Lucha TV Report for 1/9/2001

EMLL

Felino/Mascara Magica/Tony Rivera vs. Fuerza Guerrera/Dr. X/Rencor Latino(From Arena Coliseo)

Primera Caida- Most of the focus in this fall was on the rudos abusing Tony Rivera, who recieved "Tony" chants upon entering the ring.  The tecnicos do not get much offense in, and spend most of the fall being beaten up.  Rencor pins Rivera with an awesome powerbomb and Fuerza does the "punt" to Mascara Magica and then uses a boston crabto put him away.

Segunda Caida- The announcers seem to like calling Felino"Felinine" though I have no idea why. The rudos retain control early in thematch although they fought fairly, before Felino got an offensve flurry anddid a bunch of armdrags to everyone.   He places Dr. X on the top ropeand hits a cool splash mountain while Magica rolls up Rencor and the tecnicoswin the fall.

Tercera Caida- The tecnicos now exact revenge upon the rudos, brawling around the ringside area. The highlight of thisis Magica DDTing  Dr X right on his head on the hard Coliseo entranceway.  They now start to work a standard match, with Magica showing off some really good armdrags on Rencor Latino and Dr X. Rivera, who usually hits a bunch of spectacular moves in this situation, seems content to simply do chopsand quebradora... eh. Felino  and Fuerza go to the floor, and the fourother wrestlers remain in the ring.   Magica does a facebuster to therudos who were going for a double backdrop, then Rivera gets a boost anddropkicks them to the floor. Magica and Rivera then dive onto them with twogood topes!! The captains have the ring to themselves now. Fuerza catchesFelino on the top rope and hits a big armdrag for a two count. He tries aquebradora, Felino flips out, ducks a clothesline, goes behind into a wasitlockand hits a German Suplex for the three count win! [full point] A good matchfor TV, this was. The younger luchadors got on TV and in reasonably uneditedform, and put out a nice match to open the show.

Los Capos talk about how Perro is a cheater because he won Cien's hair at the PPV with a foul(low blow) and also Mascara Ano 2000's mask with that move, and that now he is after Universo's mask and will probably try the same thing.

Tarzan Boy, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas vs. Universo 2000, Mascara Ano 2000, Cien Caras(from Arena Mexico)- Well I'm not even going to bother going in depth with this one because if you have been following the reports or the shows at home you will know that Tarzan Boy is turning rudo and as a result screws his partners up in the deciding fall so thatthey lose the match. Why that turn hasn't happened yet(On TV) is completelybeyond me.  The Dinimita won in straight falls. [0]

Momentos Estelares
Fabuloso- Sombra de Plata hits a 180 missile dropkick! Nice!
Move- Alan Stone hits a MONSTER top rope asai moonsault to the floor, which would have been perfect except Sombra de Plata basically moved out of the way in catching it.
Spectacular- Ricky Marvin hits his springboard tornillo on DrX!
Rudo- Dr X fouls Mascara Magica
Sensational- Some guy who looks EXACTLY like Black Warrior except in neon yellow and black hits a big splash off the top rope on Ringo Mendoza.

Main Event: Black Warrior, Dr. Wagner Jr, Blue Panther vs.Villanos III, IV, and V(For the Trios Titles)

Primera Caida- Here we go! 30 minutes of non-stop action for the trios titles! Surely Galavision holds title matches in high enough respect not to clip them, right? Oh, stupid question. The first fall is edited near the finish, since we have to get to that threshhold of 30minutes of commercial time per 1 and 1/2 hours.
Villano III is in the ring with Blue Panther, and busts out abunch of moves I thought he would never do, like Hijo del Santo's kip upheadscissors and a bodyscissors armdrag takedown. Warrior tags in to keephim from diving but his tope is likewise interrupted by V4. Black managesto hit a victory roll, but hits it near the Villanos corner, so V5 jumpsin with a flying sunset flip breaking the pin and getting the three count.Villano III rolls up Blue Panther with an over the top victory roll to finishthe fall.

Segunda Caida- Joined in progress I  would guess, as Black Warrior breaks a V4  octopus attempt on Dr Wagner by clipping his knee! The rudos then start going exclusively after it and he has to roll out of the ring to avoid their punishment.  Villano 5 gets slammed by Panther, then Wagner and Warrior  both hit flying splashes to pin him. VIII is forced to quit to a Blue Panther armbar.

Tercera Caida- The Laguneros go right back to working on 4's knee, finally destroying it with a Wagner dropkick and Black Warrior high angle ankle lock(ouch!). What follows is quite interesting, as I guess they feel they haven't done a good enough job, so they start stomping down the other two Villanos who are trying to hold them back from attacking it. The medics have to take him to the back of the arena, but have a trip doing it, as Wagner ends up attacking the guy with the stretcher and stealing it! Finally the doctors are able to get him out of there, so we go back to the match, though not without exciting backstage footage of the doctors unlacing his boots and unbuckling his knee braces. Back to the match,  Villano III backdrops Panther over the ropes onto Dr Wagner, taking them both out ofthe match for the time being. Black Warrior is left alone, but first getsto hit a spinwheel kick to VIII.  Villano V replaces him, and givesWarrior 'la segadora', powerbombs him on the rebound, and then uses the octopushold to make him submit. So now the match is two on two.  Villano IIIgets a  few nearfalls on Wagner with sunset flip varaitions, then triesa reverse cradle and has it blocked for a close two count. Wagner dropkicks him so that he rolls out to the floor and sooner that you can blink BluePanther takes off doing a tope suicida to send him into the seats! Wagnerand Villano V are left to finish the match now. V-5 gets on the octopus hold,but can quite secure the  leg over the neck part, so Wagner, in oneof the cooler counters this year, scoops him up and sideslams him to breakthe move. He then gets him up, WAGNER DRIVER! 1, 2... kickout!! Of course,Wagner is still fresh while 4 is now barely "concious" so he scoops him upand gives him a second Wagner Driver for the 3 count!!! [full point] WhenI first watched this I was pissed about the editing of the first fall butupon second time I really liked it a lot and it didn't seem to manner asmuch. This was a really well worked match with some excellent lucha "ringpsychology", such as Wagner being fresh for the entire match so that he couldcompletely destroy a weakened Villano 5 with two Wagner Drivers. The thingis though, Villano 4's knee injury was legit so I'm sure they improvisedthe third fall, but it came out really nice. I'd give the match ***1/2, andif we had seen the first fall, I don't doubt it would have gotten even higher.

AAA

AAA was not a new show today really, as they only showed one new match and it was highlights of the Spice Boys(in their 5th soon to be failed incarnation) vs. Vatos Locos. The rest of the show made little sense to me, as they aired edited stuff from all over the place: Last week's Mini Titles switch, the final of the Reina de Reinas, Aguila and Taka in TJ, etc. Atleast the closing of the show was cool, as they re-aired the Monterray matchbetween Hector Garza, Latin Lover vs. Hijo de Perro, Hevay Metal which wasreally good and had nuclear heat. Here's my old review on that match:

Heavy Metal & Hijo del Perro Aguayo v. Hector Garza and Latin Lover - You had to hear the crowd before the match, during the introductions. I swear if you were in the front row of that crowd, you would have gone deaf from all the women shrieking. The bell doesn't get to ring, as Perrito goes after Garza in the aisleway even before Heavy Metal enters the ringside area. Perro and Latin Lover, and Garza and Heavy Metal, both go after each other brawling with chops, chairs and such. The rudos Perrito and Metal are clearly the aggresors early in the match, whacking Latin Lover with their signature moves and slamming a piece of metal on his head from the top rope. Loverdoes a bladejob, and fights off a few pin attempts. Before he can even tagin Garza, the rudos jump his partner on the apron, however this backfireson them, as a cross-corner whip from both sides has Latin Lover leapfrogGarza, and superkick Perrito, as Garza dropkicks Metal. Now the tecnicosare in control, and the crowd goes crazy. Lover toeholds Perrito on the metalsheet, then gives him a huge powerbomb, and follows with an additional assaultwith the chair, to bust him open. By now Lover's cut has almost become agash, leaving his forehead particularly red.  Hevay Metal takes himdown and tries to open the cut further in the corner, which Garza leaps overwith a missile dropkick, nailing Perrito. He then tries a suprise sunsetflip rollup, but Perrito sees it coming, and fights him off. Metal holdsGarza for Hijo de Perro's signature clothesline, but Garza ducks the move,and Heavy goes to the floor. Perrito tries then to send him to the ropes,but Garza ducks another clothesline, and dives out onto Metal with a topesuicida. Perro then follows with his own, and Latin lover finishes the sequencewith a rarely seen(from him) dive, a plancha! All four guys are clearly tired,but Latin Lover and Hijo de Perro are able to beat the count, and and hita stereo clothesline, and then a subsequent double nearfall. Both guys tumbleto the floor, as Garza and Metal perpare to go 1 v. 1. Garza sends him tothe ropes, but Metal segadoras out of the ring Fuerza Guerrera style, towhere he had placed the steel sheet. However, his father and longtime tecnicoreferee, Pepe Casas, takes the weapon away from him, also sparking the heelref to brawl. So all four combatnants and the refs brawl outside, to an eventualdouble countout by run-in ref Hijo de Tirantes. Not a great workrate match,nor was the finish satisfying, but the crowd was super-into it. I mean, nohair was on the line here, yet the crowd was reacting as if the it was onthe line. AAA has it's hottest fued here since the wildest days of Vipersv. Vatos, so expect this to go on until Verano de Escandalo, where the samematch is schedueled to take place.

Overall- I'll save comment on AAA this week since I really have no clue what they were doing. EMLL I liked the first match and really liked the main event so it gets a thumbs up from me.