AAA Mini Line - 12/27/08 (#866)
Recapped: 12/27/08

Recap: Konnan 'took over' a trashed office. Scenes of Zorro counting money are great. Vampiro annoyed Konnan greatly. Latin was fired, not fired, danced. AAA beat Legion.

In Ring Promo: Konnan's already there, and Zorro's entering.

Remember, last week (or twenty five minutes ago if you're me), Konnan said Mesias wouldn't get a shot the Mega title without joining the Legion. Konnan makes the vacant titles match between Zorro and Mesias. Oops. Well, Konnan also makes it so Mesias has to join the Legion if he loses, which doesn't seem to make it any better for Konnan, but whatever. Zorro again demands no interference. Mesias joins the others in the ring. Mesias says he's not joining the Legion, because he's going to win. Zorro makes fun of him, Mesias beats him down, Mesias goes after Konnan, but Zorro stops him with cane shots. Prez. Roldan makes the save. No, really, walking to the ring, talking, and shoving Zorro off Mesias. Zorro is amused. Legion is amused, and Roldan promises the full support of AAA to Mesias. 

Vignette: Konnan and others are still going thru the offices. These must be AAA's legit old offices, and they've only left the bad equipment behind. Konnan throws an old monitor thru a window in his Office Space moment.

Vignette: La Secta try to figure out who's side they should be on now. Ozz makes the case that Konnan is very smart.  

Match 1: Ozz, Cuervo, Scoria vs Laredo Kid, Super Fly, Angel
Plaza de Toros Villahermosa, Tabasco, 11/30/08

Winner: Sect
Match Time: 7:24
Notes: May have been JIP. No entrances. Tirantes Sr. is your ref. First match is 17 minutes into the show, FWIW.  

Ozz and Angel wrestle for about 20 seconds before the beatdown starts. Something done to Angel gets clipped noticeably. A boosted silla is turned into a boosted double stomp on Laredo. Aerostar is slingshot up to Ozz's shoulders, but they lose a bit of momentum waiting for Ozz to swing Aerostar all the way round for a side backbreaker. Escoria adding a stomp is nice. Aero reveres a whip to cause Ozz to kick Cuervo, and the comeback is on. Lots of kicks and smashes into corners, no hot moves. Clip. Laredo gets Scoria with a flying armdrag, a spinning DDT and a Northern Lights Suplex. He looks fine. Ozz break it up the bridge with a kick to the back.  He's very into doing the shoulder shake today. Edit to mid Angle/Ozz sequence. Ozz scissors Angel to the ropes, then gets him with a 'ran on the next pass. Angel off the ropes again, little air on the quebrada but it's enough to knock the big man down. Cuervo make the save this time. Aero leads in knock him down with a springboard plancha. Flipping armdrags, springboard headscissors. Crowd's not reacting unless the wresters pose. Drop toe hold, Casita way into the ropes, but Scoria breaks it up anyway. Laredo misses a dropkick On Scoria, and Scoria chest slaps him into the corner. Corner whip, reversed, Laredo charges, then stops as he spots Scoria trying an escape moonsault. Scoria lands in front of Laredo, who shoves him into the corner while slipping. Laredo regains his balance and charges, but comes up empty. Scoria gets and thru the ropes clothesline, and back in with an outside ropes moonsault tornillo. Angel slides in to break that up. Ozz in, with a chair, but Angel kicks him in the leg to get him to drop it. Whip, reversed, and Angle is slide face first into the chair. That didn't work out or Angel. Ozz takes him outside and plants him in the chair before going back in. Tornillo time? Yep, and it connects (though Angel has to stand up to catch him anyway.) Aero looks to dive, but gets flipped onto the back of his neck form a Cuervo clothesline. Whip, Cuervo misses a clothesline, misses a back elbow, and Aero doesn't miss on his dropkick. Aero charges again, boosted to the apron, Cuervo's shot is blocked, Aero's not, and Aero back in with a springboard oooooooooooh (botched) 'rana. We were going so well too! Cuervo slipped and they fell to the mat, but Aero keeps his headscissors on. Cuervo reverses it on the mat, one, Aero re-reverses it, Tirantes hits Aerostar in the back, Cuervo reverses the sunset flip again, one two three. 

I don't want to oversell it, because it wasn't a MOTY and you just read what the finish was, but that was much better than what we've been getting lately. Maybe Angel or Laredo should do the finish, because Aero is just bad luck lately. Or maybe the ring needs not be so slippery.

Vignette: Director of Press Electroshock is trying to conduct important phone business, but Jesus Z is bugging him by looking thru his papers. Electro's got more important things to do, like pitch cover stories on the Legion to magazine writers. This goes not well. The telenovela people want Parka or Elegido or the Stones or Latin, not so much "mucho guapo Electroshock".

Back in the ring, The Sect is still just celebrating that win. Replays. And that's it for this segment.

Vignette: Kenzo is hard at work. Or reading a book. Awesome jacket. People want Octagon and Parka for their shows, but Kenzo says no. "Mascara Divina? No!" This is a prank, no one's called for Mascara Divina ever. Just like Electro, Kenzo tries to sell the guy on the Legion guys, but no go. Kenzo's bugged, but not so bugged he can't go back to reading his book.

Vignette: Now we're backstage, where Konnan is just trying to listen to his iPod when Pirata Morgan walks up to him, calling him Carlos. That's probably not the way to go, as El Brazo points out, telling Pirata to show more respect. Pirata points out how he wants the same thing, the end to the dancers. Konnan talks about the great matches between wrestlers in the past, like the Brazos vs the Villanos and the Infernales. Konnan will give them matches with their rivals tonight, and they'll go from there. 

Match 2: Pirata Morgan vs El Elegido in a bull terrier match 
Plaza de Toros Villahermosa, Tabasco, 11/30/08

Winner: Elegido
Match Time: 7:40
Notes: Elegido enters first, so he gets to do his entrance and attack Pirata Morgan, though only Elegido has the collar on. This allows Tirantes Sr. to yank Elegido's chain and give Pirata Morgan an advantage.  

Crowd brawling in a bull terrier match. Pirata beats Elegido for an extended just over the barricade, then pulls him back over the barricade by his chain. Back in the ring, where Pirata continues assaulting Elegido with a chair, including Nicho's favorite "chair into a chair into a groin" bit. Pirata declines to put on his collar. Slow paced brawl beatdown, Pirata doing little but stomping, using the chain, and using a chair. And as soon as I get done typing that, Pirata slams him. Pirata finally allows the chain to be put on at about 5:00. I'm surprising that Pirata doesn't just go for the corner, but he stops to stomp Elegido, and Elegido grabs hold by the ankle. Tirantes Sr. kicks Elegido off Pirata's ankle and yells at him. One corner. Two corners. Three corners. Four corners. Five. Corners, and Elegido meets Pirata there to take him down. Back mounted punches, mostly because Pirata's totally covered up and Elegido can't hit him. CLIP. Low blow headbutt sure looks like a foul to me and Arturo Rivera, but Tirantes just checks on his man. Tirantes also seems to miss Elegido touching the corners. One. Two. Three. Four. Crowd counting along here, and getting upset when Tirantes trips up Elegido going for five. Elegido grabs Tirantes and goes to hit him but Pirata hits him with a chair and knocks him out of the ring. Replay of the low bow. Elegido back in and getting stomped by Tirantes. Crowd pops when Elegido finally is able to knock down tires. Pirata grabs Elegido and Tirantes tries for a chain punch, but gets his partner in crime. One two three. Four. Five, Tirantes misses a clothesline, Elegido kicks him low and hits number Six. Crowd pops big for the finish. 

Noti AAA
- the AAA website is already going to be redone?
- recap of the Konnan office vignettes. I think we were shorted out of Zorro counting money like a crazy person and Jack & Teddy trying to book AAA vignettes, which is just horrible.
- Guerra de Titanes will have a cage match
- Fuerza Aerea is back together, as long as they can stay healthy

Promo: Brazo, re: Porky

Promo: Porky, re: Brazo. This is going to be bad, isn't it? The match, the promos seemed good. 

Match 3: El Brazo vs Super Porky
Plaza de Toros Villahermosa, Tabasco, 11/30/08

Winner: No Contest
Match Time: 4:54
Other Match Notes: Entrances. Porky is back to his previous music and wearing his old mask (and some new gear) to the ring. Brazo gives his mask to Marcela Pena. Brazo has new music. Just like the last match, the tecnico rushes the rudo and gets beat for it. Piero is your ref. I think I'm supposed to note that the video screen always has a Legion Extrejena logo on it instead of an AAA one, so there you go. No opening whistle? 

Oh, they finally get around to it when they get to the ring, about a minute after the fight started. Brazo headbutting Porky's stomach is the dumbest idea on this show, and that's staying something. Brazo doesn't waste time going after Porky's forehead for some blood, thought he face bite doesn't work at first. Lots of slow brawling. Brazo is actual able to sit Porky on the middle rope and stretch his legs into the ropes, which is more impressive than the foul kick that follows. Not a DQ, for whatever reason. Brazo slaps Porky into crying and then goes outside to argue with someone. Porky is able to get a side belly to belly suplex to start his comeback. Kick to the back. Porky looks to the crowd to see a reaction, and what we see instead is a clip to Brazo back in control. Brazo biting Porky on the lip is disturbing on many levels. Brazo runs into a Porky backdrop and lets himself up for a Porky splash. Porky doesn't stand on top, looking around instead. 

Switch to a shot of Pirata Morgan wandering around backstage. He walks into a room and attacks - I guess Elegido, though it's tough to tell at first. Look, Passion Kristal. Also, people from the opening match who I don't recognize. Pirata goes after Elegido's mask, and uses Elegido's head to break crumbling tiles off the walls. AAA lockerrooms are not the most high end places. 

Back in the ring, Brazo and Piero are discussing something, like how long it'll take for Pirata and Elegido to go get here. Pirata and Elegido make it to the stage, and Brazo helps run Elegido into the post. Porky just watches this from the ring for a bit, but eventually comes out to get beat. Head into the announce desk. Piero is waving off the match at this point, so that's that. Rudos bring their rivals back into the ring to lightly beat.

Electroshock and Konnan are out to help stomp the tecnicos, seemingly more excited than the guys who actually feuding with them. Konnan, modeling the new Legion Extreme shirt, quickly announces the six man cage match for Guerra de Titanes - Super Fly ins in, even though doesn't appear to be in this segment. Electroshock sure likes beating Super Porky out. Pirata gets to rant about Elegido. Electroshock spits over the camera while promising to end Super Fly. Brazo vows to do it for his new godfather, Konnan.   

Recap: Legion and Mesias. I understand what Zorro has to do with this, but the random Chessman's interviews don't seem to figure into this, putting aside the feud with Mesias (which they seem to have the moment.) You'd get the idea the title match is supposed to be Zorro vs Mesias vs Chessman from this bit

Match 4: Kenzo Suzuki, Zorro vs Mesias, Chessman
Plaza de Toros Villahermosa, Tabasco, 11/30/08

Winner: Mesias (and Chessman)
Match Time: 6:50
Other Match Notes: Entrances. Arturo relocated Zorro to "San Antonio, Texas". Is that in Spain now? Again, JIP but they pretend it's not. Hijo de Tirantes is ref. Oh, so this is why the Chessman stuff. 

Legion jumps the team that is sure to fail. Mesias gets run head first into a chair. Mesias makes his headscissors-rific comeback at about 1:30, though Chessman and Mesias immediately start fighting and Zorro knocks them both down. I guess it's too bad for Zorro it's not a three way, he could just wait for those two to destroy each other and pick up the scraps. Chessman makes his own comeback on Kenzo while Zorro hangs out and holds Mesias at bay, but then quickly gets distracted by Mesias again. Legion in no hurry to do anything but beat the tecnicos slowly and then get surprised. Boring-er than usual. Another comeback by Mesias. This time, Chessman truly accidentally superkicks him, but Mesias has had enough of it and wallops Chessman with a chair shot on purpose. Chair thrown at Zorro, and Mesias alone can take care of Kenzo. Kenzo moves out of the way of the spear and Zorro gets it, then Mesias gets Kenzo with the facebreaker. Hijo de Tirantes gets down to count, thinks about it, then counts one two three. Mesias beat Zorro and Kenzo by himself, the title match should be no problem.  

After the match and a break, Roldan again shows up to ask Mesias to win it for AAA. Roldan says there's only one person they can trust to referee the match, and it's not Hijo de Tirantes (who is all offended.) As Roldan is announcing Charly Manson, Konnan shows up and tells security to kick out Roldan. Who's the big security guy? Roldan is forced out. 

Vignette: Parka and Super Fly make fun of Konan's promos. 

Recap: Konnan vs Latin Lover

Match 5: Konnan, Rellik, Electroshok (c) vs Latin Lover, Super Fly (c), La Parka Jr.
Plaza de Toros Villahermosa, Tabasco, 11/30/08

Winner: Rudos
Match Time: 4:11
Other Match Notes: Staggered entrances. Electro and Super Fly are the first two out, and Electro amazingly does not kill Super Fly on sight. 

Break.

Rudos jump the tecnicos. After a clip, Latin makes the comeback, including Konnan accidentally giving Rellik a chair shot and Latin gives one to Konnan. Hijo de Tirantes sets a DQ but gets shoved away. Parka evades some corner charges to get offense on all the rudos. Parka teases hitting Hijo de Tirantes, who everyone hates for some reason. Electro takes down Parka and Super Fly actually jumps on Electro's back and gets him down. Stomps! Electro sells for Super Fly! And then he no sells it all and knocks down Super Fly with one punch. We had a little hop there for 10 seconds, good thing they snuffed it out. Rellik works over Parka, Electro whips Super Fly. Super Fly goes under, front flips over a monkey flip, and goes for an armdrag - only Electro doesn't go for him. Electro presses Super Fly up, and drops him into a kick. That's more like it. Rellik suplexes Parka. Electro gives Super Fly a chair shot to the head on the floor. Rellik press slam powerslam for Parka, almost losing him on the press slam part. Latin stands on the corner waiting go for a tag, and they get around to hitting him. Parka makes another comeback, getting Electro and Rellik as Konnan stands around. Bad walking tope on Rellik, though that's somewhat because Parka wasn't sure when Rellik was getting up, or if he was. Latin in and dancing against Electro. Electro gets him down with one punch, but Latin surprises him with a superkick. Konnan and Latin clothesline each other, and Super Fly gets Konnan with a missile dropkick. That's like actual offense. Latin and Konnan rolls out, leaving Electro with Super Fly. Standoff. Electro's chest slap knocks Super Fly down. Super Chest slap, and Electro actually sells it, kinda. Slap to the face, and down goes Super Fly. Whip, Super flip off the ropes, shoves back in the ropes, jumps onto Electro shoulders, tries to position himself on Electro's shoulders, and gets dropped onto his back. I have no idea what that was suppose to be. Electro into the corner, Super Fly charges him and gets on his shoulders, and Electro drops him face first on the floor. Tapatia! Rolling tapatia! Lady Apache taught him that. Super Fly gives up, of course.    

La Secta show up in the ring with Yo Soy AAA shirts. As Latin is bragging about that to the rudos, Secta rip off their shits to show of Legion ones, and the 6 work over the 3. Cuervo brings in a table and Scoria helps him set it up. Super Fly loaded up to Electroshock on the middle rope, and Electro gives him a martinete off the middle rope thru the table. I guess Super Fly is dead forever and over. (Or he'll be magically fine next week.) Rudos stomp down the tecnicos some more, and no one makes the save.

Music video and they're done.