Post by Slade on Mar 31, 2024 19:38:44 GMT -5
Season 5, Episode 8
From the Temple in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California
Commentary Team: Matt Striker and Vampiro
Ring Announcer: Melissa Santos
* Each lucha is joined already in progress. *
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Dario Cueto was counting stacks of money in his office when there was a loud knock at the door. He told them to wait a moment, opened a hidden safe inside his liquor cabinet, and place the cash inside, next to some gold jewelry and a revolver. He locked the safe and then said, “Come in!”
Rey Haku entered. He looked angry. He told Cueto that he scammed out of a victory last week and that losing to Rey Misterio Jr. had damaged his reputation. The toughest, most feared man in lucha history should not lose to such a pipsqueak. But it only happened because of his son, Dominik, who had no business being there. Cueto assured him that he didn’t know he would be there and that he hadn’t signed Dominik to a contract - in fact, he hadn’t even formally met him.
Rey Haku said Cueto could make it up to him by signing Dominik to a contract and making him Dominik’s first opponent. He wanted to get even and to make Rey Misterio suffer the indignity of watching his son so badly beaten that he’ll never compete in a ring ever again. Cueto told him that he would make it happen.
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VS.
Thunder Rosa vs. Bayley
Thunder Rosa vs. Bayley
Bayley tried to kick Thunder Rosa, but she caught her leg and gave her a dragon screw whip. Rosa attacked her knee and flipped her over into a single-leg crab. Bayley refused to tap out. After 10 seconds, she reached the ropes to force a rope break. Rosa tried to stay on the attack. She went for a whip, but Bayley countered and took her down with a running clothesline. When Rosa got up, Bayley executed a Bayley-to-Belly suplex and made the cover, but Rosa kicked out at the count of two.
Bayley threw Rosa out of the ring and went out after her. She brought her over to the hardwood bleachers and set up for a suplex. Rosa blocked and countered with a vertical suplex of her own. Rosa tried to send Bayley back into the ring, but she reversed and sent Rosa crashing into the turnbuckle post. She dug under the ring and found a steel chair. Bayley hit Rosa across the back with it, then tossed it on the floor and gave her a Rose Plant on it.
Bayley rolled Rosa back into the ring, but was prevented from entering the ring by Becky Lynch, who showed up to brawl with with Bayley. Lynch gave Bayley a Manhandle Slam on the floor, then tossed her into the ring. Rosa finally got up, saw Bayley and gave her a Fire Thunder Driver for the win.
WINNER : Thunder Rosa
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VS.
Kalisto vs. Randy Orton
Kalisto vs. Randy Orton
Kalisto hit Orton with a suicide dive that sent him slamming into the wall supporting the high-rise bleachers, then gave him a DDT on the floor. He rolled Orton into the ring and climbed the turnbuckle. He went for a 450-degree splash, but Orton rolled in towards the turnbuckle to get out of the way. When they both got up, Orton executed a pair of clotheslines, then whipped Kalisto into the ropes and gave him a snap powerslam. He made the cover but Kalisto kicked out. Orton proceeded to give Kalisto the Garvin stomp before sending him into the corner. He lifted Kalisto onto the top turnbuckle. Kalisto kicked Orton in the face to create enough space to then give him a diving hurricanrana. He waited for Orton to get up and charged at him. He grabbed Orton’s head and ran up the ropes to flip into the Salida del Sol, but Orton turned it into a RKO instead and pinned him for the 1-2-3.
WINNER : Randy Orton
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Keith Lee pulled up to the back of the Temple in a big pickup truck with Texas license plates. He got out of the truck with a gym bag in hand. Standing by at the back entrance of the Temple were Famous B and the Beautiful Brenda. They stop Lee before entering and introduce themselves. Famous B told Lee that he was impressed by him and thought that Lee should be the most famous luchador in the world. He has everything except fame - and that’s where he comes in. He’s going to make Keith Lee famous - just like himself. Lee politely listened to the entire sales pitch before telling Famous B that he wasn’t interested. Famous B told Lee that he would flounder around the opening curtain without him, but with him, he would be in the main event every night. Everyone would bask in his glory. Lee said that he made Famous B bask in his glory just by walking into the building, so he doesn’t need him for that. He ripped up the business card that Famous B handed him and walked in. Beautiful Brenda pled, in a whiny voice, for him to change his mind as the door shut behind him. Famous B told her not to worry. He has another plan to nab his biggest client ever.
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El Generico vs. Andrade Cien Almas w/ Zelina Vega
El Generico vs. Andrade Cien Almas w/ Zelina Vega
El Generico went for a whip but Andrade reversed it, only to get taken down with tilt-a-whirl headscissors. Andrade ended up outside the ring, where El Generico hit him with a suicide dive. They got up and El Generico grabbed Andrade from behind and gave him a half-and-half suplex. He picked up Andrade and tossed him into the ring. He went to enter but Zelina Vega grabbed his leg and pulled him right back out as he attempted to go in. Vega challenged El Generico to hit him. The distraction allowed Andrade to execute a corner springboard corkscrew plancha.
Andrade sent El Generico back into the ring. He climbed onto the ring apron, from where he executed a springboard dragonrana that got a long two count. Andrade faked a kick before landing a discus back elbow to the side of the head, which he followed with a snap suplex. He held on and rolled into another, then rolled into a fisherman’s suplex. El Generico kicked out at two. Andrade dragged him to the corner and climbed the turnbuckle to go for a split-legged corkscrew senton but landed on El Generico’s knees. The masked luchador got up, put Andrade in a wrist lock and transitioned it into a springboard tornado DDT. He made the pin, but Andrade kicked out.
El Generico then went for an Irish whip. Andrade countered and El Generico hit the turnbuckles. Andrade charged in. El Generico came out of the corner and executed an exploder suplex into the turnbuckles. He had Andrade set up for the Olé kick, but when he tried to run, Zelina Vega held him back by pulling on the ribbons of his mask. He fell to the mat and hit his head on the bottom turnbuckle. Andrade ran in and smashed his face with double knees, then dragged him out of the corner and made the pin for the win.
WINNER : Andrade Cien Almas
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VS.
Match for the Gift of the Gods
Penta El 0M {c} vs. Aero Star
Match for the Gift of the Gods
Penta El 0M {c} vs. Aero Star
Aero Star went for an Irish whip, but Penta reversed it and gave him a superkick. Penta picked up Aero Star and attempted a package piledriver, but Aero Star got back to his feet, then countered with a back body drop, which Penta turned into a sunset flip, which Aero Star rolled through and executed a basement dropkick to the face. Aero Star followed that with a pair of springboard arm drag takedowns and then a Deja Vu (double rotation tilt-a-whirl headscissors). With Penta out on the floor, Aero Star ran to the ropes and executed a springboard shooting star plancha that brought all the Believers off their feet.
Aero Star tossed Penta into the ring and went for a springboard splash, but Penta put his knees up. When they got up they traded chops. Penta stung Aero Star with some loud open palm strikes to the chest before giving him a superkick and a bridging dragon suplex that Aero Star kicked out at two. Penta executed a pair of sling blades and then went to the top rope. Aero Star moved out of the way of a diving double foot stomp attempt. Penta landed and did a somersault roll and turned to face Aero Star, who sent him into the turnbuckles with a front dropkick. Aero Star went to the top rope and attempted an imploding senton bomb, but Penta countered it into a lung blower. After that, he gave Aero Star the Pentagon Driver and pinned him to retain the Gift of the Gods.
WINNER : Penta El 0M
Following the match, Penta took the mic from Melissa Santos and said that he’s 3-for-3 in title defenses with only 4 to go before he cashes in the Gift of the Gods and becomes the next Lucha Underground Champion. He finished by saying that he was going to beat Prince Puma and then sacrifice him like he has Aero Star because he is Penta El 0M and he has “Cero Miedo!”
Penta put the mic and the strap down, then went to sacrifice Aero Star, but saw Drago running down with nunchucks in hand. Penta released Aero Star as Drago slid into the ring and stomped on him until he dropped the nunchucks. Penta picked them up and stood poised to strike Drago, but when he reached his feet, he spat dragon mist in Penta’s eyes and then gave him a running blockbuster. Drago looked at his fallen friend, then looked down at the Gift of the Gods. He picked up the microphone and announced to Penta that it was his turn next and he plans to take the prize from him. Then, Drago helped Aero Star out of the ring and they left together.
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Mayor Jacobs walked into the Knox County Mayor’s Office and greeted his secretary who went over his scheduled appointments for the day and then handed him his mail. He walked into his office and sat at the desk. He was thumbing through the mail when he arrived at a large manila envelope from the IT department. He opened it to find the call logs he wanted. He searched through them and found three calls matching the timestamps of his voicemails from a few weeks back (see Episode 4). The phone number was a series of digits that were twice as long as a normal phone number. He put down the paper and got on the phone. He dialed a number. The automated voice on the other end welcomed him to the National Security Agency. When prompted, he dialed the 5-digit extension of the person to whom he wished to speak and told him who he was and that he needed intelligence on phone number 726-435-436-374-269-296.
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