Lucha Underground: S:03-E:10″Ready for War”

 

As promised to my fellow wrestling lovers. Season 3 Episode 10 of Lucha Underground.

Recap: Last week Famous B brutally fired Mascarita Sagrada. Son of Havoc had to battle Famous new client Dr. Wagner with the stipulation if wins he gets to name the match. Havoc victorious asks for a Believers Backlash.

Now, we focus on the main event between Mil Muertes and Prince Puma. We go down memory lane when The Man of a thousand deaths put Puma’s mentor Konnan inside the casket. With some advice from the “Darkside” Prince Puma challenges Mil Muertes in… Grave Consequences.

Catrina reminds Mil of his focus, not only looking for the victory, but to finish Puma once and for all. As Catrina puts it she wants him “gasping for air.” Catrina Finished her “motivational speech” with the reminder of no more second chances if  The man of a thousands deaths fails he will lay to rest permanently.

Famous B W/ Beautiful Brenda vs. Mascarita Sagrada

OK it’s time for some Lucha. We begin seeing the Believers (the audience) with weapons in hand ready for Mascarita Sagrada to take revenge in his former manager Famous B  in the  Believers Backlash match. I must agree with announcer Matt Striker, its about to get weird, as the match begins with Mascarita blinding Famous with beer, following with a 3 point stance tackle equipped with shoulder pads and helmet.

Continuing the action outside the ring, Mascarita selling to the Believers of a 30ft ladder pulls out a step ladder. Using his short stature, Mascarita takes the step ladder placing it on top if the announcers table, climbing on top and dropping a Macho Man like elbow onto his former manager. The tide turns momentarily with a distraction from Brenda (Famous B assistant) Mascarita ate a super kick from The Agent of the stars. Keeping up with the comedy Famous B grabs a giant bag of popcorn from a Believer, but Mascarita counters with a dropkick to the kneend dropping B to the floor spilling the popcorn.

Pumped up Mascarita lunges at Famous, only to get shoved into a garbage can. Famous B then stuffs Mascarita into the can lids it stating he’s takin out the trash. Wanting to injure Mascarita, Famous B reaches for a couple of Polo sticks to bang into the can. Mascarita leaps out of the can like a jack in a box, knocking Famous down to floor. Paying homage to Duke the Dumpster Drose beating Famous B up and down with the garbage lid. But Mascarita dipped into the well one time too many as Famous counters with a boot into the lil dazed Mascarita.  Famous B then follows up slamming Mascarita face into the barracade.

Finally getting the fight inside the ring, Famous B looked to the proper tool from the tool chest. From hammers, to wrenches, he finds a fumigator of “callonge” called Arrogance. With the Believers Chanting “Wheres the Model” Famous B climbs the top rope to spray Mascarita. Sagrada too quick, slips from under dragging Famous B leg from under him face hitting the turnbuckle. Mascarita then sprays B in the face. The masked one then pulls out a gym bag. Dons a wizard hat with wand and with a little magic a bowling ball appears. Mascatna rolls a strike right into Famous B’s “Lil clients.”

Mascarita climbs the top rope. Out comes Dr. Wagner and shoves Mascarita off the ropes and enters the ring. Wagner then grabs a portait to smash over Mascatna head. Wagner is stopped by Famous not wanting to mess up such a beautiful self portait. This gets a nice laugh from the Believers. By then Son if Havoc enters the ring to aid Mascarita. Havoc goes straight for Dr. Wagner, kicking him out the ring then diving over the ropes with a cross body. Famous B distracted by the action outside, Mascarita sneaks up and crashes the portait into B’s head. Havoc and Dr. Wagner takes their fight back to the locker room. Looking for an escape Famous B  tries to crawl out of the ring. Mascarita grabs B by his tie choking him with it. Brenda grabs a pair of scissors cutting B free. Mascarita then lands a suicide plancha on Famous on the outside. Mascarita grabs a pie, aiming it for B misses hitting Brenda in the face.

Now up Famous counters and slams Mascarita into the announcers table. Matt Striker hands Mascarita his own shoe. Mascarita goes into the ring with it and beats Famous with it. Mascarita gets his revenge for the same beating be took when fired by B. Mascatna then lands a tornado DDT from the top ropes pinning B for the victory.

Winner: Mascarita Sagrada by pinfall.

After the match, Mascarita grabs Famous and tosses over the top rope to the outside. Havoc returns, entering the ring with a life size cutout of Famous B. Havoc grabs the the pair of giant scissors, together with Sanaa cuts off the head of the cutout. Havoc ends the celebration with a token of acceptance giving Mascarita a leather vest.

After the break, Killshot confronts his “brother” Dante Fox in the back of the Temple. The former “AR Fox” debuted a coupleof weeks ago on LU. Under the impression Dante died in battle, Killshot couldn’t believe his eyes seeing Dante in the Temple. Instead of a brotherly reunion, Dante decides to assault Killshot telling him he “left him for dead.” Killshot informs Dante that Dario Quato has given him a job. Killshot also explained why Dante attacked him and didn’t care. Killshot offered his and in solidarity. They embrace, as Dante tells Killshot tonight they will stand united like old times.

At another section of the Temple, we find Drago practicing his nunchucks in front of the bathroom mirror. Dragos practice was interrupted by Kobra Moon. Moon tells him that his practice reminds her of the days of old where he battled for their tribe. They begin to fight as Drago denies ever being apart of their tribe, blocking her blow with his nunchucks. Locked in between his nunchucks, Kobra tells Drago that he doesn’t want to suffer the same fate as Daga. Being destroyed by Lord Pindar. Drago stunned to hear that Pindar was still alive. Kobra escapes from Dragos chucks, promising that Pindar will make Drago kneel in front of her.

Mariposa, Ivelisse, Marty The Moth Martinez, The Mack & Jeremiah Crane vs. Killshot, Dante Fox, Argenis, Texano & Cage

In this 5on5 contest Dario Quato decides to put enemies together. The winning team will go on to Aztec Warfare next week. Aztec Warfare is a 20 person battle    for    the    LU    Heavyweight Championship.      Reigning     champ Mantanza will enter #1 and Drago at #20.

The match begins with the two new comers to the Temple Dante Fox and Jeremiah Crane. Jeremiah jumps to an early start of the contest. Dante finds himself being saved by Killshot. Ivelisse jumps in to help her new boyfriend Jeremiah. Setting off the “Machine,” Cage comes in and knocks Ivelisse smooth onto the mat. In comes Marty the Moth in aid only to get jumped my Cage and Texano. Cage and Texano truce is short lived as the rivals turn on eachother and Texano knocks Cage to the outside. Miriposa jumpes in only to find her getting tossed by Texano to the outside onto Cage.

As Cage and Texano argue, The Mack gives Argenis a doubke knee shot to the face inside the ring. Mack sees the camotion outside the ring. Mack decides to intervene by diving onto Mack, Texano and Mariposa. Jeremiah and his lady decide to take in on the high flying, both lading cross bodies onto Cage. With the majority outside the ring, Argenis joins the leaping party with one of his own knocking everyone down. Dante and Killshot pair up. Countering attacks from Mariposa and Marty Rockers style. Hitting them with stiff kicks.Dante flies to the outside finishing the leaping party with a sick invetted shooting star splash. Killshot does the ground work inside the ring with the returning Ivelisse. Killshot kicks Ivelisse to the mat.

Killshot then attempts a suplax, but Ivelisse counterstrikes with a reverse rana for a close two count. Ivelisse crawls to the outside, appering to have reinjured her ankle. Marty goes on the top rope to finish the dazed Killshot. Dante stops Marty only to turn on his “brother” with a brainbuster, leaving Marty to get the pin.

Winners: Mariposa, Ivelisse, Marty The Moth Martinez, The Mack & Jeremiah Crane

After the break, we find Dario Quato in the bowels of the Temple. Dario holding the LU title tells his brother Mantanza how he will destroy 19 other luchedores at Aztec Warfare. Dario reminds his brother of their father and what he was trained for…Mantanza growls “WAR”.

Lucha Underground Main Event:

Grave Consequences

Prince Puma vs. Mil Muertes w/Catrina 

Grave Consequences is just a kick a** title for a casket match Temple way. These warriors faced off before, Muertes victorious at Ultimate Lucha for the championship. During which Muertes buried Pumas mentor Konnan as I mentioned at the start. Vampiro told Puma to pick this match to avenge his fallen mentor.

Pumas wastes no time, attacking Muertes at top of the stairs with a fierce kick toff the head. With the excitement of the Believers, Puma then leaps over the side of the top stairs onto a dazed Muertes. Taking the fight closer to the ring, Puma lands punches with a super kick. Puma then leaps for another plancha only to get it reversed into a powerslam by Mil. Mil continued to beat Puma slamming his head on the announcement table. Muertes the parting the Believers like the Red Sea, Muertes lunges Puma into empty seats. The battle was back and forth, from going through doors to ring bell used as a weapon.

Puma gets the upper hand hitting Muertes with a wreath of flowers. Puma drags the casket over towards Mil. In the process Muertes is revived by the “medallion ” held by Catrina. Muertes rises up and powerbombs Prince on the casket. Mil enters the ring with a table in hand. Setting it up in the corner. Muertes then brings Puma into the ring. Mil then grabs a chair, with the approval of the Believers he begins to beat Puma with the chair. Mil then wages the chair into the opposite side of the corner. Mil attempts to toss Puma into the table. Puma counters with a baseball slide Mil tries to spear Puma into the table. Puma leapfrogs over Mil. Mil stops in front of the table turns and charges at Puma at the other corner but charges into the chair. Up in a violent rage Mil spears Puma into the table breaking it in half.

Muertes loosens and unhook the bottom rope to attack Puma with the rings attachment hook. Mil then puts the casket into the ring. Muertes hit Puma with ten consecutive clotheslines in the corner. Mil charges in but Prince fights back. Puma knocks Mil on top of the casket, and lands a beautiful springboard 630 splash. Instead of placing Muertes into the casket for the victory, Puma inflicts more punishment slamming the door of the casket repeatedly over Mil head. Puma finishes with a chair shot to casket door over Mil head. Puma then sets up two tables on the outside looking to hurt Mil instead of the victroy. Prince enters he rings only to find himself being chokeslammed into the casket by Muertes. Muertes looking for the victory, places Puma in the casket. Mil unable to close the door Puma fights his way out of the casket. Both men landing shot after shot Mil gets the upper hand. Going for the flatliner, Puma counters with a handstand and gives Muertes a hard kick to the head. As both men struggle to their feet, Puma lands a awesome springboard dropkick. Muertes falls outside the ring. Prince runs and dives through the ropes with, both men heads collide. The impact echoes through the Temple. Mil musters the strength for a firemans carry, only to have Puma counter pushing Muertes into the ring post. Puma then grabs a chair hitting the ring post letting the vibration shake Mil the core.

Puma then takes a page from RVD, tossing the chair into Mil arms and landing a leaping kick. Puma places Mil on the tables. Puma heads the top rope looking to end Mil once and for all. Muetes rises up to the to stop Puma. Both men trade haymakers, Puma lands two monstrous kicks. Muetes nearly falls off the edge of the ring. Puma grabs Mil attempting a possible hurricarana from the top rope. Mil grabs Puma by the throat, and chokeslams Puma from the top top ropes down onto the tables. Mil then goes and gets the same casket he burried Pumas mentor Konnan. For good measure, Mil lands the Flatliner on to the floor. Muertes then places Puma limp bidy into the casket, slamming it shut.

Winner: Mil Muertes.

As Matt Striker tells the Believers that this may be the end of Prince Puma. Vampiro sits with a little smile as if his plan worked flawlessly. The faces of death arrive tho wheel Puma away into the abyss.

Lucha Underground SN2 EP12- ‘ Three’s A Crowd ‘

Hey everybody and welcome to the return of my Lucha Underground reviews for Skatronixxx. I apologize for the lateness. On the bright side, I moved within an hour of where the Temple is! Hopefully I can provide even more Lucha Underground content for the site. On to the episode!

We start the episode off with Cage, Taya and Johnny Mundo in Dario Cueto’s office. Cueto is trying to convince the three to join the Trios tournament together. They originally decline his offer but eventually decided to team up. There was an audible laugh from me when Cueto sarcastically mentioned that Cage is a machine.

The first match of the night is Argenis facing off against Killshot. Killshot got a nice vignette recently so it seems he’s on a path to more exposure. I imagine we’ll see a win for Killshot in this match.

The match starts with Killshot continuously slapping Argenis across the chest. Argenis is able to get some offense in though by kicking Killshot in the tuchus. Killshot eventually jumps over the top rope onto Argenis, who was outside of the ring. The two men get back in the ring and are trading blows. Killshot is able to get the upper hand and hits a stomp on Argenis from the top turnbuckle. He then hits a brainbuster on Argenis to get the victory. This was a pretty good match that helped Killshot look like one of the men to beat in Lucha Underground.

We now see a backstage segment with Dragon Azteca and Black Lotus. They both talk about their issues with Dario Cueto.

Another backstage segment is next with Daga and Dario. Cueto tells Daga that he will be facing Texano for one of the medallions. I saw Daga perform at the tapings I attended and wasn’t particularly impressed with him. He seemed like a generic cocky heel to me. Hopefully he proves me wrong.

Match #2 is up next and it just so happens to be that it is Texano up against Daga for one of the medallions.

The action starts fast and furious and both men are able to get some hits on each other. There’s a lot of slapping back and forth. Texano is first to attempt a pin but Daga kicks out at 1.

There’s some more in-ring action between the two which leads to Daga jumping over the top ropes onto Texano. That’s the most Daga has impressed me so far. He throws Texano into the rafters as well as the commentary booth. He clearly has the upper hand right now. He attempts a pin on Texano but a kick out occurs. The two trade kicks. Both men are now down in the center of the ring.

Both are now up. Texano hits a lariat of a turnbuckle and goes for a pin. Daga reverses it but is not able to get the win just yet. Daga now has Texano in an ankle lock. Texano gets a hold of Daga and plants him. Texano gets the 1, 2, 3 and now is the owner of one of the Aztec medallions. I must say that Daga was better than I expected in this match but I am not sold on him yet. As for Texano, he put on a fun and entertaining match. Something Texano always does.

A backstage segment with Mil Muertes and Catrina follows and she says that The Disciples of Death will be in the Trios tournament. Muertes is ready to face Matanza! There were some pretty remarkable special effects in this segment involving Catrina summoning The Disciples of Death.

The main event is up next and it’s the team of Rey Mysterio, Prince Puma and Dragon Azteca versus Johnny Mundo, Taya and Cage. This match will be one hell of a main event!

The match starts off with Cage and Dragon Azteca. Azteca performs multiple aerial moves on Cage that excited me and the crowd inside the Temple. I really like this guy so far. Now it is Puma and Mundo in the ring. Mundo gets Puma down in the ring and goes for a few pins. None of these are successful. Taya enters the ring and continues to attack Puma. Taya and Mundo are one of the better parts of Lucha Underground every week. We get a Jem & the Holograms reference from Striker regarding Taya. That’s why you gotta love Matt Striker! Cage now enters the ring.

Cage continues the assault on Puma. Puma is getting demolished in this match. Mundo tries to get a chair involved but Cage refuses to use it. Cage slaps Mundo which is considered a tag. Puma is finally able to get to a partner. Azteca is attacking everybody! He is now being double teamed in the center of the ring. He is able to tag in Mysterio quickly after. It’s so great to see Mysterio again! Makes me happy for him! And who doesn’t love Rey Mysterio? Rey was one of the first people who got me into wrestling as a kid about a decade ago. He’s about to hit a double 619! But both Taya and Mundo move out of the way. Azteca and Puma both get them anyway.

It’s now Mysterio and Mundo inside the ring. He tries to get the win but Taya stops the pin. Puma, Mysterio and Azteca stand tall in the ring until Cage takes all of them out, aside from Rey Mysterio. The action continues and Puma is able to throw Mundo from the top rope. Mundo kicks out. This match is moving ridiculously quickly! Everybody is getting their licks in. Cage continues to beat the hell out of his opponents by throwing Mysterio into Taya as well as a double suplex on Azteca and Puma. He then beats down his own partner, Johnny Mundo.

Mysterio is able to get Mundo in the ropes and attempts a 619 for the second time. He connects this time. Azteca and Puma take down Mundo in their own ways as well and get the win for their team. I expected a great match out of these six and I was not disappointed!

The episode ends with Cueto in the basement talking with Matanza about his match next week against Mil Muertes. Cueto shows his love for Matanza and reveals he keeps him in the cage because of how valuable he is.

I’m happy to be back doing these Lucha Underground reviews! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Lucha Underground is arguably the best wrestling in the world and consistently one of the best hours of television each week. This week’s main event was stellar and next week’s involving Matanza and Mil Muertes sure will be as well.