Announcers welcome us to the show.
Match 1: Metatrón & Oro Jr. vs Espanto Jr. & Herodes Jr.
Arena Mexico, 11/13/2012
rudos
Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 12:19
Rating: eh
Notes: Referee in Pompin.
1: Metatron has a new outfit that actually makes him look more like Volador. Oro has a near bridging hammerlock in his exchange with Herodes. Herodes takes an armdrag out and seems to hurt his hip. Metatron goes armdrag wild on Espanto, only to run into a sitdown powerbomb for the pin. Herodes uses a German suplex that doesn't look quite right, though I can't tell if that's on purpose or not.
2: Rudos knock Metatron around semi-successfully. Metatron's attempt to tag Oro Jr. is completely unsuccessful – he misses the hand somehow - but Pompin doesn't fight it and lets Oro come in. Oro gets in some chops on Herodes before the rudo clotheslines him, the move of chose for the rudos this match. Oro doesn't go far on a slingshot. Herodes repeatedly drives the point of the elbow into Metaron's arm, which doesn't stop him from making a random and non-exciting comeback. Oro slingshots in with a low dropkick, covers, then stops covering at two. Metatron in for a corner tornillo pump splash. Oro slips climbs runs up the ropes, but finishes the moonsault bodyblock for the fall.
3: Oro Jr. shows a handspring backflip into a casadora armdrag, then a springboard tornillo armdrag to the apron. Crowd is pretty accepting of Oro Jr. for being a hated técnico. Rudos then suddenly and easily win the floor. Espectro Jr. does not seem like a guy who should be doing top rope splashes, but his top rope splash looked good.
Match 2: Bam Bam, Pequeño Halcón, Último Dragoncito vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior
Arena Mexico, 11/13/2012
rudos
Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 11:48
Rating: ok/good
Notes: Referee is Terror Chino.
1: Odd that bodybuilder Halcón is wrestling in a shirt this close to bodybuilding show. He and Olímpico have a normal mat segment. Meanwhile, Demus is wearing a Minnesota Vikings Brett Farve jersey, which is just plain random. Dragoncito and Warrior are much faster paced, accomplish little. Warrior is back in his Black Warrior skirt. Bam Bam and Demus are close enough to old times. Bam Bam superkicks Demus, gives a mean finger gesture to Warrior, Bam Bam slides thru ropes, and Demus throws himself out. Olímpico slaps Bam Bam out, the other four come in, and the rudos take the skirmish.
Ultimo Dragoncito screams a welcome back to the show.
2: Demus demands to face Pequeño Halcón. No idea. Halcón clotheslines him and does some posing, so he is working on his bodybuilding routine. Demus fights back with his shoulder powerslam and spinning inverted powerslam. Halcón headscissors him out, and somehow they end up with everyone sending everyone else out until Warrior poses while Bam Bam is ready to fight. Bam Bam does end up headscissoring him, then traps Demus in the ropes for the guillotine legdrop. Ref won't count the pin until Bam Bam clears himself and Demus from the ropes. This is fine, it kills some of the usual half hour it takes for Pequeño Halcón to get his rolling tapatía to work. Pequeño Warrior runs all the way up to the top of the stage to get away from Dragoncito
3: Rudos stall. Demus demands to face Dragoncito this time. He's just trying everyone to see if it'll work. This doesn’t work, Demus is headscissored all over the place. The best spot is a fireman's escape armdrag that looks like it might have gone wrong but still was insane. Bam Bam quebradoras Pequeño Olímpico repeatedly. Warrior stalls on the outside rather than face Halcón, then stalls inside for a bit of a chance. Warrior gets in a lot of punches and knees, takes one armdrag, rolls out and crawls away. Halcón chases after Warrior, and actually tosses him back for more, but Warrior has no idea and is out of position. They go thru some lost and bad looking spots for 15 seconds, then Warrior just gives him a rock bottom to end it. Not a moment too soon.
Ultimo Dragoncito immediately submits Warrior with a standing octopus.
Remaining rudos assault Dragoncito, giving him the double death valley driver. Olímpico submits him while Demus drops Bam Bam on his head for no particular reason.
Match 3: Fuego, Stuka Jr., Triton vs Hijo del Signo, Namajague, Shigeo Okumura
Arena Mexico, 11/13/2012
técnicos
Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 7:43
Rating: fine for the time
Notes: Referee is Pompin.
1: Stuka chases Okumura – who has taped ribs – around. Signo & Fuego start instead with the usual opening stuff, then Stuka confronts Okumura again. Okumura walks out on him. Triton does NOT springboard in, but does slingshot in to face Okumura instead. Triton headscissors him around, Okumura drops Triton with a back elbow, Stuka flips his partner to safety and comes it face Okumura, but Okumura is all over him with chops. Stuka reverses a whip, and Okumura slides right out, then trips up Stuka as he fights with Signo. Everyone starts fighting. Rudos have a brief advantage but the técnicos turn it around. Fuego submits Signo to a kneebar, and Triton finishes off Namajague easily.
2: Fuego and Namajague exchange includes Namajague pointing to his head after grabbing the ropes, then taking a huge monkey flip. Quebradora and Namajague is out grabbing his back and leaning over the front row people. Stuka makes Okumura run a bunch before spinebustering him, and then suplexes Namajague onto his partners obscured by an ad.) Stuka dropkicks Namajague out and poses in the center of the ring. Triton does springboard coming int his time, was going worried about him. His triple jump tornillo looks good, and he takes a big roll of the apron on a Signo dropkick. Signo's tope is pretty great. Fuego adds his springboard plancha Okumura runs to dive, but Stuka comes him off with a quebradora. Okurmrua grabs Stuka, but that just gets Namajague to chop him by mistake, and Stuka quebradoras Namajague twice. Fireman's drop for Okumura, Stuka goes up, Namajague trips him off the ropes and Stuka falls to the mat. Pompin argues with the rudos as they stomp Stuka, Okumura shoves him, and that's going to do it. Way too quick.
Rudos unmask Stuka and take his mask. Music guy starts playing the wrong music, then figures out Stuka won.
Match 4: Blue Panther, Máscara Dorada, Valiente vs Niebla Roja, Pólvora, Rey Escorpión
Arena Mexico, 11/13/2012
técnicos
Winner: técnicos
Match Time: 9:33
Rating: not much action but great storytelling.
Notes: Referee is Tigre Hispano
1: Rey Escorpion and Pólvora high then, throw their arms around each other, and celebrate. Long night for Niebla Roja. Long night for us all. Dorada and Pólvora accomplish nothing, but Rey Escorpion makes sure to jump in the ring to stand up for his new best friend (though only as Mascara Dorada is backing out of the ring.) Pólvora has no problem tagging in Niebla Roja. Panther cheap shots a posing Escorpion, which leads to a long discussion about which rudo will take on Panther. Not so much a discussion, as Escorpion just ignores Roja's request to leave. Panther taunts Rey Escorpion, stirring it up more. Escorpion rushes into break up an easy Panther hold at the first occasion, which annoys Niebla Roja. Pólvora thinks that was great and has no idea what is going on. Niebla gives Escorpion the stop sign. Panther's right wrist tape comes off, I have no idea how, and he first thinks about stuffing it in his trunks before throwing it at Dorada, who is hit in the face before he knows what just happened. Niebla and Panther actually start wrestling, Niebla is in the process of a hold, and the rudos break it up. Mascara Dorada missed that subtlety and storms over to yell at Escorpion and Pólvora, but they back off to the floor. Niebla finally justs put Panther in armbar and tags. Pólvora. Pólvora steps in, turns, and tags Escorpion! Niebla Roja is not happy, but Escorpion gets to works over Panther. Panther's sent into the rudo corner, and the rudos all have fun hitting him, though Rey Escorpion is unhappy when Niebla Roja ha too much fun. Panther rolls thru a cradle and tags in Valiente for a flying headscissors. Valiente buster on Escorpion, three count. Rudos were late running in for the save and the técnicos had them cut off anyway.
Niebla Roja seems very upset about that outcome, though I'm not sure he's aggravated with Pólvora for tagging in Escorpion or suggesting Escorpion took a dive.
2: Roja gives Valiente to flapjack kick, but Valiente rallies back with a headscissors and a big chop. Dropkick to the knee sends Niebla out. Dorada gives Escorpion a neat headscissors into an armdrag. Pólvora can't keep up with Panther's cradle, walks around too much after a cradle, and gets yanked into the fujiwara. Rey Escorpion stops Niebla Roja from breaking it up, so he can break it up himself! Pólvora and Rey Escorpion take on all the rudos, as the ref only keeps Niebla Roja out. Roja begs for a tag, but his partners ignore him and beat up the técnicos. Niebla Roja sneaks in back on his own, but Escorpion shoves him away. Niebla Roja tries to add a dropkick anyway, but Panther moves and Pólvora takes it! Oh no, this is all Niebla Roja's fault. Rey Escorpion shoves down Roja, Roja hammers him from behind and punches him, and Pólvora makes the save! Way to be a sucker, Niebla Roja. Fans boo as the rudos stomp down Niebla Roja. Técnicos are just watching, but Panther stops watching to shove Pólvora out, and Valiente crushes him with a tope. Other técnicos wrap it up for the sweep.
Tecnicos get their hands raised and leave. Rey Escorpion processes what just occurred and starts pointing at Niebla Roja. Roja makes a move , but Escorpion strikes first, and Pólvora is with him. To the outside, Niebla Roja thrown into the barricade hard. Escorpion rips off Niebla Roja's mask and yells at the fans. Escorpion spits at Roja on his way back to the ring. Pólvora may have gotten in one more shot. Pólvora and Rey Escorpion pose. Niebla Roja comes back in with a second mask – did a fan give it him? - but Pólvora and Escorpion stomp him down and take the second mask too. Escorpion should really give one to Pólvora. Escorpion walks around ringside again, and some throws a drink at him. Escorpion yells at the fans, who all are playing innocent, and takes out his anger on Niebla Roja, smashing his head into the barricade a few times. Ah, Pólvora did get a mask, good for him. Rey Escorpion is not paying enough attention to him after the match, but he is busy stomping the Niebla Roja mask. Ah, he does put his arm around Pólvora and rants at the camera, strong work. Back on the floor, someone tries to give Niebla Roja an Angel de Oro mask to wear. Niebla Roja declines, takes the towel instead, and is helped to the back.
CMLL History: Santo's debut
Stellar Moments
Castigo: Bobby Zavala dropkick to Stigma's backside
Espectacular: Triton tornillo moonsault on Namajague
Combinacion: Stuka, Namajague, Triton and Rey Cometa's dives, setting up Okumura's foul on Stuka
Triunfo: Averno beats Titan
Admirable: Terrible splashes Marco for the pin
Enrique interviews Angel de Oro. They agree his career is on the rise. Angel de Oro wants championships, including a rematch with Negro Casas (and then a hair match.)
Match 5: Ángel de Oro vs Olímpico in a lightning match
Arena Mexico, 04/24/2012
Recapped previously! It's tough to pretend this isn't an old match when the ringside area has totally different ads.
Match 6: Atlantis & Diamante Azul vs Tama Tonga & Terrible for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship
Arena Mexico, 11/13/2012
rudos
Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 16:43
Rating: ok
Notes: Comandante is with Terrible. Tirantes is referee.
1: Azul and Tonga start with the mat wrestling. Tonga doesn't reverse out of holds, but gouges Azul in the eyes instead. Terrible & Atlantis' battle on the mat includes a lot of grounded headscissors. Terrible gets annoyed, punches Atlantis, but misses a charge and tags a dropkick. Atlantis put him in a time killing hold, Azul top rope planchas Tonga, Tonga rolls thru, Azul tries to break it up but Terrible cradles him (sort of – that was not too clean) for the other pin.
2: Rudos double team Atlantis, but he makes his own low flying comeback. Terrible hits Comandante, as required in all matches, and Atlantis gives Tonga a quebradora before cradling him. Diamante Azul german suplexes Azul for the other pin. CadenaTres is caught off guard by how short a fall that was, and is still promoting other stuff.
3: Tonga and Azul evade until Tonga takes the super armdrag. Azul headscissors Terrible into the corner, and flattens him with his corner senton. Tonga attacks Azul from behind, and Azul sort of sells while getting out of the way for Atlantis to do his moves. Replay of the senton leads into live footage of the técnicos toping both the rudos. Azul and Tonga make it in first, and Azul dropkicks Tonga the knee. Northern lights suplex, no bridge, but cover anyway one two NO. Azul press slam powerbomb on Tonga, Tirantes argues the cover, then finally counts, only two. Azul has a word with Tirantes. Whip, Azul charges as if Tonga is going to flip him over, here's some problem, and Azul just throws Tonga down hard instead. Terrible dropkick him in turn. Whip, reversed, Terrible flips Azul to the apron and slaps him there, but Atlantis sneaks in and inside cradles Terrible , eon two NO. Terrible kicks Atlantis down, but charges an throws himself out in the process. Tonga lingers near the ringpost, in position to take Azul's ramp tope con giro, so he does. Atlantis gives Tonga a quebradora con giro, one two no. Count was a bit slow there. Atlantis backslide, still two. Tonga kicks Atlantis into the corner. Corner whip, reverses, Atlantis charges in, Tonga flips – nope, problem again, so Atlantis just steps out to the apron. Atlantis knocks Tonga away, and Atlantis missile dropkicks Tonga. Atlantis covers, Tirantes counts two, Terrible pulls Atlantis off. Terrible off the ropes, clothesline, Atlantis take sit oddly. Terrible dropkicks Atlantis over, which goes much better. Two count again. This is sloppy, but they've finally gotten to the right intensity level. Terrible slows it down and slaps and punches Atlantis. Whip, Atlantis grabs the ropes and tags Azul. Azul ducks Terrible and superkicks him one two NO. Azul complains about the count. Terrible kick is caught, Azul armdrags him over and covers him one two NO. He does not win on an armdrag. Terrible slaps Azul in the face a couple times. Corner whip, right to Atlantis for the tag. Atlantis ducks Terrible but misses a dropkick on Tonga as he comes in. Rudos whip the técnicos, tecnicos reverse and whip the rudos into each other. Tecnicos repeat the bit, the rudos together, flips them over on the shoulders, and both jacknife bridge for covers one two NO. Fans thought that was it. Atlantis thought that was it, and protests. Tecnicos with simple cradles, one two NO. Announcers note Tirantes dramatic slow count. Atlantis clothesline turned into a Terrible Dos Caras Clutch, Azul clothesline turned into a Headshrinker DDT, and it's over just like that.
La Comandante is so happy. So are many of the fans. Champions get the belt. Tonga is super excited, Terrible is more confident. Tonga does a lot of talking to the camera.
Announcers wrap up.