Match 1: Rush vs Terrible
Arena Mexico, 03/09/2012
Rush headscissors armbar (1:20)
Winner: Rush (2-1)
Match Time: 13:26
Rating: ok
Notes: The two start brawling as soon as they're within arms reach in the ring, of course. Comandante is with Terrible. Ref is Babe Richard
1: Terrible gets the better of it, and is kicking a downed Rush as they pick up, Terrible stands Rush up to punch and chop. Whip, spinning back elbow, and Terrible pauses to step on the ropes and scream at the crowd. Terrible , in no hurry, walks over to Rush and kicks him on the ground. Whip, clothesline. Terrible poses, runs, and clotheslines Rush. Terrible off the ropes, clothesline misses, armdrag into a seated armbar into a armbar headscissors submission. Crowd boos, but the lock is tight and Terrible is done like that. Rush won't let go until he's just about disqualified.
Announcers blab.
Hype for Sunday in Arena Mexico.
Hype for Sunday in Arena Mexico. Again.
2: No whistle. Whip, Rush wheel kick, arrogant pose. I guess that's an unnecessary adjective. Kick to the chest. Kick to the face. Fans boo, and Rush walks around urging them around. Rush punches Terrible in the gut, off the ropes, and up into Terrible's Air Raid Crash. He gets the pin, but really needs his own name for that.
3: Terrible puts on a chinlock and a facebite. Terrible stands Rush up, and Rush fights back with a chop. Back and forth they go, Rush urging Terrible to hit him harder, then headbutting him over. Pose to boos. Stomps and kicks to Terrible. Gut punches, which is Rush's new favorite move. Whip, over, rolling under, nearly colliding on different pages, Rush keeps running and knocks over Terrible with the jumping back elbow. Dropkick sends Terrible out. Rush off the ropes – tope, sending Terrible into the barricade. Rush in first, Terrible slaps him back, Rush kicks him down as he comes thru the ropes. Neck pinch thing. Rush lets up to go back to the cop. Choke on the ropes. Shove into the corner. Rush slaps and chop Terrible hard. Crowd boos. Gut punch. Corner whip, corner clothesline, bulldog out. One two NO. Rush grabs Terrible, Terrible small package, one two no. Crowd does not react. Terrible forearms Rush in the face a few times, suplex, Terrible backing up near the ropes, Rush blocks it and gets his own, one two th-NO. Loud boos. No one cheers. Rush kicks Terrible in the chest. Rush punches Terrible into the corner. Corner whip, reversed, Terrible charges, Rush cover sunset flip, Terrible revers and grabs the middle rope one two NO. Babe Richard could not have stared at those hands more obviously, but he would’ve counted three. Terrible feels pretty good about himself despite what just happened. Terrible slaps Rush. Crowd not rooting him on slightly – mostly, they've just been booing the other guy. Corner whip, Rush flips terrible to the a pron, punch misses, Terrible yanks him down by the hair. Terrible poses on on the apron, in no hurry, and Rush smacks him off with a superkick. Rush runs – tope con giro is only slightly caught. Replays. Both back in. Rush slaps Terrible. Whip, powerslam, Rush off the ropes, over, over, double stomp misses, Terrible inside cradle one two NO. Both slow up. Comandante looks like she knows her side ain't winning this one. Terrible slams Rush, and he tells everyone he's going up. Climbing slowly – no, Rush stops him with a slap. Rush superplex, senton, booooos one two NO. As much as they hate Rush, they're not cheering Terrible. Rush kicks Terrible in the ropes, charge, and Terrible turns his 'rana into a powerbomb. Feet on the ropes, one – Babe Richard points it out. Terrible lets go, argues the call, Rush inside cradle one two NO. Terrible fireman's carry drop, double stomp, and out to the apron. Rush stares at the crowd and fumes for a second. Cut the throat. Rush goes up top - big senton, but no one's home! One two NO. Terrible can not believe it. Terrible stomps Rush, scoop, Michinoku Driver! Terrible drags Rush in position and goes out. This isn't working for him, but he's going to keep trying. Cut the throats. Terrible up top, Rush is already rolling away, Terrible jumps anyway, Rush moves more and Terrible just misses. Terrible did make it a long way, but Rush was three fourths away. Comandante decides to stand on the ramp and yell at Rush. Rush steps to her and threatens a punch. Comandante retreats, all the way to the back. Rush back to work – up top, missile dropkick. Cut the throat. One time, that's actually going to work for someone. Double underhook - no, Rush lets go, because Comandante has returned with Rey Bucanero and Tiger. Rush argues with them, as they wakl to end of the ramp. Terrible tries to sneak in a dropkick, but only gets the ref when Rush moves. Terrible gets up, turns to Rush, and Rush straight foul kicks him. Stomps. Rest of the rudos in, Bucanero jumping on him and holding him down for the others to hit. Babe Richard is up and calling for the DQ, not that it matters.
TRT stomp Rush a bit, then check on Terrible.
CMLL Cartela: Tuesday in Arena Mexico.
And hype for next Friday.
Match 2: Ayumi vs Marcela for the CMLL World Women's Championship
Arena Mexico, 03/09/2012
Ayumi mecedora (3:57)
Winner: Marcela, new champion
Match Time: 16:26
Rating: very good
Notes: Marcela is in a happy mood. So is Ayumi, but who wouldn't be happy with Namajague as your second? Namajague holds up a “Never Give Up” banner before the match. Fuego is Marcela's second. Referee is Bestia Negra. Commissioner turns out to Rambo.
1: Lockup, back and forth ends with an Ayumi armdrag. Lockup again, Ayumi gets an armbar and then a wristlock, blocking Marcela from getting out. Ayumi holds it on the ground until Marcela gets free. Step over double armbar by Marcela. Shot of Barbie Juarez in the crowd. Ayumi manages an armdrag from the mat, and Marcela rolls out. Marcela back on the apron, Ayumi charges, Marcela blocks her punch, slaps her in the midsection, slingshots in off her back, forward rolls, and backwards rolls into a headscissors, Ayumi shoves her off, Marcela still gets her with a kip up armdrag. Now Ayumi out to recover. Ayumi back in, and dropkicked right away. Marcela tries again, but Ayumi steps around her. Stomp. Hair yank! Ayumi twists Marcela's hair around, then smashers her face into the buckle. Crowd turning on Ayumi. Corner whip, Marcela hops to the bottom then carefully to the top, and off with a plancha, Ayumi rolls thru, and hold her down, one two NO. Ayumi off the ropes, Marcel smashes her with a running knee, back the other way with a kneelift. Marcela says that's it, grabs Ayumi by her hair, and pulls her up. Ayumi breaks free, front cracker! Ayumi hops in place, off the ropes, casadora into a mecedora – that's it!
Namajague points at Ayumi a lot, then remembers to go back and get the towel.
2: Rumed with them on their knees and fighting. Marcela slams Ayumi's face into the mat, Ayumi forearms her in the face, and Marcela smacks Ayumi many more times into the mat. She's warned for grabbing Ayumi's hair, but doesn't care much. Marcela waits for Ayumi to get up, clothesline turned into an Ayumi backslide, one count, Marcela out into a casita one two NO. Ayumi small package, one two no, Marcela inside cradle one two no, Marcela gets Ayumi over, and ties her up, then rolls her over – a crooked figure four. Ayumi is in trouble, but close enough to yank Marcela's hair. Ref won't allow that, so Ayumi battles, crawls, and pulls them both the ropes. Marcela kicks Ayumi. Whip, Quick reverse, and Ayumi slaps Marcela way. Fuego argues it was a fist, but no. Ayumi grabs Marcela by the arm, goes to the middle rope, and pulls it over for a cross armbreaker over the ropes. She handles it bit better than Blue Panther did. Ayumi lets go, but Marcela is hurting. Clothesline misses, Marcela waistlock, Ayumi switch, hard German suplex with no bridge. Marcela rolls to the corner, Ayumi backs up, and crushes her with double knees to the face. Ayumi backs up, runs, and his her even harder with another double knees smash one two NO. Ayumi off the ropes, clothesline, caught into a double underhook backbreaker. Ref slow to get in position one two no. Ayumi rolls over, but Marcela right away hooking the legs and the arms – a sort of inverted motocicleta? Ayumi gives right way.
Marcela won't give away for a few seconds, then has a word for Namajague before getting her arms raised. Namajague hurries in to check on Ayumi. Marcela makes belt motions as the crowd restarts their chant for her.
3: Marcela rams Ayumi into the corner. Corner whip, reverses, Marcela steps up to the middle rope, but Ayumi follows with a slap to the face. Ayumi climbs up – second rope octopus hold? That wont' win it, but it's amusing. Ayumi drops down. Marcela gets together, feet, and cut of Ayumi with a kick. Over the shoulder drop into a gutbuster. Marcela covers one two NO. Marcela does not wait after two counts, just moves on. Legs tied arms grabbed – la tapatía! Ayumi in trouble, Marcela lowers her to the mat, both pinned, one two both get a shoulder up. Marcela up first, and keeping Ayumi down with a dropkick to the face. Marcela off the ropes, middle rope springboard double knee drop to the chest. Marcela poses for a second, and then does another! Payback for earlier, no doubt. Ayumi rolls out. Namajague is there to check on Ayumi, who's walking around clutching her midsection. Marcela goes up – top rope plancha on both! Namajague rolls over and maybe be done. Fuego waves his towel in celebration. Namajague gets to his feet, and stumbles out off the way of Marcela as she brings Ayumi back in. Marcela up top – missile dropkick flips over Ayumi. LOUD Marcela chant. Marcela Running clothesline, Ayumi flipped to the apron. Stomps by Marcela. Marcela walks up the ramp, charges back at Ayumi, and takes a drop toe hold into the bottom rope. Ayumi backs up the stage, poses, lots of boos. Ayumi jogs back at Marcela, dropkick to the face, Marcela leaning and falling backwards in the ring to avoid the worst of it. Ayumi keeps on walking, out to the apron, up to the top rope. Quick prayer, missile dropkick, Ayumi counts along to her own pin, one two NO. Ayumi spins around. Marcela yanked up by the hair. Gutwrench, Marcela elbows away, Ayumi drops her with one forearm. Marcela up with a clothesline, but Ayumi catches it and knees her in the head. Ayumi rolls out, and falls to the floor. Ayumi fired up, and going up. Magadan: “Houston, tenemos problemas!” I was not expecting that. Ayumi planchas Marcela, though she lands awkwardly with her legs trapped underneath her. Both need a movement to recover. Marcela rolls in, and Ayumi signals for a flip as she climbs the ropes once more. Top rope plancha – meets knees! Marcela grabs her – pumphandle powerbomb one two t-NO. Marcela can't believe it. That time, she paused. Loud Marcela chant. Marcela drags Ayumi, stomps her, and goes up. Top rope double stomp! That looked harsh. Marcela covers, doesn't have Ayumi's shoulders all the way down, adjusts, one two NO. Marcela climbs up again. Top rope – but Ayumi slaps her. Ayumi forearms Marcela a few times, but Marcela knocks her down with one single big blow. Ayumi climbs up again, lots of forearms, but Marcela slaps her – Middle rope Michinoku Driver! Referee tells her to adjust the cover. One two NO! Marcela can't believe it, and argues the count. Crowd is loud for Marcela. Marcela grab Ayumi, Ayumi small package one two NO. Ayumi and Marcela both are hurting. Marcela charges her, Ayumi exploder suplex one two NO. Both are looking tired. Both on their knees and battling away with forearm to the face. Up to their feet, exchanging more shots. Ayumi gets in more, and drops Marcela to her knees. Ayumi yells, runs, and gets blown up by a Marcela clothesline. Michinoku Driver, one two NO! What is it going to take? Marcela drags Ayumi to the corner, and goes up. Moonsault? No, top rope pump double knee drop to the midsection. One two three! Crowd is thrilled.
Marcela is too tired to celebrate. Ayumi tries to grab the rope, but can't get up. She looks pained. Rambo puts the belt back on Marcela, and she talks to the ref about something. He raise her arm. Way to not dress up for his, Rambo. Ayumi shakes Rambo's hand, then Marcela's, and they both hold up the belt. Crowd approves. They hug.