CMLL Mini Line - 05/15/04 (#129)

Welcome To The Show Vignette: Rey Bucanero, who's returning from injury and heading to a club right after his match from the looks of that shiny shirt.

Match 1: Olimpico (c), Super Crazy, Zumbido vs Felino, Volador, Safari
Arena Mexico, 02/24/04

  1.  

Winner: Olimpico
Match Time: 2:50
Approx Rating: good for one fall

Other Match Notes: This is our first sighting of rudo Olimpico. He's got a new mask for more scowling. He turned because he was tried of teaming with Safari, Niebla and Felino, I bet. Safari's Wacky Move Of The Match (TM pending): headstand on your back into a headbutt drop. The key of the Safari Wacky Move Of The Match is it looks too elborate to be worth the impact, but he's thrilled to do it. Safari takes an unfun bump on the apron on his way to the floor via catapult. Zumbido is the king of disgusing his charge into a dive. Volador uses a wonderful tope. Crazy uses an unwitting ref for a springboard again. Olimpico's submission was weird. He was thrilled with the win, even dropping to his knees and raising his arms up. Maybe I'm reading into things too much because his name is Olimpico, but it sure was vaguely familiar.

Homenaje A Dos Leyendas ad - hair/hair vs hair/hair, tag titles 

Vignette: Time for more Guapo Auditions. I think Shocker says this is the last round. I probably should note that Mascara Magica is present in these, because I'm pretty sure he should still be dead from that Tombstone. They obviously taped them all on one day, and maybe in commentary they mention that to explain Magica's presence away? I guess it's possible.

Match 2: Ultimo Guerrero (c), Rey Bucanero, Black Warrior vs Shocker, L. A. Park, Vampiro (c)
Arena Mexico, 02/24/04

  1. Rudos
  2. Rudos

Winner: Rudos
Match Time: 7:47
Approx Rating: 84

Other Match Notes: Rey comes back and they still can't get the band all together. Those goofs. Shocker has quite the dancing entrance, but only gets to the ramp Rey spears him out of his boots! I think he might be the mad about the whole "blowing out your knee with my tope" thing. Park is a little slow with his entrance before making his save, but that's typical. Vampiro, on the other hand, has absolutely no interest in getting involved here. Remember, last week it went all bad for the tecnico trio and it looks like Vampiro at least isn't over it, because he could care less about his partners. Fans aren't thrilled with Vamp to start.

3 on 2 beatdown inside the ring, while Vampiro stands and watches from the ramp. Park takes a double boot, then a drop toe hold/legdrop from Warrior and Guerrero. Vampiro gets to the ring, slowly (as he's doing everything, for effect) enters the ring, walks past the carnage, and goes over to his corner. Warrior encourages him to come in the ring (and get slapped), but Vamp is passive. Ultimo and Warrior are doing most of the team work spots early, which makes me wonder how far back Rey is. Plug for Acapulco show here. Park's taken out to ramp, and Rey does do the boosted up sit on the outside, doing the jumping and sitting portion, so maybe he's fine. They remarkable choose to clip from Park out on the apron to Park on the other side of the ring, arguing with Vampiro about his non participation. Very subtle. Rey realizes he can get a cheap shot at Park, but Vampiro still won't fight him. Park is brought in, dropped with a spinebuster, and brought over to Vamp's corner to be tagged in, but Vampiro just piefaces Park down. Even the rudos are confused at this point. Shocker jumps up on the apron to yell at Vampiro, and Ultimo surprise him with a choke. Shocker's leaned over the ropes so Rey can do a second rope body press on him. Hey, let's look at the announcers for no reason. GdI with the double hiptoss into a faceslam, and Warrior finishes off Shocker with a dropkick to the face. Warrior gets to work in a wheel kick on Ultimo's catapult set up for Rey's top rope rolling senton, which looks nicer than Tarzans' usual shove. Everyone pose! Vampiro is - leaving? Wandering to the back to yell at a production person who's smirking instead of selling this angle. He's told to go back to the ring anyway. Replays replays replays.

You would think this might be the match not to go three falls. Beatdown goes on. Vampiro and Warrior have words, and the crowds on Warrior's side here. Vampiro shows enough emotion to prove he's still alive, but still doesn't do anything. Warrior uses a questionably low headbutt drop on Shocker, but they let it go. Shocker and Park crawl towards Vampiro in the corner, as if he's going to do anything. He does! Vampiro kicks Shocker away from him. Maybe they just want to beat him up. Warrior does, giving Vampiro a chest slap. Vampiro drops off the apron to get away, and that's farther than Warrior is wiling to go right now. Oh good lord, Rey and Ultimo missed a double chop on Park and they're getting a comeback. Ultimo manages to temporary stop it only for heel teaming to go bad. Lots of the tag team feud mixing it up, with tecnicos getting the better of it and hitting great stereo topes. Warrior in - and Vampiro flattens him with a jumping knee! I guess he'll fight, just not with Shocker and Park at his side. Vamp says this is it, not having realized that Warrior popped back up right behind him. Crowd is solidly for Warrior as they exchange chest slaps. Vamp gets shoved but comes back with a big boot. Vampiro tries to shush the chanting crowd. Whip, clothesline missed, Warrior with a dropkick to the knee, and a wheel kick to follow. Warrior is pumped. Shocker's back on the apron and much to Vamp's surprise, he's refusing to tag. Park slaps Vamp, and Vampiro can't believe this - if they're going to treat him like this, he's leaving. No, Shocker and Park drag him back, once, and twice. Vampiro manages a Stunner (that actually gets sorta) sold like a Stunner for once and his standing spin kick to the chest in the next exchange, but his wacky karate motions only get boos, much to his surprise again. F5! One two NO. Shocker leading the Warrior chant? Rey seems generally confused. Vampiro gets the goozle, so of course this is the best time to cut to the wide shot. Choke-no, Warrior reverses it into a kneebar submission! That'll do it! The rudos are happy that they won, the tecnicos are fine because Vampiro lost. Shocker and Park decide to walk to the ramp and leave Vamp alone in the ring. Warrior gets the microphone - he beat Vampiro, so he wants a shot at the NWA LH Title, right here, next week. Shocker and Park wander over the announcers to say Vampiro is a traitor to the tecnicos and won't have their support any more. We never get to hear what Vampiro says, but I've got a good feeling Warrior might just get what he's looking for. 

This is mostly angle but the angle was good so that's good enough for me.

They come back for replays before sending us to another break. I guess that's better than a break during a match.

Stellar Moments - extra long, like they combined a couple weeks worth. There was a soundtrack jump in the middle, so something must've been up. The second batch was all from Arena Coliseo, so maybe they're doing one group for each taping? Twice the Dr. X highlights! 

Vignette: Shocker and Terrible watch Terrible/Aguayo/Porky's match last week. Or at least the entrances. Shocker rocks his head to Terrible's music. They get to taking - Terrible's nervous, but that's only natural. Terrible just wishes that he had Shocker's confidence. Terrible needs to believe in himself. Terrible's also worried that Aguayo will go notes, but Shocker thinks he's professional enough not to cost them their hairs that way. It's two hairs on the line, so it's a bigger deal. Terrible can win this - after all, he wouldn't be a Guapo if they didn't think he was awesome.

Match 3: Capos (Cien (c), Mascara, Apolo) vs Hijo del Perro Aguayo (c), Terrible, Negro Casas
Arena Mexico, 02/24/04

  1. Rudos
  2. Rudos

Winner: Rudos
Match Time: 7:36
Approx Rating: 72

Other Match Notes: Entrances removed, right to the pre-match attack.

Perro gets run into the ring post hard from the apron, which is cool but we miss the finish on Casas watching the replay. Terrible takes the usual Capos triple team beatdown, including a triple powerbomb, and gives up to a general beatdown.

Perro got crotched on the post at one point when no one was paying attention, so they show us a replay. I'm pretty sure I heard a police car siren during the match. Beatdown went on for ever, then kept on keeping on. And then the big dramatic comeback is Terrible randomly opting to block a hiptoss. There are weeks where I just look at the VCR timer and try to will it to finish; this might have been one of them. This isn't actively bad, it's just something I've seen done from this collection of guys, and we had the same match pattern with a much more interesting angle last match. Anyway, seeing that there's 5 minutes of the show kinda gives away where this is going, especially since they spent an unseemly amount of time watching Apolo and Negro do very little in the ring (although Casas has an interesting kneebreaker.) Apolo vs Negro, bookers collide! Unfortunately for Apolo, we're not in Guadalajara (and faces always win these post-comeback sequences). Apolo does get in his more than his fair share of hairpulling, given that Casas can't return the favor. Aguayo does indeed go insane, squashing one ref in the process while the other is checking on Casas/Apolo post Casas's usual dive. Caras has no problem working in the low blow kick for Aguayo, and he's out of the picture, but Terrible manages to low blow mule kick Casas to even it up. Mascara Ano can't believe someone would do such a thing - and what do you know, that'd be the one the referee caught. Terrible low blow kicks Mascara just for effect and talks trash post match. That kick to the groin was for Mascara Magica! Well okay.

And that's it.