CMLL on Fox Sports (Mexico) #297 (04/14/2012) 
Recapped: 04/22/12

No battle royal. This show ran over an hour even with just the matches, so something had to go. Guest announcer is still Dragon Rojo.

Match 1: Diamante & Valiente vs Cancerbero & Mephisto in a CMLL Gran Alternativa Tournament eightfinal match 
Arena Mexico, 04/06/2012

Winner: Cancerbero & Mephisto
Match Time: 5:45
Rating: good
Notes: Referee is Babe Richard.

Pairs are Cancerbero/Valiente and Mephisto/Diamante. First two are most on the mat, second starts with Mephisto running the ropes for a while before Diamante finally gets him with a giant armdrag. Those two don't last long in their n before all four are in – Valiente lands on his feet on a monkey flip, backdrops Mephisto while Cancerbero holds on, sends Cancerbero into Mephisto – but Mephisto stops him and they both Valiente. Diamante wins with a springboard dropkick to both, técnicos run – big topes for both.

Valiente in, Cancerbero off the top rope with a plancha, one two no. Valiente dropkick to the knee, only two there. Cancerbero charges into the Valiente layout front cracker, and Mephisto rushes in to break it with a kick to the head. Replay. Mephisto coves for two. Mephisto with a Rosa DDT, one two Diamante breaks it up. Whip, reversed, Mephisto tosses Diamante up, Diamante down with a 'rana one two NO. Mephisto and Diamante look at each other, Mephisto steps forward and kicks Diamante, Mephisto backs back up, charges, Diamante quebradora. Diamante drags Mephisto in position, Diamante goes up – and Cancerbero crotches him. Cancerbero throws Diamante on the mat and puts him in a motocicleta, barely getting Diamante off the ropes but enough to submit him. Meanwhile, Mephisto charges Valiente, Valiente scoops him up onto the middle rope and climbs up, Mephisto jabs him and drops him with a second rope Devil's Wings. That's enough to finish it.

Replays show there was a Volador superkick in there we totally missed.

Match 2: Felino & Hijo del Signo vs Raziel & Volador Jr. in a CMLL Gran Alternativa eightfinal match 
Arena Mexico, 04/06/2012

Winner: Raziel & Volador Jr.
Match Time: 4:54
Rating: eh
Notes: No parrot. Hijo del Signo has a new vest. Volador immediately starts complaining about something to Tirantes, referee for this match. Felino appears to have a tic-tac-toe board drawn on his back this week.

Felino & Signo quickly establish themselves as the técnicos of this matchup. Volador still comes in waving for support, because that's his move. Signo remains a very ordinary técnico, but he does work in a surprise tope on Volador. That leaves the other two in, and the novato trips up and dropkick the veteran. Felino dares Raziel to chop him a few times, and seem to regret the dare. Whip, reverse, quebradora, cltoehslien, Signo in to help with a dropkick and clothesline Raziel out. Wait, now Felino & Signo are running the beatdown, I’m confused. Felino rolls Volador into a running Signo kick to the chest. Volador ducks under a double clothesline and tries a handspring, rivals shove him away, but Raziel flies in with a springboard dropkick anyway. Volador offers a high ten, but Raziel does not even see it, he's so focused on this dive – double topes. I hope that barricade is not to hard, because everyone is going back first into it. Crowd chants for Volador as we see replays.

Volador and Felino back in, Felino quebradora, Signo rushes in with a dropkick. Raziel misses his dropkick and holds Raziel in the corner for a chop Signo knife edge chop is not any good, and the crowd lets him know. Felino shows him how to do it, but Signo's messing with Volador and not paying attention. Signo lifts up Raziel to Felino – super crucifix bomb reversed into a Raziel 'rana. One two three. Meanwhile, Signo appears to be staring into space, and Volador just backcrackers him for the win.

Match 3: Bronco & Mr. Niebla vs Fuego & Super Porky in a CMLL Gran Alternativa Tournament eightfinal match 
Arena Mexico, 04/06/2012

Winner: Bronco & Mr. Niebla
Match Time: 6:51
Rating: eh
Notes: Fuego has a jacket. Bronco dances out with Mr. Niebla and Zacarias. Ref is Tigre Hispano.

Niebla too busy goofing around to start this match. Bronco doesn’t want to start, or maybe it's supposed to, so he stalls. All four face off. Brazo de Plata makes fun of Bronco’s specs as Niebla removes his entrance gear. Niebla walks back over and slaps Porky. Porky starts crying. This is going well. Crowd LOUD for Niebla, but there's anti-chant in there too. More talking. Porky gets a chant and gets tuck on the middle rope. Finally, Fuego & Niebla start. One armdrag, and Niebla is listening to the rudo chant. Niebla stays in a little longer, they don’t get any farther, Niebla walks out to the apron and falls off. Fuego is so confused. He complains to Tigre Hispano, who is not going to help him, and then tags in Brazo de Plata. Bronco in for the rudos. This is an epic matchup. Pose off. Bronco notes the height advantage. Porky makes lewd gestures. Basic Porky offense to get the better of Bronco. Niebla randomly comes in and kisses Porky. Porky is disgusted. Fuego is still so confused. Niebla clotheslines him, then does a wacky dance. Clothesline misses, Fuego back bends and dances up. Niebla is not amused and chops him. Niebla dance. Spit is - caught? Not sure, but Niebla slaps Porky again. Fuego sends Niebla with the over the back armdrag, and crushes him with a tope. He about broke Niebla in half on that one. Porky belly bumps Bronco out of the ring, and dives off the apron on him. Fuego and Niebla back in, Fuego with his brushing quebrada, 'rana, one two no. Fuego casadora - blocked into a Buca storm. Three count.

Bronco kicks Porky as he comes back in. Timing problems on the double suplex. Bronco goes up for the top rope splash, but Niebla just decides to lay on top for three. OK.

Bronco celebrates but walks off really quick.

Match 4: Hombre Bala Jr. & Marco Corleone vs Atlantis & Triton in a CMLL Gran Alternativa Tournament eightfinal match 
Arena Mexico, 04/06/2012

Winner: Atlantis & Triton
Match Time: 2:39
Rating: ok
Notes: They found a remix of Party Rock? And they're using it? Atlantis & Triton hurry to the ring, so maybe they realized they're low on time. Referee is Bestia Negra

Atlantis and Hombre Bala evade, Bala back with a headscissors. Bala springboard tope! Dropkick sends Atlantis out. Handspring fake dive, tag to Marco. Triton springboard in for the other side. This is a poor idea! Triton realizes he's at al slight height disadvantage. Lockup, and Marco throws Triton down. Atlantis helps Triton back up. Triton decides to try chops. Nope. Triton decides to try a shoulderblock, and Marco takes the giant fake bump. Mack gets up laughing, and Triton dropkicks him in the ropes. All sorts of chops, but Marco still shoves him down. Triton run the up ropes springboard plancha is caught. Atlantis tries knocking Marco over with a kick, but Marco hangs on just tosses Triton and Atlantis. Double clothesline misses, Triton springboard clothesline only gets Atlantis. Triton dodges out of the way, but misses a dropkick. Marco charges, Triton flips him to the apron (!), Marco stone punches him. Bala in with a plancha on Triton. Triton with a headscissors to send him out, Triton runs – tope con giro thru the topes. Atlantis up, but Marc ready for him – Aero Italiano rolled thru, one two three for Atlantis. Marco can’t believe it, and gives us a shocked expression. Guadalajara guys celebrate while Bestia Negra speedily counts out Bala.

Match 5: Cancerbero & Mephisto vs Raziel & Volador Jr. in a CMLL Gran Alternativa quarterfinal match 
Arena Mexico, 04/06/2012

Winner: Raziel & Volador Jr.
Match Time: 4:05
Rating: ok
Notes: Raziel and Cancerbero waste no time yelling at each for being in this match. Referee is Tiger Hispano.

Cancerbero wants to face Volador for some reason, so Raziel lets him. Volador off the ropes, Mephisto cracks him in the back with a kick, and both of them stop Volador. Cancerbero slaps Raziel off the apron while Mephisto tosses Volador and kicks him in the face. Volador rolls out. Mephisto and Cancerbero slaps around Raziel, and Cancerbero pulls off the rolling of the back elbow drop on the guy who's back he usual rolls off of. Whip, double boot for Raziel, who takes a step forward before falling back out. Cancerbero grabs Volador's leg so Mephisto can kick him on the inside of it. Whip, bouncing hiptoss bit doesn’t work quite right. Raziel in with a springboard plancha on both big men, and Volador boosts him into a dropkick on both. High ten by the team works this time, and they’re out with stereo tope con giros. Nice job of Raziel pulling that off. Cancerbero misses a Raziel dropkick, Raziel back bend bridge, one two NO. Raziel 'rana, blocked by Cancerbero, holding him up for a Mephisto kick. Both cover , Volador breaks it up. Double clothesline miss, Volador boosted up to Cancerbero, bad 'rana, wile Raziel cradles Mephisto, one two no. Mephisto and Cancerbero misses a dropkick, other team tries ‘rana, Mephisto and Cancerbero powerbombs, cover with feet on the rope, one two Tigre Hispano stops counting because of the feet on the ropes, though they also kicked out. Mephisto accidentally slaps Cancerbero, but still kicks Volador into the corner. Mephisto charges, Volador flips him to the apron. Volador walks forward, and Cancerbero kicks him down. Cancerbero charges Raziel, Raziel sets him on top, all four guys now on the ropes – Super Raziel Driver, Volador waits to see how much room he has, and pulls Mephisto off with a top rope headscissors, three count on both.

Match 6: Bronco & Mr. Niebla vs Atlantis & Triton in a CMLL Gran Alternativa quarterfinal match 
Arena Mexico, 04/06/2012

Winner: Atlantis & Triton
Match Time: 7:07
Rating: eh
Notes: Niebla has the trash can. Bronco dances with Niebla and Zacarias again. Niebla cracks Atlantis with the trash can as he gets close to the ring, and Bronco slams Triton. Ref is Babe Richard.

Trash can to Triton after the whistle should probably be a DQ, but is not. Bronco kicks Triton to the ring. Rudos set up técnicos on the corners and go for their masks. Técnicos hung in the tree of woe for kicks. Bronco slaps Atlantis in the face and kicks him out of the ring. More kicks on the outside. Niebla backdrops Triton and starts his new wacky dance. Bronco comes back in, and kicks Triton in the face. Niebla olds Triton over the bottom rope, and Zacarias gets in his 619. Zacarias dances around in celebration and argues with Babe Richard. Bronco and Niebla hammers Atlantis into the rudos corner, where bronco and Zacarias stomp him. Atlantis points at Zacarias. Corner whip, Triton belatedly dropkicks the charging rudos. Técnicos kick the rudos down and out. Técnicos brawl. Atlantis seems to wait for Niebla to return, then rushes out to club him in the face. Técnicos regroup in the ring. Lots of crowd shots, then everyone’s back in heir places.

Triton and Niebla in. Triton flipping run, Niebla clotheslines, Niebla dance, spit is caught. Niebla’s lost track of Triton for a moment. Triton shoved into the ropes, blows the headscissors, back again, blows the headscissors a second time. Niebla holds Triton in the rope and yells at him. Holding him there for a while. Niebla backs up, charges, Triton moves, Niebla throws himself out to thru the ropes. Triton tries to follows a tope, but hits the ropes on the way thru. Bronco slide out after him, Triton slide back in at the same time and dropkicks Bronco as he comes back in. Triton up top – diving headscissors is risky considering his last few moves, but he pulls it off relatively okay. Niebla back in, running in to a couple Atlantis monkey flips. Atlantis dropkicks Niebla thru the ropes, who takes the big ump to the floor. Bronco kicks Niebla down, celebrate, then runs into a big monkey flip to the floor. Crowd shots. Rudos back in their corners. Bronco slaps Triton in the corner. Atlantis tries to help, but Bronco smacks him around while Niebla grabs Triton. Scoop, slam by both. Both Niebla and Bronco go up top, Niebla slips and crotches himself, Bronco overshoots Atlantis by a mile. Triton just covers Niebla, one two NO. Bronco kicks Atlantis up, celebrates again, and Triton charges into a slow tilt-a-whirl escape. Bronco shoulders Triton to the apron, charges, kick misses, Triton throws himself into a swing kick and ends up inside the ring in the process, he has to go back out to the apron. Springboard headscissors sends Bronco out. Bronco to the apron, kick to the head, top rope Asai moonsault. Atlantis and Niebla in. Niebla waves around, and then runs into a tilt-a-whirl slam. Niebla up, an Atlantis casadora cradle one two three. Triton back in, and again the ref counts out the guy on the outside very fast.

Match 7: Raziel & Volador Jr. vs Atlantis & Triton in a CMLL Gran Alternativa semifinal match 
Arena Mexico, 04/06/2012

Winner: Atlantis & Triton
Match Time: 9:42
Rating: eh
Notes: And now they're back to the normal version of Party Rock. Someone hit the wrong button on the MP3 player. Ref is Tirantes. Rudo pose, then rush the técnicos before the bell.

Brawling sends Triton out. Rudos kick Atlantis around, and rip off the shirt he's just put on for this match. Triton kick as he's come back in. Whip, two man pump powerbomb doesn’t work right, so they drop him harder the next time. Raziel boot chokes Atlantis, Volador adding his own foot. Corner superkick does not seem as lethal this week. Triton in and asking for a one on one, but not about to get it. Volador grabs Triton by the neck and pulls him off the apron for a Raziel dropkick to the floor. Atlantis in, and Raziel works him over with kneelifts. Whip, spinning back elbow. Volador sets Atlantis on the top, and Raziel climbs up from behind to go after his mask. Volador talks to Tirantes about something he sees going on the other side of the arena. Mask untied, and rudos hold Atlantis in the Tree of Woe for a Raziel dropkick. Triton back in and slapped viciously by Volador. Corner whip, Raziel charge misses, Atlantis quebradora for Volador. Raziel kicks Atlantis down, but Triton comes in with a springboard headscissors on Raziel. Volador kicks him, but charges and Triton dumps him out. Atlantis monkey flips Raziel out the other side. Triton tope con giro, Atlantis tope the other way. Atlantis and Raziel up, Raziel turnbuckle smash blocked and Raziel takes one instead. Atlantis top rope plancha, Raziel rolls thru, one two NO. Atlantis can't believe he almost got beat. Both up, Atlantis clothesline caught, Raziel pumphandle, Raziel Driver, one two Triton breaks it up. Whip, reversed, Triton kicks into the ropes, Volador guillotine legdrop, both cover, Atlantis stomps to break it up. Atlantis casadora cradle one two Raziel dropkicks it. Atlantis whips Raziel, Raziel slides out and screams at Atlantis. Atlantis walks out to shove him, only for Volador to bowl him over with a tope con giro. Triton in, fired up. But the crowd isn't really with him. Raziel in, Triton misses a clothesline, hops on Raziel’s shoulders, Raziel sit down powerbomb one two NO. Raziel grabs Triton’s mask, and rips at the right eye hole. Raziel pulls it s hard, the mask comes flying off! This is not the finish, which is obvious by Tirantes trying to find anything else to look at but that mask. Volador helpfully waves Tirantes over for another chant, while Raziel retrieves the mask and kicks it to Triton. Raziel and Volador ague with Tirantes until Triton is back up. Whip, Raziel spinebuster, leg lock, Triton small package one two three.

Volador doesn't want to come it, charges, misses, Triton charges, flipped Triton swats Volador away from the apron, springboard 'rana, one two NO. Triton fireman's slam, heads up, moonsault meets Volador's fete. Triton stumbles to his feet, Volador drops him with a destroyer, Triton's mask goes flying off again, Tirantes counts (and almost slaps the mask on one), Volador grabs the mask and covers it up, three count.

Atlantis slides Triton out quick, and waits for Volador to stop celebrating. That may take a while. Volador is confused to see Atlantis there. Volador off the ropes, over, under, waved by, backflip handspring, Atlantis quebradora, Atlantis quebradora. Atlantis off the ropes, Raziel trips him up, Tirantes and Atlantis turn to argue, Volador backcracker on Atlantis. Atlantis rolls in the center of the ring while Volador decides not to counter. Triton up on the apron and arguing. Volador charges Atlantis, Atlantida, Raziel rushes in and takes off Atlantis’ mask, but Tirantes saw it. On the third mask pull, he's calling for a DQ.

Rudos decide they might as well take both masks now.