AAA Mini Line - 04/25/09 (#883)
Recap: 05/03/09

Last week: a hair match. Electroshock won Rey de Reyes. Mesias kept the title, and faced off with Wagner. Where did Chessman go after that match? Also, Marco debuted.

Tonight: a cage full of moves. They run thru the list of competitors, with Nicho and Juvi skipped.

Arturo Rivera comes out with a towel covering his head, to introduce Konnan. Silver King is with him. This seems clipped up, which is fine. Konnan gets Arturo to take his towel off, and Arturo's hair is already starting to come back. For his part, Silver King is insist Wagner is going with him and not AAA, and Konnan just gets in catchphrases. That was abbreviated, awesome.

Match 1: Oriental, Cinthia Moreno vs Aerostar, Fabi Apache
Centro de Convencions de Ciudad Madero, 03/20/09

Winner: tecnicos
Match Time: 10:33 (6:16+4:17)
Notes: Pepe Casas is ref. Rudos try rushing the tecnicos, but quickly get turned away and dropkicked out. Tecnicos tease dives, so the rudos rush away. Fabi tries to ambushed Cinthia with a dropkick as she comes in to get it started, but Cinthia side steps and stomps. Whip, both try planchas, Cinthia lands on top, Fabi bridges out. Cinthia miss a clothesline, Fabi kicks Cinthia in the back of the leg, which causes her to fly oddly. Both off the ropes, Fabi dropkicks Cinthia out and taunts Oriental. No luck. Tag to Aerostar, though Oriental tries to out flip him into the ring. That's a fail, as Aerostar chases Oriental round the ring doing front handstands. Oriental waits for him to pose and back elbows him down, then clothesline him down once more. Scoop, slam, and double stomp. That seems to hurt Aerostar more as time goes by, how unusual. Oriental chops Aerostar. Corner whip, Aerostar flips to the apron, Oriental hits the corner. Oriental gets to his feet, then back to his back as Aerostar knocks him down with a plancha. Headscissors, Oriental stays in, spinning armdrag sends him rolling out. Aerostar chases after him but spins thru the rope to fake him out. Cinthia sneaks in a dropkicks Aero, but Fabi manages to kick Cinthia down from behind. Oriental back in for Fabi, and blocking everything she tries. Oriental screams, Fabi covers up, and Oriental kicks her on the backside. Fabi fires up and punches him, but Oriental grabs her and tease a big something or other. Aerostar makes the save before that can happen, and both tecnicos kill Oriental with stomps. Double whip, Oriental rolls under the double clothesline, and the rudos dropkick the tecnicos. Aero rolls out, and Fabi's left in alone. Double armwringer, and Oriental shakes Fabi around by the head. Oriental snap mare, and he backs up as Cinthia sets up something the camera doesn’t feel like keeping in shot. Double dropkick to Fabi's head is not timed to well – Cinthia's hit, Fabi goes down, and Oriental kicks at the spot where Fabi’s head used to be. Oriental poses anyway. Morenos take turns throwing Fabi around by the hair, and then stretch her in the ropes. Oriental yanks Fabi around by the head again and yells at her. This feud has really brought out the creep in Oriental. Fabi’s thrown down by the back of head. Aero tries coming in, but gets knocked back to the floor. Clip? Moreno’s posing instead of following up, which would’ve been a nice time to flip. Oh, I guess they decides they wanted Fabi out and Oriental in, so it takes a moment to get people in the right spots. Oriental tries a loud open hand slap on Aerostar. Cinthia does her own chops. Corner whip, double clothesline connects, Aero's rolled to his feet, corner whip, Cinthia running back elbow, Oriental clothesline, and he’s bulldogged just as they go to break.

As normal for the breaks on the early part of the show lately, show picks up a few seconds before the last break. Morenos try another double dropkick to the head, and this one is no better timed than last. Oriental missed again. Fabi's more successful in getting into the ring for the save than her partner, but doesn't actually accomplish much. Corner whip, Cinthia’s whipped in for a back elbow, Cinthia whips Fabi out, but Fabi reverses it and brother dropkicks sister. Fabi goes right after Oriental, kicking him down and pounding him in the side of the head. Aerostar takes Cinthia out of the ring, because Fabi's got Oriental well handled. Cinthia begs off on the outside, and Oriental does on the outside. Aerostar ends up going back to his corner as Fabi kicks Oriental, but Cinthia breaks that up by pulling out Fabi and throwing her onto the ground. Aero come in, but Cinthia grabs him by the back of the mask. Oriental sets up his shot, and ends up kicking Cinthia down. Oriental recovers immediately, kicking Aerostar down. Corner whip, reversed, Aero charges, Oriental flips him to the apron, Aerostar 's punch gets blocked, Oriental kicks him, and join him on the apron. Aero takes over there, using the ringpost to flip over Oriental (unless that was meant to be a shiranui, and who can say), then flips back in the ring and hits Oriental with a tope rope 619. Nice of Oriental to stand around and do nothing for quite a while there. Aerostar quickly adds a huge balding springboard reverse tope to wipe them both out. Inside, Cinthia tries a ‘rana on Fabi, but Fabi rolls thru, one two no. Cinthia off the ropes, tries a sunset flip, straight into the fireman’s roll, around one and a half before holding on for the pin, one two no. Cinthia argues a slow count here – she has a point on that one. Cinthia turns to charge at Fabi – and right into the double underhook faceslam. Fabi poses before sitting down on top for the pin, but Oriental’s perched on the top rope already – missile dropkick to Fabi back to break that up. Aero jumps in with a no hands plancha on Oriental. 'rana, no, Oriental reverses it into a sitdown powerbomb, Aero's head bouncing off the mat. One two no. Whip, Aero reverses, drop toe hold, casita? No, shoved off, Oriental catches him into a Northern Lights suplex on the rebound. One two no. Oriental slams Aerostar near the corner,. Bottom rope moonsault, middle rope monsault (kinda heabutt because it was so overshot, but anyway), headstand splash – Oriental can't get up to the headstand on the first try, so he drops down to the mat, almost stomping on Aerostar (who already rolled out of the way.) Oriental goes to the middle rope, but Aero kicks him in the. Oriental turns and hunches over on the top rope, while Aerostar springboards up for a big headscissors, one two three.

Crowd is thrilled. Lots of replays. Aerostar has gotten flowers and candy in the meantime and explains their for her to the crowd. Aerostar is totally misreading Fabi – see, her waving her finger no would be my first clue, but I guess I could be wrong. Aerostar is equally oblivious to Billy Boy sneaking around ringside, and I wonder which has the potential for more immediate pain. Anyway, Fabi accepts the flowers and candy, clearly trying to be polite while delicately having the 'I Like You, But Not Like That' conversation. Aerostar doesn't quite get to ask her out before Billy has him head over heels from a clothesline. Fabi charges at Billy, but he evade and kicks her down. Billy's new gear is such an improvement. Billy gets the microphone to talk trash and explain to all of us how he's going places – he's going to win this tournament, he's got a new woman, and he wants custody. Oh no! Billy also breaks up the candy book and throws the chocolates at Fabi. One more kick for Aerostar and he'll be on his way.

Vignette: After a break, Fabi and Aerostar continue their conversation in the back. Aerostar has quite the crush, but Fabi's not as much impressed by the candies as worked up by them being smashed on her head. Fabi vows revenge and Aero offers his help, of course.

Noti AAA

Vignette: Konnan, Electro, Silver blah blah blah

Match 2: Silver King, Konnan vs La Parka, Marco Corleone
Centro de Convencions de Ciudad Madero, 03/20/09

Winner: Tecnicos by DQ
Match Time: (4:51) 0:45+2:30+1:36
Notes: Konnan gets a louder than normal reaction. Parka is a in a neck brace, so someone remembers last week (even if they didn't show it before this match.) Marco gets a lot of screams. Rudos jump the tecnicos. Copetes is ref. Match last about 45 seconds before a break. Marco makes his usual comeback about 3 minutes in, and these guys are a lot slower thru it than in CMLL. Give them time, I suppose. Parka rips off his neck brace, because no injury angle lasts a week here. Rudos randomly take control, and this whole segment lasts 2:30 before another break. Unreal.

Marco again makes a comeback after the break. Teddy and Jack show up for absolutely no reason and immediately take Marco's dive. Parka's topes Silver King. I guess I wouldn't want Konnan catching me either. Nicho, Joe Lider and Electroshock all rush out and attack Marco, but Marco rallies back and stone punches them all before climbing the light standard. Flying clothesline off it, onto two of them. Parks' getting stomped in the ring, but Marco makes the save there. Legion come together in the ring, but Copetes awards the DQ before they do more. Charly Manson's music leads him (big limp), Alex Koslov and X-Pac out for the after the fact save. You must be foreign or crippled to be past of this main event tecnico group! Let's watch Joaquin Roldan do nothing in particular. Play Marco’s music. Konnan sneaks in for a second, but Marco scares him away. Play Parka's music so he can dance.

Promo: Marco Corleone re: Legion

Promo: Mesias and Charly Manson. Mesias gets distracted from talking about the match by Wagner's challenge.

Match 3: Zorro ©, Electroshock, Chessman vs Mesias, X-Pac, Charly Manson ©
Centro de Convencions de Ciudad Madero, 03/20/09

Winner: Tecnicos
Match Time: (11:51) 10:43+1:08
Other Match Notes: Where was Zorro in the last match? Smart enough not to be part of the goon squad? Only trios match of the night. Maybe a clip right off the bat. Piero is ref.

Again, this only goes about a minute before high flying tecnico Mesias sends Electroshock out via headscissors, Zorro cheap shots him, and the show goes to break. Mesias gets bad looking headscissors/'rana on Zorro and Chessman, and decent looking other stuff before tagging out. Charly in next, and he and Chessman have a discussion. I think Chessman wants a hug, but Charly isn't up for it. How mean. How about a handshake? They spend a lot of time polling the crowd and not a lot doing stuff, which probably is for the best. Charly thinks and thinks and Chessman slaps him in the face. Gotta think faster. Chary asks for another one, blocks it, and punches Chessman many times. Whip, reversed, Charly back with a no elevation flying forearm. Corner whip, Charly misses a lazy clothesline, misses a relaxed back elbow, and headscissors Chessman on the next pass. Electro knocks down Charly before he can do any more, but Charly ends up coming back with a middle rope headscissors. Charly does the 619 fake, and Electroshock teases hiding in the crowd. Tag to Zorro and Chessman, who waste no time brawling. Punches, and another kick battle. Zorro wins with a spin kick, but misses the superkick and takes X-Pac's corner kick combo. Bronco Buster – no, Chessman spear! A fine Chessman moment, and that kicks starts the beatdown. This includes people fighting on the floor, while the camera takes a nice long look at Electroshock holding Mesias in a cobra clutch on the middle rope to kill time, and then lightly pulling him in a full nelson. Charly's limping, what are the odds. Long boring stretch here.

Electro accidentally whips Charly into Zorro, knocking Zorro down with a forearm. Elector knocks down his brother, but Mesias gets the better of him, then cleans house on Chessman too, ending with a pescado to the floor. X-Pac gets the Bronco Buster on Electro, but Zorro cuts him off with a cane shot. Zorro taunts X-Pac, but turns around into a Charly bodyscissors cradle. El Pozo? Teasing it, teasing it, getting it. Zorro gives immediately, and Charly’s got that win back from Rey de Reyes. This one finished up quick after the comeback.

Zorro gets that cane back, and clips Charly's knee. Lots of shots to the knee, only stopped by X-Pac pulling him out and punching him around the ring and all the way to the back. Doesn't help Charly from being in a lot of pain in the ring.

Video package: Cruiserweight tournament, 1st round. 13 participants, with promos from Super Fly, Joe Lider, Alex, Tiger, Crazy Boy, Jack Evans, Nicho, Laredo Kid, Escoria, and then it turns into everyone talking about being willing to beat everyone, even their own teammates. We don’t get a weight limit, but we do get Jack saying “that title is a symbol of whoever is the best high flyer in the world”, so there we go. Teddy gets the last word.

Match 4: Jack Evans vs Joe Lider vs Alex Koslov vs Teddy Hart vs Extreme Tiger vs Laredo Kid vs Billy Boy vs Nicho vs Alan Stone vs Escoria vs Crazy Boy vs Super Fly vs Juventud Guerrera in a cage match as part of the Cruiserweight Tournament
Centro de Convencions de Ciudad Madero, 03/20/09

Loser: Billy Boy
Match Time: 35:26
Other Match Notes: Jack's got a US flag and has fun running around ringside. I think he's first in so Arturo can demand he dance. Lider is wearing his tag tem title belt. Arturo has no idea the rules of this thing, which probably doesn’t make him alone. I guess I should put them here: guys get added to the cage every minute. Once we get all thirteen, people get seeded in the bracket by order of escape (1 vs 12, 2 vs 11, etc) and the last guy is out of the tournament.

Jack decides to headstand to celebrate the US of A, and Lider dropkicks him. Lider quickly turns the table and gets in his twisting standing moonsault. Lots of counts, some wild kicking in the head. Countdown time starts with :30, which is too soon and distracting. You really don't need it before 10. On the other hand, I'm amazed AAA has a on screen countdown timer. That's usually beyond them. Lider gives Evans his wacky move offense, and we're joined by

Alex Koslov, as #3. In no particular hurry to the cage, and why bother? You can't escape until everyone’s in, so you just want to stay healthy until then. With Jack down, Lider is foil to Alex's flip run and stop sign. . Jack tries to break that up, and gets stunk with a dropkick. Lider takes the enziguri. This time, it looks like it is 90 seconds. Or is one minute from when they actually come in? Alex kills some time with the dance, and then some more by killing Jack. Lider’s run into the ropes when the music hits

Teddy Hart is #4, and makes about four throat slashes on the way to the ring. He and Alex are even on punches, but Teddy reverses a whip into the powerbomb backcracker. Jack and Teddy immediately fall apart as a team, and now that clock is moving faster. Alex superkicks Jack towards Teddy, and Teddy totally on purpose gives him a back suplex into a powerbomb, with Jack flipping crazy in between. Lider comes alive to beat up everyone, and get in more wacky offense.

Extreme Tiger is #5. I guess he's tecnico this week, he's slapping five with the fans on his way running in the ring . Only Teddy is standing for him, so he gets to take Tiger's reverse DDT into a Stunner move. Jack lights up Tiger with kicks, as Jesus starts to call his opponent “TJ Extreme”. Tiger gets Jack with a jumping spin kick, and Alex with a behind the back faceslam. Leg DDT for Lider, who's hung in the ropes for a dropkick. There's the clock again. Teddy stops Tiger's run with some brawling as everyone else sits it out. The music starts about four seconds too soon, but whatever.

Laredo Kid has to take off his big coat before coming in. His turn of offense. Nice suplex on Tiger. Behind the back powerbomb on Jack. Clock running already? Laredo puts Lider in a Boston crab – what match does he think he's in? Teddy uses this an opening to get in his double underhook Canadian Destroyer, which gets no reaction. He gets far more by yelling at the fans after, and it's not close.

Music again starts playing a couple seconds early, though you can't really tell much with Billy Boy's open. Billy looks focused, though everyone is paying him no mind as he comes in. Teddy tries a clothesline misses, gets flipped and get clotheslined. Billy waits for someone else to hit. Alex charges, gives waved by, and powerbomb on the next pass. Big boot for Lider. Slam for Tiger, and Billy climbs up the ropes. Does he have room for a moonsault? I think he's trying the same thing. Billy just climbs down, as Lider gives Teddy a Move. Clocks' already down to 10, and again the music starts playing 3 seconds early.

Nicho is next. Even as he gets run of offense, it is tougher to see. Not just because there's so many guys in the cage, but because someone decides we need to see this from above the cage, which means we really don't see all that much. Teddy actually stops him relatively quick with a backcracker variation, and everyone garbs everyone else win a hold of some sort.

Alan Stone's music actually doesn't play until he comes out, and it actually gets as big a pop as anyone's gotten. Alan's getting his dance in, though if he did the full thing, the next guy would be out before he got in. He picks it up as he gets near the ring, and Tiger flips big for his clothesline. The other thing with these many people is no one’s quite sure who's going be the guy to rush at the incoming guy next, so everyone looks at each other for a second before they hit their offense. Alan's offense is good, but I'm kinda bored with this bit already, especially since absolutely none of this mean anything. Everyone's fine 30 second later, and it doesn’t matter until it's over.

Escoria has no candle this week and is hurrying to the ring. Everyone stops fighting so Escoria can get his moves in the center of the ring, though he's less impressive than most. The clock is running again. Something gets clipped out here rather obviously, but Escoria gets a dropkick on Billy. Nicho climbs up the cage for whatever reason – maybe you can escape early? Maybe he and Alex just anted to battle on the top rope.

Big pop for Crazy Boy's music. He gets confetti, even for this, but not the early run. At least before a break.

Clock is going just after the break, as everyone does stuff to everyone else, and just tries to stay out of the way. Tecnicos freely fighting tecnicos and rudos freely fighting rudos.

Super Fly is second to last out, but we pay more attention to Lider and Billy climbing the cage. Crazy Boy gets to be Super Fly's crash dummy, but the later guys continue to do less, maybe for space reason. Nice double rebound armdrags anyway, as the clock starts going for one last time.

Juventued Guerrera is last. He and Lizzy dance on the stage for a bit. He's got his own music this time, not the Mexican Powers. Lizzy walks with him to ringside, as you can see everyone in the ring stop fighting, and nudge the guys who are down to get up. Juvi tosses his sunglasses to Lizzy (who doesn't catch them) and jumps in thru the cage door – where he's immediately throttled by everyone. I mean everyone, just stomps and kicks him down and stomps him on the mat. Nicho and Lider pick him to check him in the cage. Super Fly and Alan double suplex him. Billy wipes him out with a clothesline. Tiger dropkicks him in the head. Nicho drags him over to the ropes for an Escoria top rope legdrop. Who's left? Teddy grabs Juvi, while everyone else turns back to fight with a partner. Powerbomb backcrakcer on Juvi anyway, and then Teddy gets to climbing. Alex notices and climbs after him, but Teddy's faster. He's out, first out.

I think it's Alan who knocks down Alex, but he's stopped by following. Teddy poses as everyone else does moves to everyone else. Nicho starts to climb, Laredo coming after him. Laredo’s a lot faster on the monkey bars, and hangs from the top of the cage – huge headscissors to the mat comes off well. I think it took Teddy longer to climb down the cage then it did to climb up it. Lots of people sitting around while Alan walks the ropes. I'm not sure I even saw Alan's move in the end. Laredo and Nicho are climbing the cage again, this time so Nicho can spear Laredo off. Nicho climbs up the cage again, quickly gets to the top, but has little more struggle getting over. Lider roots for him form the mat, so I guess she's okay with that.

Alan's walking on the top rope again, but this time he grabs a hold of the cage and tires to swing to the circle. He's not quite close enough, but he shimmies the bars to get close to the center, and gets thru. He's third out.

Crazy is quickly up after him, seemingly going thru the cage instead of thru the gap at the top, but I guess that counts.

Whoever’s next is not hurried. Juvi's finally gets some offense, getting the best of the Mexican Powers 1 on 2 for a bit, including ripping off his shirt. Jack hangs out on the top rope. Alex hangs form the cage and pulls himself across the bars rather easily, Jack goes up after him too, abut, Alex is able to kick him down . Jack reaches at Alex from the mat, grabs a foot, but can't get him off – until Nicho pulls Jack form behind, and Alex falls to the mat. Quite big falls for both guys here. Jack does a big move to Alex, but we miss it seeing replays. Alex climbs back up anyway, and is next out.

Ring is starting to empty out a bit. Juvi gives Lider a big powerbomb. Tiger misses a corner charge on Lider, wiping himself out spectacularly. Escoria & Billy get cut off from moves by the Air Force duo, and they both climb the cage at the same time, helping each other out. Laredo Kid is out first. He gets to the top side – and kicks Super Fly off the cage! That's a jerk move right there.

Arturo notes Jack and Lider were the first in, and they’re still here. Everyone’s looking pretty dead, with only Juvi and Super Fly doing . Juvi takes advantage of Super Fly recovering from the fall, but Super Fly makes a comeback, and climbs out next. Laredo's kick really didn't help anything, and it ticked off his friend. Announcers are fighting out the matchups on the fly, and realize this means Super Fly and Laredo meet.

Escoria and Billy control the ring on who's left, working over Juvi. Things go back for Escoria when Billy takes a break, and Juvi chops Escoria around. Escoria manages to escape a tilt-a-whirl and spin kick Juvi right in the face, which is nice. Meanwhile, Jack recovers and tries to climb up, but gets pulled down by Billy. Juvi makes a comeback with a spinning DDT, and the show goes to break.

Sounds like a lot of clipping here. Literally, the sound jumps and such. Still the five we had left. Plus Lizzy on the outside, as he’s shown for the first time in a while. Juvi and Tiger are the only ones actively fighting, Juvi reversing a headscissors into a Northern Lights Suplex. Escoria helps him counter that, but Juvi counters that into a double standing shiranui, I guess. Juvi missile dropkick onto both, and then kips to his feet, very tiredly. Is he going? Lider crosses the ring to dropkick Billy Boy, who was already down. That's a waste of effort there. Juvi climbs up on the cage, and thru the top. Jack tries to catch up to him, but is too late, and drops down rather than be hit by Juvi.

Tiger ducks an Escoria clothesline, flips to over the ropes to the apron, and spring to the top of the cage. That's a smart move. Tiger is quickly out, despite Laredo giving chase.

Escoria dropkicks Jack, trips up Lider, and gives him a running kick to the chest. Billy charges, and ends up taking a inverted bulldog. That’s the most dominant Scoria has looked in years. Escoria knows this is a good time to get out and doesn’t waste it, escaping – while they show Juvi and Lizzy on the outside, eh. There's Escoria getting out.

We're down to Jack, Lider, and Billy. Jack and Lider seem to make a quick agreement to work together, and Jack immediately breaks it and tries to escape the cage. Lider swings him by his legs, in hops to catch him for a diamond cutter. It doesn’t work, but Jack is still plenty hurt. Lider gets to climbing , but Billy stops him on the top rope. Both end up hanging from the top rope of the cage and kicking at each other. You remember Hang Tough from the American Gladiators? This is that. As on the show, the end result is both men go down and no one gets any points. No pads here, and both hit hard. Everyone’s pretty much dead, which is a good time for a replay. Lots of impact on that one. Billy is up first and elects to climb. Climb really slowly, but climb. Jack leaps to the top off the cage – a rope might have been involved – and kicks Billy off, taking himself out in the process. Billy is the one up first still, and this time it's Lider who cuts him off, with a big powerbomb off the top rope. It is crazy how these would be big moves in a normal match, but they’re just thrown out here like nothing. Jack gets both his rivals with kicks, but Lider flips him with one of his own and starts climbing. Lider climbing is far from effortless, and he gets himself stuck at the top of the cage, and then nearly falls back in, but manages to live to tell the tale.

Jesus goes nuts when he realizes this means Lider vs Nicho. Lider rests on top of the cage for a bit, contemplating the end of his life. Jack staggers to his feet, sees Billy Boy looking worse and the only guy left, and bolts for the wall. Billy Boy quickly snatches him down, but Jack just as quickly returns the favor. Jack tries to make peace . Handshake? Billy accepts? Ah, they both turn on each other with kicks, that's fantastic. Hamstring kick battle, Jack of course looking the worse out of it. Billy switches to chops. Whip, Jack’s not going, whip, head down too soon, Jack flips over Billy and spin kicks him in the face. Both down. Jack up first, and climbing, but Billy's up and grabbing him by the legs. He's must more successful swinging Jack around, and catches him on his shoulders. Slam, and Billy heads up. He's not alone – Fabi and Aerostar climb the cage a lot faster from the outside, and kick at Billy from the top. Billy’s legs are kicked from the cage first, and his hands are next, causing him to fall down. Jack has no idea what happened, but just knows Billy is down next to him and now he's got a chance. Jesus is already taking about the match with Teddy hart before Jack makes it, but he does.

Play Jack's music, because he was second last. Announcers go over all the matches. Jack makes belt motions on top of the cage. Billy makes sad faces in Aero and Fabi's direction, but they're out of here. Joe Lider watches all of this from the stage for no reason. Jack staggers past him to the back, while Billy rants to the camera