain't happening. Universo wants in and Garza gets the referees to pay attention to him and not his punch. Whip, Mistico spinning armdrag, pose, and Garza clotheslines him from behind. Garza with a salute for the crowd which the TV people cut out. Corner whip, charge, Mistico's move do out of the way - springboard 'rana, and a rope flip armdrag - but Garza blocks it (sorta) and picks Mistico on to his shoulder to slam him on the floor. Giant swing into Damian's dropkick on the floor! Stomp down. As Negro sets up on the apron, ref Baby Richard grabs Damian to stop him from stomping - and Negro hits the apron dive Thesz press on both of them! This leave s Perro and Universo in the ring - battle, Perro low blow kick, but no one of there refs are there to count the cover. Perro holding it for a while but now a ref in - one two three. (4:35) Universo is hurt, but not even the arrows on the replay can help him. Beatdown goes on.
Negro might have been low blowed - he's acting that way. Mistico tries to avenge his teammates on Perro, but Garza and Damian get him. Mistico's crossbody is caught by Garza. Perro comes in, and he and Hector play a game of Catch the Mistico. Garza loses, because he just throws Mistico behind him to drop him. Perro runs Mistico chest first into the corner, and Damian pulls him for his upside down neckbreaker. One two NO! Mistico whipped, tossed up by Garza, and coming down with a dropkick on Damian. Whip again, and a super spin armdrag for Garza. TOPE! Damian and Negro in with a chests slap battle. Negro goes to clotheslines, but Damian won't go down. It takes as much out of Negro, so Garza comes into collect him - powerbomb on Garza. While he's collecting a pin on Negro (2:17), Damian tries the same thing on Mistico - but Mistico reverses to a 'rana for HIS pin (2:18). Hector is the last one to find out what happened. Pose. Mistico tries chest slaps, but Garza doesn't even fell them. Garza windup - kick! One hand cover, one two Hector lets go. Corner whip, Mistico walks up the ropes and comes back with a crossbody, but Garza throws him off and clotheslines him. Garza charges, Mistico moves, and Garza throws himself out of the ring. Mistico sets up - double jump plancha! Universo and Perro back in, Perro dominating Universo with shots to the chest. Slam, and he's going up. As Perro gets to the top rope, the lights come up on the ramp - who is that? Whoever it is, he distracts everyone by just walking to the ring - Perro drops off the top rope, and Universo gives him a low blow kick. One two three. (4:13) I guess that was Heavy Metal?
Vignette: Halloween and Heavy Metal promise pain for each other. Famila de Tijuana vs Casas Family.
Match 4: Heavy Metal vs Halloween
Arena Mexico, 04/29/05
Winner: Heavy (2-1)
Match Time: 7:44
Approx Rating: Not too good. They ran out of gas.
Other Match Notes: Heavy Metal's shoulder pads still look dumb. Halloween
makes him pay by attacking him as he comes in the ring.
Corner whip, corner clothesline, and more clotheslines while he's there. Bulldog out. Halloween does a bit of taunting. Kick to the ribs. Legdrop. One two no. Halloween has a devil's horns things going on. Crowd chanting HEAV E. Whip, Halloween clothesline misses, but a short powerbomb works anyway. Low blow legdrops aren't lows blows this time. Dropkick to the head, one two no. Crowd. Whip, Halloween puts his head down too soon and gets it kicked. Kick to the thigh, corner whip, Heavy cartwheel looks bad and gives Halloween time for a spear one two three? (1:45) I didn't expect that as a finish, but I guess so. Crowd crowd crowd. Replays. Break.
We return with the fall in progress. Halloween has been knocked to the outside, and Heavy is going up. And now he slips down. And now he goes back up again - suicide moonsault to the floor! We've obviously missed a little bit. Replay. Oh, yes, we've come back with the fall in progress, but once again, it's the third fall. This time, we're not even going to get a replay of what happened. Both guys are down and hurting, but Heavy's at least pulled himself into the ring. Crowd shot. Good thing we left this in and not more of the match, eh. Michel and Xuxu are still here, although they're ready to go as soon as they can. Long long crowd shot. Is this between falls? Are we saying Heavy won this fall with a moonsault? Because they showed that graphic sooner than they could've counted him out, but now the referee's raising Heavy's arm, and Halloween is being checked on. There's plenty of time left in the show. We watch a replay of something we didn't see: Heavy tries a pescado, Halloween catches him, but can't keep his balance, and turns, spiking Heavy on his head into the floor. Looks like Halloween hurt his knee on the catch. Heavy ended up on top, so they must've led into the next sequence from there, and that's why Heavy took so long to do the moonsault. Halloween is up and limping - he steals a drink to splash in his face, if it'll help. There's another. He's trying to walk the feeling back into his leg. The doctor is close by, so they must be worried. They're giving Halloween all the time he wants in between falls (which, again, would have been better spent watching the match.) Now he's done it long enough that the crowd is starting to get on him for not wrestling. Ah, I guess they are going to call that the second fall. (:47)
Halloween comes in. Halloween leaves. Heavy waits. Halloween back in, and Heavy dropkicks him immediately. Chest slaps. Corner whip. Corner whip, dropkick. Heavy waiting for Halloween to come out, he slowly unhappily does, and takes a overhead bally to belly suplex. Did Heavy get eye poked in the process? Cover one two no. Heavy with a slam, and he's going up, though he's having trouble seeing. Second rope nothing meets Halloween dropkick. Halloween's hurting, but he's going on. One two Heavy grabs the bottom. rope. Halloween with chest slaps, corner whip, charge into Heavy's back elbow, and then big boot. Heavy out of the corner, into Halloween's powerslam, one two no. Halloween slowly going up. Unsure. Heavy up after him, and quicker. What are they going? Off the top rope superplex! Heavy with the Undertaker RIP pin one tw-NO. That always works! I think I see Michel and Xuxu's empty seats. Metal whip, reversed, Halloween with a single leg takedown into a half crab, though he's having trouble getting it. Heavy's not going to quit, crawling, crawling, got it - but Halloween pulls him away - that doesn't count here. Crowd is not into this match. Neither am I, really. Halloween's orange paint is over both guys, looking like this is some odd bloodbath bath. Both up and chest slapping now. There goes Halloween's shirt, so we're close to the finish. Halloween's chops are doing more damage, but Heavy has a good punch. Metal with a crossed arm submission that the crowd isn't buying at all. He lets go and drops out of exhaustion, and the crowd turns on the match. That's no good. Whip, Halloween with a leisurely reverse and an easy going kick to the midsection. F5? Yea, looked fine. Halloween with the thumb across the throats. Setting up - charge, and Metal casually moves out of the way, so Halloween spears the pole. Metal is bent over tired, and Halloween is dead weight when comes over. Metal with a press slam they can barely get up and can't hold it up. Majistral cradle one two three. (5:14) That's a classic "crowd cheers loud because it's over" finish. Help for Halloween is here - Damian and Hector Garza are quick to beat up Heavy. Everyone's watching this beatdown with one ye towards the aisle. Negro Casas is out - but he rushes into a forearm and gets posted. Halloween gets that spear on Heavy. Negro tries to help again, but he's out numbered. Note to CMLL production crew: It's kinda a tell someone's about to run in if you turn away from the action to the stage, before anyone's even at the stage. Universo's turn - he manages to turn the tide. Perro is limping out, still selling the low blow, but it'd be crazy to help out now that his guys have been beat. I think he's just here to collect his partners and have Negro challenge him to matches. Lots of talking, not much action.