I haven’t posted in a

I haven’t posted in a while, because Cubs keeps stealing my tidbits. If you ask me, TCF should stand for Thieving Something Something!

Anyway, we have a new show, yes we did.

I didn’t hate Violencia vs. Universo Dos Mil as much as I feared. I can’t remember if there was an issue here—I think there was but I’m hazy. Anyway, I guess this was a title match (I came in late). Fun fact: Universo has been the heavyweight champ for over three years. Primera caida was pretty slow—some matwork, some punches, and I did like Universo’s armdrags. UDM takes a nice bumo in the corner and gets pinned after a Scary Senton. Closed captioning reveals that Faux Commando Girl is actually called La Nazi. Lovely. Segunda caida lasts about 30 seconds as Universo kicks ass and gets a submission with the Tequila Sunrise. They start La Tercera Caida trading nearfalls at about 1/8 normal speed until Universo takes another nice bump to the floor and Violencia hits a nice somesault pescado. A few more nearfalls in the ring and Universo hits his own dive. Back in the ring both guys miss top ropes moves, allowing Universo to hit a sort of running Dominator and lock in the Tequila Sunrise for the win. Yeesh, I take that back, I did hate this.

Porky vs. Pierroth—my dream match! Thankfully, Tarzan Boy, Black Tiger, Super Crazy, and Atlantis are also present. Pierroth was actually pretty active bumping for Crazy. Tarzan Boy just looks great, which makes me both happy and sad. Black Tiger challenges Porky to amateur wrestling—he must have a short-term memory. Tiger and Tarzan are polite enough to line up for a Porky big splash to end the fall. Tiger and Crazy have a great little segment to start up La Segunda Caida until Atlantis gets tagged in and bumps huge for Pierroth before submitting to a Tequila Sunrise (popular move tonight). Crazy gets pinned with…a vertical suplex? What is this, 1957? Tercera caida features the dreaded Porky/Pierroth match-up, but at least it’s short. Atlantis also throws the fakest punch in the world when he knocks Tarzan Boy off the apron. Some brisk action leads to Porky sitting on Tarzan Boy for the win. I got no beef with a match like this.

Stellar Moments wasn’t much until that cool “allez-oop into the missile dropkick” by two guys (I thought the announcer said Rayo de Tapita, but there were two of them).

Niebla jumps Wagner before the bell in a neat twist. He kicks ass until he misses a moonsault, allowing Wagner to take over and rudo it up. Doc goes for the mask and unties it, which actually comes into play later. Wagner places Niebla on the top and he falls off and lands on the floor, and the look Wagner gives him is treeee-mendous. I notice that Niebla’s punches are very similar to El Dandy’s (which I only bring up because I just watched some El Dandy in WCW matches I found on an old tape). Niebla finally makes a comeback and gyrates for us all, so after a ref bump Wagner rips his mask off and makes a cover. Baby Richard gets to two, then figures out what happened and DQ’s Wagner. Wagner does the “I’ll pose for the crowd, then turn around and realize I lost” bit. Both guys yell at each other afterward. I had no beef with this match, other than the lack of a clean finish. And it was a little on the short side. Plus Niebla’s wedgie is really disturbing. But that’s it.

So yeah. Not a grand slam program, but damn, I missed this show.