Lucha Azteca7 Elite: 2016-07-16 

Recapped: 07/23/2016

What happened:  LA Park and Rush had a super libre match for the ages, an old school brawl too old school for Arena Mexico and the referee (who called it a DQ 7 minutes in.) They both just kept on going for several minutes more, making it one of the more remarkable moments in the short history of the Elite promotion.

Also, Rush picked up 3 points. Diamante Azul may or may not have won 3 – Elite’s changed their mind on his match (replacing Cibernetico) against the debuting Teddy Hart (replacing Caristico) counting in the standings.

What was good: If you’re on this site and you haven’t watched LA Park & Rush, you need to go and watch it for yourself. I liked the other matches, but they’re not near the same level.

Where can I watch it: It’s on my channel and half the lucha channels on YouTube.

Match 1: Hijo De Dos Caras, Hijo de LA Park, Rayman vs El Hijo del Medico Asesino, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Karonte Jr.
Arena México, 07/14/2016
Video: thecubsfan

1. técnicos
   • Rayman reverse tope Karonte JR. (5:39)
   • COR Dr. Wagner & Medico Asesino (6:10)
2. Medics
   • Karonte Jr. guillotine middle rope senton con giro Rayman (5:22)
   • Karonte springboard moonsault Hijo de la Park (6:22)
3. Medics
   • Medico Asesino Falcon Arrow Rayman (4:03)
   • Karonte Jr. pumphandle slam La Park (4:03)

Winner: Medics (2/3)
Match Time: 16:35

Review: [good] Not sure I needed 20 minutes of this, but it had some good action and not many problems. Flying La Park was entertaining. He doesn’t have the charisma of other family members but at least he’s got something, and Wagner is somewhat coming along as well. Hijo de Medico Asesino & Karonte Jr. are still not much good. It seemed like they couldn’t even manage to hold Dos in the right spot for Wagner’s ramp leap forearm. Both Karonte Jr. & Hijo de Dos didn’t let not being good flyers stop them from trying. Rayman looked good, didn’t get a lot to do.

Match 2: Teddy Hart vs Diamante Azul in a Liga Elite match
Arena México, 07/14/2016
Video: thecubsfan

Winner: Diamante Azul (German suplex)
Match Time: 3:49 shown
Notes: Only shown as highlights

Review: Not worth rating because it is so edited, but you can see they were having the issued you’d expect from not having worked with each other. Even some of the spot they had had a problem moment in the middle of them, and they’d just keep going on it. Match didn’t seem to be good.

Match 3: Jinzo & Súper Crazy vs Felino & Tiger
Arena México, 07/14/2016
Video: thecubsfan

1. Cats
   • Felino flying clothesline Jinzo (1:43)
   • Tiger castia Super Crazy (2:06)
2. técnicos
   • DQ [Tiger toilet seat attack to Super Crazy] (1:29)
3. tecnicos
   • Jinzo springboard frog splash Felino (3:18)
   • Tiger backcracker Jinzo (3:59)
   • Super Crazy superpplex Tiger (4:43)

Winner: técnicos (2/3)
Match Time: 8:18
Notes: Announcers are calling him “Jinzo” even though his trunks say “Ronnie.”

Review: [good] solid tag match between two teams who were working hard. I could’ve used a bit more time in the first couple of falls, which didn’t really get a chance to develop. Jinzo got to do a few things, but they mostly switched from the matchups you’d expect. Jinzo/Felino wasn’t quite as exciting, but Felino works harder with his sons and Tiger kicking around Crazy and taking his moonsault was good. Tiger looked good, and it would’ve been nice to see him and Crazy settle it for longer in the third fall.

Match 4: Rush vs LA Park in a Liga Elite match and in a super libre match
Arena México, 07/14/2016
Video: thecubsfan

Winner: Rush (by DQ)
Match Time: technically 6:55, but more around 13:30
Notes: The two start brawling from the moment Park walks out. Rush rips the top off Park’s match very early on. Around two minutes in, Rush takes LA Park out of the ring, and looks under the ring for something. He can’t find it (and I kind of wonder if someone took away what he hide there. Rush starts to walk Park up the aisle and to the main entrance, only for Park to walk back by himself. Rush reappears a few seconds later, coming back with a metal garbage can, and slams into Park’s head. (Park puts his head on the ground, and appears to be blading.) It’s quite a while before we get a shot of Park’s forehead following, but he’s bleeding so heavily that Rush wipes the blood overall himself. Rush later grabs a chair, the unfolding kind, and hits Park with it, but fools around taunting the crowd. Park stands up, grabs the chair, and smacks Rush with it. Rush is bleeding after this point. (It’s not clear if he bladed; he denied it.) Park retrieves the trash can, and throws it at Rush, hitting him Rush with it. Edgar, now outside of the ring, rushes over and grabs Rush’s arm as if he’s going to raise it to declare the match over, but then stops and instead warns an oncoming Park not to throw the object again. Park pays him no mind and throws the hard metal box at Rush. (If Rush ducked out of the way, it was probably going over the barricade – fans were dodging out of the way in case.) Rush stumbles around ringside, and Edgar runs over to raise his arm to signal the win for certain now. Rush has won the match by DQ, and the match is technically over. Edgar takes off and is not seen again.

The fans, Rush and Park are all upset, the fans most of all. Garbage is thrown at the ring while Rush goes in the ring and encourages Park to do the same. Park reacts to the crowd, but Rush wants him to fight. Park eventually turns to face Rush, asking if he wants to go and – just as the ring announcer declares Rush the winner – they both start fighting again. They came here to fight, and they do just that. Park corner clotheslines Rush and struts, with an angry Rush charging into another clothesline. Park sits over Rush and communicates with him, both men clearly trying to figure out what they’re going to do next. After they get back up, Rush charges into corner boosts, but Park charges out into a belly to belly suplex. Park comes back with a DDT, kicks Rush to the outside, and follows with a huge tope. The two mill around ringside for a while, with a replay of the finish is shown. The announcers are later heavily critical of the referee for calling a DQ in a super libre match.

After an edit (cutting out attempted promos by both men, which were cut short by the microphone being cut off), Rush and Park again face off in the ring, making the motions of a mask vs hair match for a while. Rush tries to talk, but the microphone isn’t working, and Park says something to him. They begin fighting again, to the cheers of the raucous crowd, exchanging chops and punches. Park misses a corner charge in a spectacular fashion, and Rush rips him into a middle rope corner smash. Rush missile dropkicks Park, then says something to him. Park changes the way he’s rolling out, gets out of the ring, and Rush drops on him with a tope con giro. The fight stops at that point, with both men posing and reacting to the crowd on the ramp, who continue to cheer them wildly. The extra portion went about six minutes. Backstage personnel are out in front of the usual exit areas, clearly trying to encourage Park & Rush to get to the back. Rush talks (or yells) to a few of them before going to the back, while Park stops to pose on the ramp, then goes back in to collect money thrown in.

Of note, the Liga Elite standings list Cibernético with a draw but not LA Park. (I mistakenly originally believed they didn’t count this match, misreading which columns were which. Rush is indeed given credit for a win, and LA Park a loss.) Rey Escorpión continues in Negro Casas’ place.

Review: [excellent] This was obviously going to be one of the most memorable matches of the year from the moment the match was announced, and it exceeded all expectations despite officially going seven minutes with a DQ even the announcers were criticizing. It’s hard to know how many people are watching this show, but this had the potential to be one of the most remembered matches in Mexico in quite some time if it was actually seen. This was a great intense brawl that probably was about six minutes from a usual finish, but the DQ and Park & Rush’s decision to just keep fighting turned it into a legendary battle; it may have done more for both men then a clean finish would’ve done. LA Park, god of chaos, fully reached his apex here and Rush earned respect by fighting him every step of the way. Whatever fine, whatever suspension, whatever other punishment they got out of it will be totally worth it for about fifteen minutes of fighting that’ll still be brought up two decades from now.