By: E. Young
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Well, the road to Ultima Lucha is paved with horribleness and this week’s Lucha Underground brought the ruckus.
We start the show with former friends Aerostar and Fenix fighting each other. Fenix is still very Pet Sematary-throw’d off and is laying the creepy on thicker than even Marty and Pentagòn. It helps that Fenix’s creepy is a lot different.
Vampiro and Matt note that Aerostar is pandering more to the audience, and it turns out (as in their last ill-fated match as well) that Aerostar seems to be hoping that getting the audience in Fenix’s corner will bring him back to his senses. Unfortunately, this proves not to be the case and Fenix Dark proceeds to murderize, run amok, brutalize etc Aerostar with or without crowd participation. He gets the pin, and Melissa Santos promptly has a meltdown outside the ring pleading for her boo thing to get help and stop being so damned evil. Help from who, Melissa? The dude that tried to help him kind of caused all this.
(Side note, but it has been mentioned that Aerostar knows the future as well as the past so I don’t believe for a minute this isn’t some kind of Doctor Strange set up.)
Fenix starts acting even more erratically and Dragon Azteca Jr intervenes to save Melissa. Fenix attacks Dragon Azteca, injuring him. Doctor Antonio Cueto comes out and declares that because Dragon Azteca is in no condition to fight, he considers the Gift of the Gods title forfeited and he’ll give it over to Marty Martinez. Dragon Azteca promptly says “hell nawl” and Antonio says he’ll be defending his title in this very ring right now. Wow, Cueto. Just wow.
Azteca and Marty have a pretty good match, but it’s clearly one-sided with Azteca’s injuries. This did a great job of showing how powerful unfettered Fenix is while also cementing that Marty is a total dick. Azteca is also great in the determinator role per his mentor Rey Mysterio, and that makes his loss to Marty all the more heartbreaking. That’s right, spoiler alert ‘cause I said it: Dragon. Azteca. Junior. Lost. The. Damn. Title. To Marty “the Moth” Martinez. WHAT. Marty wearing the title over his trunks to make himself look nude is lost on no one. Cree-py-bastard indeed.
That’s not the only swerve we got. I was just thinking it’s been a while since we checked in on what’s left of the Rabbit Tribe, that being Paul London and I guess technically The White Rabbit, Killer Kross. Paul enters the White Rabbit realm with flattery for The White Rabbit and mentioning that he’s “sacrificed” the other rabbits. Killer Kross and Paul’s dialogue here makes me wonder if The White Rabbit actually authorized Paul killing his teammates or if Paul just did it off the cuff in his delusions. Which is more horrifying?
Regardless, Killer Cross decides that the two openings are his opportunity (and his buddy in the cage, El Bunny who kind of looks like an Octagon knock off) and he invites himself to “join” Paul in the Rabbit Tribe. Well, sounds like things are going to get dangerous next time we this tribe.
The final actual match of the night is the 3-way between King Cuerno, Mil Muertes, and Pentagòn Dark for the Lucha Underground championship. This is a great match between three people who clearly hate each other and everyone else. Cuerno is still working his tweener role here but he definitely comes off as the face against the new sadistic Mil and the regular ol’ Pentagòn.
This is a great match to watch Pentagòn really struggle in, too. He’s fought both of these guys before in a few different scenarios but this one struck me as different. Mil and Cuerno push him to the limit much like Cage in defending his title, and Pentagòn ultimately retains but he is in terrible shape at the end.
…Which is a great time for Cueto to troll him! Antonio has decided (probably with the help of some cash) that the stipulation of the GotG belt is silly, and the holder of the title should be able to challenge for the LU title whenever they want. Now, this rubbed me the wrong way. One of the stipulations of holding the GotG championship was that the holder could take a shot at the LU belt any time they wanted, but they had to give the promoter (aka a Cueto) a week’s notice. This meant no sudden cash ins like the Money in the Bank briefcase. This stipulation makes more sense for a weekly show and helped keep the nature of the belt unique. Allowing the holder to cash in the title whenever they want with no notice keeps things spicy indeed, but I foresee it creating a little chaos down the road. Not that Antonio cares about my feelings! Does that mean holders don’t have to defend the title anymore? Also, I feel like this devalues the belt and treats it like another prop.
So who just won the GotG title? That’s right, Marty the Moth. Damn, Cueto really got us. Pentagòn is beaten up but he can take this goof, right? Well, Pentagòn does a pretty good job until he’s hit with freak interference from… Laurel Van Ness? I’d recognize that loony anywhere. I’m glad LU is expanding its female roster again, but damnit not like this!
Marty takes advantage of the unnamed woman getting the jump on an already brutalized Pentagòn, and pins him. Marty is the Lucha Underground champ.
WHAT?
WHAAAT?
I just… WHAT?
What the hell is going on here? Pentagòn’s hubris finally caught up to him big time and we are all about to suffer the consequences. Who the hell was that woman and is she related to the Moth tribe? Does Famous B take complaints and grievances? Can I get the same therapist as Killshot? This and more, next week!
BrightNightmares.weebly.com
Well, the road to Ultima Lucha is paved with horribleness and this week’s Lucha Underground brought the ruckus.
We start the show with former friends Aerostar and Fenix fighting each other. Fenix is still very Pet Sematary-throw’d off and is laying the creepy on thicker than even Marty and Pentagòn. It helps that Fenix’s creepy is a lot different.
Vampiro and Matt note that Aerostar is pandering more to the audience, and it turns out (as in their last ill-fated match as well) that Aerostar seems to be hoping that getting the audience in Fenix’s corner will bring him back to his senses. Unfortunately, this proves not to be the case and Fenix Dark proceeds to murderize, run amok, brutalize etc Aerostar with or without crowd participation. He gets the pin, and Melissa Santos promptly has a meltdown outside the ring pleading for her boo thing to get help and stop being so damned evil. Help from who, Melissa? The dude that tried to help him kind of caused all this.
(Side note, but it has been mentioned that Aerostar knows the future as well as the past so I don’t believe for a minute this isn’t some kind of Doctor Strange set up.)
Fenix starts acting even more erratically and Dragon Azteca Jr intervenes to save Melissa. Fenix attacks Dragon Azteca, injuring him. Doctor Antonio Cueto comes out and declares that because Dragon Azteca is in no condition to fight, he considers the Gift of the Gods title forfeited and he’ll give it over to Marty Martinez. Dragon Azteca promptly says “hell nawl” and Antonio says he’ll be defending his title in this very ring right now. Wow, Cueto. Just wow.
Azteca and Marty have a pretty good match, but it’s clearly one-sided with Azteca’s injuries. This did a great job of showing how powerful unfettered Fenix is while also cementing that Marty is a total dick. Azteca is also great in the determinator role per his mentor Rey Mysterio, and that makes his loss to Marty all the more heartbreaking. That’s right, spoiler alert ‘cause I said it: Dragon. Azteca. Junior. Lost. The. Damn. Title. To Marty “the Moth” Martinez. WHAT. Marty wearing the title over his trunks to make himself look nude is lost on no one. Cree-py-bastard indeed.
That’s not the only swerve we got. I was just thinking it’s been a while since we checked in on what’s left of the Rabbit Tribe, that being Paul London and I guess technically The White Rabbit, Killer Kross. Paul enters the White Rabbit realm with flattery for The White Rabbit and mentioning that he’s “sacrificed” the other rabbits. Killer Kross and Paul’s dialogue here makes me wonder if The White Rabbit actually authorized Paul killing his teammates or if Paul just did it off the cuff in his delusions. Which is more horrifying?
Regardless, Killer Cross decides that the two openings are his opportunity (and his buddy in the cage, El Bunny who kind of looks like an Octagon knock off) and he invites himself to “join” Paul in the Rabbit Tribe. Well, sounds like things are going to get dangerous next time we this tribe.
The final actual match of the night is the 3-way between King Cuerno, Mil Muertes, and Pentagòn Dark for the Lucha Underground championship. This is a great match between three people who clearly hate each other and everyone else. Cuerno is still working his tweener role here but he definitely comes off as the face against the new sadistic Mil and the regular ol’ Pentagòn.
This is a great match to watch Pentagòn really struggle in, too. He’s fought both of these guys before in a few different scenarios but this one struck me as different. Mil and Cuerno push him to the limit much like Cage in defending his title, and Pentagòn ultimately retains but he is in terrible shape at the end.
…Which is a great time for Cueto to troll him! Antonio has decided (probably with the help of some cash) that the stipulation of the GotG belt is silly, and the holder of the title should be able to challenge for the LU title whenever they want. Now, this rubbed me the wrong way. One of the stipulations of holding the GotG championship was that the holder could take a shot at the LU belt any time they wanted, but they had to give the promoter (aka a Cueto) a week’s notice. This meant no sudden cash ins like the Money in the Bank briefcase. This stipulation makes more sense for a weekly show and helped keep the nature of the belt unique. Allowing the holder to cash in the title whenever they want with no notice keeps things spicy indeed, but I foresee it creating a little chaos down the road. Not that Antonio cares about my feelings! Does that mean holders don’t have to defend the title anymore? Also, I feel like this devalues the belt and treats it like another prop.
So who just won the GotG title? That’s right, Marty the Moth. Damn, Cueto really got us. Pentagòn is beaten up but he can take this goof, right? Well, Pentagòn does a pretty good job until he’s hit with freak interference from… Laurel Van Ness? I’d recognize that loony anywhere. I’m glad LU is expanding its female roster again, but damnit not like this!
Marty takes advantage of the unnamed woman getting the jump on an already brutalized Pentagòn, and pins him. Marty is the Lucha Underground champ.
WHAT?
WHAAAT?
I just… WHAT?
What the hell is going on here? Pentagòn’s hubris finally caught up to him big time and we are all about to suffer the consequences. Who the hell was that woman and is she related to the Moth tribe? Does Famous B take complaints and grievances? Can I get the same therapist as Killshot? This and more, next week!
