CMLL Arena Puebla - 01/18/09
Match 1: Camorra, Inquisidor, Polvora (c) vs Asturiano,
Black Tiger, Centella de Oro (c)
Arena Puebla, 01/13/09
Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 15:26
Approx Rating: okay enough. novatos are at the right level.
Other Match Notes: I don't think I can tell the non-Polvora's without
checking. I think the Inquisidor is the one who has the big axe for no reason.
Well, maybe to get some answers?
1: One on ones. Crowd completely behind the locals. Pairs are Centella de Oro/Polvora (Centella better), Camorra/Tiger, Inquisidor/Asturiano. Not very exciting stuff. Asturiano runs thru Inquisidor quick, and goes thru Camorra while he's at it. Polvora's gone the Mr. Mexico route of constant poses. Match breaks down into a six man, Asturiano gets Inquisidor with a tope con giro while the other two wrap things up in the ring.
2: As this is getting started Inquisidor is being checked on. Replay shows he pretty much whiffed on the dive catch, leaned over Polvora to cover up, and got popped in the nose by accident. rudos in no hurry to start. Polvora hammers Black Tiger with a clothesline, but Black Tiger manages to come back for some offense on both him and Inquisidor, finishing a double rebound armdrags. Tiger's patented jumping headbutt sends Camorra out, and Black Tiger teases the dive. Likewise, Centella de Oro is able to get the better of both Polvora and Camorra. Asturiano doesn't fare as well, and a dropkick and a charging clothesline on him starts the beatdown. Backdrop for Centella de Oro, and lots of elbow drops for Black Tiger. Asturiano gets slingshot into a double dropkick, which is at least a neat spot. Centella de Oro takes a double chestbreaker, which I didn't know was possible until just now. Looks good, though.
3: Beatdown. Corner clothesline for Centella. Triple faceslam for Centella de Oro. Odd for these guys to have trios spots, since they're not really in trios matches. Lots of practice, I guess. They're more interesting in combination than they're alone, for sure. Another attempt at a corner clothesline spells the end for the rudos. Centella de Oro moves, then clotheslines Polvora and Inquisidor. Asturiano comes back in with a dropkick, and Black Tiger comes in to kick out Polvora. Double hiptoss for Inquisidor, Asturiano adds a springboard splash and get out of the way as Polvora urns in with a double clothesline,. That's ducked, he's double flapjacked and dropkicked out. Dive time Camorra in clothesline Asturiano and Tiger. Centella manages to dropkick him out, and we end up with the captains back in. Counters, Centella gets an abdominal stretch, and the other rudos break it up. Other tecnicos dropkick him down. Corner whip, reversed, locals bounced into each other, and novatos get to show ff their finishers. Inquisidor gives Black Tiger a inverted powerslam while Camorra gives Asturiano a back cracker. Captains back in, but Centella de Oro just ends up leaping into a Polvora dropkick after it's over. Rudo section is joyous.
Match 2: Pierrothito (c), Pequeño Warrior, Pequeño
Warrior vs Shockercito (c), Nino de Acero, Bam Bam
Arena Puebla, 01/13/09
Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 17:25
Approx Rating: Rudos look good, tecnicos were okay. Nino de Acero did not
impress.
Other Match Notes: Shockercito managed to dye his hair blond since last
night. He and Pierrothito nearly get in before the match starts. Wow, they even
have a new graphic for Shockercito! Someone's on the ball. TVC spells it
Pierrotito, which is how it sounds but not how it's spilled everywhere else.
1: Shockercito and Pierrothito play matador and bull with Pierrothito's Puerto Rico flag jacket. They chase each on the outside too before the match actually gets started. Open pairs are Acero/Warrior, Bam Bam/Violencia (Bam Bam quickly gets distracted by Warrior on the outside doing something, and Violencia has to talk him into going back to the ring.) Bam Bam armdrags and headscissors Violencia around, Violencia comes up slow on one, and Bam Bam just superkicks him in the face. That was rough. Bam Bam seems to be in a bad mood, bad for everyone else. Shockercito/Pierrothito is last, and Shockercito looks good in leading up to the reinera, with no one else getting involved.
2: Rudos stall to start, but decided to send captain in after captain. Pierrothito wins the chest slap battle, but Shocker kips up and dropkicks him. Bodyscissors bulldog send Pierroth to the ropes. He charges, back, but miss a dropkick, and takes one to to he knees. Shockercito goes for Pierroth's mask, which is the rudos cue to attack him and the other tecnicos to starts the beatdown. Shockercito is spun by his hair, and then held for Pierroth's to knock around. Pierroth sets up Shocker on the top rope, and with no mask to rip, opts to bite Shockercito's forehead instead. EWWWW. Announcers are already talking mask vs hair. The other rudos work over Nino de Acero with nothing particularly exciting. Those two tecnicos are dumped, and Pierrothito goes after Bam Bam, biting him on the forehead too. Eventually, Bam Bam's tied in the ropes, and Pierroth gives him a dropkick (which doesn't actually budge Bam Bam from the shot we're watching, maybe not the best shot.) Shockercito is hung upside down by Black Warrior for the dropkick to the head, dropkick to the back of the head, then sat up for the triple dropkick to the head. Pins? Anyone? No? Guess not. Nino de Acero is held up in a blocked bodyscissors for another double dropkick, and then finally pinned. Bam Bam back in, and easily cornered. Meanwhile, Warrior brings Shockercito in, and throws him back first in the corner. Warrior covers as Pierroth gets his inverted bridging facelock on Bam Bam for the fall.
3: Rudos still in control, as Pierrothito finds out as he comes in to confront Violencia and gets taken down from behind. Corner clothesline for him, falling down before Violencia can add his. Nino gets slapped around. Corner whip, Pierrothito whipped in after, Nino move and Pierroth hits the post on the way out of the ring. Violencia get bounced in the corner, and Warrior gets tripped into a headscissors on him. Headscissors for Warrior, dropkick for Violencia, and Nino cleared the ring by himself, Not for long, as Pierroth's back in. Nino trips him up, flipping run over him, springboard armdrag sends him out. Dive? No, roll and pose. Bam Bam get shi run next, but it's mostly set up for the Shockercito sequence. Highlight for sure is Pierrothito kick flipping Shockercito directly into a headscissors on Mini Violencia. Bam Bam Adds a quebrada to take them both out. Shockercito dropkicks out Pierroth, but Warrior kicks him down before he can dive. Warrior turns, and eats a flying armdrag from Nino. Pierroth stop his run, tripping out Nino, slingshotting him over his knees, and holding him in position for Warrior's slingshot legdrop to the floor. Pierroth celebrates, turns, and gets hit by Shockercito's tope. Violencia and Bam Bam back in, Corner whip, reversed, Bam Bam tossed up in the corner, Violencia catches him and loads him up for a big spinebuster. Inverted figure four to end it. That's it.
Match 3: Black Warrior, Dragon Rojo Jr., Sangre Azteca
(c) vs Blue Panther (c), Hijo del Fantasma, La
Mascara
Arena Puebla, 01/13/09
Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 16:01
Approx Rating: Poder Mexica is fun.
Other Match Notes:
1: Open is Panther vs Dragon, and Panther of course totally controls the younger guy. Rudos come in one to make the save, then are backed off by the tecnicos. Rojo and Panther lock up again, Panther immediately armbars him, and his partners bail him out again, starting the beatdown this time. Panther takes Sangre Azteca's corner dropkick, which looks better on replay than live. Dragon gets inside out dropkick on Mascara, then adds a springboard legdrop for one pin. Fantasma takes corner charges, pulled out for Sangre to drape over his knees, and Warrior adds the middle rope legdrop for the fall.
2: Rudos control to control between fall, taking it out the crowd and dropping tecnicos on chairs. Inside, Warrior gives Panther a questionably low headbutt. Dropkicks and big boots. Panther's held for Warrior to hit, but Panther breaks free for a bit, and Sangre has to pounce on him. Mascara remains the king of escaping corner whips, booting Sangre down before getting booted by Warrior. Fantasma gets Warrior with a flying armdrags, and Panther gets Sangre with a backbreaker. All six men slowly end up together, and the rudos are slowly whipped in each other. All the rudos end up out - tope by Fantasma on Warrior. Dragon Rojo comes back in, and Panther schools him before putting on a tapatia. La Mascara gets his finish to finish this.
3: Tecnicos cause the rudos toe hit each other on the outside, and they huddle and regroup before continuing. Showcase go La Mascara, Hijo de Fantasma (highlight - Warrior dancing a jig while waiting to get superkicked), Panther (highlight - Warrior getting his partners to all come in and do the Warrior dance with him, and then leaving quickly to stick Dragon Rojo with Panther instead.) Naturally, Rojo almost gets submitted again, so Warrior break it up and starts dancing again. He's got music in his soul. Panther get those two with a double faceslam (which doesn't look so good, but it's their fault.) Sangre goes in so he can fly on the monkey flips. Panther sends him out, but Warrior cuts him off with a big boot. Fantasma comes in to dropkick him, but Warrior leaves and lets Dragon Rojo take a blow. Warrior stomps Fantasma while he's down. Whip, reversed, Warrior slide out, Fantasma slides out after him, Warrior grabs him and Dragon Rojo's pescado actually hit he right person. La Mascara tries to tope the rudos while they're recovering, but they recover quick, and Mascara only gets his own partner. As the rudos sort out things out there, Sangre and Panther are in, Sangre not happy with arrangement. Panther goes for a leglock, but the rest of the rudos come in to break it up. Kick to the cut, Warrior sunset flip and reversed back into a Dragon Rojo dropkick. Sangre all the way up - low blow double stomp. One two three. Another win for Poder Mexica.
Match 4: Averno (c), Ephesto, Mephisto vs Hector
Garza (c), La Sombra, Shocker
Arena Puebla, 01/13/09
Winner: rudos (2-1)
Match Time: 18:42
Approx Rating: Good
Other Match Notes:
1: Similar start here. This time, it's Sombra headscissors Mephisto around. When he goes to follow out, the rudos jump him and attack the others as they make the save. For his part, a whip causes Garza to jump into the post. Ephesto being him back in, and works over his groin for an extended period. Mephisto and Averno take turns punching Shocker in the face until he finally falls down and out. Garza reverses a whip so he can miss a corner charge and get bit on the backside. I think that's the point there. After Sombra and Shocker take their bows, Garza is dropped, and Ephesto is rebound hiptossed on top for the winning splash. He's captain, but the fall keeps on going until Sombra takes a Devil's Wings from Mephisto. A totally unnecessary one, except for the story (I guess.) Not that the refs know.
2: Rudos dominate. This is run of the mill for these teams. Sombra sneaks in a headscissors on Mephisto to get some hope, but goes for Mephisto's mask and gets taken down by the other rudos. Mephisto immediately starts ripping up Sombra's mask. Beatdown goes on. Shocker duck a double clothesline to set up a Sombra springboard dropkick, and usual comeback stuff from there. Sombra and Mephisto come back in just long enough for Sombra to headscissors Mephisto out, and to follow with a tope. Shocker and Averno in, Shocker boots him one one pass, and get the reinera on the next pass.
3: Rudos stall to start. Mephisto and Sombra get about 14 seconds before Sombra goes for the mask and the others break it up. Shocker practices his fake handshakes with Ephesto until Mephisto breaks it up. Shocker and then Garza run thru the rudos from there. All that really matters is Sombra and Mephisto, and Mephisto walks off again rather than fight him. His partners talk him back, but have Ephesto come in to face him again. He lasts not long before being headscissors out, but Mephisto is able to get in a cheap shot when Averno is in. Sombra rallies back, pulling out the same flip escapee into a headscissors from the minis match, though not the same reaction. Dance. Rebound headscissors for Averno, backbreaker for Mephisto, who kicks him away before he can got for the mask. So Sombra just backbreakers him and goes after the mask again. Ephesto boots him out. Shocker ends up in the ring with all three rudos. TVC isn't even that interested as he does the stunner/accidentally dropkicks spot. Shocker runs thru everyone again, but ends up running right into the triple pump powerbomb for a pin. Tecnicos probably should've tried breaking that one up, oh well. Garza dropkicks out Mephisto, but is able to take care of both the other two for a moment, before dumbly electing to slide out against Ephesto. Never slide out against Ephesto, he will tope you. This leaves Sombra and Mephisto. Sombra tries to go for the up and over sunset flip, Mephisto shoves him off. Averno distracts the one referee paying attention, Mephisto tries a low blow kick, Sombra blocks it and spins him, Mephisto connects on it from behind. Mephisto covers, referee - hey, it's Rodolfo Ruiz, ha - counts, one two three.