Reina de Reinas from Puebla Puebla, Taped Feb/19.
*** Xochitl Hamada vs Alda Moreno vs Fugitiva vs La Venus.-
- Alda beats Fugitiva after the ruda misses a senton and Alda connects hers and gets the 3 count, Hamada defeats La Venus by pin after missile kicks (just after Venus missed a senton). Alda gets the crowd going with an 'Alda' chant, she hits her top turnckle Huracanrana but Hamada reverses for a 2 count, then, Xochitl puts Alda out with a powerbomb.
*** Lady Discovery vs Princesa Sujei vs Miss Janeth vs Migala.-
- It seems this was the longest match, but it was edited a lot, Discovery and Sujei started with a lot of matwork and then, cut forward into Lady Discovery hitting a senton on Sujei (can't believe someone hits a senton!), but Princesa kicks out and tags for Migala, who defeats Lady D with a powerbomb, Sujei manages to hit a rana on Miss Janeth, but a 10 second 2 count from Tirantes keeps Janeth alive, who then beats Sujei with a powerbomb (and a ultrafast 3 count), Migala and Janeth fight a while, then Janeth uses the Northern Lights suplex to win the match. The replays show some moves which were edited, Lady Discovery hitting a top turnckle to the outside of the ring pescado plancha, and Princesa Sujei with a second rope springboard tornado somersault on Janeth.
*** La Nazi vs Rosy Moreno vs Linda Star vs Vicky Carranza .-
- Rossy gets Linda Star into a corner suplex and pins her, Linda and Sujei worked well in their matches, but were the first to be defeated, they couldn't beat anyone, so it seems their push might be gone... then, La Nazi misses a plancha and Vicky puts her out with 'la Casita', Rossy Moreno takes the match after a giant swing on Carranza.
*** Esther Moreno vs Briosa vs Martha Villalobos vs Sahory.-
- Martha delivers a fat plancha (just after Briosa missed a vader bomb) and Briosa is out, Sahory and Esther have a brief but hard fought segment, in which former Lady Ludxor even gets 2 close pins, but Esther gets her after two top turnckle moonsaults (the first one blown, but the second one was good). Later Martha misses missing a plancha (she hits Esther with her legs, maybe it was Esther's fault) so Esther makes her quit with 'la de Hipopotamo' (Hippo's clutch).
*** Reina de Reinas final: Rossy Moreno vs Miss Janeth vs Esther Moreno vs Xochitl Hamada.-
- They cut out how Rossy and Miss Janeth were beaten, I guess, to keep their reputations intact, so now, it is only Esther vs Xochitl, Esther gets some close pin attempts with some (blown) spots and then Migala comes out and pushes Esther from the top turnckle, so Hamada can hit her legdrop and get a (dolphin) pin. Xochitl takes the match and the title, as Migala pulls Esther down and they brawl, Migala gives Esther 2 chair shots and Esther is out (to blade) Rossy makes the save and then Alda comes out and the 3 sisters battle with the 3 (new) Brujas, Xochitl is 'crowned' but the Moreno sisters end in the ring re-united to the joy of the fans...
The tournament itself wasn't very good, but the angle was there, now, the Moreno sisters are teaming for the first time ever (maybe), so they should feud with the Brujas, I see Esther taking Migala's hair, probably at a 6 woman cage match. What will happen with Linda Star and Princesa Sujei?
Taped in Tlaxcala, Feb 20.
*** Los Cadetes del Espacio (Venum II, Ludxor, Discovery and Super Nova) vs Los Cholos I, II, III and IV.- The Space Cadets return to AAA! And the Cholos make their debut. Cholo is a gang member, they dress like K-dog, and I don't have a clue about telling one Cholo away from another...
- Lots of editing, Cholos are using team attacks on the Cadets, who then react, Venum assist Super Nova into an over the top plancha on a Cholo, but then Cholo IV or something pins Venum after a powerslam, Ludxor hits a jump from top turnckle into a Huracanrana to defeat that Cholo, then Super Nova hits a moonsault and makes another Cholo quit to a leg to arm lock, a Cholo deliver powerbomb on Nova and beats him via patented Tirantes 3 count, Ludxor is about to make yet another Cholo submit but another Cholo takes his mask off and Ludxor is pinned as the Cholos win in their debut, then, they leave all the Space Cadets unmasked as the Cholos leave with their masks!!!
I guess this is AAA's attempt to make another Vipers vs Vatos like feud, it should have less violence, but might work, it's good to see that PAPSA still seeks for new atomicos teams, the Space Cadets were gone for a while...
*** Alebrije, Canek and Latin Lover vs Sangre Chicana, Cobarde (jr) and Espectro Jr.-I guess they did this match just to give Canek some air time before he returns to the Toreo de Cuatro Caminos for the Rey de Reyes show.
1.- Tecnicos jump on the rudos, they brawl for some time, then they cut into Canek doing a press on Chicana, then dropping him into his knee and getting the pin, Espectro jr goes for the save but Alebrije decks him with missile kicks, while Latin does 'patada de cabrito' on Cobarde jr as the tecnicos get the first fall. 2.- Rudo brawling. 3.- Espectro jr tries to take Canek's mask off, but Canek blocks and takes Espectro's mask off!! Tirantes DQd the tecnicos, Picudo and Hijo del Espectro came out, they brawl for a while, then Perro jr and Mascara Sagrada jr came out also, later, Hijo del Solitario, more chaos there, guess Perro jr won't be rudo after all...
CMLL, first match, from Arena Coliseo, taped March the 2nd. Rest from Arena Mexico, Taped March 5th. Announcers: Alfonso Morales, Leobardo Magadan and Javier Llaņes.
*** Black Warrior, Satanico and Villano III vs Shocker, Mr. Niebla (original but not the official) and Atlantis.-
1.- Black Warrior jumps on Shocker when the tecnico is in the access hall, the rudo brawling fall is established as Satanico and Villano III support Warrior's attack on Shocker, but eventually, the tecnicos win the first fall with the 'last minute' comeback as Niebla hits his cartwheel + reverse tope on Satanico to get the pin, and Atlantis makes Villano III submit to a 'cristo'.
2.- The tecnicos are in control now, Niebla and Atlantis are too much to handle for Villano and Satanico, then, Shocker and Black Warrior go at it, they trade some moves, Warrior hits a DDT and then uses a double armbar move to get the second fall. 3.- The last fall starts with Warrior ripping Shocker's mask open, Shocker has to go to the locker room to put another one on, so the rudos outnumber Atlantis and Mr. Niebla and take their mask off as well, Shocker returns and the tecnicos react beating the rudos a while, until the things cool down a little, Niebla faces Satanico and whips him to a corner, but misses the corner splash, Mr Niebla charges but Satanico gets a back body drop on him and Villano III connects drop-kicks which sent him out of the ring, so that Warrior could NAIL him on a reckless running tope, Satanico, Villano, Atlantis and Shocker trade moves for a while, Niebla trips Villano III and Atlantis gets him with a safe side plancha, Shocker puts Satanico into a side torture rack, and then powerbombs Black Warrior, he 'lifts' him again to drop him one more time and gets the match, asking for a title match which should air next week.
*** Tzuki vs Espectrito.- Before the match started, they showed a clip with Mini Rey Misterio jr turning into Tzuki, so it is official now, I guess that with all the stuff going on from the TJ situation, Rey jr was not happy with CMLL using his gimmick, or something like that, so now, choose from these gimmicks: Mascarita Sagrada/Max Mini/Mini Rey jr/Tzuki. This was a 'match relampago', one fall, 10 minutes time limit!
- Tori... I mean, Espectrito overwhelms Max Mi... I mean, Mini Rey Mis... I mean, Mascarit... Tzuki at the beginning of the match, but then Tzuki gets to do a flying headscissors and a spinning armdrag which sends Espectrito out of the ring, so he can deck him with a between the second and third rope somersault plancha!! They keep fighting, with Tzuki hitting his spinning armdrags and headscissors, and doing his highs spots, one of which was a 'tornillo' from the top turnckle to the rudito standing on the floor, an another one was a second rope moonsault, he landed on Espectrito who 'carried' him into the seats, crashing into Universo 2000!!! Universo got mad that he had spilled his Pepsi, Espectrito and Tzuki go back to the ring and the tecnico takes the match, only to be attacked by Universo 2000, who teased a martinete (oh, can you say Calaquita-Abismo?) but at the end he just tossed former Mascarita into Espectrito, Super Porky came out to carry Tzuki out to the locker (or the hospital?), you know, Super Porky loves the kids... Very good minis match, as usual. I wonder if Universo will get another suspension from this (this was the last day of his punishment).
*** Blue Panther, Fuerza Guerrera and Bestia Salvaje vs Negro Casas, Santo and Emilio Charles.- Why wasn't Scorpio here? I guess that after the semi-riot from last week, they didn't book him here, just to try to keep the fans cool. It looks as if CMLL had a better gate here. In a video clip, they announce that the masks/hair match is ready for the March 19 show, besides the Grand Prix in honor to Lutherot.
1.- Rudos jump on the tecnicos and beat them for a while, then, the tecnicos rally back and get the fall. 2.- Rudos recover the brawling, tecnicos react again, they go back and forth, Santo hits a plancha from the top turnckle to Panther on the floor, Scorpio comes out, then Zumbido also comes out, rudos are DQd, the masks/hair match is set for March 19, so what about next week? Who knows, they said that Zumbido, Scorpio and Bestia want a 'revancha' from the trios titles, does that mean that they'll fight Wagner/Panther/Warrior again?
Lots of heat here, but it was like a Perro style match, heat, no lucha, punches, punches, kicks, no selling, comeback, etc. I hope CMLL comes to its senses and stops the push to Bestia and Scorpio after they lose the hair and mask, as this angle hasn't delivered any good matches lately, if anything, Negro's work has dropped almost to Scorpio and Bestia's level, he and Santo don't even work like a team anymore. Since they will be in that match, I guess it means that the grand prix will suck with most of the guys below.
*** Salomon Grundy, Head Hunters and Brazo de Plata vs Apolo Dantes, Gran Markus jr, Cien Caras and Mascara Aņo 2000.- Something happended to the VCR (I turned it off), so I don't know anything about it besides the fact that the 'tecnicos' won.
