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Lucha Underground results: Mil Muertes vs. Prince Puma

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The opening highlight video showcases Vampiro’s mentorship for Prince Puma and Johnny Mundo’s issues with Dario Cueto giving everyone but him title shots. A Dario’s Dial of Doom recap leads to Mil Muertes’ interference and hype for tonight’s Puma vs. Muertes main event.

Vampiro meets with Puma, who tells him he doesn’t want anything to do with him. He doesn’t want his help. Vampiro tells him that Muertes will die by Puma’s hands, and Puma growls.

Slapbak is the house band tonight and Matt Striker hypes up the main event. Matanza is mid-ring, which means it’s time for Dario’s Dial of Doom. Killshot gets the nod tonight and Dario tells him to be ready for war. It’s a bit odd for this fighting champion deal to be given to a lead heel who kills and eats people, but it kind of works.

Lucha Underground Champion Matanza defeated Killshot

Killshot has a bandage on his lower back, so either he had a kidney stolen or he got sliced up a bit in his last match. Matanza lands a series of short-arm lariats and crossfaces him on the mat. A fallaway suplex by Matanza sends him across the ring. Killshot dives into a series of backbreakers from Matanza, but Killshot spins his wrist to escape before eating a headbutt. A rewind German suplex hits and sends Killshot to the floor. 

Matanza rushes into the corner and eats a boot and then an enzuigiri. Matanza goes up for a super tombstone, but he gets kicked down and hit with a DDT. Killshot goes for a dive, but eats a Cesaro-esque flying uppercut. A Wrath of the Gods powerslam hits and gives Matanza the win. Killshot gets a standing ovation before AR Fox comes in with dog tags and Killshot is amazed. Killshot hugs him, but eats a jumping kick and a nasty fisherman buster. Fox throws his dog tags on Killshot while Striker talks in somber tones.

The White Rabbits will be here soon. Fenix, Aerostar, and Drago come down for a trios title match against a mystery team. Dario says that in four weeks, we will get the return of Aztec Warfare! This gets an instant chant, and Dario says that no one has come close to Matanza. He doesn’t think anyone on the roster can beat him.

Matanza will now defend the title in Aztec Warfare. He will be entered in at number one while Fenix will be number 20 — but with a catch. There will be a three-way trios match with Fenix, Aerostar, and Drago against each other and the winner gets the chance to be number 20 while the losers are out of Aztec Warfare.

Drago defeated Fenix and Aerostar in a triple threat match and will enter at #20 in Aztec Warfare

Fenix stands on the apron while Aerostar and Drago shake hands mid-ring. Drago and Aerostar fly around a bit with arm drags. Fenix comes in, but eats a flying palm strike. Aerostar flips off the rope to avoid a double arm drag over the top and lands an arm drag to Drago. Fenix superkicks the neck and then eats a crossbody off the top by Drago. Fenix gets his nose smashed during that and eats a flip dive from Aerostar.  

Fenix hits a Bullhammer and then a German suplex gets two. Fenix catches Aerostar off a dive, but eats a DDT for two. Drago hits a flying arm drag to Aerostar off the top before eating a mushroom stomp off the top by Fenix.

Everyone chops each other before Fenix eats a double chop. Fenix has Drago in a partial Muta lock before Aerostar locks on a deja vu octopus stretch. Fenix escapes and hits a flying boot in the corner, but gets tossed into another one by Drago. A rewind rana hits Fenix! Drago hits the Blockbuster Destroyer and wins it.

Puma vs. Muertes is hyped up next.

In the bathroom, Kobra Moon slithers in to meet Drago and tells him to take the title back to their tribe. Some dude walks in eating a burrito and says he thought it was a men’s room. Mundo comes into Dario’s office, and he is just exhausted by this annoying man bothering him every show.

Mundo says that he is desperate now — so he gives him his $100,000 back — well, $94,000 after he had to pay someone off. Dario takes his money and gives him a shot against Sexy Star and the Gift of the Gods title.

Prince Puma defeated Mil Muertes

Puma slugs away and goes for a backflip headscissors, but gets kneed in the gut. Muertes goes for a suicide spear, but Puma avoids it and dives to the floor. A dive follows up perfectly. Muertes goes to toss him into the barricade, Puma runs up it and then runs back, but he eats a spear.

Muertes hits him with a chair in the gut and then the back. They fight in the crowd before Muertes just clubs him down on the bleachers. Muertes goes back down, but eats a crossbody off the bleachers by Puma.

Puma goes for the 630, but eats a snap powerslam for two. Puma goes for a tornado kick, but Muertes just punches the daylights out of him. A chokeslam gets two for Muertes. He goes for a flatliner, but Puma elbows him, superkicks him, and goes for a tornado kick, but he gets hoisted up and tossed into the corner before a chain of lariats. Puma sends him down and hits the 630 to win! 

Backstage, Rey Mysterio Jr. tells Chavo Guerrero Sr. that he loves his son, but what should he do about him? Chavo tells him that the Guerrero dynasty won’t end with his son and he asks Mysterio if it’s the only way. Mysterio tells him that it’s one or the other — one of them must leave the Temple.

Season three has been rocky so far, but that was easily the best episode of the season. 

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Lucha Underground’s first house show tour gets dates, big sponsor

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

Cricket Wireless announced Friday that they will be sponsoring the first Lucha Underground house show tour with events scheduled for October 23rd in Phoenix, AZ, October 30th in Houston, TX, and November 5th in San Diego, CA.

The current issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter discussed the tour and some of my thoughts on it.

To me, it’s kind of crazy to announce the Phoenix show at this late of a date. Additionally, no venues nor lineups have been announced for the shows.

As of today, the only thing we know is that Rey Mysterio Jr. and Prince Puma (Ricochet) were being pushed as the top stars in the original plans, but Puma will be in Japan for all three dates. Coincidentally, Mysterio is booked for Japan next week as well but that’s just on October 26th, so he should be able to work the LU dates.

We’re told different talents will be at different shows as opposed to having the same card done all three nights.

Lucha Underground results: Pentagon vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Chavo Guerrero

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The show starts off with a recap of Pentagon Dark snapping the arm of El Dragon Azteca Jr.

We see him beat Chavo Guerrero, and then get a recap of the Famous B saga with Mascarita Sagrada and Dr. Wagner Jr. joining the fray. Johnny Mundo’s anger over not getting a Lucha Underground title shot is shown, setting up Jack Evans vs. Sexy Star for the Gift of the Gods title later tonight.

El Dragon Azteca Jr. talks to the spirit of his mentor about fighting with honor when his opponent won’t. Chavo attacks him with a chair and says that he won’t let a punk take his chance for revenge away from him — so he batters the camera from Azteca’s POV with a chair. Rey Mysterio Jr. comes in to survey the scene and begs for help before screaming to the heavens that it’s Chavo.

Slapbak is our house band, thankfully preventing Matt Striker from making monkey jokes this time around. Dr. Wagner Jr. and Famous B team up for the first time tonight, and Famous B sees in-ring action for the first time in over one season of the show. Son of Havoc teams with Mascarita Sagrada here, and Havoc rides down to the ring with Sagrada in a customized sidecar. Well, that’s adorable. 

Dr. Wagner Jr. & Famous B defeated Son of Havoc & Mascarita Sagrada

The faces start things off with flip dives, and Sagrada beats Wagner up on the floor. Fortunately, Famous B spends more time with Sagrada after that. Mid-ring, Wagner gets two with a sit-out powerbomb. Famous B stomps away at Sagrada while the fans chant 423-U-Suck. Famous B holds Sagrada so Wagner can superkick his leg. Brenda is perfectly annoying on the floor degrading and insulting Sagrada. Wagner eats a flying headscissors, opening the door for Havoc to come in.

He lands a slick pump kick and elbows away before getting two off a crossbody. Famous B gets caught making the save and eats a back suplex. Wagner is thrown out and Havoc grabs B and tags in Sagrada, who crossbody blocks him and hits an airplane spin. Havoc goes up top, but Wagner kicks him down and a Wagner Driver ends things for Sagrada. B gets his stethoscope on and covers Sagrada with it to win, earning B his first win in three seasons.

The unseen white rabbit tribe asks how long forever is. Vampiro hypes up Pentagon Dark vs. Azteca before hyping the main event. Striker says that Dario’s Dial of Doom returns, and now we get clips of past shows along with still photos of the action to show you what happened before. Jack Evans comes out to face Sexy Star. Evans talks smack and gets the hell slapped out of him for it.

Gift of the Gods Champion Sexy Star defeated Jack Evans to retain her title

Evans stalls for a bit and then dropkicks Star down before posing. She lands a flying armdrag off the top and then flies off the apron with a seated senton. She drags him around by his hair and lands some forearms. She posts him leading to a “post-traumatic stress disorder” line from Striker that actually makes Vampiro laugh.

Evans regains control and kicks Star on the mat hard. Evans insults her in Spanish, leading Striker to ask Vampiro if his poor Spanish offends him. A mafia kick lands for Star but only gets two. Evans lands a series of sick knees to the face before rubbing Star’s face against the buckle. Evans flips around a bunch before a multi-backflip thumb to the eye. Star reverses a whip and lands a series of shoulders to the gut and a pair of bronco busters for two.

Star slaps Evans’ chest before putting him in a Gory special and dropping him to his knees for two. Star charges into the corner, but eats a kick and a neckbreaker for two. Evans goes up top and gets slammed to the floor before Star hits a crossbody to the floor. 

PJ Black flies around from the crowd into the ring before Mundo spears Star on the floor and then rolls under the ring. That only gets two. Mundo tries to come in, but Drago and Aerostar come down to take Mundo and Black out. Evans gets his flipping backslide, but his feet are on the rope — so Fenix points it out and then leaves.

Star gets a Singapore cane and hits Evans in the groin before hitting a spinning fisherman suplex for the win.

Dario Cueto is on the phone and thanks someone before telling Chavo that Azteca isn’t leaving any time soon. Cueto makes Chavo vs. Azteca, but Mysterio calls Chavo a piece of sh*t for taking Azteca out. He wants to face Chavo in the main event tonight. But first, a kung fu fight breaks out as it always does, and Mysterio wins this one.

Cueto says he loves this and Chavo gains a brief edge. This gives Dario an idea — Pentagon Dark is in the main event because he promised him, but he’ll make a three-way match tonight between all of them.

Pentagon Dark defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Rey Mysterio Jr.

Mysterio gets double teamed to start, but lands a series of headscissors and ranas. Chavo gets sent to the floor and Mysterio lands a deja vu headscissors on Pentagon. He flies over the top with a huge dive to both before enjoying the cheers of the crowd. Mysterio sends Pentagon in and lands a seated senton. A springboard crossbody gets two.

Chavo grabs his chair and boots Mysterio on the floor. Pentagon lands a series of nasty kicks on each before kicking Mysterio down on the floor and yelling Cero Miedo into the camera.

Pentagon grabs the chair and slaps it to get the fans hyped and wedges it in the corner. He goes to toss Mysterio in, but it’s reversed and Chavo drop toeholds him into it. Mysterio gets a cradle for two before Striker talks about the WWE history of Mysterio and Chavo, while Vampiro says that this really goes back to Chavo Classic and Chavo against Rey Sr. and Rey Jr.

Chavo lands a sick kick in the corner to Pentagon before uppercutting Mysterio in the corner. Mysterio slides under Chavo and lands an enzuigiri on Chavo. Pentagon baseball slides Mysterio on the apron and gets sent to the floor. Chavo lands a dropkick and a senton gets two.

Mysterio monkey flips Chavo out of the corner. Chavo lands three amigos, drawing the ire of Striker for some reason. Pentagon Dark powerbombs Mysterio for two. Mysterio rolls Pentagon into Chavo for a dual 619. Pentagon gets the win on Mysterio after the package piledriver. Mysterio attacks Chavo, but he gets pounced and Chavo hits him with the chair on the head and then the knee. Chavo wraps him into a tree of woe and chair shots the knee.

Lucha Underground results: Prince Puma vs. Matanza title match

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The show begins with a recap of the Dial of Doom and Vampiro leading Puma to the dark side. Catrina killing Sinestro is shown, as is the Ultimate Opportunity match leading to the best of five series. Dario comes out to a “jefe!” chant and says it’s time for everyone’s favorite game show: Dario’s Dial of Doom!

Prince Puma gets a shot tonight, showing that the dial actually can lead to exciting matches that should make Matanza seem like he’s in danger. Striker makes monkey jokes about house band The Chimpz, leading to Vamp doing an excellent facepalm. Ivelisse comes out and is called a one of a kind by Vamp.

Ivelisee vs. Mariposa

Mariposa outwrestles Ivie to start, but Ivie gets an armdrag and a lariat to gain control. Mariposa slams her and lands a power drive elbow for 2. Mariposa locks on a sick-looking kneeling sharpshooter/Indian deathlock, but Ivie gets to the ropes. Ivie lands a discus forearm and gets 2 off a crossbody. Ivie kicks her and goes for a Code Red, but Mariposa gets 2 off a Samoan drop. Ivie finally lands the Code Red to win it. Marty puts the boots to her post-match.

– Dario talks on the Batphone and says that Matanza is a god who won’t be beaten tonight. Mundo complains about Puma getting a shot. Dario says it was fate and Mundo says that his abs aren’t fate — they’re from hard work. Mundo says he wants the LU Title, but he can’t get that, so he’ll settle for the Gift of the Gods Title since Sexy was beaten last week. Dario says she was, but Jack got the win so he faces her tonight for the title.

A creepy video says “They’ll be here soon”, but I’m guessing Sanity isn’t going to be on both NXT and Lucha Underground.

Texano vs. Cage – Best of Five Series, match two

Cage gets a shoulder tackle to start, but he eats a flip dive. Vamp says that this series could change the history of the sport. Texano slams him on the floor before posting him. Cage goes for a powerplex, but Texano avoids it and then misses a flip into the ring. Cage gets 2 off a small package and lands a neckbreaker while the fans slam the barricades to the tune of The Terminator. Cage powerslams him and hits a second rope moonsault for 2. Texano hits the Tye Breaker for 2. Cage hits a sitout Alabama Slam for 2. Texano’s superkick gets 2, but Cage gets the powerplex and wins with the Lucha Destroyer/F5. 

– Sami Callihan debuts as Ivie’s boyfriend and says he’s sorry and figured she’d main event. She gets upset about him treating her like she’s weak, so she just wants to go home. He takes a swig out of his flask.

Melissa Santos is mid-ring to introduce the main event. Striker says this match is what the company is all about, while Vamp says Puma was the man, but he’s broken and needs to do something different.

Lucha Underground Champion Matanza Cueto vs. Prince Puma

Puma darts at him with a pump kick, but eats a clubbing blow. Puma hits a triangle dropkick that sends Matanza to the floor and lands a PK off the apron before hitting a shooting star to the floor. Matanza smashes him into the announce table, but he gets smashed into the barricade. Matanza tosses him into the ring, but eats a palm strike before landing an overhead belly to belly.

Matanza lands a series of shoulder charges in the corner as Dario goes “Yes!” to every one of them. Matanza charges into him and sends him flying. Matanza lands a series of backbreakers, but misses a corner charge and eats a 619. Puma goes for a Regalplex, but Matanza powers out and gets the Karelin lift German suplex.

Matanza hits one avalanche in the corner, but gets caught on another and Puma carries him mid-ring and hits the Northern lights>brainbuster combo for 2!

Puma goes for a high kick, but gets caught in a capture suplex and powerbombed for 2. Puma lands a superkick and turns a Wrath of the Gods into a DDT! A spinkick, pump knee, and tornado kick send Matanza down into position for the 630. It lands, but Muertes spears him! Marty Elias wants to call a DQ, but Dario tells him not to. Catrina saunters down and Mil flattens Puma with the flatliner. She raises the stone high and Mil leaves before Matanza hits the Wrath of the Gods and retains with a pin.

This was an outstanding match by the end. It took a while to get going, but they made everyone here look outstanding.

– Backstage, Killshot works out but is interrupted by Joey Ryan. Joey gives him an envelope and says some guy left it for him. Killshot asks for a description, but Joey says he’s not a detective. Killshot opens the envelope to reveal a piece of paper reading  “You left me for dead.”

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Lucha Underground results: Dragon Azteca battles Chavo Guerrero with Rey Mysterio as special ref

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We get a recap of the Rey-Chavo-Azteca Jr. issues and the Worldwide Underground’s issues with Sexy Star. Joey Ryan turning his back on Cortez Castro is shown, and we see Puma do Vampiro’s bidding in attacking Mil Muertes. Sexy Star looks at her title backstage before Dario talks to her and she says she will never be afraid again.

He says that if she truly has no fear, she’ll cash it in to face Matanza – but tonight, she teams with Fenix, Aerostar, and Drago against the Worldwide Underground. Mundo runs after Taya in the locker room, but she isn’t there – so he introduces himself to Sexy Star and says he’s taking her title.

Sinestro De La Muerte vs. Prince Puma

They start off with strikes, which Vamp says is due to him having more aggression now. Puma chops away and locks on a sick neckbreaker submission. Puma hops up top and gets pulled down before eating a shotgun knee strike to the back of the head. Puma lands the northern lights suplex into the brainbuster for 2. Muertes runs down, but gets stopped by Puma. Puma hits the inverted piledriver and wins with Mil’s own move the Flatfliner. He jumps after Muertes and Catrina holds him back.

Castro goes into Dario’s office and Dario tells him that he wants to find “the real killer” of Mr. Cisco. Dario says maybe it’s Big Ryck since he burned his eye with a cigar. Dario tells him the show must go on, and he wants him to win it for Cisco. Striker says that this is a bonus match – and he will face Pentagon Dark.

Pentagon Dark vs. Cortez Castro

Cortez lays in some chops and sends him into a corner to stomp a mudhole into him. Pentagon kicks his leg hard twice and sends him down each time. Pentagon makes him pay for his few chops with one giant windup one and a package piledriver ends it. Pentagon snaps his arm after the match while the crowd chants for Pentagon. Pentagon says it doesn’t matter who wins tonight between Chavo and Azteca. He will take them out because he is Pentagon Dark and he has zero fear.

Sexy Star, Fenix, Aerostar, and Drago vs. The Worldwide Underground

Striker talks about how Sexy Star has inspired a generation. Sexy and Taya tumble around to start for a bit. Jack and Drago tag in to resume their rivalry. Jack flips around a lot before tagging in Black, who eats a variety of legsweeps. Aerostar double-jump dropkicks Mundo before Fenix darts around and takes Mundo down. Sexy is tagged in and legdropped down onto Mundo. Jack comes in and dominates Sexy, hitting the flying finger gun to the butt. Taya hits a corner back elbow and the shotgun knees.

Mundo goes to superkick Sexy, but she sucks and the kick hits PJ. Drago is tagged in and hits a knee on the second rope to land a springboard codebreaker before Fenix dives onto him for 2. Sexy blind tags herself in and eats an STO. Mundo charges, but eats a Fenix superkick, and he then corkscrew dives onto the floor.

Striker gives Taya a thousand nicknames while she attacks Sexy. Evans gets a jackknife backslide and wins. In their lair, Mil and Catrina kill Sinestro De La Muerte via a neck snap and she gives him the lick of death. She wants him to do the same thing to Prince Puma. El Dragon Azteca Jr. comes down while Striker calls him a rising star, and calls Chavo insecure.

El Dragon Azteca Jr. vs. Chavo Guerrero Jr.

Chavo works on the arm and head to start things off. Chavo’s chinlock leads to Azteca flipping out of it and Vamp saying that he mocks Chavo, but he respects him. Chavo locks on an inverted Rings of Saturn and turns it into a crucifix for 2. Chavo gets kicked to the floor and baits Dragon in to toss him into the barricade.

Chavo stomps on the arm, which Vamp says goes back 500 years to hurt you – but not kill you. Azteca responds to this attempted maiming with a springboard armdrag.

Chavo locks on a rolling half crab, which he says led to a tap. Rey says no, so Chavo complains. Chavo decks him, so Rey hits him and Azteca ranas him to win. Rey 619s Chavo and raises Azteca’s hand high – so he will face Pentagon Dark. Black Lotus says she will send the Black Lotus tribe to kill Pentagon Dark, and we see her gaggle of ninjas.

I wonder if the Black Lotus tribe was just all those wacky lucha ninjas that got their asses kicked in season two?

Lucha Underground results: Rey Mysterio kung fu; pizza bites; Trios title match

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The show starts with a recap of the Dial of Doom and Pentagon Dark vs. Rey Mysterio, with Dragon Azteca Jr making the save. The Sexy Star beating from the Worldwide Underground closes things out before we go to the Temple. Rey and Azteca have a kung fu battle with Rey arguing before Chavo comes in and armbars Azteca.

Chavo threatens to take over Azteca’s training. Dario’s Dial of Doom returns to give Matanza another victim. The Mack gets the shot and a big pop while Dario hypes up “the Return of the Mack”. 

Lucha Underground Champion Matanza vs. The Mack

Mack fights with Matanza in the crowd and stunners him on the floor. Mack gets a lot of time to shine here with a variety of kicks and even a running rana, but Matanza’s power proves to be too much. A deadlift German allows Matanza to dominate, and he’s now added a variety of corner kicks to further massacre opponents. Mack wins a chop battle and gets a flip dive, but a frog splash meets the knees and the Wrath of the Gods spell the end for The Mack.

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A Famous B ad airs and pisses off Son of Havoc, and Mascarita Sagrada. They’re eating Pizza Bites in Havoc’s mother’s basement, and she tells him to not call her Mrs. Havoc. This was something else. Mundo storms into Dario’s office and wants a title shot. Dario offers a trios title shot, but he wants an LU Title shot and doesn’t get it – so he retreats to his dojo. Taya says she’s up for the trios match and offers to find someone else.

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Texano vs. Cage – Ultimate Opportunity Match

Texano is mid-ring to face Cage. Rumors have it that Cage is not a man and is instead a machine. Dario comes out and talks about how they were in the unique opportunity tournament – but they fell short. As result, this won’t be for a unique opportunity – it will be for the ULTIMATE opportunity, and he will reveal that to the winner.  

Texano and Cage have a super fun match alternating between a variety of dives and stiff shots. Cage hits a high kick and a flip dive. Cage focuses on the neck, resulting in big “Texano” chants. Cage locks on Billy Goat’s Curse, but Texano gets the ropes while Striker says that is the one thing that separated pro wrestling from Greco Roman wrestling.

Texano recovers enough to get an ankle lock that Cage escapes, but Texno lands a series of lariats and a spinkick. Cage gets a series of lariats and a calf kick before a spinebuster gets 2. Texano gets a cradle for 2, but a death valley driver gets 2 for Cage. Cage counters a rainmaker with a discus lariat for the win. Dario says the ultimate opportunity will be given to the winner…of the now Best of Five series – so Cage is up 1-0.

Fenix, Drago, and Aerostar face the Worldwide Underground of Taya, Jack Evans, and PJ Black in our main event. 

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Dario unloads a box of Famous B merch before finding a series of photos. Dragon Azteca Jr. comes in and wants a match with Pentagon – but Dario wants him to have a rematch against Black Lotus, but she’s in Hong Kong. Dario tells him that he’ll give him the match with Pentagon. Ricky Mandel comes in asking when his next match will be and he spots the photos. Dario gives them to him. Chavo comes in and gets brushed off.

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Trios Champions Aerostar, Drago, and Fenix vs. Taya, PJ Black, and Jack Evans

The trios champs come down before the heels and Striker says this must be under Freebird rules.  Jack uses a bit of Mortal Kombat movements according to Vamp before everyone else tags themselves in. Taya starts with Drago and they have an impressive little sequence won by Taya with an armdrag. Drago tags Aerostar in, but Jack won’t tag Taya, so she tags PJ in. PJ lands a slick spinning brainbuster for 2.

Fenix gets tagged in and runs wild before Jack comes in to tag Taya in before a wacky kung fu movie exchange. Jack flips in before Drago comes in and hits the flying finger gun to the ass. PJ is tagged in harshly, so when PJ needs one, he does the same thing to Jack. Jack pouts on the floor before PJ eats a ton of moves in the corner.

Taya dives onto Fenix and Drago. PJ goes up for a springboard, but eats a rana by Aerostar! A springboard codebreaker gets the win for the champions.

The Worldwide Underground destroys the champions with the aid of Mundo, but Sexy Star comes down to even up the odds.

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Dario talks to Rey about Dragon Azteca Jr. wanting a match with Pentagon – but he nixed that and made Azteca vs. Chavo with the winner facing Pentagon. Dario says he wants this to be fair, so Rey will be the referee.

Solid show – nothing amazing, but they moved things along nicely. 

With his brother by his side, Pentagon Jr. looks to conquer the Big Apple

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Despite playing to cheering crowds around the globe, there was still one place on the map for Pentagon Jr. to conquer. On July 24th, he had his chance. And the Big Apple was ready.

“It was one of the places we wanted to wrestle in, and a lot of people from New York asked me, ‘When are you coming to New York?’ so that was also one of the things I was excited about,” Pentagon said through translator Javier Clorio. “But the reaction of the audience that day, I didn’t expect it.”

Wrestling in the main event of the Lucha Libre Promotions show at LaBoom in Queens, Pentagon was in with a familiar foe in his brother, fellow Lucha Underground star Fenix, and as expected, the two put on their usual stellar performance, delivering one of the best under the radar matches of 2016. When it was over, Pentagon got the victory, but to the fans in attendance, there were no losers.

As proof, money began flying into the ring. Not coins, but rolled up bills, and as Pentagon and Fenix acknowledged the crowd, a bag rapidly filled up with the evening’s proceeds. It was a testament to the power of wrestling to garner a reaction that you rarely see in any other venue.

“This happened to us in Mexico, and in the United States it happened in LA, it happened in Chicago, and it surprised me that it happened in New York,” he said. “But it was also very satisfying because people know that we were giving them our best. It was a sign of respect from the audience to us.”

It was old school, something that had nothing to do with Twitter followers or Instagram likes.

This Saturday, Pentagon Jr. and Fenix will be back in Queens and back at LaBoom, this time for a best two out of three falls match. Let the old school goodness continue.

“We’re excited,” he said. “The intention was to do a Mexican-style two out of three falls and we’re ready. Not only that, but the championship for the Perros Del Mal is on the line.”

When the two Mexican stars collide, it doesn’t matter whether a title is on the line, if it’s on television, or in an arena or nightclub. The chemistry is rare, and it always works.

“We both know what each other is doing and we’ve had so many matches together that that’s where the chemistry come from,” Pentagon said.

It doesn’t hurt that the two have been battling it out for as long as they’ve known each other.

“Ever since we were kids, we used to fight with each other,” Pentagon said of the siblings’ real-life origin story. “We broke three beds, we broke furniture. Our parents used to hit us because we would not sit still. And we used to wear underwear on our faces as masks.”

The 31-year-old native of Gustavo A. Madero del D.F. Mexico has come a long way since those days, with his stint on the El Rey Network’s Lucha Underground series exposing him to an entirely new audience that appreciates the intensity of the man whose motto “Cero Miedo” (Zero Fear) has taken hold, being chanted at live events and emblazoned on t-shirts.

On Wednesday’s season premiere, his clash with Rey Mysterio Jr. captivated the crowd, and with good reason. Of course, there is a price to pay for such success.

“It (life) does change,” Pentagon said. “I spend less time with my family. I try to spend as much time with them as I’m able to when I’m home, but because of the success of my career, that has changed. So I don’t spend a lot of time with my family, I don’t sleep a lot and I’ve been traveling. But that (making it big) was my objective, and it’s important to me, so those are some of the sacrifices I have to make right now.”

And when all those rough days pile up, there is still the ring, the roar of the crowd, and the ability to make people smile, boo or gasp thanks to what he does between those ropes. You can’t put a price tag on that.

“I want to leave a mark everywhere I go,” he said. “For me, the show (Lucha Underground) is important, but it’s also very important that every single show I do, even if it’s not for TV, I give it 100 percent because people are paying for a ticket, and they deserve to get an amazing show when they see me at an event.”

The Week In Lucha Libre: AAA, CMLL lead a fast and furious 17-day stretch

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Editor’s note: This orginally appeared in this week’s edition of Figure Four Weekly.

By “Dr. Lucha” Steve Sims

As of late, the latter part of the summer has been one of the busiest times for year in Mexican wrestling. 2016 won’t be an exception as we’re nearing a 17-day window starting in just two weeks in which things will be coming at us all fast and furiously.

AAA —

AAA will kick things off on Friday, August 19th, with their final taping before Triplemania.

They’ll be back in Veracruz, the location of their first-ever show in May 1992, with another Pagano vs. Psycho Clown main event. On Friday, July 29th, Pagano again defeated Clown, this time in a bull terrier (chain) match, meaning Clown has now lost basically every TV match he’s been in since the World Cup, as well as all three singles matches to Pagano in that span.

On the August 19th taping, the stip is that the winner gets to choose the referee for their TripleMania mask vs. hair match — one you would figure heel Pagano is almost certain to win.

August 28th will be AAA’s Triplemania show from La Arena Ciudad de Mexico with Wagner-Cage-Texano Jr. in a triangular, Pentagon Jr. vs. Johnny Mundo, a Lucha Underground trios, a triangular tag team title match, the Apache Sisters vs. Hell Brothers, and an 11-man opener for a cup. All of that is in addition to Clown vs. Pagano.

Fun fact: 19 of the 26 names announced so far are wrestlers who have worked a match on Lucha Underground, so it’s almost really more of an LU card than an AAA card.

CMLL —

Also on the 19th, CMLL will tape its penultimate TV before the 83rd Anniversary show, announced last week for September 2nd. It is not certain, but is quite possible, that this card will include Block A of the annual CMLL Universal (Champion of Champions) tournament. Block B would then be on August 26th, and the two Block winners would meet in the final on September 2nd.

The fact the promotion has signaled that they will be airing the August 19th and 26th shows live from Arena Mexico would indicate that those two are likely “bigger” shows. Additionally, over the previous few tournaments, the time of year they have usually been held has been the weeks right before the Anniversary show.

The CMLL 83rd anniversary show is set for September 2nd. Five weeks out, lots of feuds are still up in the air for the main event or at least for the second stipulation match that would seem to be now a general part of CMLL Anniversary shows:

La Mascara vs. either Rush, Mistico II, Dragon Lee II, or Pierroth II; Ultimo Guerrero vs. Volador Jr., Rey Bucanero vs. Super Crazy; Guerrero Maya Jr. vs. Dragon Rojo Jr., Zeuxis vs. Princesa Sugehit, or, to a much lesser possibility, Caristico vs. Mephisto, Caristico vs. Mistico II. 

Of all these noted here, the one they are least likely to run but the one that would easily generate the biggest gate if they did run it is Rush vs. L. A. Park.

Some times in the past 10 years when CMLL has had this many eligible feuds concurrently, they just throw them all in a pot and generate a stew for dinner, that is, a multi-man cage match with everyone’s gimmick on the line. I’d guess that’s not the direction they are heading.

One note on the above scenarios: Caristico is currently out with an injury and his returning by the Anniversary show is iffy at best. If there is a major apuestas match with him in the plans for 2016, my guess is that such a match will be in the fall for Elite rather than in the summer for CMLL.

WWE —

WWE will be coming to Mexico the last full week of August 2016 with an August 26th date in Leon, and an August 27th date in Puebla. They are currently listing Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn, and New Day vs. Anderson/Gallows on top.

They also come back in December 2016, which will include a visit to Mexico City. It will be interesting to see who comes in from WWE/NXT to work that show, as, among other reasons, several NXT guys will have been called up to the main roster and who knows how many Mexican luchadores, if any, will have been signed to NXT to help fill out its roster.

On the weekends of August 20-21, August 17-28, and September 3-4, the smaller/independent Mexican promotions will hold tons and tons of shows, including for some of the really good smaller promotions their biggest show of the year, or one of their biggest. Many of them have had very solid years in ring and at the gate for the scale they are running.

Lucha Underground Ultima Lucha Dos pt. 2 results

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We see the vignette debut for Night Claw and get a brief history video for King Cuerno vs. Mil Muertes. Striker and Vampiro hype up the death match main event, and the seven-man Gift of the Gods title match starts the show. 

Daga vs. Night Claw vs. Sinestro De La Muerte vs. Mariposa vs. Marty the Moth vs. Sexy Star vs. Killshot – Gift of the Gods Elimination Match

Killshot brawls with Marty on the floor while Sexy Star takes out Mariposa. Kobra Moon stalks Daga from Dario Cueto’s office. Night Claw hits a big dropkick and Daga gets a two-count off a cradle.

Sinestro hits AJ’s quebrada reverse DDT but lifts Night Claw up. Marty hits a cutter on Night Claw. Night Claw hits a PK on Daga and hits a C4 on Sinestro to eliminate him.

Night Claw slides to the floor and eats a flip dive by Daga. Sexy Star tosses Mariposa onto the pile and hits a corkscrew dive off the top to the floor. Twisting dive by Killshot before Marty hits a giant Deadman Dive to the floor.

Daga armbars Marty but gets Backlund lifted into the buckles. Daga hits a tornado DDT into a guillotine choke before Night Claw nixes that and brawls with Daga.

Night Claw takes Daga up for a super frankensteiner with both guys up top, then takes him out with a flying kneedrop to the face off the top. Night Claw and Killshot chop away at each other. Mariposa and Sexy Star brawl. Night Claw goes up top on the office and moonsaults onto the pile.

Marty gets sent into the buckle and hit with a sick kick before Mariposa eats a Death Valley Driver on the apron. Cutter hits Marty, and Night Claw lands a super rana and then a kneeling superkick for two on Killshot.

Killshot hits the One Winged Angel on Night Claw to take him out. 

Killshot and Marty brawl while Sexy Star and Mariposa fight. Killshot launches Sexy Star ass-first into the Martinez siblings. Mariposa gets a close near fall off a sunset flip powerbomb on Killshot. Marty curb stomps Killshot before Mariposa beats Killshot with the vertebreaker.

Sexy Star is now in a makeshift handicap match against Marty and Mariposa. Sexy Star gets mockingly kicked around by them before she hits a Tower of London on them. Sexy Star locks Marty in a Fujiawara armbar before his sister saves him.

Mariposa holds Sexy Star, but Marty takes too long to punch her and she ducks, so Mariposa gets punched and eliminated.

A “Kill the Moth” chant breaks out and Sexy Star chops the daylights out of him. She locks on an Octopus hold, but he recovers and hits a sideslam. A fan yells at Sexy Star to “kick him in the dick!” 

She would, but he punches her and gets two off the same punch that took Mariposa out. Sexy Star locks on the cross armbreaker and he taps, so she becomes the first female singles champion in the company’s history. 

After a break, we see officers Neehan and Reyes set up Francisco with a wire. If he gets evidence, he’ll be cleared of all charges. Striker says that next week’s show will be the two-hour Ultima Lucha finale. Next week’s card is run down.

The death match is up next, with King Cuerno coming out first while Striker talks about there already being one death match in LU history that almost ended someone’s career. Mil Muertes comes down to a huge ovation.

Mil Muertes vs. King Cuerno – Death Match

A slugfest starts things off before Muertes picks Cuerno up and tosses him around like a ragdoll. Cuerno hits a running dropkick that doesn’t even phase him. Muertes bullies him into the corner before punching him. He eats a backdrop and a high kick on the apron before being sent to the floor for the Arrow of Death. It hits and sends Mil right into a stack of chairs.

The fans chant for one more, but Muertes punches him to stop that. Muertes hits a TKO on the floor and throws him into a trash can. Muertes tells fans to leave, they do, and he chucks Cuerno into chairs before they fight up to the stands.

They slug it out, but Muertes eats a big forearm smash sending him back to ringside.

They fight up a flight of steps to the musical guest area. Muertes beats Cuerno up with a mic stand before grabbing the mic, teasing a song, and beating him with the mic. Cuerno hangs off the stage and gets booted to the floor.

Muertes grabs a table and then grabs a ladder to hit his opponent in the face. Muertes grabs the thick wooden steps, sits him on them, and punches Cuerno out. He charges, but Cuerno moves and he eats the steps.

Cuerno hits him a few times with a trash can and Vampiro says this is like a near-death experience for them, something that he says he’s had 10 of.

Cuerno is beaten by Muertes, who goes up top and eats a chop. A super rana hits and Cuerno sends Muertes to the floor with a clothesline. Muertes punches him hard and they fight up the steps where Striker says it’s like a stairway to hell.

Muertes’ head is put through a window, but he recovers and tosses Cuerno’s head through another window before tossing him down the steps. After Cuerno goes for a pin, Muertes lifts him for a powerbomb and gets a rana. A kickoff DDT hits for Cuerno. 

Cuerno tries to put Muertes to sleep with a rear naked choke, but he recovers and slugs him. They get into a Frye-Takayama exchange before sending each other to the floor. Muertes goes to spear him into the ladder but gets backdropped onto it instead.

Cuerno grabs Catrina, but Muertes recovers and puts him through a table with a leaping spear. Muertes powerbombs him through another table, then another, and then a third table. Muertes grabs a crowbar and slugs him with it before winning with a tombstone piledriver, which is a far better finish for him than a few flatliner variants.

Catrina gives him the lick of death before the medics come to take Cuerno away. We get a hype video for next week showing Pentagon tossing Vampiro through a flaming table and Striker asks Vampiro how he feels about Pentagon’s chances as his master. Vampiro grabs the pills and throws them away so he can train his student. 

Mr. Cisco talks to Dario Cueto and asks if he needs anything. He says no and Cisco says hey, we used to be boys and he’s a loyal soldier. Cueto tells him he’s nervous and asks if he’s wearing a wire. Cisco is forced to unbutton his shirt and the wire is discovered.

Cueto asks if he’s wanted for murder and Cisco says no, so Cueto says “he is now” and bludgeons him to death with the bull statue.

Cueto gets on his bright red Batphone to either alert Commissioner Gordon, tell Mike Tenay and Don West that Kurt Angle is facing Samoa Joe, or call for backup against the cops. Probably the latter unless he also has access to a time machine on loan from Aerostar the Spaceman.

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Lucha Underground Ultima Lucha Dos Part One results: Son of Havoc steals the show; a legend debuts

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Last year, Ultima Lucha was a three hour event spread over two shows. This year, it’s a three hour show spread over three weeks – so they’re not sacrificing any content time and hopefully spreading the rating out over three weeks instead of two.

The show begins with a recap of Dario Cueto announcing the Unique Opportunity Tournament for a unique opportunity.

A new Ultima Lucha Dos graphic adorns the lower left-hand side of the screen and we see poster banners running down the card. They should really sell shirts of those, or replicas, via their official storefronts on either the official site or ProWrestlingTees.

Striker and Vamp run down the tournament for a unique opportunity – which will have its semi-finals tonight. The Mack vs. Cage is set up, and Dario says that they started last year’s show off with a falls count anywhere match. Tonight, he wants last year’s success to be replicated, so this is now a falls count anywhere match too.

The Mack vs. Cage – Falls Count Anywhere

Cage hits a McGillicutter for a 2 count off a standing moonsault. Mack hits a Rainmaker elbow smash, but eats a back elbow. He recovers with a superkick leading to Cage being draped in the rope and hit with a body block to the floor.

Mack gets hip tossed into the bleachers. Jeez. A minute in and they’re already taking bumps that make the Final Deletion look a bit tame. Cage gets a trash can, but Mack powerslams Cage on it for 2. 

They fight in Dario’s office while Dario and Black Lotus look on. Cage grabs a framed poster of the LU logo and smashes it over Mack’s head for 2. Vamp says the boss looks dope in a tux and says he’s got a big key.

The fans beat on the barricades like a war drum while Cage sets up a steel chair bridge and powerbombs Mack through it for 2. Mack hits a running Samoan drop on a stop sign for 2. Mack has a Mexican flag guitar and smashes it on Cage’s head for 2, since this isn’t a Jeff Jarrett match. Mack grabs pinatas, which Striker says are for the show’s after party.

A “pinata” chant breaks out. Mack’s pinata has a wrench, while Cage’s has candy. Vamp mocks a guy for knocking kids over to grab the candy.

Mack gets some beers from another pinata and drinks them, but the stunner is blocked and he’s tossed into the apron where he eats a shot to the head.

Cage sets up a table, but Mack hits him in the balls and then with a toolbox to the head. Chain to the head of Cage leads to more beers, some stunners, and Striker doing a Steve Austin impression.

Between this and the Final Deletion, pro wrestling is clearly a bit weird.

Mack climbs up top after putting Cage on a table and hits a frog splash off the balcony through the table. And it gets a 2 count. That justifiably gets a holy shit chant.

Cage goes for his cement block curb stomp ala last year, but he slips on the beer and Mack gets the schoolboy for the win.

This was weird, but a lot of fun and well worth watching.

Texano and Son of Havoc are mid-ring for their match. Dario says that the fans must wonder why we’ve got a bar set up outside the ring – but when he sees a cowboy and a biker, he thinks of bars – so he’s making this a Boyle Heights Bar Fight.

Texano vs. Son of Havoc – Bar Fight

This bar fight begins like many others – with a tie-up and then a side headlock toss-off into the ropes before a dropdown into a leapfrog exchange.

Havoc side-steps him and Texano flies over the top. Havoc hits an Asai moonsault on the floor, but misses a Muta handspring elbow against the barricade. Havoc recovers and hits a moonsault off the announce table and tosses him through a door, drawing yet another holy shit chant.

Havoc has a helmet and fire extinguisher – leading to Striker mentioning Firebreaker Chip and then a blast to the face by Havoc. Havoc eats a headshot, but the helmet absorbs the blow – so Texano hits him more before tossing bar stools into the ring.

Texano puts a keg in the corner while a “we want beer” chant breaks out. Rope-assisted punch gets 2 for Texano. Havoc punches him and dropkicks his back into the keg. Havoc sets up a pile of wood from the bar stools before hitting a rana off the top onto the pile for 2.

Vamp says that Dario spent all his money on his tux and none on the furniture since the stools broke so easily.

Havoc is set up in the corner and hits a chair into Havoc’s balls. Havoc recovers and backdrops him onto a row of bar glasses. Havoc sets up glass in the ring and double stomps his chest into it before pump kicking him into it for the win.

Well, that was full of nasty bumps for a match that had no real grudge – but it was fun.

The Voodoo Glow Skulls play us in after those two wars while Striker runs down the next two weeks of matches.

It’s now time for the finals of the Unique Opportunity tournament as The Mack battles Son of Havoc. Striker talks about how exhausted each guy has to be. Dario says he is surprised that they won, so he is impressed – but he wants this to be a falls count anywhere match as well.

Son of Havoc vs. Mack – Unique Opportunity Falls Count Anywhere Match

They go back and forth with headlocks and Mack tosses him into the ropes for a Pounce. Huge splash gets 2 for Mack. Mack takes him to the floor and punches him before tossing him into the barricade.

Havoc chops him before hip tossing him into the bleachers. Mack avoids a corner charge and hits a sitting European uppercut, then hits an Irish Curse and a twisting flatliner off the ropes for 2.

Havoc low bridges him and hits a twisting moonsault to the floor. He tosses him in for an SSP, but Mack gets hid knees up and gets 2 off a cradle. Mack avoids a corner elbow and hits a corner charge.

Mack misses a charge, eats a Muta elbow and a SSP gets the win for Havoc. That was quite subdued compared to the craziness earlier – so it was good in that sense, but also a bit hard to care about since so much came before.

Dario congratulates Son of Havoc and shows off a briefcase with $250,000 of Dario Cueto-faced money.

If he wants the cash, it’s his – but there’s a twist. He can turn in the case for a contract giving him a Lucha Underground Title match at Ultima Lucha Tres. Havoc tells him he doesn’t care about the money – he wants the title. Dario says he’ll be in the main event of Ultima Lucha Tres – if he wins one more match.

The next match determines Havoc’s fate. His opponent here can win the money, while Havoc gets the title shot if he wins. Famous B comes down and says he has a new client – and his client is already famous. He says Havoc feels sick – so it’s a good thing there’s a doctor in the house. Dr. Wagner Jr. comes down to face Son of Havoc and gets a huge “ole” chant as he walks down the steps.

Son of Havoc vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. – Title Shot vs. $250,000

Wagner hits a snap Samoan drop and forearms Havoc in the corner. Wagner hits a corner charge lariat and hits a super RKO before posing arrogantly.

Vamp says that Dr. Wagner Jr. drop kicked his busted leg to hurt him when he came back in Mexico. Havoc lands a series of lariats before a pump kick sends him down. The SSP misses and the Doctor Driver wins it – so Havoc now gets neither the money or title shot.

Dr. Wagner Jr. takes down the straps and poses, while Famous B and Brenda celebrate with the money. Famous B puts on a stethoscope and checks Havoc’s chest for a heartbeat. 

Well, this was a stellar show overall. In terms of match style, Havoc vs. Mack should have opened the show – but that wouldn’t have worked for the story being told.

Havoc really shined throughout the night and for the first time, they really did put you on a journey with his character. Dr. Wagner Jr. was given almost no time to get over – with his match starting 55 minutes into the hour-long broadcast and yet still managed to do so.

With a handful of moves and even fewer mannerisms, you got that he was a cocky veteran who was exactly as good as he thinks he is, and now the 30-year veteran can lay claim to winning a main event on Ultima Lucha throughout season three. 

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Lucha Underground results: Johnny Mundo vs. Fenix; Prince Puma vs. Dragon Azteca Jr.

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The road to Ultima Lucha Dos has been paved over the past few weeks, and with that show one week away, the card should take shape tonight. We see the death and rebirth of Mil Muertes and last week’s Rey vs. Puma challenge. Vamp says that he’s half out of his mind with excitement over Ultima Lucha Dos.

Striker says that the LU version of the Super Friends of Drago, Fenix, and Aerostar face Mundo, PJ Black, and Jack Evans tonight while Prince Puma faces his other former Trios Championship partner El Dragon Azteca. Next week’s show is run down and we’ll get Mil Muertes vs. King Cuerno to start things off tonight. Cuerno flexes his pecs to the “Cuerno, Cuerno!” chant. Mil shoves the cameraman away and we’re underway.

King Cuerno vs. Mil Muertes

Mil drops down and goes for a tiltawhirl, but Mil hits a big kick to the gut and a spear to the spine. Mil stomps the groinal region, or as Vamp says “he stomped him right in the balls!”. Cuerno hits a boot, but eats a big lariat for 2. Mil hits a huge swinging chokeslam ala The Giant for 2. Mil is sent to the floor and eats a baseball slide and then the Arrow of Death hits! Ref is taken out with it and Cuerno grabs a chair and hits him in the head, but it’s no-sold and Mil punches his lights out!

Mil slams the back with a chair and he sets the chair up in the corner. Cuerno avoids a corner spear and Mil hits the chair and eats a schoolboy with the ropes held to give Cuerno the win. This was short, but fantastic while it lasted. 

Dario meets with Taya and Ivelisse and puts them over for being tough – but says there can only be one baddest bitch in the building. At Ultima Lucha, they will determine who deserves that title most. Catrina walks in and wishes Ivie luck and she wants a rematch against Cuerno for the show. He says that she took over his temple, took over his office, tried to destroy his brother and says that their issue over a dented casket involves a funeral home – not him.

Catrina says they want a death match and Dario says he hates her – but she knows what to say to excite him, so it’s on and then she disappears. Puma walks down and then Rey brings Azteca down with him.

Prince Puma vs. El Dragon Azteca Jr.

Puma chops him and we get a tumbling exchange before a sunset flip leads to spinning and a legsweep gets 1. Back and forth armdrags lead a staredown. They shake, but Puma won’t let go – so Azteca hits a pair of chops and slaps him. Puma slides over Azteca, who hops up and kicks him before eating a snake eyes against the post.

This is a crazy-fast match – holy smokes! Puma gets a dueling chant and lands a European uppercut before eating a pop-up springboard rana. Puma gets crotched and chops him on top before hitting a springboard rana for 2. Puma hits a forearm shiver and then eats a running forearm from Azteca. Azteca hits a DDTJ for 2.

They exchange waistlocks and Puma traps him in the corner and hits a pop-up blue thunder bomb into a Northern Lights and then into a brainbuster for 2! Puma goes for the 630, but takes too long and Azteca crotches him up top. Azteca hits a super victory roll for 2! Azteca flows through a missed 450 but eats a belly to belly into the buckle! A spinning Benadryller gets 2!

A corner hesitation dropkick hits for Puma, leading to the 630 as he stares at Rey and gets the win. This was fantastic and easily Azteca’s best match to date. Puma says that will be Rey next week and slaps him.

Cage, Texano, The Mack, and Son of Havoc are mid-ring with Dario. He says that he feels like a kid on Christmas and it’s time for one of them to get a gift from him for Ultima Lucha Dos. He says they will be entered into the Unique Opportunity Tournament for a Unique Opportunity because they have a shot at a unique opportunity! The winner gets a Unique Opportunity and he tells them to rest up because their match is next! Or not….they brawl and Cage hits a big lariat on Texano on the apron.

This was poorly explained, but amusing thanks to Dario. Ultima Lucha Dos’ card is recapped, with everything run through so far along with the Gift of the Gods Title match. Matanza’s path of rage is recapped and we see a rundown of his issues with Pentagon Jr. Fenix comes out in new orange and black gear that looks slick. Mundo comes out and Vamp marks out over Mundo’s jacket and talks about how he helped Mundo put on his headband.

Fenix vs. Johnny Mundo

Fenix slaps Mundo and gets a standing moonsault for 1. Mundo’s basement knee strike gets 2 before a set of mounted forearms. Fenix machine gun chops him before cutting him out and then running chopping him. Fenix runs into a C4 for 2. Mundo chinlocks him, but eats knees. Mundo hits a hard spinebuster for 2. Mundo grinds his boot into the face – blocking the ref’s view from Taya choking him.

Fenix flips onto them while a dueling Lucha/Let’s Go Fenix chant breaks out. Fenix hits a diving chop to the fallen Mundo before hitting a big boot and a chest chop before a jumping Yakuza kick in the corner! A sunset flip powerbomb gets 2 for Fenix!

Taya holds Fenix up and he gets kicked – but lands on his feet before a Moonlight Drive gets 2. Fenix avoids the End of the World and lands a palm strike before a C4 off the top – but Taya has the ref distracted. Mundo grabs a Trios Title hits Fenix with it for the win – marking the first time this decade that a belt shot ends a match. I love that – it’s such a cliche for a nearfall now, and I like seeing it actually get a win so it matters again.

PJ and Evans come down to celebrate and play air guitar while Vamp describes Taya in a fairly unfattering manner. Drago and Aerostar come down, and then Ivie comes down to battle Taya. The faces clear the ring and we hear that Ultima Lucha Dos will be a three week event that starts next week.

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Lucha Underground results: Rey Mysterio and Prince Puma confrontation

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The episode begins with a recap of the importance of the Gift of the Gods Title, Cage’s win and then cash-in against Matanza that led to Matanza retaining. We see the history of Famous B and Mascarita Sagrada and the Black Lotus-Dragon Azteca Jr. feud. Dario meets with a new luchador – Night Claw, who will compete in a medallion match to determine who gets a Gift of the Gods match at Ultima Lucha Dos.

Dario gives Night Claw a history lesson about his jaguar tribe being destroyed, and Night Claw cuts a promo with a wacky voice filter about being on top of LU and Dario tells him to not be overconfident.

The Voodoo Glow Skulls sing ‘Revenge of the Nerds” while fans dance back and forth. Striker says that the “new luchador” debuts at Ultima Lucha Dos, and will compete for one medallion while the others will be on the line tonight. Daga is mid-ring and gets a “Daga” chant while Famous B interrupts Melissa and gets a “423-GET-FAME!” chant. Brenda brings Sagrada down while his epic theme plays.

Daga vs. Mascarita Sagrada – Medallion Match

Daga tosses him across the ring while Vamp talks about how Kobra Moon is stalking Daga from atop Dario’s office. DON’T STAND THERE – BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN. Brenda cheers on Mascerita while Vamp buries her for having an annoying voice. A one-footed dropkick gets 2 for Daga. Sagrada gets a rana cradle for 2. We get a shot of Kobra and Daga tosses Sagrada high in the air. A Russian Legsweep into a crossface gets a tap – but Daga keeps moving and the ref can’t see it.

Finally, the ref sees it and stops things long after they should’ve been stopped. Maybe it was just an homage to PRIDE. Brenda gives Sagrada a big kiss resulting in comedic lips appearing on his mask, and Famous B kicks his ass with his shoe before telling Brenda to go get it. It’s amazing how he went from the biggest babyface to a huge heel in no time. Striker says that the next match will be for three medallions. 

Dario talks to Dragon Azteca Jr. about how his brother didn’t kill El Dragon Azteca. Azteca calls him a liar, and Dario says that Black Lotus will destroy the Azteca mask by beating him. “When you look into her eyes, you will see the eyes of your mentor’s killer”. The Crew and Joey Ryan walk down the aisle and Striker talks about how he shoves himself down everyone’s chest and Vamp says he doesn’t want to wrestle someone with a very oily chest. Marty tells Killshot to hang on and not kill him and offers him his dogtags back as a show of unity for tonight.

The Crew & Joey Ryan vs. Killshot, Sinestro & Marty the Moth

Marty kicks Castro and Striker rattles off movie characters that Marty reminds him of. Flying neckbreaker gets 2 for Castro. Marty and Joey go at it and Marty steals the lollipop and puts it in his mouth, before Joey recovers his stolen property and chomps on it. God, just imagine how great a Kings of Sleaze team would be with Joey and Marty.

Sinestro goes at it against Mr. Cisco and Cisco chops away and lands a fancy armdrag to a huge pop. Sinestro goes for a blindside lariat, but eats a snap powerslam for 2. Striker calls Cisco a hispanic Buzz Sawyer, which Vamp doesn’t sell. Striker talks about the Canadian trip and then calls it a Mexican trip before talking about how it originated from Lance Storm and Vamp says he’s not Canadian – he’s from Alberta.

Marty and Castro go at it and a DDT gives Castro a chance to recover and he tags in Cisco who lands a series of lariats. Cisco hits a sloppy and kinda scary rana off the second rope for 2. 

Sinestro comes in for a low blow on Joey, but it has no effect. Marty teases a dive, but flaps instead and gets sent to the floor so folks can do dives. Killshot hops off the top onto Castro’s chest and onto the pile! Marty tags in Killshot and they double team Cisco before a Marty spinebuster leads to a Killshot dropkick for 2. Cisco comes in and hits a rewind rana before The Crew goes for the 3D Codebreaker, but Joey superkicks Sinestro and nixes that.

Marty curbstomps Cisco and a Killshot double stomp ends it! This was a blast! Marty steals Killshot’s dogtags again – absolutely perfect. Sexy Star teams with Mariposa against Ivelisse and Taya next.

The Voodoo Glow Skulls play more music so the fans can dance more. Sexy Star comes down and they talk about her character’s backstory being a victim of domestic abuse. Vamp calls her “the face of Lucha Underground”, which is some grade A BS even by pro wrestling standards.

Taya and Ivelisse vs. Sexy Star and Mariposa

Taya starts off against Sexy after arguing with Ivie. Taya armdrags her down and wants more. A wacky cradle leads to a wacky submission by Sexy. They go back and forth on the mat in an expressive exchange before they tag their partners in. They exchange a variety of headlocks and Ivie gets 2 off a sunset flip before eating a lariat. Mariposa locks on a modified Sharpshooter, but gets pushed into the buckle and schoolgirled for 2. Taya and Mariposa tag in, argue and Sexy tags in.

Sexy eats a superkick to the gut, but lands a flying armdrag off the top. Running rana sends Taya to the floor and they talk about how we could see a female Gift of the Gods or LU Champion. Mariposa tosses Taya into a set of wooden steps on the floor. Sexy lets about another F bomb and Mariposa dives onto Taya on the chairs, before Ivie dives onto Mariposa on the floor.

Taya hits a corner choke with he foot and hits a back elbow. Double knees hit Sexy and only get 2. Sexy hits a yakuza kick and a lariat before a spinkick and DDT give her a brief edge.

A victory roll gets 2 for Sexy. Taya tags in Ivie before a chop exchange breaks out between Ivie and Sexy. A series of cradles get 2 for each. A standing backslide gets 2 for Sexy before a jackknife cradle gets 2 for Ivie. Taya runs in for a spear, but “misses” Sexy and hits Ivie before Mariposa hits the Celtic Cross and tosses Sexy on top to score the win.

This was far better than it seemed like it could be going in. Prince Puma talks to the crowd next.

Prince Puma comes down and Striker talks about him being the face of the company – like Tanahashi, Cena, and Bockwinkel. Puma debuts a new mask and says that he wants only one match at Ultima Lucha Dos. When Konnan was training him, he was told he could be the best – he could be the next Rey Mysterio.

He says Rey is the best and he wonders what he has to offer, and is he really the next Rey or is he even better? Rey comes down and Vamp says this is a meeting of a legend and icon against a future legend. Rey says he was one of the people who paved the road for a talent like Prince Puma, and he has a lot of respect for him.

Rey says that Puma is still a prince, while he is El Rey. Rey says that Puma needs to know if he’s better, while Rey needs to know if he’s still the best. This was built up very little in-storyline, but done so in a way that makes perfect sense now and it should lead to a classic.

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Lucha Underground results: Pentagon Jr & Johnny Mundo thrive in Six to Survive

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The show begins with a recap of all the cop drama that has happened throughout season two. We see the death and resurrection of Mil Muertes and then Pentagon Jr’s return last week leading to his team entering into tonight’s feature content – the first-ever Six to Survive match where the winner gets a shot at Matanza Cueto’s Lucha Underground Title at Ultima Lucha Dos.

The Voodoo Glow Skulls play us into the show and Vamp and Striker run down that the main event will be an elimination match.

Pentagon Jr. vs. King Cuerno vs. Ivelisse vs. Taya vs. Johnny Mundo vs. Fenix – Six to Survive

Vamp says Pentagon’s recovery is nothing short of a miracle and he has no idea how he did it. Cuerno starts things off with a slick sliding schoolboy that gets 2 on Pentagon. Ivie gets double-teamed by Taya and Mundo and kicks out of the Moonlight Drive. Fenix superkicks Johnny and then kicks Taya right in the ass. Fenix and Pentagon double team Pentagon with a wassup spot – only with a double stomp instead of a headbutt. Cuerno lands a running deja vu DDT to Pentagon.

Mundo hits a flip dive onto Pentagon on the floor. Ivie gets picked up and tossed out onto Mundo and Pentagon by Cuerno and Fenix! Somersault superman punch by Fenix to Cuerno up top! Cuerno hits a rewind rana.Cuerno goes for the Thrill of the Hunt, but Muertes runs down and spears him to his doom before landing a nasty powerbomb to Cuerno. Mundo’s DILLIGAF face is perfect and he beats Cuerno with the End of the World.

Taya jumps Fenix and pounds away, before Ivie comes in and clubs away at her. Ivie kicks Fenix’s legs and then lands some kneeling kicks. Outside the ring, Pentagon kicks Taya’s legs out from under her. Fenix won’t fight Ivie, so she opts to chop and kick him. Ivie hits a high kick to Pentagon. Ivie charges in at Taya, but she moves and Mundo kicks Ivie. Ivie ranas Mundo off the middle rope and hits a high kick to Taya for 2. Taya hits a front slam, but a moonsault misses. Ivie goes for a Code Red, but Taya powers her into a Northern Lights and a double stomp for the pin.

Taya misses a corner dropkick and Pentagon goes after her in the corner and hits Shattered Dreams. Mundo gets hits with Snake Eyes into the post on the floor. Pentagon lands the nasty shush chop on Taya, or as Vamp puts it “he just chopped the bitch out of the biatch!” Pentagon lands another kick to Taya – only now it’s another ass-centric one. Mundo and Pentagon trade mid-ring forearms. Taya holds Pentagon for a Flying Chuck. Fenix hits a superkick and then a calf kick to Mundo.

Taya hits a rana and a corkscrew DDT-ish thing on Pentagon. Northern lights into the double stomp only gets 2 on Fenix. Mundo hits the basement knee strike on Fenix for 2. Fenix attacks Taya and Mundo goes after him. Shotgun knees to Pentagon by Taya. Fenix kicks Mundo in the gut, then Taya in the face, then Mundo in the face. Pentagon hits the package piledriver on Taya to eliminate her. Mundo consoles Taya on the floor before coming back in to fight.

Vamp puts over every single person here as someone who is tough enough to win – but Mundo isn’t scarred enough to beat them in a sheer war. Everyone chops everyone else a billion times. A billion may be a low estimate. Mundo lands a nice spinebuster and gets 2. Fenix goes for a handspring off the ropes, but gets stopped and a Batista bomb gets 2. They fight to the floor and Pentagon Jr. hits a flip dive amid a “lucha!” chant.

Striker talks about how everyone is going for strikes and palm strikes to avoid breaking their hands. Mundo hits a huge dive to the floor and nearly knocks over the camera man. Mundo tosses Fenix into the ring and lands a sloppy standing End of the World for 2. Standing C4 hits Fenix for 2. Pentagon hoists Johnny up top where Fenix hits a double stomp up top. Fenix and Pentagon pin Johnny underneath a wacky cradle combination.

Pentagon and Fenix face off to close out Six to Survive. Pentagon hits a flapjack and then the Haas of Pain. Fenix locks on a scorpion deathlock tequila sunrise! Pentagon locks on a double-trap backbreacker, but Fenix gets a Low Ki-style dragon sleeper. Fenix gets a run-up armdrag that sends Pentagon to the floor. Fenix hits a double-jump corkscrew dive on the floor! Fenix throws him in and gets 2.

Pentagon tosses Fenix into the buckle and hits a running punt to the gut. Fenix catches him for an Alabama Slam, but Pentagon turns into a Mexican Destroyer for 2. Pentagon chops him on the rope, but eats a palm strike. Fenix fires up before flipping a whole bunch and hitting a super rana for 2. Pentagon hits two Slingblades, but Fenix won’t fall. Fenix kicks him to prevent a third. Fenix misses a double stomp off the top on the apron and eats a superkick.

Fenix is sent to the floor and eats a Mexican Destroyer on the floor! Fenix is tossed in for another Mexican Destroyer, but Fenix counters it into a Dudebuster for 2! They’re each fighting off of their knees with slaps and meet face to face to fight more on their feet. Fenix swats him down with a hard slap to the face, and Fenix kicks him, but Pentagon superkicks him! Package piledriver gets the win for Pentagon Jr.!

The camera pans to Vampiro looking absolutely shocked. Vamp tells Matt to shut up and let him think so he can enjoy the moment. Matanza comes out on the steps and stares down Pentagon Jr. Pentagon Jr. tells Dario that he’ll break every bone in Matanza’s body, and Dario’s as well because he is Pentagon Jr. and he has zero fear!. Pentagon Jr. is an amazing promo and he says next to nothing in English. His passion says more than words ever could.

This was an excellent match and between this, Aztec Warfare, and the All Night Long match, Lucha Underground really has mastered the art of making one match shows compelling from start to finish.

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Lucha Libre World Cup Finals: AAA, NOAH, TNA, Lucha Underground & more vie for the prize

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Women’s 3rd Place match: Team USA vs Team Canada

Taya pinned Santana after hitting her with a Northern Lights suplex and a kick to the head in about 7 minutes.

Hugo speculates to Josh about TNA hosting the World Cup next year.

Victoria Trophy

The 4 losing teams from Night 1 are placed in a modified battle royale. One member of each team enters the ring, and when someone is eliminated by going over the top rope, his teammate enters the match, and the match continues until there are 2 participants at which point it becomes a singles match.

First entrants are Eli Drake for Team TNA, Blue Demon Jr for Team AAA Legends, Akebono for Team Japan-Odo/Zero-One, and Rockstar Spud for Team Rest of the World

Drake is eliminated after being knocked over in a superplex attempt. Tyrus throws EC3 into the ring. Rockstar Spud does some comedy sumo spots with Akebono, and then pulls a Mil Mascaras. Apolo replaces him. EC3 knocks Blue Demon Jr off the apron. Canek replaces. Canek eliminates Apolo, Mil Muertes enters as final member of Team Rest of the World.

Akebono gets eliminated and in a scary moment, has his leg stuck in the ropes and dangles. Doctors were tending to him, and Tanaka replaces him. EC3 calls Tyrus into the ring for extra muscle, and gets thrown out by Tyrus as Hugo wonders “Is this legal?” and Josh replies “No.” After a few more eliminations, the final 2 were Mil Muertes and Tyrus with Muertes pinning Tyrus after a Flatliner. Rockstar Spud celebrates in the ring as Mil and Apolo blow him off.

Men’s Semifinal 1: Team AAA vs Team Japan-NOAH

Crowd was pretty hot, Psycho Clown pins Taniguchi with a frog splash in 6 or 7 minutes.

Men’s Semifinal 2 – Team LU vs Team AAA International

Dario comes out with Team LU and spends the match standing behind the tournament judges staring and wondering “Why did I put Chavo on my team”. Dr Wagner gets a promo in, but at least this time the clock wasn’t running like on Night 1. Easily the first match worth trying to catch if you missed it. Last 2
minutes were incredibly intense and ended with Brian Cage pinning Dragon Azteca Jr in 9:58 after reversing a tilt-a-whirl DDT into a Drill Claw.

Women’s 1st place match- Team Japan vs Team Mexico

Aja Kong waffles all of the Apaches with a garbage can in the last 25 seconds as the ref is distracted. No pinfall attempts made. First match to meet overtime.
Aja Kong vs Faby Apache is first OT and goes the limit. Yuki Miyazaki vs Mary Apache is second OT. Josh learns the etymology of Hurricanrana after Miyazaki busts one out on Apache. Close nearfalls with Apache powerbombs and superplexes. Miyzaki kickouts at 2.9 for both moves. Ref was Marty Elias of LU, which drew massive heat. Mary Apache pins Miyazaki after a Michinoku driver. Only the final OT really had some great heat and a good story. Marty might need to have pulled a Hebner if Team Japan won that, but it built heat for the AAA/LU final.

Men’s 3rd place match – Team Japan-NOAH vs Team AAA International

They’re skipping the 10 minute regulation and going straight to sudden death.

OT1 – Marifuji vs Dr. Wagner Jr – No Wagner promo. Submission holds traded, ends with Wagner locking Marifuji in a small package as time expired.

OT2  – Taniguchi vs Dragon Azteca Jr – Not too many pinfalls, it ends with an Azteca cannonball plancha with 14 seconds left.

OT3 –  Ishimori vs Rey Mysterio Jr – Rey went for a 619 early but it was caught by Ishimori and reversed into a gutbuster. Eventually Ishimori ended in the ropes again, and ended up eating a 619 and the frog splash for a pin with about 55 seconds left on the clock.

Men’s 1st place match – Team AAA vs Team LU

AAA is attacked by LU as they enter. Great action, Chavo appears to be hurt. Pentagon Jr counters an End of the World by Mundo and hits a package piledriver, but runs out of time before he can get a pinfall.

OT1 – Chavo vs Texano

Story of this OT is that Chavo is working hurt. Not sure if the injury is legit, but he gets a bit of offense in and is cut off by Texano. Pattern repeats until Chavo tries a Frankensteiner, which is reversed into a top rope power bomb with 15 seconds to go. Texano can’t move after the landing and time expires.

OT2 – Cage vs Psycho Clown

In the final minute, Psycho Clown has a pinfall cover but Mundo distracts the ref by grabbing his leg and Cage kicks out. Cage goes for a power bomb, but Clown reverses into a Canadian Destroyer. Visual pinfall, but ref doesn’t get into the ring with less 10 seconds left and time expires.

OT3 – Mundo vs Pentagon Jr

With about a minute left, Pentagon cinches in the armbreaker, but Cage pulls the ref out. Chavo blasts Pentagon with a chair, Mundo hits the End of the World and gets the pinfall. Disappointing end and beers start flying.

Dario gets on the mic as Team LU retreats up the ramp. Dario is pelted with garbage and joins them. Now we know why Mexico hates Chavo. Team AAA cuts a babyface promo against LU’s antics.

Award ceremony starts

  • Johnny Mundo wins best flying move
  • Best match is awarded to LU vs AAA International.
  • Best female wrestler is Mary Apache
  • Best male wrestler is Pentagon Jr. Pentagon stares at Team LU and slowly backs down the ramp.

Lucha Underground results: Rey Mysterio, Prince Puma in star-laden Trios match

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Two titles are on the line tonight as Cage battles Chavo for the Gift of the Gods Title, and Rey Mysterio Jr, Prince Puma, and Dragon Azteca Jr. defend against the team of Fenix, PJ Black, and Jack Evans. It’s an unlikely team of opponents though, as Fenix is a babyface and thus an odd man out. Joey Ryan also faces Mascarita Sagrada, who is looking for his first win with Famous B by his side. 

The show begins with a recap of the cop drama and the Trios Titles being won by Rey, Prince Puma, and Dragon Azteca Jr. Chavo stealing Cage’s medallion is shown, and we see him letting Chavo win so he can get a shot tonight. In Vampiro’s lair, he tells Pentagon Jr. that he’s not ready to face Matanza – while Pentagon says he has zero fear. Vamp welcomes the Voodoo Greyskulls to the show, and he runs down tonight’s card as Cage battles Chavo for the Gift of the Gods Title.

Striker talks about the main event which will see PJ Black, Jack Evans, and Fenix facing Rey, Azteca, and Puma. Joey Ryan is mid-ring while Striker calls him a hit and quit it kinda guy. Famous B comes out and gets a nice Famous B chant. He transitions it into a Mascarita chant and introduces him wonderfully, outside of getting jumped and calling him ‘MASCARITA GODDAMN!”

Joey Ryan vs. Mascarita Sagrada

Joey jumps him, but Sagrada recovers, sends him to the floor and dives onto him. Sagrada gets crotched, and then Joey offers up his lollipop to Brenda. Joey can’t lift him over his head, but is overjoyed when he lands a basic slam. Wasteland by Sagrada and a diving headbutt gets 2. Joey gets kicked low, which hurts Sagrada. A small package gets 2 for Sagrada and then Joey gets a very awkward tornado DDT for the win. B and Brenda console Sagrada while the commentators talk about how Sagrada has yet to win with Famous B by his side.

We get a Taya personality profile about how she sees confidence when she looks in the mirror. She also kicks the asses of a bunch of wacky suited ninjas, as you do. Taya says she sees the perfect woman in the mirror, and Mundo agrees. Her red dress and ass-kicking made it seem like they were going for a Ronda Rousey in Expendables 3 vibe – only with more lucha ninjas. King Cuerno talks to Mil Muertes’s body in a coffin in his office. Mil acted like he was king – but he was still in Cuerno’s jungle. Well, that was different and great. Chavo comes down and then Striker adds a billion nicknames for Cage, including the Sentinel.

Chavo Guerrero vs. Cage – Gift of the Gods Title

Chavo gets a “Cage is gonna kill you” chant right away. Cage’s new black and gold singlet looks fantastic. He starts with tons of lariats in the corners while Vamp buries Striker for saying Chavo was once one of the best in the world. Chavo tries to gain an edge with sneaky tactics, but gets caught in an apron tree slam. He rakes the eyes and gets Cage to the floor – but a dive is caught and he eats several slams against the railing. Chavo sends him to the floor with a tilt a whirl headscissors and a dive.

Chavo lands a draping DDT and gets 2. Chavo goes for the legs, but Cage tosses him into the buckle and monkey flips him. Cage catches a dive and lands a Finlay roll before a moonsault misses. Chavo gets 2, and works on the knee. Cage hits an apron kick and lands his power superplex into the ring. European uppercut sends Chavo into the corner, where Chavo tries to kick him – but eats a sitout Alabama slam that gets 2. Cage’s F5 is countered and Chavo hits a running tornado DDT for 2.

Rolling kick hits for Chavo, but a discus lariat only gets 2 for Cage thanks to Chavo getting his feet on the rope. Chavo avoids a superplex and gets a sunset bomb and a frog splash for 2.5! Chavo doe the Eddie shuffle and lands Three Amigos – but only gets two of them and Cage turns into a suplex, then a powerbomb, and then Weapon X for the win and the Gift of the Gods Title. Cage trades in his title for a shot at Matanza next week – where it will be Monster vs. Machine.

Taya takes Jack and PJ to the locker room where Fenix is laid out. Mundo replaces him and then punts Fenix for good measure. Officers Neehan and Reyes search Dario’s office since Dario and “his hot ninja” are gone. They find tons of money before Castro busts them for trying to rob Dario without him – so Reyes arrests Cisco while Neehan points a gun at him. Well, this was different and furthers the cop drama while also ending The Crew. Taya comes out and tells everyone that Fenix won’t be here, but PJ and Jack have a better partner – Mundo!

Johnny Mundo, PJ Black, and Jack Evans vs. Trios Champions Rey Mysterio, Prince Puma, and Dragon Azteca Jr.

Jack starts with Azteca and lets everyone know he still hates dragons.  Jack flips around a bit, but eats a dropkick and some nasty chops in the corner. Azteca hits a double-jump armdrag sending Jack to the corner. A triangle dropkick sends Jack to the floor. PJ comes in to face Puma, and Puma gets tied to a tree of woe before Jack attacks in the corner. Mundo lands a tornado kick while Puma tries to rise up. PJ comes in and gets 2 off of that match. Mundo and PJ land a double backbody drop for 2.

Puma uses Jack and PJ against each other and forces PJ to DDT Jack with a flying lariat. Rey comes in to face Mundo and sends him down with a deja vu headscissors. Puma and Azteca kick away at Mundo. They get 2 off a legdrop while Jack jumps in for a save. Johnny turns Puma and Azteca’s bodies against each other by catching Azteca and sending Azteca into Puma in the corner. PJ gets 2 off a pop-up cutter. Evans comes in and lands a tornado kick before Rey sends Mundo to the floor. Azteca lands a springboard rana to the floor and sends Mundo into the apron.

Evans goes up, but gets crotched. Puma sends him down and that results in Evans hitting a wacky kick before hitting a pop-up rana that sends Puma into PJ where PJ eats a rana. Rey kicks PJ into the ropes for a 619, which hits. Puma’s 630 hits and only gets 2 because Mundo pulls the ref out. Mundo kicks Rey low before Mundo and Taya land a double superkick. PJ kicks Puma in the crotch and Evans kicks Puma low too! PJ goes for a brainbuster, but Jack kicks him low first and then the Wellness Policy hits. Johnny goes for the End of the World, but it only gets 2! Mundo goes for a German superplex, but Puma flips back and tags Azteca. Azteca gets a code red, but Jack chairshots him and Mundo cradles him for the win! PJ Black, Jack Evans, and Johnny Mundo win it – giving us two new champions tonight.

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