CMLL GDR - 09/09/06 (#42)
Recapped: 09/14/06
Zhara appears to be MIA. I write this just to remember that I've noted it - like how Adolfo started wearing glasses on camera last week, and I didn't mention that oh so important fact.
Mitos de Leyendas: As Charro. We see him in the mask for most the interview, but get the dramatic reveal (under the mask, he's actually an old Mexican man!) at the end.
Match 1: Mr. Mexico, Ohara, Okumura (c) vs Brazo de Oro (c), Metro II, Virus
Arena Coliseo, 09/03/06
Winner: Tecnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 9:06
Approx Rating: eh
Other Match Notes: Mr. Mexico is still Mr. Mexico. Ohara has his belt.
Okumura is still Okumura. I think Metro has a fancy new cape here. Virus si
wearing his half mask to the ring. Brazo de Oro has random dance music. They
announce him as the greatest of the Brazos - that new? I would think yea.
1: There's really no hope for this match being interesting unless Ohara is in (and even then, I still need to be convinced) - luckily he and Metro start on the mat. Ohara still seems to weight 100 lbs and no more. He and Metro are good on the mat. Okumura/Virus and Virus does a pretty good job of making it work. Oro's in for a moment for MR. Mexico, but it's up being more Metro/Mexico for the moment it lasts. Mr. Mexico has an awful clothesline - Torrie Wilson bad. Hey, Metro has a pretty nice reverse tope. (That's a slight tell!) Do not try a sunset flip on a Brazo! Okumura begs off from Virus, which is just a fun visual.
2: Ohara and Brazo resume, with Oro doing the usual tecnico things. Tilt-a-whirl backbreakers for everyone. Mr. Mexico crotches himself on a big boot and takes one too, although that's by far the worse. Metro gets to do a run of his own. Virus gets in a cool roll up to submission before the beatdown stats. He gets clocked by a double boot. Here, they plug a phone number you can call in and try out to be a lucha announcer - that'll be fun. I wonder if I got a shot? Double teaming could be better, for sure - Mr. Mexico goes for an elbow drop on Virus as Okumura is dropping down for a cover. Mr. Mexico tried to do his pose/finish, but I think his teammates helping out kinda got in the way.
3: We return, and the turnaround has apparently taken place during the break, because the tecnicos are totally getting revenge. Que? Does Adonis Salazar work these shows and IWRG on Sunday? He must get around. Lots of tecnico firing up comebacks, and Virus is still cool, but we've basically gotten two falls of them against not so interesting rudos. Virus versus Ohara is the best section I've seen here - not anything to write home about, but enough tog et a Virus chant and get me to start to believe in this Ohara fellow. Too bad Mr. Mexico nearly kills Virus with a dropkick. Mr. Mexico's dropkick to his back caught him completely by surprise, and planted his face into the ring ropes as a result. Everyone does a dropkick, including a not so good one by Brazo, but that's the spot. Figure four reversed into a sunset flip for the finish. Brazo de Oro is NOT Ric Flair.
We see someone down and bleeding form the eye - I guess Ohara got busted open from Oro's dropkick? That's even worse.
Interview with Que Monito: Filler, but funny. Monito appears to promise fisticuffs for rudos.
Match 2: Averno, Black Warrior (c), Mephisto vs Heavy Metal, Mistico (c), Negro Casas
Arena Coliseo, 09/03/06
Winner: Tecnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 10:33
Approx Rating: 85. Not long enough to be really great, but it was great for
how long it was.
Other Match Notes: Mephisto and Averno have a remix of their music. The
chicks dig Mistico. I don't know what happened during this match, but the
picture on CAN52 suddenly became darker. It seems to go in and out. I'd think it
was something on my side, but it was fine during the commercial breaks.
1: Metal and Mephisto start on the ground. Mistico and Warrior are next. There's a chant for Metal, but the crowd explodes for Mistico. Lots of Monito cheating spots early. Warrior shows off a strut after tripping Mistico down. Mistico sells a knee injury from that - hope he's okay. He does managed a shorten version of the usual tumbling run, but gets caught on the double jump plancha with a dropkick, and that's the end of him. Of course, Warrior will take advantage to untie the mask. Mistico gets hi mask 90% pulled off, as usual, while Averno appears to beat up Monito for some fun. They almost completely focuses on Warrior - Averno & Mephisto are working over the other two, but we don't see it and probably aren't missing much - with Mistico getting his face smashed in the buckle and his mask almost coming off in the process.
2: Rudos are teaming up on the tecnicos as we return from break. Heavy takes a double rebound hiptoss. Mephisto holds a boot in Monito's face, so Negro puts s an armbar on him. Meanwhile, Mistico gets worked over some more because working over Mistico is fun for everyone. Warrior organizes, and Mistico's given a triple pump powerbomb. Mistico mangos to get up rather fast, but is booted out. Negro in and worked over, but he ducks a double clothesline, which sets up a Mistico springboard dropkick on Warrior. Averno & Mephisto miss a double elbow drop on Mistico, and Heavy Metal pulls out a handspring double elbow - I don't think we've seen that from him since he's been back. His brother backdrops him into a plancha on both Assassins and goes out to help (or just vanishes). Mistico and Warrior left in, and immediate over with La Mistica. Of course, Mistico goes for mask revenge. Mistico gets it off, and Warrior's face is 99% exposed for a second - that's not I thought he'd look, actually. I guess I didn't think about it too much. Warrior's mask "accidentally" falls off when taking a dropkick too, so we're teasing it. From the reaction during the replays, it seems we're missing a Monito bit. We come back to Mistico tossing Warrior around in the aisle a bit.
3: Straight into third fall, but with the Casas brothers and the Assassins standing around killing time while the other two finish fighting. Averno & Mephisto huddle outside, so the Casas mock the huddle. Negro just wants someone to fight, but we take another moment, as Mistico joins the announcers to cut a promo on Warrior, I guess. Magadan does not approve. The announce booth is in the crowd, so Mistico has hard time making it out alive - luckily, Warrior can pull him out fight. Mistico and Warrior fight on the floor, grab each other's masks, and end up putting on each other's mask. They both head in. Metal, of course, grabs the guy in the Black Warrior mask and threatens a Heavy Punch, until Mistico smartens him up. Warrior's not so lucky with his partners, and Mephisto gets to kicking Warrior/ Warrior stops this by pulling of his mask, and revealing his identity - that actually confuses Mephisto more, but he stops kicking Warrior. Mistico and Warrior exchange masks and get out of there. Mephisto works over Negro with chops, but screws around and takes the chops himself. Negro goes for a hammerlock on Mephisto, so Averno break that out, and both of them actually beat up Negro! 2 rudos beating 1 tecnico is unheard off! Averno & Mephisto give Negro a double headbutt, Negro raises his arms to indicate he's pumped up and can take it - and falls backwards to the mat. Negro tries to rally the crowd to cheer for him. Trying to get them to cheer for Mistico works better. Negro comes back two on one, helped by them putting their heads down too soon. Kicks for both. Tag to Metal, who's waiting fro someone to fight. Warrior isn't getting in, so he has to wait for Averno. Crowd chants for Heavy - and Mephisto snakes behind to kick him. Averno kicks him square in the head and celebrates kicking a man straight in the head. Mephisto chokes Metal around the ropes, and Negro is very displeased, but doesn't actually do more than that. Metal escapes a double team with an armdrag, duck a double clothesline, and reverses everything into armdrags. Mephisto ducks one Heavy Punch, so Heavy kicks him hard in the back of the leg. Black Warrior - gives Heavy the thumbs up. Wise move. So Metal tags out, Warrior comes in, and Mistico leaps in to face him. Mistico offers to let him fight Heavy, but no, Warrior wants Mistico and the people chanting for him, all to make his victory better when he wins. Warrior gets the early edge, corner whip is reverses, Warrior slides up and does the pelvic thrusts. Mistico is not impressed. Warrior's new wacky strut is something. Averno kicks Mistico down while he's watching that. Averno tells the fans to chant for Mistico too. Mistico gets off the ropes a few times, but Mephisto get sin a cheap shot from the outside. This leads to a crazy spot - Averno backdrops Mistico towards Mephisto on the apron, Mistico holds onto the outside of the ropes and uses Mephisto's back to bounce back into the ring for a headscissors on Averno. Improbably awesome. Mephisto in, and he takes a twisting headscissors. Springboard crazy spin 'rana for good measure. Warrior almost gets the drop on Mistico, but Mistico catches him in time. Mistico off the ropes, twisting headscissors. Warrior out, Mistico after him with the sling shot tornillo. The other four all in, and Averno and Metal knocked into each other. This surprises everyone, but it's the Casas brothers who take advantage - Negro with a fujiwara on Averno, Metal with a La Majistral on Mephisto. That's it! Pretty fun last fall.
Replays and we're out.