AAA Mini Line - 01/12/08
Recap: 01/15/08

As padding, they air previous GdT Matches

1997/12/13: Heavy Metal vs Sangre Chicana vs Perro Aguayo Jr. vs Picudo [cage, hair]
Yes, a match that features two guys in CMLL and two guys who are on the fringes of the group. Then again, it is ten years later. I don't pay close attention, but they seem to show a lot of this. There's occasional weird edits. Picudo, looking very bloated, is first out. Perro is after him, and they fight on the outside. While Heavy and Sangre do very little in the ring (though do appear to be bleeding), Picudo grabs a chair...and we cut to the ring. Perro is getting stretched out next, so that must've been some chair shot. Picudo climbs into the cage and helps Sangre beat up Heavy Metal. Perro, out to his music with taped ribs, is back out about ten seconds later. Perro climbs back in the cage and beats up the rudos. He focuses on Picudo, so Sangre slips out. Metal is out next, so we're down to the two guys that were out first. Perro has lots of support from the girls, but they draw this out for a while. We spend much time watching a doctor check on Heavy Metal's cut. Lots of one guy climbing and the other guy pulling him down. Perro and Picudo are bleeding, but have so much hair it's a little tough to tell. Perro does a dropkick with 10x the speed he does it now, and follows it with an martiente on Picudo. Is that a DQ? Tirantes seems to think so. Perro starts climbing up, Sangre cuts him off, Perro simply goes to another corner and climbs the top. Match was about ~10:00

Fuerza Guerrera and Mosco de la Merced casually beat up Perro after the match. Picudo is sitting up, getting his chair cut on the inside. 

1997/12/13: Pentagon, Abismo Negro, Fuerza Guerrera vs Octagon and Los Brenans
Why doesn't AAA ever actually have a ring announcer? I don't like the rudos odds when Pepe Casas is wearing a Duro and Directo shirt. Also, when they're people from another TV show that are here to be treated like stars, that too. Rudos get control with a Fuerza punt on Octagon. Octagon gets back some control when battling with Pentagon, and forces them to switch masks. Fuerza is somewhere else during this, and storms back in to beat the man in the Octagon match, which is his partner Pentagon. Abismo tries to alert Fuerza, but Fuerza isn't listening. Fuerza punts Pentagon, and Octagon helps beat up Pentagon on the outside. Brenans take advantage of the numbers, giving Abismo a double backdrop a double step over armbar. Fuerza helps "Pentagon" switch the masks back, and Octagon celebrates with his teammates while Abismo finally explains the deal to Fuerza. Pentagon attacks Fuerza, but the Renans break it up so they can beat Pentagon and finish the match (which seemed already finished.) 

SIX SIDED RING. Usual AAA major show set.

Match 1: Cuervo, Ozz, Scoria (c) vs Aero Star, Rey Cometa, Super Fly (c)
Centro de Convenciones de Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, 11/30/07

Winner: Tecnicos
Match Time: 13:01
Notes: Sect have the atomicos belts they're not defending here. Break right before the match. Pep Casas is ref. Fuerza Aerea come out quick in the first couple of minutes, and the Sect have to use numbers to stop them. Beatdown. Match slows down a bit as the rudos take their time between setting up team spots. Triple kick to the head for Aerostar.  Cuervo drops on Cometa with a top rope senton con giro, and Ozz adds a legdrop. Scoria gets in a Fuerza punt on Super Fly, and Pepe Casas teases the DQ, only to be cut off by the rudos until he can change his mind. Triple boot for Super Fly. Cometa takes a big bump on a kick to the leg. Bad production causes us to miss Rey Cometa starting the comeback, instead looking at a replay of the kneelift low blow. They get back to live action just in time to see Cometa lands a tope con giro on Escoria, who must've got knocked to the floor. The other tecnicos knock the rudos out, and follow with big topes. They mange to slip this replay in before action comes back, helped by the Sect huddling for a moment. Ozz and Cometa start with a chest slap battle, Ozz taking off his glove to get extra power. Cometa off the ropes, slides by - nothing, huh. Ozz quickly dropkicks him in the head, making it look like that was supposed to happen. A spot in the next sequence is clipped out with a crowd shot, and they return just in time to catch Cometa badly handspring into the ropes. Ozz ends up sliding out in the process, and Cometa follows with his top rope tornillo, which looks much shaper. Aerostar and Scoria are next, and taking turns to pose in the corners before fighting. It's not the spring you might have figured, though the crowd is in it. Aero whiffs on a headscissors attempt, because Scoria was backing out of the way to wave him on. Whip, twisting headscissors connects this time. Scoria is kicked into the ropes on the next pass, and Aero Star gives him a 619 to his gut. Scoria comes in to help, and ends up getting chopped by his partner and headscissored out of the ring. Aero gives Escoria an armdrags spun back the opposite direction into a headscissors, which is a neat idea but could use a little more work. Aero fakes a dive with a 619 and tags out. Super Fly and Cuervo in. Fly gets chopped down, kips back up. Off the ropes avoidance includes Sup Fly flipping off Cuervo's shoulders, and Cuervo leapfrogging an Aero Star but Aero Star sidesteps him. Odd. Super Fly cartwheels over a monkey flip attempt and headscissors Escoria. Rebound armdrags sends Cuervo out, and Super Fly signals a dive, though Cuervo has plenty of time to move. IN fact, he does, so Fly does his tope con giro roll on the floor. I'm glad he only breaks that out for the bigger matches, because it's crazy. Cuervo hides in the front row, Super Fly comes back in and poses - and leaps off the top rope over the barrier and onto Cuervo! Wow. In the ring, Cometa armdrags both remaining Sect members, and tricks them into throwing themselves out. Cometa rushes at them with a tope, but Escoria blocks him with a chair to the head! Ozz goes back in as Escoria sets up Cometa seated in the chair. Ozz's tornillo connects with the right guys this time! Aero Star sets up inside as they get unscrambled on the outside - super reverse tope to the floor. That was like a backwards cannonball dive this time. Aero and Ozz make it back in, Aero ending up in in a corner but moving out of the way of a charge. Ozz is dumped in front of the corner, and Aero heads up - inverted shooting star press comes up empty (Aero lands on his feet, and then takes a bump - looked dumb and must've killed his knees.) Ozz throws Aero Star in a waistlock, and then lifts him on his shoulders - gutbuster kick looks fierce. Cover, but Cometa immediately breaks it up with a kick. Crowd is loud. Whip, reversed, Ozz charges the corner, Cometa chases him around puts him on the ropes. Ozz kicks Cometa to back him up and tries a seated DDT, but Cometa pushes him off onto the apron and then falls down. I guess Ozz cranked his throat over the top rope? Ozz comes in with a slingshot senton, then swings out and around to dropkick Cometa in the chest. Ozz riles up the crowd and grabs Cometa for his move (and then Cometa and he talk very visibly and still the timing is real bad), La Darketa connects, but Pepe Casas doesn't bother to count - I guess it's because he sees Super Fly coming in. Crowd shot, and Super Fly has a perfectly normal looking German suplex on after it, so I don't know what happened there. Perhaps more was cut out, because Escoria's already in to break this up. Cuervo jumps on the apron to come in, Pepe Casas cuts him off for no particular reason, and Super Fly foul kicks Escoria. One two three. Quickly to a break.

This was good, could've been better. Finish came out of nowhere, and this feud is all kinda of weird - rudos win clean, tecnicos have to cheat to win?

Sect rips up Aero Star's gear for no particular reason - he's not even the guy who fouled them! Cometa tries to make the save and fails, and I guess Super Fly is just wandering around looking for a microphone. Super Fly wants a title shot, naturally. Ozz's retort appears to be clipped. Everyone leaves. Replays.  

Noti AAA
- they seem to have taped all of this Noti AAAs at the same time
- PLUG for Dos y Tres. There was a commercial for it just before this break.
- La Parka Jr. in a sling, selling his injury that's happening in the next match. Couldn't they wait? I dunno. Surgery is discussed, and Parka takes off his shirt and bandages to show the long surgery scar. You don't really need to zoom in it out, I believe you. It does expose that they're taping these in front of a blue screen, since zooming the background doesn't actually get any bigger when they zoom in on Parka's arm.  He says he's out four months. 
- PLUG for Dos y Tres
- AAA's yearly dinner including the usual pinata violence (Gran Apache body slammed a Octagon pinata!) and bull fighting. 
- they have to put up a "pretaped program" message up because Jesus Z keeps wishing us happy Christmas.

Dance Filler

Match 2: Electroshock & Kenzo Suzuki (w/Konnan) vs La Parka Jr. & Octagon (w/Laredo Kid) for the Mexican National Tag Team Championship
Centro de Convenciones de Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, 11/30/07

Winner: Tecnicos retain by DQ
Match Time: 15:05
Notes: Konnan, not a dancer, is actually out first. There's a rabid rudo section at ringside that's just thrilled to see him. Kenzo has backup dancers. It's a big show. He got new gear while he was away. Laredo has crutches and a big boot on his right foot. He's just here to be here, I guess. La Parka has Thriller backup dancers, and quite a seizure inducing light show. It confuses me to see Octagon and Parka bring belts out for this match, because you forget they actually exist. I actually half believe they're the Atomicos belts unless they give a close look. Parka does something lewd enough to Kenzo that it gets clipped out with a crowd shot. Enrique Torres is the rep from the Box y Lucha commission to sanction this match, so I guess Kenzo being Japanese is close enough for him. Title match picture. Break. Tirantes is ref.

Slow start with Kenzo and La Parka Jr., as they try for serious chain wrestling. Well, Parka chain wrestlers, Kenzo just gets ate up. Electro and Octagon get a turn and are more even. I think the point is many people can do chain wrestling, but doing it well is another story. Also, this kills some time that a broken Parka doesn't have to take bumps. Kenzo is looking like he's taking full advantage of the lack of a drug policy. He works over Parka with chops, but Parka comes back with kicks and clotheslines him out. Back to Octagon and Electro, who are not so good. Octagon armbars Electro and punches him in the chest. Electro takes two steps back, takes two steps forward, turns 90 degrees, walks to the ropes, and falls out of the ring. I am overwhelmed by the realism. Octagon follows with a horrible looking tope, hitting his head on the top rope on the way out. Parka clotheslines Kenzo neck in, and gives him inverted facelock elbow drive, but Konnan pulls him off the pin. Tirantes will allow it. Konnan pulls Parka out to work him over. Laredo Kid walks over on crutches, and Konnan immediately shows how dumb it is for him to be out there, kicking the crutches out from underneath. Laredo fights back with a walk crutch shot to the chin, which is sold like a foul. I dunno. Match halts while everyone lays around. Electro and Octagon return to the living, Electro bringing Octagon back in and punching him. Electro folds Octagon's arms behind his head, and hugs his upper body, like a Dragon sleeper to the collarbone. No idea how this is supposed to hurt. Parka breaks it up with punches, but Electro's punches are better. Electro kicks it down, and then grabs the bad arm. I think for a second he might use in to his advantage, but no, he whips Parka and puts on a Boston crab. And then just lets go. I guess this is a beatdown, because Kenzo's in there and Parka is taken to the ropes for Konnan to batter with punches. Tirantes will allow it. Okay, I understand the rudo fans having a USA flag and Puerto Rico flag, but a FINNISH flag? Beatdown continues very boringly. Parka is thrown into the crowd and Konnan works him over while we get repeated crowd shots. I dunno. Laredo tries to interfere again, so Konnan takes one his crutches and beats him with it. Crutch is thrown to Electro, who aims for Octagon and naturally gets Kenzo. Octagon and Electro do a corner whip avoidance spots at half speed, Octagon gets a crucifix rollup, and Tirantes finally gets his chance to slow count a tecnico. He makes the most of it. Meanwhile, Parka is climbing back out of the crowd, just in time to see a slow count on a small package. Slow count on a sunset flip, though the second two haven't been as bad as the first one - like hat you'd find with a CMLL main event, really. Electro uses his fearsome MMA striking abilities to get the advantage, and lifts Octagon up - martiente. Cover, but Tirantes draws the line there. Hey, why did they show a match where a martiente is not a DQ when they had a match later where a martiente is a DQ?

Now that the match is actually over and the rudos can not accidentally win in, they immediately start attacking Parka's hurt shoulder. Kenzo's armbar is perhaps the worst armbar over. Sabu is out for no discernible reason. So is the Doctor, a trainer, and Teddy Hart, making his AAA debut by nearly slipping and falling on the steps. Awesome! Chair legdrop to the back shoulder by Sabu. Teddy vanished off screen somewhere here. Oh, he's just walking around ringside making "break" motions. Parka's arm is wrapped around the post and Konnan hits it with a chair, except they use the shot where you only see Konnan hitting the post. Teddy Hart finally contribute by holding La Parka in place for another shot, a shot that's clipped out with a crowd shot. Though AAA doesn't give us a shot that actually shows them, Chessman and Charly Manson run out for the save. 

They don't show the fight right away, but once they pick it up, you start to believe Electro and Charly had some issues here. Electro's just pummeling his brother with crossface blows in a non-lucha way, and Charly's just trying to cover up. Charly gets thrown down by his hair, but is up a lot quicker than you'd expect a guy who's supposed to be selling. He rushes after Electro and throws a straight left hand and getting in a boxing stance, as does Electro. which is all kinda of strange. Chessman stops getting beat up to rush over and get in between them. The brothers continue boxing each other thru the entranceway, while Kenzo catches up to Chessman but slips all over the steps. It looks like security is rushing pass Kenzo to get backstage, but I don't know if they're getting a stretcher for the tecnicos or what. Charly's obviously supposed to be out holding the ring with Chessman, except he's long gone. 

Dancing interlude. 

Back to the post match, where Laredo is being helped to the back and a stretcher is out for Parka. Crowd chants for him, but he's not getting up and is shaking a little bit. They've got a neck brace for him, which seems a bit odd, but whatever works. I notice that one of the guys out helping is Roldan's giant security man from last week. I'm sure these are road agents and people I would know if this was WWE. There's a phalanx of guys around La Parka, but only one with Octagon - it looks like they can't find another stretcher for him at the moment. Parka is carried to a side exist around the back back as they finally come out with that second stretcher.  Parka's music is played as he's loaded in the ambulance. Parka is set inside, but Stone Cold Steve Austin Sabu is in the drivers seat, pushing people out of the ambulance and closing the door behind them. A guy comes and helps the door close properly, having no idea what's going on. Konnan, Teddy Hart, Histeria open the door, La Parka Jr. falling out. Wait, Histeria? Chessman is over to make the save, but it's more security that runs the rudos off. Pres Roldan is out and directing traffic as sirens go off. Teddy Hart has to be held back from doing more. Parka is loaded back onto the stretcher again. No sign of Electro or Charly Manson. Chessman tries to help the medics, but seems to get more in the way.  Parka is put the ambulance, and they check to make sure the driver is not Sabu before letting it go.

Replays of the last match and another break. 

Vignette: Mari and Gran Apache wish us Merry Christmas on behalf of the Apache family

Next Week
- the Mexican Powers dance badly (also a ladder match)
- Guapos vs Stones/Intocable in seis sides of steel
and nothing else? huh

Match 3: Zorro vs Mesias vs Cibernetico for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship
Centro de Convenciones de Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, 11/30/07

• Cibernetico chokeslam Zorro 9:05
• Mesias powerbomb thru a table on fire Cibernetico 

Winner: Mesias
Match Time: 12:15 (10:32 + 1:43)
Other Match Notes: Zorro has fireworks? Okay. There's like a billion photographers waiting in the aisle, not including the kid who jumps the rail. Cibernetico says his catchphrase to set off his fireworks, which isn't as impressive as you'd think. Hey, look, Apocaliptica exists again. Mesias has ringpost fireworks and monks with fire. You'd think he'd have issues about fire this time of year. I guess it's no big deal getting burned alive if you come back from the dead. Announcers helpfully do Mesias' catchphrase for him. Hijo de Tirantes is your ref. They fake out not having a break before the match, but get real. 

Zorro starts the match by immediately leaving the ring. How nice of him. Perhaps he can walk to the back now and save us some time. Cibernetico teases locking up with Mesias, but Mesias goes out. Zorro questions the size of Mesias'...heart. Mesias goes back in, and he and Cibernetico try to lockup while keeping an eye on Zorro. They have enough trouble doing this with no distractions. They don't lockup, Mesias go out to kill some more time. Zorro tries throwing him in, but Mesias turns the table and throws him in. Zorro walks right into a goozle. Again, thanks for getting to the point Zorro. Mesias makes the random save with a forearm to Cibernetico's back. Stomping Ciber. Punches. Whip, something horribly blown that they have to clip out (a lot of that this week! are they blowing more or editing more?), Ciber has the ropes when we turn back, and ducks a Mesias clothesline that gets Zorro instead. Cibernetico throws Mesias out, so Zorro rushes in and kicks Cibernetico in the back of the leg a lot. ROLLING CLIP. Anything's better with a roll! Zorro works over Cibernetico's left leg like he has an actual plan here, which can't be possible. Figure four is kicked off, but Zorro is right back on Cibernetico with an ax-handle. German suplex? No, Ciber has the ropes and no interest in taking that. Ciber uses back elbows to get free, but turns into a superkick. One two and Mesias breaks this up. Does Mesias know this is elimination rules? I guess he want to pin Ciber himself. Punch to Zorro, punch to Cibernetico. I like Mesias' punches today, I'll say that. More punches for Zorro as Ciber take a break. Zorro reverses a whip, and Mesias does a headscissors so bad, he should never do a headscissors again. He should also go back in time and stop that one from occurring. Mesias follows with a much better looking spear, but Cibernetico breaks up the pinfall before it happens. Announcer are listing Mesias' titles from the wiki. WSX does get mentioned. Ciber knocks down Cibernetico with a jumping forearm that looks odd. Cover, but Zorro breaks that up. Hey, Zorro remembered he's got a cane (and is always wearing a chest for no reason.) Cane jabs to Ciber's head, and then a shot for the left knee. Zorro ditches the cane, which seems unwise. Mesias is also down, so Zorro strolls over to him, picks him up, and punches him down. Zorro walks over to Cibernetico and puts on an anklelock. Cibernetico forward rolls (sorta) for a reversal) and Zorro flies out of the ring. Cibernetico gets to his feet just in time to eat a running punch from Mesias. Mesias tells Ciber to get p so he can keep punching and kicking him. Zorro sneaks back in while Mesias is looking the other way and stomps on Cibernetico. Are they working together stomping him now? No, Zorro and Mesias shove each other for space and then start arguing. Cibernetico jumps up and punches both, but Mesias punches him back down. Zorro gets stomping again. Mesias picks up Cibernetico, but he and argue Zorro more. They argue, not fight like they have been doing up to now. Shoving match, won by Zorro. Zorro stomps Cibernetico as the crowd sings the Ciber song. Mesias finally gives Zorro a turnbuckle shot. Crowd shot, but just to show them singing and not to cover something up. Corner whip, Zorro gets a thrust kick and Mesias takes a wacky spinning bump off it. Zorro makes the slow cover and gets two, Ciber trying to break it up too late. Zorro goes to work on him with a free punches, then goes back to Mesias. Punch battle, Zorro losing and switching to chops. Cibernetico ends up clotheslining them both down. Clothesline for Mesias, clothesline for Zorro, spear for Mesias, Cibernetico waits for Zorro to turn around. Goozle, Zorro escapes with an eye poke. Zorro off the ropes, Cibernetico stops him with a kneelift, Stunner, Zorro shoots him off, Zorro tries a superkick, Cibernetico catches it and spins him around, kick wham Stunner. I liked WrestlerMania XIV too! One two NO. Mesias but missing Cibernetico on a clothesline, and Ciber gets him with one instead. Zorro stumbling to his feet, right into the goozle, (a good!) chokeslam one two three. Thanks for coming.

Mesias drops Cibernetico with a dropkick before he can follow up. Stomps to the head. Mesias points to Cibernetico and looks around. Punch. Pose. Zorro wanders to the back off in the background. Whip, reverses, Cibernetico leapfrogs (let's not do that again), and goozles Mesias. Mesias escapes the chokeslam and sneaks in a side legsweep. One two no. Another crowd shot clip, which is odd because they're going to break anyway.

Mesias off the ropes, right into the kick, Stunner. Cibernetico poses instead of covering, and La Secta (including Espiritu) are out to ...stand in the aisle and point at him. Hijo de Tirantes is yelling at them to not come in. Crowd shot. Mesias is back up, kicking Cibernetico low and getting in his STO. Mesias waves his guys to the back, and lays on the mat instead of covering. This gives Hijo de Tirantes plenty of time to notDQ. Sect is back with a table (like, an actual table with legs and not just a board of wood) and light fluid. This seems like a bad idea. Mesias forces Hijo de Tirantes and yells at him as the table is set up - and lit on fire. The table looked already s hinny before Ozz started pouring fluid on it, so who knows how much they used. It's quite a blaze. Cibernetico gets powerbombed thru onto the table, rolls off and on to his back. I can't tell if I see fire still underneath him when he's pinned, or if that's just a digital effect of my recording. Mesias covers for the pin. 

One guy slowly walks slowly ringside to put the fire out. Chessman and Charly Manson rush out after and get their first. Rudos make no attempt to try and fight them, celebrating their win instead. Hell Brothers signal for help as Prez. Roldan walks out with security. He checks on Cibernetico and does little more. Cibernetico is rolled onto his side as Charly points out the burning to the doctor. Roldan gives Mesias' back the belt, so I guess putting a guy thru a table on fire is legal. Fireworks go off. Cibernetico's carried to the back, and the rudos celebrate and celebrate.

Music video replays and we're done.