Rey Mysterio Jr & El Torrero vs Jerry Estrada &
Negro Azteca
We’re joined early in progress, with the
rudos working over Rey in the ring. The ref is pretty lenient, it has to be
said, as there is a liberal use of weaponry in the ring as they work over Rey’s
leg with a chair. Rey sells the heck out of it too, limping and not even being
able to run across the ring. We clip to Rey still getting worked over, with
Torrero being useless as a partner. He doesn’t get involved, and when he does,
he generally gets beaten up. The rudos lock in stereo submissions for what is
clearly the first fall (both technicos are clearly gesturing to give up, the
holds both get released suddenly and the rudos casually walk around the ring
rather than keep attacking their opponents), but Kloss and Peoples don’t seem
to notice this. Indeed, when Torrero hits a shitty rana on Estrada for the
three count minutes later, both sell it as being the first fall in the match.
We get MORE leg work on Mysterio, who shouldn’t even be able to walk at this
stage, before he’s casually allowed to tag out to Torrero. Being useless, he
gets worked over some more and thrown into the crowd, allowing the heels to
keep working over Rey with weapons, until eventually the ref decides to
disqualify the rudos. Seems pretty odd, given that they’d been doing the same
thing all match, but I was just glad this was over.
Rey Mysterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera
This promises to be a lot better. We get some basic matwork
and roll up attempts in the early going, with Rey being just slightly ahead on
points. Mysterio hits a lovely springboard into a headscissors, but makes the
mistake of only trying for more high-flying moves and gets caught as Juvi
reverses a rana into a powerbomb for the first fall. Rey doesn’t seem
discouraged though, as he goes back to his slight speed advanatage early in the
second fall, sending Juvi outside and hitting a huge flip dive. Rey leaps from
the top rope to hit a Dragonrana for the equalising fall. Guerrera seems a
little more focused now, as he nails Rey with a nasty looking brainbuster for a
two count. We clip, sadly, and when we return Rey is back in control, nailing
an Asai moonsault to the floor. Juvi misses a top rope splash, but is able to
retain control. However, he makes the same mistake Rey did earlier, by trying
the same move too often. Here, Juvi hits two tilt-a-whirl backbreakers, only
for Mysterio to reverse the third into a pin for the winning fall. Pretty
spotty stuff, but I liked the logic of the match-winning fall.
Rey Mysterio Jr & Octagon vs KGB & Pentagon
A little bit of internet research tells me that KGB is Tom
Howard playing Russian. He’s much bigger than anyone else in the bout, and fair
bosses the opening stages of the match. The rudos have another Russian wrestler
outside the ring, and it’s fair to say he’s not shy about getting involved,
possibly because he knows the ref will do nothing about it. KGB basically hurls
Rey Jr about like a ragdoll, leaving Octagon and Pentagon in the ring. Pentagon
seems to be trying to unmask Octagon, and this is seemingly enough to get
Octagon to concede the first fall. Even Kloss and Peoples seem baffled. Second
fall sees more of KGB’s impressive strength, as he continues to dominate Rey,
and he survives aerial attacks from both technicos by catching them in midair.
His strength doesn’t extend to his own teammate though, as some
miscommunication sees Pentagon barrel him over, and Rey hits a quebrada on
Pentagon for the fall. Has to be said that there are lots of outside the ring
goings on, as a lady at ringside tries to help the technicos by stalking the
rudo entourage with a chair, though she never actually uses it. The final fall
sees a rather tepid sequence between Octagon and Pentagon, with one of the
entourage just running into the ring in full sight of the ref to break up
pinfalls. We clip to what look like the best parts of the match, as Rey and KGB
work a really fluid looking big man/little man section, before Pentagon
abruptly rolls up Octagon for the win.
Rey Mysterio Jr, Super Calo & Leon Negro vs Juventud
Guerrera, Psychosis & Halloween
This match was a whole heap of fun, pretty much non-stop
action. We get a fun opening sequence which ends with Rey hitting a big
flip-dive on Juvi. Calo looks really good throughout here, looking really fluid
on attack and never missing a beat before fighting the next person to enter the
ring. The rudos take over as Psychosis hits a missile dropkick to the back of
Rey’s neck. Loved a 450 legdrop Guerrera hits. The technicos take out Halloween
and Juvi, leaving Negro alone with Psychosis, and Psy quickly finishes him off
with a corkscrew moonsault.
Rey Mystero Jr vs Juventud Guerrera
This one seems to have a bit more hate behind it, as both
guys spit at each other at the start. This kicks into a high gear pretty
quickly as Rey sends Juvi to the floor with a huge bump, and follows him out
with a springboard plancha. Juvi gets sent outside again, taking the Fuerza
bump to the floor, and Rey again follows him with an Asai moonsault. Juvi is
able to springboard in with a sloppy looking leg lariat and nails a Dragon
suplex for the first fall. Juvi misses a corner charge to give Rey control of
the second fall and Rey ranas Juvi out of the ring onto an accompanying
Halloween. Rey hits a top rope rana and a gutwrench powerbomb to even the
sides. Rey is in the ascendancy to start the third fall, but misses a corner
charge of his own. Juvi misses a legdrop and we head outside the ring where Rey
levels him with a chairshot. This is the opening for all chaos to reign.
Halloween tries to hold Rey in place for a plancha, but unsurprisingly Rey
moves to allow Juvi to barrel through his friend. This seems to be the cue for
a whole plethora of run ins. The mass group of technicos hit dives to take out
the rudos, but the rudos recover quicker and pile on Rey in the ring. Konnan
comes out with a bat to take out the rudos and Rey levels Juvi with the bat and
a superfluous quebrada for the win. Pretty good fun, even if the run in’s were
over the top.
Rey Mysterio Jr, Super Calo & Leon Negro vs Los Hombres
De Ex
Yep, that’s a team of X-Men themed wrestlers. This is face
vs face, so this all seems a bit too much of an exhibition. Lots of
co-operative looking sequences (though the Gambit/Calo bit looked pretty
sloppy, all of which was on Gambit). There’s a bit where everyone goes in the
ring and misses sentons before a huge dive series on the outside, which was
pretty fun. This leaves both Gambit and Calo in the ring and both men get their
shoulders counted down as Calo leans right back with a Mexican surfboard. While
the two referees argue over who the winner is, a load of rudos including KGB
come to the ring and beat everybody up. I didn’t love this, and it’s a pretty
poor way to end the DVD.