CMLL Guerreros del Ring on 52MX #354 (09/01/2012) 
Recapped: 09/01/2012

Match 1: Sagrado vs Rey Escorpión in a lightning match
Arena Coliseo, 08/26/2012

Winner: Rey Escorpion
Match Time: 6:51
Rating: eh
Notes: Referee is Pompin.

Each guy takes a turn grabbing an opponent's appendage and not doing a lot with it. Shoves leads to missed clothesline, missed kick, and finally a connected clothesline and kick for the unmasked man from Sonora. Rey Escorpion is shocked this is not enough for three. Escorpion misses a corner charge, Sagrado superkicks him for two. Sagrado headscissors, Escorpion walks around the ring to avoid the dive, Sagrado just changes direction and headbutts him on the tope. Replay. Escorpion threw himself into the front row on that one. Escorpion makes it in first, but Sagrado kicks him away and headscissors him out the other way. Another dive? No, Escorpion slide in as Sagrado slides out. Rey Escorpion makes sure we get that extra dive by getting in his tope con giro. Escorpion slides Sagrado in, slams him, and decides to try for the bad quebrada. It is worse than usual, aim is way off but they pretend it worked anyway. One two NO. Rey Escorpion missed clothesline sets up a casadora cradle for two. Sagrado follows with an ultimately equally unsuccessful casita, then Rey Escorpion feeds himself into a small package. Chop fight, won by Rey Escorpion kick.

Five minutes, ring announcer noting it (and no shaved time this week!) Sagrado stops Escorpion with two quebradora and a grounded crucifix for two. Escorpion reverses a corner whip, but misses the corner splash. Sagrado kicks him in the head, set him up top, climbs up with him, and lands the middle rope 'rana. Sagrado goes up another corner. Top rope splash? Connects! One two NO. Sagrado tries another 'rana, Escorpion counter powerbomb, one two NO. Escorpion waits for Sagrado to get up, ducks his clothesline, knee to the midsection, double underhook cradle piledriver, one two three.

Sagrado is strechered out, as the announcers mention how Nitro was hurt and all strechered out. This is not that.

Match 2: Fuego, Rey Cometa ©, Stuka Jr. vs Namajague, Puma King ©, Shigeo Okumura
Arena Coliseo, 08/26/2012

  1. técnicos

  2. rudos
  3. técnicos

Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 12:04
Rating: good
Notes: Entrances shown, because a fight is coming. Namajague has not fond his jacket/shirt since Tuesday. Who knows where it could be – one of many establishments, I am sure. Puma is last out, saving everyone else having to run out early to break their fight. Cometa decides to run himself, and nails Puma with a tope as he gets to the ring. Let's go! Referee is Bestia Negra.

1: Cometa kicks Puma around and goes after his mask until Stuka walks over to direct Cometa to use the ring. Cometa throws Puma in, and gives him a quebradora there. Back to the mask – Japanese make the save and turn the tide, brawling with the other técnicos on the outside while Puma knocks Cometa down on the inside. Whip, superkick nails Cometa. Cometa stumbles and falls in the corner. Snap mare, and Puma sits on Cometa's shoulder to untie the mask. Puma goes for the mask, but Cometa keeps it on. Whip, Puma flapjack and a kick to the chest. Shot of a fan with a Namajague mask – they're selling Namajague masks? Whip, Puma clothesline misses, flapjack, Cometa flips off off Puma's chest, Puma clothesline misses, Puma spinning armdrag sends Puma out. Cometa runs – but Okumura cuts him off with a clothesline. Unnecessary crotch chopping follows. Stuka and Fuego in, Okumura misses a clothesline on Stuka, Fuego catches the arm, lifts Okumura up and and dumps him down in front of the corner. Meanwhile, Namajague flips Stuka to the apron, but Stuka slaps him down. Stuka goes to the top rope and covers more than half the ring with a splash on Okumura to finish him. Fuego puts his hold on Namajague to end the fall.

Puma grabs Cometa and throws him up the ramp. Stuka sort of gets involved but not really. Guess Cometa has to win this one himself. Puma goes for the mask again, then slams Cometa on the ramp.

Anniversary Promo: Rey Cometa vs Puma King

2: Wow, they're selling stuffed animal Zacarias. I can't go to Mexico, I'd come home with too many crazy things. Puma and Cometa pick up their fight in the ring, Puma getting in a superkick right away. Whip, reversed, Cometa with a big armdrag. Puma stumbles, then bails. Cometa follows, and Puma insists to Cometa and to the crowd that Cometa is not allowed to follow him out there. Fuego and Okumura come in, and ask the ref if they're legal now or what. Ref tells them to fight. Cometa finally backs away from Puma, so they actually do. Fuego and Okumura have a loud chop fight. Fuego trips up Okumura, cartwheel backflip over Okumura, corner whip, charge in, Okumura moves, Fuego flips himself out and back inf for a headscissors. Okumura clothesline, Fuego back bend and dance, Okumura back elbows him and mocks Fuego. Whip, reversed, Fuego quebradora and dropkick to send Okumura out. Fuego dive fake fakes out the camera people. Shot of a Japanese fan booing. Stuka and Namajague in. Stuka blocks everything, kicks Namajague in the shin, and then the head. Namajague is stunned and slow up. Whip, Namajague over, stopping, and chopping Stuka as he gets up. Namajague tries Stuka in the ropes, tells the crowd to quiet, and gives him a double chop. Namajague is very proud of himself, up until Stuka pulls him down by his hair. As Namajague dis down, he unties his belt. Ref sees it coming and tires to take it, but Namajague swings wildly at Stuka before he can get it. Namajague is distracted, and dropkicked by Stuka. He will get that tope to work eventually. Stuka holds Namajague in the ropes and gives him a double chop, causing Namajague to bail. Stuka slide out after him, Namajague ducks down, Stuka runs back , and gets in the apron headstand headscissors. Namajague hurts so much. Puma in, waiting for Rey to flip in to dropkick him as he lands. Punches on the mat. Whip, Puma chop. Whip, reversed, Puma over, under, Cometa handspring into a plancha. Two count, but more so it keeps Puma down so Cometa can punch him and go for his mask. Cometa chops Puma into the ropes. Whip, reversed, Puma clothesline misses, Cometa just gets over for the ranita, Puma rolls thru anyone and lifts him up for a big sit down powerbomb. One two three!

3: Match picks up with Cometa still down on the floor, hurting form the powerbomb. Namajague kicks at Stuka, Stuka grabs the legs, and spins him around as Okumura tries to catch up with him. Namajague is dropped in the splits and very much in pain, but the referee is busy yelling at Okumura. Circle, Okumura slaps Stuka from behind. Namajague goes back to the double chop. Kick, slaps to the head. Whip, big back elbow. Stuka tags in Fuego, Okumura tags in and sidesteps a dropkick. Okumura slaps Fuego down in the corner. Corner whip, corner back elbow, corner whip, corner clothesline, Okumura stops to pose on the ropes. Tag to Namajague., holding Fuego for a kick to the side. Fuego tires to tag out, but Namajague beings him back. Namajague double slap to the back Maybe mix it up? Backdrop for Fuego, and Namajague accidentally lets Cometa tag in. Cometa dropkicks Namajague and grabs on, but Namajague is able to reach to tag in Puma. Whip, dropkick to the knee flips Cometa. Comet grabs his knee as all three rudos come in. Snap mare, rudos decide for triple dropkicks, everyone off the ropes, Stuka and Fuego pull out the Japanese, and Comet duck Puma's clothesline to give him a standing moonsault slam. Fuego chops Puma into the ropes, sets him up on the top rope, and goes for the mask. Fuego comes back in long enough to nail Namajague with a tope, Stuka adding his Asia moonsault. Cometa does not get the mask off, but does pull Puma down. Superkicks, off the ropes, rebound armdrag, no Puma rolls thru, pulls Cometa up in a wheelbarrow – and into the reinera! Comet escape to a cradle one two NO. Cometa kick deflected, Puma pulls the mask and fouls Cometa! Ref saw all, no problem awarding the DQ. Puma is content to pose with his current and possible future trophy.

Puma hypes up the mask match. Cometa, covering his face with his hair but putting his mask half on, says he's going to do everything to take Puma's mask on 09/14. Puma superkicks Cometa to end that.

Anniversary Promo: Rush/Terrible

Match 3: Felino, Mr. Niebla ©, Negro Casas vs Ángel de Oro, Titán, Valiente ©
Arena Coliseo, 08/26/2012

  1. técnicos

  2. Peste Negra
  3. técnicos

Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 9:36
Rating: good
Notes: If even two years ago, someone suggested the main event trios técnico team for a show would be Valiente, Angel de Oro and Titan, that person would be considered crazy (somewhat for suggesting making up “Titan”.) Peste Negra enter as a group, and Angel de Oro and Negro Casas waste no time in fighting. Oro gets the best at first, superkicking Negro, but Niebla steps in to break up a post shot. Negro and Angel de Oro come in to fight via chops. Ref is Maya.

1: Negro tries to win via heel kick, but Oro does one of his own. Whip, quick reverse to Negro's sleeper. Big kick to the chest, Oro ducks under kips up and superkicks Negro out of the ring. Angle de Oro runs to dive, but the other rudos boot him. Titan rushes in, but splits the middle on a dropkick. Corner whip, Valiente flips Titan to safely avoids Niebla, waits for Niebla to misses his clothesline, Niebla does, Titan stunner over the ropes, headstand rope flip moonsault takes as long as to finish as Valiente does to take care of Felino. Fall one to the técnicos.

Angel de Oro gives Negro a DDT on the ramp and some kicks. Oro demands Negro come back to the ring to fight more, but Negro is in no hurry.

2: Crowd chanting for Negro, but it's Felino and Titan who start. Felino lucks his tongue and wants a handshake. Titan pulls back on him, so Felino chops him instead, then stops to strip. Titan waits for him to turn around, and chops Felino back. Kick to the leg,. Titan tells at Felino before going off the ropes. Hop over, quick stop, whip for Felino, evasion, Titan handwalk backflip headscissors. Handspring dive fake and Sabu pose. Valiente in and hoping to face Mr. Niebla. Valiente really looks short with Mr. Niebla in there, I forget how big Mr. Niebla is at times. Valiente cartwheels from the corner, but Niebla clotheslines him and does his dance. Spit is – caught! Niebla slaps Valiente, Valiente slaps Niebla, Niebla complains to his partners. Negro slaps Niebla., Felino treas Niebla to his armpit. Niebla is fired up now. Chop for Valiente. Valiente tries to chop back, but Niebla blocks it once, and twice, and spits at Valiente. Niebla is all fired up. Whip, Niebla clothesline misses, Niebla waves him away, Valiente headscissors and out goes Niebla. Zacarias in a throwing punches. Valiente blocks him, turns him, and kicks him in the backside. Felino shoulders Valiente out, but Valiente pulls him out before he can try a pescado. Niebla in, but Titan gets him with a springboard dropkick. Titan runs, Niebla flips him the apron, Titan poses, springboard in, but Niebla lets him drop for a self powerbomb. Niebla doesn't get all of that, but I guess he gets enough. Half crab, Titan is in trouble, but Oro and Negro are now in too. Oro dropkick to the knee, casita, Negro shoves him off, Negro charges, Oro corner sunset flips, Negro rolls it back and grabs the middle rope, Maya turns and counts one two three. Oro's not the captain, Valiente is, and Maya never signaled that Titan gave up, but they end the fall there.

3: Felino nails Valiente with the quick dropkick, rubs his backside, and puts that hand in his mouth. Oro and Negro in includes Negro dragging Oro around on a headlock. Off the ropes evasion, Oro flipping run, headscissors to Negro. Felino rushes in to clothesline Oro, and Negro puts him in armbar and tags in Niebla, though Niebla comes in without a tag. Niebla clotheslines Oro, then forgets about him and Titan tags in – no, Titan's foot is on the bottom rope, so not legal. Rudos switch without tags, Negro getting in kicks, Oro held over the ropes so Felino can back up the apron and nail him with a running headbutt. Oro tags in titan. Titan takedown, facelock, Felino breaks it up with a kick. Felino taunts the técnicos while holding Titan in a double armbar, then dumps Titan throat first on the ropes. Niebla slams Titan as a few fans strongly chant for him. Niebla up top – top rope splash! Titan is done, but Niebla gets up and tells May to stop, Niebla needs a dance break. Niebla starts to bring Titan back to the rudo corner, but they tell him to send Titan out and Niebla shoulders Titan to oblivion. Oro in. Negro comes in as far away from his corner as possible. Maya belatedly spots this and stops Negro. Oro looks at this, and not Felino coming in from behind to forearm Oro. I think Negro planned that! He's a evil genius. Now Negro can tag in legally, though Niebla also comes in because who cares. Corner whip, Valiente goes to flip Oro to the apron, Oro stops and informs Valiente that's not the plan, Oro turns around and backflips over a double chop, Negro grabs him, rudos double chop their partner. Rudo chop down Oro, Titan springboard plancha them both, ducks a clothesline, and Valiente boosts him into a dropkick on both. Valiente tope on Niebla, Titan tope con giro on Felino, Felino almost losing losing him. Oro and Negro in, both guys fired up. Chop fight, Negro gets in a kneelift and clotheslines Angel de Oro. Clothesline again! Negro fired up, demanding a count one two NO. Negro starts to argue about the count, but then tells Maya to stand right there. Negro clothesline misses, Angel de Oro whip (at Maya!), Negro quick reverses to a kick (and Maya moves.) Negro knees Oro in the head, casita, Angel de Oro rolls thru, his own casita one two three! Angel de Oro jumps and spins in celebration. Negro is so unhappy about what just happened an what's too come.

Negro is almost in tears after the match. Mr. Niebla wander outside to harass people. Angel de Oro points outs he's won again, and wants a title shot. Does Negro accept? Crowd still seems about Negro. Negro says Angel de Oro is a good luchador, but people said he was a good luchador when he was much younger than Angel de Oro. Negro accepts, giving Angel de Oro a shot against his maestro, then angers Angel de Oro into dropkicks him. They brawl on the outside as we're shown replays.

Anniversary promo with both matches, and that's it.