Ultima Lucha: Day OneFrom The Temple
in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California
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Commentary Team: Matt Striker and Paul Heyman (except during the main event)
Ring Announcer: Melissa Santos
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We open our show with a shot of a concession stand and see a man approach it with an empty food tray in his hands. He talks to himself and says that the Temple is louder tonight than he’s ever seen it. He thought last week was wild, but he thinks that tonight he’ll run out of cheeseburgers before the night is over. He swings open the door to enter into the kitchen area behind the counter and sees three stange looking men in his kitchen. He catches them off guard when he asks “Hey! Who are you and what are you doing in my kitchen?” The one in the top hat tells him that who they are isn’t important, but what they are doing in the kitchen is. They followed a rabbit into this kitchen and then it disappeared. Now, they’re looking for the rabbit hole. The food server thinks he’s crazy. He tells him that there is no rabbit hole in his kitchen and that they need to get out of there now or he’ll call for security. The three oddballs excuse themselves and leave.
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VS. VS. VS. Terminate or Be Terminated
Ivelisse vs. Beth Phoenix vs. Victoria vs. Charlotte Flair This match was one-fall to a finish. The winner will continue to compete in the Temple next season, while the other three will have to find new homes. Considering the gravity of the situation, the match started as a big brawl. It was not long before Ivelisse and Charlotte Flair ended up getting sent outside the ring, leaving Victoria and Beth Phoenix to square off. Phoenix used her power to prevail in the confrontation. A back body drop and a military press slam were good enough to go for a pinfall, but not good enough to win the match. Phoenix started to work on Victoria’s back. She gave her a variety of backbreakers, including a pendulum backbreaker and a Canadian backbreaker rack. After executing a sidewalk slam, Phoenix was grabbed by Flair from behind and tosses through the ropes. Flair went for the pin, but Victoria kicked out. After executing a few moves that focused on Victoria’s legs, Flair whipped her into the corner. She charged in and got a boot to the face and then a bulldog takedown. Vcitoria picked up Charlotte and gave her a vertical suplex and then executed a standing moonsault and pinned her for a 2-count.
Not long after that, Ivelisse took control of the match by executing a springboard hurricanrana on Victoria, sending her out of the ring. Ivelisse started to work on Flair with a variety of submission holds focusing on the head and neck, but when she went for a missile dropkick, Flair moved and then connected with a big boot as soon as she got up. Flair went to work on Ivelisse’s legs. She gave her a wishbone leg splitter and some kneebreakers, among other things. Flair went for a figure-four, but Ivelisse kicked her away with her free foot. Unfortunately for Flair, she was kicked right into Phoenix’s arms and sent flying with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Phoenix got both Flair and Ivelisse trapped in opposite corners and hit each of them with a running clothesline, running turnbuckle thrust and running hip attack. After that, she was hit from behind with a double axehandle smash by Victoria, who followed it up with a DDT and pinned her for a 2-count. Victoria picked up Phoenix and whipped her to the ropes. Phoenix clung to the ropes to stop herself, but then Victoria clotheslined her over the top rope and onto the floor. Next, she gave Phoenix a plancha. As they got up and started throwing fists, Ivelisse attacked with a slingshot corkscrew plancha. Moments later, Flair climbed the turnbuckle and took them all down with a moonsault!
The luchadoras broke off into pairs and brawled around ringside, with Flair and Ivelisse going at it and Victoria and Phoenix trading blows. They worked their way all around the ring until all four were fighting in front of the stairs. Eventually, Flair sent Phoenix crashing hard into the side of Dario Cueto’s office with a Mullah Whip, and Victoria left Ivelisse laid out on the floor with a powerslam. Flair grabbed Victoria by the hair and walked her back to the ring, sending her inside. She climbed back in by received a roundhouse kick to knock her down. Victoria picked up Flair and gave her a gorilla press gutbuster and then pinned her for a 2-count. Victoria picked up Flair, but got her eyes gauged. Flair followed that with a swinging neckbreaker and pinned her for a 2-count. Flair gave her some jumping knee drops and then locked on a chinlock. Victoria eventually got to her feet and broke free, but she would only end up running right into a dropkick. Flair followed that up with Natural Selection! 1…2.. Ivelisse makes the save.
She goes on a run, hitting Flair with some springboard arm drags, tilt-a-whirl headscissors and a diving crossbody. Nothing can put her away though. Ivelisse took Flair into the corner and went for a tornado DDT, but Flair countered it by tossing Ivelisse away. Then, she nailed her with a basement dropkick and applied the figure-eight leglock. Ivelisse had nowhere to go, but Phoenix prolonged the match by coming in and stomping on Flair. After tossing Ivelisse out of the ring, Phoenix turned her attention to Flair. She gave her an atomic drop and then a running double axehandle smash to the back. She picked her up and gave her a vertical suplex and then pinned for a 2-count. Flair tried to escape the ring, but Phoenix grabbed her by the feet and dragged her back in. Flair kicked her away and then pleaded for mercy. As Phoenix slowly stalked, Flair suckered her into a small package. 1…2… kick out. Flair went for a big boot, but missed. Phoenix stunned her with a pair of stiff forearm shots to the face and then lifted her into a double chickenwing. Glam Slam! 1…2…3! Beth Phoenix wins! Because she won the match, Ivelisse, Victoria, and Charlotte Flair have all been terminated!
Winner of Terminate or Be Terminated: Beth Phoenix ***
VS. Grave Consequences
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Mil Muertes Tonight, this rivalry comes to a head with in Grave Consequences where the winner is the luchador who successfully places his opponent inside of the casket at ringside. Mil Muertes debuted in Lucha Underground by thwarting Rey Mysterio Jr.’s opportunity to win the Lucha Underground Championship. After being out of action for several weeks, Mysterio Jr. returned to prevent Mil Muertes from winning the Gift of the Gods. Since then, we have learned that Mysterio possesses a mysterious power that Catrina wishes to possess. She believes she can get it if her is sent to his grave in this match. She asked for Mil Muertes to get the match after helping him defeat Mysterio in a singles match, but failing to steal Mysterio’s powers from him during her post-match lick of death.
The match began with Mil Muertes eager to attack Mysterio, and Mysterio using his speed to avoid and evade his attempts. Mysterio was in control early on as he hit Mil Muertes with dropkicks, basement dropkicks, tilt-a-whirl headscissors, spinning heel kicks, and a hurricanrana. When Mysterio went for a springboard tornado DDT, Mil Muertes blocked it and reversedit into a northern lights suplex. They got back to their feet and Mysterio ran to the ropes. Mil Muertes followed close behind him. Mysterio slid under his legs and then went for a hurricanrana, but Mil Muertes countered it with a powerbomb. Now, Mil Muertes was in control and he battered Mysterio with a variety of power moves including backbreakers, gutbusters and suplexes. Mil Muertes set up Mysterio for a superplex, but he knocked him off the turnbuckles and then went for a diving crossbody. Mil Muertes is so strong that he caught Mysterio and gave him a fall away slam instead.
Mil Muertes was the first luchador to try putting his opponent in the casket. He dropped Mysterio into the casket and went to drop the lid and quickly turned away. Mysterio, however stopped it from shutting with his feet, then climbed out and waited for Mil Muertes to turn back around to execute the West Coast Pop. Mysterio followed that up with a few baseball slides to slowly move Mil Muerts over to the casket. Mysterio tried to close the lid, but Mil Muertes was too strong, blocking it with his hands. He punched at Mysterio and got out of the casket. Mil Muertes closed the lid and then gave Mysterio a powerbomb on the closed casket lid!
Now, it was time for Mil Muertes to take control. He parted the sea of fans at ringside and whipped Mysterio into the wooden seats at ringside. He grabbed one of the wooden seats and smashed it across Mysterio’s back. Mil Muertes picked up Mysterio and gave him a modified supercollider powerbomb by running his back into the turnbuckle post and then releasing him onto the floor. After all of that, he went to put Mysterio back into the casket, but he resisted. Mil Muertes got him in, but couldn’t shut the lid on him. Mysterio kicked at Mil Muertes into he got him far enough away to allow him to climb out. Catrina told Mil Muertes not to let up. He climbed into the ring to go after Mysterio, who rolled out the other side. Mil Muertes caught up to him, but received an enzuigiri kick, then a thrust kick, and a DDT on the floor. Mysterio climbed onto the ring apron and waited for Mil Muertes to get back to his feet before taking him with a top-rope springboard moonsault!
Mysterio tried to drag Mil Muertes around the ring, but it proved too difficult, so he went to get the casket and wheeled it around the ring. When Mil Muertes got to his feet, Mysterio knocked him down by ramming the side of the casket into him. Next, Mysterio climbed onto the casket and performed a running, diving hurricanrana that sent Mil Muertes crashing into Dario Cueto’s office wall. Mysterio picked up Mil Muertes and tried to lift him into the casket, but he was too big and he eventually fired off some back elbows to stop him. Mil Muertes grabbed Mysterio and rammed his head into the turnbuckle post. Next, he grabbed Mysterio gave him a release German suplex on the floor! Next, Mil Muertes cleared the monitors off the broadcast table then brought Mysterio over and gave him a powerbomb on it! As it is made of solid hard work, it didn’t break.
Intent on doing more damage, Mil Muertes rolled Mysterio into the ring, then he unscrewed the bottom turnbuckle spike from the turnbuckle post. He slid into the ring with the turnbuckle spike in hand. Mysterio got up and Mil Muertes went to strike him with the spike, but Mysterio sidestepped him and took him down with a drop toehold that caught his throat on the middle rope. Seeing him in position, Mysterio went for the Six-One-Nine, but Mil Muertes moved and then knocked Mysterio off the ring apron by striking him in the head with a turnbuckle spike! Mil Muertes got out of the ring and hit him again and again with it. Then, in the ultimate show of disrespect, Mil Muertes used the spike to rip apart Mysterio’s mask at the seams. Mysterio’s mask was split open across the top and Mil Muertes dug the turnbuckle spike into Mysterio’s skull. He dropped Mysterio and walked over to Catrina, who held her stone in the air. She ordered Mil Muertes to bury Mysterio.
Mil Muertes went back to get Mysterio, who was bleeding from the head. Mil Muertes rolled him into the ring and then moved the casket into place along side the ring apron. As Mysterio was getting to his feet, Mil Muertes slid into the ring and went for the Reaper’s Trident spear, but Mysterio rolled out of the way and Mil Muertes hit the turnbuckles. Mysterio quickly came over to corner, hopped onto the turnbuckle, then down to execute a Canadian Destroyer! Mysterio started rolling Mil Muertes over towards the casket, but then Catrina grabbed it and started to move it. Mysterio had to leave the ring to go get it. They ended up in a tug of war over the casket. Eventually, it ended up out to the side of them. Meanwhile, Mil Muertes recovered and exited the ring. Catrina pointed behind Mysterio. Mil Muertes charged, but hopped onto the ring apron to get out of the way and Mil Muertes nailed Catrina with the Reaper’s Trident! Mil Muertes let out a loud scream. He entered the ring, where Mysterio was waiting for him and rocked him with several thrust kicks in a row. Then, he gave him the Six-One-Nine and a West Coast Pop! Mysterio signaled to the Believers to move the casket to the side of the ring apron and they did. Then, he rolled Mil Muertes into the casket and shut the lid to win this bloody battle.
Winner of Grave Consequences: Rey Mysterio Jr. ***
Dario Cueto pours himself a glass of tequila and then sits down in his leather chair. We can hear a band playing and the Believers make noise outsight his office. A knock on the door is heard and Cueto calls out to come in. Mr. Cisco and Castro Cortez come in. Cueto is surprised to see them, but makes some small talk before telling him that he saw what they did on the first day of Ultima Lucha to help Paige beat Sexy Star and asks them why they did that. They tell him that they did it because they got orders from their boss. Cueto tells them that he didn’t order them to attack Sexy Star. They know. They say that got their orders from their new boss. They hand him a note and say that Mexico is coming to takeover the Temple. They tell him he’s got about an hour before El Patron gets here or else he’ll never see the outside of of the Temple walls again. Cueto understands and says he’s just going to grab a few things first. He opens a draw full of cash and starts taking a few stacks out. Cortez pushes the butt-end of his kendo stick against Cueto’s throat and tells him to leave those here. Then, Cueto quickly downs his glass of tequila, grabs a red bull statuette off his desk and leaves. After he’s gone, Mr. Cisco and Cortez start divvying up the cash between each other.
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Heath Slater and Son of Havoc reveal Ultimate Warrior as their mystery partner! VS. Trios Championship Match
The Heenan Family vs. Heath Slater, Son of Havoc & Ultimate Warrior The match started with Arn Anderson showing no fear in the face of the Ultimate Warrior. However, bravery alone is not going to make one invincible in the face of man who feeds off the energy of all the warriors of the universe. Anderson was outmatched from the match. A couple of hard running clotheslines and then a pair of leaping shoulder blocks later and Anderson was already poised to go sky high. Ultimate Warrior started deadlifting the air to signal that it was time, but then Tully Blanchard ran into the ring – and was given a big back body drop. After a pair of running clotheslines downed him, the Ultimate Warrior grabbed the ring rope and shook it vigorously. Anderson and Blanchard got up and the Ultimate Warrior knocked their noggins together. Then, one after the other, they received gorilla press slams. Then, the Ultimate Warrior was dropped hard onto his back with a football tackle from Vader. That last move got Bobby “The Brain” Heenan to calm down.
Heath Slater tagged in and started to work over Anderson, but a whip attempt was reversed and Anderson nailed the Double A spinebuster on him. He was slow to make the cover, so Slater was able to kick out. Anderson tagged out and Blanchard went to work on Slater. Over the next several minutes, Vader, Blanchard and Anderson make quick tags as they wore Slater down. A hot tag by the face in peril was teased after Slater landed a spinning heel kick on Blanchard. However, Anderson ran around the ring, pulled Son of Havoc off of the ring apron and hip tossed him into Dario Cueto’s office wall. Heenan also grabbed at Ultimate Warrior’s foot, causing the Warrior to chase the weasel around the ring. Never had Heenan ran so fast in his life. Meanwhile, Blanchard tagged in Vader, who destroyed Slater with a running body splash. Moments later, Vader gave Slater the Vader Bomb. 1…2… Ultimate Warrior broke it up!
They ended up in a stiff fist fight that ended with the Ultimate Warrior clotheslining Vader with such authority that they both went over the ropes and onto the floor. Back in the ring, Slater ducked a double-clothesline from Anderson and Blanchard and gave them a jumping double neckbreaker! Slater finally made the hot tag to Son of Havoc, who came in and gave them both Japanese arm drags, dropkicks and somersault senton bombs. Meanwhile, outside of the ring, Vader parted the sea of Believers and whipped Ultimate Warrior into the wooden chairs at ringside. However, he was then taken out by Son of Havoc, who performed a running cartwheel into an over-the-top-rope plancha! Next, Son of Havoc climbed the top turnbuckle, but got tripped up by Blanchard, who pulled the top rope from under his foot. Anderson and Blanchard climbed onto the ropes and gave Son of Havoc a double superplex. Slater came into the ring to stop them from giving him a spike piledriver, but he ended up receiving it instead. They went to grab Son of Havoc, but he fought them off with elbow strikes and enzuigiri kicks.
Ultimate Warrior and Vader received hot tags at the same time and then collided in the middle of the ring. Vader dropped him with a stiff lariat and started to ground-and-pound him until he set up for a powerbomb. Ultimate Warrior countered with a huge back body drop! Anderson and Blanchard ran in, which brought Slater and Son of Havoc into the ring. It turned into a huge brawl. Slater and Son of Havoc were sent flying from the ring by Vader, who launched Son of Havoc over the top rope with a gorilla press throw and then gave Slater a release powerbomb over the top rope onto Son of Havoc! Meanwhile, Ultimate Warrior nailed both Anderson and Blanchard with atomic drops and then stiff running clotheslines to take them out of the ring. Vader dropped Ultimate Warrior with a lariat to the back of the neck. He whipped him into the corner and went for an avalanche splash, but the Ultimate Warrior moved out of the way. Then, following an atomic drop and a leaping shoulder block, Ultimate Warrior amazingly gave Vader the gorilla press slam!
Heenan made one last effort to win the match by slugging Ultimate Warrior from behind, but he was blocked from making his escape by Slater and then Son of Havoc as they each climbed onto a ring apron to stop him. The Ultimate Warrior grabbed Heenan, lifted him into a gorilla press and tossed him over the top rope onto Anderson and Blanchard! Slater dropped Vader with a chop block, Son of Havoc went to the top rope and executed a diving double foot stomp and the Ultimate Warrior finished him off with the Ultimate Splash! 1-2-3! And with that, new Trios Champions were crowned!
Winners of the Trios Championships: Heath Slater, Son of Havoc & Ultimate Warrior ***
VS. Grudge Match
Eddie Guerrero vs. Randy Savage This highly anticipated match is the continuation of a feud that spans a few years in Mash-Up Wrestling. Neither luchador has been in the same territory at the same time in a long time, but they are now both in Lucha Underground. Randy Savage has a beef with Eddie Guerrero for stealing his symbols of lucha royalty. The self-proclaimed “Macho King” had his crown and scepter stolen from him by Eddie Guerrero a few years back in the Broken City. Guerrero has said he sold them off at a pawn shop, but Guerrero has to return them to the Temple as the prize for this grudge match or else he will never get a chance to become Mash-Up Wrestling Champion.
When “Latino Heat” was making his entrance, he appeared at the top of the Temple stairs holding the scepter and wearing the crown he took from Savage. As he danced down the stairs, Guerrero was attacked from behind by Savage, who knocked him down the stairs from half way up. Savage picked up his scepter and smashed Guerrero in the face with it! Savage then rolled Guerrero into the ring and ordered the referee to ring the bell. After some hesitation, he called for the bell and Savage pinned Guerrero. 1…2… kick out! Savage grabbed Guerrero and gave him the ol’ snake eyes before giving a hangman’s hair pull. Savage went to the top rope and nailed Guerrero with a a diving double axehandle smash and then covered him for another 2-count.
After some more dominance by Savage, he whipped Guerrero into the corner and charged in. Guerrero got a boot up in his face. Savage tried to charge at him a second time, but this time, Guerrero moved and Savage slammed into the turnbuckle with his chest. Guerrero took advantage by giving Savage a delayed belly-to-back suplex. After a pin and a 1-count, Guerrero ran to the ropes and took Savage down with tilt-a-whirl headscissors, a pair of arm drags and then a standing dropkick that knocked Savage down and sent him rolling out to the floor. Guerrero prepared to take his next attack into the air, but Savage got to his feet, saw him coming and moved. Guerrero put on the breaks and watched as Savage circled the ring to regroup.
When Savage finally climbed back onto the ring apron, Guerrero went over to meet him. Savage drove a shoulder into his abdomen and then leapt over the top rope with a sunset flip for a 2-count. Savage attempted a lariat, but Guerrero ducked it and then gave Savage a bridging German suplex for a 2-count. Back to their feet, they both threw punches that they blocked. Guerrero kicked Savage in the mid-section and he responded with another snake eyes and then rope burned him before clubbing him down to the mat with a lariat. Savage picked up Guerrero and gives him a vertical suplex and then pinned him for two. Savage picked up Guerrero and gave him a bodyslam and then delivered a few jumping knee drops to the face before pinning him again. Guerrero kicked out. Savage locked on a chin lock to slow things down. Guerrero eventually broke it up with some elbows and then ran to the ropes. Savage stepped to the side and so Guerrero ran right into a sleeperhold, but he broke it up by shifting to the side, lifting Savage into the air and crotching him on the top rope. Then, Guerrero went up to the top turnbuckle and knocked Savage down to the floor with a missile dropkick!
After Savage got back to his feet, Guerrero took him out with a plancha. Then, he get up and whipped him into the side of the elevated bleachers. Guerrero grabbed him gave him a snap suplex on the floor. Next, Guerrero rolled Savage into the ring and entered the ring by giving him a slingshot somersault senton. He went for the cover, but Savage quicked out. After giving Savage a gutwrench suplex, Guerrero climbed the top turnbuckle and gave him a diving hurricanrana and then went for the quick pin, but Savage kicked out. After that, Guerrero grabbed Savage and gave him the Three Amigos. Then, he went back to the top turnbuckled and tried to end it with a frog splash, but Savage put his knees up. Back to their feet, Savage gave Guerrero an atomic drop followed by a few back elbows, a lariat to knock him down and then a jumping high knee drop before pinning him. 1…2.. kick out! Savage stomped on Guerrero and then put him in a Boston crab. After about 20 seconds or so, Guerrero made it to the ropes to force a break. Savage held it for a little too long after the rope break was called for, leading to argument with the referee. This gave Guerrero the chance to get to his feet, but Savage saw him getting up and then gave him a dropkick that sent him over the top rope and down to the floor.
Savage climbed the top rope and took Guerrero down with a diving double axehandle smash. Next, he picked up Guerrero and bodyslammed him on the hardwood bleachers. Savage went over and cleared off the play-by-play table and then bodyslammed Guerrero onto it. Savage went back to the ring, climbed the turnbuckle, pointed to the skies, and went for the diving elbow drop! But Guerrero moved! Savage’s elbow and triceps slammed into the table! There aren’t flimsy breakaway tables like you see in most other places. This one is made of solid hardwood. It didn’t break. But it may have broken Savage’s elbow. Now, Guerrero was keyed in and targeted the elbow. He gave Savage arm ringers, elbow wrenches, and elbow smashes to Savage’s elbow. He wrapped Savage’s bad arm behind his back and then rammed him into the turnbuckle post. Guerrero sent Savage into the ring and then climbed the top turnbuckle. He executed a diving crossbody into a lateral press for a 2-count. Then, he went right back after the elbow with more holds, elbow smashes and stomps to weaken it up, all in preparation for a cross-armbreaker! Savage was writhing in pain, but refused to submit. Fortunately, he was just close enough to the ropes to stretch and get a toe on the bottom rope to force Guerrero to let go.
Savage rolled out to the floor after the rope break. Guerrero climbed out of the ring and grabbed him from behind and went to drive his face into the elevated bleachers, but Savage managed to turn it around. With only one good arm, Savage was limited in what he could do to his opponent. He kicked him and chopped him using his good arm. Guerrero fought back. The brawl worked its way back around near the play-by-play and timekeeper positions. Savage tried to slam Guerrero’s face off the hardwood table, but Guerrero blocked and countered by slamming Savage’s bad arm against it. Guerrero grabbed Savage and slammed his arm into the turnbuckle post. Then he brought Savage back to the side of the table and signalled he would be attempting a powerbomb. He struggled to lift Savage off the ground. After two failed attempts, Savage dropped to his knees and gave Guerrero a low blow!
Next, Savage wandered a few feet away. Guerrero recovered and went after him, but walked right into his trap. He went to turn Savage around and was nailed with the ring bell! Savage did his best to pick up Guerrero and then rolled him into the ring. Savage grabbed the bell and climbed the top turnbuckle with it in hand. When Guerrero got up, Savage dove and nailed him in the head with it. Instead of pinning him, just to add insult to injury, Savage put the bell upside down on Guerrero’s chest, then went to the top turnbuckle and executed the diving elbow drop onto the bell! Savage may have destroyed his own elbow, but in doing so, he guaranteed himself the win. 1…2…3! Savage won the match, took his crown and scepter back and proclaimed Ultima Lucha to be the beginning of his reign atop Lucha Underground!
Winner of the Grudge Match: “Macho King” Randy Savage ***
This group of oddballs are seen walking down a flight of stairs. They are in a hallway that we’ve seen before. It’s the basement of the Temple, where Dario Cueto’s brother is locked up. The guy in the top hat tells the others that this is where the rabbit disappeared the last time they came down here. They come upon the door to the room where Dario Cueto’s brother is held open it and go inside. Meanwhile, the cheeseburger vendor runs down the stairs and then hears screaming coming from down the hall. The three guys rush out of the room. The cheeseburger vendor says that they are trespassing and he’s going to call security. They tell him that they’ve seen a monster and knock him over as they flee. Moments later, Dario Cueto comes running down the stairs and asks him what he’s doing there. He tells him he followed some trespassers down and they need to call security. Cueto says to never mind that and orders him to come along because he needs his help. He follows Cueto down the hall and into the room. He’s frighten by what he sees and tells Cueto that he needs to leave. Cueto tells him that he is safe as long as he stays with him. Then, he takes a big key on a rope that he was wearing around his neck off opens the cell door and tells his brother that it time to leave.
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VS. Luchadoras Championship Match
Awesome Kong vs. Bayley This match has the distinct feeling of being the female equivalent of David versus Goliath. Awesome Kong is so much bigger than Bayley and she has tormented Bayley, even putting her on the shelf to set an example for the rest of the luchadoras not to mess with her. However, Bayley has found the nerve to both seek revenge and pledge to end Awesome Kong’s reign as the Luchadoras Champion.
And so, she set out to do that, but no matter how motivated she was, she could not match the awesome power of Awesome Kong in a grappling position, which resulted in her getting tosses around the ring. Awesome Kong looked to make short work of Bayley by throwing her around and giving her a flapjack, a sidewalk slam and a Samoan drop. It was starting to look hopeless for the challenger until Awesome Kong went for an Awesome Bomb. Bayley blocked it with a series of forearm shots to the face. Bayley got down to her feet and then dropkicked Awesome Kong. After that, she gave her a running front dropkick to send her through the ropes and then a plancha suicida to take her off her feet. The fans were firmly behind her and popped for that.
Unfortunately, being outside of the ring and needing to win inside of the ring didn’t serve Bayley well. She had to try to get Awesome Kong back into the ring, a feat that was too much for her. Thus, Awesome Kong squashed Bayley between her and the ring apron. Then, she got the fans at ringside to clear out of the way and gave Bayley a running hip toss into the wooden seats at ringside! Awesome Kong continued to bruise and batter Bayley with punishing blows, mostly to her back. Awesome Kong went for an Irish whip, but Bayley stopped herself from slamming into retaining wall of the bleachers. Awesome Kong charged at her, but Bayley moved and Awesome Kong slammed into the wall herself. Then, Bayley stood up on a chair and jumped off to give Awesome Kong a tornado DDT on the floor!
Realizing there was little else she could do outside of the ring, Bayley returned to the ring. Awesome Kong got up and tossed some chairs into the ring. Bayley sent them back out the other side, pissing off the champion, who then got out a table and slid it into the ring. Bayley took the table with the idea of getting rid of it, but Awesome Kong entered the ring and clubbed her in the back of the neck to stop her. Awesome Kong grabbed Bayley and put her in a full-nelson to put more pressure on her neck. Bayley, though, managed to get near the turnbuckles and push off with her feet to fall backwards on Awesome Kong, breaking the hold. When Awesome Kong got up, Bayley ran at her and hit her with several running double axehandle smashes before Awesome Kong stopped the assault by catching Bayley and giving her an overhead belly-to-belly suplex into the turnbuckles! She pinned Bayley, but she kicked out at the count of two.
Next, Awesome Kong grabbed the table and set it up. She picked up Bayley and set her up for an Awesome Bomb, but again, Bayley blocked it with forearm shots to the face and then dropped down behind her in a sunset flip attempt. Awesome Kong wouldn’t go down and instead tried for a seated senton, but Bayley moved. When Awesome Kong tried to get up, Bayley gave her a basement dropkick to her knee and then a DDT to keep her down. Then, Bayley went to top rope and nailed Awesome Kong with a diving elbow drop. She covered her, but Awesome Kong kicked out at two. Bayley climbed the turnbuckle again and waited for Awesome Kong to get to her feet, then she dove off. Awesome Kong caught her and countered her attack with a powerslam! 1…2… shoulder up! Miraculously, Bayley was still in it!
Awesome Kong grabbed Bayley and brought her over near the table. She set up for an Awesome Bomb, but maybe realizing that Bayley was blocking it every time, instead clubbed Bayley’s back a few times and then laid her out on the table. Awesome Kong climbed the top turnbuckle and went for an Awesome Splash! Bayley slid off the table and Awesome Kong went through it herself! Bayley quickly rolled her over and covered. 1…2… kick out! Bayley climbed to the top rope, waited for Awesome Kong to get up and then gave her a diving hurricanrana that flung her into the ropes, so then Bayley ran over and gave her the Six-One-Nine! Awesome Kong was out on her feet, giving Bayley the perfect chance to grab her and give her the Bayley-to-Belly Suplex! She hooked Awesome Kong’s leg. 1…2…3! Bayley did it! She conquered Awesome Kong, and in so doing became the Luchadoras Champion!
Winner of the Luchadoras Championship: Bayley ***
VS. Mash-Up World Championship Match
Brock Lesnar vs. Samoa Joe The bell rang and the match began with a long face-to-face showdown in which neither champion nor challenger backed away. They exchanged several words. Samoa Joe was not the least bit intimidated by Lesnar. The champion tried to strike him, but the challenger blocked and fired back with a headbutt that knocked the champion onto his ass. He got up and Joe peppered him with jabs to the head and upper body. Joe backed him into a corner and went for a cross-corner Irish whip, but Lesnar reversed it and ran in to nail a charging shoulder thrust. He followed it up with a few more and then took Joe out of the corner with a German suplex. “One!” He gave him another one. “Two!”
Lesnar slapped on a rear waistlock to go for a third, but Joe hooked his toe around Lesnar’s calf to block it, so Lesnar hammered away at the back of his neck with some hard forearms instead. Joe let go, but Lesnar was blocked this time by Joe getting his hands on the top rope. Lesnar tried to turn Joe around, but he immediately slammed him onto his back with a front double-leg sweep takedown and then dropped down on him with a variation of a headlock that Lesnar tried to get out of by using his own strength for what seemed like forever before finally squirming around to force a rope break by getting his foot on the bottom rope.
Lesnar rolled out to the floor to try to regroup, but Joe stayed on the attack, hitting him with a plancha suicida through the ropes that sent Lesnar falling back into the Temple stairs. When Joe picked Lesnar up off the bottom stairs, Lesnar grabbed him and drove his back into the side of the ring apron and then gave him a German suplex on the floor! “Three!” Lesnar picked up Joe and gave him another one that sent him crashing through Dario Cueto’s office door! “Four!” Lesnar went in and fought with Joe inside of the office, out of sight of the Believers. Matt Striker and special guest commentator Mauro Ranallo were surprised that Cueto wasn’t there (although we already know why). They trashed the place pretty good and took turns slamming each other’s faces off of Cueto’s desk. Finally, Lesnar sent Joe back into sight of the Believers by tossing him head first through the boarded up window (which you may recall was originally smashed to pieces when Randy Savage threw Eddie Guerrero through it many weeks ago)!
Lesnar brought Joe back into the ring and proceeded to take him to Suplex City. German suplex! “Five!” German suplex! “Six!” German suplex! “Seven!” He pinned Joe. 1…2… kick out! Lesnar picked him back up and gave him another one. “Eight!” And another one. “Nine!” And another one. “Ten!” Surely, Samoa Joe must be done now. Lesnar covered. 1…2… kick out! Lesnar couldn’t believe it. He walked about and shook his head in disbelief. For his part, Paul Heyman urged Lesnar not to let up. Meanwhile, Samoa Joe rolled out to the floor to create more space to recover. Lesnar went out to attack him. He tried to give Joe an Irish whip, but he reversed it and Lesnar hit the retaining wall of the bleachers, but then exploded off of it, charging at Joe but running right into an overhead belly-to-belly suplex!
When they both got up, Lesnar tried to attack with a knee lift, but Joe blocked it and then fired away with a knife-edge chop and a headbutt, knife-edge chop and a headbutt, knife-edge chop and a headbutt, knife-edge chop and a headbutt! Then Joe grabbed Lesnar and rolled him into the ring. Joe came in and backed Lesnar into a corner with more chops and headbutts. Joe gave him a CCS Enzuigiri kick, causing Lesnar to fall into a seated position, so Joe ran to the far ropes and returned to boot him in the face. Joe dragged Lesnar out of the corner and pinned him. 1…2.. kick out! Next, Joe turned him over and applied a Boston crab. As Lesnar began to power his way towards the ropes, Joe transitioned from the crab to an STF. Still, Lesnar wouldn’t quit, and he eventually forced a rope break.
When Lesnar got to his feet, he looked pissed. Joe came in and threw a few chops at him, but Lesnar went into BEAST MODE, picking up Joe and basically giving him a running spinebuster. Then, he sat on him and pounded away at his head with forearms and elbows. Lesnar picked up Joe and gave him a German suplex! “Eleven!” Lesnar allowed Joe to roll and crawl over to the corner. Joe got up and Lesnar charged at him for a shoulder thrust, but Joe moved and Lesnar’s shoulder slammed into the turnbuckle post. When he untangled himself from the corner, Joe gave him arm ringers, elbow smashes and headbutts to the shoulder. Joe scooped him up and gave him a shoulder breaker and then applied a Fuijwara armbar, but Lesnar refused to give up and eventually forced a rope break. Joe ran over and gave Lesnar a single-leg dropkick to knock him over the top rope. Joe went for a plancha suicida, but this time Lesnar side stepped it, causing Joe to crash and burn!
What happened next is that Lesnar picked up Samoa Joe, lifted him onto his shoulders and gave him the F-5 on the floor! It took a while, but the Beast Incarnate managed to get Joe off the floor and back into the ring. Lesnar went in and pinned him. 1…2… shoulder up! Lesnar was in shock, but then switched into another level of BEAST MODE. He took his MMA sparing gloves off and started raining down heavy blows onto Joe’s head with his fists, forearms and elbows. The referee tried to get Lesnar to stop, but he just flung him aside. By now, Joe was rendered a bloody mess. Lesnar sat back down on him and continued. The referee called for the bell and stopped the match for medical reasons. Lesnar wasn’t happy with that decision. He grabbed the referee and gave him an F-5! Lesnar continued to bloody Joe, and then one-by-one, the three remaining Lucha Underground referees came to the ring, and one-by-one, they received the F-5! Paul Heyman finally told Lesnar there was no point to continue, and he’s the only guy Lesnar will listen to, he stopped, but then picked up Joe and gave him the f-5! Then, he rolled him over, covered him with a lateral press and told Heyman to deliver the 3-count, which he did. Heyman collected the Mash-Up World Championship from the timekeeper’s position and handed it to Lesnar, who raised it into the air in celebration of his unofficial victory.
Unofficial Winner of the Mash-Up Wrestling World Championship Match: Brock Lesnar ***