CMLL on LATV #16 (06/12/2010)
Recap: 06/18/10
Match 1: Eléctrico vs Pierrothito in a lightning match
Arena Mexico, 05/21/2010
Winner: Electrico
Match Time: 1:45+4:04 (6:00 live)
Rating: okay, but expected more.
Notes: Usual bit of showing the whole entrances, then seemingly clipping the start of the match, because they're already doing near falls off rollups when the camera picks up. Referee is Rodolfo Ruiz.
After a few surprise rolls up, Pierrothito take a run up the ropes armdrag and rolls out. Eléctrico waits for him to come around the crown, and flattens him with an over the ringpost tope con giro. Pretty good, thought the crowd isn't much into it. Break just as they start getting going in the ring.
Pierrothito is in firm control after they return, but that doesn't last long. Pierrothito flips to the apron on a corner whip, Eléctrico chases and springboards over him onto the apron. Pierrothito chops Eléctrico, then hits him with a swinging dropkick. Eléctrico responds by flipping off the apron to the floor in the most staged manner possible, then rolling backwards and selling on the floor. That's the social dance style of wrestling I keep reading about. Pierrothito flattens him with a plancha.
Pierrothito gets in first, but is busy posing, not paying attention. Eléctrico tries a springboard sunset flip, but Pierrothito is able to roll thru and dropkick the novato in the face. Pierrothito in no hurry. Clock in the background says 3:38, so we've only lost 12 seconds here. They must've gotten a faster start than I thought. Pierroth trips Eléctrico into the ropes, but Eléctrico swings them them and pulls himself back over for a headscissors. Eléctrico can do some athletic things, but they're coming off as gymnastic skills rather than fighting skills. Crowd boos the headscissors because it didn't quite come off right, with a lack of spin. Halfhearted clothesline misses, and Pierroth knocks Eléctrico down. Corner whip, Pierrothito charges, Eléctrico gets his legs up and Pierrothito goes flying to the floor. Eléctrico climbs to the apron – top rope Asai Moonsault almost overshoots Pierrothito.
Bock back in, Eléctrico 'rana, Pierroth rolls thru, one two broken up. Pierrothito misses a clothesline, Eléctrico deflects a kick and casually clothesline him down. One more clothesline, and a cover. One two no. Eléctrico off the ropes, Pierroth catches him on the run and drops him into a split legged face first powerbomb. Pierroth says that it – how about a pin? No, he's going to pose first. Off the ropes, Eléctrico gets up to evade the inverted neck snap, dropkicking Pierrothito in the knee instead. Eléctrico quickly locks Pierrothito into an inverted Indian deathlock. Pierroth's shoulders are down, so Ruiz counts one (now Eléctrico's shoulders are down, but Ruiz can't see it) two three.
Might have been a double pin if Rodolfo was in a different position. Crowd is not happy. Announcers do discuss the double pin possibility after the match.
Match 2: Astro Boy, Guerrero Maya Jr., Sensei © vs Arkangel de la Muerte ©, Hooligan, Skándalo
Arena Mexico, 05/21/2010
rudos
Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 17:49
Rating: good.
Notes: Referees are Tiger Chino and Pompin, I think.
1: Showcases are Sensei/Skándalo, Hooligan/Maya and Arkangel/Astro. Arkangel has a black and white mask that just doesn't look like his normal mask with those colors. And the Mohawk, that too. Middle sequence has the neatest spot, last one has Arkangel walking into a half dozen armdrags, only stopping because Astro Boy is bored with them himself. Astro does have a nice running flip escape, and a spinning headscissors into a hair pull that looks good. Astro sends Ark out with a run up the ropes twisting armdrag and fakes a dive. Sensei dives instead, and the cameras miss 90% of it. The other four all end in, with Astor Boy's boosted dropkick looking bad. He may have been supposed to miss - he only got Hooligan and barely so – because the rudos quickly rally and win via their trademark moves.
2: Rudos in control. Double spinebuster/legdrop for Sensei. Everyone stomps a hole in Maya. Backdrop for him. Low blow dropkick knocks Astro thru the ropes and onto the stage. Maya is hung thru the ropes for Hooligan's top rope senton con giro. Everyone stomps Sensei again. Tuareg are in a mood. Rudos stop stopping, run around like airplanes, and pose. Showing Maya get on the apron to get ready for the comeback probably gives away the next bit, but Sensei mixes it up by botching his jumping spin kick on Arkangel, which was meant to start the thing. Rudos decide to shrug it off and stomp down Sensei more, before setting up a double boot gone wrong. Maya dropkicks Hooligan and Skándalo out. While he goes thru the ropes for a tope on Skándalo, Astro Boy runs to the ring, run up the ropes, and comes off with a plancha onto Hooligan. That was a lot of effort for a plancha. Arkangel runs Sensei into the turnbuckle, but climbs up. Sensei joins him and pulls him off with a super armdrag, then finishes him with an inverted Indian Deathlock, though a slightly different one than before (since Sensei is on his side instead of his back – need better descriptions.) That ties it up.
3: Back to showcases. Sensei does wacky kicks. Astro Boy chases Arkangel around for some reason. He's more fired up to face him than Angel Azteca was last week. Did Arkangel unmask Dr. Karonte? There's still time! Maya and Hooligan come in instead, with Maya's wacky armdrag of the week being an apron dive spinning one. Astro Boy still wants Arkangel, Arkangel is still tentative to come in, but they talked him into this time. They exchange near falls on ranas, battle for control for a suástica, then just circle around for a bit. Astro dropkicks Arkangel out, Hooligan knocks down Astro Boy, Maya missile dropkicks Hooligan out, Skándalo stands around and watches for a second before charging and missing Maya. Sensei gets Skándalo with quebradora con giro, and Astro Boy dropkicks Skándalo out. Dives time. Astor Boy run up the corner and jumps off with a plancha, but all the rudos catch him and toss him over their shoulders. Astro Boy does not land on his feet, just falls in a heap. Sensei topes Arkangel, catching the ropes on the way thru. Maya topes to the other two, but they catch him and slam him on the floor. Looking bad for the técnicos. Sensei barely has enough time to put a hold on Arkangel before the other rudos are there. Sensei's kicked over, Arkangel goes to the middle rope – middle rope low blow elbow drop. Hooligan puts on a figure four headlock, Arkangel pulls him on top for added pressure, and Skándalo adds a double armbar. That's pretty cool, enough for the finish.