AAA Recap
Aired: 06/11/05
Recapped: 06/17/05

The opening teases stuff with Konnan and Pena, but that's for much later.

Match 1: Mascara Aņo 2000 vs Perro Aguayo Sr., in a hair/mask match
Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico, 04/30/90

  1. Perro low blow uppercut

Winner: Perro Aguayo
Match Time: 7:34
Other Match Notes: Yes, way way back. As hype for the latest Triplemania, we're getting classic main event matches (last fall only, and maybe clipped at that) from the first one. I'm shocked they still have the tape, but maybe they just borrowed it from someone.

As we join, both guys are down and bleeding strongly from the forehead. MY2K is sporting the white mask with black features, but it turns into a red mask with reddish-black features before long. Mascara gets a slow near fall on a cover. They have the original sound on this, so we're hearing CMLL's Dr. Alfonso Morales exclaim after Mascara almost pins Perro on an abdominal stretch cradle. Sounds like Arturo Rivera, the AAA announcer, is with him. Small package by Mascara one two no. I would call these counts 'deliberate'. Mascara with a headbutt/shove, forcing him out of the ring. Mascara tope! Looked odd from our angle, like Mascara was too high and Perro had to adjust to take the hit. Universo 2000 and Misterioso (hey!) are the corner men here. Both guys are getting counted out, but start the crawl to the ring. Perro pulls Mascara down and goes in himself. Universo tries to help his brother get back in and is warned. Perro hears the count stop and thinks he's won - but Mascara is behind him, and pulling him into a chinlock cavernaria! Perro won't give up, and breaks the chinlock to get free. Right here is a great shot of the now red mask. CAMEL CLUTCH! Will Perro give? He's showing a lot of pain but he won't - and breaks free. Now a camel clutch on Mascara! Perro doing a lot more head cranking. Will he give - no, he also slips out the back. Mascara with a shoulderblock off the ropes, Perro's telegraphed hiptoss is reversed into a backslide one two NO. There's the red mask again. Perro looks horrible. Perro off the ropes, Perro over the top with a sunset flip, one, two, no. Earl Hebner would be thrilled with that count. Mascara with a whip head down way too soon, and Perro's trying for an abdominal stretch. Will Mascara give? No no hiptoss! Mascara off the ropes, senton misses! Corner whip, Perro charges in, Mascara moves and there's no one home. Mascara is far too out of it to take advantage. Don't go up, dude! He's up to the second rope, posing, and landing a (gentle) double stomp! Perro is convulsing. Mascara grabs the ropes with his left hand and places a foot on Perro. Seemingly illegal, but we'll allow it: one, two, shoulder up. Mascara sure is adjusting his pants a lot. Must be the ton of blood on it. Slam, off the ropes, was that supposed to be a splash? Looked like a dropkick to the invisible man and landing on Perro in the aftermath. One, two, NO. Grounded crucifix one, two, NO. Mascara complains about the speed of the count! I'm totally with him. Suplex - no, Perro small package one, two, NO! I bet he appreciated the cadence that time. Perro fixes his tights. Up, running, dropkick takes Mascara out. Dive - no, out to the apron when Mascara moves, and landing the running Thesz press. Count is on. Misterioso has Perro walk around all the way to the other side, and somehow draws the ire of the referee, who's out to yell at him. While that's going on, Universo is helping his brother back to his feet and in the ring! Both in, Universo sitting on the apron, and while the referee is still arguing with Misterioso, Perro knocks down Mascara with a clothesline he didn't take right. Oh well. Universo's very clearly waiting for his spot. Perro with the short shoulderblock to Mascara, off the ropes towards Universo, Universo clocks him. Both guys down - no, Misterioso over and stomping as Universo pleads his innocence to the referee. Referee still is checking his story, when Perro gets to his knees - low blow uppercut! Perro seems a bit shocked at himself for a second, then covers one two three! (7:34) Universo can't believe that blatant cheating worked.

CLIP to Mascara Aņo 2000 protesting the decision, then angrily ripping off his mask and revealing the face of the man who'd be clogging up midcards a decade later! Shocking, I know.

Match 2: Cien Caras vs Konnan in a retirement match
Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico, 04/30/90

  1. Cien CO

Winner: Cien Caras
Match Time: 3:21
Other Match Notes: We join this as Cien has Konnan in a camel clutch, but right before the third fal actually starts.

Snap mare, knee to the head. Cien poses. For reasons probably only known to him, Jake Roberts is at ringside, and he appears to want Cien to stop posing and finish Konnan off. Knee to the back of the head. Turnbuckle smash. Konnan and Jake exchange four letter words, allowing Cien to get in another cheap shot. Whip, Cien telegraphs a hip toss, and Konnan reverses it into an abdominal stretch. Small package by Konnan, one two no. Same counts. Mascarita Sagrada is Konnan's corner person, which is hilarious to me. Universo is Cien's, although he's pretty invisible for a while. Konnan with a whip, head down way too soon, Cien inside cradle one t-no. Cien with a shoulderblock, off the ropes, under, Konnan tries a monkey flip, Cien blocks it and holds him down for a cover, one two no, reversal one two NO. Both shoulders might have been down on that last one. Look at Jake. Look at Konnab dropkick Cien out. Sagrada comes in the ring, to wave at Konnan, but Konnan goes out. Sagrada follows him, and they both find Jake Roberts yelling at Cien for not finishing Konnan off already. Konnan grabs Cien, which ends the discussion, so Jake kills time by KICKING THE MIDGET. Fans react loudly to that, and to Jake throwing him into the ropes (he just meant the ring on that one.) Konnan rolls in, sees his midget friend down, and is confused. Outside, Cien explains to Jake that midget kicking is a bit too hardcore for him. Shove. Shove, and now they're fighting! Cien gets slammed on the floor. Boot to the throat! Konnan's handing Mascarita off for some help, and then he's out to get Jake. The fight is on! Konnan pounds Jake, but gets distracted. Meanwhile, the count is also on - up to 11 as Konnan is beating Jake Roberts into the crowd, and stopped by security from going further. The count is 18, Cien's crawled in, 19, 20! (3:21) The fans don't realize what's happened until Cien's arm is raised. Neither does Konnan, who rushes in to the ring and finds out, and collapses on the mat for a moment. Konnan gathers himself, and starts hugging people goodbye in the ring. That's how you make Jake Roberts a wanted man in Mexico.

Interview: Octagon. He talks about a lot of things, but nothing particular.

Match 3: Charly Manson, Mr. Aguila, Juventud Guerrera (c) vs El Angel, Oriental, Octagon (c)
Orizaba, Veracruz, 04/15/05

Winner: Tecnicos
Match Time: 11:19
Other Match Notes: I bet Charly is awesome at karaoke. Mr. Aguila and Oriental have a "who can stand on the corner" better contest.

Juvi and Angel have a standoff exchange, and then Oriental gets the best of Charly Manson, culminating with a spinning headscissors and a thru the ropes tope, taking us to a break.

Back exactly where we left off. Aguila and Octagon turns into Octagon against all three. Juvi and Octagon blow a bodyscissors spot, and Juvi's out of position for a while as a result. After that runs it's course, we go straight to the beatdown. Nothing to call home about early. Angel is whipped into a Aguila swinging kick, and it couldn't have been as impressive as they wanted it to be. Juvi gets help giving Angel a big powerbomb, but we're not making covers. Oriental gets a double drop toe hold and a double dropkick to the head. Octagon, who was the first beatdown, is also the comeback, ducking a double clothesline. I hate it when lucha guys take a clothesline at the ropes, throw their heads back, and then fall to the ground - it looks like a botched spot to someone much more used to it being a move that'd take them out of the ring. Oriental gives Charly Manson a sliding dropkick to the groin, but the tecnicos manage to talk their way out of a DQ. After trying it a couple times, Angel eventual clotheslines Aguila into the crowd. We watch Octagon kill time while more interesting things are going on. Angel posts Agui9la, and we watch him run around without getting a good glimpse of what he's doing. Manson and Oriental, sure the action is done out of the ring have a sequence in it. Manson drops Oriental with a pumphandle face first powerbomb for a two count. Oriental reveres a whip into a drop toe hold, and lands a spinning legdrop to the back of the head. Awkward moment where Oriental is supposed to be pushed off when applying a La Majistral, yet never actually gets shoved by Manson. Oriental runs the ropes anyway. Oriental gets a headscissors armbar, but Aguila breaks it up. Angle in. Angel dropkicks Aguila out, but gets to do nothing before Juvi flapjacks him onto the top rope, and kills him with a corkscrew neckbreaker. Octagon in, and Juvi escapes a tilt-a-whirl to land a heel kick. TIME FOR A RUN IN: Nicho. He's got a chair, and his buddy is battling to a draw with Octagon. Juvi gets a momentary edge and holds Octagon for a chair shot, and you know how that goes. Nicho hands Charly Manson the chair and takes off, huh. Oh, we're playing the "Juvi doesn't know who hit him with the chair, and makes bad assumptions when he sees Manson has it" bit despite the fact Juvi was looking right at Nicho when he hit him with the chair. Rudos have a discussion, but don't get anywhere before they get dropkicked. Angel tope, with Juvi not having much luck catching him. Oriental has a nice dive but we only see the end of it. Octagon with a Russian legsweep on Aguila, and a headscissors/armbar to finish him. (11:09) Juvi's the captain, and he's back in - to lay down? Octagon puts his foot on top, one two three. (11:19) Wow, way to fight the good fight there Juvi. Charly Manson and Aguila don't really dig that punk job., Manson particularly. Juvi walks off on them, stops, and walks off again, and stops again. On and on and fast forward time.

Noti AAA
- you know, it wouldn't be my first choice to debut Shocker at a press conference, but that's what this is about. And Triplemania, sure. Hey, now they got ALL the Wrestler of the Year nominees! Pena's gonna keep that award for sure. Shocker talks up matches with Konnan. I'm sorry, Shocker, but you're way too cool for this crap. I hope you're getting paid nicely.
- Tinieblas Jr. vs Tinieblas Sr hype. This week, it's an interview with Tinieblas Sr., who wonders what went wrong.
- AAA was too poor to afford a building, so they did an open air fair show! No, I think I'm kidding. Pentagoncito says hi, and really could use a script so he'd stop losing his train of thought.

Match 4: Nicho (w/Mini Psicosis) vs Psicosis (w/Histeria)
Orizaba, Veracruz, 04/15/05

Winner: no one
Match Time: 13:05
Other Match Notes: I guess that answers that question. He can't exactly dress like Psicosis anymore. Oooh, Psicosis spits on Nicho. I don't think they'll be teaming later.

This is tough to care a lot about, knowing how it ends. Shoving to start. No lockup, just brawling. Nicho gets the better of it. Psicosis blocks a bodyscissors attempt, but Nicho lands a Flatliner soon after. Mini Psicosis, who ran off early, is back with a ladder. Nicho does his running legdrop, then grabs the ladder. Nicho takes his time getting back to the ring, which leaves him wide open for a dropkick into the ladder. Psicosis brings the ladder in, and throws it out onto Nicho! That's kinda funny. Psicosis collects the ladder again as he comes in. Nicho crawls in, and Psicosis bats him down with the ladder, then drops the ladder on him. This is looking like a really bad idea by Nicho. Psicosis powerbombs Nicho, but not on the ladder.  Psicosis seated in the corner, and Nicho drives a ladder into his lower abdomen. Leaving the ladder seated there, Nicho grabs a chair (from Histeria? from Mini Psicosis? who can say) and bats the ladder into Nicho! That's the spot Nicho was using at Lucha La Voom. I guess it's a matter of time before it gets to Velocity. Nicho sells it big, and we get multiple replays. I'm beyond asking about a DQ. Psicosis opts not to use the chair he has in his hand to swing. Instead, he sets it up in the middle of the ring, grabs Psicosis, and drops him atomic drop style onto it! See, Psicosis wanted to wrestle like Tommy Dreamer at ONS, and had to do a normal lucha match - no wonder it didn't work. Psicosis goes to the top rope - top rope chair shot has looked better, but it should be just as effective. Too bad Psicosis shows no interest in pinning him. Mini Psicosis has run for the back again - what's he got this time? Plywood? Meanwhile, Psicosis has tied Nicho's leg into the ladder, and is hammering the ladder with a chair. Histeria's got his own big shinny wall - and now he and Psicosis are now Psicosis is getting it? Oh, sorry, didn't see the other side of it - it's your standard folding table, with a black and sparkly coat for some reason. I swear, if this match ends on a DQ, we're going back to just finishes. Psicosis is back in, and setting up the ladder - HAHAHAHA it broke! Nicho, realizes he will be waiting forever to get Psicosis to fix it, magically recovers and starts his comeback. Gutbuster onto the ladder. Pointing to the sky. Trying to salvage the ladder. Psicosis is laid on top of it for a guillotine legdrop. Nicho is selling nothing from the minutes of beating. There's the running legdrop and posing, because he has no idea what to do if that ladder is broke. Nicho tries setting it up in the corner - oh, he's going to climb gin on it. Actually, he only rides it down onto Psicosis. Nicho tries it again, but Histeria throws a chair at him, knocking him off balance. Mini Psicosis chases him around the ring with a chair, but gets nowhere. Psicosis gets back up, and throws the ladder on Nicho. He's fine now, of course. Ladder set up on Psicosis. Top rope - uh, stomp the ladder, sure. I've got a morbid attraction to this match at this point. Psicosis, with a whip, Nicho reverses. Off the ropes, Histeria nails him with a chair, and he falls down. Mini Psicosis scares him off again, for all the help it does. Psicosis with a low blow headbutt, and as the announcers want a DQ, it's break time. (8:03)

Psicosis clotheslining Nicho around. Shoulderblock spins Nicho out, only gets two. Psicosis reverses a whip into a lets' say a reverse bulldog, although it looks bad. Histeria tries to interfere again, but this time Mini Psicosis stops him, comes in, and gets boosted into a tope con giro by Nicho. Nicho with a chair shot. Nicho throwing the chair down on Psicosis. Nicho going to the back? Guess he's looking for a better ladder. They still haven't used the tables and you know they only brought them out there so they could. No, he's got his own table, with a three marked on it. It looks like we've got three tables, or at least table faces, set up. Mini Psicosis and Nicho do some room arranging, and Nicho slams Psicosis. All the way up with the chair - somersault legdrop with the chair comes up empty because he took forever. Psicosis stomps Nicho, and goes up, but Mini Psicosis fights him. Psicosis fights back, and drops Mini Psicosis thru one of our tables. Nicho knocks Psicosis down, back into the ring, with the remains of the ladder. Nicho poses, and drop toe holds Psicosis into the ladder as he poses. Nicho sets up - running, climbing up the (leaning) ladder into a plancha on Psicosis into a table (if you can believe it! - the table bends but refuses to break.) Nicho wont settled for that, and goes to the top rope - plancha this time looks better, and kills the table. One more table remains. Nicho in, and Tirantes is doing on a count for the first time in this match. TIME FOR A RUN IN: Juvi. He's got a chair - swing, Nicho ducks, and Psicosis (some how back in the ring) gets it. Pretty clear he was going for Nicho there, which makes no sense with what we last saw, but maybe he saw a replay of something. Nicho celebrates, Juvi thinks about it, grabs the chair, and hits Nicho with it as he poses. Histeria in and asking what's going on. Juvi throws him the chair and walks to the aisle. Of course, Psicosis is blaming Histeria for the chair shot, though we could at least believe he was out of it and didn't see Juvi swinging, or even in the ring. Meanwhile, Nicho is going after Juvi. Mr. Aguila and Charly Manson are out, and seemingly to help Juvi - wait, no, they're beating up both of them. Huh. Inside the ring, Histeria has decided if he's going to get blamed for the chair shot, he might as well get to do it, and starts chasing Psicosis with the chair. This is the very definition of AAA Booking, by the way. Tirantes does the only sensible thing and counts everyone out. (13:05) Octagon, Angel and Oriental run out, and if you could explain why they would care about any of this, you're a smarter man than I. They save - Juvi? I guess. Psicosis add Histeria are still fighting - into the crowd! Tecnicos are interested in running off Manson and Aguila as the Vipers fight takes them deep into the crowd. Looks like Nicho and Juvi are making up in the ring. Break.

Histeria and Psicosis are fighting all the way up the arena! That's a bit over doing it, but whatever. Everyone else, including Manson and Aguila, are now in the ring and getting along, no matter how little sense that makes. If you asked me before the break, it seemed like they were setting up Histeria/Psicosis and Nicho/Juvi vs Aguila/Manson matches, but of course that's not actually it.

Interview: Psicosis. What's the deal with Vipers and LLL. Psicosis wants Juvi, Nicho, and Histeria dead. Psicosis says, if he's the only Viper left, how can there be a group? TIME FOR A RUN IN: Histeria. At least he's talking peace here. Histeira's trying to explain their problems away. Histeria tells him not to listen to the announcer, and be his partner again. He was trying to bring out Histeria's aggression. Psicosis is about to bring out his aggression on Histeria, and now we're shoving.  I don't think this is what Histeria planned. If there's any brawls in the park, we don't get to see it this time.

Here's the angle from before. Konnan invites any local guy to come out and last two minutes with him. If they can, he'll tell Cibernetico to give him a spot in LLL. Yes, Konnan's been watching some WWE. Some Guy tries his luck, Konnan asks him if he wants to fight with his shoes untied, Some Guy looks down, and that's the end of Some Guy. Out for the save, of course, is Pena. Pena talks about making Konnan the biggest star in Mexico, and other stuff Vince might say. Konnan says Gringos Loco make him the biggest star in Mexico, which allows us to name drop Eddie. Konnan says he's the pioneer who led everyone from CMLL, but Pena says that person is Octagon. Konnan disagrees as Octagon runs out. Octagon's turn at talking - while Konnan was in the US, Octagon was wrestling in Mexico, for the fans. Konnan says no one's been in soap operas like he's been in. Pena counterpoints with Latin Lover. Latin Lover kisses up to the people. Konnan says Octagon might have been from the movies, Latin might have been in soap opera, but who's been champions for seven years in the US and Puerto Rico? (A bit of a stretch.) Pena says that would take a unique person, a phenomenal lucha libre star - and his name is Vampiro. Konnan can't believe it, but there is the man - in a suit and out to "Smells Like Teen Spirit." (If you didn't momentarily wonder where 'Self High Five' drop was, I don't think I want to know you.) Crowd goes nuts. Kiss for a ringside fan. Vampiro taking his time. Konnan talking trash but Vampiro listening to the fans. Konnan exclaiming that he's unique - and getting told to talk to the hand. Vampiro welcomes Konnan to Vampiro's house. Vampiro does a crowd reaction spot, and we don't hear the crowd react. So weird.

Clip right to the start of the final match

Match 5: Cibernetico (c), Konnan, Abismo Negro vs La Parka (c), Latin Lover, Vampiro
Orizaba, Veracruz, 04/15/05

Winner: tecnico
Match Time: 10:05
Other Match Notes: Brawl. Which is good, because I'm not paying attention. Rudos control mostly. Lots and lots of chairs. Lots and lots of arranging chairs for overly complex spots - like a tree of woe dropkick to La Parka's head, involving three chairs but not looking good. Vampiro is bleeding into his blond hair. Vampiro starts the comeback on a corner charge. Vampiro, proving he's too cool for this school, actually sells the beatdown temporarily. Abismo fakes a low blow kick for a foul, and they tease it, but it really doesn't work to have chairs legal but low blows not. Konnan tries to chokeslam Vampiro, but Vamp gives him the Stunner. Cibernetico manages a powerslam n him, but La Parka outsmarts him, and drops him with a tope into the announcers. They have a pose off before they start. The intensity is downshifted, and this is the normal sequence we get every week. Abismo pulls Latin Lover's tights down too far for TV, and we cut away, not getting to see Abismo do a wacky strut. Konnan and Vampiro, until Cibernetico ambushes him. Rudo beatdown. Abismo gives Vampiro a jumping headbutt to the groin, and he has to roll out. Latin helps him, while they rip up La Parka's mask. He's allowed to roll out, and Konnan eventually follows him out to choke him with a chair. Abismo has the fire spray can, but Latin has the chair - and that causes Abismo to drop the can like a dummy. Not that Latin does a lot with the chair. Lots of setting up things. Lots of not interesting me. Latin refuses to let go of his half crab on Cibernetico, despite Konnan coming in, grabbing a chair, and telling him what he's about to do. La Parka's been tossed into the crowd, so it turns 3 on 2, and then 3 on 1. Vampiro takes a double flapjack onto a chair, and then Konnan starts punching him in the head. El Hijo del Tirantes wants to break it up, Abismo and Cibernetico push him away a couple times, and at some point, Hijo decides he wants to call it, and he eventually does. (10:05) Chairs being a DQ after chairs weren't a DQ, whatever. Need to go to finishes and times, because I'm wasting too much time for these finishes. Break.

Rudos keep beating down tecnicos. Abismo corners Latin Lover outside the ring and threatens to use the fire can on him. Latin Lover slips by him to escape, but just as he does so, someone from the crowd throws their chair at Abismo! Looked like a young girl (of course, who else would save Latin Lover), and they ran for safety ASAP. Abismo's pretty calm about the thing, once he realizes he won't be able to find out who did it. Latin wants to make the save, but can't. Octagon comes back out, but the LL guys are bored and leaving now.

Nothing is previewed for next week. That's it.