Post by Slade on Nov 25, 2018 16:06:52 GMT -5
Season 3, Episode 4
From the Temple in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California
Commentary Team: Matt Striker and Vampiro
Ring Announcer: Melissa Santos
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The show opens with a view of the Los Angeles city skyline at night. The silence is pierced by the sounds of sirens and helicopters flying in the distance. Suddenly, the loud rumbling of motorcycle engines is heard and the camera pans downward to look at the back alley behind the Temple. Arriving on a group of four Harley Davidsons are the Real Americans: The Patriot, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Sgt. Slaughter, and Mr. America. They each dismount from their Harleys. Mr. America tells them that with Dario Cueto out of the picture, tonight is the perfect time to take total control of the Temple and restore it to its natural American state as a “House of Wrestling.” They share a laugh as they walk inside.
The angle of the shot reverses and we see Prince Puma perched on the roof of the Temple. He’s crouched in position as if ready to pounce.
Back to the alley, next, a low-rider convertible with hydraulic boosts comes bouncing down the alley with Eddie Guerrero in the driver’s seat. He has the music blaring and he’s laughing and singing along. He parks the car and hops out to go inside, but out from the darkness along the side of chainlink fence emerges Pentagon DARK, who attacks Latino Heat from behind.
It looks like Puma is going to pounce, but Catrina suddenly appears from out of nowhere, like an apparition, and he seems to be frozen in place, his eyes watching as Pentagon DARK throws Guerrero’s head through the windshield of his car. As this is happening, Catrina whispers into Prince Puma’s ear, “Rumour has it that you now believe that you are the guardian of this Temple.” Then, she disappears, but Prince Puma remains frozen.
Meanwhile, Pentagon DARK stands on the hood of the car, pulls Guerrero’s left arm forward and yanks it back, breaking it in two!
Catrina reappears on the other side of Prince Puma as Pentagon kicks Guerrero off the hood of the car to the ground below. She whispers into his other ear, “You might be able to stop all these lesser dangers from overtaking the Temple, but just remember this: the one thing you cannot stop is death.” Catrina gives his earlobe a little bite as Pentagon DARK breaks Guerrero’s right arm in two. Then, she vanishes. Puma is still motionless as he watches Pentagon DARK look up at him and give him a sinister grin before disappearing into the darkness once more. After he disappears, Puma snaps out of whatever trance Catrina put him in and pounces away. Moments later, we see him approaching the fallen Eddie Guerrero and helps to get him to his feet while telling him that he needs to get him to a hospital.
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VS.
Paul London vs. Sexy Star
Paul London vs. Sexy Star
Paul London defeated Sexy Star by pinfall to earn the sixth of Seven Ancient Aztec Medallions. It was a closely contested match thanks to Sexy Star taking liberty with the rules. Whereas once she was an inspirational luchadora, she is now a luchadora who believes that she is owed everything, and that attitude has led to her doing whatever is necessary to get what she thinks is rightful hers, which has included raking London’s eyes, pulling his hair and hitting him with a steel chair. London’s Rabbit Tribe compatriots came to help him, but they both got battered and beaten with the chair for their troubles. Fortunately for London, the time she spent hammering away at his fellow tribesmen is what allowed him to recover. Sexy Star tried another low-handed tactic, kicking London in the crotch, but the big bedazzled jockstrap he wears was clearly for more than show as it protected him, thus enabling him to immediately fire back with a superkick and then go to the top rope and land a shooting star press for the final move of the match.
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VS.
Dragon Lee vs. El Mariachi Loco
Dragon Lee vs. El Mariachi Loco
Dragon Lee defeated El Mariachi Loco by pinfall to earn his first victory in the Temple. This was a relatively quick match, but one that lasted long enough for Lee to show off some incredible highlight reel maneuvers en route to defeating the craziest luchador in the world in his debut match. Highlights of this match included Lee executing a snap German suplex, running across the ring and jumping over the top rope to take Loco off the ring apron and down to the floor with a hurricanrana, and Lee executing triple rolling northern lights suplexes. Lee was lightning quick and showed flashes of brilliance, making him a luchador to keep an eye on in the future. He got the victory after executing his Dragon Driver.
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Prince Puma has brought Eddie Guerrero to a Los Angeles hospital. They are standing across the car drop off lane from the main entrance to the hospital Emergency Room. Guerrero thanks Prince Puma and tells him that he can hobble in on his own, further saying that he needs to hurry back to Temple to make sure no more stupid shit goes down. Puma bids him farewell and runs off.
Guerrero starts hobbling across the drop off lane when his path to the ER door is cut off by the squealing brakes of a black Chevrolet Monte Carlo. He turns and starts to hobble around the side of the car until he’s knocked over by the opening of the driver’s door. The driver jumps out, quickly looks around to see that no one else is around, then grabs a hold of Guerrero and throws him in the trunk of the car and stuffs a dirty old rag into his mouth to stop him from screaming for help. Then, he speeds off.
As the car pulls out of the drop off zone and back into the street, LA City Councilman Delgado is seen turning the corner of the sidewalk. He walks up to the door of the hospital and walks in.
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VS. w/
Will Ospreay vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. w/ Famous B & Beautiful Brenda
Will Ospreay vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. w/ Famous B & Beautiful Brenda
Dr. Wagner Jr. defeated Will Ospreay by pinfall. This was a competitive contest with the younger Ospreay using his superior speed and athleticism to keep Dr. Wagner Jr. on the defensive. However, the legendary physician was a ring-savvy veteran with ample experience in gaining the upper hand by way of cheating, and he did this often. Even so, Ospreay always found a way to battle back. When it finally looked like Ospreay might have the match at hand, as he was underhooking Dr. Wagner Jr.’s arms, Famous B climbed onto the ring apron and created such a distraction that Ospreay had to go over and put a stop to it. He grabbed Famous B by his tie and brought him into the ring where he gave him the Storm Breaker! However, after taking care of him, Dr. Wagner Jr. struck with a pair of thrust kicks and then executes the Wagner Driver for the win.
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VS.
LUCHA UNDERGROUND TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
The Super Friends vs. The Mexicools
LUCHA UNDERGROUND TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
The Super Friends vs. The Mexicools
This exciting trios match ended without a decision as The Real Americans struck five minutes in. They showed up and attacked the challengers and champions indiscriminately. That may have been a bad idea as they were outnumbered by a ration of 2-to-1.
However, the moment that the six Mexican luchadores started to get the better of The Patriot, Sgt. Slaughter, and Jim Duggan, the sounds of a familiar entrance theme blasted throughout the Temple, signaling the arrival of a masked luchador who very much looked and acted like Hulk Hogan, but who wore a blue mask adorned by a white star and whose shirt read “Mr. America.” He got into the ring and attacked every luchador in sight, leaving the three ‘wrestlers’ alone. Punches, big boots and bodyslams were felt all around the ring before he ripped his shirt off. Then, one-by-one, Fénix, Drago, Aero Star, Juventud Guerrera, Psicosis, and Super Crazy all fell victim to a running leg drop from Mr. America. After the luchadores were left laying around the ring, Mr. America grabbed a microphone and introduced himself. He said he was here to serve a great purpose. In the name of the United States of America, he declared this building to be the Temple no more. It would not be known as The House of Wrestling. At the end of his speech he began to say, “Whatcha gonna do, brother, when –“
At that moment, he received a phenomenal forearm smash from Prince Puma! He was like a man possessed, knocking all the other Real Americans down before Mr. America recovered and started whipping Prince Puma’s back with his weightlifting belt. Then, he wrapped it around Puma’s neck to choke him out and gave him a running leg drop. As one final insult, Duggan handed Mr. America a can of blue spray paint, and he painted the letters “MWGA” on Puma’s back as he laid face down on the mat.
The campaign to “MAKE WRESTLING GREAT AGAIN” is now large and in charge inside of the newly renamed Boyle Heights House of Wrestling. Whatcha gonna do, brother? Whatcha gonna do?
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The camera follows City Councilman Delgado as he walks down a hospital hallway. He arrives at a room with an open door and makes a double knock on it. Sitting up in his bed is Dario Cueto. He looks up from his copy of the LA Times to see Delgado there and thanks him for making this special visit to check in on him. Delgado says that he isn’t here to check-in on Cueto, rather he’s here to let him know that he received a phone call from his source inside the White House who has it on good authority that the President has sent his secret weapon to Boyle Heights to ‘wrestle’ the Temple away from Cueto. Furthermore, he tells Cueto that he needs to get out of this hospital bed right away and send his brother out to destroy it or else everything they’ve been working for will be lost. Cueto tells him that there is a problem with that plan. His brother is no longer under his control. He doesn’t know where he is or what he is doing. Delgado predicts that Cueto won’t make it out of the hospital alive if that is the case. Cueto grabs him by the arm so as not to let him leave and tells him that he can fix this problem without his brother. All he needs is one week.
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