CMLL on CadenaTres #215 (01/14/2012) 
Recapped: 1/17-18/12

Announcers are Enrique, Gerardo, Karla and Roberto. Bucanero joins for the early matches and Juan Maldad pops in the third match.

Match 1: Metálico, Starman ©, Super Halcon Jr. vs Hooligan, Loco Max, Puma King ©
Arena Mexico, 01/10/2012

  1. rudos

  2. técnicos
  3. rudos

Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 16:29
Rating: eh
Notes: Ref is Rodolfo.

1: If I pay close enough attention, the announcers do eventually mention the captains. I'm not sure if it's that important to me. Pairs are Starman/Loco, Halcón/Puma, Metálico/Hooligan.

Halcón & Puma look like they train together all the time. The técnicos takes that one, while the other two battles go to stalemates. Loco Max is very loud and angry on the apron. Loco & Starman have problems the second time thru, but that about ends it – Loco doesn’t quite get a casadora cradle, two cont, Starman suástica, done.

Puma flies in with a frontcracker on Starman, but Hooligan kicks him out instead of a pin. No problem, the other técnicos hop in to the other rudos finishes. Hooligan Crash looks looks dangerous for a second, but everyone lives.

2: Beatdown, though Puma finds a way to beg off. Low blow kick, check. Low blow dropkick, check. Rudos go thru the técnicos a couple times, but the third set of corner charge on Halcón fails. Halcón runs slowly and carefully to start the comeback. Lots of boos just on general principals. Old técnicos whip Tuareg into each other and put on the star. Halcón gets Puma in a 'rana in the center and it's enough for the three. Very loud boos.

3: Técnico showcase. Starman and Metálico switch up their partners and look good. Puma and Halcón are last. Halcón rope climb flip armdrag ends up with Halcón on his knees, but he still dropkicks Puma out and follows with a top con giro. Hooligan eagerly runs the ropes to add his own dive, but Starman cuts him off with a plancha. Starman 'rana blocked, and another Hooligan clash on. Loco max takes care of Metálico and the rudos take it.

Puma King appears to be using “You Give Love A Bad Name” as his music. No.

Match 2: Dragon Lee, Pegasso, Rey Cometa vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus
Arena Mexico, 01/10/2012

  1. rudos

  2. rudos

Winner: rudos (2-0)
Match Time: 11:27
Rating: good for what it was.
Notes: Ref is Terror Chino. This one gets entrances.

1: Pairs are Rey Cometa/Virus, Cancerbero/Pegasso, Raziel/Dragon Lee. Dragon Lee going last means Dragon Lee gets to do all the spectacular stuff while fitting in the usual theme of escalating violence. Flipping run leads to a headscissors for Raziel. Dragon Lee tries one for Cancerbero, Cancerbero drops him with what seems to be a normal face first powerbomb counter, and that is it for Dragon lee. He's checking the knee even as Cancerbero dropkick him out, and very careful with it as he rolls to the floor. Meanwhile, Pegasso is armdragging Cancerbero around and no one in the ring has any idea anything's up. Virus dropkicks Pegasso out, Cometa inside springboard planchas Virus for two. Of the ropes, Virus spinebuster, Cancerbero over the back rolling elbow drop, Raziel pin into a faceslam, one two three. Virus submits Pegasso. Cancerbero goes to cut off Dragon lee, but he's not coming in. In fact, he takes a knee at ringside. We don't see much more of in between fall stuff.

2: Corner charges for Cometa. Virus unties his mask, which means he knows something is up. Rudos hold off the other técnicos, who aren't really trying very hard to get back in. Pegasso makes it back in for a headbutt. Cometa kicked thru the ropes. Double armbar/double legpull to set up a dropkick on Pegasso. Dragon lee in, and limping. Rudos corner him and chop him. Are they going to whip him? It's not a bad limp, he manages it, but it's just to hang him in the ropes on the other side of the ring, not sure why they need to bother switching sides. Neat triple dropkick spot anyway. Cometa back in, ducking a double dropkick to superkick Raziel. Other rudos stop him long enough for Cometa to get whipped, but a flying armdrag sends out Cancerbero. Virus tries a ‘rana, Cometa rolls thru - for 2. Cometa small package, two. Comet wants a faster count, good luck on that. Dropkick sends Virus tumbling thru the ropes. He runs for it, but Raziel cuts him off with back elbow. Pegasso in with a plancha, waved of the ropes, and down with a spinebuster. Cancerbero runs in for the rolling elbow drop, but Dragon Lee pulls him down by the mask and springboard in with a sunset flip. Raziel rolled back in time to meet Cancerbero’s dropkick. Pegasso and Dragon Lee send out the rudos and do their dives – Pegaso’ usual twisting plancha, and Dragon Lee runs up the ropes for a tope con giro off the corner. Virus and Cometa in, Cometa rolls thru a cradle for one of his own, only gets 2. Fans booing something. Raziel catches a clothesline, Virus break free, kicks Cometa (low?) front facelock, mask pulled off, small package, one two three.

Match 3: Hijo del Fantasma ©, Metro, Valiente vs Felino ©, Olímpico, Pólvora
Arena Mexico, 01/10/2012

  1. tecnicos

  2. rudos
  3. rudos

Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 11:17
Rating: ok
Notes: Entrances here too! I hope no one gets hurt. Hey, they updated Olimpico's video at some point. No Zach, but Felino does have a metal pitcher to bang on. Referee is Pompin.

1: Overlapping open, everyone giving a beating to one guy and taking it from the next. Pólvora being Pólvora, slows it way down, but ends up in the last set with Valiente. Valiente immediately headscissors him, runs for a dive, hits the ropes and keeps on running back, and Felino surprises him with a clothesline. Fantasma comes in, knocks down Felino, ends up being armpitted anyway, drops Felino with a spinning DDT, and topes him. Back to Valiente and Pólvora, técnico putting the rudo down and tying up his arms. Metro picks up Olímpico, takes a step, turns, then drops him. Enough time for Olímpico to be very scared.

2: Pólvora/Valiente bit includes Valiente successfully flipping (!) and then celebrating it. Pólvora charges him, and Valiente moves, allowing Pólvora to hit the corner, and feed himself into the monkey flips. Monkey flips must be done in sets of twos! Valiente does a flip dive fake too, now that he's got it unstuck. Olímpico cheap kicks Valiente, Metro planchas him. Metro really likes doing his Megaman slide under leapfrogs, fakes Metro out with a chest slap, and breaks out a new European uppercut. Felino quickly (Felino always quick) gets in a handspring back elbow on Fantasma, then runs for the double jump tope con giro before Fantasma has even rolled out. It hits, because Felino know what he's doing. Other rudos wrap it up in the ring.

3: Beatdown. Felino throws his shirt at Fantasma to blind him, then the rudos pull of Fantasma's shirt to get the girls to yell. Técnico is stomped right out of the ring. Corner charges include Pólvora being way late on a dropkick. Valiente is slapped, fights back, and is slapped more. Double boot is not the most well timed. Fantasma ducks a double clothesline and dropkicks Pólvora out. Other rudos kick him out, Metro passed by them to tope Pólvora. Valiente takes care of Felino with a flying armdrag, Olímpico with a quebradora, and the topes – Metro? I don't know what happened there, Pólvora was far away and it didn't look like Metro was just holding him. Valiente hit the ropes on the way thru too and barely made it to Metro. Felino clotheslines Fantasma and dropkicks him, and Pólvora comes back in to drop him with the Pólvora Driver. Cristo Negro, done.

Match 4: Marco Corleone ©, Rush, Super Porky vs Rey Bucanero, Rey Escorpion, Último Guerrero ©
Arena Mexico, 01/10/2012

  1. técnicos

  2. rudos
  3. tecnicos

Winner: técnicos
Match Time: 11:00
Rating: eh
Notes: Referee is Rodolfo.

1: UG gives Super Porky a waistlock takedown just to show that he can. Porky blows a step over flip escape just to show he can't. Crowd in a mood to boo even before Rush comes in. Escorpion pulls Rush's hair when holding him in submission, and when trying to get out of them. This angers Rush (almost everything does) and they chop it out until the other rudos arrive and stomp Rush down. Beatdown. Flying sit on Porky, Escorpion doing the flying and Bucanero doing the holding. Hey, remember when Bucanero was angry at Ultimo Guerrero for not teaming with him? Is that no longer a thing? They seem fine here. UG holds Marco for the rolling senton, and both Reys submit Corleone.

2: Senton de la muerte for Marco. Escorpion takes Marco to the ramp to brawl, which seems like a really bad idea. Rush is whipped towards Porky, Porky flips him to the apron and clotheslines UG and Rey, Rush waits for them to get up to missile dropkick them down, and the técnicos line up the rudos for Air Italiano, one two three.

3: Técnico showcases go Porky (with Guerrero), Rush and Marco (everyone.) Rush have a big chest slap battle, then they have a bigger faceslap one. Escorpion ain’t putting up with Rush's guff, winning that one, only to be kicked out. UG runs into to take the belly to belly, Bucanero eventually eats the superkick. Marco nails UG with the stone punch, then does leapfrog run to set up a plancha on Bucanero. Rudos both look at the pin, then decide to just feed themselves in the other finishes. That is a losing strategy!

Rush angrily stomps Rey Escorpion after the match. Shocking that people boo this man.