Post by Slade on Dec 14, 2016 19:04:41 GMT -5
Season 1, Episode 14
From the Temple in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California
Commentary Team: Matt Striker and Vampiro
Ring Announcer: Melissa Santos
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We open the show inside of Dario Cueto’s office. He’s meeting with Son of Havoc. He compliments him on his bravery and asks him what compelled him to stand up to Big Ryck & The Crew when Big Ryck was wrestling Cesaro for the Lucha Underground Championship (see Episode 12). Son of Havoc says that he’s run into plenty of gangbangers out on the open road and believes that they shouldn’t get to take whatever they want, whenever they want. Someone has to stand up to them and he’s that guy. Dario Cueto compliments him for his principles, but tells him that he has made some very powerful enemies. The Crew wants revenge. Cueto considers himself a fair man, so he says that he’s given them that chance. Son of Havoc will face Castro Cortez tonight.
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[bSexy Star[/b][/font] and Victoria fought to a no contest when Awesome Kong and Paige both descended on the ring to attack the participants of the match. The match didn’t last much more than three minutes before Awesome Kong showed up to attack Sexy Star. She also gave Victoria a chokeslam to get at Sexy Star. Victoria recovered and started to attack Awesome Kong, but then Paige came down and attacked her. The assaults ended with Awesome Kong giving Sexy Star an Awesome Bomb and Paige giving Victoria a Ram-Paige DDT.
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Matt Sydal defeated Famous B by pinfall. Matt Sydal defeated Famous B by pinfall. Sydal’s quickness proved to be a big problem for Famous B, who fell into an early hole. He briefly climbed out of that hole by brawling his way into control of the match, but Sydal reclaimed the advantage and rode a wave of momentum to victory after finishing him off with a Shooting Sydal Press.
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Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Baron Corbin, who is one-third of the Trios Champions, by pinfall. Nakamura frustrated Corbin with his Strong Style. Corbin easily lost his cool, but being overaggressive did him no favours as it played right into Nakamura’s game plan of vicious leg and knee strikes. At one point, Corbin managed to reverse a whip attempt and executed Deep Six, which was a momentum changer. Unfortunately for him, Nakamura regained the momentum not long thereafter and would cruise on to win to the match by hitting the Bomaye.
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“Classy” Freddie Blassie meets with Dario Cueto in his office. He is there to address something that happened a few weeks ago. His bright young star, Prince Puma, won the 16-man Lucha Underground Championship tournament only to have Dario Cueto throw a twist into the mix by making him face Vader immediately after winning the finals (see Episode 9). Cueto makes no apologies. He likes to make things interesting and feed the wants and desires of the Believers. However, Cueto is happy to give Prince Puma another opportunity. He says that, next week, Prince Puma will face Vader and if he wins, he can have a match against the Lucha Underground Champion.
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Castro Cortez defeated Son of Havoc by pinfall. Before the bell rang, Dario Cueto came out of his office to drop a bombshell on Son of Havoc – this match is anything goes! That quickly brough Mr. Cisco out. When Son of Havoc managed to rally against the odds, Big Ryck showed up and put him in the torture rack and then gave him a Ryck Bottom. After that, the three of them pounded the crap out of Son of Havoc, finally finishing him off by putting him through a table with a guillotine leg drop by Cortez.
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Programming note: Next week's episode of Lucha Underground will feature Prince Puma vs. Vader and Cesaro defending the Lucha Underground Championship against Ultimo Dragon. Those are two huge matches that you're not going to want to miss! Tune into Lucha Underground next week to see those matches and more!
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