AAA Mini Line - 02/17/07
Recapped: 02/24-26/07

This is billed as Octagon's 25th Anniversary Show, so we get a computer generated 3D Octagon model head/shoulders taking us to break. The head moves back and forth in a robotic and creepy way, I think.

Vignette: Tiffany, Rossy and Janeth are evil witches calling on the powers of black magic to defeat all the other women in AAA. Well, of course. They're not particular picky about destroying rudas or tecnicas, they just want them all cursed.

Match 1: Miss Janeth, Rossy Moreno (c), Tiffany vs Cinthia Moreno, Estrellita, Fabi Apache (c)
Parque de Beisbol, Guan, 01/20/07

Winner: Brujas.
Match Time: 12:44
Notes: The upside of becoming an evil witch for Miss Janeth is getting a hair style not out of a hair metal music video. She looks at least 34% better. The evil witches get no entrance, but do get new matching black outfits, in the style of their usual ones. I keep saying "evil witch" as to not offend the good witches out there. Copetes is the only ref.

The new (or returned) group goes so well, they're accidentally slapping on each and threatening to break 3:30 in. And then they immediately go on the beatdown, so never mind. Doesn't last long. They're all about the big moves for whatever reason - double superplex, crucifix powerbomb, German suplex, tiger suplex (Esterllita on Tiffany, and barely plausible.) Better than any AAA women's match I saw in 2006, but that's a very low bar. Because they did the beatdown and comeback so early, there was a long stretch in the middle of the match of people doing those big moves, someone else breaking the pin, and then someone else getting their turn to do big moves. It lacked drama. Estrellita and Cinthia avoided charges by Rossy and Janeth, which sent them out, and the tecnicas followed with sillas. This left the captains in. Tiffany got an Atlántida while we were watching replays, but Fabi held out, slipped out, got an inside cradle, and Copetes slow counted her. Tiffany never actually kicked out, Fabi just let go when the count seemed to be taking forever, and would've got three if she had just held on. Tiffany might have been trying to kick out. Tiffany hair-butted Fabi and powerbombed her for a fast count three. This is AAA, where rudas and rudos can't ever win clean and at least the new group won, but they could've done it a little more definite. They couldn't get the heat of a clean win, but they could manage to beat down the tecnicas post match, including Tiffany going after Estrellita to continue their feud that never goes anywhere and Rossy taunted Fabi about her son. 

Vignette: Gran Apache shops at the market. If you've ever wanted to see Apache haggling over vegetables - oh wait, everyone starts throwing food at him for stealing Marvin! Vigilante justice in the form of a food fight! Apache runs away scared/cracking up. It's tough to be an evil grand dad.

Match 2: Chris Stone, Hator vs Alliens, Gran Apache in an AAA Tag Team Tournament match
Parque de Beisbol, Guan, 01/20/07

Winner: Guapos (Hator pin Apache)
Match Time: 10:41
Notes: What a build to this match! They break in between Apache and Alliens introduction. That was odd. Guapos have decided to get people to chant at Gran Apache, so this may have a point.

I didn't really closely follow this match - as soon as I saw Piero (with a wacky black splotch in his died blond hair) as the ref, I figured this was going to be him ruling for his boys and didn't see the need to know much more. Chris Stone took out Alliens with a tope con giro, and Piero appeared to count them out despite the fact the other two were still wrestling. Apache got a bodyscissors roll up, Hator tried to reverse, lost the hold of the legs, got it, and Piero fast counted. 

Promo: Scoria and Espiritu aren't worried about the constant threats of death from Cibernetico, or their current lack of a leader. Cibernetico's all talk, they think. This will end badly.

Match 3: Scoria, Espiritu vs Pegasso, Super Fly in an AAA Tag Team Tournament match
Parque de Beisbol, Guan, 01/20/07

Winner: Scoria & Espiritu
Match Time: 7:47 
Other Match Notes: No entrances. Ref is Tirantes. Not as spectacular as other Air Force matches. Notable, Super FLy slips on the middle rope while attempting a Asai tornillo - he does a bottom rope version instead, which is fine comedy. Tirantes is evil and cheating, naturally, but really doesn't need to - Super Fly is pinned cleaned when he jumps into a powerbomb and Scoria adds a Durango Jam. Pegasso is no problem two on one, and gets finished by a quebrada/running legdrop combo (nearly at the same time.)

Dark Family get about ten seconds of celebration before Cibernetico and Charly Manson (w/Hell Brothers painted wood paneling) walk to the ring. Escoria runs thru the crowd - is Espiritu supposed to not have heard the music and been looking at the crowd blankly for 15 seconds? Apparently. Cibernetico's wearing his mask for this. Espiritu is frozen in fear, and then frozen in a choke hold, as Cibernetico rants at him. More importantly, Charly and Chessman have propped the Hell Brothers table top on some chairs, and it appears Chessman is dousing it with lighter fluid because I can't think of what else that liquid would be. Cibernetico vows to take out his enemies one at a time - well, good thing Scoria ran! Cibernetico keeps ranting though it seems like they're ready. Now I get it; I had to watch this again, but Chessman tried to use a pocket lighter on the wood, and it just won't start flaming. So Cibernetico rips off his mask and does the chokeslam anyway, and does it really make any difference there wasn't any fire? He's going to be back in a week or two regardless. It made a loud crashing noise too. Espiritu does the old school convulsions to sell the chokeslam (and invisible fire!) Hell Brothers decide to stack everything on top of Espiritu and hit the stack with chairs to make it better, but the one good move was all they needed. 

Noti AAA
- La Parka Jr. and Cibernetico are both eligible for the Televisa Deportes Luchador of the Year award. Is there anyone else? No, Jesus assures us.
- Abismo Negro sure likes beating up Hijo de Tirantes. We get a clip of Hijo de Tirantes in a neck brace, outside a doctor's office (I guess), laughing heartily about some letter he's received. I think it's a "you're not medically cleared", but the great part is Tirantes bending his head backwards while laughing and shaking his head no. That neck brace is doing a lot. 
- We recap La Parka's angry promo form last week, and Roldan - I'm going to start spelling it right, I swear - explains why he suspended Parka. It was the push, not the low blow. He's no Pena
- Cibernetico agrees with the idea of suspended people for attacking authority figures. That sort of thing is just wrong!

Promo: Pirata Morgan hates the Mexican Powers! He's a smart man. They're only Atomicos champions as long as Pirata allows, and also Juvi's a girl. He has similar words for the rest, when he can remember their names.

Match 4: Barba Roja, Drake Morgan, Pirata Morgan Jr., Pirata Morgan (c)  vs Crazy Boy, Joe Lider, Juventud Guerrera (c), Psicosis II
Parque de Beisbol, Guan, 01/20/07

Winner: Mexican Powers (Juvi pin Pirata)
Match Time: 10:17
Other Match Notes: Why did Drake need a last name? I guess it couldn't hurt. Copetes is the ref. The really are now tecnico refs when Hijo de Tirantes isn't around. Mexican Powers have their atomicos belts, and the Piratas attack them in the aisle. Anyone going to blow the whistle? Ah, there we go. Copetes is ref.

Pirates - or at least Pirata - bring a chair in and do a lot of 4 on one beating. I like how Crazy Boy rallies the crowd rather than go in the ring to help his man. Is Joe Lider bleeding? Yea, probably. His partners rush into help, but they're all taken care of. Jr. holds Juvi for a Sr. chair shot to to the head - the chair unfolds on impact, which is odd. Juvi plays dead, not even getting out of the ring and out of the way. Pirates don't have much to show at first, though the quad boot is amusing. Juvi recovers form nothing and brawls with all three kids before he's held down and stomped. Psicosis teases punching Copetes, but of course no. Whoa, Juvi's bleeding pretty bad from the side of the head. That must've been from the chair shot. He takes a Pirata Jr. legdrop before being sent out. Boosted sit for Crazy Boy. Lider gets corner charges. One fall matches which start with a sneak attack really drag, I'm starting to think, because the rudos just have to do moves without even trying for a pin, and no one feels in danger because you know the rules of the match require a comeback. They rarely set up some deeper storyline for the match, so it doesn't feel like anything is being accomplished. Pirates start to do tag moves, though they seem to cut away during one stretch. Juvi back in, bleed and stomped down. Big powerbomb by Junior on Juvi. The other Mexican Powers are just standing outside and watching while Juvi gets destroyed - they really shouldn't keep showing us that. Pirates do a post where everyone gives Juvi a thumbs down, but we come in late on it so who knows what was going on. While the kids all decide to pose for no reason, Pirata attempts to powerbomb Juvi. Juvi's supposed to hit him with a chair - Juvi throws the chair at him, and Pirata kinda powerbombs him anyway. Still, the other Mexican Powers rush the ring and the crowd is happy to finally see them get revenge - it's been 7 straight minutes of beatdown. All the kids are plucked of the ropes for powerbombs. Juvi is back to 100% fine. Time for the Mexican Powers to get in all their teamwork moves, though suspiciously Juvi's not anywhere to be found. The kids end up pulling out those three when they teases dives, and Juvi and Pirata are left in. Pirata teases a dive, but Juvi cuts him off with at op rope headscissors. Juvi's got quite the bloody face. Punch battle, which Juvi wins by doing a jumping heel kick. Juvi falls backwards over Pirata in exhaustion - that sure comes and goes - for two. We miss some while watching highlights, but it doesn't matter much, because Pirata gets in a low blow kick. Copetes saw that, Pirata tries to keep him away from Juvi, Copetes turns to the crowd, Juvi sneaks up behind Pirata and grabs him in an inside cradle, Copetes turns around and counts, one two three. Crowd is thrilled. Fight breaks out again on the outside, so I guess Nothing Is Settled Here. Pirates end up laying out Mexican Powers.

Promo: Elegido explains he and Abismo do not like each other.  

Match 5: Alberije, Angel, Elegido, Laredo Kid vs Abismo Negro, Antifaz, Histeria, Mr. Niebla
Parque de Beisbol, Guan, 01/20/07

Winner: Tecnicos (Laredo Kid pin Abismo Negro)
Match Time: 10:48
Other Match Notes: Antifaz using Snoop Dogg will never not be funny. He's got a bat with him because he's hard. Oh, all the Vipers do. Abismo gets the microphone to introduce the new member. Hey, Mr. Niebla in his space suit. Niebla wears the space helmet all the way to the ring, so I wonder if people think it might be a fake? There's not a big reaction for his debut (nor should their be, but who knows.) Alebrije and Cuije are wearing the Mascot Tag belts. The introductions spanned over three breaks - it was over nearly a half hour between matches.

Mr. Niebla and Alebrije start. Mr. Niebla goes for his handspring elbow immediately. Mr. Niebla fails, hitting the ropes too high and falling on his head. AAA, everyone! I can't stop laughing! A classic moment. They couldn't have clipped that out and not buried the new guy five seconds in? Niebla also gets outsmarted by Cuije and Alberije, and then bumped around by Angel - they seriously could not have had Histeria do this? I don't even like Mr. Niebla, but they're very obviously clipping around here - we get a crowd shot in between these sequences, and then a jump to the beatdown - so why have Niebla look bad off the bat? Trying to prove a point? Abismo Negro uses ALL THREE BATS AT ONCE to hit people. That is also the story of the AAA. I ca no longer pay attention to this match. Niebla does pull out a moonsault and doesn't spend the whole match looking like a complete dork, so good for him. Vipers fooling around with Cuije (including Antifaz seemingly trying to breast feed him - no, really) leads to the tecnicos comeback. 

Anyway, Laredo Kid got a visual pin on Abismo with Copetes looking outside, and they did more spots as Hijo de Tirantes (w/neckbrace) walked to the ring, confronted Abismo, and fouled him. Laredo cradled Abismo, and Copetes finally turned around to count it. Vipers teased beating up Hijo de Tirantes, but did not.

In Ring Talking Bit: This is the Octagon show, so it's about time he come to the ring to get a plaque. They clip to Octagon and Roldan in the ring, and Roldan talking up Octagon. Intocable quickly appears in the ring to give Octagon the plaque. Tirantes says he's got one more person who wants to honor Octagon for his 25 years - Fuerza Guerrera is here, and he has a chair. Octagon probably could've come up with a better plan than standing there, but he does handle Fuerza pretty easily when comes in. His mistake is letting himself be distracted by Tirantes, because that allows Fuerza to rally, and lightly tap Octagon on the head with a chair. Fuerza also light smashes a chair into a chair into Octagon's knee, so Octagon is dying in pain. Fuerza can't let this go without trying Octagon into the ropes and trying to beat him, but security and Roldan get involved before much can happen.

Octagon gets taken to the hospital? That's so sad.

Match 6: Alan Stone, Scorpio Jr. (c), Zumbido vs Gronda II, Intocable (c), Super Porky
Parque de Beisbol, Guan, 01/20/07

Winner: Tecnicos (DQ)
Match Time: 7:21
Other Match Notes: Intocable takes Octagon's place in the main event, which is awful convenient since there wouldn't be a feud or point to this one without him being here against Alan. Intocable has female backup dancers this time. Rudos jump the tecnicos. We got about 15 seconds before the beatdown last match, and nothing before the beatdown the match before. Could've used something else. Piero's your ref, of course. 

Gronda's body paint comes off on everyone. Scorpio looks like he's bleeding from the head, but that's just because his head rubbed against Gronda when holding him up for a Alan Stone springboard dropkick. Comeback at 3:00 when Intocable side steps a corner charge.  All the usual wacky tecnicos spots, leading to Gronda slamming everyone a few times, Intocable splashing them all and Porky splashing them all. Everyone covered, but Piero stopped at two and Chris Stone and Hator ran in. Is this match still going? Piero appears to want to let it go. Yep, it's still going, with the ring ending up cleaned except for Intocable, Alan, and Piero, and Intocable using Piero to low blow Alan. Intocable covers for twenty, but there's no ref. Intocable counts himself - that probably won't work. He gets stomped down. Are we getting a finish here? It's fun to see Gronda sell for Zumbido, I'll say that. Here's Hijo de Tirantes, not cleared and not in a ref shirt, to raise Intocable's arm, and apparently that's good enough. He messed with as many matches as do the rudo refs. Of course, he gets beaten up for that, but the tecnicos flee the ring. The Guapos, pose, and then beat them outside. And on and on it goes.