CMLL Guerreros del Ring on 52MX #315 (12/03/2011) 
Recapped: 12/03/11

Show starts with highlights of the tercera
3: Black Warrior, Hijo del Fantasma, Toscano vs Misterioso Jr., Nitro, Vangelis
3-1: Warrior dropkicks Misterioso & Nitro off the apron, setting up Toscano & Fantasma corner topes. Warrior submits Vangelis with a leg hold
3-2: Nitro submits Fantasma with a crab while the others just hang out on the apron.
3-3: Fantasma 'ranas Nitro (though some slow motion there) and Toscano pins Misterioso

Triton and Titan interviews!

highlights of the opener

Match 1: Shocker ©, Titán, Triton vs Atlantis ©, Guerrero Maya Jr., Sagrado
Arena Coliseo, 11/27/2011

  1. Atlantis

  2. Shocker
  3. Atlantis

Winner: Atlantis (2-1)
Match Time: 14:33
Rating: weird, not good
Notes: Ref is Pompin. It looks like something might have broken out before the match, but they pick up with Guerrero Maya and Titan in the ring. The dark masked Titan is ex-Palacio Negro (his eyes give him away), and the light masked Triton is Metal Blanco.

1: Maya holds Titan in a wristlock, he rolls to a single leg, Maya stood up, but shooing tin for a leg hold. Shocker comes in to help, and Atlantis and Sagrado are quickly in after him. Circle. Lockup, Maya wristlock, double wristlock, armbar, hammerlock, May out to a single leg and legscissors. Quick exchange of holds, Maya ending up with a sunset flip for two. Both up, Maya slaps down Titan, Shocker gets in to yell at him, and they go head to head. Maya won't back down. Titan gets in and shoves Maya back. Titan drop toe hold, Maya stood up and tripped backwards. They're doing mat bits I don't know quite how to describe, but it's sort of Titan reverse monkey flips on Maya. Double wristlock to force Titan all the way down, Titan up, monkey flip normally, Titan landing badly. Shocker gets in stomps from the outside, so Sagrado rushes in and dropkicks Titan from behind. Maya ducks a clothesline, Titan and Maya face off, head to head and shoving. Slap fight. Maya heel kicks Titan, Shocker in, Maya brings in Atlantis. Triton in, and he and Maya throwing kicks at each other. Everyone's a bit on edge here. Atlantis takes over for Maya and trips up Triton, but swings at Atlantis on the apron. Shocker ducks and shoulders him in the midsection repeatedly. Shocker's troops pounds the other técnicos, going full rudo here. Titan likes the headbutts to the midsection. Shocker suplexes Atlantis win the center of the ring while the others are kept away. Técnicos are cleared out except Maya. Spinebuster. Catapult hold, and Titan adds a springboard legdrop. Maya rolled out. Sagrado in and going after Triton and Shocker, but they get a hold of him. Shocker slams Sagrado, and Triton moonsaults his head. One two three.

Need one more. Titan stands over Maya at ringside, but is in no hurry to bring him in. Atlantis comes in instead, and somehow only Shocker is around to fight him. So Shocker leaves. I don't know what was supposed to be happening here, but we've got a lot of people being counted out for no apparent reason. Is Maya actually hurt? Titan and Triton pick him up and crotches him on the post, which gets called a DQ. I've never seen that called a DQ before. Maya is stuck on the post for a while, and his partners don’t seem so concerned.

2: Rudos with corner charges for Atlantis, culminating with a big Shocker clothesline. Two man spinebuster on Sagrado. Brawling and mask yanking around. Shocker's buddies get drawn into fights on the outside, and Atlantis sneaks in a quebradora con giro on him. Maya dropkicks Titan. Sagrado drops Triton on the apron and tosses him up the ramp. Titan gets a double flapjack in the ring and a dropkick out, though Maya follows for some revenge slaps. Sagrado retrieves Triton, tosses him back in the ring, Atlantis feed him into a quebradora con giro. Superkick, one two Sagrado pulls him up. Whip, clothesline. Everyone's sort of gone back to their corners, and Triton rolls out. Titan in, Atlantis throws him in the corner, Shocker in. This match feels very odd. It's not a typical match, very improvised feeling, and it's not coming together well. Perhaps it should feel that way if these guys are fighting with anger more than sense. Shocker manages a sunset flip on Atlantis, clearly fouling him to get Atlantis to go over, but Pompin somehow misses it and counts three. Reverse angle replay shows a double chop low by Shocker to set up the pin.

1: Apocalipsis & Bronco vs Höruz & Leono
1-1: Höruz planchas Bronco on the outside, and Leono submits Apocalipsis
1-2: Bronco splashes Höruz, Apocalipsis cradles Leono
1-3: Bronco submits Höruz, Apocalipsis pins Leono

3: Sagrado and Triton in. Flipping run by Triton, clothesline misses, Sagrado superkicks him. His clothesline misses, Triton springboard headscissors is poor but Sagrado goes out. Sagrado backs far up on the outside, Triton runs, holds up, goes thru the ropes, Asai is broken up and Triton is tripped to the floor. Maya in, but Triton gets him with a springboard armdrag. Clothesline, Titan ducks under, runs up the ropes, springboard twisting headscissors! Maya punches blocks, Titan wristlock, runs up the ropes (barely), jumps off, Maya grabs him and Northern lights suplexes him into the corner. No bridge, all hard toss. Titan gets up, and gets backdropped. Maya Running spin kick evaded, Titan armdrag, Maya armdrag, standoff, dueling slaps to the face. Machete slaps back and forth. Maya grabs Titan by the mask, backs him into his corner, and throws punches at Shocker's team. Maya misses, backs off, Shocker comes in, but so does Atlantis. Chest slap fight. Shocker yells, gets forearmed in the face. Shocker is all dazed, but finds a slap back. Atlantis grabs on, whip, dropkick by Atlantis. Small package, one two NO. Shocker up and forearming Atlantis in the face. His own small package, hooking the bottom rope with both legs, one – Pompin catches it and stops counting. Shocker waits for Atlantis to get up and – straight foul kicks him? Really.

Shocker's crew walks off, though not before Maya has a word with Triton.

Match 2: Ephesto, Mephisto, Volador Jr. © vs La Máscara ©, Rush, Super Porky
Arena Coliseo, 11/27/2011

  1. rudos

  2. técnicos
  3. rudos

Winner: rudos
Match Time: 12:00
Rating: OK
Notes: Referee is Tiger Hispano. This match was preceded by Mascara talking about his title win and knee injury in the match – he starts out perfectly fine here.

1: Mascara/Mephisto goes Mascara's way, so Ephesto rushes in and kicks him. Rush gets him with a missile dropkick. Volador superkicks Rush – or tries to, Rush falling down way too soon – and Porky armdrags him. Volador ducks Porky's clothesline – SLAM! Volador may be hurting more than Porky after trying that, but the rudos all put their boots on Porky's face. Triple boot out. Rush tries attacking Volador, but Ephesto helps him out, and Mephisto kicks the leg. Rush breaks free and gets slapped and chopped by all. Triple powerbomb, times two for him. Tigre Hispano counts three even though Ephesto stopped bothering to cover by two. Rebound hiptoss sets up the backcracker and Máscara is down.

2: Rudos take turns slapping Porky. Volador makes sure to get in a punch with the left every time he slaps with a right. Rush keeps fighting back, gets hit hard. Oh no, there's a Rush brother training with CMLL! We are all doomed. Rudos are in no hurry with Mascara. He ducks a double chops to start the comeback. Rush plancha on two, Porky belly bump sends out Ephesto and Mephisto. Volador is too quick and chops Porky, but Mascara superkicks him out anyway. Ephesto and Mephisto back in, just to get beat. Mascara slowly walks towards Volador, who begs off.

Mascara slowly walks after Volador at ringside. Volador tries to hide in the front row with some friendly fans, and gets kicked in the face. Máscara throws Volador back in, sets him up in the corner, and goes after his mask. Volador just has the chinstrap keeping it on, so it easy for Máscara to get I mostly off. Mascara hangs him off the corner, kicks Volador in the chest, and the mask goes flying one way while Volador flies in another way. Volador and Bam Bam have the same hair cut.

3: Mephisto winds up and up and up, and slaps Porky. Porky cries, his partners slap him, Porky mans up and – pokes Mephisto in the eyes. How does that work? The mask has no eye holes! Super Porky is magic. More Porky comedy – Mephisto gets tripped behind in the corner, much to his dismay, and the other two are splashed. Rudos huddle on the outside as Rush gets in for his turn. Rush stands up to Ephesto's knife edge chops, ducks one, and topples Ephesto with just one chop. Rush off the ropes evasion, headscissors sends Ephesto out. Running elbow smash for Mephisto, and a kick to the head. Volador grabs Rush by his hair, and rush demands he come into face him. Crowd chants for Volador. Volador machete slap, and Rush just brushes it off. Clothesline, and Rush won't go down. Volador tells Rush to go off the ropes, tries to slip behind him for a clothesline, and runs into a powerslam. Off both ropes dropkick, and Rush stomps Volador out of the ring. Rush poses, while Volador howls at the crowd. Mascara in. His mask is untied too. Crowd chants for him. Evasion, Mascara spinning armdrag. Mephisto in, slap fight, Mascara shirt off, Porky faints, Mephisto off the ropes, sunset flip roll thru dropkick by Mascara one two No. Máscara clothesline misses, back elbow misses, Mascara spinning headscissors sends him out. Volador in,. Volador takes of a his shirt - gets it caught around his head – and his mask comes off with his shirt! Volador's face is blurred out as he scrambles to put the mask – and then the shirt with it – back on. Volador's all tied up, and Máscara puts him out of his misery with a superkick. Volador is still sorting himself on the outside, and Mascara goes ahead and topes him for good measure. Rudos immediately win in the ring. That was sudden.