CMLL GdR - 07/14/07 (#86)
Recapped: 07/21/07
Intro: Alex Koslov does a lot of posing to distract Miguel and Magadan. Oddly, they're hyping up the minis, the Mexico/US match (barely) and the Coliseo semimain, which would be three matches. We never have three matches! So confused.
Outside the Ring: Loco Max
Promo: Mini Damian ain't losing his hair. "BLAAAAAAAAH!"
Promo: Bam Bam is waring a wacky hat and wants a hair match with Damian.
Match 1: Mr. Aguilita, Pequeno Damian 666, Pequeno
Halloween (c) vs Bam Bam (c), Pequeno Halloween, Ultimo Dragoncito
Arena Coliseo, 07/08/07
Winner: Tecnicos (2-0)
Match Time: 6:55
Approx Rating: Really good, in parts.
Other Match Notes: No entrances, but Mini FdT are apparently wrestling in their dress shirts and ties, which is great.
1: Rudos have jumped the tecnicos during their entrance, and it's all rudos. They're wearing jeans, not dress pants, which makes sense. Bam Bam takes the double FU form the team, and a dropkick form Aguila. Mini Olimpico rushes in to get beat - there's the face first powerbomb/double knee gutbuster, moonsault on the whole whole pile dealio. Ultimo Dragoncito comes in trying to kick everyone, and they mob him to take him down. TIES ARE OFF. They're serious now. Halloween does indeed choke Ultimo Dragoncito with his tie. Spinebuster for Mini Ultimo Dragoncito, and a huge giant swing for Mini Halloween to add a dropkick. It's great how they do all the spots the regular FdT do, just much better. Mini FdT celebrate without actually going for a pin, and that allows Bam Bam to sneak in and rush Mini Damian. Aguilita saves his partner from lots of punches, but Bam Bam quickly ducks a dropkick and rallied. Backbreaker for Mini Halloween, Damian's punch is blocked and Bam Bam gets a standing octopus hold on him. Halloween and Águila break it up, sending both Bam Bam and Damián out in the process. Olimpico in, and he's double teamed with kicks. Whip, double boot is caught, so the rudos do a - double enziguri in theory, I guess. Spinning back kicks to the lower midsection, let's say. Aguila goes to all fours, and Halloween leaps off him and the top rope for a plancha to the floor. Ultimo Dragoncito in and missing a dropkick on Mr. Aguila. Aguilita waves him by - and Ultimo Dragoncito dives thru the ropes with a tope con giro on Mini Halloween. Aguila goes up, slips, drops back down to the apron, goes back up top, and 450 plancha to the floor kinda sorta hits. Way to make yourself look like the weak link! Back inside, Bam Bam misses a dropkick on Mini Damian, and Damian loads him on the top rope. Valaguesa? No, going for the middle rope crucifix powerbomb. Bam Bam is supposed to do the 'rana reversal, but it doesn't come off - I think it's on Mini Damian for not pushing him far out enough to make it work - and looks quite bad. It's 3 anyway. That was pretty good till the last 15 seconds, which were more horrible.
2: Mini Rudos are in their normal gear by now, and Damian and Bam Bam start off with a chop fight. Bam Bam off the ropes, into a hiptoss. Springboard headscissors too. I guess Halloween still has his white dress shirt on. Bam Bam celebrate and take a forearm form behind. Damián throws him all over the ring by his hair. Bam Bam breaks free and chops him. He asks the crowd if they want to see it, and Mini Damian spins a long way on the hair toss. A lot on the second one too. Bam Bam sends him out with a superkick, off the ropes, slingshot tornillo! Bam Bam just clears the top rope on that, every time. The other four all hit the ring, with the rudos having control in opposite corners. Look at that section of visible empty seats. The tecnico fans are overwhelming all noise with their loud horns, it's a bit over the top. Halloween and Aguila run to opposite corners to hit clotheslines, then try again and end up spearing the posts. Dragoncito hits the Asai Moonsault on Aguilita, and Olimpico lands a tope on Mini Halloween - we just barely get to see both of these, but we do get to see them. We need people in the ring. Ah, it's Bam Bam and Damian, Bam Bam landing a springboard dropkick on the way in. Small package, one two NO. Please show the referee when he's making a count! Whip, reversed, Mini Damian tosses Bam Bam up, Bam Bam lands on his shoulders and nicely gets a 'rana, one two NO. Bam Bam waves to the crowd while grabbing Damian by the hair and - well, collapses to the mat in agony. Mini Damian fouled him with a pretty obvious uppercut to the groin, and Mini Damian (and Mini Halloween!) covering him isn't going to count. Familia de Tijuana go to celebrate, but this is over.
Mini Damian rants to Juan Carlos about putting up his hair and the obvious cheating by Bam Bam in the match. Bam Bam wants all the Perros hair's.
Match 2: Arkangel de la Muerte, Dr. X (c), Texano Jr.
vs Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kensuske Sasaki, Último Dragón
(c)
Arena Mexico, 07/06/07
Winner: Team Japon
Match Time: 4:29
Approx Rating: Usual Japan in Mexico weirdness.
Other Match Notes: No entrances, though we do get ring introductions. It
sounded like the ring announcer said "Takajima", which is maybe where
that "Takiyama" came from. OH! The graphic for the Japon team reveals
it was SASAKI in the Samurai outfit. That's even better. The color background
seems to indicate Team Japon is supposed to be rudos (and the Mexicans are also
rudos), which would no doubt greatly upset Ultimo Dragon. Why is Dr. X wearing
Pierroth's colors? Oh, ONE FALL. Now everything's making a lot more sense - this
is airing in place of the (non-existent) third fall of the minis match or the
usual bunch of filler they do when there's only two falls. Fair enough.
1: I think this is even joined in progress. The Mexican jump the Team Japon, and Nakajima is left alone ring to get whipped by Texano's bull rope. This is like New Japan vs All Japan, two steps removed. Bull rope is confiscated. Texano's very annoyed about this. Nakajima is held for a springboard clothesline by Arkangel. Reyna Jubuki is watching from ringside, that's perfect. Nakajima is dropped in the middle of the ring, so Arkangel can run off the ropes three items and drop an elbow. Tag to Dr. X. We're doing tags now? Huh. Dropkick to the face. So who he's going to make the hot tag to, I wonder. Dr. X off the ropes, somersault senton. Elbow to the head. Off the ropes, dropkick. Nakajima fails to roll out. Dr. X brings him back in the middle of the ring with a snap mare. One two no. Chest slap battle is won by Dr. X, when he goes to the hairpull. Texano gets tagged in. Snap mare, kick to the spin. Nakajima ignores the pain to stand up, kick Texano, spa mare him and kick him in the spine, Texano trips him up and elbow drops him, as all the rudos come back in again. I have no idea. Corner whip, double clothesline misses, and Arkangel and Texano just kinda stand and watch as Nakajima runs at them. Nakajima clotheslines Arkangel, though Arkangel doesn't feel much like budging. He takes a step or two back. I have no idea. Nakajima gets him down with a kick, kicks Texano (who doesn't go down), side kick again for Arkangel, kick for Texano (this time he bumps), Dr. X catches the kick before it gets him, but Nakajima kills him with an enziguri. I think that's the best enziguri I've seen on this show in months. HOT TAG TO SASAKI! DRAGON COMES IN TOO! NO POP! I will never stop loving that. Arkangel helpful acts as a dummy for Dragon to hit his 3 Kick Combo on, and Kensuske knocks him down with a chop. Chops for Texano. Kensuske mixes it up in in the corner with clotheslines. Bulldog! I was sure Sasaki wasn't going to leave his feet in this match, but he did only go down to one knee. Crowd whistling a lot, I don't think they're into this match. Dragon knocks out Texano with a dropkick, and here's the Asai Moonsault. Arkangel back in, and getting Nakajima with a discuss clothesline! That was good, where has been keeping that? Arkangel to the middle rope, now back to the mat as he realizes Nakajima is too far, so he just chops him down instead. Slam, and back to the middle rope. Nakajima pops to his feet and - if you're willing to pretend a bit - connects on a jumping spin kick. Pretend a lot, actually. That was Arkangel's fault, because he ducked his to cover up and so Nakajima's foot clearly went over him. Arkangel tumbles to the floor, and Nakajima lands on him with a plancha. Dr. X with a dropkick on Sasaki, but he's not going down. Another, and he's shaky, but no luck. A third - and Kensuske take a bump! One, KICKOUT. Okay then. Dr. X with a chest slap. whip, reversed, Kensuke powerslam. I think he's saying this is over. Clothesline. Fans are booing. It's not been that bad, I think it's just random guys they don't know. Northern Lights Bomb one two three. Dr. X was oh so close to being a contender to the Triple Crown.
Promo: A valet interviews Marco Corelone, which means he only
has to say 8 words. Good for him!
Promo: Sangre Azteca relies on yelling
Match 3: Máscara Año 2000, Sangre Azteca, Último
Guerrero (c) vs Alex Koslov, Marco Corelone (c), Volador Jr.
Arena Coliseo, 07/08/07
Winner: Rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 7:31
Approx Rating: Usual Coliseo main, with more Sangre wackiness. Sangre and
Marco need to feud.
Other Match Notes: This is pretty obviously joined in progress - Sangre
and Marco are having a hip swivel contest - which makes sense, since there's
only 1/3rd of the show left. They try to hide us by showing us the valets
walking away and jumping to the ring, but the sound jumps too. We're in the
first fall anyway.
1: Sangre wants a test of strength, but Marco is tall, and both explore the difficulties of such a predicament. This turns into a jumping contest. Sangre's not winning any of this. Off the ropes, under, under, kick is caught, and Corelone decks him with the left hand. Sangre acts as though he might have lost his right eye. Corelone with a headlock, shot off (!) off the ropes, over, Mascara gets in a short form the outside, so Corelone punches him and chases him around. Mascara runs for his life, Corelone chases after him, and chaos breaks out. Hey, Evil Monkey. Rudos end up winning the scrum, which they always seem to do, and Corelone is kept on the outside while the other two tecnicos are worked over. Sangre is smart enough to kick the middle rope as Corelone comes in, and he actually stands a chance then. Lots of brawling. Corelone's whipped into a Sangre spinebuster, which would seem to defy physics. Sangre climbs the ropes as Ultimo and Mascara pull back Marco's legs for the big low blow dropkick, but Ultimo stops Sangre and paces off the correct distance! For those keeping track at home, Corelone needs to be four paces away from the corner for Sangre to properly hit. Ultimo and Mascara just the target. Sangre goes up, and the dropkick connects! This is surely what Ultimo means when he's talking about that other level. Everyone dog piles Marco for the fall. Alex belatedly enters, and Ultimo gives him a spinebuster, slingshot, Sangre back elbows him back, and Evil Monkey adds a top rope moonsault! Who IS he? Volador comes back in, for no good reason, but we're off to replays. They really ought to replay Ultimo measuring out those steps, but we don't.
2: Ultimo Monito is getting in a top rope headscissors on Volador as we return - maybe he is Tzuki this week. Marco in and kicked a bunch. Corner whip, corner clothesline, corner clothesline, corner headstand sit. Sangre's making fun of Marco's eagle dance. Corelone's worked over in the corner. Corner whip, Marco kips up and out as everyone charges, everyone turns around and charges and Marco leapfrogs over them, leaps to the top rope, and hits a springboard plancha on everyone. Marco poses while his teammates takes out the tecnicos. Volador still has a bad superkick and it's getting worse. He needs to talk to his partner there. Sangre is isolated in the ring and Volador teases untying his mask, but just doesn't. Alex tries to set up some spot, but he's literally the only guy in the ring who knows it. He forces Sangre Azteca to take a corner whip, he pushes Mascara into the corner as he comes in, he yells Marco instructions. Tecnicos try to whip the rudos into each other, rudos reverse it and Marco and Alex crash. Alex is knocked into the corner, and Marco is whipped into him, but Alex flips him to the apron. Alex dropkicks both rudos out, and gets the springboard plancha on Sangre. Mascara moves out of the way, and into an apron drive clothesline by Marco. Well, that made sense, one Alex got everyone in the right place. Volador and Ultimo, in Volador up and over sunset flip one two three. Ultimo kicked out at 3.01 there. Alex tries to lift Marco up in celebration, but that's not happening.
El Arte del Catch: La Suastica is a variation the abdominal stretch to me.
We see the production crew all in the ring, to remember Ulises Carbajal. A video package with clips of him play us to break.
3: Mascara and Marco have a pose off. Mascara tries to slam Marco, and that's not going to work. Hip swivel. Mascara slams him and tries again, no luck. Marco, in fact, can same Mascara Ano 2000. Whip, Mascara goes under and takes a dropkick on the next pass. Sangre and Ultimo rush Marco with kicks and chops, kicking him into the corner. Corner whip, Sangre charges, and gets backdropped the apron. Big punch for him. Marco turns to face Ultimo charging in, and ducks Ultimo's clothesline. Ultimo charges again, and Corelone leapfrogs him and punches Sangre again, then leaps to the top apron and gets Ultimo with a springboard clothesline. Sangre gets back to his feet, but drops to evade yet another punch. Sangre tries getting up on another section of the apron, and Alex is waiting for him with a superkick. Tag to Volador Jr., who springboards in. Mascara into meet him. Volador off the ropes, over, waved by, handspring for no reason, ducking a clothesline, and landing a superkick. Better. Sangre in, Volador runs off the ropes, Volador escapes a tilt-a-whirl and lands a spinning headscissors. Sangre out, Ultimo in. Volador checks his - knee brace? I dunno. Ultimo off the ropes, armdrag (Ultimo taking it before it's there), Volador with Shocker/Ultimo 'rana reversal to his feet spot. Volador off the ropes again, tilt-a-whirl armdrags sends out Ultimo, and Volador follows with a nice tope con giro. Running out of time, this has to wrap up quick. Mascara and Marco have a bad corner whip reversal spot - Mascara seems to bail out on running into the corner, and forces himself into a chinlock. Alex climbs that corner and goes for a plancha, but Sangre dropkicks him on the way down - that's his move! Sangre breaks up the Marco submission hold with a kick and turns back to pin Alex one two thee. Mascara gives Marco a back suplex one two three! Wow. A back suplex, and Mascara beat Marco. That's not how I saw that one going. We see a girl very sad about that turn of events (I assume.)
Replay and they're out.