CMLL Guerreros del Ring on 52MX #293 (07/02/2011)
Recapped: 07/02/11

Match 1: Dr. X, Histeria, Psicosis © vs Ephesto, Shigeo Okumura, Shinsuke Nakamura ©
Arena Coliseo, 06/26/2011

  1. Nakamura

  2. Psicosis
  3. Nakamura

Winner: Nakamura (2-1)
Match Time: 14:45
Rating: no
Notes: This is supposed to be Invasors vs Japanese/Ephesto, but Mr. Aguila went missing and Dr. X was around. I still don't know why the original match would be happening but whatever. Ref is Rodolfo Ruiz.

1: Okumura and Histeria get the long opening segment. My attention wanders. They do pull out the chop battle while in a leg hold bit, always a bit of fun. Crowd boos their eventually standoff – I thought they liked rudos! Psicosis and Ephesto in next, Psicosis quickly getting in a quick bow and arrow before trading more holds. It's weird the two teams of ruffians have started out with such a technical battle. Ephesto gets Psicosis' back, Psicosis gets up with him on there and tosses him. They do their standoff, and keep going for one more armdrag. Nakamura and Dr. X are next, and have a kick and chop battle. Nakamura hangs Dr. X on the top rope and gives him a running knee lift, then drops Dr. X gently off the apron to the floor. Invasors boot Nakamura down, Okumura missile dropkicks Histeria, and holds him for Nakamura to finish while Ephesto takes care of Psicosis.

2: Team Nakamura in control. Histeria takes the corner charges. Fire-y técnico Dr. X spits at Nakamura as the other two rudos hold him. Nakamura with punches and kicks. Dr. X grabs at the face but gets kicked down and out of the ring. Rudos are tripped up going for a triple dropkick on Psicosis. Japanese are pulled off, Psicosis gives Ephesto a quebradora and dropkick him out. Ephesto gets up just him time to take the Psicosis tope. Okumura and Histeria in, Histeria wins that immediately. Nakamura is more difficult – Histeria holds him in a catapult, Dr. X adds double knees to the back, and lays Nakamura back down for the pin.

3: Psicosis, working as a complete técnico, armdrags Ephesto out, slaps Okumura around and gets him with a corner headscissors, and takes care of Nakamura with a quebradora. Ephesto and Nakamura each take one more, reacting dramatically. Okumura sends Histeria sliding out chest first, then does his own dive fake – and crotch chops! That is not family friendly. Dr. X get a springboard plancha on Nakamura, which goes well, and a spinning headscissors, which does not. Nakamura makes a face and dropkicks Dr. X out. Psicosis comes in and swats Nakamura with many forearms to the back, but Nakamura takes him out with the spinning kick. Nakmura's tornillo is all legs to Psicois's face, no fun. Histeria gives Okumura a quebrada, but charges himself out of the ring. Okumura squashes him with a tope con giro. Dr. X slides out on Ephesto and pays the price. Stalling, Nakamura in, Psicosis waiting on the apron. Nakamura attacks, Psicosis knocks him away, climbs to the top slowly, but lands the plancha. 'rana, one two kickout. Small package does not go quite right but they make it work, one two no. Psicosis off the ropes, Nakamura flips him with a questionably low knee. Nakamura punches Psicosis, but Psicosis just uppercuts him low form the mat. That was out of nowhere! Psicosis covers, Histeria helps cover and told Rodolfo to count, he's not going to count that. DQ.

Match 2: Black Warrior, Blue Panther, La Máscara © vs Averno ©, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr.
Arena Coliseo, 06/26/2011

  1. rudos

  2. técnicos
  3. rudos

Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 9:15
Rating: okay
Notes: brawl is going as match is joined. Averno is going after La Mascara, of course. Ref is Tiger Hispano, throwing his hands up and giving up.

1: Ultimo Guerrero and Volador Jr. have awful teamwork on a drop toe hold/dropkick? Stomp? to the face. It's almost like those two aren't getting along. ANYWAY. Averno unties La Mascara's mask while he has them on the top rope. Volador and Averno team up for the rope bounce hiptoss on the técnico. Ultimo Guerrero gives Black Warrior a spinebuster and a low blow headbutt. Averno hangs Blue Panther on the middle rope, and Volador adds the guillotine legdrop. That's one, rudos are slow to realize they need another. Black Warrior is brought back in, and Ultimo Guerrero submits him while the other two annoy the crowd.

2: Panther takes the senton de la muerte. Volador and Ultimo Guerrero hold La Mascara for Averno to hit, but he's busy stoking the rudos chant. Whip, La Mascara rolls under a double clothesline to superkick Averno right on the ring. (A rolling superkick!) La Máscara wastes no time getting in the tope, and the other técnicos waste no time in winning the fall.

3: Joined with Panther down and Ultimo Guerrero cupping his ear, but Panther uses Ultimo Guerrero to climb up into a 'rana, then comes off the ropes with a headscisosrs. UG out, Averno in, La Mascara in. crowd very excited for this. Averno waves his good friend Volador in, and La Máscara tags out to Warrior. Crowd loud, though can't tell for who. Warrior tips up Volador, and dropkick as he gets up. Odd looking whip is immediately reversed, sunset flip, Warrior holds on, then reverses Volador on top as Averno tries to break it up with a dropkick. Quebradora for Averno, a second, and Averno gets out of there. Ultimo Guerrero in, gets taunted. Warrior tags in La Máscara. Mascara ready to go, but UG stop to point at a section cheering for him. Crowd behind the rudos. Máscara off the ropes, over, under, clothesline misses, Mascara back with a headscissors UG out. Volador in, spinning armdrag sends him to the ropes. He stays in, shoulderblocks Mascara back, but that gives him room for the rolling dropkick. Averno in, but La Mascara spots him before he can attack. They work the crowd up in a fury before going. Máscara of the ropes, quebradora escape armdrag Averno flips Máscara to the apron, Mascara swing kicks him down, head up, top rope headscissors sends Averno spinning out. UG boots Máscara int head, but Panther is waiting for him. Crowd still seems behind Guerrero. He kicks Panther into the corner and charge, Panther drops down and UG take the knee bump out. Panther tope pushes UG up the ramp. Volador and Warrior in, Volador waved by on a charge but headscissors Warrior out. Volador slingshot over the ropes, to the floor not the apron. Warrior misses a clothesline, and Volador superkicks him down. Catapult into the post! Warrior's done for sure. Meanwhile, Mascara and Averno back in. Mascara shirt off, Averno prays. Máscara off the under, back with a headscissors. Volador up on the apron, Mascara gets him with a loud swinging kick. Tiger Hispano checks on Volador, and Averno pulls Mascara's mask. Crowd yelps, Averno small packages Mascara one two three. Volador and Averno celebrate a well done plan.

La Mascara again demanded a single fall mask vs hair match. Averno says he'll never put up his hair in front of La Mascara's people, even though he'd win.