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Post by Blodyxe on Mar 14, 2021 21:15:33 GMT 1
 Lucha Underground
Season 5, Episode 5"The Symbol of Life"Pentagon Dark is training for his big match. To do that, he throws darts at the wall, where Vampiro’s face looks back at him. The words of that traitor still echo in his head… is he really just a puppet doll in the hands of The Order? Was he manipulated to do the dirty work all this time? Could they really break him once more, like Matanza did, and could he recover without anyone to take care of him? Pentagon has made a lot of enemies over the years, and burned a lot of bridges, but here was the new path in front of him. An even darker path that can give him more power. Pentagon remembers how miserable his life was when he had no support from the Gods. He lost all his matches and nobody respected him. Perhaps there’s no other choice for him but to join The Order, they are one step ahead of him, time and time again... Pentagon picks up the oyabun knife and throws it at the wall, right into the eye of his ex-mentor. Revenge is a luxury he CAN afford! *** and Excalibur once again welcome us to the show, shouting out Terminal A for doing them a favor and warming the crowd up! For what? Ha! We have a ladder match between El Dragon Azteca Junior and Pentagon Dark!   - Two of the very best luchadores we have here are put against each other in what promises to be an all-out match! I can't wait! - Yes, Matt, me too! It is a huge match made even bigger by the special stipulation. The only question is - how prepared is Pentagon Dark? He didn't look his best in his last match. - I have a medical report claiming that Pentagon's vision is almost back to 100%. The question I have is different - how much damage can Dragon Azteca take, given that he was rocked hard by Marty and Jeremiah last week, as well as Pentagon himself when we made our return? - El Dragon Azteca is as tough as they come, he's a fighter with a big heart. I have no reason to think he will hold back tonight. - Neither will Pentagon! We will have more time to talk about that match but now, let's go to the ring with the beautiful and talented Shaul Guerrero!  " The following lucha is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, already in the ring... he comes from the Heavens... ARGENIS!" Argenis fixes his mask and waits for his opponent. He had a few matches in Lucha Underground, but didn't win any... perhaps his bad break will come to a close tonight? " ...and his opponent, accompanied by Vampiro... from Monte del Diablo… HEXAGON DARK!" Excalibur and Striker discuss the unusual residence of Hexagon Dark, the Mountain of the Devil, and wonder what Vampiro is doing here. Certainly not commentating! He looks all kinds off bad too... " This is the first time we will see Hexagon Dark in singles action, and I really don’t know what to expect. This young man is a total mystery, little is known about his upbringing. His associate and my ex-friend Vampiro is not here to fill in the gaps, but even if he was there, I doubt he would tell us much! Just look at his face - he's clearly not in a good place at the moment."    Hexagon Dark vs. ArgenisHexagon gets the feel off the ropes and it is quite apparent that Argenis towers over him. This does not seem to confuse the darker luchadore, who ducks and dodges every shot and Moonsualt that gets thrown his way. Argenis may not be the quickest luchador in The Temple, but to see him miss everything is quite fascinating. Hexagon mocks his opponent with his superior agility... Crossbody block misses again, but Argenis readjusts and cradles Hexagon. Kick out at one, and a swift kick to the head! Now he’s getting serious. The audacity of Argenis to roll Hexagon backfires, and now the man from the Heavens is going through hell. Mexican Destroyer! Standing Corkscrew Moonsault and a cover, Argenis kicks out… perhaps a mistake, as now Vampiro walks up closer to the ring to distract the referee. He left a railroad spike on the edge of the ring, and would you know it – Hexagon drives it into Argenis’ face!! The stab tore the white mask, and it will turn red any second now. Hexagon rebounds off the ropes with a Twisting Cutter and signalizes for the finish. He jumps on the top rope and with little effort executes a Corkscrew Shooting Star Press! Hexagon makes a statement with this victory, letting everybody know that his size is not a weakness, but an advantage. Hexagon walks over to his fallen rival and rips the mask some more to further humiliate the loser. He is then stabbed in the exposed forehead, again and again! Hexagon takes a step back, raises his arms and we experience a brief blackout. Aregnis has been sacrificed! " The sacrificial stab is reminiscent of Pentagon's ritual of breaking arms, so maybe this is a message to the man who has no fear!" - comments Matt. Talk of the devil! When the lights are back, Pentagon Dark is standing behind Vampiro! How's it going, Ian? Penta puts his hand on Vamp's shoulder... Superkick!   Pentagon looks ready to fight and he's asking Hexagon to throw a shot at him. Instead, Hexagon jumps off the ring and leaves the scene, ignoring all the insults thrown at him. " ¿Quieren que me una a su facción, perras? La respuesta es no. En cuanto al Dragón Azteca Jr... pronto se unirá a su buen amigo Prínce Puma, ya que yo no voy a ninguna parte, hijos de putos!! Porque yo soy Pentagon Dark y CERO MIEDOOOOO!" Pentagon says that he's not going anywhere and puts his leg on Vampiro's head. Not so fast… if Hexagon doesn’t want to get his ass handed to him, this traitor will. Pentagon positions Vampiro for the sacrifice... CRANK!! How's that for a sacrifice? People chant for Pentagon, he will be the clear fan favorite in tonight's main event! Vampiro writhes in pain and crawls back to his mentor, who is not bothered. *** Antonio Cueto watched that sacrifice from his office, not an ideal situation. El Jefe is not panicking though, just turns his attention to Jake Strong and Low-Ki, who sit in front of his desk. He praises both men for a 'show' they have put in front of the believers earlier. But they should keep their alliance in secret, nobody should know they are a part of the same group. Jake says that's all fine, but he wants some fresh meat, he is hungry. As Jake slams his fist on the table, Angelico barges into the room and demands a rematch against Low-Ki, as he was attacked backstage before their title match two weeks ago. Low-Ki turns his head to Angelico, and says he would beat him anyway. El Jefe stops the argument.     - Angelico, you can't just walk in like this and ask for another chance! You have lost, so be a good little boy and go to the end of the line. We have enough people deserving a chance before you. Besides, I'm in the middle of something with these gentlemen. - I'm not going anywhere until I get my match, Cueto. I need to know who attacked me, because this can't go on any longer. - What if that was ME, pretty boy? Jake Strong stands up and stares down Angelico, who's not short himself. The teen idol fixes his hair and says that they might have a problem then. - And what are you gonna do about it? - Well, I might kick your ugly face in and take your title away without capturing the Gift of the Gods... how does that sound? - That sounds hilarious. I would snap your ankle in a few seconds! Antonio says that's a great idea! Jake will break Angelico's leg, so he could go back into the hospital, where he has spent most of his Lucha Underground career. Besides, they will find out who can beat Angelico faster - Low-Ki or our Lucha Underground champion. Angelico smirks, and says their swagger will cost them big time. He leaves, with Jake telling him to not break his ankle on his way to the ring... they will wrestle next! Cueto rubs his hands together, and says he can't wait! Low-Ki excuses himself - he needs to take care of some important buinsess. When everyone leaves, Jefe puts the briefcase on the table, snickering. Something for Pentagon and Azteca to fight for... ***  Far away from the Temple, Cage is jogging across a peaceful neighborhood. Judging by the light, it’s early in the morning, and normal people still sleep. But not "The Machine"! He’s up since 4 AM to get more training and cardio. Cage slows down and checks the mail… lots of bills, some junk advertisement, and an old school, hand-written letter. Who writes letters anymore? Only old people. This one is from Antonio Cueto, and it has a Lucha Underground seal on it. Being sure that this letter is addressed to him, Cage opens it up and starts reading. "Melissa,
The Temple is missing its best and most beautiful ring announcer. Shaul Guerrero is yelling so loud that my head hurts, and I don’t trust Guerreros one bit. Consider this an invitation back, everything is ready for your return. Come home, we all miss you. But don’t bring your meathead husband with you...
Sincerely,
Papa Cueto" Cage is furious! Papa Cueto!?? Melissa gets an invitation BEFORE him!? And on top of all this, she gets a direction to leave him behind? Cage tears the letter and says ' Just you wait, old man!' before punching down the mailbox in anger. *** We come back to Angelico making his way to the ring. He feels better, but still favors his ankle. He claps hands with the people and looks ready to take the fight to the beast that is Jake Strong. " And his opponent, he's from Perry, Oklahoma. The longest reigning Lucha Underground champion... JAKE STRONG!!" The champion is showered in boos, but such reactions don't phase him one bit. He's focused on his opponent, and one could predict that this will not be a long match... Jake drops the Gauntlet in the corner, and we're all ready to go.  Non-Title Match  Angelico vs. Jake StrongLock up! Jake easily outpowers Angelico, and biels him into the corner! Goes after him, but Angelico goes between his legs, hits the ropes, ducks the clothesline, and hits the champ with a Pele Kick! No effect. Jake just fixes his hair and offers Angelico a 'test of strength', but the underdog invites him to the mat instead. He's staying on his back, teasing Jake. " Not sure if this is a good idea, given that Jake Strong is a prolific amateur wrestler!" - remarks Excalibur. But Angelico is no dummy, and as it soon becomes apparent, a real technician with a superb submission defense! He makes Jake look sluggish and kip ups back to his feet. Making Negro Navarro proud with his chain wrestling skills! Angelico fixes his hair too, looking very smug. Don't make the savage angry! Takedown attempt is successful, Strong smothers the heartthrob across the mat, never breaking up his bear hug, now looking for a german suplex... Angelico overrotates and stuns Strong with a Shuri Knee! Sunset flip is blocked, Jake powers Angelico back on his feet and sends him to the corner with an Overhead Belly to Belly suplex!! Champion hits his heart while yelling 'STRONG!' and almost squashes Angelico with a Vader Bomb - the lighter man rolls out of harm's way and soccer kicks Jake's head! Angelico has momentum now. Hits the champion with a running forearm into the corner, and looks to repeat that move, but Strong catches him and PLANTS him on the mat with a Powerslam! Jake then undercuts his opponent with a chop block. Striker says that Jake can punish Angelico with brute strength and awkwardness, but instead he looks to submit the crowd favorite with his signature Ankle Lock. Angelico valiantly fights off with his good leg, and Capoeira Kicks Jake in the jaw... but the hold is still on! Angelico does not want to tap out, but it is also stupid not to, considering his history of injuries. But wait a second, it's CAGE! Cage sprints to the ring and hits Jake with a Discuss Clothesline to break up the hold, and gift Jake a DQ victory!!  The believers are happy to see "The Machine" back! Cage grabs the Gauntlet of the Gods, puts it on his hand, and BLASTS Jake with it!! Angelico looks pissed, but he's in no condition to fight back. He has no other option but to leave. Cage demands a mic and cuts straight to business... " Antonio Cueto, I just took your animal down! You have made a big mistake by not inviting me back. Guess what? I can show up uninvited and skip the line! And I will take something that was gifted to me a while ago..." Cage picks up the title and the Gauntlet. After holding both items in his hands, he drops the strap on top of Jake, leaving with the Gauntlet! The believers start a Terminator chant as he takes the steps! Cueto finally leaves his shelter and yells for Shaul to bring him the mic. She is caught off guard, and Cage walks away before Antonio can even start. " COME BACK! You better hand that thing over to me!" El Jefe's threat fall on deaf ears, but he promises to break "The Machine" next week, by any means necessary. As for tonight... the loser of the next match will LEAVE THE TEMPLE FOREVER! An anxious reaction from the fans, they did not expect to hear that. The stakes could not be higher! " WOAH, the boss is angry! Cage leaves with the coveted Gauntlet, knowing well what powers it holds. He certainly has Antonio's attention now... and we hope we have yours because NEXT, we have a HUGE Ladder match! Pentagon Dark versus El Dragon Azteca Junior, the loser will be BANISHED... DON'T YOU DARE GO AWAY!" - screams Striker. ***  is looking up at the sky from the roof, admiring the beauty of the stars and taking in the full chest of fresh air. He faces his biggest challenge yet, against an opponent that he has faced numerous times in the past. To keep the fight going, he MUST win tonight. He wouldn't mind getting some encouraging words from his friends. But Aerostar and Drago are not here. Suddenly, someone puts the hand on the shoulder of Dragon Azteca. The ghost from the past, the woman on a mission - Black Lotus. - Glad to see you again, these two years have flew by. Do you want to tell me something? - Yes, I want to warn you about your upcoming match. Pentagon Dark might still join The Order, him breaking Vampiro's arm could be a false flag. - I guess you know better. You were right about King Cuerno before... someone stole his identity, and the man I once knew appears to be gone forever. - Maybe I can help you tonight against Pentagon, just like you have helped me kill Matanza. You know that I've put him in his place before... - Yes, I remember. But I will not take any shortcuts, I will not tarnish the legacy of my fallen teachers. I will fight with honor! - This is not the place to fight with honor, Azteca. Let me help. - No. People who get close to me are destined for hardship, and I don't want you to suffer anymore. My mentor, Rey Mysterio, Prince Puma, Cuerno are all gone. I didn't hear from Aerostar and Drago for years too. It is all my curse... - In that case, let me take it from you. Black Lotus kisses Dragon Azteca! This kiss catches the luchador off guard, and before he can react, Lotus tells him to go. Azteca's music can be heard in the distance, his match is about to start. Black Lotus watches as Dragon Azteca walks off, and exhales. She has a very bad feeling about this night... Low-Ki sneaks on her from behind and chokes her with a fiber wire! "The Professional" adjusts his earpiece and tells Agent Winter that " Black Lotus has been executed"...   *** El Dragon Azteca makes his entrance right as Low-Ki is dragging Black Lotus down the stairs. Azteca is well respected in The Temple, but tonight the believers will support another man, a man with no fear! Pentagon Dark comes out, and he looks ready to do the battle. No sign of weakness for him, which is great. The luchadores have a brief exchange before the match, with Pentagon shoving the "Cero Miedo" gesture in the face of Mysterio’s protege. Azteca shoves Penta away and both have an intense staredown, butting heads and talking trash. Ring the bell!  Ladder Match  Pentagon Dark vs. El Dragon Azteca Jr.This war starts with a couple of simple but stiff forearms thrown, both fighters are very stubborn and they fight for the early advantage. Soon enough, Penta smashes Azteca’s chest with a chop heard across the building! He’s lighting it up early, and throws his glove to the official… SHHH! SLAP. We’re in Boyle Heights, but that was not a gunshot. Penta is control, throws a couple of low kicks that make Dragon do a backflip against his own will. It is smart that Pentagon works over the legs of Azteca, as Dragon Azteca will need them when the ladders will get thrown into the mix, which is right about now. Penta picks up a ladder and drives it straight into Azteca's face! Penta puts the ladder in the corner, but his irish whip is reversed, so he is sent face first into the rusty ladder. Pentagon rolls away from the ring, but Azteca jumps on the apron and leaps off with a Running Dropkick, sending Pentagon into one of the fans! Azteca says that he’s sorry, even though the fan is marking out hard. Low Blow! Pentagon doesn’t care about honor and will use any shortcut in the book to win this all-important match. The fans don’t mind either. Penta stomps on Azteca and throws him into the steps, throwing another ladder into the ring later. Pentagon puts it up in the middle, looking to get his hands on the briefcase. Not so fast! Azteca looks to swat Penta from the ladder, and a quick Hurricanrana sends the fearless ninja skeleton back down! One-legged dropkick to the back of the head! It pushes Pentagon on the apron. Azteca attempts a Sunset Flip Powerbomb, but Pentagon holds on… misses with a Double Foot Stomp! Azteca then pulls his legs from him, so his nemesis meets the apron with his face. Ouch, not pretty. Azteca is back in the ring, now it’s his time to shine! Run up to the corner, crazy Tope Con Hilo catches Penta off guard!! Azteca gets his hands on the ladders now, throwing two of them on top of Pentagon. He jumps on the announcing desk... Leg Drop on the floor! It must have hurt Azteca as much as his rival, the move looked nasty! Dragon is holding on to his backside, as Penta rolls around the dirty floor. Dragon picks himself up first and puts a big ladder between the ring and the barricade… the unwritten rule of lucha libre states that someone will go through it, sooner or later! Penta irish whips Dragon again, but he slides under the ladder, then uses it as a springboard to deliver an outrageous DDTJ on the floor!!! That is one of the strongest moves in Azteca’s arsenal, and now he slowly marches back to the ring, to climb his way up. Don't waste your time posing for the fans! Penta grabs Azteca’s leg, not allowing him to go… Enzuigiri for freedom! Climb that ladder, kid, make yourself famous! Azteca slowly climbs up... Pentagon finds some chairs under the ring and starts heaving them at the leader of the Eagle tribe! One such throw catches Azteca good, into the back of his head. He is probably concussed now. Pentagon rolls back in and puts down Azteca with an Elevated Lungblower!! BRUTAL! BRUTAL! BRUTAL!  Dragon Azteca can't get up, and Pentagon takes a short breather. The rest is over! Penta grabs a chair and smashes it across Azteca's back so he would stay down. Pentagon knows all about how a broken back can put you out of action for a long time. Azteca is beaten down, but eventually answers with a desperate Dragon Whip to stun Pentagon, who falls down on the second rope. Time for a 619? That would be symbolic. Azteca dedicates a move to his mentor, but misses! Penta catches him with a Superkick and then puts him down with a Pentagon Driver on one of the chairs! Everyone in The Temple winced as Azteca rolled around in agony. Pentagon executed a Punt Kick straight across his shoulder blades to add insult to injury! Penta connects with two Sling Blades and climbs the turnbuckles to deliver a Double Foot Stomp. Azteca rolls out from the ring for safety… TOPE CON HILO from Pentagon Dark! The underdog grabs a ladder to get some protection, but it doesn’t help him, as Pentagon superkicks DAJ! Sandwiched between the ladder and the cold floor, Azteca finds himself in one precarious position. DOUBLE FOOT STOMP CONNECTS!! Pentagon just jumped off the apron to drive that ladder hard into Azteca’s sternum! WOOOO! Penta enjoys the match so far, and he looks great after his encounter with Vampiro. The fan favorite picks up Azteca and throws him into the wooden chairs! The only thing we miss here is a couple of tables. Believers start chanting for those, and Pentagon shrugs, why the heck not? The table is pulled from under the ring! Azteca braces himself and jumps IN BETWEEN THE TURNBUCKLES FOR ANOTHER TORNADO DDT! How in the world did he do that? Doesn’t matter, Azteca puts Pentagon on the table and takes a climb to the top of the ladder. Another crazy leg drop to the outside incoming? Penta moves out and dropkicks the ladder with everything he has - Azteca falls right into the wooden chairs!! HOLY SHIIIITT!!! That section will not be repaired, and our fans would have to stand on their feet for the remainder of the night. In some sense they are doing that already. Pentagon catches his breath and throws another ladder in the ring. It’s time to grab the so-called symbol of life and get this match over with. Penta found a big ladder, and it looks stable, but not enough for Penta's liking. That's why he puts one horizontally, to support his climb better. As Pentagon takes one rung at a time, Azteca slowly rises and stumbles back to the ring. He falls on the ladder, making a climb of his own… he catches up with Pentagon, and now they are exchanging some shots at the very top! Overhand chops from Dragon are not pleasant, but they won’t do much harm. Pentagon, on the other hand, goes for the eyes!! Gouges them and takes himself a few inches higher. Penta throws a “Cero Miedo” and calls for something big and risky. The close-up shot of the fans reveals how terrified they are for both luchadores… But here comes Marty "The Moth" Martinez!!  This psycho attacks Pentagon with a cast across the back, and he has him in the Powerbomb position... Moth throws Penta outside of the ring through a ladder that was put between the ring and the barricade!! Moth starts laughing hysterically, and he waves Pentagon goodbye. Azteca gets in the face of Martinez. " This is my fight!! Go away!" - Azteca yells. Moth raises his hands like he was caught doing something bad, but then he turns around and tries to sucker punch Azteca. Misses wildly, eats a Roundhouse Kick instead! Marty falls into the corner... you know what that means. Azteca puts a ladder to his crotch and bashes it with a steel chair!! Right in the mothballs! Marty will sing to Martina with a high-pitched voice for around a week now! One more chair shot for good measure and the pest is gone! Pentagon is barely moving on the outside, and now nothing will stop Azteca from winning this. He gets the ladder up and climbs up, putting all his energy into this ascension. He has his fingers on the prize, and then, the lights go out...  " THAT'S FENIX!! FENIX IS HERE!!!" - yells Excalibur. Fenix palm strikes Azteca between the eyes and... HITS THE MAN WITH A MEXICAN DESTROYER FROM THE TOP OF THE LADDER!!! No standing up after that move!! Pentagon can't believe his eyes, looking up to Fenix. "The Man of 1000 Lives" throws a glance at Penta before going away. Pulling everything he has left, Pentagon rolls into the ring and picks up an already beaten El Dragon Azteca Junior for a Running Package Piledriver!! And even that's not enough for Pentagon's confidence. He positions Azteca for a Sacrifice!! CRANK! With his arm broken, Azteca will have no chance to retrieve the ultimate prize. Pentagon climbs the ladder, anticipating someone to jump him or stop him, but he has no distraction. Pentagon retrieves the briefcase and waves Azteca goodbye from the top of the ladder! What a ladder match!! Antonio Cueto comes out to congratulate the winner. Pentagon has won the symbol of life! And when it comes to Dragon Azteca... he failed once again, and now has to leave The Temple. " Go away, and never come back!" - growls Antonio Cueto. Dragon Azteca can not believe he has to go out like this. He failed his mission, he let his people down, he couldn't stop The Order. The fans thank Azteca for his incredible matches and clap as he leaves the building. El Jefe cuts this soppy moment short and tells Pentagon to unveil the prize he just won in front of all the believers... Come on, share this moment with your fans! Pentagon does not trust Cueto, but decides to open the briefcase anyway. The briefcase is stuffed with maize...  " Pentagon, you just won the staple grain of the Aztec empire! MAIZE!" This has to be a joke, right? Those two men just killed each other for a briefcase stuffed with corn!? Antonio smiles at last, as Pentagon swears off and throws his "rewards" at the old man. And just as Antonio goes back to his office for cover, Hexagon springboards his way to Penta and hits him in the eye with a railroad spike!! Pentagon falls down on the horizontal ladder jammed between the ropes, clutching his face. His "evil twin" mockingly throws up a "Cero Miedo", as the winner screams in agony. " GOOD GOD! HE CAN LOSE AN EYE LIKE THAT! I have no words, Excalibur!! This was perhaps the greatest match in Lucha Underground's storied history, and to see both fighters disrespected like that makes me sick! Add this heinous attack by Hexagon Dark, and I'm two seconds away from throwing up!! This has to end soon! Ladies and gentlemen, let's wish the best to Dragon Azteca Junior and wish Pentagon another speedy recovery..." *** The final scene of the night still belongs to Dragon Azteca, who steps outside of the Temple. He's overwhelmed with emotions after his failure, and drops down on his knees. He looks to drop his mask down... " No, amigo! Este no es el final, he visto el futuro. Nuestro viaje sólo comienza... Come with me!" Aerostar offers Dragon Azteca a hand, as his chest illuminates the dark street. After two long years the friends are reunited. They leave Boyle Heights, and we could only hope to see them again at some point.   Final Rating: 60/100 ( C) This show has increased our popularity in 17 regions. |
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Post by Blodyxe on Mar 22, 2021 23:17:38 GMT 1
Issue #5 Smoke and Mirrors The limo is filled with cigar smoke. The Lord is puffing, while his associates sit around him in uncomfortable silence. Agent Winter, Taya Valkyrie, Hexagon Dark, Jake Strong, Low-Ki all keep their mouths shut, and it is Antonio Cueto who interrupts the stillness, coughing his lungs out. With the limo closed shut, El Jefe is suffocating. He probably wants to get out and get some fresh air, but this would offend the deity, so the senior citizen tries to make himself quiet. Finally, the group addresses the elephant in the room.   - So you mean to tell me that Cage has The Gauntlet... Same Cage that destroyed the title that I have given to Dario Cueto, the same Cage who blew Councilman Delgado's head off? - Yes, my Lord. - It's been some time since I got any bad news. What do you have to say in your defense, Antonio? I thought I was clear when I instructed you not to bring him back in. - My Lord, I did not invite him! He attacked the security guards, and everyone here was preoccupied with other business to stop him. He attacked Jake Strong from the back, and ran away faster than I could leave my office! - Don't make excuses, Cueto. Even your son wasn't as pathetic as you are right now... Erase all those "guards" from the face of the Earth, and replace them with capable men. Antonio coughs some more, so Taya intervenes in the conversation. She volunteers to be the one who will take care of Cage, but The Lord has different plans for her. " Valkyrie, you have done well to ambush our opposition before, but I have someone else for you. PJ Black... concentrate your attention on him. He was foolish enough to bring an outsider in, and we have to send a strong message by sacrificing him as soon as possible."    Taya nods and smiles, she will do just that. The Lord then acknowledges that Black Lotus has been executed, and as such, The Black Lotus Triad is dead. Low-Ki passes an envelope to The Lord. It has her hair inside, and Agent Winter believes that they can use it against Marty "The Moth" Martinez. He is still waiting for his title rematch, so the plan is to distract him for a while and put some fire to his family feud with Mariposa. " You're smart for a human being, Winter. Anyone else has other ideas?" Hexagon Dark looks at the coughing Antonio Cueto and proposes a way to eliminate Mil Muertes forever, so he would not be able to come back... a Buried Alive match against the "Bird of War", Fenix. He is strong enough to dispose of "The Man of 1000 Deaths" and he can be controlled easily, as they could see in that Ladder Match. Win or lose, the walking dead in Fenix is a piece they could use to play mind games with Pentagon Dark. Hexagon's serpent mind is sharp and devious, and The Lord recognizes that, giving his approval.   Finally, The Lord looks at the Lucha Underground champion - Jake Strong. What's on his mind? Strong scowls and says that he is itching to break "The Machine" for jumping him back from behind! He wants to pummel and expose him, break him down. " You're not getting Cage after letting us all down. You're not getting any fights until I am sure that you are ready. We are going to leave Cage to fight his own people, using the biggest human vice - greed. Put a bounty on his head, Cueto, and whoever will bring me back the Gauntlet will be the new host. No more bad news!" Everyone leaves the limo, with Jake having a staredown with The Lord. He slams the doors shut and "The Smoke God" cracks a smirk for the first time. ***  While his master discusses plans with The Lord himself, Vampiro gives himself the first medical aid - a shot of vodka and some painkillers. His arm is broken, and he winces as he goes around his cavern hideaway. The man is clearly in pain after his run-in with Pentagon Dark and needs to take a break. But he doesn't want to sit around and wait for his patron to return. Instead, Vamp raids his place, looking for something special. He swears out loud when he spikes his arm but finally gets his hands on his prized possession - the heart of Matanza. It is still beating slowly in the jar, seducing Vampiro with its power...  " I'll not leave it at that, Pentagon. Prepare for a blood bath..." As Vamp opens the jar, he can hear the echoing bellow of Black Taurus. He must be fed so often, and it's not easy to satisfy his hunger, as he only feasts on young men and women. Irritated Vampiro puts the heart away with one arm and tends to Taurus. He has finished his meal and wants to have a runabout in the labyrinth... Vampiro has no choice but to lead the beast around the place. As they are taking a tour around the place, Black Taurus snaps out of Vampiro's lead, hurting him in the process. The black bull runs around with no chance to escape. Vampiro has learned his mistakes after Matanza escaped, and he can only hope that Antonio will never find out about the ashes in the urn standing atop of his table. *** Meanwhile, in a far cozier place, Mariposa is relaxing on the sofa. She is so relieved to finally send Marty packing. He was a dirty, annoying, and most importantly, inattentive stepbrother lately. All he did was throw the family money away on his nasty-looking tramps and the magical flour. Perhaps some time away from home will make him more responsible, and teach him a lesson. Mariposa waters her ill-looking plants in peace, but then she's distracted by a ringing door. Ugh, he's back already! Mariposa marches to the door and takes a look in the peephole. Hm, it's not Marty. It's one of his "butterflies''...   - What do you want? - Oww, hiii Mariposa! Is Marty home? - No. I kicked him out. Who are you? - D-don't you recognize me?? I'm Beautiful Brenda! - ...What in the world happened to you? - Haha, you know, years go by, I don't get any younger. W-will you let me in? Mariposa opens the door and lets Brenda go past the doorstep. She has really let herself go. She's scratching her neck and asks if Mariposa can "hook her up" instead? She does not understand what that means at first, but then realizes that Brenda came here for her dose. As quickly as Brenda came in, she got thrown out. Mariposa slams the door shut and lets out an angry yell. She's so over Marty's bullsh!t that she trashes her apartment once again now. ***  Vampiro is not the only man who got the short end of the stick last night. His ex-protege Pentagon Dark is also licking on to his wounds now, if you could put eye reattachment in that category. Pentagon is standing in front of the mirror, trying to fix his eye. This time he is not dealing with the black mist, but with a spiking wound. Penta screams in agony as he tries to do something about this injury, with blood dripping down the sink. Nobody will assist him with this, and he has to take this pain like a man. All the years of breaking arms have caught up with him - this is karma. Pentagon takes a deep breath and tries to pop the eye back once again. Awful pain pierces his entire skull and he's starting to get wobbly. Pentagon gets mad at himself and punches the wall a few times, which will only hurt him more. Maskless Pentagon puts all his courage inside his fist and screams to himself two words that have become his life credo... ¡CERO MIEDO! AAAARRGHH!! Pentagon Dark puts his eye back into the socket and collapses on the ground, knocked unconscious by this torment. He deserves some rest after the last few nights. *** Some of Lucha Underground fighters have significant others that can take care of them. Case and point - Cage, who comes home with a Gauntlet of the Gods in his bag. Needless to say, Melissa Elizabeth Santos is not impressed. Correction, she's outright pissed that her husband returned to The Temple, dismissing all her warnings. Mrs. Santos stands in the corridor with her hands on her hips, and even "The Machine" will get worried at the sight of this angry woman. Petite or not, she has that latin blood that boils inside of her, and she won't be treated like that.   - Hey buns, looking fine! - What the **** was that, Brian? I told you not to go!! - Babe, everything is fine. I came back without a scratch on my body, what's the problem?? - Oh I can't believe you are saying this right now. Really!? It's not about you, it's about all of us! You are putting me and our child in danger! - Listen, I did what I had to do. You can be angry all you want, but that won't change the fact that I'm a pro wrestler, and we all take risks. - Oh my God, shut up! You're so selfish!! - I am selfish!? I accommodate for all of us, and I put the food on the table! Stop being so dramatic!! - My mother was right, all men are the same! - Well, I'm not a man. I'm a MACHINE! Well, mom and dad are yelling again. Their kid is barely walking, but you can already see how headstrong the baby is. Just like dad! The young fella takes the Gauntlet from the bag, and this is enough to stop the argument. Even Cage understands that Gauntlet is not a toy for a toddler. Melissa grabs the boy, leaving Cage to stand alone inside this pit of danger. ***  Jeremiah Crane lives way differently. He doesn't have a family, he doesn't have a girlfriend, and the only kids that mess around in his flat are called Marty and Martina. Jeremiah took the deranged couple in because it is cheaper to pay rent this way. Now that Marty is no longer funded by his family, he gets to see a different side of life. For Crane, nothing is new though, but sometimes he feels like a third wheel in this company. Tonight he will just lock up in his door, turn his back to them and get some sleep. Hopefully nobody will disturb him this time... Crane closes his eyes and quickly falls asleep. Almost immediately he falls into this dream where he's a teenager. A rebellious, edgy, no-good troublemaker in his carefree years. Special years, mostly because there was this special girl that he fell in love with. Catrina... His longtime crush and short-time girlfriend. The love of his life, looking as beautiful as ever. Catrina smiles back at Jeremiah and comes over to say hello to him, but Jeremiah can't say anything back because he's paralyzed. He was bitten by a nasty snake! He tries his damndest, but can't mutter a word. The girl puts her finger on his lips and tells him to relax.   " Hello, Jeremiah. Shh, don't worry. I didn't come to hurt you, I came to help you. Just lie down and relax! I will take care of you." Teenager obliges and falls on the grass. Young Catrina sits on top of him and tilts her head to his ear, whispering encouraging words seductively. The girl caresses the rebel's hair and the pain goes away slowly. He can feel his face coming to life again and starts blinking wildly. Catrina closes his eyes with her hand and continues her gentle sweet talk. Jeremiah listens, he only listens to her. Now she wants to say something personal to him, something she wanted to tell him for a long time. " You are a pathetic, sad, pitiful piece of human flesh. I always knew Mil would destroy you!! Prove me wrong, you slimy loser!!" Young Jeremiah opens his eyes in surprise and sees the real Catrina.  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Jeremiah wakes up in cold sweat and his housemates barge in the room to check on him. Martina is ready to stomp the rats, but it's not them - it's just a bad dream for Crane. Martinez offers Jeremiah water, good when you have withdrawal. Crane says he doesn't take drugs, but he just saw the real Catrina. She was old and disgusting, not like she usually does. Did he see Mil Muertes? No, but she mentioned him. He will not be able to sleep until he takes him down. He needs to finish Mil Muertes! *** has a hiccup. Is somebody remembering him or something? That might be true because he wasn't home for a few years now. Now Mack has hundreds of events in Mexico under his belt, for companies big and small. Today he has opened the show for AAA, picking up a victory in an Antonio Pena Special. Famous B tries to spook the guy so he would drop the hiccup, but that doesn't work.   - That &hit won't scare me. - Good work, champ, another big result today! You're a star! - Oh yeah? Why am I paid like a bum then? - Listen, we've been through it already, Mexico's economy is not the same, but their fans are so passionate! Just listen to them!! - Yeah, that's cool. But I think you're putting too much money in your pocket, cuz. - Oh, that's not my money! That's Tey-hano's paycheck, I just picked it up for him early! - Yeah, aight. But this is not only about the money. I miss LA, B. I'm homesick. - Oh puh-leez don't get me started on that one! We're not coming back, Mack Daddy, uh-uh. We do great business right here, and I don't want to change a thing. Speaking of business, Los Mercenarios have to "meet & greet" Blue Dee-mon Junior, want to join them? - What for? I'm stuck tagging with Mr. Iguana, Pimpi, Nino Hamburguesa, and Dinastia. No offense to those guys, they're good friends of mine, but I have hit my ceiling here, and I'm gonna bounce soon, with or without you. - Let's talk about it later, champ. Dr. Wagner needs me now! Famous B walks out dialing up a comically oversized phone from the ’80s, blabbering some Spanglish nonsense. Mack sighs and packs his bags. The murmurs in the locker room change, as some woman tries to enter the building. She's not getting past face control though, perhaps she's on the blacklist? However it is, she doesn't step back and almost gets in the fight with the road agent. Mack has a confused look on his face, who is she? Juventud Guerrera may have the answer.  " Brotendo, that's Sexy Star! I thought you knew her." Mack takes a double take, and yeah, she does look a bit like her, but he never saw Sexy Star without a mask. Mack wants to calm down the backstage crowd, but "Juice" recommends him to stay back. She's on the so-called sh!tlist, and if Mack goes over to say hi, he will get the same treatment. - ...You will take a dump in my bag? - Not me, bro. Other people! - Yeah, I've been here long enough to know who does that, Juice. This little back and forth with Juventud gave Sexy Star enough time to storm off. Oh well, it was nice seeing you.    Now the attention switches to Blue Demon Jr. who gets ambushed by Rey Escorpion and Texano! It is kinda ironic that saying hello to an old friend is seen as a bad thing here, while gang attacks on veterans fly under the radar. Blue Demon Jr. will not be in prime condition for his big fight. Bien-bien-bien for Dr. Wagner Jr! ***  The beautiful night sky is a peaceful sight under normal circumstances, but not for the chosen few who are protecting Earth from total blackout. The old prophecy said that The Gods will take human form and destroy seven Aztec tribes to overthrow the reign of the Fifth Sun. How do you stop the alliance of superpowerful deities who have decided to undo their work and create a new world? No one may have a clear answer, only assumptions. Suddenly, the bright flash lights up the obsidian sky. Something celestial has landed in the middle of the field, looking like a true glimmer of hope... Aerostar and Dragon Azteca Junior walking after him, arm in the sling. Two heroes find themselves near the abandoned shack. No people in sight, it is a literal middle of nowhere... The perfect hiding spot, and a good place to set up a camp for the army of Aztec descendants. Dragon Azteca asks Aerostar why he reappears in his life only now, but Aerostar keeps himself silent. Dragon Azteca says he has received no word at all from Aerostar in more than two years, and he wants to find out what's happening!   " Two years is nothing when we talk about the war of the millennia!" You can't argue with that logic. Aerostar leads the way, saying that one of his biggest questions will be answered in a few seconds, but he's afraid that Dragon Azteca is not ready to handle the truth. Azteca asks Aerostar to stop talking in riddles, and give it to him straight - where are they going? No need to answer that, because they are already in the right place. Someone else should talk to him, not Aerostar. The man that orchestrated the start of said war, the catalyst, the key figure. " Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony..." Dragon Azteca slowly turns around to look in the eyes of the treacherous mastermind.  Dario Cueto. End of Issue #5 |
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Post by Blodyxe on Apr 5, 2021 12:37:29 GMT 1
Lucha Underground
Season 5, Episode 6"Beat Me If You Can..."" Melissa, don’t bring your meathead husband with you… it's CAGE… Antonio Cueto, I just took your animal down... Cage leaves with the coveted Gauntlet, knowing well what powers it holds... You better hand that thing over to me... You may be a machine for them, but you’re a man for me, and I need you here!" Cage unloads his car, throwing a big bag with his ring gear on the shoulder. Perhaps the Gauntlet is there also? Cage closes the trunk and takes a step in the direction of The Temple, but he's quickly distracted by a familiar face and some annoying whistling. Hernandez struts behind Cage and says "The Machine" has a huge target on his back. " You're gonna have a long night, Cage, it's Gauntlet for da Gauntlet. Cueto put a 100 grand bounty on your head... No hard feelings, it's just business to me, man!"   The Supermex hits Cage with a lead pipe, right in the back of his head! Cage makes a few steps forward and slowly turns his attention to the gangster, who looks slightly worried now. Cage tackles Hernandez right into the car, and trades blows with the big man. He headbutts his attacker and irish whips him into the fence, now picking up a lead pipe himself. Hernandez ducks the shot, and Cage breaks the glass of the warehouse! In a swift move, Hernandez unveils a butterfly knife and drives it right into Cage's guts!! The knife pops out from Cage's body, as it if was made from steel, and ends up under some vehicle! "The Machine" catches Hernandez with a right hand and readies him for a Powerbomb... ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR!! Hernandez slowly rolls down, he won't stand up for a while. Cage picks up his bags and looks back at his attacker-made-victim.  " I'm not a man... I'M A MACHINE!!" He leaves the parking lot and steps into the building, while a single window of a damaged car lowers. Smoke comes out of the limo, and a hand of the mystery man shakes off the ashes from a big cigar. *** Meanwhile Antonio Cueto is in the office with Big Bad Steve. Cueto throws him a Modelo, and the mechanic gladly takes it. Antonio starts talking about the last time he has seen him. " I may be old, but I have an especially good memory. You were last involved in a Gift of the Gods title match, won by Jake Strong... In that match, I was impressed by you, Steve. You had beaten people up with a wrench, which I loved. Because of that, I would like to give you a rather unique opportunity… How does that sound?" Steve Pain says that in the short time he has been in the Temple, he figured that 'unique opportunities' rarely go in the favor of the winners. He may have a dirty job, but he's no dummy. " Listen, Steve, I know you need money, I know it. You don’t want to stay a mechanic for the rest of your life, do you? Do you want to ride away into the sunset with a bag stuffed with cash, or do you want to crumble in the ring for pennies? Don’t answer it. A rhetorical question… I just want you to take out this man right here!"  Antonio puts the picture of Cage on the table. Steve doesn't like this idea. - He’s not a man… he’s a Machine! - And you’re a mechanic! I want you to work with your wrench a bit. You may think you get paid to fix vehicles, but in fact, you help people reach their desired destination. Help me reach mine! - What if things go western? You will send Matanza on me? - Believe me, Matanza is not a threat. But other, more powerful Gods are… and you don’t want to anger them. Steve looks at the urn sitting on the table. He doesn’t want to end up like that, and it’s not like he has much of a choice, he is just being informed that he's hired. Antonio throws him a wad of cash as a signing bonus. " Take out Cage and bring me The Gauntlet!" ***  rocks the house ahead of another very special show. We're greeted by Matt Striker and Excalibur who discuss a ladder war between El Dragon Azteca Junior and Pentagon Dark from last week. - The violence went off the charts, as it often does when Pentagon Dark is involved. The return of Fenix has helped "The Breaker of Bones" to grab the briefcase that would grant his stay in The Temple. - Yes, but who could have imagined that it would be stuffed with maize? This is a bad attempt at humor, in my opinion, Matt. The disrespect shown to Dragon Azteca Junior, who's no longer around, is quite appalling as well! - I'm with you on this one. We have lost a great fighter, but the show must go on. There was no medical update on Pentagon's condition after Hexagon stabbed him in the eye. And if I understand correctly, we don't have a ring announcer Shaul Guerrero to send us away either... but El Jefe is here. Antonio Cueto is standing in the ring, slowly walking around and wielding his stick as he speaks. " Last week we witnessed great injustice. I'm talking about Cage putting his hands on the longest-reigning Lucha Underground champion... Jake Strong! His sneak attack has caught 'The Savage' off guard, and after such a cowardly move, that musclehead had the gall to take The Gauntlet! This is unacceptable! Therefore, tonight we will have a special kind of show. Cage, you now have a bounty on your empty head... and the price for it is 100,000 dollars!! Whoever beats Cage tonight and brings me The Gauntlet will get the money and my personal admiration!" - Wow, 100,000 dollars? That's a lot of money to offer. I might consider stepping into the ring again, Excalibur. - Just be careful Matt, because Cage is a FREAKING MACHINE! - I feel like you have ruined your call, Ex. "I'M NOT A MAN... I'M A MACHINE!" echoes across The Temple as Cage makes his way down the stairs, wearing the Gauntlet on his hand. The powerhouse picks up a mic and tells Jefe that if anyone here knows about the power of the Gauntlet, it's him. And this time, he will not lose it. He raises it high in the air, for all the believers to see. - Bring on anyone you want! As one great man once said... Beat me if you can, survive if I let you! - Ha, funny you have said that. Because I did bring in someone. Your weakness. Ladies and troglodytes, please welcome back... MELISSA SANTOS! To say that Cage is not happy would be an understatement, but Melissa is not the type of woman that would sit at home and raise kids while her husband risked his life and limb in the underground fighting club. The couple argues for a minute, but then Mrs. Santos turns her 'pro' mode on.  " The following lucha is scheduled for one fall... Introducing first, already in the ring... he's from the 559. They call him CAGE! And his opponent... from the Boyle Heights Workshop... he’s big, he’s bad, he’s BIG BAD STEVE!"   Cage vs. Big Bad SteveBig Bad Steve is out here to do Antonio's dirty work. He's used to getting his hands dirty, and he has all the tools necessary to stop this machine. Steve has a wrench in his hand and swings it wildly - something tells us that he won't be disqualified, and everything is fair in a fight against Cage, who still has a Gauntlet on his hand. When you look at both guys, you do not expect to see them flying around like cruiserweights, but as they say - looks can be deceiving. Both fighters are agile and fast, wowing the believers with a rapid opening sequence. After a few minutes, the match turns into a festival of clubbing blows and angry stomps. Cage throws Steve across the ring with a Military Press and flexes his muscles to show how ripped he is. Steve does not hide from a fight though, and takes Cage down early with a Hurricanrana! They both spill out of the ring and brawl nearby the bleachers, throwing each other headfirst into fences and ring posts. Cage pulls off the mats and drops his opponent hard with a Delayed Suplex! Steve is in pain. Truly a breathtaking move for him... Steve fights for his life here, or rather takes the punishment from Cage who makes biceps curls with Steve’s sturdy body... he winks at Melissa, and Fallaway Slams Steve near the corner. Standing Moonsault!! The cocky cover is only for two, Vampiro would definitely tear Cage a new one for not hooking up the leg! Ok, now he's looking to finish this, as he picks up Steve for a Drillclaw! Steve wriggles out last second and hits back with a headbutt, then alternating punches and elbows. Steve runs up and knocks Cage over the top rope with a Wild Lariat. Steve feels like flying, but his huge corner crossbody is caught by "The Machine"... Powerslam into the announce table!! " I think the table is broken. I'm sure Steve will fix it, if he lives on, of course!" - drops Striker. Cage clubs Steve in the back, and throws him back into the squared circle. The Terminator clap follows, and Cage preps his Discus Clothesline, adjusting the Gauntlet. BIG BAD STEVE ducks, picks up Cage on his wide shoulders, and drops him with an Adjustable Spanner, or simply an F5! This guy definitely comes to work, and now he's pinning Cage after an impressive Standing Moonsault of his own! Only for two... Close, but no cigar! Steve tries to powerbomb Cage, but the muscled man lifts the mechanic up and PLANTS him with a Sitout Alabama Slam. Cage now goes up top... 5 Star Elbow Drop! Cover, and Big Bad Steve is done for the day! Steve won't leave his day job just yet, but he looked pretty good, all things considered.  We're back outside, where Agent Winters acts as a security guy. He's armed and very dangerous, enforcing strict face control for tonight's show. As such, some of our most talented fighters don't get to challenge for The Gauntlet. One of them is Ryu, the warrior with immense talent and a huge heart. Winter mocks the luchador, saying you have to be "this" high to enter The Temple. Ryu stares at the man, boiling inside. Agent dismisses the guy, as a bigger man comes into the frame. Tarver gets a free pass from Winter! Same Tarver that killed HoHo Lun, Ryu's old friend, with a single punch, whether intentionally to accidentally. Right now though, he doesn't look too sorry about the tragedy. Ryu storms off and turns the corner... "The Dragon" is stopped by The Sniper Eagle, who correctly guesses that Ryu was also denied the right to enter the building. The Australian trickster whispers something in the ear of his friend, and they walk off together, perhaps looking for some backdoor to sneak inside.   *** In the ring, Cage is ready for his next opponent. It is mighty impressive that he doesn't let go of the Gauntlet, keeping it at his hand at all times. Some annoying whistling is heard, and would you know it, Hernandez is in the house, going down the stairway. He holds on to his ribs, as if he was beaten up earlier in the night by someone. " Up next, making his way to the ring... he's from Houston, Texas... HERNANDEZ!" First things first, Hernandez sends Melissa an air kiss... bad decision.   Cage vs. HernandezDiscus Clothesline! You don't flirt with another machine's wife! Cage stomps a mudhole in Hernandez. The gangster pulls Cage by his singlet so he hits the ring corner with his face... Corner Splash! Hernandez picks up Cage and cradles him in his hands like he's a big baby! Don't get too cocky with him... Cage frees himself and puts Hernandez down with a Reverse STO! Who's better than Cage? The big man looks to take it up a notch... MOONSAULT FROM THE TOP ROPE! Hernandez kicks out at two. Cage decides to try something different, locking Hernandez in an Inverted Cloverleaf. "The Tex-Mex T-Rex'' finds enough in his locker to grab the bottom rope and get a breather. Dropkick from Cage sends Hernandez on the apron. "The Machine" revs up its engine and makes a run-up... Hernandez stops Cage with a Slingshot Shoulder Block! Simple yet effective, this move allows Hernandez to get back into the driving seat. But he quickly loses his focus, deciding to flip the fans off instead. Crackerjack Suplex sends Cage flying out of the ring... SuperMex is about to jump over the border... Big Man Dive takes Cage out!! Even in 2020, Hernandez couldn't give two sh!ts about his health, flying like he isn't weighing at around 300 pounds. Hernandez irish whips Cage into the bleachers and tells the believers to give him some space. Powerbomb incoming?? Cage is up on the shoulders, but is quick enough to send Hernandez down with a Frankensteiner on the floor!! Cage is something else. He grabs a bar stool from Melissa and drives it straight into the gangster's skull... throws him back into the ring, staying outside to pick up some toys. Or rather a cinder block!? Cage slides a cinder block in the ring with his free hand and looks for a Curb Stomp... he misses Hernandez and turns the brick into dust. Hernandez slaps on a Cobra Clutch Choke! He will not be a million dollar man if he wins, but surviving today would be a great prize also. Cage hits back with an elbow and picks Hernandez up for an F’n5!! Connects and finishes the job with a violent arm-trapping Curb Stomp in the middle of the ring! Clean as a whistle. " Who can stop the path of Cage?" - wonders Excalibur. Antonio is anxious. He walks around his office, waiting for someone... the man in the cowboy hat opens the door and greets El Jefe. That's King Cuerno, if that's even his real name. Cueto lights up and says that Jorge is exactly who he needed tonight! The no-nonsense badass that can take on anyone, even "The Machine"! Cuerno is offered a seat, but he won't need it tonight. He came in to say that he will not fight Cage for logical reasons.  - What do you mean, logical reasons?? - I have looked up the original owner of this mask, and I learned that he had a good relationship with Cage. I can't risk ruining the illusion. I would prefer to face Mil Muertes instead, as my predecessor had a score to settle with 'The Man of 1000 Deaths'. - I admire that you took on your role so seriously, but come on, so much money are on the table! You are making a mistake, Jorge. - Money isn't everything... I like freedom and the thrill of the hunt better. Have a good night, senior. Cuerno walks out, leaving Cueto speechless. This was unexpected, and by staying committed to his role, Cuerno ruined some big plans. Antonio probably regrets his decision already, but he has to do something quickly. He picks up a flip phone and calls someone. " Agent!! King Cuerno has refused to fight Cage, we need to find someone else! Come see me at my place when you find the right candidate!" ***  Looks like Cage can go all night long like this. He puts his straps down and drops the Gauntlet too, as if to show that he doesn't need it to beat anyone. He signals that he's ready for whoever is coming out next. Ask and you shall receive... Tarver steps out from the shadows, with a mean look on his face. - Cage, you're not the only one who wants to fight here. I've been sitting on the sidelines for a month now. I'm not waiting any longer! My name is Tarver, and my knockout punch kills men. - Well, too bad I'm not a man... I'M A MACHINE!! The boxer probably did not expect to be hit so fast, but Cage has a short fuse. Low-Ki visits the makeshift gym of The Temple, looking for someone to take on Cage. Of course, not a lot of luchadores were allowed in the building tonight, so there are not a lot of options. But sometimes you only need one... because Ryback is squat pressing a gigantic barbell, with his eyes red from the pressure. He does a few reps and then drops that weight, asking what does Low-Ki want!?  " The Lord expects to get The Gauntlet tonight. If you beat up Cage and take that item to our boss, you will earn yourself an official place in The Order. Is my message clear to you?" Ryback starts cackling. He is not a dummy, he understands Low-Ki. But he doesn't listen to Low-Ki, he wants Antonio Cueto to bring his old ass to him, and ask him, personally. If that doesn't happen, he will just stay here and finish his workout. Now if you excuse him... "The Big Guy" turns his back on Low-Ki and picks up the weights. He reacted rather calmly to "The Professional", who does not look pleased. *** "The Machine" is still in the ring. Cage now gets a mic from Melissa, he wants to encourage more people to come and get him. He has an appetite for destruction, and actually, he wants to face someone himself. " Black Taurus, I don't know if you can hear me, but I want to whip you like a government mule right now! Show your ugly mug to me, and meet the real beast right here, in the ring!! Your owner would really like to take this back from me, so it's your big chance!" Cage throws the mic away and looks at the tunnel, waiting for the arrival of the Spanish bull. Nobody comes out from there. Instead, a tiny man steps up to the challenge, getting a spotlight on the top of the staircase...  El Bunny!! Cage takes a second to notice the arrival of the almighty El Bunny, who takes a 3 point stance against the mountain of muscles. Tackle is unsuccessful, and the little rodent bounces off, now rethinking his life choices. Cage presses El Bunny with one hand, teasing that he will throw the little guy into the sea of believers, but the unexpected happens. The White Rabbit has arrived just on time this week, and he beats the crap out of Cage!! Mrs. Santos-Cage looks worried...   Cage vs. The White RabbitThe alpha rabbit stomps on the softened Cage and beats him up hard with open palm strikes! The White Rabbit also uses his feet, delivering some seriously stiff shots to the body of his opponent. He caught everyone by surprise with his appearance, not only Cage. As the fight progresses, the announcers mention how much fresher The White Rabbit is. He's also bigger than Cage, and he has that 'mean streak' that puts him over the edge. He's a very bad man, capable of doing heinous things. Running Forearm to the corner makes Cage wobbly, he misses with his signature lariat... DOOMSDAY SAITO SUPLEX!! Cage lands right on top of his head, and Melissa covers her mouth in horror. The White Rabbit covers, but Cage kicks out at two! Paul London is here too now, coming over to his leader. He gives him a surgical glove! El Bunny jumps from joy, eager to see how Cage falls deep into The Rabbit's Hole! But "The Herald of Doomsday" has a better idea. He will wear The Gauntlet! London claps in appreciation of the leader's brilliance, and The White Rabbit goes over to pick the magical item up, that is laying in the corner. Not so fast! Cage dropkicks The White Rabbit in the back, setting him up for a Tiger Feint Kick! Paul London covers his deity, and absorbs the damage of the 818 Kick! He's out, but that was helpful, as Rabbit blasts Cage in the head with a brutal Roundhouse Kick! Tick tock, tick tock, it is time to sleep! The White Rabbit locks Cage in a Straightjacket Sleeper, right in the middle of the ring! He struggles to escape, and begins to slowly fade away. The ref picks Cage's arm three times, with no signs of life shown by "The Machine"! A big victory for the leader of The Rabbit's Tribe!! Melissa announces The White Rabbit as the winner, but also pleads for someone to come and help her husband! That psycho is keeping Cage in the sleeper, refusing to let go! Well, someone is coming! Ryback steps out from the fog, and Melissa thanks him. Prematurely... "The Big Guy" just takes The Gauntlet and takes down The White Rabbit with a Meathook Clothesline!! The fans are booing "The Big Guy", who walks straight into Cueto's office. " Antonio, a deal is a deal. Now you will feed me more!"  Cueto nods and puts the briefcase on top of the table. All this belongs to Ryback now! "The Big Guy" smirks and opens his bounty bag... which is once again stuffed with maize. Ryback's eye starts twitching, and he stares the old man down, who genuinely can not believe that all his dough is gone. Karma is a boomerang. : 51/100 ( C-) This show has increased our popularity in 7 regions. |
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Post by Blodyxe on Apr 29, 2021 22:54:14 GMT 1
Lucha Underground
Season 5, Episode 7"...Survive If I Let You"" Cage is a freaking machine... I would prefer to face Mil Muertes... King Cuerno has refused to fight Cage, we need to find someone else... The White Rabbit arrives just on time this week... A deal is a deal, Antonio, now you will feed 'The Big Guy' more... Believers, bow down to the Gods and your Lucha Underground Trios champions... Mil Muertes looks as strong as ever... Hey rainbow, Son of Havoc won't cover for your a*s forever... Who has ambushed Angelico?" We have a special live performance this week, as T.S.O.L. shakes The Temple with ' Sounds of Laughter'! Antonio Cueto is wincing in the ring, not enjoying the jams as much as our energetic fans. " Keep it quiet there, I only took my aspirin twenty minutes ago! Speaking of loud and useless brats... Shaul Guerrero, come over here! Yes, you, don't act so surprised. Where were you when Cage escaped with The Gauntlet? You had one job - fetch me the microphone, and because you couldn't do that, he escaped, and I had to rewrite my plans last week. I have fixed that mistake, but I can't tolerate such unprofessionalism in my Temple. Therefore... Shaul Guerrero, I wish you luck in your future endeavors! Melissa Santos will take it from here."  What!? Is he being serious? Making Shaul Guerrero a scapegoat for losing The Gauntlet is low even for Mr. Cueto. The ring announcer is appalled she got blindsided, and she's angry at Melissa Santos too, who by the look on her face is as disgusted as she is. Shaul nevertheless forcefully gives the mic to Melissa and storms off. Cueto continues... " Now, someone has played a prank on me last week and made me look like a fool in front of Ryback. Whoever did that - your days are numbered! I will carry out an investigation and punish the offender, trust me... and what better way to send a message to my employees than to let our Trios champions do the talking for me!?" Cueto lifts his walking stick, and the current Lucha Underground Trios champions make their way out of the tunnel. Hexagon Dark, Black Taurus, Taya Valkyrie. Matt Striker and Excalibur reflect on Shaul's dismissal, feeling sorry for the girl. El Jefe does whatever the hell he wants! - It's no wonder why Dario Cueto turned out as he did, with a father like that! Shaul, we are all with you. - Hard to disagree with you, Matt. But that's not the worst thing made by the boss. Two weeks ago he forced Dragon Azteca Junior and Pentagon Dark to fight in a Ladder match for a briefcase stuffed with maize, then he sent the murderer's row after Cage to get The Gauntlet back. The rules only apply to his employees! - What can I say? You don't cross the boss or his associates. We have seen how the current Trios champions sacrificed El Mariachi Loco and Argenis, they do not have any remorse. And of course, when Angelico gets jumped backstage, the investigation is swept under the carpet, but when someone else one-ups El Jefe - he takes immediate action. - Let's keep ourselves quiet, or we will end up like Shaul, or worse. Melissa, take us away! - Hey, that's my line! " The following Trios lucha is scheduled for one fall, no titles on the line! Already in the ring, the current champions - Taya Valkyrie, Hexagon Dark and Black Taurus! Aaand their opponents... PJ Black, Ricky Mandel and Angeeeliccooo!!" PJ Black leads the way, keeping a close eye on Taya. Ricky Mandel is not as courageous, and Angelico just keeps a distance from the two men who have attacked him in the past. Striker mentions that Angelico clearly does not want to be here, as he had a goal of becoming a singles competitor. Plus it's all sorts of weird to share the same corner with a guy who has stabbed you with a pen, and a guy who used to hit people in the juevos left and right... Let's get this night rolling! Non-Title Trios Match    Hexagon Dark, Taya Valkyrie, Black Taurus vs. Angelico, PJ Black, Ricky MandelAngelico demands to go first, as he doesn't even want to share the same corner with PJ and Ricky. They don't mind, letting him start this contest. Taya does not shy away from competition either, stepping up to her opponent and teasing him for his loss to Jake Strong. He did not submit, only losing by DQ after Cage made an appearance, but the protocols don't tell you that story. On paper, Angelico has two losses in a row. Stiff forearm from Taya sends Angelico back, stumbling, but he rebounds with a forearm of his own. Equal rights, equal fights! Taya checks if her lip is busted, and slaps the heck out of Angelico! How dare he fight back against "The Perfect Woman"!? She claws her fingernails in his back and adds a brutal Northern Lariat, sending the fan favorite in the corner. Running knees are telegraphed, so Angelico avoids the contact and rolls Valkyrie up, but only for two. Capoeira Kick! Taya is stumbling back, but then screams and jumps on Angelico with a Lou Thesz Press, hitting the pretty boy in the face repeatedly. Ref tries to drag her away, but he's not successful in doing that. Taya rocks Angelico's fringe with a Backfist and tags in Black Taurus! The black bull powerslams Angelico and runs up for a Big Splash, once again blocked by a kick from the ground by Angelico. This fancy move does not phase Taurus, who retaliates with a wild Discus Lariat!! Angelico makes a flip in the air upon contact, and Taurus himself charges at the corner, knocking down both PJ and Ricky. He's waiting for Angelico to get up, preparing a Spear... but Angelico jumps over, and catches the beast with a Flying Forearm! Taya grabs Angelico by the hair, while Hexagon sneakingly kicks the high flyer with a knee to the back... Black Taurus spears Angelico from the apron to the outside!! Huge move, and now both are laying on the dirty floor. Hexagon was ready to land some crazy aerial attack on Angelico, but PJ Black stopped him, arm dragging the cruiserweight into the ring! PJ superkicks Taya! Howls like a wolf on the turnbuckle and jumps down with a Moonsault to take out Valkyrie and Taurus! He also accidentally catches Angelico in the head! Miscommunication, or intentional attack?   Taya gets up first and irish whips Black into the guardrail, then points at Ricky, who tries to escape his doomsday. He runs around the ring, until he's tripped by Hexagon. Taya holds the coward, and Vampiro's master executes a picture-perfect Shooting Star Press to the outside! Taurus is back on his feet, throwing Angelico into the ring. No luck, as this daredevil hits Taurus back with a 619-esque maneuver from the apron, hits the ropes, and jumps over the top rope with a Summersault Splash of his own!! Lots of flying in this match and the believers are loving the bout so far. Some fans fist bump Angelico, who sends Taurus back into the squared circle. Bottom-rope assisted Shuri Knee catches the bull right in the nose ring, but it's not enough to keep the raging animal down - only a two count. PJ asks for a tag from Angelico, but he ignores the call, and tries to pick up the heavier Taurus for the Fall of the Angels. Predictably, Taurus wriggles out, and explodes with the offense. A combo of a corner lariat and enzuigiri sets up Angelico for a cool-looking Pounce! He just flies to his corner after that corner, and PJ uses this opportunity to slap Angelico in the back and enter the match officially! Springboard Crossbody connects! PJ with a Spin Kick and a Dropkick to Taurus, who backs down and knocks his partners from the apron. "The Darewolf'' looks to rock the crowd and execute an Asai Moonsault, but here's Taurus again, hitting Black in the jaw with his fist! Taya and Hexagon hold PJ by his legs until Taurus climbs the second rope, and easily picks up Black for a Delayed Suplex from the apron!! BAM! Now PJ Black kicks out at two! Ricky asks for a tag, and surprisingly gets it from PJ, who escapes Taurus! No luck for Mandel though, as he runs right into the Twisting Middle Kick, and gets his face planted into the mat with a Tornado Bulldog! The dominant beast picks up the creep on his shoulders in the Electric Chair position, and tags in Hexagon, who sends Mandel back to Earth with a Meteora! Standing Corkscrew Moonsault, Hexagon covers Ricky, but breaks up the cover himself and smiles wickedly. Taya extends her hand, requesting the tag. She wants to end this contest herself! Northern Lights Suplex transitioned into a Double Foot Stomp - surely this is the end! No!! Angelico saves the day with a Springboard Crossbody to keep the match going! PJ also jumps in to stop Taurus and Hexagon from taking down his partner, beautiful Flying Double Clothesline! Angelico and PJ have a brief staredown, and leap to the outside with Stereo Suicide Dives!! Meanwhile, Ricky crawls over to Rosa, he's finally reunited with his favorite doll, but not for long! Taya smashes Ricky with Corner Knees and takes the weirdo down for good. Not to Slamtown, but to Valhalla! Cover, and the Trios champions get the victory! Taya puts her furry boot on Ricky's chest and listens closely to Rosa. Mandel begs 'la muneca' to spare his life, but it looks like the doll does not give a crap about their past. Sacrifice the loser!! Ricky yells that he's very sorry, he didn't mean to do anything bad, he was possessed! Will someone help him? Angelico turns his back, and PJ is held back by Hexagon and Taurus. Taya locks Ricky's arms and drives him face-first into the Aztec seal.  THUNDER! The lights go out, and when they are back, Mandel is gone. Another one bites the dust... Taya demands a mic and says that the same fate awaits both PJ and Angelico, sooner or later. Taurus and Hexagon drop PJ on the floor, and join Taya in the ring, posing under red lightning. *** Backstage Chavo Guerrero is talking to Shaul, ranting about the disrespect shown to their family by Cuetos, he is really bothered that some people think they can just walk over them... " We’re warriors! And warriors fight! Shaul, and I want you to think about getting back into training because we're above being just staff members. We come from the most powerful wrestling family and we have to remind people about it, we HAVE to demand respect!" Shaul listens keenly and nods, she thought about that too. TJ Perkins overheard their conversation and sarcastically clapped to La Familia.   " Sure, go remind everyone of your last name. Ride the coattails of your uncle, it is the only thing that ever made you relevant. But look at me... I've had only a few matches here, and I'm already a bigger star than you. I'm in the main event, and I will get the W to get the Lucha Underground title shot. Smell ya later, gramps!" Guerrero is pissed. He wants to fight right here and right now, but Shaul stops him. Do not waste your time on this a-hole, Chavito. *** Jimmy Yuta, who prepares for a big match against Dante Fox, finds out that Ricky is gone with the wind. A somber moment for Jimmy, who helped Mandel turn his life around. Son of Havoc walks up to the rookie and tells him to think about himself tonight - he's fighting Dante, after all. Biker asks Yuta to smack Fox for him, to which Jimmy agrees with a shy, sad smile. He's too pure for this place. He wishes Son of Havoc luck in this match too. Now it's time to endure the initiation... 'Join The Colors' match concept is really simple - Dante Fox can use weapons due to his tenure in Lucha Underground, but Yuta can not. It's not an even playing ground, but Jimmy Yuta accepted the challenge to earn his place in the locker room, and showcase that he's good enough to wrestle with the cream of the crop. Stay strong, Yuta, it's going to be a tough challenge! Jimmy claps hands with some of the believers who support him, some people boo the young man out of spite. He comes to us from Silicon Valley, by the way. Dante Fox is from Ansonia, Connecticut, and he ignores the believers, but he's still respected here. All is ready for the first ever 'Earn Your Colors' match, Matt and Excalibur once again explain the concept - DQ rules do not apply to Dante. Melissa reads down the rules for the fans, we are ready. Earn Your Colors Match 
Jimmy Yuta vs. Dante FoxThe match of course does not start with a handshake. Instead, Fox talks some trash to the newcomer, who answers with a big chop! Dante lunges forward, but gets caught with three consecutive Arm Drags, and is locked in an Arm Lock! Yuta twists the arm of the vet, but he uses his agility to escape and leave the ring! Yuta may be new to The Temple, but he's not new to the squared circle! Fox shakes off his arm and circles around, looking for a way back in. Yuta mockingly sits on the rope to create an opening for Dante, who instead kicks him in the back! Springboard Blockbuster, Fox then rapidly kickbacks from the corner for a Backwards Frog Splash for two! Nobody said that Dante HAS to use the weapons, he just can do that, if he feels like it. Driving Big Boot sends Yuta in the corner, and the young man gets a boot in his face, how humiliating! Dante yells that Yuta didn't earn his boots yet. Cannonball Moonsualt into the corner, a very unique offense from "The One Man Army"! Dante pulls Yuta on the apron, preparing a high-risk maneuver... and misses with a Leg Drop on the apron!! That must have hurt, judging by Dante's face expression.  " Dante can be self-centered at times, but you can't argue that the man literally busts his a$$! I'm a big fan of his work!" - comments Striker. As Fox tries to walk off this rough landing, Yuta jumps on him from the top rope, wiping his opponent with a Crossbody! Yuta adds insult to injury, hitting Fox with an Old School Atomic Drop. He is a student of the game, no doubt about it! Dante blocks Yuta's advances with an elbow... Kickback Moonsualt off the ring post! Ref wants both men back in the ring, and Dante chooses to oblige, throwing Yuta inside. Springboard 450, cover for two! Dante thought that would be enough, but no, Yuta has a lot of energy still. Dante looks for a Foxcatcher, but Jimmy puts his leg out to block the move. Yuta is tricky enough to reverse it into Backslide and keep Dante's shoulders to the mat for two! Very close call. Yuta catches second air and kicks Fox around, finishing his martial arts sequence with a Superick! Jimmy hits a Stinger Splash, and then a Twisting Jump Kick to get Dante wobbly. Yakuza Kick sends Fox crashing out of the ring, Yuta feels the momentum! More fans are on his side too! Jimmy follows his instincts and jumps through the ropes with a Suicide Dive, but Dante decides that enough is enough and throws a steel chair into Yuta's head!! " Fox is finally getting his hands dirty! This is legal, thanks to the special stipulation of this match!" - reminds us Excalibur. Dante goes berserk on Yuta and hits him in the back with repeated chair shots! Fox throws the chair into the ring and quickly sets up a table on the outside, now preparing for an Air Raid Crash from the apron. Yuta uses his hand to stop the move for a second, and fights back to sit on the top rope. Enzughiri catches him in the dome, Dante looks back at the table... LO MEIN PAIN TO THE OUTSIDE!!  Both men crash through the table, with fans excited to see more! The guy in the PJ Black shirt is too excited, probably not a fan of Yuta still. Ref starts the count, and both men barely beat it. Both Dante and Jimmy are on their knees now, with Fox slapping the rookie down! Time to put this to bed. Dante reaches into his pockets and unveils a mystery black bag... scatters the thumbtacks all over the ring!! Dante Fox decides to try the Foxcatcher again, but Yuta blocks the move, picking up Dante for a Backbreaker Rack! Dante escapes, looking to execute a Springboard Cutter... Yuta holds his ground, reversing this Cutter into a Back Suplex, dumping Fox on the thumbtacks!!! Fox rolls around, screaming in agony, but he made that bed for himself! Jimmy traps Fox in a Yuta Lock, right in the middle of the ring! Anyone would submit in this situation, but Dante has survived military torture, so he crawls through the thumbtacks (!!!) and grabs the bottom rope! Yuta is ready to get this finished, loading up one final kick, but Fox begs for mercy now. Dante says that Jimmy earned his respect, they can stop it now. Jimmy looks at the crowd, who are unsure how to react, as Dante is pleading on his knees. LOW BLOW!! Aw, that son of a b!tch!! Dante grabs Yuta for a Foxcatcher... PUTTING HIM DOWN ON THE THUMBTACKS! Cover, and the ref counts for three to award the victory to Dante. After the match, Fox comes up to spent Yuta and slaps him on the cheek. Good try, rainbow, but you have been outfoxed by the vet... Dante soaks the hatred of the believers and leaves the battlefield with thumbtacks still sticking from his back. Yuta may not have earned himself a place in the locker room, but he surely earned some respect after this bout.
*** After Yuta's initiation, we move to a quiet room with yellow walls and a comfy sofa. Paul London looks at the ceiling, spilling his guts to someone. The last few weeks have been tough for him, mentally and physically. " Where do I even start, doc? The White Rabbit is in a very foul mood after his prize was taken from under his nose last week. He took out his frustrations on me, tore some of my hair out again. If this continues, I will be bald in a week! Thankfully I have this cool hat to cover my poor head. Then there's El Bunny, he keeps munching up at night, and I have to join him, cause I'm a good friend. Come spring, I won't have this slim body of mine! Then we have Antonio Cueto, the liar and master manipulator that set me against my leader, and fed me to this big guy called Ryback. So yeah, life's been hard lately. I'm scared to think about the future. Doc, what do I have to do? Doc?" The doctor scribbles something, only engaging in active listening. - Aha... Mhm, Biblical garden, 4 words? - Ugh, Eden? I thought we had a session? - Oh, it fits. Thanks! London sits up and winces, he recognizes that voice, but it's not his doc. Paul only now realizes that some gray-haired man sits in the chair of his shrink. The crossword enthusiast turns around in his chair.   - Wow Paul, you really have a receding hare line! - Raven? What are you doing here? - You can just call me Dr. Levy... But to answer your burning question - the same thing you do. Whining for an hour and then getting my prescriptions. - O-kay. B-but where's the doc? Why are you in his place? - Oh, he decided to have lunch. Poetic word for 'always', three words? - That's down your alley, I have no idea. Ok, if Doctor Stevie is not here, can YOU give me any advice? How can I cope with The White Rabbit? - I think a Holy Hand Grenade might help. - Come on, I'm being serious right now! - You have been misdiagnosed. You're not a rabbit, you're clearly a sheep if you listen to what others have to tell you. But just because of our friendship and my superior intellect, I would suggest lots of intercourse. Don't look at me like that - they showed bunnies on Discovery, they are horny bastards! - Ugh, thanks. I better go... Say Dr. Stevie 'hello' from me. - You forgot your pills, dum-dum. Check those out! Extra fruity, you will love them. "Dr. Levy" throws Paul his meds and comes back to his crossword. London leaves, and Raven loudly asks what's the word for 'at no future time'? Some humming comes out from the closet, as if Raven gagged the real doctor and told him to sit there quietly. " Oh, I know the answer... Quote The Raven... Nevermore!" *** As we come back to The Temple, our main event of the evening is ready to start! All the fighters are inside the ring and ready to fight each other. Marty and Jeremiah share the same corner, as do Sammy Guevara and TJP. Dreamer gets to stand next to Son of Havoc. Cuerno is standing alone in the last corner, looking up Mil Muertes, like a hunter focuses on his large prey. Participants form a circle around two men - Ryback and The White Rabbit. Looks like they will be allowed to fight it out first after what happened last week! Here we go!! 10 Man Battle Royal for the #1 Contendership         Sammy Guevara vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. The White Rabbit vs. King Cuerno vs. Mil Muertes vs. Son of Havoc vs. Marty 'The Moth' Martinez vs. Ryback vs. Jeremiah Crane vs. TJ PerkinsThe White Rabbit and Ryback trade right hands, almost having a hockey fight. They are in a tight clinch, circling around the ring, with other men stepping aside for now. Rabbit trips Ryback down and looks to take the guy's back, but Ryback is very strong, and he stands up with the heavyweight still on his back. Backpack Stunner!! Those leg reps weren't for nothing! Ryback stomps The White Rabbit, but he low kicks Ryback's massive thighs, then scores a double leg takedown! The White Rabbit unloads with open palm strikes! All the other contestants are just watching on, letting this fight go. Cuerno slides under the bottom rope, to give the brutes some free space. Rabbit uses his legs more now, hitting kneeled Ryback in the chest. Catches the leg, Spinebuster! Ryback runs up to the ropes for a Big Splash, and that's when Cuerno pushes the top rope down, catching Ryback off guard! "The Big Guy" nearly falls out of the ring! The White Rabbit catches Ryback with a running Forearm Smash to score the first elimination!! Now this is a shocker! Ryback is livid, as The White Rabbit laughs maniacally near the ropes. Cuerno slides back into the ring... Sammy Guevara tries to steal Rabbit's moment and dropkicks the alpha male in the back. Not enough force to move "The Herald of Doomsday", who just turns around and clutches Guevara by his neck! Sammy of course wanted to get his revenge on The Rabbit Tribe leader for making him bleed from his mouth at Ultima Lucha Cuatro, but this was a dumb move. DOOMSDAY SAITO!! Guevara ping pongs off the mat, and now Son of Havoc tries his luck with a Cartwheel Elbow... Caught in mid-air, another brutal DOOMSDAY SAITO! Tick tock, it's time for them to hit the bricks. The White Rabbit locks both Sammy Guevara and Son of Havoc in a Mandible Claw, and drives forward, pushing both guys out of the ring!!  Three eliminations from this man already! Meanwhile, Jeremiah and Marty double team Mil Muertes, and Cuerno joins them too. All three men stomp "The Man of 1000 Deaths", and only Tommy Dreamer is too noble not to stoop to such low levels. He rolls out of the ring and throws some weapons in! Trashcans, steel chairs, cheesegrater, a kendo stick. People chant "we want tables" and Tommy is not the one to say 'no'. He sets one up on the outside, while TJP chills on the corner. Perkins mocks The White Rabbit, inviting him to try and eliminate 'The Technical Lightning'. Rabbit steps up and TJP slides between his legs, then dabs in the middle of the ring. Doomsday Saito incoming, but TJP lands on his feet and taunts the heavyweight some more. High Kick to the dome, Rabbit throws TJ out with an Exploder Suplex!! TJ Perkins got too cocky for his own good! See ya. Now all the rudos gang up on The Rabbit, who surprisingly gets help from Mil Muertes. He rises to punish all those who were foolish enough to attack him. Muertes clubs Jeremiah in the back, headbutts Marty and kicks Cuerno in the gut, now hitting him 10 times at the turnbuckle. Believers adore Mil Muertes, and support him the most here, weird sighting. Crane tries to knock Muertes off the second turnbuckle with a kendo stick, but that only angers Mil. He readjusts himself in the air, and catches Crane with a Crossbody! Tommy Dreamer picks up a chair, to fend off Marty, who's still rocking the cast on his arm. Martinez ducks the shot and drives his taped hand into Dreamer's face! Rubs it all over his mug, but then spots a cheesegrater. Don't do that, Marty! Moth drives it across Tommy's forehead, oh my God! Martina jumps on the apron to give Marty some of her beer. Moth takes a sip and pours the fuzzy one on Dreamer's wound!!  " You sick **ck! You sick fu**!" - chant the believers. Moth can only bow down for that. Cuerno and Mil really have a problem, they fight each other, ignoring all other competitors. Scrap that, Mil spears The Moth, Marty sprays the beer from his mouth! Muertes is running riot in the ring, taking down everyone in his sight. He hits the seal with his fist, and calls for the kill. Moth out? No, Crane hits Muertes with a Bicycle Kick, stopping the Flatliner. Now or never, they have to eliminate him! Dreamer wallops Marty with a stiff chairshot right into the head!! The former Lucha Underground champion is on the ropes, so Tommy runs up to tackle him over the top rope. Instead, he eats a Bicycle Kick from Crane and gets thrown out by Marty's new ally. It was a good showing for Tommy Dreamer. Thumbs up... thumbs down! Muertes catches Crane with a Flatliner! Everyone is down except two men, Cuerno decides to wait out a bit. Muertes looks at The White Rabbit, two men have an intense staredown, they respect each other, but their tribes had fought each other for centuries. " Rabbit is a symbol of fertility and new life, perhaps a yang to Mil Muertes' yin?" - remarks Striker. Good guess. Both grab each other by the throat, getting closer to the edge... Martinez almost scores big, but he only pushed two brutes on the apron. He turns around to finish the job, but gets trapped in The Guillotine! Rabbit pulls him down... to the Rabbit's hole? Martina tries to help her man, grabbing the Rabbit's foot!! That's a symbol of good luck, right? Wrong! Mariposa comes out from the back and drags Martina away by the hair!! A jealous sis shows an "up yours" gesture to the puzzled Marty, who eats a right hand from Mil a second later!! Marty "The Moth" Martinez falls right through the table that Tommy put up, he got too distracted. Now Jeremiah picks a stone from his pocket, distracting Mil...  Kick to the head puts Mil Muertes down, huge elimination by Cuerno! Mil is raging, looking to have his way with the opportunistic hunter, but Crane jumps over the top rope to delay that fight for at least a week! Jeremiah Crane is a weird cat, he just eliminated himself, and continues to brawl with Mil all over the arena and to the back. Only two men left now, we're in the end game now! King Cuerno, and The White Rabbit. The latter one eliminated the most men from the contest, but Cuerno knows that those eliminations do not matter, only the man who survives the longest can claim the prize. The White Rabbit sits on the turnbuckle, checking his watch... TICK TOCK. Cage is here! "The Machine'' once again crashes the show and attacks the man that put him to sleep last week! This does not come as a surprise to Cuerno, who helps Cage beat up The Gauntlet's rightful owner. They punish the man with chair shots, double suplex him on the trash can. King puts The Rabbit's foot in the chair, he's ready to Pillmanize it! But look who's here - Paul London. He covers his leader, protecting him from injury! Bad idea, Cuerno grabs London by the hair and slams him on the chair with a Michinoku Driver!! Holy crap, two rabbits with one shot! That's a broken ankle, perhaps. Cuerno poses on the ropes, he has orchestrated this match and will win any second now. Cage picks The White Rabbit on his shoulders... F5! The leg of The White Rabbit hits King Cuerno in the back of the head, who started celebrating too early and fell off the ring!! What a finish! The White Rabbit wins the match almost by accident, and Cage can not believe what just happened. Melissa Santos clarifies the result! The White Rabbit is our official number one contender for Jake Strong's Lucha Underground title. : 49/100 ( D+) This show has increased our popularity in 7 regions. |
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Post by Blodyxe on Jun 2, 2021 19:10:54 GMT 1
Lucha Underground
Season 5, Episode 8"Thrill Of The Chase"" Antonio Cueto, you know that I'm the only fighter who has true Aztec blood... We have so much in common, her name is almost like mine - Martina... I am not kidding, I will kick you out!! Shaul, don’t take the saying ‘needs no introduction’ so close to the heart... It was your fault, Havoc, you never tagged me in... I'm not done with you, not by a long shot... I am "The Best Ever"! Antonio Cueto, I just took your animal down... Take out Cage and bring me The Gauntlet... Shaul Guerrero, I wish you luck in your future endeavors... The White Rabbit is the official number one contender for Jake Strong's Lucha Underground title!"  The Lord is having a special guest in his limo tonight. Someone who would not be invited here without good reason. A traitorous, scheming, conniving human being... Vampiro. " Hexagon told me a lot about you, Vampiro... But you know what I see right now? A broken, bitter old man that has suffered at the hands of more powerful individuals his entire life. But let me say this - you have never met someone like me, Ian Hodgkinson. Your fate is entirely in my hands... and you better be careful when you play with fire. A broken arm will be the least of your worries if you ruin the plan of your master. Now I'll ask you just one simple question... do you have any bad news for me!?" The Lord takes a puff and leans forward to get closer to Vampiro. Vamp looks slightly to his right, then straight in the eyes of the deity. He says 'no'. The staredown is tense, and you can cut the tension in the smoke with a dagger. But for now, Vampiro can go. He walks out of the limo, cuts the corner of The Temple, and only then clutches his heart and wipes the sweat off his forehead.  The night opens with a ruckus performance of T.S.O.L. and their " Blackmagic"! Matt Striker and Excalibur shout out the punks and run down the matches we have for tonight. - Jake Strong, the Lucha Underground champion, is back in action here tonight! He takes on Cage in a non-title match, perhaps to get his revenge on "The Machine" for taking The Gauntlet away from him? - So far we haven't seen anyone step up to Jake like that! To beat "The Savage" you have to bend the rules a bit, so I can't blame Cage for trying. - Cage never respected the order and the proverbial "career ladder". He just comes in and does as he pleases, but at the end of the day, the number one contender is The White Rabbit! - Indeed he is, Matt, but the leader of the Rabbit Tribe is nursing an ankle injury after Cage and Cuerno double-teamed him last week. If "The Machine" finds a way to win tonight, perhaps we get a heavyweight three-way dance sometime in the future? - I would love to see that. Also tonight we will witness the debut of "The Session Moth" Martina! Marty will be in her corner, and I don't know what to expect from that lady. - Only trouble, that's for sure. It seems like we have an announced appearance of Chavo Guerrero Junior right now! Let's see what he has to say to the believers! Chavo Guerrero Jr rudely takes the mic from Melissa Santos and starts a long-winded rant about Shaul Guerrero getting the short end of the stick. " Cueto, what you did last week was wrong! I know our families go way back and you are jealous of our status, but this is out of line! Mi Familia is not going to just take this BS, I want you to know that!" Guerrero is not done, but he's interrupted by TJ Perkins and, surprisingly, Sammy Guevara. They sarcastically clap to Chavo and get in the ring... Perkins has a piece of mind on the subject.  " El Jefe did the right thing, Chavito. In all honesty, we think that he just cashed in on your surname, like any smart businessman would do. Like you did all your career! Antonio Cueto only reinstated you to have Guerreros under his control. And you took the first opportunity to come back to Lucha Underground. Because deep inside you know you're done. Kick the curb, old man, the future is now...
I agree with TJP! You are what they call a never was and never has been, everyone knows it. Just like everyone here knows that I'm "The Best Ever"! People far bigger than you have compared me to Eddie Guerrero, and you know what? I couldn't care less about that. I'm not the second Eddie Guerrero, I'm the first Sammy Guevara! So do yourself a favor, just call it quits and hang up those boots of yours, gramps!" Chavo is hot, he won't be disrespected like that! He blasts Guevara in the head with a mic and takes down TJP!! But alas, the numbers advantage helps the cocky pricks one-up Chavito. He's not the most popular guy in the locker room, so there's no help either. Hold it... Son of Havoc appears on the top of a staircase! #He slides in the ring and fights the disrespectful duo off. "The Biker From The Open Road" has been in Lucha Underground since its inception, and probably felt the need to showcase some solidarity with Chavo. Antonio Cueto steps out and says it looks like all four want to fight... what the heck, let's make it official! Tag Team Match    Son Of Havoc and Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Sammy Guevara and TJ Perkins
Sammy Guevara is willing to go first even though he got hit by a mic, so Son of Havoc gets in the ring and offers "The Best Ever" a test of strength. Guevara laughs it off and shoves a middle finger in the biker's face... Irish whip follows and Japanese Arm Drag catches Guevara off guard! Havoc misses with a follow-up elbow drop, Sammy Roundhouse Kicks SoH! TJ puts his foot on the top rope, and Son of Havoc sniffs the sole real quick after that. Early tag made... TJP with a Springboard Back Rake. Needlessly athletic! Perkins tries to control the bout with a headlock, blocking a Saito Suplex attempt. He had enough of that last week! TJ elbows Havoc in the back of his head, kicks him in the back of the knee, and finishes the sequence with a Running Snapmare! Perkins looks back at Chavo and twists his heel over Havoc's masked face, imitating Eddie! And of course, then he dabs, with people hating his swagger. Quick chop, two rollover vertical suplexes aaaand... Belly to Back Suplex. Now TJP is shoving a middle finger in Chavo's face, no Three Amigos for him tonight! Guerrero peeks out from the ropes, and the ref stops him. Guevara of course uses this opportunity to knee lift Havoc leaning against the ropes! TJP lands a Wrecking Ball Dropkick on Havoc, knocking him out of the ring, and Sammy G adds a Running Shooting Star Press on the outside!! Chavo tells Son of Havoc to do better! Tag made, and the cocky stars execute another unique maneuver - Double Gutbuster! Stomps follow, so Chavo decides to interfere once again, shoving Guevara away and chopping TJP in the corner. He has to come back though, leaving Son of Havoc with something to work with... Biker hits a Headscissors and Arm Drag combo on both TJ and Sammy! Bounces off the ropes with a Double Flying Elbow!  Chavo cheers his partner up, Son of Havoc is 'on fire', as he completely takes out the opposing tag team with a Tornado DDT-Enzuigiri combo! He climbs the turnbuckles for a big finish on Guevara, but Chavo takes it from here with a blind tag and hits a Tope Con Hilo instead. Talk about stealing someone's thunder! Guerrero tells Havoc to calm down and watch how true veterans do it... European Uppercut blocked, Sammy hits Chavito with a Pele Kick and goes airborne himself. 630 Senton!! Cover, Guerrero reverses with a pin of his own, but Low Dropkick from TJP saves Guevara! Sammy quickly recovers. Superkick catches Chavo on the button! Knee lift from the Argentine Backbreaker position sets up Guerrero for one final move... tag to Perkins, he lands a perfect Flying Knee to Chavo and tries a cover. One, two, NO! "The Warrior" is still in it! TJP decides to torture Chavo and puts him into a Reverse Figure 4. Chavo is not in his comfort zone, but he reaches the ropes and takes a breather. TJ jumps over the ropes to the outside and slaps Chavo in the face, the disrespect! Havoc retaliates with a Meteora to the outside and does a Flagship stand against the ring post, finally dropping an elbow on Perkins! That was a cool-looking move! Havoc throws TJP in the ring, where Guerrero hits a vicious Brainbuster! TJP is just in the right position, and Chavito is feeling froggy! He shakes his chest and climbs up... GUEVARA PUTS CHAVO BACK ON THE MATS WITH A SPANISH FLY!! Believers did not see that coming, and now Chavo clutches his back... Perkins has the audacity to lock Guerrero in a Lasso from El Paso! TJ tells Chavo to just quit and leave forever, but this is not an option for Guerrero, who uses his arm to swipe Perkins' heel and transition it into a Single Leg Boston Crab! Guevara puts his nose in Chavo's business once more, and hits the legend with a Springboard DDT to break the hold! Son of Havoc slaps the apron and gets the crowd behind Guerrero, trying to get the tag from his partner, but he's denied by Dante Fox, who brings the biker down without being caught! TJP rolls over for a legal tag and Sammy Guevara ends the match with a Curb Stomp! Dante Irish whips Havoc in the barricade and grins, as TJP and Sammy G celebrate their victory. Dante Fox walks around Chavo and says he heard what Guevara and Perkins said about him before. And he couldn't agree more! It is an injustice that he gets the spotlight before guys like them! He was lucky to be born into this business, while they had to fight for everything they have today. " They say that generals get all the credit, while soldiers do all the work... Well, I'm done being a good little soldier in Lucha Underground!" Fox starts stomping Guerrero and Son of Havoc with TJ and Sammy, and now the locker room reacts to the beating and runs out to help. Jimmy Yuta, Angelico, and PJ Black all jump in the action and chase off the attackers! Lots of unfinished business here, as Yuta targets Fox and Angelico hits Guevara with a Shuri Knee! The brewing conflict goes out of control, and now the locker room is divided like never before. While some men fight each other in the ring, some people spend some quality time together. Paul London has met up with Raven, following their unlikely reunion in Dr. Stevie's office. - Oh hey Paul! Did you get a hare dryer again from your friend? - Yeah, he got hurt and takes his anger on me and El Bunny. I must say, Raven, I did not expect you to reach out again! - Eh, no big deal. After listening to what you had to say, I thought a simple walk would help air the cockroaches out of your dumdum head. - Perhaps you're right! I spend so much time in the Rabbit Hole that I don't see the sun anymore! My skin is so pale, gosh! Need to get out more. So where we are going? - Oh, that's a secret, my friend. Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you. Relax! Raven claps Paul on the back, and as they walk off, we can see a white mark on London's back. The montage of them walking all around the place is shown, and London asks if Raven knows where they are going? He does. Actually, they are already where they have to be. Raven points at the fair! Lots of games, lots of people - exactly what they need! Paul shrugs, if Raven insists. This is not your usual fair though - women swallow swords, kids wear creepy clown masks, the Ferris wheel is squeaking unbearably. They walk around until Raven spots a magician with a blacktop hat...  " Hearzellearzo frearziends, earzit's mearze, Bearzatearzemearzan! Shearzall wearze plearzay earza learzittlearze gearzamearze?" Paul is confused, that sounds Greek to him. Raven calls Paul a dummy and says just give the man five bucks! London shrugs and gives the creepy-looking guy his fiver. Hazzah! He pulls a white rabbit out of his hat! Delightful! Paul loves it, but the rabbit bites him in the hand and runs away. The magician becomes serious and confronts London about it, ranting in his own speaking language. Paul asks Raven to translate since he doesn't understand a word! Raven rolls his eyes and says that the man obviously wants to get his rabbit back, or compensation! London doesn't want any problem, so he gives all his coins. Looks like that won't be enough... Paul promises to return the money next time, but Raven says that he will pay the rest and tells Paul to step aside. " What a mark!" - Raven exclaims, turning his face to the mysterious magician. The man smiles deviously and passes Raven his cut, whispering " Quote the Raven, nevermore..."  As we come back to The Temple, Mariposa makes her entrance! She is looking different, she's transforming? Anyway, she wants to address Marty and Martina before they have a match. " My sweet little half-brother, how do you like your new life? Are you enjoying living like a bum? I hope you do, because you will never lay your dirty hands on MY riches! Enjoy living the rest of your life with a smelly, disgusting pig you call your girlfriend!" Mariposa drops the mic and invites the weirdos to the ring! Martina comes out, rocking to some trance techno music and enjoying her cold beverage. She spills the beer on her top and invites some guy in the front row for a motorboat, but Marty shoves the bloke away and goes for it himself. They come down to the ring and Marty "The Moth" Martinez gives his final advice to the debutant. She looks ready to fight! Singles Match  Martina [w/Marty 'The Moth' Martinez] vs. La MariposaThe bout is about to start, and the ref wants to check if Martina has any foreign objects on her. After a quick search, Martina thinks that the striped man fancies her and returns the favor, searching his pockets with a slap. As you do... Martina stops Mariposa from locking up, she wants to toast her debut first. "Long live Session Moth" she says and makes a hole in the can, downing the drink in one go! She's hardcore, but she also concedes a Spear from Mariposa! "The Butterfly" hits Martina in the face and drags her around the ring by the hair! The ref tries to stop that, giving Martina time to roll out. Mariposa follows, but Marty gets in her way. They don't come to blows, but Martina stomps on Mariposa when she returns to the ring. Grabs her by the pigtails and yanks them back, nasty! A jiggly dropkick sends Mariposa to the corner... Broncobuster time? No, Mariposa blocks it with a leg! Missile dropkick, cover for two. The more experienced Mariposa keeps Martina in the headlock, but ends up on her back after a Belly-to-Back Suplex! Marty loves that, clapping to her GF, who gets her leopard pants pulled down by Mariposa. Martina is not the one to get embarrassed though, as she shrugs and hits a 5 Knuckle Shuffle on her opponent! She's a huge John Cena fan, it seems. Marty loves it!  Now she's picking up Mariposa, Fireman's Carry... elbows to the head, Mariposa locks Martina in a Fujiwara Armbar! The hold transitions into an arm wringer, then a simple wrist lock. Martina tries to kip up, but she fails miserably. Eats a leg drop! Mariposa taunts Marty and calls for the Butterfly Effect! She gets too distracted and is pushed out of the ring. Session Moth pulls up her jocks and prepares for a high-risk maneuver... CROSSBODY CATCHES MARTY INSTEAD! That was not the softest landing, but it took Marty out of the match for a minute. Mariposa body slams Martina on top of The Moth, putting them in a 'compromising position', and is now looking for a count out. Martina is not done though, climbing the turnbuckles and shocking Marty's sis with a Codebreaker!! Cover... One, two, no!! Martina is feeling that now is her time to end this, setting up Mariposa for her finish, but it takes too much time. The more experienced grappler slips out... BUTTERFLY EFFECT! Mariposa covers the debutant and gets the victory! Very good match, and perhaps not the last one between the two. Mariposa celebrates her victory, but Marty crashes the party! He retaliates with a Bicycle Kick, and bites the sibling slightly above the mask! Rabbit punches get the cut open, and now Marty smears true Aztec blood over his mouth. What a creep! Martina bashes Mariposa with a beer can, and goes into Sandman mode, doing the same to herself. No need to be disappointed about the result though - Mariposa is arguably the most experienced luchadora we have around. Marty says just because Pentagon is hiding somewhere and he's not in top condition to challenge Jake Strong, this family feud will continue. They will fight each other forever!   Meanwhile, Cage is preparing for his big main event against Jake Strong by lifting some serious weight. He's still worn out after the Gauntlet, but can't show any weakness in this ruthless locker room. Speaking of ruthless, King Cuerno approaches "The Machine" and crosses his arms while watching the guy who ruined his master plan last week. - Cage, you don't take me seriously enough, do you? I think you are taking my friendship for granted. - It was your fault, Cuerno. Don't turn your back in the Battle Royal, you're smart enough to know that. - Oh yeah? Well, it's funny that you bring that up. I am the only man who has watched over your back, and you are not thankful for that. So what I'm saying is... don't turn your back on me now, or else... - I don't even know who are you! You are not the man I was friends with. Cage turns his back on "Cuerno" and does some barbell shrugs. "The Hunter" was about to attack Cage from the back, but thought against it and left. He's a patient man... Cage finishes his warm-up and heads to the ring. He faces insurmountable odds, but he refuses to just give up. While The Temple is packed with people who chant their lungs out, have fun, and enjoy the experience, another arena that hosted Lucha Underground shows is looking completely different. The abandoned Ice Temple is cold, dark, dry, quiet. No foot has stepped in here since the night after Ultima Lucha Cuatro. Until now... Low-Ki and Agent Winter drag a body bag to the freezer, where Tarver is honing his boxing skills. He jabs the meat and he looks quite angry, probably still can't forgive himself for losing to Cage inside a minute. Winter asks if he will help them unload the bodies? Tarver puts down his face mask and says he has to be ready for his match next week, or else they will be dragging him in the body bag. Who is Tarver fighting then? It is going to be Ryu. Winter scoffs and says the big man has nothing to worry about. Low-Ki listens to the agent and the boxer, then looks over the lockers. 'Mason The Maniac', 'Yurei', 'Hitokiri', 'Doku', 'Black Lotus'... He passes them by and points at the one with the name 'HoHo Lun' on it. " Do us all a favor and knockout him to his death bed. We will put him next to his little buddy over here..." - coldly drops Low-Ki. We're ready for our main event of the evening! Melissa looks worried but has to do what she has to do. " The following lucha is scheduled for one fall! Making his way to the ring, from the 559... they call him CAGE!" Her husband flexes his muscles on top of the staircase, to the beat of the "I'm a Machine" theme! He looks good for a man that was beaten up just a week ago. Will his luck be better this time? " And his opponent, from Perry, Oklahoma... He's the current Lucha Underground champion... Jake Strong!" A hungry "Savage" is irate, he beats himself in the chest and poses with the title to antagonize the believers. Only a few people in attendance are happy to see Jake Strong. Strong gives his title to Marty Elias and looks to start a fight. Here we go! Non-Title Match  Cage vs. Jake StrongJake Strong did not have a chance to meet someone like Cage so far, at least in his Lucha Underground career. Jake faced the likes of Drago and Aerostar more often, dominating the luchadores and building up his win streak against smaller opponents. While "The Savage" is still taller than Cage, it is unlikely that "The Machine" will let the champ get his way with himself. But as soon as the bell rings, Jake sprints towards Cage and hits him in the gut with a knee! Strong does not waste any time and sends Cage flying with an Overhead Belly to Belly Suplex! "The Machine" did not expect such pace early on, but he kips back up and flexes on Strong! Two heavyweights trade right hands, and Cage slowly but surely chops the bigger man down. Woooo... Strong is not feeling the pain though, he has a blank expression on his face now, and slaps Cage in the face as the answer. Double leg takedown! Jake doesn't want to risk more than he has to, taking this fight to the mat. He's a very accomplished grappler, and he could take Cage's back a few times, but preferred to show off instead and slap Cage in the back of his head. Why anger someone like Cage? Well, because Strong relishes the challenge. Delayed Suplex is broken up with a knee from an upside-down position, now Cage tries to pick up Strong! He was close, but Jake blocked it and tripped him up, now looking for a Rear Naked Choke. Thankfully, Cage gets to the ropes. It's not an easy bout for Mr. GMSI! When Cage bumps into someone who's bigger than him, and that's pretty rare, he likes to showcase his athleticism and agility. This bout is no exception, as he rebounds off the second rope with a Twisting European Uppercut! Strong stumbles back and has his arms trapped by the ropes like he's Andre The Giant! Cage uses this opportunity to hit Strong repeatedly... Strong frees himself, but a tight Discus Clothesline sends "The Savage" out of the ring!! The Terminator clap echoes through The Temple, and you know Cage is ready to get his engine revving...  " CAGE WITH AN INSANE SOMERSAULT SENTON! IMPRESSIVE AGILITY FOR A MAN OF HIS STATURE!!" - marks out Excalibur. Cage poses like a gladiator, are you not entertained? Melissa cheers him up too. Cage pushes Strong in the ring post and bashes his big head against the apron. Is he looking for a Deadlift Second Rope Superplex? There's no way it is possible! Jake hangs on and pushes Cage against the rope! Big lariat sends Cage on the mat, with angry Jake now hurling himself in the chest screaming 'STRONG! STRONG! STRONG' The believers boo this, but can only watch on as Strong hits Cage with a Deadlift Gutwrench Powerbomb. Cover, "The Machine" is still in this, kicking out at two! Jake immediately advances for an Arm-Triangle Choke he calls simply - The Stronghold! Cage is strong enough to play defense, and protect his neck... he gets up and drives Jake into the corner, repeating Shoulder Tackles a few times. Enzughiri sends Strong on the second rope, and Cage follows up the move, dialing 559!! The champion is flat on his back in the middle of the ring, could this be it? Cage signals for a Moonsault, but King Cuerno runs down and tries to stop "The Machine"! CAGE HITS BACK AND MUSCLES CUERNO OVER THE TOP ROPE! DEADLIFT SUPERPLEX RIGHT ON TOP OF STRONG!! " THEY CALL HIM CAGE AND HE DELIVERS ON THE BIGGEST STAGE!!" - screams Striker, in an over-the-top manner. Cover, one... two... Jake kicks out! So close, but no, Strong saves his streak. Cage throws Cuerno out of the ring and puts down his straps... F'n'5 time! Strong is too big, stuffing the move and delivering a big German Suplex instead! The champion gets the second air and executes a Vader Bomb on his first attempt... Well, it was only a matter of time before he went for the leg. Cage is in the Ankle Lock!! He better submit, or he will get his ankle snapped in a second! Strong drags Cage in the middle and wind whips his leg. Melissa jumps off her barstool and asks Cage to give up for his own good! He's not quitting though, to his own detriment!! SNAP. Jake breaks the ankle and the ref stops the bout, awarding the victory to "The Savage"!! Fans are deflated. Strong gets the title and drives it right into hobbling Cage's skull, knocking the man out. He is the top man, he's the most dominant, he is... Jake Strong. STRONG. STRONG. STRONG! Cuerno waits until the winner is done and slides back into the ring with a steel chair. Cage is powerless, he can't do anything to protect himself. "The Hunter" circles around and slams the chair into the leg, multiple times! Melissa shrieks in horror, her husband is being crippled. Who shall stop this?  Mil Muertes power walks to the ring! "The Man of 1000 Deaths" was eliminated from the Battle Royal last week by Cuerno, and he wants his revenge on "The Hunter"! Cuerno will not give him such privilege though, as he sneaks out of the ring and slowly backs down. Melissa probably did not expect Mil to make a save, but she's not in a position to choose a savior. And somewhere in the distance, Fenix has a million-yard stare. He's observing Mil Muertes and Melissa Santos, before Vampiro puts an arm on his shoulder.   " Now you're ready, my son..." : 54/100 ( C-) This show has increased our popularity in 17 regions. |
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Lucha Underground
Season 5, Episode 9"Through Fire and Flames"" You better be careful when you play with fire… I'm done being a good little soldier in Lucha Underground… You have to be "this'' high to enter The Temple… We will put him next to his little buddy over here… Hearzellearzo frearziends, earzit's mearze, Bearzatearzemearzan… Quote The Raven, nevermore... THEY CALL HIM CAGE AND HE DELIVERS ON THE BIGGEST STAGE… Now you’re ready, my son..."   Antonio Cueto pours himself a drink and asks his visitor if he wants some? No. He doesn't drink while he's on duty... Usually Dante Fox doesn't play politics, but today is a special day. " Dante, I enjoyed your match with Jimmy Yuta so much, it gave me this grandiose idea. Actually, it was your words last week that sent my gears into motion.
You said that 'soldiers do all the work, while generals get all the credit'... and while you're definitely not a hard-working soldier, I can see you in a more prominent role. For that to happen, I want to offer you a unique opportunity... I want you to assemble an elite squad and take some people that have been too defiant lately through hell. Angelico, Chavo Guerrero, Son of Havoc, PJ Black, and your good friend Jimmy Yuta.
I want a five-on-five match with no disqualifications, something I want to call 'Juegos de Gerra'... Will you enlist, General Dante Fox?" Dante is blown away, he likes what he hears and loudly says 'Yes, sir!' to please El Jefe. Antonio stands up in his chair and salutes Fox, without wearing a hat. Dante puts on his baseball cap and returns the favor. He will start recruiting right away, and he will take his troops to the war zone. We are in The Temple, and as always, the performing band and the believers feed off each other's energy. T.S.O.L. performs " Darker My Love" as Matt Striker and Excalibur welcome us and run down the card! - Welcome ladies and gentlemen! This is Lucha Underground, with me, Matt Striker, and my partner in crime - Excalibur! We have a big main event for you tonight, a fatal 4-way match between Mil Muertes, Jeremiah Crane, King Cuerno and... wait for it... - One of the best luchadores to ever compete in this building, the trailblazer, the human highlight reel! - Fenix! That's right, "The Bird of War" has landed, and I'm excited to see the former Lucha Underground champion in action against three top-caliber fighters! Although I think Fenix is pound-for-pound the best fighter we have in this Temple, he might be a bit 'rusty'! That's the only thing that stops me from calling him a clear favorite. Who you got, Ex? - Over the past few weeks I have been impressed by the dominance of Mil Muertes. He has defeated Jeremiah in a Death Match and was very close to winning the Battle Royal two weeks ago! I'm going with "The Man of 1000 Deaths"! - Great choice, but I think Mil's issues with all three men will not allow him to come out on top. I'm choosing King Cuerno, or perhaps the man who has embraced Cuerno's identity, to pick up a big win. He's calculating and smart, and he had a spotless record right until he was accidentally eliminated from the Battle Royal. I bet on him undoing the wrongs, he clearly has a plan to neutralize all three of his opponents. - Speaking of neutralizing! Last week Cage has suffered an ankle injury at the hands of Jake Strong, with Cuerno adding insult to injury, and stomping "The Machine" after the match. Mil was brave enough to stop the beating and scare "The Hunter" off, but judging by Melissa's mood, Cage is down with an injury and won't be here tonight. - And what about Jeremiah Crane. Is he the underdog? - In my opinion, the anger will only fuel Crane to wreak absolute havoc, as he does every time he's in that ring. I can't write him off, Matt! Everything is possible in Lucha Underground! - That is an exciting match, but let's first see what the young dragon Ryu has in store for us! Judging by my notes, he's set to fight Tarver. He will have to punch above his weight to stop the former boxer! This match will take place any minute now. Melissa, your turn to shine! " The following lucha is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, from Tala, Jalisco, Mexico... RYU!" The believers are glad to see Ryu again, his performance against Low-Ki and Sniper Eagle has made him a well-liked man in this building. Ryu jumps into the ring, he's very glad to be given another chance here. " And his opponent, from Akron, Ohio... TARVER!" Tarver shadow boxes while making his way to the ring. He's wearing a back robe that has "Black Panther Fighting Club" written on it. The only thing he misses is a boxing coach in his corner. Oh wait, he actually has a cornerman, and some fans recognize him. The boxer talks some trash to Melissa, perhaps he's still salty about being demolished by Cage. Focus, Tarv. He will get his chance at redemption here, cause the match is on! Tarver says he'll knock Ryu out...   Tarver [w/Coach Godfrey] vs. RyuThe match starts with Ryu running circles around Tarver, he's too quick for the boxer. Ryu flies like a butterfly and stings like a bee, hitting Tarver in the inner side of the thigh with low kicks. He gets too excited after lining up for a dropkick, and gets caught with a big right hand! " I'll make you regret that you were ever born. You two-bit chump!" - yells Tarver. Believers momentarily boo the boxer, they don't want to see boxers in The Temple! While their hatred for Tarver is understandable, we have an underground fighting club with open door policy, so fighters of different styles will end up here whether you like it or not. Tarver mounts the luchador, hitting him in the head repeatedly! The bigger man picks Ryu up... Overhead Belly-to-Belly! His coach loves it, and tells him to keep the tempo. Tarver wants another suplex, but Ryu headbutts him in the chest and hits an Elevated Enzughiri! Tarver slumps over the ropes, but doesn't bounce off them. Rapid run-up dropkick knocks him out of the ring! Ryu is not willing to stop, letting out a battle cry... TOPE SUICIDA like you have never seen it executed before! Ryu glides through the ropes with velocity and pushes Tarver back with his head! King Cuerno will have hiccups, what a move! Even that cornerman is impressed.  " Is that a bird? Is that a plane? No, it's RYU, and he's simply superhuman!" - exclaims Striker. Ryu jumps on the apron and leaps off, driving Tarver into the announce table with a Hurricanrana! He smells blood, and goes to the top rope... that would be a very risky maneuver - this announce table is no joke! Nevertheless, Ryu jumps down, and ends up in Tarver's hands, who drops him on the edge of the table with a Scoop Slam! Tarver slides back in the ring, gloating. Ryu has to beat the count now... The ref is at six, and Ryu didn't move an inch. Tarver tells the ref to hurry up, but Ryu jumps back in when the count hits 9. Tarver waits for his opponent to stand up, but misses with a loaded punch! Ryu ducked the hand and looked to pick Tarver up for a German Suplex. No luck, the heavyweight easily fights back and drops Ryu down with a Snap DDT! Cover... One, two, Ryu kicks out! This young man has a big heart, he will fight to death! Tarver mounts once again, really getting a lot of power behind his punches. Ref thinks about stopping the bout, but Ryu covers himself, slips out and rolls out of the ring for a breather. Tarver lines up for a Superman Punch, misses! Ryu quickly runs up the apron and jumps back in the ring, catching the boxer with a Dragonrana! Cover. One, two, NO! Almost had him! Ryu has the backing of the crowd, he's pumped and focuses all his anger on the quickfire kicks. He points to the sky and makes a run up... BIG BICYCLE KNEE! Catches Tarver right on the chin, he's dazed! Coach is yelling for Tarver to duck as Ryu points to the sky and exposes his knee... SHINING WIZARD KNOCKS TARVER OUT COLD! The underdog pins the KO artist! The boxer has been knocked out, and Ryu breaks down on his knees after the fight! An emotional match for "The Dragon" and his first win in Lucha Underground. Rick Knox raises the winner's arm and coach on Tarver... Ryu screams 'Esto es para hoho!' but Striker and Excalibur don't get the 'hoho' part. They still agree that big things are waiting for him in the future. Coach leaves Tarver in the ring and bursts into Cueto's office. Now in his agent mode, Winter informs Antonio that Tarver is not going to cut it. Antonio Cueto says that's why they have Agent Low-Ki. "The Dragon" is mighty, but he stands no chance against "The Professional". By the way, he will have a match in just a few minutes, to eliminate one pesky rodent who can accidentally undo their plans for next week... The White Rabbit versus Jake Strong is going to be special. Winter throws down his coach shirt and reminds Antonio to make sure that Strong gets the champion's advantage. He wants a front row seat for that match.  - Jake Strong will get more than just an advantage, agent. His victory is just a formality now! - And what about Ryback? How is he doing? - Oh, he's angrier and hungrier than ever before! He's a worthy host, but he needs a bit more time with The Gauntlet. - I see. Before I forget, here's the man that stole our money. Our security cameras caught this punk sneaking into your office just as you have left to get Ryback going. - That little rat... I will make him pay for stealing from my nose! And if he survives that, you can execute him yourself. Antonio slams the photo on the desk, we can't see who stole the briefcase. But Winter jokingly pulls the finger gun and 'shoots' the perpetrator. Backstage, Paul London is looking extra anxious. He goes up and down the corridor, he has a borderline panic attack before his match. Something wicked his way comes... Paul turns around the corner and bumps into Raven! His outfit looks similar to London's - black top hat and a white robe.  " Oh, here you are! Nice outfit, white color fits you much better, Paul. And don't forget to stay hop-timistic! If you're feeling too tense, try the magic pills I gave you, they will relax you a bit!" London nods frantically but he has to go now. He will get back to Raven as soon as possible and they will talk more. As Paul runs away, Tommy Dreamer spots his long-time rival from the distance. Raven has some shadows lurking behind his back. When he sees Dreamer, Raven hits his signature pose and disappears, leaving Tommy to wonder if he's seeing things right or his cameo in the Battle Royal played a sick joke on his rattled brain. Time to get back to the ring! " The following lucha is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, he comes to us from down The Rabbit Hole... PAUL LONDON!" Just as Paul puts down his hat and shakes hands with all the believers, Antonio Cueto leaves his office. El Jefe says enough of the pleasantries, let's lucha! " Paul, I was unfair to you in our last two meetings. You have battled people far bigger than you, but you showed incredible courage! Believe it or not, I appreciate your guts. That's why I want to reward you with a title opportunity against an opponent of your "weight class"... Low-Ki!!" Paul gulps when he sees "The Professional" making his way down. A title match? Let's see if it's London gets lucky night.  Gift of the Gods Championship Match Paul London vs. Low-Ki (c)Low-Ki might have a similar frame to the one Paul has, but he's a natural-born killer inside those ropes, and a clear favorite in this title match. Paul asks for a moment, he wants to strategize. He didn't expect to get such a tough opponent! Instead of warming up or thinking about his gameplan, London simply throws two colorful pills in his mouth and drinks it up with a beverage from a fan in the front row. Low-Ki just frowns and measures the ring with his steps, waiting for Paul to hop back in. Paul makes a big run-up and belly slides across the ring, stopping just near the champion. Double Foot Stomp! Ki just jumped on top of London and is now punishing him with kicks to the head and torso! He isn't here to entertain the fans or be a goofy clown... Shotgun Dropkick into the corner! The move was so powerful that Paul flew across the ring and hit the bottom turnbuckle with the back of his silly head. Low-Ki punishes Paul with Pendulum Stomps in the corner, he's shooting on the poor guy! " Could Low-Ki be mad that he has to share the ring with someone like Paul London? Or maybe he doesn't agree that Paul deserves this shot?" - wonders Excalibur. The champ is ready to roll it down, climbing the turnbuckle. Ghetto Stomp incoming? No... Paul slowly rolls away from the landing spot, with great comedic timing. Believers love it, but Ki doesn't find this humorous at all. London rolls all the way out of the ring, and continues his adventure even on the floor, rolling down the foggy corridor. Champion puts a stop to that with a Knee Drop from the apron! Low-Ki throws his victim back in the ring, where kneeling Paul is looking dizzy. Shoot kick to the chest misses, as London just folds backward like an accordion. He's flexible, we have to give him that! And he has no care in this world, as he lays back in the middle of the ring, staring at the ceiling. The pills worked fast!  Ki grabs the man by his hair, and prepares a Buzzsaw Kick... but London falls down face first on the mat. Low-Ki loses his marbles and plays kick-ups with Paul's head! " I don't know if Paul London is under the influence of those magic pills, but I do know that usually he's a crafty competitor, and he can pull out a rabbit out of his hat!" - remarks Striker. Paul is no slouch, but he looks like one right now. Tidal Crush!! London takes a few steps and drops back again, ala Ric Flair. Comedy act is getting to its conclusion, as Paul gets hit once more with a Switchblade Kick! Low-Ki covers, but would you believe it, Paul unknowingly got his leg under the rope. Now that's impeccable ring awareness! Justin Borden really doesn't want to point that out to the champ, but he has to. The argument sparks because of that, and now Low-Ki puts London in a Dragon Sleeper! The hold is tight, but not tight enough, as Paul uses the ring corner to escape and also hit "The Professional" with Sliced Bread #2! London dances over to the ropes, and puts Low-Ki down with a Springboard Roundhouse Kick! A move very similar to The Tidal Wave! Believers are clapping to Paul, who looks around and jumps on the third turnbuckle. SHOOTING STAR PRESS BLOCKED BY THE KNEES! Low-Ki put all the winds from Paul's sails with that and ended this match with a Ki Krusher! London is 0-3 in singles competition, while Low-Ki has the mirror opposite record. It looks like Low-Ki wants to send a special message to The Rabbit Tribe, and beat up London some more! But he gets no chance to do that, as El Bunny and The White Rabbit are here! The number one contender has a little limp, but also a sick smile on his face... " Mr. Low-Ki, I believe your time in the ring is up! Oh be so kind to leave it before we get there... do not waste any of our precious time. Because not only is The White Rabbit your number one contender, but also the winner of the Gauntlet. Those $100,000 don't do anything for me, but it is the matter of principle, so Antonio Cueto... I give you one week to pay the toll!" The White Rabbit grabs a kendo stick from under the ring and tells Low-Ki one last time to leave the ring. After a bit of jaw jacking, the Gift of the Gods champion leaves the area, but still looks closely over The White Rabbit. He comes up to his lackey... and starts wielding the kendo stick, punishing London for losing once again!! This comes as a surprise for El Bunny, who looks away in horror.  Shot after shot, The White Rabbit punishes his minion. You know the saying " beat your friends, so your enemies will be scared of you"? That probably applies here. Psychotic Rabbit finally lets Paul have a breath. He gets the microphone and delivers a simple, yet very effective message to the current champion. " TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK. Jake Strong, your time on top is over... The Rabbit Tribe will reclaim the Lucha Underground championship, and will reign supreme over all Aztec tribes! HAHAHA!" El Bunny tries to get London back to senses, but there's no need for that, as the leader of their tribe easily throws the fallen warrior on his shoulder. Next week, the same shoulder could be carrying some gold. Jeremiah Crane is in anticipation of tonight's main event. He slaps his cheeks and gives himself a long, intense look in the mirror. He has not slept well for weeks, haunted by nightmares where Catrina appeared to him as an old, ugly woman. She was so beautiful, and now his lasting image of Catrina is ruined forever by Mil Muertes, who allowed the love of Crane's life to die... Crane is now approached by Marty "The Moth" Martinez, he checks on his new friend and asks if he needs help? Jeremiah just shakes his head, he's fine.  " I could never do the things you do for love... sit in your room with no light, no food, no water for days just to induce extreme feelings of aggression. I just wanted to say that you're an inspiration to me! I believe that you can take Mil down, but if you need me - just light the fire, and I'll be there!" It is weird to see Marty so engaged with other man's traumas, but here we are. Before going away, Martinez leaves his lunchbox to Jeremiah, in case he feels hungry. Crane hates to be teased, so he throws the lunchbox at the wall... and finds out it only contained a bloody fork. Maybe "The Moth" actually gets him? Martinez probably does this not only from the "goodness of his will", but also to hurt Mil, who eliminated him for the Battle Royal. Jeremiah picks up the fork and storms to the ring - the main event is NEXT! Matt Striker and Excalibur are ready to rock'n'roll! The following lucha is a fatal 4-way match, and it's King Cuerno who slides in the ring first. He gets the feel of the environment and puts his headgear on the ring post, with people chanting 'Culerno' at him. Believers cheer Mil Muertes though, who looks dead set on taking Cuerno beyond the grave. Muertes takes the steps while being introduced by Melissa Santos... and that's when wild Jeremiah Crane appears! Crane jumps Muertes from behind and wallops him with heavy blows to the back! Bicycle Kick pushes Mil down, and only now Jeremiah hits his signature pose. But that's not all! " ...from Mexico City, Mexico..." - starts Melissa. Fenix comes out from the tunnel just behind her, startling our ring announcer, and also his love interest from the long gone past. Melissa does not know how to react, but Fenix doesn't care, he jumps back in the ring and leaps out of it immediately, putting down brawling Muertes and Jeremiah with a Tope Con Hilo!! King Cuerno feels left out, and he's just in the right spot to go for The Arrow from The Depths of Hell. Cuerno motions that he's going to do the move, but shows an "up yours" gesture instead, driving the believers mad. The match didn't start yet, and he will not risk it for their admiration. Fatal 4-Way   Jeremiah Crane vs. King Cuerno vs. Mil Muertes vs. FenixFenix is on his feet already, and he blasts both Mil and Crane with superkicks. Wearing exclusively black colors, he keeps his style more vicious. He's hungry! He attacks others with such aggression and pace that everyone else looks like they're fighting in slow motion! Fenix catches Muertes with a Spinning Kick, and only now Cuerno joins the action, adding a simple Baseball Slide Tackle on Muertes. "The Hunter" works alongside Fenix for a bit, in what seems to be a temporary alliance, not something pre-planned. Together they consecutively hit Mil with high flying maneuvers and stiff kicks. Flying Knee from Cuerno is followed by a Yakuza Kick from Fenix. Not the one to miss a party, Crane unloads his Bicycle Kick to put his arch-nemesis on the ground! Jeremiah is feeling it... Cuerno looks to quickly cover Muertes, but Crane punt kicks him before the count of three, breaking it up! Fenix roundhouse kicks Crane in return, ending this sequence with a Sunset Flip Powerbomb. Mil breaks it up! Muertes had enough, he tackles Fenix to the corner, thrusting his massive shoulder into his gut. Experienced Lucha Underground fans know the history between them, and the wars they have been involved in years ago. Muertes tames Fenix with a snug elbow and goes for the ten bell salute! Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, Crane! Jeremiah stops Mil before the last hit, and picks him up on his shoulders into a Powerbomb position... Fenix with a Double Diving Knee Drop on Mil, he crushes this tower of doom and covers "The Man of 1000 Deaths", but can't get the three because Cuerno pulls him out of the way and splashes on Mil!! Now Muertes kicks out himself now. Crane looks to strike, but Mil blocks the charge with a Spear, The Reaper's Trident! Mil mounts Crane and goes berserk, hitting him repeatedly in the eyebrow to draw some blood. More than that, he BITES him! Meanwhile Fenix pulls Cuerno's mask a bit and jumps back in with a Flying Cutter! Cover, Cuerno puts his leg on the rope for an easy break up. They are going at 100 miles per hour, so a breather is needed. " I'm beginning to lose my voice here, so much is happening!" - shares Excalibur.  Mil turns his attention to Fenix, stands up, and stares him down for a moment, then grabs him by the throat, also picking up Jeremiah. Double Chokeslam? It is blocked, Crane and Fenix work together for a second to fight back. Flying pump kicks all the way, Muertes is knocked out of action and lands near Cuerno, who is sneakingly looking for weapons under the ring. He finds a dented chair, probably the same one he used to break "The Machine", and slams it into the head of Muertes, no hesitation at all!! Sick thud is followed by a Snap Suicide Dive from Jeremiah, and finally a hyper-athletic Moonsault Plancha to take everyone down! This is lucha!! Pure craziness, and the believers are loving every second of it! Bloody Jeremiah takes the moment to unveil a bloody fork straight from his boot. He tells it is all over from Mil, but gets knocked out with a straight right hand to the jaw! The dining instrument lands near Fenix... who does not telegraph his attack! " Oh my God, Fenix just stabbed Mil Muertes in the forehead!" - stresses out Striker. Fenix has a sick smile on his face, definitely enjoying his work here, as Mil checks his cut. Cuerno attacks from the back, slamming a chair into Fenix! He's the last man standing, but he needs to pin someone. Figuring that Jeremiah is probably out of his senses, King sends him in the ring and leaps off with a Swanton Bomb! Cover, Jeremiah kicks out at the last second, he will not die! Frustrated hunter misses a Springboard Missile Dropkick from Fenix and crashes to the outside, where blood-soaked Mil catches him for a Flatliner! But wait a second, he's not done here... he launches Cuerno into the chairs after telling the believers to move. "The Hunter" is probably out of it now, and Mil once again points at "The Bird of War"! Fenix ducks Muertes and hits him in the midsection with a Tiger Feint Kick... Double Foot Stomp to the back of Mil's head!! He's on his knees, and Jeremiah is on his feet. THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN! Crane picks Mil for a Cranium Contusion, and the move is executed successfully after Fenix assists the piledriver with a double foot stomp!! This is it, Crane is about to get the biggest victory in his career! He crawls over to pin Mil, but Fenix plants him with a RUNNING MEXICAN DESTROYER!!! Cover. ONE! TWO! THREE!!! King Cuerno was just a few inches away from breaking up the cover. Fenix is your winner, he outsmarted everyone! What a barnburner of a match! As Melissa awkwardly announces Fenix to be the winner, Marty "The Moth" Martinez and Martina show up to pick up their half-dead friend Jeremiah.
Cuerno slams the mat in frustration - Mil has cost him this match, and he will pay for that! Cuerno is about to pillmanize Muertes, but the music of Cage stops the king! Cage is on the crutches, and he wears a protective cast on his leg, but he wants to get a piece of Cuerno. Melissa stops her man, he WILL NOT do something that dumb.
"The Machine" is ready to throw down, but Cuerno mocks him for hiding behind his wife and leaves without doing anything malicious. The show ends with Fenix staring the hole in Cage and his rightful, loving wife. Good night, everybody! Show Rating: 57/100 ( C-) This show has increased our popularity in 17 regions. |
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Post by Blodyxe on Jun 6, 2021 11:36:51 GMT 1
Lucha Underground
Season 5, Episode 10"Pay The Toll"" Antonio Cueto, you know that I'm the only fighter who has true Aztec blood... We have so much in common, her name is almost like mine - Martina... Taya just sacrificed Ricky Mandel! It was your fault, Havoc, you never tagged me in... I'm done being a good little soldier in Lucha Underground… We gotta get a medic here for Sammy Guevara... The White Rabbit is the official number one contender for Jake Strong's Lucha Underground title! Beat your friends, so your enemies will be scared of you... Antonio Cueto, I give you one week to pay the toll! TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK. Jake Strong, your time on top is over..." We start the night with Angelico arriving to The Temple on his dirtbike. He travels lightly, only removing his helmet to wear the Lucha Underground baseball cap. The place is quiet... Too quiet.   BAM!! Steve Pain attacks Angelico from behind, hitting him in the back of the knee with a trusty wrench! The South African screams in pain, as Steve gets down to work. He's quickly joined by TJ Perkins and Hernandez, who stomp the poor guy. Sammy Guevara is filming this on his iPhone, this will do HUGE numbers for his Youtube channel. Dante Fox is the one who coordinated the attack though. He slaps Angelico on the cheek now, telling him he's just executing the orders from above. Sammy enjoys Angelico's misery and tries to call his shots too. " Hernandez, Border Toss him through the windshield!" - Guevara says. Hernandez looks back at the limo he landed on a few weeks ago and says " Nah, I'll wait for the match, bro". Dante says Angelico got enough already, but Sammy wants to do one more thing before they leave. He asks TJP to hold his phone... CURB STOMP on the concrete! Angelico's mouth is busted. He will be lucky to have all his teeth in place after that one! Dante's goons leave Angelico behind and step into the arena. The roar of another motorcycle signals Son of Havoc's arrival! The biker has his headlight on, so he quickly spots his friend.  Havoc checks on Angelico, and in a moment reminiscent of the trios match at Ultima Lucha Cuatro, curses out when there's no medic around to aid a guy who bleeds from his mouth. Son of Havoc is seething. Unlike "The Biker from The Open Road", our believers are jamming out to the performance of Union 13, a bilingual Boyle Heights punk rock band! They are playing " To Understand", one of their proven hits. Excalibur shouts out the local punkers and turns to Matt Striker, who has huge news for us. - Ladies and gentlemen, I have just been informed that Angelico was attacked by five men, and now his status is listed as 'questionable'. The guy can't catch a break, Excalibur! - I have a lot of sympathy for Angelico, but I don't think luck has anything to do with it. Dante Fox and his allies sent a message to the rest of the locker room, which now seems to be split in half. - The situation is tense, but it couldn't be any different, as next week we will have a Juegos de Guerra match - a five-on-five elimination contest. Imagine Survivor Series, but there are no rules in place!! We can now confirm the 'soldiers' - Dante Fox, TJ Perkins, Sammy Guevara, Hernandez and Steve Pain on one side. Son of Havoc, Jimmy Yuta, Chavo Guerrero Jr, PJ Black and Angelico, if he's gonna make it. - Speaking of PJ, he has a match against "La Wera Loca" Taya Valkyrie tonight. She has been on a tear lately, even sacrificed Ricky Mundo! Will PJ survive tonight? - Good question, but that's not the only BIG match we have scheduled for tonight... And when I say BIG, I talk about two of the most dominant heavyweights rumbling it out for the Lucha Underground championship. Tonight we will see The White Rabbit and Jake Strong going one-on-one for the title! - The believers are on the side of the challenger, but the champion has never lost a singles match here. Is tonight the end of Jake's stronghold on the title!? I can't wait for that fight! - If you want to see a violent fight, look no further, because we open the show with a mixed tag team match! Melissa, take us away! " The following lucha is a mixed tag team match, and it is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, from 'The Last House on the Left', Marty "The Moth" Martinez and "Session Moth" Martina..." Huh, they are now announced from the same place Jeremiah Crane comes from. Martinez rolls back the days and 'flaps his wing' very close to Melissa, making her uncomfortable. Cage won't be able to stop the creepy bastard tonight, and Marty knows it. He grabs the mic from the ring announcer and pushes her down on the mat, to make Martina laugh. " This ring is only for the Aztec royalty, and you missed your chance, Melissa. GET OUT! I have something important to say to my sis, Mariposa. What happened between us lately is simply wrong. I didn't mean to bust you open, sis, but you left me with no choice. I wanted to remind you of our connection, blood that we share. It is thicker than all the riches we inherited! And just because I love you so much, I will give you a chance to apologize to myself and my beautiful girlfriend, Martina. Let's be a big, happy family once again. Let's rule this Temple together as The Moth Tribe!"   Sounds like Marty doesn't like living on a budget, and wants to get back into Mariposa's good graces. It would be tough, given how rough he was with her in their last meeting. But in his head, Marty believes they are even now. She cut his funding, and he cut her forehead - it's all good now, right? Mariposa comes out to the call and she has her hands on the hips. " Marty, my silly little brother... You're not getting $#&~! You're a half-blood, and all those riches belong to me, now that you don't want to keep the wealth in the family!" Marty screams that he is the oldest SON!! All the money belongs to him!! Martina agrees and starts yelling at Mariposa too. They call her to the ring, for a 'joyous family gathering', but she's not stupid. She brought someone who wants to kick Marty's a$$ as much as she does... "The Innovator Of Violence" Tommy Dreamer! Tommy hits his pose, nods to Mariposa, and together they jump in. Ring the bell!! Mixed Tag Team Match   Marty "The Moth" Martinez and "Session Moth" Martina vs. Tommy Dreamer and MariposaJustin Borden has problems getting this crazy bout in control, as all four competitors brawl around the ring and do not plan to stop. Dreamer and Marty of course slug it out like the big boys, while Mariposa and Martina drag each other by the hair. Only when Marty gains an advantage over Dreamer, he talks about the rules and tells the ref to get his sis back in her corner. He stomps on Dreamer and hits him with a simple but effective Dropkick! Martinez wants to open up Tommy again, so he rubs the fresh cuts on Dreamer’s forecast with his cast. Although Marty is wearing it, he uses both arms to choke his opponent. Perhaps he’s all healed up and wears it for some other reason? Together with Martina they cut the ring in half and run over Tommy! Marty takes a page from Dreamer's book and hangs him upside down in the corner. Tree of Woe Dropkick! Martina covers Tommy, but he kicks out. Dreamer is having problems with both of those kids, but has an opening when Marty misses with a Bicycle Kick, and accidentally hits Martina! Dreamer lets Mariposa have a go at her half-bro. " Well-well, this is going to be ugly!!" - says Striker.  Mariposa throws hands at Martinez and puts him on the mat with a Forward Russian Leg Sweep, which is smoothly transitioned into a Fujiwara Armbar on Marty's bad limb! She likes to torture him, ain't she? With Martina laying on the outside, Marty has to endure this pain longer. He gets to the ropes though and pokes Mariposa in the eyes when the ref points out a rope break. He picks her up on the shoulders... TKO! Instead of pinning her there, Marty talks a lot of trash and wipes Tommy out with a Bicycle Kick. He signals the Curb Stomp from the second rope on Mariposa, but misses it. Mariposa plants Moth with a Bulldog and locks him in the Crossface! He is struggling, but Martina finally saves her man with a Flying Senton! She delivers a Tornado DDT, and Marty is there to cover his sis! One, two, NO! Mariposa is still in it. Marty grins, he has a perfect idea. He wants to hit a Butterfly Effect on Mariposa, but wastes too much time. The butterfly wriggles out and tags in Tommy, who gets in with undeniable babyface fire, dropping Marty and Martina with lariats! Martinez ends up on the mat after a Sidewalk Slam, and his girl is put down with a Falling Neckbreaker! Tommy is in the zone, he ducks the charge from Marty and hits him with winded punches... BIONIC ELBOW! Time for a finish, Dreamer DDT incoming! Martina spits beer in Tommy's face, ref didn't see it! "Session Moth" spears Mariposa through the ropes, crashing down hard, but leaving her boyfriend in a favorable position. DDT!! Marty spikes Dreamer and covers the ECW legend for a three count. Ref raises Marty's good arm, and Martinez celebrates provocatively in front of his sis. The very first win for Martina too, she fought well tonight! This is not their final meeting, you can bet your house on that.   After the opener, we go straight to the restroom. It is now also a place where Jimmy Yuta changes into his gear. He was banned from entering the Lucha Underground locker room after his match with Dante, but the young man doesn't dwell on it. He still has people who talk to him, like PJ Black. - Man, I remember how I and Jack Evans used to fight Drago and Aerostar here, with our nunchucks. Good times... - Sorry, I wasn't here at that time, I don't know those guys. - Yeah, it's fine, it was a long time ago. Years before you took me and Ricky in. When we tussled in that motel, we had to come up with a story to get off the hook about causing too much ruckus. I said that we were beating on huge cock...roaches under the bed, but then Mandel panicked and hit one of the cops in the D. What we were thinking? I miss that weirdo already, Yuta. - Me too. He showed good progress fighting his mental issues, but... we had to keep him away from here. - Believe me, we wouldn't be able to stop him. That guy just wanted to get his stupid doll back, said they had some unfinished business. May he rest in peace. - Yeah. Did you talk with Angelico yet? - No, screw that guy. I mean, he didn't even try to save Ricky and just let him suffer in the middle of the ring. I don't know if we can trust him. - Ricky almost killed him before, so you have to count that in. It is very difficult to change people's perceptions. - True. People still think I’m "The Darewolf" of old. Truth is, I just wanted to fit in, roll with the boys, play air guitars, you know. But I am not denouncing everything I've done, and I'm really sorry about bullying Mandel. Maybe if we were all kinder to him, he would still be here. Black's pager beeps and he tells Yuta that his match will happen any minute now. It can be the last match of his life too, but he always wrestles like it's his last match... Jimmy stops PJ for a sec and wishes him luck. He believes that Black changed his ways. "The Darewolf" will remember that. If he lives on to fight another day! Meanwhile, Hernandez approaches Chavo Guerrero in the corridor. They have some history together, so "The SuperMex" acts like he's glad to see his old friend. He really tries to butter up Guerrero, but Chavo just asks what does he want? With his cover blown, Hernandez tells Chavo that their team wants to have an 'insider' in the opposition's camp. Basically, Hernandez offers Chavo to be the backstabber, for him to screw his teammates and help out his gang.  - Antonio will make it worth it for you. He's way more generous than Dario! - Screw him, he fired Shaul! I may not like those guys, but I'm not going to do Cueto a favor. - C'mon, Chavito. We both know you're perfect for that. Lying, cheating, stealing... why not backstabbing, holmes? - Because this might be my last match ever. And I want to warn you, bro. Don't mess with Guerreros when it's time to go to war. - That's cool, man. I respect that. You're an OG, and a real MFer, I'll tell you that. The way you did that guy, wow. Peace! Hernandez spilled those last words louder, cause he saw Son of Havoc approaching. The big man patted Chavo on the back and strutted away. The biker asks Chavo what was that all about? Was it Chavo who attacked Angelico in the parking lot? Guerrero is insulted to be asked that question, and lets Havoc know about it. Well, his reputation is not exactly spotless. When Son of Havoc asks where Chavo was when the attack happened, he just says that he doesn't owe any answers to some self-appointed locker room leader, ok? Chavo storms off, kicking the chair in frustration. It is tough to work together with so many egos... Now we're back at ringside, where PJ is already waiting for the arrival of Taya Valkyrie. "La Wera Loca" makes her long-awaited entrance alone, if you don't count the creepy doll in her hands. Taya puts it closer to her ear, and eyes down her opponent. Time to lucha! Intergender Match Taya Valkyrie [w/Rosa] vs. PJ BlackPJ Black and Taya Valkyrie stare each other down and talk trash to each other. Taya offers PJ a test of strength, but quickly backtracks and hits Black in the gut! PJ evades a headlock, taking Taya’s back, but she easily hip tosses her opponent and locks him in the Abdominal Stretch. Couple of elbows to the chest of PJ. Taya lets him go, but only to strike him in between the shoulder blades with two violent soccer kicks! She goes for a Belly-to-Back, but Black backflips on his legs and tries to cover his ex-friend quickly - to no avail. It looks like PJ has trouble hitting Taya full power, he has a soft spot in his heart for her. Even when Black is challenged by Taya herself, the punches never come into play. But a huge SLAP from Valkyrie helps wake up the more aggressive "Darewolf"... Superkick! Bet she didn’t expect that! Cover, Taya kicks out and puts her furry boots to good use. She fights back from her back, then flattens PJ with a running lariat, landing flat on her rear end. Cover, PJ kicks out! Taya doesn’t mind dragging PJ by his hair, and sitting him on the top turnbuckle - but she eats a boot to the face! Black with a Hurricanrana! Sends Taya to the corner, takes a run-up and hits Valkyrie with a Running Crossbody, also ending up on the apron. He howls and springboards back into action, but Taya catches PJ mid-air and plants him on the mat with a Swinging Sideslam! She's in control, and she wants more violence! Her primal scream is scary...  " Taya is not in the mood to play with others, she only needs her toy now!" - mentions Matt Striker. Taya claws PJ’s face and irish whips him into the barricade! "La Wera Loca" chops PJ and sends him back first into the announcer table! He leans across it, looking powerless. Taya doesn’t let him have a breather… RUNNING KNEES TO THE FACE! Black’s head bounced off the table, and he could be rocked. Taya is not done though, as she takes off the protective mat and lines up PJ for a nasty Body Slam. SLAM! Could have cracked the tailbone right there. Another soccer kick to the back, Black is not having an easy time with "The Chooser of Slain"! She throws him back into the ring and connects with wild running knees in the corner! Cover… one, two, PJ wants to fight some more! Taya stomps PJ in frustration and goes for another Corner Meteora. Black rolls out of the way, Jumping Enzughiri! Taya is stumbling, reverse STO is transitioned into a Koji Clutch, and now Valkyrie is trapped in the middle of the ring!! She tries to escape the hold, but Black holds on tight. Will she tap out? NO! Taya picks PJ up and slams him in the corner to break it up. Northern Lights Suplex, and then a Double Foot Stomp! She can win it right here!! " Oneee… two… NO! PJ Black kicks out at the last second!" - stresses Excalibur. Taya loses her cool, locks Black’s arms, and stomps him in the face repeatedly! She could be disqualified if she continues like this. Taya lashes out at the referee, giving PJ valuable seconds to recover… Discus Elbow catches her in the jaw! Valkyrie is still on her two, but she looks disoriented. Final Cut! Taya is lined up in the precautions position, The Darewolf will look to end it with a 450 Splash!! Hexagon Dark appears out of nowhere, and pushes PJ off the perch! He lands on the rope with his huevos, and Taya retakes the advantage with a Flying Lariat, twisting Black inside out! Valkyrie signals for the end! ROAD TO VALHALLA!! She covers Black right in the middle of the ring, and the ref counts to three!! Massive victory for Valkyrie, even though Hexagon Dark put his hands to this result. You don't have to be a genius to know what's coming next. "The Darewolf" is helpless against two individuals circling around him right now. Hexagon Dark wants to spike PJ in the head, but it looks like Taya wants to do it herself. She picks up the railroad spike and grabs Black by the hair... but someone throws a smoke bomb into the ring, distracting everyone. The believers cough, our Temple is not very well ventilated. When the fog of war settles, PJ Black is gone from the ring, and judging from Taya's reaction, the man wasn't sacrificed. Two-thirds of the Trios champions look around, whoever ruined their plans is a dead man walking. slams his fist on the desk in frustration, PJ got away! He hit his arthritic hand quite hard, so he’s in pain. He struggles to pick up a pen now. Cueto senior has general health issues you don’t ignore at this age, but what is health, if The Gods expect you to conquer the Aztecs? The door to the office opens and in walks a guy who Antonio is very surprised to see. A guy whose face is pinned to the wall with a tag ‘wanted dead or alive'… Sniper Eagle. He’s wearing a luxury coat and lots of jewelry, plus he has a stern-looking bodyguard standing right behind him. Eagle puts his legs on Cueto’s desk, who's baffled…    - You! You stole my briefcase!! - Thanks for the vacation, Jefe. It was fair dinkum great! But I want something else... - Wow! You have the gall to come back to my Temple after what you have done? And ask me for something else? I am not sure if you’re brave, or just stupid. - Let’s not be mean, ok? You must understand, money has no owners, only spenders. - You stole them from someone way bigger than you. If that man was here, your neck would be snapped. - Oh, that’s why I brought my bodyguard with me. You see, his secret is that he has no neck. - I don’t find this funny. You really shouldn’t have done what you did, you silly boy. - And you shouldn’t have recorded your employees, Antonio, because those cameras also record you. On this tape, I have all the dirt needed to put you and your pals in jail. And yeah, it’s just a copy… if something happens to me, the original will be passed on to the right people, and everyone will know your secrets. - Shut up, you thief. You’re just a little rat who ran away with my slice of cheese, you don’t have the guts to oppose me. - What can I say? I had a great teacher, now he’s a real master thief. He told me that chaos is a ladder, and I seized my opportunity, Jefe. That’s it. Now I want to create a new opportunity for myself and others. I want to have one night in your chair! - Haha, you are kidding me, right? You? In my chair!? - That’s right, Antonio. I want to be the boss, just for one night. I’ll give you some time to think this business proposal over. Eagle smirks and leaves the room, with the bodyguard closing the door behind him. Cueto has seen a lot of bold men, but this boy is something else. First he steals the money, then he threatens him with some evidence, and on top of all that, he wants to take his place? Over his dead body! Antonio looks under the desk and gets a newer briefcase. This time the money won't be lost...  Tick tock. Time for our big main event! Everything is ready for the showdown, and we have some excited fans. Melissa is about to introduce the participants now. " The following lucha is scheduled for one fall, and is for the LUCHA UNDERGROUND CHAMPIONSHIP!! Introducing first, the challenger. Accompanied by El Bunny... he comes from The Rabbit Hole... The White Rabbit!" The challenger makes his grandiose entrance, checking the clock on top of the staircase. The Rabbit Tribe is here, but without Paul London. Must be licking his wounds after the meeting with Low-Ki. " And his opponent... from Perry, Oklahoma. He's the Lucha Underground champion... "The Savage"... Jake Strong!" And here's the main man. The longest reigning Lucha Underground champion! Jake slams his fist into the heart, but only gets booed by the believers. It seems like everyone is rooting for the title change. Melissa looks disgusted too, probably because this savage broke her husband's ankle. But this night is not about Cage. It's about Jake Strong and The White Rabbit. Two heavyweights stare each other down, as our senior official Marty Elias raises the title. This is our main event! Lucha Underground Title Match  The White Rabbit [w/El Bunny] vs. Jake Strong (c)Even if you're not in attendance, you can sense the 'big fight feel' about this match. Believers chant 'Tick Tock' and 'Rabbit's Gonna Kill You' at Strong, who's unphased. The challenger grins ominously. Lock up! It's a good old test of strength to start off the bout. Jake initiated it and got the upper hand, but Rabbit also overpowered Jake for a moment. Back and forth they go, it looks like they're equally powerful. Jake still has the height advantage, but it's not that big to make a significant difference. They trade dominant positions in the chain wrestling sequence, and it must be noted that the challenger is no stranger to martial arts, stuffing Jake's takedown attempts. They bump into each other with shoulder tackles, staying on their feet. Strong blocks another charge with a knee to the gut, but The White Rabbit returns the favor with a stiff forearm! Jake ducks the Roundhouse Kick, and takes his opponent's back. German Suplex? No, Rabbit frees himself with elbows and traps Jake in a very tight Headlock. If any other man was in that hold, he would probably be sleeping already, but Strong tries to Backdrop Suplex instead, failing. The White Rabbit uses his fingers to claw Jake's nose, so the ref gives him a warning. Big Boot sends Strong into the corner, running forearm is followed by a European Uppercut! Huge chop, woooo! He's taking the fight to the champion. Running knee strike into the corner, he's fearless! One more time, and now he bumps his knee into the corner pad. Jake doesn't miss his chance and takes down The White Rabbit from behind, for the first time tonight! He spins out to lock The Rabbit in a front facelock... looks tight. Rabbit charges into the corner and frees himself! Big punch right into Strong's kisser! Everyone loved that, especially El Bunny. "The Herald of Doomsday" looks for an Exploder Suplex, but Jake grabs the rope and gets out of danger. Believers boo him, but that's a smart decision! The ref starts his count, and the bout resumes at 7. It wasn't the start Jake expected! " We haven't seen Jake Strong in a similar situation before. He's not used to fighting someone like The White Rabbit!" - says Excalibur. Strong is back now. He closes in on The White Rabbit, and shoots a single-leg takedown. Keeps his hands tight on the ankle of his opponent, slowly dragging his rival to the ground. Bam! A knee to the rib, that's not a move from his wrestling background, but it's pretty effective. He adds a few more shots and looks to advance to a Rear Naked Choke! The challenger protects himself and scrambles out of the trouble! Now that is a marker of a great warrior - being able to escape from such positions. Josh Barnett, who's in attendance, appreciates that moment a lot.  Another big right hand to Jake's face! Strong yells in anger and levels the guy with a Wild Lariat! Stomps repeatedly on Rabbit's ankle after that, as he remembers how his rival limped just a few weeks ago. Now it's The White Rabbit who takes a moment out of the ring. Take your time, it's a big match. You don't get many championship opportunities here in The Temple! Rabbit takes the steps and resumes the battle... stomps at Jake's foot in retaliation, and drives his knees to his dome in a muay thai clinch! Those knees can do the business, but Jake shows how tough he is, flooring The White Rabbit with a big greco-roman slam! Running knee to the face! Jake deadlifts The Rabbit for three consecutive Gutwrench Powerbombs, he's in control now! Runs up for a big Vader Bomb... but The White Rabbit jumps up quickly and kicks Strong in the face with his good foot!! Still limping, he clutches the dazed champion from behind... DOOMSDAY SAITO!! Nobody did that to Strong before! WOW. LUCHA, LUCHA, LUCHA! Jake landed badly, and Rabbit also collapsed nearby. He throws his arm over Strong for the cover, one, two... no! Jake picks up his shoulder. That was really close, and now The White Rabbit clubs grounded Jake Strong with open palm strikes! Could we get a KO here? Strong tries to cover up, but concedes a Bararm Sleeper! The champion can pass out in this hold, and lose his title, but somehow he manages to get his long foot on the bottom rope! Lucky to be so close to them. Rabbit goes crazy and stomps that foot, using full body weight! "The Savage" is wounded, and he's in big trouble now, since the challenger applies the Ankle Lock!! That's ambitious! Jake's wincing in pain, crawls to the rope, but gets dragged back to the middle... Strong rolls over and pushes The White Rabbit into Marty Elias, who falls down, clutching his face. Oh no. Jake with a blatant low blow!! Absolutely despicable! Drove his knee right in the opponent's groin! Strong grins, knowing that he's in the driver's seat now. Three rolling german suplexes in a row, and now Strong is looking to end it with an Ankle Lock of his own! El Bunny jumps in and bites Jake from behind!! The ref doesn't see it, and it saves The White Rabbit. Unfortunately, Strong throws El Bunny out of the ring, very rough landing for the mini... but that sacrifice gave the leader of the rabbits enough time to put on his surgical glove and apply a Mandible Claw on the champion!! Jake was caught by surprise, he's going down the rabbit hole! Marty Elias slowly comes to life and looks over... HE ORDERS TO STOP THE MATCH! THE WHITE RABBIT HAS DETHRONED JAKE "THE SAVAGE" STRONG!!! The fans go crazy, we have a new champion! The new top guy in The Temple clutches the newly won title and raises it high in the air! Antonio Cueto crashes the celebration though... " HOLD ON! The White Rabbit did not win the title! This bout had a 15-minute time limit, so it's a draw... Therefore, Jake Strong is STILL your Lucha Underground champion!!" WHAT TIME LIMIT IS HE TALKING ABOUT? The White Rabbit's eyes are about to pop out from his orbits, he got screwed, big time! Ryback appears from behind and bashes the challenger with The Gauntlet, right before he can hunt down Antonio!! "The Big Guy" clubs the man with the artifact until he goes limp. Jake Strong wipes the blood off his mouth and takes the title, while people throw trash in the ring. Ryback yells that he will finish him... SHELLSHOCKED!  Antonio joins Ryback in the ring and presents him with the new briefcase. As the show ends, Striker says that Antonio Cueto screwed the fans as much as he screwed The White Rabbit. " He can't keep getting away with it! Ladies and gentlemen, this wasn't a good night for Lucha Underground, but we will come back stronger. Good night, everybody... man, this sucks." - drops Striker. : 53/100 ( C-) This show has increased our popularity in 17 regions. |
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Post by Blodyxe on Jul 25, 2021 16:01:35 GMT 1
Issue #6 Dario's Revelations When Dragon Azteca Junior saw Dario Cueto in the flesh, he had completely lost the grasp of reality. What is happening? Which side is Aerostar on? How can he trust a man who tortured and manipulated Black Lotus, then turned her against him? So many questions, and so little time to answer them all. But the talk between the two had to happen, sooner or later. A few weeks after the initial meeting, they are trying to have a civil talk again. Dario pours himself some bourbon, stretching lazily in his cozy armchair. He hasn’t lost his love for strong drinks, and Azteca hasn’t forgiven Dario for what he has done to his mentors. It comes as no surprise that Azteca refuses to drink with Cueto. He will not drink the poison from the snake’s arms!   - The crest of my family has no snakes, Azteca. My family’s totem animal is a bull, actually. - Is that why all I hear coming from your mouth is bullshit? - I understand that you’re angry at me, but I can’t change the past. If you will give me a chance to explain myself, I will. - What is there to explain? Your lies killed my teacher, and then your brother killed Rey too! I will never forgive you, nunca! - It’s not about you forgiving me, Azteca. It’s about you accepting reality and moving on with your life. You are the chosen descendent of the most powerful Aztec Tribe, and what we need is for you to let bygones be bygones, and stop dwelling on the past. Let me tell you the story of my family, and you will understand me better. - Fine... I will listen. But only because Aerostar asked me for this. - Sure. Please take a sit, there's a lot we need to go through.  To make any kind of sense from my story, we have to go way back in time. The time when I and my little brother were little kids… Back when my brother was just Tito, not Matanza.
We lived in a big house in Pamplona, the Spanish city famous for its bullfighting tournaments. My father, Antonio Cueto, was at the helm of the biggest federation in the area, and he was the biggest promoter in town. He was obsessed with his job! Always a ruthless businessman, he undercut all the competitors without a second thought until there was nobody left. You could say he built himself quite a reputation. Everybody knew him, and everybody feared him. And even though he was uncompromising and cold-blooded in his work, he loved me and Tito dearly.
He cared for us much more than my mother, and I think there were a few good reasons why she hated our guts. Her name was Lilian. In her younger years, she was a wife to one of the matadors working for my father. I don't know much about the man, but from the old newspapers and almanacs, I learned that he was a brave performer, drawing people to the arenas in bunches. He was a real showman... but too flashy for his own good. He got so popular that people coming to the arenas started recognizing him before the man in charge, which would be my father, Antonio.
Matador's popularity was undeniable and so overwhelming that mi papa got envious and decided to show everyone who was the real deal.  He also had a favorite bull. A big, ferocious, unstoppable beast! The scariest and the most powerful Spanish bull you could ever find.
But my father always wanted to get more, so he started injecting the bull with stimulants. That beast was kept for a special occasion and built up for the leading star of the show, the matador I mentioned before. Their exhibition was hyped for the biggest night of the bullfighting year. People packed the arena and waited in anticipation for the grand show, expecting a performance they have never seen before. And yes, they got their commission's worth... perhaps even more than they asked for. That bull impaled the matador and dragged his dead carcass all around the place. People were shocked, families in attendance looked away, and only a chosen few enjoyed the gory consequences. One of those men was Antonio. He has lost his most popular worker, but he didn't bat an eye.
He considered that night to be the biggest success of his career. Record-breaking attendance and a personal triumph over the matador, who he never really liked.After the matador's funeral, Antonio took care of the widow, and soon-to-be my mother, Lilian. Papa invited her to live with him in the big house, and also took in her firstborn son. Not long after, I and my baby brother were born, and so the Cueto family was bigger than ever.
Looking back, I understand that Lilian never loved my father, and married him only for his riches. She didn't have much of a choice too, being a single mother with a young kid was tough. The kid's name was Fernando... He was a bold, adventurous child, with a big heart. He was very gentle, and my father didn't like him for that. He wanted his spawn to be a fighting bunch, to be real warriors! But Fernando was too gentle for this world, and our father made sure to make his life harder, to toughen him up. He used to beat him with a stick all the time, and he never did it to us, his real children. Fernando was treated like garbage and whipped like a government mule, you could say!
Papa also used to lock him in the basement all the time, which didn't sit well with Lilian. We took the father's side and bullied Fernando some more. You know how cruel kids can be to each other? Well, we were making his life a living hell, to get papa's approval. We were so awful to Fernando, that our mother disowned us and beat us up in retaliation.
She could do it all the time since our father had to work more hours after the business started declining. She made sure that ALL the kids got some tough love... and kept beating us for every little inconvenience.  But one day everything changed. I sneaked into the office of my father, to find the book he left for me. It was about the ancient Aztec history... I was fascinated with the culture of human sacrifice.
As cool as that was, I saw a family photo nearby, where we looked like a happy family. I don't know how long I stared at that photo, but my mother caught me by surprise, and I dropped the thing. That was enough to make her angry. The beating I got that day was the last drop in the glass of my patience. Too much pain... We couldn't live like that anymore, and Matanza took the father's trophy and whacked her in the back of the head, again and again. That was the turning point in our lives. We stood there, all bloody and stressed, but for the first time ever, we felt actual freedom. The first person to discover the body was papa, of course. He couldn't believe what he witnessed and broke down right there. He wanted to know how this happened, but we did not admit anything.
We said that Fernando freaked out and beat her up. It was a believable story since he was much bigger than us and developed mental issues from constant isolation. He was also old enough to find out the truth about that infamous night where his dad was brutalized. He had a good reason to lash back at his mother for marrying his father's killer. Murdering her with a statue of Antonio's favorite bull also made sense, it was very symbolic.
My father lost his mind that day. He barged into the basement where Fernando slept and beat him to near death with his stick, screaming that he always knew the boy was not right. A few hours later, we buried my mother in the backyard and went to sleep, hearing how Fernando was wheezing downstairs, choking on blood. That was the longest night of our lives, and it broke my old man mentally. He has changed, as any husband would in that situation. While he never liked people before, he detested the whole world and all human species after that, viewing them no different from pigs. He wanted to "fix" us, save us from the ugliness of this world and the awful future that was awaiting us. After a few weeks, he closed his bull ring and took us on a worldwide adventure...
He wanted to make us feel better after the tragedy and asked us where we would like to go. Without a second thought, I screamed 'MEXICO'! I read all about Tenochtitlan and its famous temples, so I wanted to see history with my very own eyes, feel the atmosphere. Papa liked that idea, and just like conquistadors, we went to explore the new world! We left Fernando behind, all alone again.  We went to see one of the Temples I read about in the book. Just as we came close to it, the downpour started... We didn't come all that way to hide under the trees, so we ran straight in. Me, papa, and Tito. That was a sign from Tlaloc, the God of Rain. We had to stay back, but of course, we didn't.
The Temple was dark and it smelled horrible. Any other kids would be scared in our shoes, but after what we did to Lilian, this was like a visit to Disneyland. Antonio led us to the top of the staircase and started praying to the old Gods, asking that his sons would never get hurt by anyone again. He wanted to protect us, but his praying had the opposite effect. A glowing sphere at the very top of the building lit the whole place up... My father lost vision in one of his eyes, that's how strong the shining was. The voices started talking to the old man, while we stood back behind his back, not sure what to expect next. A few moments later he dropped on his knees and hugged us like he never did before. He saw the future, and all the horrible things expecting us there. He also saw the past and found out the real killers of his wife. He saw how we suffered without him, and he believed that our fate was worse than death. By entering The Temple we angered the Gods.
Papa had to choose which one of us he would sacrifice... me or Tito? Since papa found out it was Tito who killed Lilian, he made a quick decision. He pushed Tito to the sacrificial stone and the spirit of the Temple possessed my little brother forever. There was no Tito after that... it was the beginning of the God-possessed monster. After that event Tito became aggressive, and also overwhelmingly powerful. The remains of his soul were trapped in the big key from my dad's bull ring, and he gave the key to me, so I could control my brother as much as I could. It was much harder than I expected, and that worldwide adventure was very tough on me. By the end of it, when we visited Hong Kong, young me was exhausted and couldn't control the monster anymore. One night we walked together down the street and heard some parents yelling at their little child. Tito went on a rampage against those people, having flashbacks of how mama treated us. He ripped the limbs from their bodies and backed off from the little girl who was too young to understand what just happened. That little girl was Black Lotus.
We came clear to papa this time, ready to take our punishment, but he didn't yell at us at all. Instead, he said that we did well. He hated local people for the way they consumed food and compared them to pigs. Antonio didn't raise a hand at us, but that night he renamed Tito to Matanza - the slayer of pigs. We ended our world tour and returned home, where Fernando was plotting his revenge against my God-like brother.
Fernando built a twisted plan. When we fell asleep, exhausted from our travels, the always-gentle and obedient Nando dropped a white-hot steam iron on Tito's face. I will never forget that scream and those burns... Since then, papa always kept Matanza and Fernando apart. One was locked in the attic, and another one was locked in the basement. Only I had some sort of freedom to roam whenever I wanted inside our big house. Despite being the smallest of the bunch, I was in charge of the house when papa was away. That made me into El Jefe you know and despise today, Dragon Azteca... Azteca is lost for words, he's sick to his stomach. He takes a minute to digest this info, then flips Dario's desk and storms out of the room. Aerostar is pushed aside, and Cueto says it's best if Dragon Azteca gets a breath of fresh air. Dario adds that he only told Azteca about himself, Antonio and Matanza. He's not sure how he will react when he finds out more about his mentor... Aerostar nods and after a brief pause informs Jefe that Drago has scoured the underworld and returned with some powerful allies. " Good. He can return to the Temple now and find out what's The Order's next move. Our army still needs you here though, plus I can't keep up with Dragon Azteca alone." Aerostar understands and leaves Jefe to address the rest of their group. Dario closes the door, picks up his unfinished drink, and announces a toast. " For Aerostar and his cadets... for Drago and his dark aides... and for my fallen brother, Tito "Matanza" Cueto." End of Issue #6 |
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Post by Blodyxe on Jul 26, 2021 0:41:01 GMT 1
Lucha Underground
Season 5, Episode 11"Juegos De Guerra"" I want a five-on-five match with no disqualifications, something I want to call 'Juegos de Gerra'... I'm done being a good little soldier in Lucha Underground… Kick the curb, old man, the future is now... Hernandez, Border Toss him through the windshield... It was your fault, Havoc, you never tagged me in... You're an OG, and a real MFer, I'll tell you that... I don't know if we can trust him... On this tape, I have all the dirt needed to put you and your pals in jail... You have the gall to come back to my Temple after what you have done? FINISH IT... Now you're ready, my son..."  Antonio Cueto and King Cuerno are sitting in silence, staring each other down. It's like a stand-off in a western, except they don't have the guns to shoot at each other. El Jefe says that King Cuerno's refusal to fight Cage in a Gauntlet breached his trust in the luchador. He started to think that "The Hunter" drifted off and went his own way, but he's here again now. Why come to me now? Cuerno smirks. Without blinking, he leans forward and tells that the timing was wrong for him to fight Cage, and an attack on Mil Muertes was more logical. His predecessor would do the same thing, so it was done in an attempt to understand Cuerno's persona better. Besides, he knows that the boss wants to see "The Man of 1000 Deaths" in the ground. That's why he's here - to demand a match against Mil! Cueto sips from his cup and after a brief pause says that he likes the way he thinks. He just gave the boss a great idea... " You know, Jorge, it's refreshing to see someone who's not a 'yes-man'. I like your style. You are different, a dying breed. After what you have said, I'm ready to give you a second chance... and I'm ready to give you Mil Muertes, in a two out of three falls match, next week. This way there will be no doubts over who's the better man between you two!" King smiles and tips his hat. He knew they could come to an agreement, and he will defeat Mil Muertes. By any means necessary! Cuerno exits the office, and now Cueto whispers under his mouth that he called him a dying breed for a reason. The boss then gets a phone call and takes his time finding the device and answering it, like a real grandpa. Boss listens and finally tells the voice from his phone to let them in. Like every other night in The Temple, we kick the show off with a live performance of a rad band. Union 13 is performing a song called " Un Muro Por Cruzar" and it's a great jam! Excalibur and Matt Striker give their thumbs up to the bad, and cut straight to business! - Ladies and gentlemen, tonight is a special night! In our main event, we have the first-ever Juegos de Guerra match! It's a five-on-five elimination contest, where anything goes! From what I could gather, it's a lot like a traditional Survivor Series match, but the fighters are free to go anywhere and do whatever they please! No tags necessary, all weapons welcome! - I can imagine how crazy things will become when we get to that match! One of the participants will not take part in that match due to a five-on-one ambush from last week! - We are of course referring to Angelico, who has been beaten so badly that his spot in the match is now open. Perhaps there's a silver lining for the fan favorites about this - they can choose an ally themselves. - That's right, Matt. While one of the teams was recruited by Dante Fox, another one was thrown together by Antonio Cueto himself. Not very fair to the likes of Chavo Guerrero and Son of Havoc. - I am sure they will find someone to fill the void, because we have such a deep and talented roster on our hands. The bigger problem will be to decide who is the most worthy of such privilege. - Can't argue with that! Apart from Juegos De Guerra we have Fenix competing in a first singles match after his return. - And you know what's best about it, Ex? That match is happening RIGHT NOW!!  " The following lucha is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, from Mexico City, Mexico... FENIX!" Melissa is visibly uncomfortable here, looking over her shoulder not to be spooked. This time Fenix takes the steps though and showers the spectators with water from his mouth, some people did not enjoy that. Fenix jumps in the ring and hits the ropes with pace, awaiting his opponent. Who shall do battle with "The Bird of War"? " Aaaand his opponent... from El Inframundo... DRAAAAAGOOOOOO!"  Drago is back!! Believers are high-fiving each other and chanting for the fan favorite, who has been sorely missed. Fenix looks puzzled for a moment, and Drago does not let his eyes off him. Drago shows his tongue to Fenix, and we're ready to start!! Referee, ring the bell! Singles Match  Fenix vs. DragoFunny enough, Fenix does not start this match from fifth gear, choosing to walk around a little. Fans chant "lucha libre" and Drago slides and slithers across the mat to try and catch Fenix off guard. Finally, they lock up and exchange dominant positions... both fighters are very athletic and creative, and they showcase their talent by evading each other's holds. Drago tries a quick pin, too early for that! You have to earn your near falls when you square up against the former Lucha Underground champion. Luchadores pick up the pace and start running the ropes together... duck and dodge, they know what to expect from each other, since they have spent some time holding the Lucha Underground Trios titles together. Drago avoids a leg sweep by flipping forward, but misses a swift flying kick to the back of the head!! Not very sportsmanlike from Fenix, who now slaps and chops Drago in the corner. Run up is blocked by the knees, Drago with a Hurricanrana from the second rope! Low Dropkick to the face and La Magistral for a two count! Fenix pushes Drago away in frustration, but gets blasted with a Buzzsaw Kick to the side of the head! Rolls out of the ring now, and Drago prepares to fly... Corkscrew Plancha to the floor!! " Impressive start by Drago! Interestingly enough, this is the first time they meet in a singles match under Lucha Underground's banner!" - shares Striker. Drago picks up Fenix and carefully throws him into the ring. Don't get too distracted... Flying Enzughiri Kick catches Drago by surprise, and now Fenix takes it to the air!! Fenix jumps on the second rope and launches himself over the top for a Suicidal Tope Con Hilo!! He does not see any reason to return the favor to Drago though, sending him into the steps! "The Man of 1000 Lives" runs up on the apron and smashes Drago with a relentless soccer kick to the chest! This extra snap in Fenix makes everything look so violent. Fenix is not feeling too kind, judging by his face expression, and throws Drago back to the ring.  Fenix continues to punish Drago with stinging kicks to the body, but the dragon takes them without hesitation. He finally catches one such kick and puts Fenix on the mat with a Dragon Screw! Very smart tactic by the experienced veteran, this move will diminish Fenix's aerial threat. Drago with a Shining Wizard for a two count! " Matt, I am a big fan of lucha libre and junior heavyweight style, so seeing Drago live is a treat!" - shares Excalibur. Drago has the support of the crowd too, and he goes on the top rope. Fenix rolls forward and springs up a good meter or two, smashing Drago with a palm strike! He looks for a Spanish Fly, but Drago blocks it with an Uranage! Moonsault Press connects, but Fenix grabs the rope before the ref can hit three! Eye poke from Fenix, not fancy but effective... Rollover Cutter is good, but Fenix wastes no time and lands a Springboard Leg Drop for a near fall of his own! What a great match it has been so far! Fenix looks to end this with a Spin Kick, but Drago saw that move coming and went for his lucky pinning maneuver. Dragon's Tail!! One, two... NO!! That was very close! Fenix is on his fours now, so Drago naturally looks for his finisher - Running Flipping DDT. Fenix played possum, Yakuza Kick into the face! Spinning Kick in the corner! Fenix picks Drago up for a Black Fire Driver!! BAM, this will do it. One, two, three... This is lucha libre! Believers clap to Drago, who hits the canvas in frustration. He did really well, but Fenix is just on another level! Still two matches to come, ladies and gentlemen. Meanwhile, there's a loud argument in the locker room right now. Son of Havoc and Chavo Guerrero yell at each other, with PJ Black playing the role of the mediator. Looks like they can't agree on who should be the last man in their team, now that Angelico is out. Guerrero insists that they take someone rugged and experienced, while Havoc wants to get someone explosive and little-known to their opponents. They both have a point, but there's only one spot left.  - Thirty years in this business, Havoc, I know what I'm talking about! - Ok, who do you want to see as the final man? - I want Tommy Dreamer in. He's hardcore, as tough as they come, and he has been through wars. There's no better option for us. - Man, I have all the respect for Tommy, but he can barely walk now. I don't think he's the right choice. - Oh, look at you, so smart. You shouldn't even be the captain of this team! - Yuta and PJ have voted for me, Chavo, sorry. I think we should go with Ryu. The kid has fire in his heart, he looks like a future champion. He's the real deal! - You have to be kidding me! That guy has been in the business less than Shaul, and she's still a baby! I don't think you are thinking straight. And that Yuta guy? He shouldn't even get a vote, he's too young to know anything. PJ says that Yuta saved his life last week. If it wasn't for Jimmy, he would be sacrificed to the Gods. Perhaps then they wouldn't argue about the final man though. But enough of the bickering, let's settle it as fine gentlemen would... Black finds a coin and offers to flip it. Eagle for Chavo, heads for Havoc. Guerrero asks to throw the coin, but Havoc is not trusting him. Let PJ do it! The coin is flipped aaaaaand it's heads! Chavo says congratulations, you have just thrown away the match. He gets his poncho, grabs a steel chair, and walks off. Havoc and Black don't like the look of that, so they follow him to the corridor. Guerrero can flip at any moment, and they don't need that in the main event! We are getting a nice little vignette that shows a man squatting with a 600-pound weight on his wide shoulders. His eyes are red from the pressure, but the mad lad does his reps. That's not how human! You may know him as "The Big Guy", a man that always wants to be fed MORE. More plates on the barbell, more! He’s a maniac and a mountain of muscles. He’s hungry, he’s pissed off. He’s Ryback, and his match is NEXT!  " The following lucha is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, accompanied by Tomohiro Ishii. He's from Jonestown, Australia... SNIPER EEAAAAGLEEEEE!" Wow, accompanied by who? Eagle did not waste all his money on pretty things, because now he has a "Stone Pitbull" looking over his back! Robbie doesn't look stressed about life and joins the believers in appreciation of the absolute unit standing to his right. " ...and his opponent... he's from Sin City... RYBAAAACK!" Now this guy doesn't need security, ok? Ryback comes out of the fog, he has a heavy metal briefcase in his hand, and a twitching eye. It is safe to say that the item contains something different than the money. Perhaps the Gauntlet of the Gods itself? However it is, this mountain of muscles is ready to throw down. Ring the thing! Singles Match Sniper Eagle [w/Ishii San] vs. Ryback"Sniper of The Skies" might have some backup in Ishii San, but he can't hide behind his bodyguard here. It's one on one with "The Big Guy"! Robbie ducks a Meathook Clothesline and nopes out of the ring. He's really contemplating his life choices, perhaps stealing the briefcase wasn't such a brilliant idea. Eagle looks to lure Ryback off the ring, and does so! Runs around the ring, just so his opponent would eventually bump into "The Stone Pitbull"... two beefy fighters have a tense staredown. Eagle leaps to the outside with a Hurricanrana in mind! Ryback catches him and swings the cruiserweight head first into the table!! That knocked Eagle silly. Ryback lays some fists on the smaller guy, yelling 'STUPID!' The big man returns to the ring, and Ishii carries his guy back too. Some fans would most likely prefer to see Ishii over the Aussie man, but it wasn't him who stole Ryback's dough. Eagle blocks the Avalanche with his knees, clutches the heavyweight for a Pulse Drop, but Ryback doesn't budge and throws Sniper over the ring. MEATHOOK CLOTHESLINE! Turned the thief inside out. Ryback could finish it right there, but broke up the cover and picked up Sniper Eagle for a Shellshock! Unstoppable.  The winner continues to pummel the scrawny guy, but that's where Ishii's patience runs out. He grabs Eagle by the leg and pulls him out, perhaps saves his life! Ryback is not too happy though, he wasn't done yet! Too bad, cause they're leaving The Temple right now. Let's hope they will be back for more! Ryback demands another opponent, but his pleads fall on deaf ears. Feeding time is over! Antonio comes out and says that Sniper Eagle can run like a coward, but he will not escape the wrath of the Gods! The camera cuts to Ryback as if he was one of them... Cueto adds that Juegos De Guerra will start any minute now, and he is raising the stakes. Whoever comes out as the winner of the match will get a title match against Jake "The Savage" Strong! Big, if true. To end his speech, Antonio warns the parents about what their kids are about to witness, and gives all the weak-hearted people five minutes before the games of war begin!! Minutes before the biggest match in his career, Jimmy Yuta feels sick in his stomach. It's a good thing he's forced to change in the toilet - doesn't have to run very far. The pressure is getting to the young man, he's shaking like a leaf. What did he get himself into? Human sacrifices, killer dolls, a living minotaur, the vampire... this is too much. Yuta has his head in the arms, and right as he's heading to the ring, he bumps into a hissing Drago!   Understandably, Yuta screams out of fear for his life, thus puzzling "The Dragon". Looks like this intruder is not going to attack him with nunchucks and is not a threat whatsoever. Drago shows Yuta his tongue, and the youngster nearly faints, which greatly amuses the veteran. PJ Black and Son of Havoc have heard the screams and though he was beaten up by Chavo or something... Biker says that perhaps they should find another time to shoot the sh!t, as their match is next.  In the other part of the building, Dante Fox gives last instructions to his soldiers. He wants them to fight like they never did before and be there for each other, because they made sure that won't be the case for "Misfits in Action"! Big Bad Steve has a wrench in his hands, and Hernandez wraps a belt around his fist, both looking mean. They have a size advantage, they are united... Dante asks if Sammy is live streaming a briefing before the battle!? Sammy Guevara hides his phone, while TJP informs the team about the prize on a line. A one on one match with Jake Strong for the title! They all want it, but they can't count the chicken before they hatch. He proposes that they go out there and beat up Guerrero and his loser friends right now!! Juegos de Guerra   PJ Black, Son of Havoc, Ryu, Jimmy Yuta, and Chavo Guerrero Jr. vs. Dante Fox, Big Bad Steve, Hernandez, Sammy Guevara, and TJ PerkinsRudos don't wait for introductions to end or the bell to ring. They start clubbing their opponents right on the stairs! Chavo coming out last and posing on the very top was just what Dante's men have been waiting for. The fighters scatter around the ringside now, it is mayhem in The Temple! The leaders of both groups trade blows until Fox is helped out by Sammy Guevara. He has a score to settle with Son of Havoc too! Meanwhile, PJ and Yuta are fighting Steve and Hernandez in the ring. A big crossbody from Jimmy is caught by the Supermex, who mockingly cradles the rookie and Fallaway Slams him out of the ring. Dante stomps him with TJP and Sammy G, no shame. Chavo grabs the chair and slams it into the back of Steve!! That chair is perhaps his only friend in this match... PJ is sent flying across the ring with a Crackerjack Suplex courtesy of the biggest man in the match, he is a force to be reckoned with! Hernandez struts in the ring, but then he gets dropkicked in the back by Ryu! Bigman wants to level "The Dragon" with the ground for such a move, but Ryu ducks his arm and flies out of the ring like a bullet, crashing into Fox, TJP and Sammy with a rapid Suicide Dive!! PJ and Havoc climb up and join the bodies on the floor after cool stereo body splashes! Hernandez is all alone in the ring, so he tries a high-risk maneuver, until his path is blocked by Chavito and his "amigo". Believers boo the warrior for interrupting a promising move, but Hernandez shoulder blocks Chavito and picks him up for a Border Toss! To the outside he flies!! Hernandez "wipes his hands" and is finally able to leap... BIG MAN DIVE! EVERYONE IS ON THE FLOOR! People are clapping, chanting "This Is Awesome"! And the match is only starting! Dante picks up a discarded chair and decides to one-up his recruit. Kickback Moonsault with a chair held tight to his chest! This is his time to shine!  Son of Havoc adjusts his mask and looks under the ring. What do we have here? Of course some tables, how can a match like this not feature them? A trash can is never a bad choice, plus a ladder! Someone could take it to the next level tonight. As Havoc was picking the ladder up, Guevara superkicked the biker in-between the rungs! Now he and TJP set the thing up between the ring and the announcer's table! Excalibur and Matt Striker pick their stuff up and discuss how likely is it for them to become a part of this match. They'll certainly have the best seat in the house, in case the ladder breaks in that position! TJP and Sammy try to send PJ into the ladder, but he slides under it right into Steve. "The Mechanic" picks PJ up and Powerbombs him on the ladder! On the other side Hernandez sets up a table against Antonio's office and picks Yuta up for another Border Toss... the youngster wriggles out, and this time Chavo blasts his ex-friend square in the head with a steel chair! The powerhouse is not walking straight now, and he's not strutting - he's just bleeding. Still no eliminations in this match, as Ryu wrestles Steve in the squared circle. Both men trade Hurricanranas, but then Ryu gets a Low Blow from TJP, which sets up a double wrist-clutch facebuster, also known as The Pain Killer! Fancy move sets up a 630 Senton for Sammy! Connects, covers Ryu. One, two, Yuta breaks the count! Guevara is pissed, and he gets a one-legged Dropkick from Yuta! This time Fox saves his guy. Jimmy sees this as a great opportunity to get his revenge on Dante Fox, blasting him with an Enzughiri! The team leader stumbles to the corner, and Jimmy runs up for a Stinger Splash... Problem is, he didn't see TJP jumping back, so he went down after a swift Diving High Knee! Fox looks back and hits the Springboard Ace Crusher!! Yuta eats the canvas, Fox scores the first elimination of the match, looking satisfied that Jimmy is the first to "go home". Jimmy Yuta looks disappointed, but that's the level of competition you have to expect when you're Lucha Underground. The battle resumes on the outside, with Hernandez choking Chavo with his belt. The big man is bleeding, but he refuses to let Guerrero go. Havoc gets the fire extinguisher and sprays the gangster, then nails him with it for good measure. Dante with a Suicide Somersault Senton on Havoc!! There's no room for a breather here, as PJ adds a Corner Moonsault to the outside! Sammy says 'screw it' and steals the spotlight with an audacious Spaceman Moonsault! Havoc with a Tope Suicida! Wow!  " These guys are something else, Ex! This is LUCHA UNDERGROUND!!" - screams Striker. Four men are collecting dust on the floor now, but Ryu is all fired up and ready to take on both Hernandez and Big Bad Steve! Missile Dropkick sends Steve out of the ring, but his Dragonrana attempt is blocked by "The Supermex"! Twisting Sitout Powerbomb might do it... NO! Ryu kicks out at the last second. Steve picks up his wrench and slides back into the ring to finish Ryu! Hernandez has him in the Full Nelson, with Chavo peeking from under the apron. Just as Steve charges, Guerrero smacks Hernandez with a belt, freeing Ryu. BAM!! Wrench right into the face. Hernandez crashes down, Chavo throws Steve out, who lands on Guevara and Fox. Chavito climbs the turnbuckles and executes a Frog Splash to eliminate Hernandez!! Shaul Guerrero, who watches this match as a fan, loudly cheers. Go Chavo! It's 1-1 now, with Guerrero inviting TJP into the ring. Perkins does not want to risk himself like that, so he distracts Chavo long enough before Hernandez is back on his feet. Grabs Guerrero for a Cobra Clutch Chokeslam! Ref tells Hernie to go now, and TJP is just there to pick up the scraps. Cover, one-two-three, Chavo Guerrero has been eliminated! Believers boo the cocky superstar, who's very pleased with himself. Havoc was too busy to break the fall, he was preparing to land a Flagship Elbow on Sammy. But look out! Steve nails Ryu in the back with a wrench!! He picks the young luchador for a Torture Rack, trying to break his spine! They can get a big advantage here if Ryu submits! PJ hits Steve low!! He did his thing! Mushroom Foot Stomp from Havoc puts "The Mechanic" down. The biker keeps his foot on the pedal and hits a Tornado DDT on TJP. "The Darewolf" howls and scores another elimination with a flawless 450 Splash on Steve!! Big Bad Steve has been eliminated! Fox hobbles on the outside, swearing to himself. His team has lost its main firepower very early. You simply can't predict war! Fox calls TJP and Sammy over for a quick huddle... they need to regroup until its too late. Technicos call the rudos back in the ring, but Sammy flips a bird at them and listens to what his general has to say. Fan favorites lose their patience and go after their opponents to the bleachers. The brawl resumes, and now Fox catches Ryu with a Bicycle Kick! Wasting no time, TJP suplexes "The Dragon" through the table that was leaning on Cueto's office! But that wasn't enough, as immediately afterward Ryu is suplexed on the bleachers!! A very hard landing for him. Fans are wincing, they know how hard that surface is. Sammy with a V-Trigger on Havoc, TJP with a Detonation Kick on PJ... They take their time to set up a bunch of tables near the rudo entrance. Dante himself throws Ryu inside and introduces a glass panel to the ringside!! Shades of 'Hell of War' match! He commands that the referee helps him set it up in the corner, and Rich Knox has no option but to agree. Sammy knocks Havoc out with a Curb Stomp on the floor, only PJ's eyes are open now. Guevara climbs high to finish Son of Havoc with a splash through the tables, but Black does not let that happen! He lands a flying kick on Perkins and climbs after Sammy! They kick and punch their way to the place where the bands play, biting and clawing as they go... the band steps out of the way, Guevara teases a Spanish Fly to the outside!! Oh no. PJ blocks the move and lays Sammy out with a Discus Elbow! Looking over his surroundings, PJ finds a guitar, an actual guitar... he shrugs and SLAMS it across Guevara's head, then tries to play a solo with what's left. With Havoc, Ryu, Dante and TJ in the distance, Black howls once more and sets Guevara for a STYLES CLASH!! He can't be serious... HE CAN!! " PJ BLACK DRIVES SAMMY GUEVARA THROUGH TWO TABLES STANDING BELOW!! MARTY ELIAS AND STEVE BORDEN IMMEDIATELY CALL FOR PARAMEDICS! HOLY SHIIIIIIT!!" - freaks out Excalibur.  Both PJ Black and Sammy Guevara can not continue the bout after that bump, so we're down to four! TJ has his head in the hands, unable to register what he has just seen. Ryu uses this moment of distraction to catch Fox with a Springboard Sunset Flip, but "The One Man Army" grabs the ropes and rolls to the apron... Ryu jumps over the top rope and sends Dante to the floor with a Frankensteiner through the ladder!! DAAAMN! The believers are going nuts, so much is happening. TJP feels like ruining the mood, so he grabs Ryu by the mask and hurls him into the announce table. Havoc saves the honor of Ryu, throwing TJ back into the ring. Avoids a kick on his way back, bounces off the top rope with his neck for a good Back Elbow Shot. Standing Moonsault! 1, 2, Perkins kicks out! Biker picks TJ for a Fireman's Carry. Perkins slips out, Tiger Suplex!! MAD RYU IS BACK WITH AN EXPOSED RODILLA KNEE RIGHT INTO TJ's MONEYMAKER!! ONE. TWO. THREE!! TJ Perkins has been eliminated! Dante Fox is on his own now. Not the first time he faces insurmountable odds, right? Rather than jump to the sharks for a sure death, Fox whistles. He calls Hernandez who had enough time to rest up. He attacks both guys with a double lariat and stomps on them until there's a special order from the general... Border Toss 'em through that glass panel in the corner! Hernandez likes that, but wait a minute!! Angelico lays out Hernandez with a Phenomenal Elbow! He's still wearing his neon green helmet, but it's definitely him! Fox looks to escape, but Ryu sends him back to the center with a Rebound German Suplex!! What was your order, general? Because Angelico is here to carry it out... FALL OF THE ANGELS THROUGH THE GLASS PANEL!!! The shards fly everywhere!! Good thinking on Angelico's part for wearing some protection! Fox rolls around in pain, it's time for the coup de grace. Angelico says that he owed Havoc for that "Seven to Survive" assist. Ryu drags Fox to the opposite corner and tells Havoc to do the thing. Havoc looks over the crowd, who also want him to get his big match and climbs up the corner. SHOOTING STAR PRESS!!! Cover. ONE! TWO! THREE! Team Havoc has won Juegos de Guerra match!! As Dante is rolling to the outside with shards of glass once again stuck in his back, Son of Havoc has his hands raised by Angelico and Ryu.    It looks like "The Biker from The Open Road" will get a title match he wanted for such a long time. It's a good night for the good guys! Until the next week, ladies and gentlemen! : 55/100 ( C-) This show has increased our popularity in 17 regions. |
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Post by Blodyxe on Jul 27, 2021 16:28:34 GMT 1
Lucha Underground
Season 5, Episode 12"Hunting Death" " No matter how mighty the lion is, he will always fall to the skilled fighter... Kick to the head puts Mil Muertes down, huge elimination by King Cuerno... my predecessor had a score to settle with 'The Man of 1000 Deaths'... Frustrated hunter crashes to the outside, where blood-soaked Mil catches him for a Flatliner... Cuerno slams the mat in frustration - Muertes has cost him this match... You are different, a dying breed. After what you have said, I'm ready to give you a second chance, and I'm ready to give you Mil Muertes, in a two out of three falls match, next week!" A well-put video highlights some of the most notable milestones in the rivalry of King Cuerno and Mil Muertes. We then cut to Jeremiah Crane, who's rocking back and forth at his seedy apartment. He looks for something, but can't find it... His patience runs out and he freaks out. Marty "The Moth" Martinez and "Session Moth" Martina run in and ask him about it, and Crane just goes on a rant about how he needs to talk to Catrina. He needs to find his Ouija board to do that! They turn the house upside down, but find the mysterious item. Jeremiah eases up and says that he will need their help to summon Catrina. He explains how the board works and tells them to never take their fingers off!  Marty grins, he doesn't mind that at all. Martina is looking puzzled about communicating with the spirits, but shrugs and goes with it - should be fun. They place their fingers on the planchette, and get on with a seance. Crane greets the spirits, blabbering ' As friends we've gathered, hearts are true... Spirits near, we call to you!' At first there's nothing, but after a few seconds the board starts talking back, taking both friends of Crane by surprise. Jeremiah asks if they're talking to Catrina, and the planchette moves to the 'yes' word. Crane is shaking a bit, the lights in the room also flicker. He asks if he can do something to see her one last time? Pause is quite long, but then the hands start moving chaotically, freaking Martina off. She yells and runs away, while Marty is just stunned. " It just spelled 'Kil Mill', Jeremiah... right!?" Crane nods silently, says "goodbye" to the spirits and hides the Ouija board to his closet, taking a baseball bat from it. He's going after Muertes, whatever that may cost him. After finding ourselves in the Last House on the Left, we get back into The Temple, where Union 13 is warming up the believers with a song called " Final Approach"! Very topical, as tonight we may see the final match between Mil Muertes and King Cuerno. Excalibur and Matt Striker are once again thanking the band and talk about the two out of three falls match. - Excalibur, this is a match type that honors lucha libre traditions, correct? - Absolutely, Matt. A two out of three falls bout is a staple match stipulation in Mexico, just like the Trios and Atomicos matches. This will be handy to determine who is the better fighter between the two. - The real winners of that match will be us, the believers, but it's not the only epic showdown awaiting for us tonight. Lucha Underground Trios champions will make their appearance, and grant a title shot to any team that will not be scared to meet them! - Interesting strategy, but I doubt a lot of people would like to risk their lives for a shot at the undefeated Trios champions. - You never know, my friend, a lot of fascinating people are waiting for their big break backstage and will risk it all to get the Trios titles. Look no further than Angelico - he has gifted us some of the most breath-taking moments to win those titles. - You got me there, Matt, and it is very fitting that Angelico is in action next! He missed the first Juegos de Guerra match that I had the privilege of commentating, but now he's back against Hernandez! - What an interesting fight that will be. Let's not take any time from our beautiful ring announcer Melissa Santos! " The following lucha is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, from Johannesburg, South Africa... AANGEELICOOOOO!!" The fan favorite is here! Despite being Curb Stomped on the parking lot just two weeks ago, the "South African Sensation" shows up with only one thought in mind - to get the victory. " Aaaand his opponent... from Houston, Texas... HERNANDEEEZ!"  "The SuperMex" enters through the fog, looking as confident as ever. Maybe the big man is even overconfident, because he does not look too stressed about his loss from last week. He talks trash to Angelico and antagonizes the crowd, who still hate his guts. Let's get this started, Rick Knox! Singles Match  Angelico vs. HernandezHernandez says he will whip Angelico silly for what he pulled off on him last week. We’ll see about that! Angelico ducks initial charges like he’s in a Matrix. Powerful irish whip into the corner with a Body Press in mind, but Angelico graciously lands on the apron and catches "The Supermex" with his long leg! Jumps back with a Phenomenal Elbow!! The same move that put Hernandez down worked a wonder again. Hernandez rolls out of the ring and checks on his lip, then turns around into a Tope Con Hilo!! Angelico doesn’t want a count out victory, so he tries to pick up a heavyweight and throw him back. That wasn’t very smart though, as Hernandez sneakingly kicked Angelico down low with his fist and started bumping his head against the apron. Ref tells Hernandez to stop and come back, which he does. He picks Angelico up for a Border Toss and throws him in like that… that’s one way to do that. Slingshot Shoulder Block on his return, he’s looking pleased with himself right now, posing. Biel across the ring, Angelico looks like a ragdoll now… Hernandez fixes Angelico’s hair in a mocking way and CHOPS him across the chest, turning it red after just one shot. Crackerjack Suplex! Hernandez gestures that this is too easy and floors Angelico with a big Sitout Powerbomb. Cover. One, two... No, Angelico kicks out!! Hernandez can't believe it.  Hernadez clutches Angelico from behind, but the fan favorite kicks Hernandez to give himself freedom, hits the ropes, and gets dropped with a massive Shoulder Block. Hernandez picks up Angelico on the shoulder with a Gutwrench, then drops on his knees for a cool-looking Backbreaker Drop! Now Hernandez is sure that the match is over. Cover… one, two, still NO! The big man gets frustrated, calling for a faster count. Time for an actual Border Toss? Picks Angelico in the right position, but the guy wriggles out and stuns the gangster with a Pele Kick! Full contact! Angelico with a Running Knee Strike, sending Hernandez stumbling into the corner. Picks up the pace, and flashes with a Running Forearm Smash! Leg Sweep near the corner, he’s set to end this now. Angelico fixes his fringe, and pins Hernandez for three after a Double Foot Stomp from the top rope! Angelico checks his teeth after this fight, somehow they are still in place. The winner has his arm raised, but TJ Perkins won't have any of that! He attacks Angelico from the back and yells that Dante's team would win if Angelico didn't miss Juegos De Guerra. TJP looking really insecure here, but an unlikely man comes to the rescue. Chavo Guerrero Jr shows up with his "amigo" and scares Perkins with a single swing... He then demands a mic.   " The best team won last week! It pains me to admit this, but Son of Havoc was right - Ryu is the future of this business, and I'm past it. He made the right call by inviting him over. But TJ, I came here not to shower Ryu in praise... I came here to challenge you to a decisive singles match between us. You pinned me with the help of that big man, but I bet you will never make me quit, ese! If you do... well, then my days here are indeed numbered. What do you say, pinoy boy?" Perkins grins and says he will gladly embarrass Chavo again, and make him tap like a little b!tch that he always was! TJ promises to submit Guerrero, so his last match in The Temple will be just like his first! Well, it's on then. Angelico and Hernandez stop them from fighting right now, and we take a moment away from ringside. On the outside, Tarver is blocking the main entrance. It looks like Agent Winter has lost all hope in this boxer, and can only use him as a bouncer. Tarv vents his frustrations to the agent.  - Why am I doing this job? This is disrespectful! - Please, Tarver. You're very lucky to be alive. You have failed to win the Gift of the Gods, you couldn't take the Gauntlet from Cage, and lastly, you lost to a cruiserweight by a knockout. I wonder why The Lord keeps you around, honestly. - If I get one more chance, I will show everybody what "The Black Panther" is really made of!! - NEVER say that to The Lord. Because he will show you what you're made of... meat and bones. Tarver has a mean mug, and he turns his head to three young guys who are asking for directions to The Temple. They look high, and probably smell so too, judging by Tarver's sniffing. He rudely tells them to turn around and leave before he beats them all up. The youngsters are laughing, they are chill like that. One of the boys drops his hood down, so Winter intervenes.    - You must be this high to enter this building. - Oh sir, we are soooo high we could can fly right now! And look, y'all embarrassing me in front of the boys! My name is Dezmond X, I've fought for this company before, so it's all good, aight? - Actually, this might not be such a bad idea. I'll let you in this time, gentlemen. Have a good time! The trio giggles and passes through. Tarver asks what the hell was that? Very simple. The Gods are hungry, and those young boys are perfect sacrifices. Winter calls Antonio Cueto and informs him that some fresh meat wandered into their domain. We can finally let the bull run free...  The White Rabbit is still beating himself up about his match with Jake Strong that ended in a time limit draw. He's been losing his mind for weeks now, and it also looks like "The Herald of Doomsday" will return from The Rabbit's Hole next week, when Son of Havoc will challenge Jake Strong for the Lucha Underground championship... TICK TOCK. He's coming!        The Rascalz (Trey, Dez, Wentz) vs. Taya Valkyrie, Hexagon Dark, Black TaurusWhile we were watching The White Rabbit descend into madness, the Lucha Underground Trios champions already made their entrance. Then we get The Rascalz who come to us from Dayton, Ohio! They will be lucky to return home. The young trios team is having fun, maybe even too much fun! Wentz points out that he's seeing a Minotaur... this Cali grass hits different, fam, high five! Black Taurus just tilts his head as the youngsters stand there in awe and wonder if his horns are real. Dez decides to step up first and check since he brought his boys here. Better show dem kids the ropes, prove that he has the situation under control, play it off cool. BAM! Taurus grounds Dez with a Vader-like bell clap and stomps away. The black bull of Antonio Cueto ragdolls Dezmond, hits him with a Corner Cannonball and also runs off Trey and Wentz off the apron, who are both spooked and impressed. Taurus tags in Taya, who mockingly shoves her furry boots into Dezmond's face... Corner Knees! "La Wera Loca" can throw the boys of this size with ease too, and she gets a near fall after a Swinging Side Slam. Early attempt at The Road To Valhalla leads to a Victory Roll for Dezmond! Taya kicks out, but Dez is too quick and slick for her comfort. They don't call him "Livewire" for nothing! He also has no problem mixing it up with a woman, it's all about equal opportunity in Lucha Underground. Bam, catches her with a freakishly athletic Handspring Head Kick! Tag to Wentz, who waves funnily at Valkyrie and bounces off the ropes with a Corkscrew Crossbody!! Want to see another beautiful move? Wentz gets rowdy on Taya with a suspicious-looking Broncobosuter! Shout out to Rey-Rey. Wentz is distracted by Hexagon for a second, and Taya angrily retakes the momentum with a Northern Lariat. Tag to Hexagon Dark, he can match the quickness of The Rascalz! He's super light and looks amazing twisting and rotating in their air or when swinging in the Head Scissors. He's unpredictable in his movement, but even he can be caught, this time with a Discuss Knee to the face! Yeah, that is a real move. Wentz rolls forward to give the tag to Trey, who wastes no time and catches Hexagon with a Springboard Stunner! Bounced off the bottom rope too, very innovative. Cover is only for one though, gotta try harder than that! Trey is a cheeky lad with a charismatic smile, looking the opposite to the brooding and mischievous Hexagon, but their styles are somewhat alike. Hex blocks the Sliding Trip and executes a picture-perfect Tornillo Senton. The cover is broken up by a flying leg drop from Wentz! Taurus jumps in with a Discus Clothesline, knocking the spit out of "The Sickest Dude In ALL the Land!". Dezmond doesn't stay in his corner either, makes a comeback with a Low Dropkick to put the bull down for a second. Backfist from Taya, she nails Dez with a Northern Lights Suplex and adds a Double Foot Stomp too! Trey saves his brother and lets out this awkward "my bad" grin. He ducks Taya's charge, who now lands neck-first on the ropes. Trey hits a Tiger Feint into a Hurricanrana to drop with her to the floor! Hexagon takes it to the air, and neutralizes Trey with a crazy Shooting Star Press out of the ring!! Dez and Wentz help the brother out, taking out Taya and Hex with Stereo Suicide Dives... so it's only one left in the ring. Taurus theatrically kicks the ground under his feet and executes a wild TORNILLO TO THE OUTSIDE!! Took out everyone in his path! THIS IS AWESOME. The beast is not stopping there though, just launching Dezmond into the front row seats nearby! Hexagon is back in the ring as the legal man, while Dez looks high as a kite in the chair.  " Black Taurus hits THE BULLSEYE! Sorry Excalibur, couldn't contain myself!" - jokes Matt Striker. See yourself out, Striker, it's no time for jokes! A serious battle happening over here. Trey is thrown back as the legal man from Rascalz, and this is a good chance for rudos to take the win. Taya is kicking Wentz on the outside, Taurus brutalizes an almost passed out Dez - the stage is set for Hexagon to put this to bed. He climbs the turnbuckles to finish it in style with his signature, slightly modified Shooting Star Press, but Trey jumps up and stops the master of Vampiro! Cheeky Nandos kick hits Hexagon right in the kisser, POISONRANA FROM THE SECOND ROPE!! Now Trey has all the momentum, and the fans start believing that Rascalz may steal this one. Trey lands a Yoshi Tonic on the dark high flyer!! One, two, Taurus drags him out of the ring! He saved Hexagon from possible loss here, but he doesn't see Dez coming back with a Hurricanrana Whip right into the steps!! Dez turns his back on the bull and helps Wentz take out Taya with a Double Foot Stomp from the Argentine Neckbreaker position!! Now all three Rascalz surround Hexagon in the ring, ready to make the numbers count! Big flying knee kick from Wentz, who then catapults Hexagon right into the Superkick from Dez! Trey with a Meteora to finish this combination! Time to get HIGH! Wentz with a Swanton, Dez with a Spiral Tap!! This is it, surely?? Wentz with a cover... One.... Two.... NO!! Hexagon kicks out on his own, but gasps for air on the mats, looking vulnerable perhaps for the first time ever. Rascalz can't believe he kicked out from every move they hit him with, he seemed like the weakest link in the championship trio, but he has some special aura about him! Time for the Rascalz Special? Wentz makes a backflip, Dez pushes him on the side in mid-air for a fun-looking SSP!! But the games are over when Taurus shakes off the cobwebs and SPEARS both men with authority. Crazed bull whips Trey hard into the corner, and kicks the heck out of him in a good-looking three-move combo. The doobie boy is glassy-eyed, and not in a good way... Inferno Suplex on Trey sets up the following Hexagon Splash! It is enough for the Lucha Underground Trios champions to pick up another win. This was a slightly chaotic match, the referee had trouble enforcing the rules, but can you blame him, when he's officiating the fight of Gods and mortals? Crazy! And Rascalz almost had the last laugh... but things are about to get serious now. Trey is in the middle of the ring, and it looks like Taya has chosen him for the sacrifice! Arm-trapping Curb Stomp probably kicks some of Trey's teeth, but he won't need them anymore, as he evaporates in the air! No sign of the guy. Poof, and he was gone. Wentz is like ' Woah, dude, what was that?' but Dez has no idea, he didn't see that before. Now the whole arena turns red, and the remaining Rascalz have a really bad trip. A fun gig turned into a shitty situation, and perhaps sobered up the high flying friends a bit, who back down through the smoky corridor in fear. Maybe this was all a crazy dream? Mil Muertes is wearing one of his most grandiose attires today, he looks ready. "The Man of 1000 Deaths" hears a slithering sound, thinking that Hexagon Dark is getting closer to him. No, it's not him... Drago comes over and stares down Mil.  " Darío quiere que te unas a nuestro ejército. Me envió aquí para ver lo que los dioses están tramando, y parece que necesitamos tu ayuda. He estado en el Inframundo, pero no pude pasar por las puertas para encontrarme con Mictlantecuhtli. Sólo tú puedes ir allí..." Mil does not seem happy to hear that, and he punches the wall in anger, leaving a hole. He tells Drago to never mention the God of Death to him, or he will send him right through the Underworld gates himself. Drago doesn't look intimidated, and Mil adds that King Cuerno, or whoever the man under his mask is, awaits him. The main event time is here! " The following lucha is a two out of three falls match! Introducing first, from The Highlands of Guerrero, Mexico... KIIIIING CUERNOOO... And his opponent, from Beyond The Grave... MIIIIL MUERTEEEES!!! " Ladies and gentlemen, this is big! Two out of three falls between two of the most decorated and authentic stars we have! This is lucha!" - hypes Striker. Two Out of Three Falls Match  King Cuerno vs. Mil MuertesTwo of the biggest Lucha Underground stars are back at it. You could already call the matches between the two "el Classico" - a rivalry for the ages, a bout that never disappoints the believers. King Cuerno doesn't hesitate to offer Mil a lock up... Tight as you like! Mil is stronger, but Cuerno is technically sound. He's pretty agile too, and he ducks a simple yet destructive right hand from Mil. Muertes is a master when it comes to making simple things look like they can take you six feet under. Cuerno is well aware of that, so he's cautious in his approach and spends an opening part of the match frustrating the favorite with kicks and uncomfortable holds. Time and time again though, "The Man of 1000 Deaths" outpowers "The Hunter", but can't quite hit him full force as he would like to. Cuerno is taking only calculated risks, at least for now. In one such occasion, Mil had Cuerno in a Military Press position, but King wriggled out and reversed it into a Crossface! Our fans did not like that, and booed the cerebral hunter. He works over that right arm, perhaps to neutralize the threat of the Flatliner - the most deadly weapon in Mil's arsenal. It's not a crazy brawl or a high-flying spectacle yet, but you can sense that this fight is important for both fighters. They don't want to lose three times in a row. Cuerno's footwork amazes Striker, and Excalibur too, when the mysterious luchador jumps up to avoid a big shoulder tackle! Muertes crashes into the ring post, and he is not in the good place. Cuerno doesn't mind a sneaky pin attempt. Mil angrily kicks out, not even at one. It is a pride thing, totally. Matt Striker points out that Muertes is still tough and strong, but perhaps he's lacking a presence of a certain persona, who followed him around his whole life. Strikers intentionally doesn't mention the name of that individual, not to frustrate Muertes further. Cuerno is putting him through a cardio ringer, disorients the bruiser with his unexpected outbursts and constant pinfall attempts. Now his Sunset Flip gets a two count - some progress. He's picking up the tempo a bit, to strike the distracted Muertes and win the first fall. Low Roundhouse Kick to the head! Muertes takes it, but that did not look light at all. Rapid Swinging Neckbreaker, another cover by Cuerno is only a near fall. Muertes has a hurt shoulder, and it definitely pains him to repeatedly kick out. Mil charges again, but King Cuerno hip tosses him into the corner! Slingshot Dropkick from outside into the ring, "The Hunter" is in control... Tornado DDT is evaded though! Muertes shoves Cuerno away, who checks him with a kick that Mil shakes off... and flattens King with a stiff Lariat!  He did the move through the pain, but it paid the dividends! Dazed Cuerno is mounted by the monster, who's two seconds away from being disqualified for anger management issues! Don't you dare, Marty Elias! Mil picks Cuerno for a Running Powerbomb and gets a close two count, saved only by King's in-ring awareness - his leg was on the bottom rope. He rolls to the outside to get a breather, thinking that Mil will not follow him with any crazy aerial move. Well, that's where he's wrong because Muertes lands a Big Crossbody to the outside! Mil keeps his high-risk moves for special occasions like this one, and now he's battering the "culerno" with nasty blows to the back. He "parts the sea" of fans with his one gesture, and fans know that when Mil tells you to move, you move to another continent. Irish whip into the chairs? No! Cuerno smartly jerks the arm of Mil and trips him with a Drop Toe Hold - the heavyweight falls head first into the wooden chair! Cuerno looks to take the count out, but seeing that Muertes is going back flies through the ropes with a Tope Suicida! Not The Arrowd From The Depths of Hell, so the fans are booing... " Believers are letting this Cuerno know that he's not fooling anyone here!" - Striker quips. King throws Mil back into the ring, now looking for his new finisher - Swanton Bomb. Muertes rises from the mat like a certain phenom and kicks Cuerno down, setting a Superplex maybe? Eye poke into the eyes, dirty move by Cuerno! Sunset Flip Powerbomb, he puts all his weight on top of Mil, placing his feet on the ropes, and gets the first fall! Seemingly out of nowhere!  " King Cuerno - 1, Mil Muertes - 0!" - announces Melissa Santos. How important it is to take the first fall? If you ask Excalibur, it's a fall that sets the tone for the match. Certainly, people have came back from being 1-0, but fighting against the odds is not Mil's forte. He is pissed that he got caught like that, and explodes with offense to compensate. Headbutts and punches Cuerno down, SPIKE DDT! He's getting some cheers when going for Cuerno's mask - a big no-no in traditional lucha libre. Mil tears the mask slightly above the forehead and starts punching down his opponent. He receives a formal warning from Marty Elias, who will DQ him if this behavior continues. Cuerno drops some juice on the stained mat, and Mil adds insult to injury, targeting Cuerno's back now. If he works over that body part, perhaps King won't be able to hit his newest and strongest move? Double Underhook Backbreaker, and Muertes pushes King's head back, like he's an arrow he wants to break across the knee. Mil gets the support, and goes on the second rope... Diving Fist Drop right into Cuerno's cut! The King is losing quite a lot of blood, so Mil tastes it. Not as good as the original, but will do. Mil goes on the top rope again, signaling for the big splash! Cuerno shoves the ref into the ropes, so Muertes loses his balance and falls down hard after an Avalanche Arm Drag!! Big move that could end it!! Cuerno doesn't want to just pin Mil, he wants to embarrass him. He locks Muertes in a Cross Armbreaker!! Imagine if he wins 2-0, and makes one of Lucha Underground's icons tap out? That would be a huge feather into his hunter cap, but Mil's no quitter. All the work over the arm pays off now, as the disciple of death is screaming in pain!! He's really close to submitting, as Cuerno torques his body, but gets to the ropes... Cuerno holds till five, which is smart in some cases, but short-sighted here. Mil deadlifts Cuerno and drops him with a One-Arm Powerbomb!!! King is wasted, but Muertes feels that another big move is needed. He runs up for a Reaper's Trident... BAM! He got him!  " King Cuerno - 1, Mil Muertes - 1!" - updates us Melissa Santos. This is it now. The end game! Mil holds to his arm, but Cuerno looks worse for wear and wipes his eyes from the blood coming down from his forehead. Say what you want about this King Cuerno - he's still a warrior. Both men trade stiff forearm shots in the middle of the ring and headbutt each other out of frustration... Cuerno hits slightly lower the belt area to get a verbal warning. Picks up Mil for a Northern Lights Suplex, and keeps the bridge to surprise everyone, and catch Mil off guard! No, not quite enough! King throws caution to the wind now, desperate to defeat "The Man of 1000 Deaths"! Spinning Wheel Kick connects well, and his rival is in a dangerous position. Cuerno goes for his Swanton Bomb... BLOCKED BY THE KNEES! Mil fooled the smartest luchador in The Temple, who's writhing in pain and clutching to his back... RUNNING FLATLINER!!! Mil is slowly turning his rival around and Elias dramatically hits the ring. ONE! TWO! NOOOOOOOO! Cuerno finds something inside to survive that move. Mil went with a different version, feeling that his normal Flatliner is too slow. Perhaps that played a big role here? He looks perplexed, but braces himself for something special. Hits the seal in the middle of the ring with his good hand and lines up for a Twisting Chokeslam. He squeezes Cuerno's neck and sends his regards, but the hunter hits the arm with everything he has to escape. Immediately bounces off the ropes for a Moonsault...  " MIL MUERTES HAS KING CUERNO IN A TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER, A MARTINETE!! OH NO!" - yells Excalibur. Drives his skull right into the Aztec seal!! Marty Elias calls for the bell! This is a DQ, Tombstones are illegal in standard lucha libre matches!! Mil Muertes knows this too, but it doesn't seem that he is phased. Fans are not sure how to react... Muertes places his cold dead hand on Cuerno's chest and stares right in the camera. Who's the hunter now? King Cuerno wins the match, but at what cost? He's not moving. Mil roars, and the lights go off... FIREBALL TO THE FACE OF MIL MUERTES!!! The lights are back on and we see Jeremiah Crane hitting blinded Mil with a baseball bat!! He has a deranged look on his face. Mil and King Cuerno are both on their backs, with Crane screaming "THUMBS UP... THUMBS DOWN!" from the top of his lungs. On that disturbing image we are forced to wish you a good night, ladies and gentlemen. See you next week! : 58/100 ( C-) This show has increased our popularity in 17 regions. |
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