Match 1: Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara, Shocker © vs El Alebrije, Olímpico, Psicosis ©
Arena Mexico, 06/06/2010
técnicos
Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 13:16
Rating: good
Notes: Hearing the Vipers music here is still five shades of bizarre. Psicosis' interview gets clip. That's rough. Monito must be with Shocker, though they forgot to show him. Tirantes and Rafael el Maya are your refs.
1: Crowd is way too excited to see La Mascara. Olímpico and Mascara start with a usual mat opening, which seems way out of place for the hometeam facing the invaders. Things pick up after Psicosis surprises Mascara with a missile dropkick. Fantasma spears Psicosis and throws punches, and it slowly degenerates into a three on three brawl. (Not a four on four, because Monito hides in the corner to stay away from Cuije.) It's a rare even brawl for a while, until Olímpico manages to suplex Fantasma on the ramp. That just sets up the rudos usual doom, with Mascara side kicking Alebrije off the apron and Fantasma running in with his flying clothesline to knock down the rudos. Once Mascara & Fantasma can agree on who's pinning whom, the técnicos take the fall. After the fall, Monito speared Cuije and laid in to him with punches and kicks.
2: Second fall starts off with a Fantasma showcase. Crowd is really anti-Fantasma. More so in the first fall, because they're not fans of Olímpico either. Mascara showcase against Psicosis, and just when Shocker is about to start with Alebrije, Olímpico attacks him from behind. This is not shown – there's both a crowd shot and the screen is shrunk for an edecan shot. Rudo beatdown, including Psicosis untying Mascara's mask and Cuije beating up Monito. Simple team spots, setting up Olímpico & Alebrije holding La Mascara up for a Psicosis senton. Fantasma is too late coming in to break it up. Shocker tire to help, but he's sent out. Fantasma is held up for an Olímpico missile dropkick, and that's the fall.
3: Rudos still in control to start, but the Angeles Rebeldes pull Alebrije out from a clothesline on Shocker. The other duo chop Shocker, but the técnicos come in and spear them. Shocker goes out after Alebrije while the other four fight in the ring. Whips, técnicos whipped into each other, but reverse into quebradora con giros on the rudos. Everyone goes to their corers as Alebrije and Shocker come in. Shocker refuses Alebrije's handshake and get shoulderblocked down. Alebrije kicks at Monito an the other técnicos kick on him. Shocker and Alebrije go back and forth on chest slaps, until Alebrije sneaks in a headbutt. Shocker comes back with a backdrop, then sunset flips his way thru a backdrop to set up Monito's legdrop. Alebrije reaches for him, Shocker gets with an inside cradle, and Monito sits on his face. Cuije runs in and dropkicks Monito. Shocker boots Cuije, then gives Alebrije a stunner, and Monito adds a handstand kick. Plancha onto Cuije on the floor! Shocker kicks Alebrije out, and follows with his own tope. Other four in, técnicos miss dropkicks, Rudos try the cross spot and get rammed into each other, Mascara dropkicks them both out. Topes by the técnicos. Back to Shocker and Alebrije, though Alebrije is slow getting back in. Crowd loud for Shocker. Alebrije sneaks an inside cradle one two no. Alebrije small package, one two no. Tirantes made the count, and the crowd thought that was fast. Didn't really seems that way tome. Anyway, Shocker pulls Alebrije into a reinera, and Alebrije is in trouble – or not, here comes Hector Garza to break it up with a kick. Rudos beat up the outnumbered técnicos, though Fantasma does take down Garza only to get punched a lot. Referees signal a DQ – actually, Rafael el Maya does, while Tirantes seem to be looking the other way. Garza collects La Mascara and Hijo del Fantasma's masks. Replay shows Garza ran right by the announce desk thru the crowd.
Match 2: Brazo de Plata, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. ©, Strong Man vs Gigante Bernard, Máscara Año 2000, Universo 2000 ©
Arena Mexico, 06/06/2010
rudos
Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 12:58
Rating: not good!
Notes: Dinamitas wear their masks on the way to the ring and handle the promo for their team.
1: Beatdown. Kicking and punching. Rayo takes offense, which didn't appear was going to happen for a while, but this is all very basic offense. Both I & the announcers were under the impression Rayo was the captain, but the rudo keep going with Super Porky like the fall isn't over. Referees try to tell them, the rudos aren't listing. After it all, the referee still count the pinfall on Porky. After Bernard lands his splash and gets the pin, Bernard rakes his forearm over Porky's face for a while, then chokes him. OK.
2: Beatdown continues for a couple minutes until Rayo makes the comeback. Seeing Rayo clothesline Gigante Bernard out is something else. Seeing Rayo go up for a dive on Bernard, then wait, then give a frustrated gesture is also something – looks like Bernard moved away from the dive spot. The more I think about it, the harder it is to believe he was actually going to do a dive there. Bernard does seem to be on a different page than other people in this match, including the one guy who theoretically speaks his own language. Rayo gets his springboard reverse tope on Unvisited and the headbutts for one pin, and Porky sits on Mascara for the other.
3: This is a good match if you watch lucha for camera shaking. Strong Man and Super Porky work together to suplex Gigante Bernard. Rayo does his usual with Los Dinamitas, and there's a very noticeable jump to Los Dinamitas and Strong Man. Strong Man, is in fact, too strong for them. Crowd does not approve. Gigante Bernard is so much taller than him. DUELING CHOKES. Crowd hates Strong Man when he forearms Bernard out of the ring. Rayo dropkicks Universo out, slips when climbing the ropes, but still manages his plancha to the floor. Mascara and Porky exchange chops, Porky Belly bumps Mascara out, and falls off the apron for a plancha. Strong Man and Gigante Bernard have a contest of shoulderblocks and chops. Bernard eye rakes Strong Man, then drives Strong Man's right shoulder into the mat with his leg. Strong Man screams in pain and rolls out, but Bernard just pulls the arm around to the post. Bernard finds a janitor's bucket and mop sitting in front of the announce desk (?!?!) and goes to use part of it, but ends up leaving it in front of the desk. While the referees are looking at that, Universo barely gets Rayo up enough for the Black Hammer. Referees turn around after impact and count the pin.
Porky is looking for help with Strong Man. Meanwhile, the doctor is checking on Rayo after that piledriver. Total loss for the técnicos there.
Dinamtias brag after the match.