CMLL Line - 08/10/03 (#89)

In Other Action: We're joining a match in the second fall, but by rule I don't do boxes for "In Other Action" clips. That this rule just got stated in time for a Boricuas (Violencia, Sadam, Pierroth (c)) vs Capos (Cien (c), Mascara Y2K, Markus) is just a wild coincidence, let me assure you. I guess I should at this to total match time, because I forgot to do that with the midgets. If I'm talking about this, that must tell you about the match, although Markus is working at a fast speed (normal for everyone else). If I had to guess, and I don't but I like to, that's Scorpio under the mask here. We're still building to the Cien/Pierroth match. Oh, the relative tecnicos won the first fall - they're listing them as captain names, so they don't want us to think of them as full tecnicos this week. Here's the big Cien/Pierroth sequence. Cien gets the abdominal stretch, and the inference is provided by - Commando Girl II, striking him on the back? Cien's only phased in his desire to chase her out of the ring - and into a kiss from Markus. Yeech. Oh, they did call a DQ on that - I wasn't sure if they would. Let's go back to the slap on the back and say (3:02) although it was good 10 seconds before anyone got their hand raised. If I was paying attention to the announcers, I think I might have heard them call her "Commando Boricua". Or maybe that was Pierroth.

What are we missing? Yep, here's the Cien challenge for a hair match. Pierroth walks off and Cien gets himself muted in annoyance. Cien really doesn't want to drag this out a few more weeks, but I don't think any of us have a choice. Replay of the slaps - Cien is bugged but not hurt by them. Oh no not the kiss - I hope Commando Girl II gets bonus hazard pay this week. Wait a minute, by that camera angle it looks like they just faked a kiss! I don't know what to believe anymore.

Vignette: Negro Casas and Satanico meet in the ring, happy about last week's performance. Tonight, they've got FdT - Satanico seems happy - he does have some scores to settle with them too.

As Miguel and Leobardo hype upcoming action, I notice the match going on over their shoulder; Averno IS using that split legged double underhook faceslam as his finisher, nice. Mephisto opts for the Octopus. I can't tell what their partner is doing from here, but Infernales won. I'm just interested in Averno's finisher for whatever reason.

Notes: They've got the music, and about a billion belts. Actually, I think it's just Halloween and Damien's XLAW (?) tag belts and the Mexican Trios Titles, but it's quite an impression. They don't actually announce any of the belts as far as I can tell, so who knows. Nicho has a cow spot coat, if the cow was painted orange for devious reasons. And was furry. Negro actually kisses a kids head on the way to the ring. Next, he'll walk old ladies across the street. They did say Porky was their partner before, but I hoped Satanico and Negro were just following with me. Stripper dance with valet. She's having a hard time not completely cracking up. Mascot's there too. No punk out before introductions! Oh, it's because we have Halloween insisting on doing introductions for his team. Damien is the Beast of the Apocalypse. Halloween's really into this. Nicho is "the unique, the original", get it? He's doing the HBK recline on the ropes. Damien introduces Halloween and says he should be in spectacular moments all the time, basically. Ring announcer goes ahead and announces them all over again - just because he wants to see how long he can hold the "o" in Nicho. Satanico borrows the mic before his introductions to promise to break FdT in half.

Porky and Halloween start. Well, the match. Not wrestling. It is Porky. Porky displays a wide (is there any other for him?) array of points at the crowd to get us started. Halloween attempts combat with a slap to the face, and I think only a crowd shot spares us a glimpse of a fat man crying. When we get back to the match (clip there?), Halloween is coming off the ropes with a clothesline. Porky is knocked back, but not down - he spins his arms and runs without moving his legs (talent!) to show how he's not at all phased. Halloween tries again, but Porky repeats the whole skit for him. Halloween doesn't put up with reruns, and there's that slap again. Oh, shucks, we didn't miss the Porky water works after all. Halloween yells at Porky to fight him like a real man, and Porky does what any real man would do - feign going towards the ropes before turning and decking Halloween with a clothesline. Wait for Halloween to roll over, splash. One two no. Porky, perhaps befuddled by not getting the three, stands up and waits for Halloween to do something; he quickly complies with a leg trip, cover for zero. Halloween off the ropes, his clothesline is ducked, Halloween tries to assure a connection on the next pass by running right into Porky, but he doesn't win that battle with physics. Porky - wants to hug Halloween? I guess that's a grab, but Halloween's walking backwards, and it just so happens was that Porky wants to whip Halloween chest first to the floor. Funny how Halloween put himself in position for that. Not so funny how his chest feels. Least funny how the mascot splashes him and does not try to get a DQ for the tecnicos. Nicho attempts to chase down the mascot (perhaps he needs a new coat!) but Casas pulls the blue gorilla to safety.

Casas and - rudos think it over while I try to figure why I spent that much time on a Halloween/Porky encounter - Nicho will start. Those are some pants. Nicho licks his palms and then feels his pants, as if to say "these are some pants!" Somewhere, Tony Rivera is depressed that he didn't accidentally mix one of his cow spotted pants with one of Ricky's red "Marvin the Martian" T-Shirts himself. If only - then maybe someone would wonder whatever happened to him. Nicho feigns a single leg, gives Casas props for avoiding it, and goes to the second turnbuckle to celebrate the non exchange. This is going to be a long match. Circle. Stop circling. Okay, Nicho's distracted by the Negro chant. Close up of Nicho’s face shows how much he's aged. Casas saves me the close up of his face and gets a drop toe hold. Rear choke accomplishes little but giving Nicho an opening for a legscissors hold. Nicho tries to spin around, but Nicho spins with him and blocks it on. He eventually leaves an arm open, so Negro is able to grab it, escape from the legscissors and put on a Fujiwara armbar. Satanico wanders into complain about something going on into the rudo corner, but it's obviously not enough for the director to go check. Negro gamely works in a knee to the shoulder, but it's much too early for this to work. Nicho manages to roll out of it, single leg, spinning Negro around and up into an armbar, Negro goes behind to a standing switch. Enough pause, as Nicho tries to go around, blocked, under, blocked, back elbow, escape but to a crowd shot, so it could've been a great escape. When we're back, Nicho is up and Casas is down. Nicho gives us crotch chops, which are better than crowd shots. But only barely. Off the ropes, lighting legdrop. Nicho's time between moves makes me wonder if CMLL has adopted an hourly wage. Nicho off the ropes, boot is caught and taken down . Negro with a side kneebreaker (I don't know), snap mare, and step over neck vice. Nicho is able to push him off, and Negro, perhaps knowing nothing can happen till we give everyone a turn, opts to tag in Satanico. Damien complies from the other side, although he has to have an extended discussion with Halloween first. Let's check out the crowd - yep, they still like Satanico.

You'd think Damien would know how to fight Satanico, seeing as they had that hair/hair match. But then, knowing how that turned out, maybe it's better he looks for advice. Lockup, somehow Satanico goes down but it's not very clear. Let's try it again - and now Satanico's got an arm whip. And another. Damien, protesting this back to back set of moves, opts to walk out. Well, okay. It's not like this is only an hour show. Oh wait, it is. So they'll come back. And talk. And then Damien will step in. Lockup, Satanico with another arm whip takedown. Luckily for Damien, it seems like they were really talking strategy this time, and the strategy was "it's time for the 3 on 1 brawl." All FdT in, tecnicos knock off the apron. Halloween and Nicho hold Satanico for Damien to punch and kick. Corner whip for Satanico, Halloween clothesline, Damien boosted corner clothesline Porky in and beat - Halloween seems to honestly surprise him with a dropkick to the face the face. Corner whip for Porky, Nicho whipped in, Porky moves and Nicho ends up nearly toping a guy walking around the front row. Which was not his plan, though would have been really cool. Scared the crap out of that fan, at least. Double clothesline for Damien and Halloween, and that plan didn't seem to work out well. Damien chops Porky, but a whip is futile. Splash to Damien's back incapacitates him - a running headbutt to Halloween takes him down. Halloween gets back up and chops, but they can only slow Porky. Pausing to taunt is Halloween’s mistake - Porky comes back with his slap, and with the (extensive) help of Damien, there’s the double headlock/headscissors takedown. Nicho is nice enough to return just in time to take a double clothesline from his partners, causing him to leave again. Halloween and Satanico disappear, and Damien is soon hiptossed out by Negro Casas. Negro teases a dive, but slows up when he remembers that he only does that apron dive Thesz press, and he doesn't want to be down there when Porky falls on a mass of people. Porky takes care of that problem by plancha-ing Nicho, leaving Casas free to hit the flying sit on Damien. Satanico and Halloween have found their way back to the ring, and Halloween's chops are no match for Satanico's stinging jabs. Shoulderblock, off the ropes, Halloween blocks a hiptoss, knee lift, fireman's carry lift, hey it's the F5. Rings of Halloween! That'll do. (8:16) After all that, Satanico was the captain, so - oh wait, Halloween, you gotta let go. You gotta - okay, he did in time. Anyway, after all that late run by the tecnicos, they still drop the fall. Replays shows that Satanico's teammates were too busy being air to surface missiles to really help him. And Halloween is still a big fan of WWE finishes.

Second fall ring girl is really worried about tripping. Meanwhile, Satanico is sitting in the front row, not only doing an interview but getting fanned by a first row fan. It sure is good to be evil. Porky heads in the ring, and is quickly taken down by Nicho and Damien, before given a knee choke. Casas is in, and Halloween opts to go one on one. Halloween and Casas face off, with Nicho coming into do a crotch chop for Halloween - they cut away to Casa than an extended crowd shot. Back, Halloween's kick is blocked, Casas is not. Open hand slap, open hand slap, Halloween is unphased and takes off his shirt to show off. Muscle pose gets another one hand slap, but Halloween takes it and comes back with stronger ones for Casas. Casas is hurting and gets knocked down. Halloween with more chops, Casas takes one, bounces off the ropes and comes off with his own. Off the ropes, high boot connects, but Casas takes a step and grabs his right hamstring, the leg he used to kick. Damien is in and kicking the other leg to knocks Casa down as Nicho runs over and decks the tecnicos on the apron. Damien and Nicho get to stomping Casas (mostly the legs but not one in particular), but Satanico is over to brawl with Nicho. While those two fight, Damien sets Casas' right leg over the bottom rope and sits down on the knees many times. Porky and Halloween are going at on the outside - Halloween posts Porky. Damien trying to break Casa knee while Nicho has Satanico - I'm guessing that was his Falcon Arrow but we cut to Negro in pain instead of seeing the move. Damien keeps dong the sit on the injured leg. Nicho walks over to help, as Damien boots Satanico. Nicho ties Negro's legs around the posts. I think he wants to do the figure four around the ring post, but he doesn't appear used to doing it - ah, finally, he gets locked in and good. Halloween pulls Negro the other way when he has a chance. Nicho loses his group and let’s go, but Casas seems out anyway. Satanic is out of the ring, and Damien and Halloween are dealing with Porky. Double whip, double spinebuster. Nicho over to help. Off the ropes, off the ropes, legdrop as Halloween hits the double legdrop to the midsection. Damien adds a walking splash one two - the referee stops counting and points something out to Damien (shoulder not really down? Nicho's obscuring the picture), then starts the count again - one two three. (3:31) That was odd. Satanico back in and fighting Damien, but Nicho comes to help and Satanico is quickly battered. Whip for Satanico, spinebuster drop from Damien. Damien and Halloween due the giant swing/dropkick to the head spot, but Damien barely gets Satanico off the mat and the spin has actually stopped by the time Halloween hits him. Has looked better, for sure. Nicho to the top - but Mephisto has pushed him off the top rope! There's Averno too, and it looks like this fall might be over as this brawl breaks out (4:18). The fresh guys run off the tired guys, and it's the Infernales who hold the ring. FdT win the match, but not the way they planned on it - Damien and Nicho are laid out on the floor. What does it say on Mephsito's tank top? It's rather long and we still haven't got a close look at it.

Satanico grabs the microphone - it's not important that he lost in two falls here (glad he thinks so), because they want revenge and a rematch for those Mexican National Trios Titles. FdT is non-committal. I bet the challenge would be more effective if Satanico’s team actually beat them.

Spectacular Moments: Olimpico with a nice bodyscissors cradle to beat Zumbido. Ramstein, Sangre Azteca and Hooligan team up for a double Vegamatic on one guy. Call me crazy, but Hooligan looks oddly non-British here. Neutron hits the top rope moonsault to the floor on Sangre later on. Announcers entertaining themselves calling him Jimmy Neutron. Stones do some nice stuff. Lo Doloroso - "this is the painful" - Ark and the Junior Infernales (perhaps a death metal band that covers 50's songs) deal out triple pump powerbomb for Tony Rivera and then decide he needs another one. Both do look painful, thanks for pointing that out. Here's the slingshot hold/top rope rolling senton (on Vampiro) that set NJ on fire. Or something like that.

Vignette: GdI talk. Did Rey just get back for a boy band tryout? That outfit is something - something Christian would wear, now that I think about it. As usual with our tag team champion/futbol fan, Bucanero is worried about the progress of the Mexican National Team. They lost in the semifinals to America, but he gives America credit for being good. Just like people should give credit to Ultimo and Rey for being the best tag team, Ultimo asserts, because they have the belts. Tarzan says he's gonna get his belt back from Vampiro. Ultimo say Vampiro wants a fight with him, but Tarzan wants him first - he hopes Vampiro's hair grows back so he can win that and his belt back, now that knee surgery is over and he's back at 100%. Ultimo offers to take out Vampiro first, because he is the Rey (King). Rey, drifting off, is all "wha, me? I am Rey!" Ultimo says he meant the Rey of the Light Heavyweights (Ultimo!), not the King of Pirates over there. Rey says it's all good that Ultimo's king, but Rey's the king of king, and says he could be Vampiro. Tarzan kidding accuses Rey of being narcissistic, and Ultimo makes fun of his ego, but Rey says it's no ego - he's the king of all, especially the chicks. Tarzan asks if Rey is inviting those chicks to futbol, but Rey and Ultimo rather go party. Tarzan is easily convinced, and off the go. Rey asks who's paying the bill, and Ultimo and Tarzan decide the King ought to pay. Rey is sad.

Can you tell that this one of those I transcribed the captioning and translated on Google? I'm not purposely trying to make this a novel but it's heading that way.

Notes: Tarzan Boy wears a towel to the ring as an homage to Steele. Or maybe he couldn't find the kilt Ultimo and Rey are wearing. Vampiro (with the NWA LH Title that was sorta alluded to up there), showing an outrageous amount of common sense, notices the rudos waiting to kill him on the apron, and goes back to get his tecnico partners. Fight on the stage - Vampiro ducks the double clothesline from Rey and Tarzan, and goes after Ultimo. [CLIP]

Everyone in the ring - I think we cut out the prematch brawl, so now it's the opening fall brawl. Tecnicos controlling. Lizmark just used a headbutt? Okay. Tarzan Boys rallies with some forearms on Atlantis, off the ropes and right into the Atlantis dropkick. Tarzan out, Atlantis after him - tope! Tag champs manage to run their opponents into each other and drop Lizmark onto Vampiro. What are they up to here? Rey and Ultimo stand Lizmark up, standing over Vampiro's legs. Rey puts a modified abdominal stretch on Lizmark, while Ultimo ties Vampiro and Lizmark's legs up so it's like Lizmark is giving a standing figure four to Vampiro. Ultimo puts a camel clutch on Vampiro to make the point, and they've found a new way to win a fall. (:42) That was creative. Rey beats Lizmark outside while his partners celebrate - well, not Lizmark's. Replays, as GdI celebrate with the rudo noise maker guy in the front row, I believe. If GdI are going to keep celebrating and not beat down, I think we have time to travel into the past

LAST WEEK: Ultimo powerbombs Vampiro but can't get anything more than two counts on the cover - till he puts his feet on the middle rope. Vampiro didn't approve of that one, but the CMLL LH champion beat the NWA LH champion.

Fall 2 in progress, with Tarzan Boy giving Atlantis a knee smash as we take a look at the ring card girl. Ultimo is punching Vampiro down on the outside. Tarzan boy working on the right knee of Atlantis. Ultimo and Rey back in to help - here's the GdI sit, and this time I remember to note that they do it to the chest, while the other tag team does it to the back. Vampiro in and immediately stopped. Ultimo plans with his partners - double whip, double drop toe hold, double elbow drop, double armbar hold for Tarzan Boy's missile dropkick. Tarzan Pose - Lizmark is in to buy time for Vampiro to get out. Chops. Corner whip, Tarzan whips Rey into a rolling back elbow, corner clothesline, Ultimo's corner kip up sit down splash. Lizmark out, Atlantis in, and the rudos go for the mask. Double whip, Atlantis stops short, Tarzan's whipped in - and Atlantis picks him up for the Atlantida. Tarzan Boy immediately gives (2:06) and he's apparently the captain. The other tecnicos clear house and brawl out into the crowd, but this fall is over. Replays.

Fight is still going over as we move into fall 3. Lizmark and Rey are having a standoff on the stage. Vampiro has shredded the top of Ultimo's mask, and the rest is coming off. Ultimo goes down and Vampiro punches him in the head many times. Atlantis beating up Tarzan on the floor - slammed in the post. Vampiro has Ultimo on the second rope and is clubbing him with forearms - Ultimo manages to elbow him away, but he can do little more. What's a kid with an Ultimo mask doing in the rowdy tecnico fan section? Back in the ring, Ultimo and Lizmark are punching back and forth. Rey gets the edge but stops to do the forearm celebration and Lizmark takes him down and punches. They have a standoff, but Rey's had enough of this again and walks off. Lizmark is right behind him - takedown and more punches on the stage. Rey gets free and backs off again - Ultimo has to come in here just so they have a legal man. Unfortunately for him, Vampiro comes in for the other side. Ultimo's clothesline misses, Vampiro's high kick is ducked, Ultimo with a right hand. Chop, chop, corner whip, corner clothesline. Shot to the back. Chop. Ultimo yells while fixing the rest of his mask. Corner whip, Ultimo tries a monkey flip but Vampiro lands on his feet. Rey holds Vampiro for Ultimo to chop, and that goes as well as ever. Vamp with a chop for Rey, a kick for Ultimo - ah, it's the stunner/DDT spot. Looks better, still quite staged. Lizmark and Vampiro do a double superkick spot that could've used a better camera angle (normal ring shot would've make it a cool visual), the champs roll out and pull out Vamp and Lizmark. Tecnicos whipped, but they turn it around and Ultimo and Bucc run into each other. Tarzan and Atlantis in - Atlantis hoping freaks out Tarzan. Atlantis tries a dropkick, sidestepped. Tarzan off the ropes (low - was the middle rope not where he expected?) and right into the tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. And another. Dropkick and Tarzan Boy is down and out with his partners. Atlantis plancha to the floor, taking out Tarzan Boy! The other four are back in. Ultimo tries 'rana on Vampiro, but get a powerbomb one two three. (3:39) Lizmark is finishing off a spinning shoulder into side slam one two three (3:51) Vampiro makes sure Ultimo knows he got the one two three.

Vampiro gets the microphone. He wants a match, in front of his family - the fans. The mask doesn't matter - he wants a match, for the titles, one on one, if I’m listening right. Ultimo doesn't seem to like whatever the idea is, talking and slapping Vampiro in the face. The brawl reignites, but we have to go to sponsored replays - since when do we have those? I guess you have to pay production some how.

Next Week: Averno, Nicho, Ultimo Guererro, Damien, Rey Bucanero, Atlantis, Vampiro, Halloween, Hijo De Lizmark, Satanico and much much more CMLL action.

Yep, they’re still fighting. Ultimo and Vampiro in particular, all the way on the stage. Lizmark gives Rey the superkick right in front of the screen. Ultimo and Rey regroup and head out the side entrance as the show ends.

Rating: Bases on the quality of the finish, ring work, internal/external storyline, consistency and my whims. Also, various other (random) factors that I can't think of right now. 0-100 for matches.

Closing Notes:

1. Show went longer than usual this week. Not sure why.
2. "Hey, I know we just lost, when our guys decided to run in for no good reason, but how about that title rematch?"
3. An Ultimo/Vampiro match for both the belts would be intersting, but I don't believe they ever get to it.
4. Let's hope they keep the Capos/Boricuas in 3 minute form. If not less.