Announcers welcome us to the show. Their sound and video seems out of sync. That's all I get out of this
Match 1: Dalis la Caribeña, León, Silueta vs La Comandante, La Seductora, Princesa Sugheit
Arena Mexico, 10/16/2012
rudas
Winner: rudas (2-1)
Match Time: 16:42
Rating: eh
Notes: Referee is Bestia Negra.
1: Fall starts with usual opening exchanges from Seductora & Silueta. It's a bit slow when Seductora is leading thing, and noticeable faster when Silueta is dictating the action (enough so that she's waiting for Seductora to get up at one point.) Silueta puts on a sleeper about a couple minutes in; something she must've picked up from Japan, because I can't think of the last time I've seen someone use one in Mexico. Sugheit breaks that up with a kick, and that signals a change in the flow of the match. It's not an obvious beatdown cue, but it sort of progresses that way, with the rudas being dominate and roughly treating the tecnicas for the entire rest of the fall. Seductora gets in some offense, including a inverted powerslam on Silueta, but mostly plays set up for the other two. (Dallys seems less involved then the other técnicas.) Comandante destroys all three técnicas in order at one point, splashing Dallys in the corner, throwing Silueta from corner to opposite corner by her hair, and driving Leon into the mat with a big chokeslam. Sugheit does her usual bit of taunting and kicking, with many variations of both. Comandante beats Leon with a middle rope splash, and Sugheit easily takes care of Silueta.
2: Rudas continue in control of the fall, mostly beating Dallys and Silueta this time. Dallys has an odd way of taking an enziguri. Comandante gets Silueta around 4 times on her giant swings. It falls apart for the rudas with Comandante holding Dallys and Sugheit timing her kicks poorly. Everyone frantically fights at once, and Dallys land her silla on Comandante while the other two put on their finishes.
3: Sugheit gets booed even as she steals the ring card, so she gives it right back – and then mocks the edecan behind her back. Sugeith makes a “tiny butt” hand motion (I didn't know you could do that either!) and even lifts up the edecane's skirt to make the point. She is weird.
This fall is the usual spot for the tecnica offensive run, but it's much more back and forth. Sugheit kicks around Silueta, Silueta comes back with a flying armdrag, Seductora sends Silueta out with a running knee before she can get any more. Seductora drops Leon with her side slam (Leon gets dropped badly, as seems to happen with that move every time), Leon comes back with a couple spears and a bulldog, but Comandante stops her from any more. Dallys gets beat up longer by Comandante – and it's a bit longer than that because of the delays between when she's hit and she reacts to it – and her big offensive spot goes pathetically arrive. It's an inside springboard something, though unclear what, since Comandante just lets Dallys fly thru the air and hit the mat untouched. Dallys looked like a complete fool and the crowd reacted as such. It can't be her fault totally, Comandante could not have been in the right position for whatever that was and didn't care to fix things, but Dallys should've seen that too and not tried the move. (Or perhaps she tried the move too soon and that's why Comandante wasn't prepared for it.)
Botch spot or not, that starts the end game. Dallys pops up and puts on a time killing hold, other rudas race in to break it up, other técnicas missile dropkick them out and start the dives. Leon's springboard plancha looks good, Silueta's moonsault is fine but kind of splits the two people intended to catch them. Dallys and Comandante remain in, with Dallys getting in a plancha before being trapped in a Comandante's inverted campana.
That feels like it's the fall, but Dallys isn't the captain. Referee attempts to count out the tecnicas on their dives. Silueta makes a last second decision to go in the ring at 19, and Sugheit submits her immediately.
Match 2: Hijo del Fantasma, Stuka Jr., Valiente vs Namajague, Sangre Azteca, Shigeo Okumura
Arena Mexico, 10/16/2012
técnicos
Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 16:53
Rating: okay
Notes: Referee in Pompin
1: Valiente and Okumura immediately launch into a mat wrestling battle, which is obstructed by the lineup graphic. The lineup graphic was very exciting! They're not in much longer. Sangre and Fantasma do much the usual. Sangre barely touches Fantamsa's hands on a wheel kick, and Fantasma falls down, holding his head for about ten seconds. Fantasma rallies back and goes for the Phantom Lariat. Sangre should just stand there and take it, because it'll never work in the third fall if it hits here, but he moves out of the way and Fantasma rolls thru. Fantasma still quebradoras Sangre on the outside, not sure why he bothered. Stuka/Namajague is very chop based for the short time it lasts. Namajague knocks Stuka down, but his frog splash meets Stuka's knees, and Stuka immediately pins him for the win. Okumura beats Stuka just as quickly. Valiente and Sangre come in long enough for Sangre to stop the tecnico with an odd looking running tornado DDT (the landing didn't look right), but Fantasma finishes Sangre to end it.
In a promo, Sombra says there's no time limit this week for him to beat Volador.
2: A long and meandering fall. More rudos control than técnico, but never so much it felt like a normal beatdown. More just randomly back and forth than a style change. All the rudos got a chance to get in mostly basic offense, while it seemed like Fantasma and Stuka were mostly fighting back again Namajague. Namajague was the most entertaining part of the fall, with a headbutt that left him dizzy, and a big spear on Fantasma that set him up for Sangre's top rope low blow dropkick.
Pompin seemed to indicate Fantasma was the captain, but the luchadors ignored him and kept going. Valiente went for Sangre's mask but didn't get far before he was thrown out. Stuka got a short run on Namajague, but Okumura stopped him with a quebradora and the rudos loaded him up to Namajague for a three man superbomb. Haven't seen many of those since the first version of TRT split.
3: Rudos stay in firm control, but mostly striking and chokes. Valiente reverses a whip for the sort of comeback; less frantic action and more monkey flips back and forth on Sangre. Okumura tries to stop it and is cleared out quick. Namajague has more luck, but tries the rope walk again and Valiente just kicks the top out from underneath him to crotch him and send Namajague out. (Not a foul!) Fantasma topes Namajague, técnicos clear out Sangre, and Valiente holds Okumura for Stuka's splash.
Match 3: Atlantis, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Kráneo, Olímpico, Psicosis
Arena Mexico, 10/16/2012
rudos
Winner: técnicos (2-1)
Match Time: 11:00
Rating: good
Notes: Referee is Bestia Negra.
1: Pairs are Olímpico/Atlantis, Psicosis/Delta, Maya/Kraneo. Tecnicos get slight advantages in the first two. The last is the best. Kraneo is in a dancing mood lately and does so after chopping Maya in the corner. Maya's offense includes a leapfrog and powerslam of Kraneo, impressive. Rudos get the edge when Maya is tripped off the ropes. It's well hidden by the camera, but it sure appears Olímpico forgot to trip Maya and Maya just fell down on his own. They set it up again, and Olímpico pulls Maya out to be steamrolled by Kraneo's tope. Other four in, and rudos keep the edge.
Volador promises pain from the Reyes del Aire. He'll show he's better. Last week, it was 10 minutes, but this week it'll be 2 out of 3 falls, and ten minutes won't mean nothing. Volador is oddly out of breath, as if they maybe didn't do this interview until after his match.
2: Rudos remain in control, first working over Atlantis. Kraneo lays out Maya with a huge front suplex, then the other two powerbomb him, and Mije's thrown on top for the pin. No count, Maya's out and Delta is in, dropkicked around and danced near. Mije lands the low blow headbutt on him. Delta ducks a chop to start the comeback, then escapes from Psicosis by moonsault to the floor on Kraneo. Other técnicos end the fall as quickly as the first one did.
3: Maya offense includes climbing armdrag on Psicosis, questionably low heel kick on Kraneo, and a very safe toss to the floor on Mije. Psicosis returns to take Delta's armdrags, and backwards roll over the top rope headscissors. Olímpico out chops Atlantis with a kick, and beats him into the mat for a while. With little transition, it turns into Atlantis running the Invasors into each other. Kraneo escapes Atlantis's dropkick to dance, but still take a backdrop to the floor (his teammates scurring out of the way.) Triple dive tease, but only Maya tops Kraneo (and the barricade.) Everyone else comes in, Atlantis drops Psicosis into position, Delta lands the moonsaults, and Olímpico helpfully runs into the Atlantida.
CMLL History: Dientes Hernandez and Charro Aguayo, early big Mexican stars.
Stellar Moments
Llave: Leono headscissors into an arm trap armscissors on Disturbio
Espectacular: Triton's tornillo moonsault on Skándalo
Lance: Leon frog splash on Amapola
Triunfo: Amapola backcracker on Leon to win the title
Dolorso: Euforia's Nirvanalock on Diamante
Match 4: La Sombra vs Volador Jr.
Arena Mexico, 10/16/2012
Sombra standing on the top rope headscissors (2:03)
Winner: Sombra (2-1)
Match Time: 16:56
Rating: excellent
Notes: Entrances. Sombra is wearing a modified Stormtrooper helmet with LED lights on his shirt. I don't know. Volador is wearing pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month. Mije is NOT with Volador. Sombra faces off with Volador on the ramp. Volador looks uncomfortable with this, but ducks Sombra's clothesline, headscissors him, sprints back up the stairs, and leaps off the stage with a plancha. There's the whistle! Referee is Tirantes.
1: Crowd is fired up already, of course. Sombra recovers, and monkey flips a posing Volador down the ramp. One more play of Volador's dive. Back live, Sombra moonsault off the ramp not Volador, grabbing Volador on the way down (and Sombra going down.) Volador's whipped hard into the barricade. Sombra takes off his his LED shirt to show off his usual 3M shirt. Sombra in, Volador on the apron, both resting. Volador swing kicks Sombra back and tiredly leans on the buckle. It's only been 90 seconds! A hard 90 seconds, sure. Sombra climbs the buckle, and they both fight back to life. Volador gets Sombra gets the better of it, with a standing on the top rope 'rana one two three.
2: Evasion on the corners and in the middle of the ring, Sombra headscissors Volador out, Sombra slides out after him, Volador comes in at the same time, then topes Sombra into the barricade. Replays of that. Sombra rolls in first, but Volador is busy pointing to the crowd. Volador steps thru backwards, Sombra inside cradle him, Volador rolls thru, Sombra shoulderblocks, self flip to the apron, climbs up, and Volador crotches him. Volador up top with Sombra, both standing on the top rope, top rope moonsault side slam one two three.
3: Neither man in a hurry to start here. Volador has to turn to his fans again. Sombra is limping a bit. Volador stops to pose on the middle rope. Sombra takes his turn doing the same. Crowd seems more on Volador's side. Off the rope evasion at high speed, including dueling flipping run. Sombra's springboard headscissors sends Volador out, Sombra wastes no time with a tope con giro, almost vaulting himself completely over the barricade in the process. Sombra holds on, and the fans hold him up. Replay. Sombra makes it back in first. Volador fixes his pants and knee brace, I'd guess, then springboard dropkicks Sombra from behind. Another dive? Another dive- tope con giro into the other way, Volador riding Sombra to the floor and hitting the barricade with his feet. Sombra makes it back in first. Volador springboards in, but meets a dropkick. Boos are loud. One two NO. Sombra off the ropes, dropkick misses, Volador guillotine legdrop. Volador has to pull Sombra out of the ropes before he can cover, and still can only get two. Volador is a bit frustrated. Whip, quick reverse into the Brillante Bomb one two NO. Going to take something more. Volador trying to pull form the crowd. Volador off the ropes, inverted Gori Stretch, no, Sombra rolls thru and lifts Volador into his own inverted Gori instead. Volador fights to get free, Sombra throws him off, Volador frontcracker! Sombra reels, but also only falls back in a corner for a brief second before charging cross ring to clothesline Volador. Sombra back up, and Volador waylays him with a superkick. Both had a run of energy there, and now they're both down. Sombra and Volador chants competing for the same space. Volador charges Sombra, Sombra tosses him to the floor, Sombra moonsault lands, Sombra landing on his feet on the way down. Replays. Sombra up to the apron first, but Volador viscously trips him off. Volador to the apron, diving headscissors send Sombra loudly into the barricade. They've figured out a way to make those impacts sound very loud. Maybe hitting them very hard, I dunno. Crowd into this match. Sombra in the ring, Volador waiving on the ramp before coming back in. Volador off the ropes, flipping run, Sombra catches him in waistlock, Sombra takes a couple steps forward, fireman's suplex flipped out of it, Volador jumps on Sombra's shoulders, drop forward German suplex one two NO! Not sure how much Volador actually got his shoulder up there, but that was the idea. Both off the ropes, Sombra hides in the ropes, Volador finds him with a dropkick. Volador to the apron, Sombra grabs his leg and gets kicked in the face for it. Volador has Sombra figured out. Volador back up on the apron, leaps for another headscissors, Sombra blocks it and spins Volador into the barricade! I guess they've been enjoying the Rey Cometa/Puma King feud too! Sombra stands on the barricade to pose. Volador thrown in, crowd still chanting for him. Sombra springboard 'rana blocked into a powerbomb one two NO. Replay of that. Both crawling on their feet, slow to get up. Sombra dropkicks Volador hard into the corner.
Ten minutes. Sombra drags Volador into position and goes up. Rope flip moonsault lands , one two kickout. Volador was looking to see if he could put his foot on the ropes at first, could not, but still kicked out. Sombra firing up, but crowd is till more behind Volador. Sombra presses Volador up to his shoulders (!), but Volador turns it into the Volador Spiral in the center of the ring! One two NO. Fans are very unsatisfied with Tirantes counting there. He's just slow. Bigger issue: if that's not going to do it, what will? Sombra shoes Volador back and backs up to the corner, Volador charges, Sombra lifts him up, but blocks the Volador Spiral and spinebuster Volador in the exact center of the ring. Sombra goes to the corner, pat the turnbuckle – loud boos – top rope double moonsault, Sombra and Volador getting to the same space at the same time. One two NO. Volador fans were very concerned. Sombra clothesline misses, Volador superkick, backcracker, Sombra staggers into the corner, Volador Spiral again! Sombra tumbles across the ring., and Volador is too hurt cover right away. Sombra tries to get up, but Volador covers him one two KICKOUT. Volador lands on Tirantes there, and they have a bit of an argument, then shove. Tirantes shoves Volador, Volador shoves him, Tirantes goes down, Sombra pulls his mask, backcracker, one two three. Fast count!
Sombra dramatically poses on the middle rope and takes off his shirt. Job well done. Volador recovers just in time to see Tirantes leaving, and yells at him as he goes. Tirantes brushes him off. Sombra gets the microphone just to laugh. Sombra says Volador is great, but Sombra won. Volador says he knows he's better than Sombra, but Sombra was very smart tonight, so Volador is going to give him an opportunity – accept as mask vs mask match! Announcers go boinkers. Sombra, who'd sat down on the ramp, returns to the ring for this. Volador says it's just a one fall match, mask vs mask and tosses the mask to Sombra, still outside the ring. Sombra says Volador has to unmask in front of all the people if he loses, and Sombra comes back inf or the match. They're ready to go, but they look at the commissioner, who is saying no no no. Also, you have no referee. Both Sombra and Volador plead their cases. The commissioner says what they're asking for is impractical. Volador puts the blame on the commissioner and walks out. Wait, did Volador just some how turn this into a win? They're not talking about his loss now. Sombra stalks after him, and almost convinces Volador to come back to the ring to do it anyway. The commissioner blocks that, and walks Volador to the back.
Announcers wrap up, talking about the main event and hoping for a rematch.