Match 1: Bengala & Robin vs Ramstein & Zayco
Arena Mexico, 07/03/2012
rudos
Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 11:50
Rating: eh
Notes: Referee is Rafael Maya
1: it seems to me that Cholo got himself some new great that totally doesn't look like Cholo anymore, but then I realized it's actually Ramstein vs Bengala. He need a non generic black shirt, but it's better. Those two have a good battle. Any double headstand leg lock battle is a good battle. Zayco and Robin, who are both wearing mostly black outfits, are less interesting. (Zayco fails on the headstand, for one.) Robin jumping snap mares Zayco out. Ramstein rolls thru a sunset flip, dropkicks him in the face, and Zayco adds a top rope splash for one pin. Ramstein press slams Robin into a gutbuster for the other pin.
2: Rudos dominate. Robin takes a double backdrop and a double back elbow. Ramstein gives Bengala an inverted atomic drop twice, and Bengala sells it like a foul both times. Ramstin only gets warned on the second. Ramstein slams Bengala in place, Zayco misses the top rope, Bengala gives Zayco a casita. Ramstein is slow on the uptake, then just stands in the middle of the ring. Robin sorts of hits him with a a running tope, though it wasn't much good. Robin adds a quebrada and a double armbar for the submission
3: Either Ramstein or Robin has some timing issues in their exchange, and I don't think it's Ramstein. The rudo does his breath. Superkick and dropkick sends him out. Zayco catches Bengala with a wheel kick as he comes in, then chops him a bit. Off the ropes exchange leads to Bengala getting a low headscissors. Slow spinning armdrag sends Ramstein out. Fans are booing the técnicos, as the announcers point out. They suggest the fans are rudos, but the técnicos aren't looking good here. Zayco lifts Robin over his shoulder on a charge, and Ramstein adds a top rope elbow to the back. That's one pin, Zayclone takes care of the other.
Match 2: Hombre Bala Jr. ©, Molotov, Super Halcon Jr. vs Bobby Zavala, Cancerbero ©, Disturbio
Arena Mexico, 07/03/2012
rudos
Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 13:05
Rating: okay
Notes: Referee is Tigre Hispano.
1: Pairs are Halcón/Disturbio, Molotov/Cancerbero, and Bala/Zavala. A long mat wrestling by Halcón and Disturbio is probably helpful for their development, but also a way to bore everyone. They go 2.5, accomplish little. The second two at least ends with Cancerbero doing rolls and taking armdrags. Crowd chants for Zavala as soon as he tags in. He and Halcón pick up the speed, Halcón headscissoring Zavala across the ring at one point. Zavala, who has a new better shirt, is flipped to the ramp by Bala, dropkicked there, and Bala does a top con giro this week. Zavala gets up, misses a clothesline, and takes a headscissors. Bala comes back in to pose, Disturbio kicks him and pose, and Halcón gets him with a leg lariat. Halcón escape a corner charge and dropkick Zavala out, then barely gets Cancerbero in a 'rana. Cancerbero kicks out at two. Halcón jumps on Cancerbero's shoulders again, Cancerbero drops him and goes for the tapatía, Molotov breaks it up with a sunset flip, Cancerbero rolls thru to dropkick, Molotov bends back to avoid, grabs Cancerbero's legs, and puts on a figure four for the submission.
2: Disturbio orders the ring girl to return to the back. Molotov starts armdragging Cancerbero around again, but he stops it with a back elbow and clears off the apron. It does not last. Molotov's flipping armdrag does not look strong on his mini comeback. Halcón armdrags and dropkicks Disturbio. Zavala catches Bala with a dropkick on a roll, which greatly amuses the crowd and starts the rudo stretch. Zavala clears off the apron, Molotov comes back in and grabs Zavala, Disturbio attacks the técnicos from behind and both rudos stomp Molotov. Cancerbero catches Molotov on shoulder, drops him with a shoudelr powerslam, and Zavala adds his splash for the pin.
Halcón gets Zavala with a flying casadora into an armdrag, but Disturbio turns a jumping snap mare into a backbreaker for the pin.
3: Rudos slap and elbow Bala. Drop toe hold/dropkick by the younger duo. Halcón slapped around. Zavala backdrop and dropkick for him. Molotov grabs Bobby, but the rudo knock him off. Still, Molotov comes up with a boost headscissors to send out Bobby, and boosts Halcón into a dropkick to send out Disturbio. Molotov and Halcón take turns going for Asai's, but the rudos pull them both down to the floor. Bala misses a tope, Cancerbero slaps him, whip, clothesline caught and turns into a big northern lights suplex by Bala. Bala puts on a short armscissors into a cradle, but can only get one. Bala smacks Cancerbero into the corner. Corner whip, Bala tries the push of headscissors. Cancerbero blocks, and kicks Bala in the midsection a few times while he hangs. Cancerbero covers, and that's enough.
Match 3: Mr. Cacao ©, Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. vs Arkángel de la Muerte ©, Hijo del Signo, Skándalo
Arena Mexico, 07/03/2012
rudos
Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 13:37
Rating: eh
Notes: Ref is Tigre Hispano, who has to back off the técnicos.
1: Stuka and Signo have an active mat battle. Stuka is able to hold Signo in an armbar, and tags in to take over. Cometa hammers the arm and armdrags Signo into his corner. Skándalo tags his place and goes 50/50 with Cometa. Cacao and Arkangel have a slap fight. Armdrags and dropkick by the técnico sends the rudo out, and Cacao follows with a tope con giro. Skándalo misses the corner dropkick, dropping himself in position for the 450 – but sliding away and way form the corner to where he's a too far away. Cometa does th 450 and just lands oddly. Stuka flapjacks Signo and finisehs him with a variant of the tapatía.
Tecnicos brawl with the rudos between falls.
2: Cometa pulls off the fireman's escape armdrag and the backflip headscissors with Skándalo. Signo knocks Stuka down with a back elbow, and adds a corner clothesline. Bulldog is shoved off, Stuka cartwheels and flips out of the corner, leaps of Stuka, kips up to escape a corner charge, and dropkick Sign out of the ring. Signo fakes out of a tope at the last second, then slides and chase Signo away. Apron push off headscissors sends Signo far away. Arkangel slaps Cacao around, Cacao comes back with lot s of corner clotheslines. Arkangel avoids one, snap mares Cacao, and goes after the mask. The rudo decide to all come in, though Signo stop to argue with the ref. Tuareg members leave. Signo gets in aback elbow, and the Tuareg guys come back, this time Skándalo cleaning off the other técnicos. Low blow dropkick to Cacao. Arkangel gives Stuka a quebradora. Skándalo spinebusters the técnico, so Arkangel can get in his low blow. Important all the low blows be done every match. Cometa does the usual bit of running into the Skándalo Driver. Cacao argues, gets beat.
3: Low blow dropkick for Rey Cometa. Cacao dropkicked around. Rudos hit Signo when aiming for Stuka. Cometa clears out everyone on his own, then tags in Cacao to do the same. Fans really not into him. Everyone disappears to give Cacao and Arkangel their moment, except the Skándalo/Cometa fight on the outside is marginally better. Cacao rips up Arkangel's mask, thenstops. Cacao waits for Arkangel to get up, and they slap it out before resting on each other. Slaps resumes after a moment. Cacao dropkicks Arkangel out, but Skándalo cuts him off form a dive. Stuka dropkicks him out, and lands his own tope. Cometa missile dropkicks out, waves for support, runs and takes out Signo with his double tornillo. Cacao and Arkangel in once more. Stare, slow shoulderblock. Once more. Crowd boos. A third shoulderblock, and now some posing. Cacao off the ropes again, Skándalo trips him up, Arkangel off the ropes, Stuka trips him up. Arkangel turns to argue, Cacao inside cradle one two NO. Cacao argues, gets hit. Whip, reversed, Cacao running tope, tope again, one two NO. Cacao questions the count, spinebuster Arkangel, figure four, Arkangel turns it into a small package, one two three.
Cacao argues the count. After the replays, Cacao goes after the masks, only for the other six to all get involved.
Stellar Moments
Llave: Tigre Blanca submits Inquisidor with a kneebar
Spectacular: Puma monkey flips Stuka into a tope con giro onto Sangre Azteca
Alevoso: Puma King fouls Rey Cometa.
Insolito: Princesa Blanca throws powder in Dark Angel's face to give Lady Apache the win.
Tecnico: Diamante Azul german suplexes Rey Escorpion
Match 4: Blue Panther, Hijo del Fantasma, Valiente vs Felino, Pólvora, Vangelis
Arena Mexico, 07/03/2012
rudos
Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 13:07
Rating: good
Notes: Joined with everyone fighting in the ring. I don't actually know why! Ref is Tigre Hispano.
1: Rudos get the better as they do, keeping Panther in the ring at first. Felino is wearing his old mask again, with an open face, though it's not clear what's going on at first. Felino clotheslines Panther around and takes his head off with a kick. Pólvora and Vangelis go after the harm. Panther almost makes the tag after Vangelis misses a corner charge, but Pólvora dropkicks him from behind just short. Vangelis goes back to the arm, but Panther clotheslines him down. Panther lunges for a tag, but Felino dropkick him short. Técnicos grab Panther's arm, but they're not close enough to the corner. Whip, Pólvora kick, Felino sunset flip and rolled back into a Pólvora dropkick. Vangelis northern lights suplex one two three! Rudos did it, they isolated a guy in for a fall and kept him in for the win.
Felino poses on the top rope as if he's going to add a splash, and Fantasma come sin to stop that, but only gets himself kicked. Felino is just posing.
2: Rudos switch to beating up Fantasma. Vangelis gets in his spear for a two count. Pólvora gets in his sit down flapjack for a two count. Felino slams Fantasma and is disgusting. Fantasma off the ropes back, forth, clotheslined and dropkicked. Fantasma finally gives the rudos a double faceslam. Panther just walks in after all that time teasing a tag, and boots Fantasma into a double dropkick on the new Felino rudos. Felino comes in, Fantasma superkicks him. Valiente runs, stops, rolls, turns, and pescados Felino. Odd from him. Submissions for the other two. Panther chases Vangelis outside to beat up him some more.
3: In his first sustained action of the match, Valiente armdrags Vangelis around, dropkicks him in the knee, and jumps on top for a pin. Pólvora makes the save. Valiente slaps at Pólvora, but Vangelis pulls him back and tags in the champ. Chops, but Valiente comes back with a quebradora. Panther armdrags Pólvora around and growls while covering him. Rudos break it up. Panther gets another cover, and the rudos break it up again. Panther goes after Vangelis, Pólvora cradles him for two. Panther pumphandle submission, rudos break it up yet again. Felino tagged in, and held down by Panther. Fantasma tagged in, Panther hiptoss, Fantasma sunset flip, ref slow to count and only two. Fantasma off the ropes, into a Felino quebradora. Felino goes after Fantasma mask, but the ref tells him to knock it off. Felino flips Fantasma to the apron, Fantasma slaps him, but Felino kicks Fantasma as he tries to slip back in. Panther shoulderblocks Felino, Felino whiffs on a handspring elbow and Panther sends him out with a shoulderblock, Vangelis kicks out Panther, Valiente dusk him and quebradoras Pólvora. Vangelis kicks at Valiente, Valiente stops him and clothesline him, but Vangelis stay standing up so Valiente can grab him and Pólvora for the Phantom Lariat. Valiente and Pólvora move out to the way, but the lariat still sends Vangelis out. Valiente follows with an explosive tope. Pólvora misses a clothesline on Fantasma, Fantasma slips behind for an inside cradle. One two no. Pólvora kick to the midsection, Pólvora Driver. One two NO. Sucks to be Pólvora. Pólvora charges, Fantasma side steps and reverse waistlock cradles him with a bridge, Felino was just waiting to break it up. Felino back up the apron, Fantasma superkicks him, but Pólvora get in a chop on Fantasma. Pólvora yells. Whip, reversed, Panther trips and Pólvora out Pólvora, and Fantasma smacks him with a tope. Felino and Panther back in once again. Crowd loud here. Panther misses a charge, Felino sends him the other way, Panther reverse plancha, Felino rolls thru, one two NO. Felino goes for a leg lock, Panther cradle, one two NO. Felino poses, grabs anther, Panther armbar, that's it.
Match 5: Dragón Rojo Jr., Mr. Niebla, Rey Escorpion vs Ángel de Oro, Máscara Dorada, Rush ©
Arena Mexico, 07/03/2012
rudos
Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 10:59
Rating: ok
Notes: Rush has one of his title belts. Rey Escorpion and Dragon Rojo are still friends here. Zac and Niebla dance out to the ring. Ref is Tirantes.
1: Zac goes back to the ramp to say hi to some fans, while Niebla yells at others and falls off the apron. Tecnicos are waiting. Rojo and Dorada start, Dorada armdragging, Dorada, but quickly kicked by Escorpion from the outside to set up a Dragon Rojo kicks. Niebla clears off the other técnicos while the Guerreors kicks out Dorada. Brawling on the outside. Dragon Rojo takes Angel de Oro to the start of the ramp, then runs him all the way in. I think he was waiting for his teammates to set up his move, but not this crew. Escorpion corner clothesline Oro, and Niebla slaps him down from outside. Rudos all stomp Oro out of the ring. Rush fights back, but Escorpion stomps him with headbutts. Double back elbow, double suplex, Niebla top rope splash, one two three.
Angel de Oro says hi to an awestruck little Angel de Oro fan. After replays, they show Angel de Oro fans with a banner and an Angel de Oro doll.
2: Niebla pulls Zacarias way from the ring girl. Back inside, Escorpion flapjacks Oro and kicks him in the chest. Corner whip, Dorada falls down, and Dragon Rojo lands his low blow dropkick. Niebla tells Dragon Rojo to send Dorada his way, Dragon eventually figures out out, and Niebla hiptosses Dorada to the apron. Rush fights back and gets the better of Dragon Rojo, but the rest get him. Niebla spits at Rush. Corner whip, Escorpion misses a corner charge, Rush ducks a Dragon Rojo clothesline and dropkicks Niebla. Dragon Rojo kicks him, Angel de Oro springboard armdrags him, Rey Escorpion kicks him, Mascara Dorada floating headscissors him. Dorada signals, runs and wipes out Escorpion with a tope con giro. Rush jumps over Dragon Rojo, who runs into the mecedora. Rush himself fireman's drops and sentons Niebla, and it's tied up. Zacarias is very sad.
3: Angel de Oro flipping run sets up a bad boost dropkick on Dragon Rojo. Think that one was on dragon Rojo. Escorpion knocks down Oro and celebrates big. Oro comes back with a back spin headscissors to send Escorpion out. Flipping dropkick causes Niebla to topple of of the ring. Zacarias checks on his man, and Oro kicks him off the apron into a splash on Niebla. Rush chops and dropkicks Dragon Rojo. Wild punches and yelling at the fans. Whip, evasion, Rush elbow smash. Niebla in and clotheslining Rush. Niebla SMS dance. Spit is – caught! Kiss to Escorpion, who really regrets standing on the ropes. Niebla and Rush alternate swinging at each other and evading each other. Rush blocks corner whips, they slap each other in the face a lot, and Niebla wins via spit. Niebla dances off, poses, and Rush drops him with a superkick. Zacarias in, and Rush bops him on the head and kicks him in the side of it. Dorada and Escorpion in, chop fight, and Dorada flipping run meeting an elbow. Escorpion flips Dorada to the apron, Dorada slaps him away, then springboards the inside of the ropes to headscissors Escorpion away. Rudos kick him down, Angel de Oro rolls in between them, and Rush springboard dropkicks them both. That sequence did not look right. Angel de Oro moonsaults to the floor, Rush tope con giro, and Oro kind of falls over the other pile as he goes down. Escorpion and Dorada back in, both looking around. Dorada torito, one two NO. Dorada flips Escorpion tot eh apron, Dorada elbows him away, Dorada springboard 'rana one two NO. Dorada is unhappy with that count. Escorpion clothesline misses, Dorada backflip escapes on a corner charge, bounces off the ropes, tossed up and fouled on the way down. Tirantes calmly raises Dorada's arm.