CMLL Mini Line - 09/10/05 (#187)
Recapped: 03/14/06
Either they started the show before the hour, or they opened the show with the graphic for the rudo team. An odd way to go.
Match 1: Mascara Año 2000 (c), Mephisto, Averno vs
Atlantis (c), Blue Panther, Brazo de Plata
Arena Coliseo, 04/05/06
Winner: Tecnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 12:45
Approx Rating: Okay.
Other Match Notes: Obviously, no entrances.
Averno's supposed to start against Blue Panther, but bails. Mephisto barely starts with Atlantis and bails as well, but Atlantis chases him back into the ring for some armdrags and zero covers. Back to Averno and Panther. Panther has a nice sliding drop toe hold that someone needs to steal. Also a good headscissors of the mat. Mascara Año 2000, with his hair growing back in real time (he's not keeping shaved) faces Porky. MY2K is quite unsuccessful his attempts to run Porky over. Porky works better, but the elbow drop misses. Mascara whips Porky and puts his head down too soon for a backdrop - and Mascara just runs him over with his gut. Back to Mephisto and Atlantis. Atlantis ducks a clothesline and lands a cross body for two, moving so Averno can end up dropping a senton on his own partner. Atlantis outmaneuvers the new champs one on two, with Mephisto taking the Atlantis Roll into (but not quite over) the ropes.) Mep rolls to the floor and grabs his right hamstring, and it seems to be legit - the match freezes for a moment the doctor checks on Mep. He turns out to be fine, shaking life back into his leg. Porky out maneuvers Mascara, with Mascara slapping his own partners while trying to get Porky. Porky belly bumps them all into the corner, and lands the bit sit on all off them (Averno taking the brunt of it.) Atlantis pulls Mephisto out into a figure four (6:51) while Panther gets Averno in a crazy leg/armlock submission I can't figure out - he scissors Averno's right leg, and traps Averno's left arm under his left leg. Replays, break.
Averno is limping as the show returns from break. Probably still feeling the devastating effects of Panther's submission. With both his partners down to one good leg, Mascara Año starts the fall off Panther, but doesn't fare well and it goes even worse when Averno tries to help (and fails). Averno takes a hiptoss the the floor, but Panthers pulls up before trying a tope. Switch to Atlantis and Mephisto, except Mep is just keeping Atlantis busy long enough for Averno to slip in and attack him. Beatdown is on. Mep is going for Atlantis' mask as Averno takes Panther out side to choke him with camera cable. Mascara is able to spinebuster Porky, and celebrates. As he should. Mep rolls up Atlantis in a crucifix for the pin (2:05) and the quick fall. Replay of Averno dragging Panther around by the camera cord around his neck.
Champs are beating up Atlantis even before the fall has started. Panther's brought in next, and gets a lot of slaps. Panther's held for a middle rope elbow to the back by Mascara. Panther tries to escape, but Mascara pulls him back so Averno can do the same - only for Panther to pull him in the path of the blow. Comeback. Mascara and Porky do stuff in the ring, but the focus is on the former champs beating up the guys who just took the titles from them on the floor. Atlantis works in a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Mascara goes out for a brief second, but comes back in to try a sunset flip on Porky. He does move in time, but Panther gets him immediately with a dropkick anyway. That sends him out, and right in position for a Porky apron dive. Inside, Panther gets a 'rana on Averno, the referee starts to count, the referee stops counting when Atlantis helps him hold down Averno, Mephisto sunset flips Atlantis, Atlantis reveres it back towards Panther, Panther and Atlantis hold onto each other for leverage, one two NO. Nice try, though. Mephisto is whipped into Averno, and Mep ends up out of the ring. Atlantis grabs Averno and calls for a clothesline, but Averno moves and Atlantis get sit, rolling out of the ring. Averno gives Panther an weird fireman's carry slam variant, but misses on a senton when Panther rolls out of the way. Panther jumps on Averno's shoulders, Averno blocks him from doing more, Panther tries a headscissors rollup, Mephisto pushes them both out, and Averno actually takes the worse of it. Atlantis comes into to take on Mep (Mascara and Porky are long forgotten right now), and Mep stalls before running into a backdrop. Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, Atlántida, Averno low blocks kicks him form behind to break it up. Averno tries to cut off the refs from raising Atlantis' arms, but there's two of them and one of him. (3:49) Nice idea, though.
Vignette: Satanico fires up the tecnicos. This is a big opportunity to represent, and show Ultimo Guerrero, the whole Guerreros Pandilla, and everyone else what they can do. Safari can not stop moving in this bit and then he yells.
Match 2: Nitro, Dr. X, Sangre Azteca, Hooligan, Koreano vs
Sagrado, Safari, Maximo, La Mascara, Misterioso II in a
ten man cibernetico
Arena Mexico, 04/08/06
Winner: La Mascara
Match Time: 11:34
Approx Rating: 86 - fine but not super.
Other Match Notes: This is billed as Satanico's guys vs the Guerreros,
with Satanico taking over Shocker's role as leader of the opposition to the
Guerrero undercarders. It doesn't really last - they're basically end up on
their own, but the idea of CMLL tecnicos versus Guerrero rudos sticks. Safari is
wearing something like a Coco Negro mask on top of his normal mask for reasons
which I'm sure make complete sense to him. With Maximo being Maximo and
Misterioso seeming extra excitable, this is quite the motley crew. Satanico
leads his group, while Ultimo leads his. All the Guerreros are wearing the
Guerrero kilts and like colors, which is one of those reason why it works.
Koreano brings the big Guerrero flag. Ultimo and Satanico have words, and
shoving breaks out before both teams before the refs can get thinks settled
down.
Koreano and Misterioso start, which isn't who I would've started out. We get the zero count standoff exchange before long. Hooligan draws Maximo, and the crowd seems to be into Maximo here. Maximo shoves Hooligan in anger, and Hooligan shoves him down. Magadan is making his way to the ring? He has a flower? This is distracting from the stuff in the ring, which is a lot armdrags and nice sells. Sagrado's facing Sangre next, but no one's paying attention, because Magadan gives Maximo a rose - there were weeks of Magadan refusing Maximo's flower leading up to this. After they have kind words, Magadan turns to the cameramen and tries to hide from their pictures. We miss almost all of Sagrado/Sangre in the process. Taking their places are Safari and Nitro, who's mocking Safari and pointing out who's got the belt. This leads to e chest slap battle, which leads to Nitro going off the ropes for a big shot and running into a wheel kick. Rolling around on the mat and punching now, before Safari headscissors takes them out for more chest slaps. Refs try to break them up, and the rest of the wrestlers are right behind them - the tease of a ten man brawl makes the crowd get very loud. The referees barely keep control. Everyone goes back to their corners, and Mascara and Dr. X pick up the action in the ring. Dr. X gets Mascara down once, lets him up, and boots him down again. Dr. X works him over with chops, but Mascara turns a whip into a spinning headscissors and lands a quick tope. Misterioso and Koreano back in, and Misterioso immediately gets a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Koreano charges him again, and Misterioso gets his Gory Special neckbreaker for three three. (4:32)
Misterioso celebrates, and gets dropkicked out by Hooligan. Maximo in to take him on, and the crowd is behind him, much to Hooligan's displeasure. Replay of the action interrupts us from following the live stuff, but we come back to see Maximo get an armdrag and celebrate. Running jumping but bump, and again. Maximo throws caution to the wind and tries a second rope version, but is caught and given an elevated back suplex by Hooligan. One two three. (5:29)
Sangre into take on Sagrado, Sagrado misses a clothesline, Sangre backdrops him, Sagrado hangs on for a sunset flip, one two NO - these eliminations are quick but not THAT quick. Sagrado tries a 'rana one two NO. Sagrado tries a bodyscissors rollup one two NO. How about a springboard plancha? Sangre has answer for that: dropkick. Sangre briefly celebrates before covering, one two NO. Dropkick to Sagrado's face, and Sangre signals to the crowd - now what? We watch Maximo wave goodbye to the crowd, and miss the move - I'm guessing Sangre tried a leg submission and Sagrado reversed it to a rollup with both shoulders down, as that's what's happening when they show the ring next. Can't get thru these without one dual elimination (double pin 6:27) though both guys are surprised.
Nitro and Misterioso next in - did Safari lose his place in line? Nitro misses a dropkick, they evade off the ropes for a bit, and Misterioso gets an armdrags. Misterioso tries a springboard dropkick, but Nitro catches his legs and powerbombs him one two three. (7:03) Now that one really was quick.
Nitro sticks in, and faces Mascara, who's really shiny today. Nitro goes over and under, and then straight thru with an open hand slap. Nitro celebrates being Nitro. Corner whip, reverses, Mascara gets backdropped to the apron, Nitro is low to the pick up and gets chest slapped own, Mascara climbs the ropes and lands a plancha. Mascara rolls thru to his feet, and hits the Casas Combo - dropkick to the knee, La Majistral, one two THREE (7:50) Close to the ropes, but Nitro couldn't get an arm free. We're down to Mascara & Safari versus Hooligan and Dr. X.
Hooligan in, Safari takes Mascara's place for the moment. They exchange chests slaps, and Hooligan wins by going to chops. Whip, hiptoss reversed, Safari's hiptoss works. Safari acknowledges the crowds chant. Off the ropes, waved by, into a Hooligan spinebuster. Hooligan unwisely puts his head between Safari's legs and picks him up by the legs, which of course leads to him being pulled into a headscissors cradle one two three. (8:26) Well that's your own fault. It's Dr. X versus the world. (At this point, I finally recall what this cibernetico was about.)
And at the moment, the world will be represented by Safari. Safari off the ropes, over, into a drop toe hold. Dr. X whiffs on the dropkick. Up, Dr. X off the ropes, and into a short powerbomb/throw. Safari sets up the legs - is he going for Safarina? Doesn't matter, Dr. X small packages him one two three. (8:58)
So, we're down to La Mascara vs Dr. X. Crowd cheers for Mascara, but he still misses a dropkick. So does Dr. X. La Mascara gets a 'rana on the next try one two NO. Dr. X and Nitro exchange chest slaps, with Dr. X getting the better of it. Whip, Mascara tries a 'rana, Dr. X blocks it, and drops him with a behind the back face first powerbomb. Dr. X holds onto the legs, turns Mascara over, and tries to pull him into the reverse Rocking Horse, but Mascara desperately boots Dr. X in the mask to get free. Both men are feeling the altitude. Ultimo and Satanico are still at ringside - Ultimo's telling the crowd to stop backing La Mascara. Dr. X up first, but booth looking staggered as they chest slap each other. Corner whip, reversed, Mascara takes the backdrop tot eh apron. He gets a punch to knock Dr. X away, and slowly climbs up the ropes. Mascara has plenty of time to stop him - hanging spinning DDT! One two Mascara grabs the bottom rope! Really weak cover by Dr. X there, basically just laying on top, and it cost him. He's angry, and taking out his anger with stomps on Mascara. Whip, La Mascara back with a bodyscissors rollup into a rocking horse! (Dr. X kinda headbutts the ref a couple times as Mascara swings him - that would be one heck of a DQ). Dr. X gives, and that's that. (11:34) The guy with the new million dollar looking outfit wins - who'd guess?
The tecnicos all return to celebrate with La Mascara. Hey, a midcard cibernetico with only one dive? Who'd guess it. Break.
We return for post-match. La Mascara, pointing at Dr. X (and Dr. X slapping his arm away) points out Dr. X is National Trios champ and a National Welterweight champ, and requests a shot at one of those belts. Ultimo gets the microphone, and says La Mascara isn't all that - the Guerreros are still the best. Still, he decides Dr. X will prove it next week, and makes the title match. We don't see Dr. X's reaction - we hear it over some replays - but he seems fired up and ready for it.
Vignette: Negro Casas XXV Anniversary: Felino and Heavy Metal talk about Negro as a little boy. We see pictures (including Felino unmasked - at six or so, I'd guess.)
Stellar Moments
Combination: double hiptoss into a faceslam on Shocker into a double
armbar.
Spectacular: Mistico with a slingshot dive into a 'rana on Rey.
Painful: Felino gives Halloween a headscissors off the apron and to the
hard floor
Rudo: Black Tiger distracts the ref while Damián clocks Heavy Metal with
the cane, and kicks him low for good measure.
Vignette: Negro Casas XXV Anniversary: Negro Casas talks about learning to wrestle. More photos. Pepe Casas is interviewed, which is sorta a surprise. The Casas family interviews are at a Casas family party, it looks like.
Match 3: Universo 2000 (c), Rey Bucanero, Ultimo Guerrero vs
Perro Aguayo Jr. (c), Canek, Canek Jr.
Arena Mexico, 04/08/06
Winner: Universo (2-1)
Match Time: 8:59
Approx Rating: Eh brawl.
Other Match Notes: Universo enters first, which is a bad idea, because
Perro and the Caneks are ALL over him and really the GdA aren't in an extreme
hurry - Rey's already set up the valet to the forearm taunt, so he's go to wait
for that.
Perro side beats down the other. Canek Jr., does the least convincing job possible of stretching Universo's arm around the post. Perro does a lot of crowd brawling. Canek Jr. gets in his first behind the ref's back low blow in Arena Mexico. Rey tries the Satanico 1-3 flurry but it doesn't last as long for him. Canek Jr. gets in a low blow kick on him as well, and the refs somehow miss that one as well. I don't know what they could've been looking at instead, but that's what they were doing. Universo in and worked over with corner stuff. Ultimo comes back in so Canek can press him onto Canek Jr.'s knee, and Perro adds the double stomp. (4:04) He's not the captain. Will they do something about it? Canek Jr. rips up his mask, with a whole bunch of photographs watching and the mask not ripping much. Perro goes a bit nutty trying to rip it more, but it's a good mask. I guess they're counting everyone else out, because they actually DO count. (4:29) Good work by the refs on that one. Canek Jr. is stilling trying to rip the masks, but Ultimo's new masks, with the mouth illustrated and new eye hooks, are really solid. Perro brings Rey over to the announce booth so he can chop him and talk trash to the announcers at the same time. Canek Jr. is beating up Ultimo more, and he's really biting off more than he should be able to chew at this point. A small child covers their eyes, and we watch that for a while. Canek's still punching Universo and going after the mask, which probably should be considered a DQ by this point. Nope. Replay of the low blows on Ultimo and Rey. Break.
Universo's team is still getting beat up, though it's mostly his partners who are taking the visible beating. They're still working over Ultimo's mask - Universo comes in and puts a stop to that by being beat instead. Ultimo worked over more, but he sidesteps a Canek Jr. charge to start the comeback. Clothesline for Canek (who doesn't go down) and one for Perro (who goes down after a few shots. Ultimo wastes NO TIME going ripping Canek's mask up, and doing a better job of it. Rey throws Perro around on the ramp, as Perro beat him there between falls. Universo works Canek, which works with past stuff but not with what this match is about, I thought. Perro takes a bump halfway over the guardrail and on top of fans, and the fans push him thru the guardrail to keep him from falling, but it doesn't really work as much as hurt Perro when he's squished. They sort it out and get him out, and he's thrown in the ring to be thrown around by his hair quite a bit. Ultimo lifts him up for a Universo dropkick, followed by the set up for the Bucanero Castigo. One two three. (3:06) Rey goes after the Canek's a bit more, especially when Canek is stupid enough to try and make a move on him. Canek Jr.'s really getting on my bad list. Rey, permanent member of my good list, does the rudo huddle dance with fans, and then borrows their noisemaker to break over Canek Jr. Meanwhile, Universo almost strips Canek Jr. of his mask, but just not quite. Replays of the Castigo.
Guerreros set up and execute the GdI sit on the ramp on Canek Jr. as the third fall starts. Perro's worked over and set up for the same, and Rey revs up the crowd before trying it - but Blue Demon Jr. is out and clotheslining him in the back! That's unexpected. He ducks a Ultimo clothesline (and then sadly stumbles, but shoves Ultimo down) and attacks Universo. That would seem to be a DQ, but it would also seem to be 4 on 3 and the 3 doesn't win. Referees try to sort this out, and failing that, try to extract someone to raise their arm. They get Ultimo free, and that's the match. (1:27) Doesn't stop the stomping, oh no. This is a mudhole job on all three. Demon grabs Universo and pulls him up for a piledriver, but has little control of him and drops him on the ropes than drop him on his head and kill him. Well, I'd prefer he didn't die, even if that looked not so good. Universo still sells it like he was hurt a lot.
When we* last saw Blue Demon, Universo gave him the Black Hammer to 'prove' it wasn't an illegal piledriver. The refs agreed with him, but Demon did not then - he had to be helped out - and apparently doesn't agree now, as he's back for revenge.
That's the back story. The future story is Perro announces here that he's forming Perros del Mal. The fighting still goes on while he talks, but we don't see much more of it.
* - taking "we" literally, since he was in La Copa Junior and this didn't come up.
Match 4: Damian 666 (c), Halloween, Pierroth vs Dr. Wagner Jr. (c), Mistico, Negro Casas
Arena Mexico, 04/08/06
Winner: Rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 14:50
Approx Rating: Storyline and one bad finish. Mistico wasn't great here
either.
Other Match Notes: Tecnicos entrances are clipped out. NGX belts? Check.
Though Halloween might want to hold it right side up. Mistico and Pierroth of
all people have words before the match. Halloween's got to introduce his boys
before we can get started. Why would Damian be captain? Rudos attack when we're
looking the other way - that's a true rudo trick!
Highlight of the beatdown is Mistico taking a giant swing into the ringpost, which looks quite unfun. Pierroth uses his belt a bunch. Mistico gets brought into take the belt some, and another giant swing, with the more usual dropkick to the head form Halloween. That's it for him. (3:30) Negro comes in, and gets kicked as he enters. They set up for the triple faceslam, and by the time I'm thinking "this is a bad idea", it gets blown - the timing's off, they've got a hitch in the middle, they may have lost their grip, Negro's got his hands up to block it and never really impacts the ground. (3:55) Wagner comes in, which is bad idea and it doesn't go well for him. I guess he figured they needed something to avoid dwelling on that last spot. Pierroth gives him a suplex! Break. Kinda surprised they didn't replay the botched spot.
Oh, now we get the replays. YES THEY DO SHOW IT. Gosh. Didn't look any better from another angle.
Rudos still on the beatdown. Pierroth brings Wagner in to work him over as Halloween gives Mistico the F5 on the floor. FdT must love Mistico, because he'll take anything. While Wagner gets a triple boot, we flash back to - Halloween and Damian in the crowd of a Galavision talk show? Huh. They were in full makeup. Negro got beat up while we weren't paying attention. Damián starts to bring in Wagner, but Pierroth's rolled in Mistico. Oh well. Double suplex in for Wagner, and Mistico is quickly booted out. La Nazi gets on the apron to help, which is always a bad move. Oh, she's holding Wagner for them to use the belt on. They switch the side of the ring they're doing the move on and spend plenty of time setting it up, but they just down open hand slaps and it goes okay. Of course, when Pierroth uses the belt, Wagner moves and La Nazi takes it. Superkick count, UNO. Damian takes an armdrags off the apron tot the floor, which can not be fun. Speaking of, Wagner's getting Pierroth with the belt. Pierroth's wearing a shirt this week, but that can't be good. Halloween gets a monkey flip from Mistico on the floor and falls on his partner. Wagner uses the belt on Pierroth, while Negro really doesn't do much. Not that he has to. We flash back the finish from last week, where Damián used the cane on Heavy Metal. Live, the match is Wagner in the ring versus both FdT, but he avoids the Whisper in the Wind and lands a hangman Diamond cutter on Damian. Grounded octopus on Damian for the submission (4:10), Negro lands a silla on Halloween, and Mistico gets Pierroth for a 'rana for good measure. (4:18) I guess you could say Damian didn't give up. (He did.) Replays, break.
Back just as the third fall is starting. Halloween takes off his shirt as he and Mistico exchange chops. Mistico looks anorexic next to Halloween. There's a moment of less than goodness, as Mistico gets forearmed by Damian as he comes off the ropes but doesn't sell it, and Halloween superkicks him (DOS!) but it doesn't come close to hitting because Mistico moves too soon. Standard Mistico 1 on 2 stuff, onto a two men 619 and a really ugly looking springboard double dropkick to their back. Pierroth comes in to take over, but he's too big for Mistico to knock down. His tecnico partners encourage him out, though Wagner does it by chopping him and yelling at him. It doesn't work, and Mistico still gets clothesline - but Wagner clotheslines Pierroth from behind. Mistico waits for Pierroth to turn around and get up - and brags about landing the clothesline himself. Pierroth charges in to get a hold of him, and the chase is on. Pierroth makes the mistake of crawling in, and all the tecnicos stomp him. Lots of crowd shots - a clip right here? FdT tease walking out, check. Onto Negro having a hardest chop/slap possible contest with FdT. Negro wins, until they get him with a double headbutt. Whip, double clothesline missed, Negro gets a double dropkick to the knees. Pierroth in, Mistico in for his side. Crowd roots for Mistico, but his dropkicks don't work on Pierroth. Wagner hits a dropkick of his own, to knock him out, and Mistico topes - La Nazi? Huh. Pierroth comes in, side steps a Wagner splash, and slaps him in the back. Whip head down too soon, and Wagner slaps him in the back. Snap mare, kick to the back. Pierroth sure takes a lot to his back. Wagner adds the drop kick to the head, Pierroth rolls out, and Wagner gets him with the apron top con giro. Negro in versus Damian, and Negro eventually gets him with a clothesline. Crowd shot, and we come back to see Halloween spearing Negro. Halloween sets up for another one, and we miss most of Negro moving out of the way and drop toe holding him into the ropes. Negro gets in his Square dropkick to Halloween's face, Halloween rolls out, Negro goes to the apron, and Damian swats him in the shins with the cane as he goes for the dive. Refs missed it? Guess so. Halloween and Damian bring Negro in for another shot, but Negro moves and Halloween takes it. Negro gets the case himself, but the ref turns to see Halloween down and Negro with the cane and makes some assumptions. Bad ones. (6:37) Negro hit Damian with the cane at the same time, so I guess it doesn't really matter, though I don't think that's the way Negro's going to see it. Pierroth's left standing to celebrate the win, and that's good enough for him. Negro's still limping from the shot he took. Replays.
We come back to see the fight stopped - no, FdT are beating down Negro again. He gets crotched on the post. Mistico or Wagner could've helped, I guess, but they didn't seem like they wanted to get involved. Pierroth and Wagner exchange works, and Pierroth punches him. Now Mistico's just watching. Best we stop watching this now. Oh, they're beating up Mistico now. This is kinda going nowhere. Let's end the show already. There we go.
That's it.