CMLL Guerreros del Ring on 52MX #285 (05/07/2011) 
Recapped: 05/07/11

First two matches recapped from the YouTube channel.

Match 1: Rey Escorpion vs Palacio Negro
Arena Coliseo, 05/01/2011

Winner: Rey Escorpion
Match Time: 8:48
Rating: good
Notes: Palacio Negro is doing what I know recognize as the Sabu point to the sky. Rodolfo is referee.

Circle. Battle over a waistlock early. Palacio finally gets Escorpion with a snap mare. Lockup, Rey Escorpion front facelock, Palacio Negro flips out, Rey Escorpion trips him up, float around into a front facelock, and hanging on as Escorpion spins. Quick pinfall for nothing, Escorpion up an armdragging. Up again,and Palacio Negro is shoulderblocked all the way out of the ring. Palacio back in, Escorpion headlock, Palacio switches, off the ropes, avoidance, Palacio hand walks, and Escorpion dropkicks him while he's standing there. Palacio is in much pain after that one. Escorpion stands him up and slaps him down. Big strength advantage to the reigning Gran Alternativa champion. Escorpion sets Palacio on the top rope, springboard wheel kick knocks Palacio off the ropes, and in the ring, though rolls out. UG watches closely as Escorpion pulls Palacio around by his mask. Press slam, walking around, and dropping Palacio on a just emptied front row seat. Palacio bounces off into a fan. Escorpion taunts the crowd as he walks around the ring to get back in. Palacio crawls back in time, but Escorpion is in total control. Palacio looking out of the ring and trying to draw, but Escorpion just slaps him in the back. Slaps to the chest. Whip, Palacio handspring jumping side kick! Palacio dropkick brushes Escorpion, another one knocks Escorpion out ramp side. Palacio poses, catches his breath, runs, back, and holding up at the ropes because Escorpion moves out of the away. Escorpion comes back and kicks Palacio while he's leaning out. Rey Escorpion gathers his breath. Escorpion on the apron, blocking Palacio punch and pulling him down by the mask. Palacio kips up and kicks Escorpion right of the apron as he taunts. Palacio to the apron – top rope springboard tornillo! That earns a replay. Escorpion rolls in first, but Palacio catches him with a slingshot legdrop. Covering one two big kickout. Palacio rallies the crowd. Both up at about the same time, Escorpion sneaks in a jab and drops Palacio with a Michinoku Driver. Cover one two NO. Palacio trying to draw from the crowd. Chop by Escorpion, whip, quick reverse, and Palacio drops him with a spinning neckbreaker! One two NO. Corner whip, reversed, Palacio negro charges, Escorpion flips to the apron and snaps his neck over the top rope. Springboard into a rope flip moonsault! One two NO! Palacio Negro up and big booting Escorpion. Backing all the way up, and flipping to the apron. Palacio Negro swing kicks Escorpion down and turns to the crowd. What now? Springboard...into a dropkick. Oh no. One two three.

Ultimo Guerrero and Rey Escorpion have a brief staring moment, but UG gives his man a hug. And that's it.

Match 2: Ángel de Oro vs Rey Cometa
Arena Coliseo, 05/01/2011

Winner: Angel de Oro
Match Time: 7:23
Rating: good
Notes: Always thrown by Rey Cometa sharing music with Elegido. Referee is Terror Chino.

Early armbar related reversals lead a Cometa step over 'rana for two. Angel de Oro comes back with a headscissors, Cometa responds with one of his own, flip standoff (though the camera says on Angel de Oro.) Oro flips Cometa with a clothesline. I like how UG wears his wristbands to watch a match. You never know. Angel de Oro charges Cometa in the corner, Cometa kicks him away, sunset flip, Angel de Oro reverse and stands up, Oro clothesline misses, Cometa back with a spinning armdrag. Cometa runs, and lands the tornillo. UG almost takes out a cameraman in his hurry to check out the damage. Replay. Oro caught Cometa's legs with his head, never a fun way to go. Terror Chino threatens to count them both out, but the both make it in. Cometa pulls himself up in the corner, Oro charges, no one him because Cometa is now on the apron, Cometa 450 misses, Cometa rolls thru, 'rana on Angel de Oro, one two th-NO. Cometa slaps Angel de Oro down. Whip, Oro flips to the apron, Cometa miss a kick, Angel de Oro superkicks him down. Outside in quebrada lands, one two NO. Both slow up. Oro off the ropes, over, under a clothesline, handspring turning plancha connects, one two no. Cometa shoulderblock, handspring backflip into a headscissors – oh no, Palacio Negro is not going to be happy! - works, sending Oro to the ropes. Cometa off the ropes again, Oro flips him, and Cometa tumbles all the way to the floor. Oro steps out to the apron, Asai moonsault connects. Cometa and Oro break down into chops on the outside, then realize the count and both dive in to beat the 20 count. Cometa should've kept Oro out, he would've got a point! Five minute call is off timed like always.

Cometa shoulderblock of the ropes, Oro casadora, step around into a mecedora, and Cometa is in trouble – no, he breaks free from the armlocks and squirms away. Angel de Oro is frustrated, Cometa indicates how close he came. Both up, Cometa off the ropes, Comer goes for the up and over sunset flip, but Angel de Oro blocks with a sit, one two NO. Cometa up first and slamming Oro. Stomp. Cometa points to the corner and claps his hand. How about climbing? Cometa taking all the time in the world to climbing up – and now he's not going to do it. Probably a good call. One more chop. Oro rolled up to his feet, and dumped in front of another corner. Now Cometa will hurry – moonsault, no one's home, Cometa rolls through, Angel gets a casadora, mecedora on! Cometa is screwed, but holds on until the campana. That's it.

Those two matches actually don't go as long as the single match opener goes, so there's a bit of time catch filler.

Match 3: Black Warrior, Blue Panther, La Sombra © vs Atlantis, Último Guerrero ©, Volador Jr.
Arena Coliseo, 05/01/2011

  1. rudos

  2. técnico
  3. rudos

Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: okay
Rating: 9:59
Notes: Referee is Tigre Hispano.

1: Warrior goes after Atlantis, so those two start and battle on the mat. JCR brings up the Laguna connection. They don't go long before tagging out to Panther and UG. Guerrero immediately decides he'd rather tag out. Volador tags in and then regrets it. Break there.

Volador and Panther get the long first fall sequence and end up in a chop fight, with Volador ripping off his shirt to fight a bit harder. While they're holding in place in one corner, Black Warrior instigates something with Atlantis which leads to the others all coming in, going out. Warrior takes control, with UG tossing Sombra into some seats and beating the heck of out of him on the outside. Volador & Panther just kill time inside until the other rudos return. Boot for Panther. Sombra's brought back in and submitted for the fall.

2: Senton de la Muerte on Sombra. Drop toe hold = dropkick for Warrior. Panther sidesteps a charge, UG takes the knee bump to the outside, but Volador quiets Panther with a superkick. Sombra's storms in and superkicks his former partner, whips Atlantis and dropkicks him out. Dive? Dive! Tope con giro connects. Warrior takes a hiptoss to the floor from Volador, and Volador follows with his own top con giro out the other way. Panther and Guerrero in. UG knocks Panther down with a back elbow, but when he reaches down to pick up Panther, Panther traps him in a cruz nipona. UG is done.

3: Panther is old, but still can land on his feet perfectly from an Atlantis monkey flip. Too bad UG immediately clotheslines him. Panther comes back with some really flashy offense on both Guerrero and Atlantis. Sombra and Volador, lots of looking around before they start. Sombra takes off his shirt, crowd approves. Off the ropes avoidance to start once they finally get started, and Sombra sends Volador out with his first springboard headscissors. Wasn't actually much to that. Warrior in, but no one wants to come in to face him. Atlantis walks in, then walks out and poses. UG in and slapping Warrior, demanding a fight. Chop. Warrior slaps him back . Chop fight ends with UG missing and Warrior dropkicking him out. Volador walks in the ring, shirt next to Warrior, but just stands and watches as Warrior runs by to bullet tope UG. Volador is such a jerk. Volador charges Sombra in the corner, Sombra flips him, Volador down with the headscissors piledriver. Announcers freak out. Panther urns right into the Atlantida to add on to it.