Match 1: Último Guerrero vs Espartaco for the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship
Arena Coliseo Monterrey, 03/27/2011
Espartaco anklelock (4:45)
Winner: Ultimo Guerrero
Match Time: 13:07
Rating: below average. Far below average
Notes: Espartaco is a spartan. We know that much. He's got Misterioso's body, except not the gut. Referee is Johnny Crown.
1: Shake and hug before they start. Lockup, waistlock, UG takes Espartaco down and goes straight to the front facelock. Espartaco out directly into a cross armbar, UG's shoulders down and counted down for two. Espartaco rolls Espartaco on his back for two. Espartaco lets go and tries another armbar, UG traps him in a headscissors. Espartaco rolls free and on top for zero, and break. Fans applaud. Circle. Espartaco with an armbar, creative arm trap and half crab on the mat. Espartaco starts on a lot of holds, don't seem to finish them, and UG gets out into a kneebar. Espartaco has to get his shoulder up to avoid being pinned, but can't get out of the toe hold. UG tie sup the legs, and Espartaco gets the ropes. Crowd seems behind Guerrero. Lockup, Espartaco with a takedown, legs tied up, Espartaco hold them there and looks for a moment. Chinlock added on. UG escapes, rolls Espartaco up to his feet, and takes an armdrag. Zero trips, UG gets a little more on a trip, still a standoff. Lockup, Espartaco, snap mare, hammerlock, UG rolls around on the mat into a pin, one two no. UG cover one two no. Announcers note Espartaco had his shoulder up, but the referee couldn't see it. Double wristlock spots goes a bit awry when Espartaco slips; UG immediately takes him down and holds him in a leg hold. Espartaco up with a wristlock and an armdrag. Ultimo up, back elbow, whip, spinebuster, cover for two. Again Espartaco seemed to have a shoulder up and the referee was out of position. Espartaco scissors UG's leg on the kick out and grabs an ankle lock for a super quick submission.
Broadcast weirdly jumps to the next match for about ten minutes before coming back for the conclusion of this match. I'm going to ignore that and just put the match in one spot, then tell you about the other one.
2: Both men reaching for each other, but UG rips up Espartaco first. Whip, drop toe hold, elbow drop, look at the crowd. Espartaco picked up, set in the corner. Chop, chop, corner whip, UG behind for a clothesline. Espartaco sat in the corner, UG backs up, senton de la muerte connects. Replay of that. Back live, and UG is pinning Espartaco – we only see the last count! Huh. Replays show Espartaco gave UG a spinebuster, reached down, and was small packaged for the three count.
3: Avoidance spots until UG lands a shoulderblock. Espartaco rallies to dropkick UG out, then catches his breath rather than dive. UG takes his own time on the outside. Back in, Espartaco wristlock rolled thru, UG spun around twice and armdragged UG. UG to the ropes, Espartaco inside cradle one two NO. Both slow up, far more tired than you'd expect in this match. UG ducks past Espartaco an inside cradles him, one two no. Espartaco hangs onto the hammer, traps it and grabs the other for an armbar. That gets nowhere. Rolling front facelock, tie up both feet, Espartaco armbar, grabs the other arm, UG sent into the ropes. Espartaco yelling and slapping UG in the corner. Another slap. We can't hear the action at all – only barely picking it up on the announcers microphones. Espartaco slaps and poses for a while for about four times, and then UG turns it around to slap him in the chest fast ten times and one time to the side of the face. Espartaco deflects a UG kick and jabs him questionably low. Kick to the head with UG on one knee. A second one, and Espartaco has to post between each other. Espartaco tries a third one, UG blocks it for a powerbomb, Espartaco turns it around until a very slow 'rana, one, two no. Both slow up. Espartaco is gassed. UG whipped into the corner, Espartaco charges, UG leaps up for a corner sunset flip, one two Espartaco kicks him away. Espartaco corner whip, UG charges, misses, and takes the knee bump to the floor. Espartaco urns and puts all he has into a tope. (It's not a lot.) Seconds check on both men, and we get a replay. Espartaco misses a clothesline, but blocks a hiptoss and locks UG in a cruz nipona. UG rolls backwards to get loose. UG ready to go more, but Espartaco need to catch his breath. UG clothesline is blocked, Espartaco tries wrapping him into a submission, and it's note very clear what he's doing for a while here, just that they're rolling around on the mat. Grounded octopus eventually, but UG just has to reach out to get his foot o the ropes, and so he does. UG tries to draw from the crowd. Espartaco up just before him, lifting him on his shoulders, spinning around, and dumping UG in front of the corner. Espartaco points to the corner, as if to indicate that's where he's going to jump to his doom. Espartaco climbs up – but UG's second (Rey Demonio Jr., said three times) crotches Espartaco on the top rope. Referee is busy with the other seconds. UG tries to lift Espartaco off the top rope, but it takes a few times because Espartaco is so much dead weight. Valagueza lift Rey Demonio is back on the apron, referee deals with him, Espartaco's second (who's name I didn't catch) runs in and fouls UG, Espartaco falls on top, referee turns around and counts one two three. What? Referee teases raising Espartaco’s arm, talks to everyone, and raises UG's arm for the DQ win.
Announcers ignore the post mach promos.
Match 2: Hijo del Ninja vs Rey Demonio Jr. in a lightning match
Arena Coliseo Monterrey, 03/27/2011
Winner: Hijo del Ninja
Match Time: 7:55
Rating: not good
Notes: Referee is the other referee.
1: Tentative handshake before they get started. Hijo del Ninja hangs onto a hammerlock on the mat, but Demonio gets free and spreads his legs for a submission. Around into a neck yank STF. Ninja out to an armbar. Demonio up to his feet, armdragged free, and locking on an armscissors. Ninja looks really trapped, but manages to stand up, turn free, and get a Boston crab for a second. Quick pin and stand off. Obviously clip here, to a kneebar by Ninja. Demonio gets free to a far armbar, then rolls it to a headscissors pin. Ninja kicks out. Standing double armbar, then into a tirabuzón, then rolls around into the mat until Ninja has a reverse facelock. Demonio back with a headscissors an armbar. They're battling here. Ninja turns free and on top for one count pin. Both up, standoff.
Clip, and they're on the outside. Magical. Both pull themselves back in the ring. Avoidance, Ninja shoulderblock, springboard inverted tope, one two NO. Strike blocks end with a Ninja sweep. Standing moonsault overshoots Demonio, but Ninja covers for two anyway. Demonio kicks Ninja from the mat. Whip, short powerbomb. One two NO. Demonio tries to rally the crowd. Kick to Ninja's head as he's getting up. Whip, dropkick to the knee. Weird double armscissors while leaning on Ninja's back. That doesn't get Demonio anywhere, so he taunts he crowd some more. Kick to the ribs. Corner whip, corner clothesline. Ninja sat up top, and Demonio pulls him off by his chin into an inverted crucifix powerbomb. Posing on top pin one two NO. Demonio elbow smashes Ninja while on the mat and stands up, while there referee is still counting a pin. Very odd. Kick to the head. Chop to chest. Corner whip, Demonio charges in, Ninja moves, Demonio quebradora con giro. Quebradora con giro, Demonio slips free this time, Ninja superkicks him into the corner. Corner charge, Demonio puts Ninja on on the rope, Ninja kicks him away, springboard flip escape to the middle of the ring – except Ninja slips and falls on his backside. Oh well. Demonio charges into a powerslam, one two NO.
Clip. Demon off the rope, Ninja tries a hiptoss, Demonio blocks it and put on a tirabuzón, rolled into a cradle, quick reversal of cradles get us nowhere.
Clip. Ninja kicks Demonio as he's coming in. Slow powerbomb, dropping Demonio right on his head. That was so bad. One two NO. Replay of that, stills o bad. Back life, Ninja is on the floor, and Demonio follows with an apron senton. Ninja goes running thru the crowd as Demonio comes back in the ring. Demonio wanders around, waiting, and Ninja comes running down the ramp with a springboard spinning elbow. Referee runs around the entire pin to count, one two three.