AAA Mini Line - 11/17/07 (#651)
Recapped: 11/20/07
This is Part 2 of Antonio Pena Memorial show. Announcers do a second opening segment in front of the crowd. Sucks for the live crowd. Same Antonio Pena video package.
Match 1: Histeria, Mr. Niebla (c), Psicosis II vs
Alebrije (c), Elegido, Octagon in a lights out match
Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, 10/07/07
Winner: Vipers
Match Time: (6:09)
Notes: It's not really totally lights out - it's like they've got a blue
light on the ring, and everyone's gear has glow in the dark green parts to stick
out. Like, Tirantes' suspenders are glowing green. Sometimes, it's part of their
gear - someone did a great job with Octagon's gear. And then you have Alebrije
with glow in the dark tape wrapped around his biceps for no reason except for
this match. Once again, Histeria and Psicosis share an entrance and Niebla gets
his own. Elegido is wearing his newer Knight (I guess) outfit. When he strips
down, we find that he's outlined his muscles (especially his abs) with glow in
the dark paint. It's very Gronda. Why is Alebrije the captain? Break before the
match.
Opening match starts at 16 past the hour, shockingly fast for this show. The match is just what you'd expect if the lights are on. Vipers get the head with bat shots, and freely use weapons. They don't work different spots because of the lights, it just looks very odd if you happen to be flipping thru channels. On the other hand, Alebrije and Cuije always are going to strike people as odd. Cuije starts a mini comeback, but then Octagon gets beat down with the bats. Alebrije ducks a double bat shot to start his own comeback, but Niebla takes him out, throws him out, and follows with a thru the ropes senton. Elegido gets very much booed by the male section of the crowd when trying to fight off Histeria and Psicosis, not that they cheer when he's stopped. Psicosis gives Elegido as sorta guillotine senton, Histeria adds a quebrada, and they both cover for - three?
No comeback, how odd. Naturally, Elegido isn't the captain. Niebla hits Elegido with a chair just after the pin, perhaps completely unaware the match is over. Break.
Elegido makes time with Pena's family.
In Ring Bit: Presentation of the Copa de Antonio Pena plaque. Moment of applause, and the first entrance for the next match.
Match 2: Copa de Antonio Pena
Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, 10/07/07
Winner: Charly Manson
Match Time: 45:42 (combined)
Notes: Super Porky's entrance is short, as compared to how these things
go. X-Pac still has the DX gear, and I think they clip his entrance. That's
unpossible! Hijo de Tirantes is the ref and carefully explain the rules as Porky
and X-Pac exchange pointing. Haha, Hijo de Tirantes explaining how a three count
works, why is he doing that? Was there a worry they might not know? Super Porky
does not try to win Alicia's heart, at least not before the break.
Porky's really grown his hair out. It's been a slow summer. We look at Porky's valets while Porky does something funny, we can only assume. Porky and X-Pac are ready to go. X-Pac's clearly taller, which is just odd to see. X-Pac does faux karate, so Porky does faux karate posing. X-Pac teases a test of strength and does a crotch chop instead. h e turns around to laugh, and he slapped in the face. Whip, clothesline by Porky. Porky turns his head to get Porky chants. We look at famous people in the crowd. Porky has X-Pac in a chinlock in the ring. Porky lets go and starts starting at - I'm not sure? Oh, Alicia, thanks for giving us a good camera angle. She's on the apron. Hijo de Tirantes tells Porky to pay attention, and Porky does , splashing X-Pac. Cover, one two no. Alicia tries to seduce Super Porky, and Porky's having a hard time deciding if he should go with her or beat up X-Pac. He surprisingly settles on X-Pac. Porky works over X-Pac with his stomach. Corner whip, reversed, and X-Pac ends up Bronco Buster-ing the empty corner. Porky sandwiches X-Pac into the corner, and covers him, one two no. Alicia's is still on the apron and Porky is still distracted by her in bursts. He's going over - no, Hijo de Tirantes steers him back on target. If Hijo de Tirantes really wants to help, he'll get Alicia off the apron. Or just let Porky go with her, he's not winning this anyway. Porky with a corner whip, Porky with a corner splash, and X-Pac ends up on his seat in the corner. Irony! Porky gives him a big fat Bronco Buster. Worlds just collided on Sean Waltman's chest. Porky covers, one two no, must be time to stare at Alicia again. Alicia's teases coming in the ring, but does not. We look at people in the crowd instead. Whip, reversed, X-Pac goes for a sunset flip, and Porky looks at Alicia instead of flattening X-Pac. Alicia gets in the ring, Porky goes over to her, and X-Pac wastes no time cradling him one two three. Porky can't believe it, but Hijo de Tirantes sure can. Hijo de Tirantes is all over him for being a goofball, ha. Porky walks to the back in tears.
There's a short break in between the matches. Porky leaves, and Mascara Divina waits until he's almost to the entrance before running and sliding in. X-Pac stomps as he comes in, working him over and ripping off his ring jacket. Remember when Divina made fun of Mascara Sagrada original for being fat? Can't do that anymore! He's not Sagrada sized, though. Divina blocks a chop and rolls back with open hand slaps, which gets the crowd as loud as they've been. Divina is whipped in the ropes, and comes back with a dropkick just as X-Pac is doing a spinning heel kick. Dropkick wins, though X-Pac is visibly ticked. Divina with a shot to the head, whip, reversed, hey, an X-Pac spinning heel kick! X-Pac stops to catch his breath, and just maybe say something. Divina crawls over to the corner in position (or something gets edited out), and X-Pac gives him an elbow to the head before hitting the Bronco Buster. We get a crowd edit in the middle X-Pac riding him, so I guess something was too much here. Snap mare, chinlock by X-Pac. Divina waves off submitting while trying to grab support from the crowd. They eventually somewhat come with him. Divina elbows out, off the ropes, waved by and out of the ring, though Divina takes a safe headstand bump off the apron, falls to his feet, and the falls down. X-Pac follows with a tope con giro (!), which Divina starts to move back for, leans back towards the ring, and gets booted in the head. X-Pac really doesn't get caught much, but pops back up. Not the best Mascara Divina day. Divina grabs his head and goes back in, seated for another Bronco Buster. I bet this one won't hit. It doesn't hit! X-Pac crotches the ropes for the second time in five minutes, and rushes out for a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Divina dropkicks X-Pac out (almost into Alicia), and follows with a tope, driving X-Pac to the ground. X-Pac tried to catch him, but Divina just ran him over. Hijo de Tirantes does not count out X-Pac when Divina comes in, despite parts of the Crowd loudly doing so. Alicia comes in and shoves Divina. Slap kinda hits, but Divina grabs and teases the kiss. X-Pac rushes to break it up, and gets his girl. Divina gets a bodyscissors cradle one two THREE! Huh.
X-Pac and Alicia stop on the way out to let Kenzo Suzuki do his dance on the stage unimpeded. Divina does not let him come to the ring in pace, attacking him in the aisle. Head into the barricade. Divina throws Kenzo into the ring and kicks him in the the a couple times. Crowd shot, video board shot, and we're back to Divina kicking Kenzo in the leg. Huh. Corner whip, Divina charges (slooooooow) in, Kenzo flips him to the apron, Divina fits him off, heads up, and lands the missile dropkick. Cover? No, Divina's headed up again. Don't look at the crowd, you fool! Splash doesn't come close to hitting. Kenzo encourages Hijo de Tirantes to check out the crowd, and stomps Divina in the groin hard, then fakes having taken a foul himself. Hijo de Tirantes gives notDQs to both men and blames the crowd. Kenzo recovers enough to to do the wacky strut kneelift, one two three. Replays of the foul and the kneelift.
Kenzo recovers, and everyone looks at the entrance - hey, this is a wise place for a break! And they take one!
La Parka Jr., back in shoulder brace, is out next and locking for some revenge. He rushes the ring, Kenzo wallops one one left handed shot. Kenzo waits for Parka to get back up, and chops him hard. Chops and punches a plenty. Lots of crowd shots, causing us to miss Kenzo dancing. Whip, Kenzo's clothesline misses, and La Parka hits one with his. Parka waits for Kenzo to get up, which takes a while, and works him over with punches. Clothesline, sorta shoulderblock, off the ropes, dancing, running clothesline knocks Kenzo to the floor, though lands on his feet. Parka waits for Kenzo to get in some position, and follows with a tope. Parka seems to be quite hurting on the floor, as he grabs at his hurt shoulder. Now Tirantes decides to count. La Parka asks him to stop, and he does? What a ref he decided to to be. Parka dumps Kenzo over the rail and heads back inside. Tirantes gets Parka away from the ropes Kenzo before he starts counting. Kenzo crawls under the rail - hey, they're still using a 20 count. Hijo de Tirantes seems to randomly stop counting, and we don't follow him counting anyway, so it's not so dramatic. Parka chops Kenzo. Right hand. Whip, reversed, Parka re-reversed, gets a reverse facelock, dances, and drops Kenzo with a reverse DDT. One two thre-NO. Kenzo kicked out at 2.999 there, and crowd thought it was three. Crowd still thinks it's three after the fact. Parka stomps Kenzo, and picks him up. Whip, telegraphed clothesline misses, Kenzo sets up for a kick but doesn't do it, and La Parka kicks him. Kenzo takes a big bump on a kick. Parka sets up Kenzo and climbs up, with the crowd warning him not to do it. Parka on the middle rope, legdrop connects! One two NO. Parka casually goes to the ropes, to recover, and Kenzo pops back up. Kenzo waist for Parka to turn around, as if he's going to kill him, and then just punches him in the chest. Kenzo stands around, then starts to go for the low blow stomp before he realizes Hijo de Tirantes is watching him. Kenzo stops, but gets warned. Corner whip, Kenzo follows and eats a boot. Parka out of the corner - and into an armbar takedown. Fujiwara armbar on the bad arm. Parka holds on for a long time - wow, he's getting the ropes. Kenzo's not letting go though, and Hijo de Tirantes has to force him out. Kenzo tries to fake a foul from the ref, I don't think that's going to work. Kenzo goes back to Park, lifts him up in Martinete position, and gives him another shoulderbreaker on the bad arm. Cross armbreaker, and Parka really should give up here. He's saying he won't give. Parka's lasting a while, and he's got his shoulders down, but he gets them up each time. Either Kenzo is awful at submissions or submissions don't work when someone's actually hurt their arm. What's Kenzo doing now? Letting go to eagle dance in the corner. I can't believe these two are working the longest match so far. Kenzo kicks Parka in the chest, and yells at the crowd some. ARMbar. And Kenzo just lets go. Kenzo chats with the crowd. Kenzo tells the crowd to watch, and he bits La Parka right in the mask. Kenzo goes back to yelling at the same section of the crowd. Chop. Right. Chop. Whip, telegraphed clothesline misses (that looked quite bad), Parka kicks Kenzo, Northern Lights Suplex (!) one two no. German suplex, Kenzo lands hard on the back of his neck! One two delayed kickout! Kenzo was a little slow there and now looks out of it. Hijo de Tirantes looks out of the ring - WHY? Did something get clipped here? Kenzo of course gets in the low blow, and then kicks Parka in the knee. Hijo de Tirantes has misses it, but turns back around to see Kenzo give Parka the shoulderbreaker again, and put on the cross armbreaker again, and this time it works.
Helicopters! Laredo Kid is in this match because he won the Young Stars music, right? Not only is he all fired up and has new gear, he's got fireworks. Just not fireworks, just one. Meanwhile, Kenzo is exhausted. This ought to be interesting. Kenzo starts the match by leaning on the ropes for support. Posing. But not too much posing, it's tiring. Laredo Kid poses in the crooner. Kenzo invites Laredo Kid to chop him, which has no effect. Shove, Laredo Kid off the ropes, clothesline misses, Laredo slides under (and clips Kenzo, oops), Laredo ducks the back elbow, dropkick to the knee, dropkick to the head, and - well, Laredo just yells. Kenzo's brought up to his feet and worked over with forearms. Whip, reversed, Laredo back with handspring, but Kenzo catches him and tosses him on his back. Laredo may be dead. Kenzo may be a zombie. Laredo stands up, and Kenzo chops him down. Kenzo's content to let Laredo gets up mostly on his own. Slam, and Kenzo goes to the top rope. This is a failure. Flying kneedrop (maybe? sorta?) kinda sorta hits because Laredo Kid barely rolls out. I don't think it was supposed to. Kenzo goes with it, grabs Laredo in a waistlock, and gives him a German suplex throw. Laredo had a hard landing on that. Waistlock, no, Laredo has the ropes, and he keeps Hijo de Tirantes with him, so he can't see Kenzo getting mule kicked. Crowd doesn't react. Jumping enziguri, Laredo goes to the rope, 450 splash is good. One two three. Big pop for the win. Break.
Ron Killings is next. I like how he's wearing camouflage, as if that's going to help the only black guy on this show blend in. Killings dances his way around the ring before coming in, and then ambushed Laredo with a running forearm. Stomps, and lewd gestures for the crowd. Killings makes sure to do it on two sides of the ring, so everyone can appreciate it. Whip, Killings misses a clothesline, but he connects on his spinning fivearm. Laredo scooped up, and dropped with a running powerslam. Killings is going to stare at the crowd a bit before having to pin, though he seems to believe a pin is beside the point right now. Killings takes his time going up, breaking records in the process - this lasts long enough that we find a Killings sign in the crowd! Laredo crotches Killings on the top rope, and climbs up to join him. Top rope 'rana - I thought Killings wasn't going along with him, because he never moved his legs inside the ropes. Killings instead takes a delayed bump, coming down on Laredo's leg, and that's where Laredo broke his leg. He knows it immediately, too. That sucked for Laredo Kid. Laredo waves Hijo de Tirantes, and he quickly checks the leg before waving for help and signaling a timeout. Killings staggers to his feet, but Hijo de Tirantes backs him off. The doctor slowly makes his way out, and he's totally unconcerned. Not a fan of this doctor. Killings paces the other side of the ring while the doctor comes in the ring to check on Laredo (and all the photographers are on one side taking pictures of Laredo.) Doctor tells Hijo de Tirantes that Laredo is done, and that's the fall. As Laredo gets up on a stretcher, Replay shows all of Killings weight coming down on Laredo's leg. That's sad.
Alan Stone tries to dance us into a better mood. Laredo quietly but quickly gets carried to the back out of our view as Alan comes in. Laredo looks pretty distraught. Break before this one gets going.
Killings attacks Alan from behind, puts on his pin cowboy hat, and dances. He's partly redeemed himself. Stomps. Hijo de Tirantes is obviously talking with Alan Stone as Killings walks around the ring. Perhaps there's an updated change of plans. Killings gets in his corner flip -> splits, jumping side kick combo but only gets two. Alan still has his coat on. Punch battle, With Alan ducking under once and landing a kick catch enziguri. Alan goes nuts on Kenzo with girly punches. Hey, people in the crowd who of importance , while we get weird sound effects. That's odd. Alan whip, quick reverses, and Killings lands his Truth Conviction move, but that's only two. Another punch exchange, another Alan ducking it, but this time Killings hits a side kick anyway. Killings with a powerbomb, Alan slips behind for a sunset flip, one two three. Fans are happy.
What a coincidence, Scorpio Jr. is next. He's got Guapito and Decnis with him, both well dressed. Alan stands there while Scorpio rushes him and knocks him down. Stomps. Whip, backdrop. Guapito passes the fork to Decnis, and he wastes no tie in using it. Hijo de Tirantes sees him use it, yells at him for using, but does not stop it in anyway. That's quite dumb. Scorpio brings Alan to the ropes so Decnis can get in shots, and Decnis holds up Scorpio so he can flail away with kicks. Decnis remembers to distract Hijo de Tirantes this time, but Scorpio Jr. doesn't really do anything illegal. Oops. Suplex, one two NO. Double underhook suplex one two NO. Now why is Tirantes here? Well, to cheat for Scorpio, but there's no other obvious reason he's here. I guess referees can now run into matches and take over if they want. Tirantes slaps Hijo de Tirantes for questioning, and throws him out of the ring. What the heck. (It's AAA.) Scorpio tires a pumphandle suplex, but somehow Alan lands on top. Tirantes breaks up that pin as Hijo de Tirantes drops his straps and starts to lave. Oh no, now he's teasing leaving or not leaving. Scorpio gets his pumphandle slam this time, but misses a follow up senton and Alan dropkick him down. Chop for Tirantes, just as Hijo de Tirantes looks to be leaving. Alan ducks a Scorpio clothesline, they both stare at each other, and Alan kicks him in the back of the leg. Dropkick to the head. Alan is covered in blood once again, but fighting back. Alan goes back to crazy punches to Scorpio's back, but he's too close to the rope sand the Guapos interfere. Decnis holds Alan over the bottom rope while Scorpio stomps. Abdominal stretch on, Tirantes waits for the submission (why) - and here comes Intocable. Scorpio drop the hold to look at him, then turns around into a drop toe hold and casita. Tirantes slowly gets in position count, slowly counts one, stops, looks at Intocable, looks at Intocable, and Intocable comes in the ring and counts one two three!?!? Tirantes is sure that doesn't count, but everyone else acts like it does. In AAA, it might - I mean, how is Intocable different from what Tirantes just did two minutes before? Guapos go along with it, and chase Intocable to the back - so I guess that works? My god, this match has fallen apart. I was having fun with till La Parka Jr./Kenzo got long, and it's now horrible. I need a break. They give me a break, how nice.
Charly Manson is out and slapping five with everyone before going into the ring. He skips the announcers, though. Hijo de Tirantes remains as ref, and Alan doesn't take the break to wipe the blood off his face. Chop/punch battles to start. Charly wins that early, with the condition Alan's in. Whip, Charly puts his head down way too soon, and Alan kicks it. One two NO. I guess Tirantes has to count this one fair? Alan chops Charly, whip, Charly grabs the ropes, Alan runs. Alan stops. Charly stands there. Alan misses a dropkick, five seconds late. OFF THE RAILS. At least Charly had to move, slightly. Charly looks at the crowd, then does a delayed jackknife cover, one two no. Alan tries to bridge it up and barely makes it. They head to a backslide to finish the Flair homage, but Manson breaks free. Short clothesline misses, Alan back elbows Charly out of the ring, off the ropes, charging, but Manson ducks down and out of the way. Alan grabs the top rope and springboards up - but loses his balances and falls forward. Luckily, he still held the ropes, so he just kinda landed butt first on the apron. Charly gamely charges, and Alan kicks him away before dropping down. Alan tells the crowd he's going to get this, and climbs the top rope, while holding onto the ring post. Plancha does connect, yay. Replays. Alan tries to crawl back in, but Charly pulls him away and tries to climb in himself. Alan pulls him down too. Can't tell if the ref is counting them out, but they fight on the outside, then mutually agree to take it instead. Forehead to forehead. As much trouble as they've had here, you'd think this should be among the better possible AAA matches. Charly off the ropes. 'rana, Alan rolls thru one two NO. Charly kicked out at the last second there. Alan kicks Charly, and picks him up. Whip, reversed, Charly with as spinebuster, teasing and, and locking on the inverted figure four. Alan gives up immediately.
Why are they playing the nWo music? oh, riiiiight, it's Scott Hall. X-Pac, Alicia, and Ron Killings are out there, and they pose for pictures. Hall is wearing the Red and Black and looking like he's eating well. He's in no hurry to get in the ring, which is fine, because we have another break here.
Hall grabs Charly by the head and throws him in the corner. Big chop. Messing with his hair. Whip, corner clothesline. Crotch chop. Slap to the face. corner whip, corner clothesline. Hall talking trash to Charly Manson - what possibly could he be saying. X-Pac leaning in the ring to say something too. Whip, reversed, Manson lands the clothesline, and goes for corner punches. One two three four five and Hall dumps him to the apron. Manson fights him off from there, up top, missile dropkick one t-no. I can't tell if Tirantes is slow counting, though X-Pac seems happy with the count. Whip, reversed, Manson tries a hiptoss, then a Russian legsweep, but neither works, and Hall takes off his head with a clothesline. One two no. Blockbuster suplex, CHECK. One two NO. If Tirantes didn't crawl around the ring while counting, that was probably three. X-Pac expresses that sentiment, while Hall just gives Tirantes a look. Hall points to the corner. Ah, he's going to set Charly up on it, facing out. Back superplex (check), but Manson (kinda sorta) lands on top! Tirantes takes forever to get in position, one kickout. Hall stomps Manson, and slaps him around the head. Knees to the midsection. Slaps around the head. Hall's been quite obvious calling spots in this match, though apparently Manson doesn't understand the chokeslam one here, because he doesn't get up at all. One two no Hall, stops covering. Hall's not impressed by this Charly Manson guy. Chokeslam again? That one looks a lot better. One two no, and this time Manson did not kickout. Hall stares at Tirantes a long time. I don't think that's going to work, but it's worth trying. Hall says That's It, and putts around Charly's head. Charly set up, Hall poses, Razor's Edge - but Manson slips free, and into a - uh, well, the idea was a backslide, but not so much. Hall gets one shoulder pinned, but is tilted on Manson's back and can't pin the other. Hall smartly gets free, and just gives Charly a kneelift. Another. Suplex, no, Charly Manson puts him in a small package (Hall doing 90% of the work), one two three. Scott Hall may be a top 10 worker in AAA! Anyway, Hall can't believe he went down like that. Charly rolls out to celebrate, but -
That would appear to be Konnan's music. We see a replay of the finish before Konnan himself walks out. Minimal limp! The gringos walk with him around the ring, while Manson tries to figure out exactly what's going on. Konnan brings his men into the ring, and they huddle. Konnan wallops Charly, probably from behind, but the camera totally misses it. AAA! Right hand, and down goes Charly. Konnan picks Charly and holds him for more punches. Konnan with an armbar, but Charly fights back with punches. Hall levels him from behind. Tirantes, of course, will allow it. Crotch chops, etc. Some garbage is thrown at the ring. Manson is thrown out of the ring, so X-Pac and Killings can get in their shots. Tirantes tells Konnan to distract him. Manson is crotches on the post. He's thrown back in, and Konan rakes him across the ropes. Lots of crowd shots. Konan with more right hands, Charly with more right hands, and turns to punch the others for just standing on the apron. Manson rallies form the crowd, as Konnan lands up something in his hand. The other rudos attack Charly, but Charly comes back with a springoard double elbow. Konnan throws with power at Manson, covers one two NO. Tirantes was slow there, I have no idea what his deal is. Whip, sleeper by Konnan. This is going to end up one of the longer matches. One arm drop - no, Charly rallies up, just in time for Hall to kick him. Razor's Edge - which we miss, looking at La Parka Jr. come to the ring and do nothing. AAA! Konnan covers, but Parka puts Manson's foot on the ropes, one two no. Parka plays innocent. Konnan argues the case, distracting Tirantes while X-Pac gives the X-Factor to Charly. Parka storms the ring to protest (and way in the background, Killings either slips and falls, or does a legdrop to an imaginary person. I'm not quite sure.) Tirantes gets kicked by accident by X-Pac, so Konnan goes to work on Manson, Whip, back to the sleeper. Manson tries to walk up the ropes to a reversal, can't get it, but does end up getting like a reverse facelock hold on Konnan. Despite no part of Konnan's lower 2/3rds being covered, he's pinned and unable to kickout. Despite being knocked out seconds earlier, and Pepe Casas obviously running to the ring to count the final pin, Tirantes pops up and counts a normal three. I was my hands of this.
Rudos jump Charly and Parka, so they don't even get to celebrate as the fireworks go off. Prez Roldan comes down to award the plaque, but there's a mugging going on. Rudos leave to complain to the announcers, and Roldan yells at them. Somehow, Konnan blames this on Cibernetico. Anyway, Charly gets the plaque/giant medal and Parka keeps everyone else from running in.
Replays and gratuitous shots of women in the crowd to fill time. That's it.