I Love Lucha (April-July 2005 TV), CMLL! CMLL! CMLL! CMLL! CMLL! CMLL! Options

[Ryan Faulconer]

I just received 17 CMLL episodes the other day. All of it rules in one way or another. I might have to retract that statement when I get to the Groon XXX episodes but every other week will ROCK! Come to think of it the tournament weeks don't sound so hot either...well, most of lucha rules. That's all I need to say.

CMLL 4/2/05
Mistico & Shocker & Black Warrior vs Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero & Tarzan Boy 3/29/05 (Arena Coliseo)
I watched this late last night and remember very little in the way of specifics. The match was good but not all that memorable. Mistico was, of course, the highlight and he just makes any match that he's in that much more fun. Just a very strong trios match from the usual suspects and Black Warrior.

Apolo Dantes & Mascara Ano 2000 & Universo 2000 vs Perro Aguayo Jr. & Canek & Pierroth 4/1/05 (Arena Mexico)
This was not one of the better Capos vs Aguayo matches. I've really enjoyed this feud at times but this match, apart from Perrito, just wasn't doing anything besides take up tv time and remind us of the feud.

Heavy Metal & Felino & Safari vs Black Tiger & Damian 666 & Halloween 4/1/05 (Arena Mexico)
Another match I remember very little about besides enjoying it. Heavy Metal didn't hurt the match and everything just worked for some reason.

I need to remember more for future episodes

Atlantis & Blue Panther © vs. Averno & Mephisto - CMLL Tag Team Titles - 4/1/05 (Arena Mexico)
The only thing has match was missing was heat. It was pretty damn good and god a LOT of time. The ending was maybe a little too drawn out but other than that I have no complaints about this at all. A whole lot of dives didn't hurt either. One of the highlight themes of the match was how excellently Blue Panther worked with the challengers. He hasn't done much of anything this year but this might be the best he's looked in CMLL in quite some time.

CMLL 4/16/05
Stuka Jr. & Chamaco Valaguez Jr. & Sensei vs Arkangel & Hooligan & El Koreano 4/12/05 (Arena Coliseo)
This match made me wish for a Stuka Jr. vs. Hooligan relampago match. They were far and above the best two in the match by leaps and bounds and every stretch of the imagination. Arkangel was alright too but Stuka Jr./Hooligan had their respective roles down perfectly for a match of this type. Sensei stood out at first because of his gimmick. He looked cool initially because of his kicks. After you realize that he is really off in his timing the kicks aren't really something to brag about though. Stuka Jr. was pretty damn impressive with his flying and Hooligan was rather UG-esque in his rudoness which were made to look even better by the boring other memebers on their teams.

Apolo Dantes & Mascara Ano 2000 & Universo 2000 vs Perro Aguayo Jr. & Hector Garza & Damian El Terrible 4/15/05 (Arena Mexico)
One of the greatest lucha trios brawls I have ever seen. One of my favourite matches of the year and obviously a MOTYC for my tastes. This has a lot of the things that people think lucha lacks as this pretty freakin' damn heated and the strikes and bumps all have a sickening thud to them. Perro Aguayo Jr. is sooooo awesome. He pinned Universo with one of the more painful looking la lanzas you will ever see, especially considering the cushion of the ring underneath them.

The only moment in the match where the action slows down is in the third fall as Perrito and Universo build up the anticipation for their exchange. Perrito gets both whistles and boos that make the usually subdued lucha sound mix sound like it is coming loud and clear through a Miracle Ear. Perrito puts his finger to his lip to hush the crowd BUT THAT DOESN'T WORK and they BOO SOME MORE!!! He is soooo awesome. The finish in the third fall manages to bridge both sides of lucha together as it goes from the violence of the feud and the grace of lucha simultaneously. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.

Mistico & Shocker & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Pierroth & Averno & Mephisto 4/15/05 (Arena Mexico)
This is Shocker's last match in Arena Mexico and throughout the duration of the match I was reminded of how great he can be and how much I'll miss him in CMLL. The tecnico team as a trio is really one of the better teams you could hope for in the promotion. Mistico and Averno continued their great work together that they displayed in their singles matches earlier in the year. Mistico in almost any match will make a match work if only for his great athleticism and acrobatic timing. He did maybe the best setup for the 619 I have ever seen and followed that up with another 619 on anther rudo that was almost as cool as the first.

There was only one Pierroth in the match so the Pierroth rule (two or more Pierroths in any one match is a bad bad thing) didn't apply here. He did his brawling and comedy bumping spots with La Nazi and wasn't a hinderance on the match's quality at all. I loved Averno's & Mephisto's simultaneous rudo bumping in the third fall. The finishing stretch was very fun and unless we substituted someone for Pierrroth I can't imagine a better match with this combination.

All throughout the show they hyped up Negro Casas' 25th Anniversary in lucha. When I started watching lucha and puro in 2000 I thought Negro couldn't have been past his early 20s on the 1994 Super J Cup. When I found out at La Arena that he was 40! I was shocked. They talked to one girl named Alma, who I think was his sister. She looked EXACTLY like him only with longer hair and a younger face. The scary thing is that she was kinda attractive.

Negro Casas & Felino & Heavy Metal vs Blue Demon Jr. & Damian 666 & Halloween 4/15/05 (Arena Mexico)
I don't know if it was all the surrounding buildup or just that everyone seemed to click but this was really something more than your regular trios match with some of these guys. Heavy Metal was the only guy who looked less than ideal. He was a fraction off on almost everything he did, which was specifically noticeable when he and Negro did some stereo kicking spots against Halloween and Damian. Everyone was really fired up though and the intensity carried the match more than the sum of its parts.

My favourite moment was during a Negro/Halloween chop exchange. They were just wailing on each other before Halloween took off his shirt to a pop of sorts from what I'm assuming are the visually impaired female Arena Mexico fans. For a guy who used to have a pumpkin for a head he was pretty buff looking. He also just SMACKED Negro with one of the nastier strikes that I've ever seen. The finish is pretty well done aside from Heavy Metal's 3/4 speed performance. Negro gets nailed with some sort of object as he held up a rudo for a powerbomb into the post on the outside. The match ends in a dq win for Los Hermanos Casas but the tecnicos don't get much of a celebration as Negro Casas sells the finish like he was shot. Oh well, maybe he can party after he wins his 50th anniversary match in lucha.

[Robert]

I am so happy Stuka Jr. made TV on GdR today. The more footage the better. He is going to be the next Mr. Niebla(which will be good for him for 6 years or so).

Hooligan is one of the most underrated luchadors out there. Like Chessman. They do everything so fluid and just bump their asses off but don't get any recognition. Next to Ultimo and Bucanero, Hooligan may be the best bumper in Mexico. I hope 2006 is a breakout year for him.

Rob

[Ryan Faulconer]

I am so happy Stuka Jr. made TV on GdR today. The more footage the better. He is going to be the next Mr. Niebla(which will be good for him for 6 years or so).

Rob

Yes. Any longer wrestling that style that well and the knees fall completely off.

[Robert]

The rumors(plus some facts) also point to a Niebla drug problem. He also got fucking fat in late 2002.

Rob

[Ryan Faulconer]

CMLL 4/23/05
Virus & Chamaco Valaguez Jr. & Chris Stone vs Hooligan & Loco Max & Guero Loco 4/19/05 (Arena Coliseo)
I can't say too many bad things about this match. I can hardly say anything good either. Guero Loco is someone I have never seen before in CMLL. My guess is that it is a pajamma-less, robe-less and differently-masked Super Dragon. He didn't look good and he resembled the type of wrestler who would normally wear a baggy full bodysuit to cover his lack of musculature and paleness. Hooligan and Virus, the two best luchadores in the match, didn't get nearly enough time together.

Chamaco and Chris Stone were really really vanilla. Chris's brother Alan is an example of a capable vanilla luchadore. Chris isn't anywhere near that level. Chamaco just looks so odd for some reason. I can't quite put my finger on what it is though. Loco Max looked good but the whole match just wasn't captivating on any level. This is my second time through watching it because the first viewing forced me to turn off the dvd player and go to bed in ambivelance. Virus and Hooligan did get a bit of a spotlight but even that wasn't very satisfying.

I thought of that Super Dragon joke as soon as I saw Guero Loco hit the screen. The more I watched him the more he almost did wrestle like Super Dragon. He had some stomps and other mannerisms that looked strangely familar. Nevertheless, Guero Loco is not Super Dragon and I don't care who tells you differently.

The rest of the episode isn't really all that noteworthy. There are two rematches from the previous show but neither surpasses the original match. Its a show that I'd recommend picking up if you need a show to pad an order but its not worth getting just for matches. It is a quality show with nothing that stands out or sticks with you as being memorable.

CMLL 4/30/05
Ricky Marvin & Safari & Alan Stone vs Nitro & Hooligan & Veneno 4/26/05 (Arena Coliseo)
Considering some of the talent in this it could have been so much better. I'm just happy that there aren't blown spots and lots of aimless brawling in a match so I'm pretty easy on subpar performances like this. Safari pulled out a really cool armdrag while being backdropped that I haven't seen much recently. Ricky Marvin needs to be in CMLL more but I guess NOAH pays better. He almost reminded of KENTA by the kicks and some of his other movements. Alan Stone worked hard and I guess I shouldn't be calling him vanilla. Generic might be a more accurate term but he is pretty good at what he does. Mistico vs Mephisto was on the same card. That would have been cool to see.

Atlantis & Dos Caras Jr. & Ultimo Dragon vs Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero & Tarzan Boy 4/29/05 (Arena Mexico)
As Que Monito comes to the ring with Atlantis I wonder how hard it must be to do the Que Monito gimmick. Everywhere you go kids and old people are grabbing and squeezing you. Ugly girls are kissing your fur. I guess it is best not to wonder about the man inside suit. Bob Barnett said Alushe/Monito had gold teeth and chain smoked. That's really a terrible reality to a gimmick that the children love. He must really be sore at the end of the day from all the harrassment he faces while working shows.

The match itself was very fun but was missing something to make it special. Dos Caras Jr. does the easiest dead lift out of a cross-armbreaker I think I've ever seen involving two wrestlings who may not be more than thirty pounds apart in weight. He lifted Tarzan Boy like he was NOTHING. Ultimo Guerrero botches a spot for maybe the first time I can recollect as he and Ultimo Dragon tried to run through the dueling knucklelock/monkey flip sequence. Ultimo Dragon botched a spot too to make the sequence look even more awkward. They still covered for it fairly well but two noticeable slips like that in a row are rare in CMLL.

Rey Bucanero was awesome on the rudo side. He had some top notch rudoing working for him. While down the aisle and amidst the fans he taunted Que Monito and Atlantis. Later he grabbed a kid's program and kicked it into the crowd. Then on his way back to the ring he went for another but was denied. He continued by getting tope'd by Atlantis into the second row. He's so good at being a rudo but I think if GDI were to ever split Bucanero would be the easy tecnico turn. He has a Colt Cabana-quality, or more correctly Colt Cabana has a Rey Bucanero-like charisma. He never seems to get his way whenever GDI meets in the bowels of Arena Mexico either. Poor Rey can never catch a break.

Dos Jr. hit a very...TALL plancha on the outside as the match was nearing its end. He has such good timing and athleticism that hopefully he can have a long long career in lucha instead of doing shoots. His style is such that I think he could adaprt to the US scene as well if given the chance. The ending had a bit of a different finish which made the winners confusing but that was the point of it. Really good rudoing made for a very fun match.

Universo 2000 & Negro Casas & Mistico vs Perro Aguayo Jr. & Hector Garza & Damian 666 4/29/05 (Arena Mexico)
This was GREAT! Mistico, bless his heart, tried a moonsault off the Arena Mexico entrance and missed Perrito for the most part and got a lot of stairs on the way down. He did a reverse skin the cat, launched himself back into the ring off of Garza's back and then did a flying headscissors on Damian followed up by a great 619 to finish off a sequence I had to rewind a couple of times just to catch it all. Other Mistico highlights include a tope suicida on Perrito and a smooth-as-hell spinning armdrag to counter an attemped quebradora by Garza.

Universo vs Perrito was the usual great intensity from them. Damian took bumps all over the place. Negro Casas wasn't all that important to the match. I love watching Garza and Perrito team up. I'm glad to see the tecnico/rudo alignment in the Perrito/Universo flip-flopped over the past year. It makes for great matchups like these where Universo teams with the best tecnicos against Perrito and whichever Los Perros del Mal cronies he brings with him. Mistico was the standout performer but everyone really contributed to a fine fine trios match that went from brawling to graceful and back to brawling again before it was over.

[Handsome-Horse]

there was a wrestler on last sundays cmll who had "Jarocha" written on his tights. any idea on his name?

err unless it is his name

[Ryan Faulconer]

I'm not sure who has Jarocha on their tights. Robert or Jose would probably know.

Finishing up that last episode...

CMLL 4/30/05
Heavy Metal vs Halloween 4/29/05 (Arena Mexico)
Heavy Metal has some nasty blade scars running vertically in a row along his hairline. It don't look pretty, that's for sure. He was a second or two off all night on all of his moves and the freakin' audio mix was off by a couple of seconds as well. Moves would happen and then shortly after we would get the sound from them. I'm not sure if that was it the norm for the evening or if it was just a one match phenomona. It sure was annoying though.

Heavy Metal and Halloween really tried hard. Heavy Metal did a lot more flying than I thought he was capable of at this stage of his career. He was always a fraction off every time and just doesn't seem to have timing down for his CMLL matches. Heavy Metal looks like he's moving at three quarter speed which telegraphed every single thing he did throughout the match. He visibly slipped a few times which didn't help him any either.

Halloween looks pretty cool as his makeup starts to melt off late in a match. It makes it look like his face is melting. That's always a nice visual that gets over the effort he put into his matches. I think this may have been the bout where he injured the knee that was recently reinjured following the Universo/Halloween hair match last Friday. He bumped and bumped and bumped but I don't think anyone could cover up Heavy Metal's faults regardless of how many knees they blow out.

The post-match brawl between Heavy Metal, Negro Casas/Universo 2000 and Perros del Mal saved the match for me. The Perros were represented by Halloween/Damian 666/Hector Garza until Negro and eventually Universo came out to even the odds. Just as the brawl was finishing up Perro Aguayo Jr. came out to call off the troops. Perrito was still selling the finish from his match earlier in the night and didn't stop until they cut to a break. Challenges were made for hair matches and I think we just got some of that payoff last Friday at Arena Mexico, seven months later.

[Anth]

I wonder, would anyone be interested in making a Perros Del Mals/Dinamitas feud comp from 05? And yes, I am serious.

[thecubsfan]

You know, you're going to pass up GALA at this rate. That indeed was the match where Halloween sure seemed to blow out his knee, at least to me. I'm guessing the actual deal is he was working on a troubled knee for quite some time (he could easily conceal a kneebrace for years and no one would know), but got enough money out of the main event to be able to afford to take the time off and get the surgery done.

there was a wrestler on last sundays cmll who had "Jarocha" written on his tights. any idea on his name?

It was Ricky Marvin. He's was bald then, and I think even 4 out of 10 luchamanicas wouldn't figure it out right away, because he looks odd bald.

[Ryan Faulconer]

You know, you're going to pass up GALA at this rate.

It was Ricky Marvin. He's was bald then, and I think even 4 out of 10 luchamanicas wouldn't figure it out right away, because he looks odd bald.

Marvin looked and wrestled like the world's greatest member of the Habana Bros on the 4/30/05 show. Next show has a really good trios match from what I've read. In two shows I'll run into Perrito/Mistico.

[Ryan Faulconer]

CMLL 5/7/05
Maximo & Alan Stone & Chris Stone vs Arkanagel & Veneno & La Flecha 5/3/05 (Arena Coliseo)
This match confused me on a number of levels - most of which were good. The onscreen graphics said the rudo team was Arkangel/Veneno/Sangre Azteca but when the match starts Sangre Azteca is nowhere to be found. In his place is La Flecha, who I have only heard about and read in results for what seems like years. Is he really young or is he kept off tv because he looks like he shares his ring gear with B-Boy? He was the standout rudo in the match because he seemed to be made of rubber. His body was bent and folded at uncomfortable angles while taking moves and bumping for the tecnicos.

The second revelation of the match is the phenom named Maximo. I have seen very few matches with him in that gimmick and none highlighted his mastery of that gimmick until now. It might look like a really lame persona for a lucha tecnico but man oh man does Maximo make it work. When you consider the gimmick he is doing appears to be that of an effeminate Roman Gladiator he has really taken lemons and made lemonade the likes of which I never thought I would enjoy in a wrestling ring. He has incredible presence and comedic timing. Couple that with his excellent use of that gimmick while doing regulation tecnico offense and this guy could be real popular, real fast. I actually want to see more Maximo after watching this match. The Brazos' gimmick must really mean nothing if they are repackaging the sons in completely different gimmicks and masks (La Mascara, Kronos) and in Maximo's case, unmasking them. Maximo has his dad's uh...???...charisma? Whatever it is that they share it is a gift...of sorts.

I feel silly for comparing Alan and Chris Stone when I saw them on earlier shows in this batch. Alan might be as much as ten times as good at the basic tecnico offense than his bland as bland can be brother. Moto Cross was a much cooler gimmick. Why did Chris ditch it? I won't miss him when I catch up to the shows where he disappears from CMLL tv and leaves for AAA. Alan is really outstanding for a guy who is usually the least interesting guy in every tecnico trios match he is in.

Veneno didn't do much wrong and but he didn't really make the match better by booking him in it. Arkangel was solid. Yeah, it was kind of a boring rudo team beyond La Flecha's contribution.

[Phil Schneider]

I assume that the Jr. Brazos will get some experience under their belts and return to the gimmick with a push. Maximo does rule

Phil

[thecubsfan]

I assume that the Jr. Brazos will get some experience under their belts and return to the gimmick with a push. Maximo does rule

Phil

Supposedly Brazo de Oro and/or Brazo de Plata told the kids There Shall Not Be Any More Brazos, and that's why we have Maximo and La Mascara and Kronos. But perhaps they'll relent sometime in the future?

Flecha had a short interview with Halcon back in August, and said he was a 34, a 9 year vet. He's a first/second match staple on the CMLL-MC cards.

I want to say Chris Stone dropped the name in '00, but I'm not positive.

[Handsome-Horse]

You know, you're going to pass up GALA at this rate. That indeed was the match where Halloween sure seemed to blow out his knee, at least to me. I'm guessing the actual deal is he was working on a troubled knee for quite some time (he could easily conceal a kneebrace for years and no one would know), but got enough money out of the main event to be able to afford to take the time off and get the surgery done.
It was Ricky Marvin. He's was bald then, and I think even 4 out of 10 luchamanicas wouldn't figure it out right away, because he looks odd bald.

damn, i didnt reconize him from last time, i hadnt watched cmll since 2003/04
and yea, he looks like a whole 'nother person

and there was also another guy, he had curly reddish hair but i didnt catch his name. he was in the same match

[thecubsfan]

damn, i didnt reconize him from last time, i hadnt watched cmll since 2003/04
and yea, he looks like a whole 'nother person

and there was also another guy, he had curly reddish hair but i didnt catch his name. he was in the same match

That's Veneno. You probably haven't seen him since he lost his mask.

[Robert]

Flecha has been around a while like cubsfan said. Skayde originally trained him back in 1995 and liked him so much he gave him the Flecha gimmick. He seems like a great luchador who is just lacking size and some charisma so he's destined to be an undercarder for life.

Moto Cross became Chris Stone on the 12/15/00 PPV when the Stone's made their debut in the opener against Marvin/Sombra De Plata.

Great comments Ryan... I'll post a longer reply to everything when I get time. (WOOHOO - Lucha TV discussion thread!)

Rob

[wagnerpanther]

Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata and Paco Alonso realize that the Brazos name has been bastardized and it doesn't mean shit anymore. This is mostly due to Brazo de Platino and Super Brazo pulling so many frauds with hair matches, and laughing it off. That's why they picked Maximo and Mascara and gave them a chance with other names.

Brazo de Oro/Mascara relationship has been acknowledged on TV, but the Brazo de Plata/Maximo one has been kayfabed. All the regulars at Arena Mexico know, anyway so they'll end up making it public.

[Ryan Faulconer]

CMLL 5/7/05
Atlantis & Satanico & Black Warrior vs Black Tiger & Shigeo Okumura & Ryosuke Taguchi 5/6/05 (Arena Mexico)
I enjoyed this more than any WWE match I've seen all year. That's not a major compliment or anything. That says more about my dislike for their product and my affection for moderately compelling CMLL matches.

Black Warrior has such great entrance music from Sean Paul. I wish he could look as cool during the matches as he does during his entrances. His music gets me psyched to see luchadores throw down. This is 2005 though and his matches make me happy whenever he tags out. He can barely get off the mat for a spinning heel kick. Unless he is working the crowd he just looks so lifeless.

My favourite spot in the match was during the end of the first fall. Satanico took Black Tiger down in a backslide to end the first caida. That wasn't all that impressive until you realize that Satanico pulled that backslide off after losing control of Black Tiger's right arm and recovered to take BT3 down in perfect backslide positioning. It might be a minor thing to some but I've seen more than my share of screwups on a simple backslide. Satanico is a pro's pro.

Dos Caras Jr. & Ultimo Dragon & Heavy Metal vs Ultimo Guerrero & Averno & Mephisto 5/6/05 (Arena Mexico)
There was seriously nothing worth mentioning about this match. Nothin was either good enough or bad enough to elaborate on.. For something so little going for it the match wasn't either

The show had a few vignettes hyping the debut of the real Masterpiece.

L.A. Park & Mistico & Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Perro Aguayo Jr. & Hector Garza & Tarzan Boy 5/6/05 (Arena Meixoc)
I loved what I got to see but technical problems prevented me from enjoying it as much as I should have. I need to double check my dvd but when I watched it last night it had some weird stuttering problems where the screen would freeze for a moment or two. This ruined basically a third of the match for me. It might just be a cat hair or something but it was like 2am last night when I watched it and didn't have the energy to trouble shoot. It got really annoying. The match that I did see was really great but I need to rewatch it.

I went back and checked out the dvd and would you believe it? A single black cat hair from one of my Dos Gatos Negro was the problem all along. I took the hair off the dvd, put it back in the PS2 and everything worked like a charm.

The match was damn good. If I saw things correctly the refs invoked the little used rule that prohibits throwing an opponent from the ring onto his partners on the floor. The ref was waiving the caida over before Mistico's mask got destroyed or I would have thought the dq was for the unmasking.

The second fall was great with Mistico returning midway through in a cool blue mask only to have his comeback get stopped. Mistico ain't Superman. Parka did this great double jump sommersault bodyblock off the apron. Parka was just ON for the whole match. He was one damn hilarious ass kicking skeleton luchadore. Mistico was rather subdued for the match and didn't do anything too fancy. Perrito punting Mistico low for the finish makes me want to see the next week's singles match even more.

[bradmanuel]

Apolo Dantes & Mascara Ano 2000 & Universo 2000 vs Perro Aguayo Jr. & Hector Garza & Damian El Terrible 4/15/05 (Arena Mexico)

I've had eight hours of CMLL sitting on my DVR for two weeks, just got a chance to watch this last night and oh FUCK yes it was amazing. They were just laying into each other like you hardly ever see... you could FEEL the hate. Usually I think Mascara Ano 2000 doesn't bring much to the table but even he was really good, and Universo 2000 impresses me more every time I watch him. You just don't expect that much effort from someone his size and (apparent) age watching CMLL, but he really puts it all out there. Perrito and Garza were, as always, incredible and Terrible is just f'n crazy looking. Amazing, amazing stuff.

[Ryan Faulconer]

CMLL 5/14/05
Dr. X © vs La Mascara - Mexican National Welterweight Title - 5/13/05 (Arena Mexico)
Instead of a pointless and/or disappointing Arena Coliseo match an Arena Mexico match that is both prestigious and underwhelming. It was sooooooooo short. La Mascara is missing something. The match was just too brief to even have an opinion on. Nobody botched anything.

Negro Casas & Heavy Metal & Mascara Magica vs Hector Garza & Halloween & Damian 666 5/13/05 (Arena Mexico)
Hector Garza is the man. When his theme music hits I get psyched for the top notch rudoing he brings to every match that he's in. Does anyone know who does Garza's music? I can picture a Robert Rodriguez or Quention Tarantino movie where that music hits and a reveal shows Garza entering the bar and bringing everything inside to a hault. He could be some incredibly complex character like the brother of the former mayor who was killed by the protagonist in the film. Garza wasn't a bad guy before the incident but the good guy killing his brother made him into one. He's the town minister or something of that nature who rounds up some muscle to get revenge on the good guy who killed his brother.

He enteres the bar, walks by the gawking yokels and chicas and stops with his mean at the stool the good guy is sitting at. He mentions an ultimatum to the good guy that would have them fight that day or one week from now. The good guy is reasonable so he agrees to fight later. Garza laughs and says that he admires the good guy's sense of tradition since today is a sunday and Garza didn't want to get blood on his clothes before he led a church service in an hour. Garza says that he is a reasonable man, called by God and put in a hard place after his only brother has killed by friendly fire.

He holds the good guy responsible and while God can forgive him this holy man does not forgive and he will forget unless he can right the wrongs that have recently transpired. As Garza goes to leave with his childhood buddies/huge henchmen he says that he hopes the good guy will be in church that day to pray for his soul. "God can have your soul but I will have your head for what you have done to my familia". Cue Garza's music again and he leaves with his henchmen, crossing himself and looking up at the heavens for guidance as if he was given divine permission to get revenge for his brother's death.

The match itself was very fun. Magica and Metal played tug-o-war with Damian and Halloween for Negro Casas' body before the rudos could crotch Negro on the post. Mascara Magica ended up being crotched himself on the ring post and he gives it one of the all time great sell jobs for a low blow. Magica yells out in pain like he was shot in the stomach. It was a movie-level performance to say the least and it really put that the move over as something substantial and important to lucha.

The third fall had an awesome finish. I won't spoil it although if you really want to know just look for Robert's writeup at Lucha World. Needless to say you probably have never seen anything like that before in lucha and possibly any wrestling.

Dos Caras Jr. & Ultimo Dragon & Tigre Enmascarado vs Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero & Tarzan Boy 5/13/05 (Arena Mexico)
I guess this is where Ultimo Guerrero segued from Ultimo Dragon to a Dos Caras Jr. feud. Original Tiger Mask was not as bad as I envisioned him but he was almost completely inconspicuous by his presence. Straight falls set up Dos Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero which played out during two singles matches later in May. Dos Jr.'s power moves are so cool but I fear for the necks of his victims.