triplea.com.mxRey de Reyes preview
triplea.com.mxHey, remember how all 4 major AAA shows were supposed to be on PPV in the US this year? Not quite happening with this one. I don’t know that there’s a match here great enough to make want to pay for this show, but I am interested on how the tournament works out.
1) Killer Clown, Psycho Clown, Zombie Clown vs Cuervo, Ozz, Scoria
SQUASH. They’re going to be one taping short of 100, so maybe they face the Hell Brothers on the next show? Or maybe the clowns can make a friend and go for the Atomicos titles.
2) Chessman vs Teddy Hart, Halloween, Extreme Tiger, Juventud Guerrera, Joe Lider [ladder]
They’ll be hanging 250,000 Mexican Pesos ($23,000 US) in a bag and the winner has to climb and get it. Hopefully Chessman is okay with winning this time. Figure on Chessman and Halloween taking each other out. If this is supposed to lead anywhere, it’d make most sense to set up a tag team challenge, and not one with a guy who’s only in for major shows. I guess Exteme Tiger takes this to restart the tag feud.
3) El Elegido vs Mr. Niebla, Mascara Divina, Zumbido [Rey de Reyes, sf]
Divina is happy to be here. Elegido and Zumbido wouldn’t be bad choices if they were doing anything more than group filler. It’s gotta be Niebla.
4) Alan Stone vs Decnnis, Head Hunter I, Pirata Morgan [Rey de Reyes, sf]
I was amused by superluchas giving Head Hunter 1 a 1 in 10 shot. That may be high. I still think it would’ve been more fun to sneak a Jr. Pirata here, but as long as Pirata Morgan is here he has a shot to sneak in the final. I think they should and will put Alan feud, but there’s no real storyline reason he needs to be there more than Pirata or Decnnis.
5) Abismo Negro vs Super Porky vs Psicosis II vs Aerostar [Rey de Reyes, sf]
I wonder if someone realized they had three tecnicos and Abismo on his way to being one, and Abismo was swapped out. Or maybe ESTO’s tables were just hard to read and I goofed up.
Abismo gets to goof around against Super Porky one last time before becoming a tecnico (and goofing around WITH Super Porky.) He’s the only one with Rey de Reyes experience, due to smaller fields with lots of outside talent and plenty of turnover since they last ran this format in 2002.
6) Zorro vs Scorpio Jr., Billy Boy, Super Fly [Rey de Reyes, sf]
Zorro would look quite dumb if he didn’t at least make the finals. This seems like the best match of the four.
7) ?, Alebrije, Charly Manson, Laredo Kid vs Electroshock, Kenzo Suzuki, Ron Killings, Scott Steiner
Just like with the last taping, I think La Parka Jr. was expected to be back by now and his continued injury problems caused the mystery spot, instead of AAA planning this all along. It’s possible Parka wrestles here anyway, though it’d be dumb. There’s no strong rumors of a jump this time around, which is okay since they rarely seem to happen. It could be Octagon, who was in Alebrije’s spot but now is MIA, but I think they’d just announce him. Gronda would be the most likely in-house candidate, but I’m betting on an indy name coming in for one night.
Laredo Kid should get his injury revenge on Ron Killings here, but I’m not too certain about it. Charly/Electro stuff should be interesting.
8) Group A winner vs Group B winner, Group C winner, Group D winner [Rey de Reyes, final]
AAA should be setting up it’s next major title challenger here. Won’t be Alan, won’t be Niebla. It’s definitely possible Abismo does the swerve rudo turn, but the easiest path is Zorro winning. They’ve given him enough wins in the leadup stretch to make believe AAA may actually do it this time.
9) Cibernetico vs Mesias [AAA HEAVY]
If Cibernetico were to get a full measure of revenge, he’d not only win the title, but he’d light Mesias on fire (again) and Mesias would be gone for a while, but can he actually leave just after returning? I think Mesias’ is definitely toast here.
TV: All the non-Rey de Reyes matches for the first week, and then all the Rey de Reyes plus a repeat of the title match for the second week.
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Ok, let me break it down:
1) Killer Clown, Psycho Clown, Zombie Clown vs Cuervo, Ozz, Scoria
And let every fan chant: Clowns Is Gonna Kill You!! I agree this will be a Goldberg esque squash without being a Goldberg esque squash.
2) Chessman vs Teddy Hart, Halloween, Extreme Tiger, Juventud Guerrera, Joe Lider [ladder]
So basically it’s Chessman vs the world here. I’d like to see Chessman win, but more than likely Halloween will win by hook or crook, it wouldn’t be bad if Juvi won it either. But I also see the restart of the fDt/Hell Brothers feud. Memo to Joe Lider, talk to somebody about having some new ring gear designed my friend.
3) El Elegido vs Mr. Niebla, Mascara Divina, Zumbido [Rey de Reyes, sf]
If Zumbido wins, I riot!! LOL, kidding. This is the onr match where anyone can win really, it’s no big names unless you count Niebla, Zumbido and Elegido. My pick: Mr Niebla, my dark horses: Zumbido and Elegido.
4) Alan Stone vs Decnnis, Head Hunter I, Pirata Morgan [Rey de Reyes, sf]
Another one of the “anyone can win matches” because there are no big names, except Pirata Morgan who has become the Jumbo Tsruta of AAA, reduced to comedy matches. But if there was one person I’d pick in this one it’s the veteran, Pirata Morgan. My dark horse, Alan Stone.
5) Abismo Negro vs Super Porky vs Psicosis II vs Aerostar [Rey de Reyes, sf]
Question, when did Psicosis II turn technico again? Didn’t he sometime back turn on the Mexican Powers?
This one should be fun, as long as Abismo doesn’t burn anybody. I’d like to see Abismo win only for him to kick Niebla’s ass. As for Aerostar, he will make a good showing, but this is not his year yet. My pick: Abismo Negro, my Dark Horse Super Porky.
6) Zorro vs Scorpio Jr., Billy Boy, Super Fly [Rey de Reyes, sf]
It’s hard not to pick against Zorro, but not in this case. Billy Bitch, er Boy, is still trying to win back Fabi Apache (word of advice from Snoop Dogg, Drop her like it’s hot), Scorpio Jr. is a tough veteran and Super Fly, as good as he is, more than likely is not ready yet. There’s a possiblity though, that Billy Boy may win, and just like there’s a possibility the Bulls may go to the NBA finals this year, like Billy Boy winning this match, it’s not going to happen. My Pick: Zorro, my Dark Horse: Super Fly.
7) ?, Alebrije, Charly Manson, Laredo Kid vs Electroshock, Kenzo Suzuki, Ron Killings, Scott Steiner
I’d like to believe the surprise will be La Parka Jr., then again it might be Gronda. But either way, what are they going to do against Scott “I sell for no mexican wrestler’ Steiner? I’m hoping they have a Sherman tank of a wrestler to take down the L.E. but wait, no Ron Killings! so how will this be filled. My hope, if they can get him, is the surprise will be Takeshi Morishima.
8) Mr Niebla, Vs Pirata Morgan, Abismo Negro and Zorro[Rey de Reyes, final]
Now mind you these are my picks to win, I might be wrong. More than likely with the outcome of the main event and whomever wins, Zorro will be your 2008 Rey De Reyes. Then Triple H will blast him with a sledgehammer and stand over him and say that HE is the King of Kings.
9) Cibernetico vs Mesias
[AAA HEAVY]
This is like watching Rocky fight Apollo Creed for the 10,000th time. This should be the blow off here (again), assuming Mesias doesn’t decide to come back again, Ciber should walk with the belt and Mexico’s answer to the Rock should vanquish again Puerto Rico’s favorite son.
Well thats my view of things, feel free to comment or otherwise.
I’ll be amazed if the announced teams actually are the ones taking place in RdR, it’s a long AAA tradition to change stuff on the fly…