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Lucha Underground results: Seven to Survive match

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

The Takeaway —

Next week, Lucha Underground holds Ultima Lucha Cuatro, but before then, a new Gift of the Gods Champion was crowned in a good match that saw Jake Strong defeat six other men.

Also, the power gauntlet made its return and fell into the hands of a surprising person.

The Recap —

The show opened with action, jumping right into the Seven to Survive match.

Jake Strong defeated King Cuerno, Big Bad Steve (w/ Famous B), Hernandez, Aerostar, PJ Black, and Dante Fox in a Seven to Survive match for the Gift of the Gods Championship

Fox opened the match by taking everyone out with various strikes and dives. Fox hit a springboard inverted flip dive onto everyone, crashing to the floor. Fox flew into Hernandez, but Hernandez caught him and went for a fallaway slam. Hernandez used his power to keep Fox grounded. As Hernandez went for a crucifix bomb, Fox floated over and got a backslide that pinned him! Hernandez has been eliminated by Dante Fox.

The other five men rushed the ring and beat on Fox together. The match broke down as Cuerno hit a fireman’s carry slam on Aerostar into some chairs. Strong was brawling with Fox, and Strong caught him when he went for a hurricanrana and powerbombed him into a wall.

Meanwhile, Famous B gave Steve a wrench and he beat on people with it for a bit. PJ Black cut him off with a low blow. Strong and Black went for each other, seeing Black get a few near falls, but Strong rolled through a sunset flip and locked on the ankle lock before breaking Black’s ankle. PJ Black has been eliminated by Jake Strong.

Strong and Steve brawled in the ring as the crowd chanted for them. Cuerno took out Strong, and Fox went after Steve, but Steve suplexed him into the mat. Steve and Cuerno beat on Aerostar to boos from the crowd, and Steve hit a pop-up cutter. Steve and Cuerno exchanged blows, with Cuerno nailing him with a knee. Both went down with a double clothesline.

Drago came out with a forklift, dressed in full construction gear (with horns on the protective helmet), and Aerostar was lifted to the ceiling before diving off into the ring with a plancha onto Steve and Cuerno! That was incredible. Aerostar pinned Steve, and now Famous B’s man has been eliminated.

Strong took advantage of Aerostar being hurt and started to use power moves to keep him grounded. After an exchange of holds with Cuerno, Aerostar was back in the match, but Strong caught him and got him to tap out with the ankle lock. Cuerno ended up stopping Strong from breaking Aerostar’s ankle, and went right after strong. Cuerno helped Aerostar to the back, and we were left with Fox, Cuerno, and Strong.

Strong went after Cuerno, but Cuerno started throwing flying knees at both guys. He went for another one on Strong, but Strong caught him with the ankle lock. Cuerno rolled through and sent Strong to the floor. Fox was also sent crashing to the ringside mats. Cuerno hit the Arrow of Death, causing Strong to crash to the floor. Fox climbed up to the top of the Temple and hit a flipping dive off the exit area onto Strong and Cuerno!

Fox hit a 450 splash on Cuerno, but Strong pulled Fox off before he could be pinned. Fox took out Strong,  Cuerno hit Thrill of the Hunt on Fox, and Fox kicked out. Cuerno went for a surfboard stretch. Fox was screaming in pain but refused to quit. Cuerno continued to beat the crap out of him. Cuerno went for another flying knee, but Fox dodged and Cuerno crashed into the top turnbuckle.

Cuerno barely kicked out of a big splash from Strong, and Strong turned and ran at Fox on the opposite turnbuckle. Fox flipped over and hit a rolling senton on Cuerno and went for a top rope flipping senton on Strong, but Strong got his knees up. Fox superkicked Strong and dropped him, but Cuerno hit a kick on Fox and all three men were down.

Once all three stood up, they all started an exchange of strikes, but Strong got the best of them due to his size. Fox and Cuerno dropped him with a pair of kicks. Fox and Cuerno started exchanging blows, and Fox hit a split-legged Spanish Fly — which has to be seen to be believed. Fox hit the Fox Catcher on Cuerno and pinned him!

Dante Fox and Jake Strong were the last two left.

Fox took it right to Strong, but Strong was able to read his movements and hit some hard strikes. Fox used the apron and hit a 619 before hitting a shotgun dropkick off the apron. Fox crashed to the floor with a horrible thud, and both were down again. Strong ate another superkick, but Strong kicked out again. Fox went for a kick, but Strong blocked it and went for an ankle lock.

Fox rolled through, but Strong caught him again when he went for a dropkick and Strong locked on the ankle lock! Fox refused to give up, and kept trying to get out of it, but Strong kept holding on. After about a minute, Fox finally tapped out. Jake Strong is the new Gift of the Gods Champion.

The fans were not happy with this, and they let their displeasure be known. Strong broke Fox’s ankle after the match.

Johnny Mundo was training for Matanza, and Aerostar appeared and said that he couldn’t face him alone. Aerostar said without his help, Mundo would just be another sacrifice to the gods. Drago flew in and Aerostar thanked Mundo for saving him. Drago was carrying the Gauntlet of Power and Aerostar told him to take the Gauntlet in order to defeat Matanza. Mundo felt a surge of energy and claimed he felt like a god. Drago asked Aerostar if it was a good idea, but Aerostar said time will tell.

Next week, Ultima Lucha Cuatro begins.

Lucha Underground results: Johnny Mundo vs. Jake Strong

Posted on by Josiah MacDonald

The Takeaway —

Jake Strong looks to be being built up for a match against Matanza at some point, which should be all sorts of fun. Matanza practically murdered Johnny Mundo and Taya Valkyrie at the end of the show. Strong has his eye on the Gift of the Gods Championship, and you can’t help but think that whomever he challenges will not be able to stand up to him.

Sammy Guevara made his return to Lucha Underground, joining forces with Ivelisse and XO Lishus. Mil Muertes continues to be one of my favorite monsters in wrestling.

The Recap —

The show opened by recapping all the legs that Jake Strong broke throughout the season. Antonio Cueto had Strong come into his office and talked about how he was impressed with the destruction that Strong has brought to Lucha Underground. Strong didn’t want a title shot handed to him, so Cueto gave him a chance at the Gift of the Gods medallions.

 Strong said he saw the sacrifices that Matanza was making, and how there should be some left for him. Then his voice changed to a demonic voice and said that the temple was his.

Cueto announced to the audience that he was going to crown a new Gift of the Gods Champion before Ultima Lucha Cuatro.

Jake Strong defeated Big Bad Steve, Aerostar, PJ Black, Hernandez, Dante Fox, and King Cuerno in a battle royal for a chance at the Gift of the Gods Championship

This was a very quick battle royal that saw Strong absolutely dominate everyone and throw them over the top.

Strong told Cueto that he wanted to take on every man in the match next week for the championship, and that he was going to destroy every one of them. The match was booked for next week, but Strong wanted more, so Cueto booked the main event for tonight: Jake Strong vs. Johnny Mundo.

Killshot vs. The Mack ended in a no contest due to Mil Muertes

Killshot and The Mack had a very fast-paced match with Son of Havoc watching from the crowd. The Mack and Killshot hit several high-flying moves, however, what was going to be an excellent match was cut short as Mil Muertes ran in and took out both men.

Son of Havoc tried to make the save, but Muertes destroyed everyone as Killshot made his way out of the ring to avoid the monster.

Ivelisse and XO Lishus talked about how they were challenged to fight for the Trios titles against The White Rabbit Tribe and The Reptile Tribe. However, Joey Ryan was not fit to wrestle due to the beating he took last week, so they announced Sammy Guevara as their partner.

Famous B came out and told Guevara that he was brought to LU as a member of Infamous Inc., and as per his contract, he could only work for him for the next seven years. So XO Lishus and Ivelisse were without a partner. Guevara did a dive onto Famous B, threw the contract into the garbage, put the garbage can over B’s head, and superkicked the garbage can.

Jake Strong defeated Johnny Mundo

They started the match with Strong out-wrestling Mundo and overpowering him with a belly-to-belly suplex. Mundo responded with a Beautiful Disaster kick. Mundo went for a springboard, but Strong cut him off, blocked a kick, and drove Mundo into the ring post. Strong went to the outside and beat on Mundo for a little bit before bringing him back into the ring and stomping on him.

Strong hit Mundo so hard with a lariat that he fell down. Strong went for his avalanche splash off the middle rope, but Mundo got his feet up and brought it right to him with a tornado DDT. Mundo hit a spinning wheel kick, a knee to the face, and a standing Shooting Star Press, but Strong kicked out. Mundo went for Moonlight Drive, but after a series of counters, Strong sent him to the outside again.

Strong and Mundo ended up brawling into the audience, and Strong no sold some of the brawling. Mundo dove from one part of the stands into another, and then hit a massive sunset flip powerbomb over the guardrail to the floor on Strong, which was brutal. Mundo rolled Strong into the ring and hit a 450 splash elbow, but Strong kicked out.

Strong tried to hit a superplex, but Mundo fought him off. Strong ran up the ropes and hit an overhead belly-to-belly all the way across the ring, then hit his avalanche splash, but Mundo kicked out. Mundo went for the End of the World, but Strong rolled him up and locked on the ankle lock! Mundo sent him to the floor, hit a superkick when he came back in, hit Moonlight Drive, and Strong still kicked out!

After an exchange of strikes, Strong grabbed another ankle lock. Mundo tried so hard to escape, and he threw his elbow pad across the ring. The referee picked up the elbow pad to take it out of the ring, and as he did so, Mundo low blowed Strong to get out of it. Mundo hit the End of the World, but Strong kicked out and locked on the ankle lock again! Mundo tapped out and the crowd reacted in horror. This match was so awesome. Go out of your way to see it.

Just as Strong was about to destroy Mundo, Matanza came out. Strong threw Mundo at him and Matanza proceeded to annihilate Mundo. Taya Valkyrie ran out to try and make the save, but Matanza hit Wrath of the Gods on Taya. Mundo was busted wide open and bleeding everywhere while he was trying to protect Taya. Antonio Cueto came out smiling as Matanza was covered in Mundo’s blood. Awesome closing angle too.