Post by Slade on Jul 14, 2020 14:18:00 GMT -5
Season 4, Episode 18
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 with a shot of a large 2-storey house in a small town in the desert inhabited mostly by the ghosts of the past. It is here where Dario Cueto, El Santo, and Matanza Cueto have been holed up for weeks. Inside a second story bedroom, Matanza is restrained to the four bed posts. A sliver of light falls on his torso, extending onto the wall beside him. Dario sits in a chair is reading from a small leather-bound book when El Santo enters the room. He asks Dario how he is today. Dario says that he hasn’t woken, but it’s been three days since the cold sweats have ended. El Santo tells him this is good news and says that it is time to see if he’s been set free.
He opens the curtains, lifting the darkness and bringing a warmth into the room. The darkness of the wood-grained walls instantly turn golden brown. Dario and El Santo remove Matanza restraints one at a time. He remains on the bed, lifting his arms up, looking at his hands and feeling the vains expanding in his wrists. Then, he sits up and immediately grabs Dario in a chokehold. He forces him across the room until there is no room left to traverse. Dario pleads with Matanza. El Santo does nothing. After a few moments, Dario stops. Using what air he has left, he looks Matanza in the eyes and says, “I’m sorry.” Matanza releases the pressure, allowing Dario to tell him that what he did was wrong. He goes on to say that all he ever wanted was to protect him, but he went about it the wrong way, and for that he is truly sorry. Matanza releases him from the chokehold and turns to look at El Santo, who tells him that to show mercy is the first step of the road to forgiveness. He says that Dario is repentant. There is nothing stronger than the bonds of family, but bonds not built on love and respect are unhealthy. Now, we can cast aside the toxic ties that bind replace them with bonds built on a foundation of love and respect and trust.
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Eddie Guerrero vs. Roman Reigns
Eddie Guerrero vs. Roman Reigns
This week's show started with the unscheduled appearance of Roman Reigns, who came out and called out Eddie Guerrero. He said he wasn't leaving until had beaten Guerrero right there in the middle of the ring He was eager to jump into the ring this week because he wanted to inflict a great amount of suffering and pain on Eddie Guerrero for his role in preventing Reigns and his PSE brethren from stealing the Lucha Underground Championship from Prince Puma. Latino Heat came out and accepted the challenge and the match began.
Reigns tried to bring the fight to Guerrero early, but the Latino Heat was too quick to catch early. It wasn’t until Guerrero went for a slingshot plancha that Reigns gained the advantage, as he caught Guerrero and then ran at the turnbuckle post, driving his lower back into it. Reigns then took Guerrero back into the ring and pummeled him with punishing blows to the head, neck, and shoulders, while mixing in maneuvers and holds targeting Guerrero’s lower back. When Guerrero tried to escape the ring, Reigns was quick to leave and cut him off with a Drive-By. Then, he decides to pull him out of the ring and brawl with him into the hardwood bleachers where he set him up for a powerbomb, but Guerrero countered it with a back body drop. Guerrero used that to get away, back to the ring.
When Reigns came after him, Guerrero began a comeback with a variety of kicks and headscissors takedowns. Guerrero gave Reigns a high-angle belly-to-back suplex and then a slingshot senton to try for the win. He climbed the top turnbuckle, but Reigns got up, met him up top and brought him down to the mat with a superplex. Reigns went for the cover and got a 2-count. Then, he set up Guerrero for a spear, but Guerrero saw him coming and gave him a hurricanrana that sent Reigns’ face into the turnbuckles. Then, Guerrero gave him the Three Amigos, he started climbing the turnbuckle when Hulk Hogan showed up, pulled his weightlifting belt off and started whipping him across the back. Prince Puma soon came out, and then John Cena did, too, and a brawl broke out. Hogan grabbed the ring bell to use as a weapon, but Puma attacked him before he could use it. The bell ended up on the ring apron. Guerrero was crawling to the corner to get up after receiving a Five-Knuckle Shuffle from Cena. Reigns was in the opposite corner poised to charge at him for a spear. Guerrero saw the bell and grabbed it before getting up. Reigns didn’t notice and charged at him. Guerrero spun around and rung it off his head! He threw it away, climbed the turnbuckle and landed the frog splash. 1…2…3!
WINNER : Eddie Guerrero
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SECOND ROUND ANTONIO CUETO LUCHADORES CUP TOURNAMENT MATCH
Jake Hager vs. Braun Strowman
SECOND ROUND ANTONIO CUETO LUCHADORES CUP TOURNAMENT MATCH
Jake Hager vs. Braun Strowman
Our first of two big man battles for this evening saw the enforcer of the Inner Circle facing off against the Monster Among Men, Truth Martini’s biggest and baddest Author of Pain. He was all that and more. Hager was no slouch, getting in some offense, even finding an opportunity to go for a Hager Bomb (only to have Strowman kick out of the ensuing pinfall). However, Strowman was like a locomotive on fire, running around the ring and pouncing on Santana and Ortiz. Back in the ring, he executed a football tackle on Hager, gave him a chokeslam and executed his devastating powerslam to get the win.
WINNER : Braun Strowman
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SECOND ROUND ANTONIO CUETO LUCHADORAS CUP TOURNAMENT MATCH
Fénix vs. The Fiend
SECOND ROUND ANTONIO CUETO LUCHADORAS CUP TOURNAMENT MATCH
Fénix vs. The Fiend
Fénix threw everything but the kitchen sink at The Fiend to try to take this intimidating and imposing monster off his feet. He gave him several superkicks, but couldn’t get him down. A missile dropkick sent him stumbling back into a corner, but didn’t cause him to leave his feet. A springboard hurricanrana finally did the trick. However, after all that, The Fiend finally stopped taking it. Fénix went to the top rope and tried to execute a moonsault on The Fiend after he got up. The Fiend caught him and ran him into the corner. Holding him in a tree of woe, he jabbed and kicked at Fénix’s torso until finally he lifted him up and pulled him out of the corner with a neckbreaker. After a uranage slam, he picked him up and gave him Sister Abigail. Then, he applied the mandible claw to force him to tap.
WINNER : The Fiend
Fénix would have probably been sacrificed but Pentagon DARK came out and interrupted. He entered the ring, walked right up to The Fiend and gestured in his face while telling him that he has “Cero Miedo!” The Fiend didn’t react. He simply stood motionless and stared at him. Neither luchador showed a sign of fear. In case there was any doubt that Pentagon’s actions masked a fear of The Fiend, he turned his back on him and slowly exited the ring. The Fiend could have but did not attack. He waited for Pentagon to leave before disappearing via a brief power outage. By having won, The Fiend will meet Pentagon DARK in the quarterfinals.
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SECOND ROUND ANTONIO CUETO LUCHADORES CUP TOURNAMENT MATCH
Dominik Dijakovic vs. Mike Awesome
SECOND ROUND ANTONIO CUETO LUCHADORES CUP TOURNAMENT MATCH
Dominik Dijakovic vs. Mike Awesome
Former partners turned enemies when Famous B cut the “weak link” of Infamous Inc. out of the firm, Dijakovic and Awesome was out next battle of big men of the evening. It was easily the most physical match of the night. These two brawled all over the Temple. Awesome gave Dijakovic an over-the-top-rope topé suicida. Later on, Dijakovic executed a springboard corkscrew moonsault to the outside on Awesome. Dijakovic whipped Awesome into the turnbuckle post a few times. Awesome gave Dijakovic a biel throw into the retaining wall of the high-rise bleachers. They brawled up into the upper reaches of the hardwood bleachers, where Dijakovic parted the Believers and executed Time to Fly (his release vertical suplex throw). Back at ringside, Awesome executed a running over-the-shoulder throwing powerbomb that sent Dijakovic into the second row of wooden ringside seats. It would not be a stretch to say they were beating the piss out of each other.
Taking it back into the ring, Awesome trying to win the match off a big missile dropkick, but Dijakovic kicked out. Dijakovic tried to win the match off a chokeslam backbreaker, but Awesome kicked out. Awesome tried to get the win after executing an Awesome Bomb, but Dijakovic kicked out. Dijakovic tried to win the match after executing a springboard elbow drop, but Awesome kicked out. Awesome landed an Awesome Splash and still Dijakovic kicked out. Dijakovic executed Feast Your Eyes, and Awesome kicked out! Neither of these guys were going to quit!
The end sequence of the match started with Dijakovic going for a corkscrew moonsault off the top rope and Awesome getting out of the way. He picked up Dijakovic and took him to the corner, where he lifted him onto the top turnbuckle. They fought for good long while, punching, headbutting, and open-palm striking each other. Awesome appeared to be poised to execute a falling backwards powerbomb at one point, but Dijakovic managed to shove Awesome off the ropes. Awesome climbed back up, and more punching, headbutting and open-palm striking took place. Awesome was trying to get the move set up again, but this time DIjakovic put some more fight into it and lifted Awesome onto his shoulders. From a seated position, he stood up on the middle turnbuckle and jumped off, executing a super Feast Your Eyes! 1…2…3! Dijakovic got the big win and advances to the next round.
WINNER : Dominik Dijakovic
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A man carrying 50-pounds of gold, walks into a sleepy little café next to the Pacific Ocean. The man behind the bar, who is drying the inside of a mug with an old rag, takes a quick glance at him before turning back to his work, and says that he’s sitting alone on the back patio. The man thanks him and goes out to the back patio. He addresses his amigo by name – La Sombra, who is looking out at the sparkling waters of the Pacific. La Sombra is happy to see him. He tells him that he has dominated the other side of the ocean, and there is nothing left for him to prove in the land of the rising sun. Now, he needs to go to the land where the sun sets to show that he is the best in the world. The Mash-Up Wrestling World Championship is the biggest prize in the game. Go get it. Force Mash-Up Wrestling to give it to you. They cannot deny you and they cannot stop you, for you are ingobernable!
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