(And
no, we don't run on New Year's Day, either. :) Location:
Saltillo,
Mexico.)
Two-out-of-three-Falls
Match:
Geo,
Moto Cross and Ultimo Guerrero beat Ricky Marvin, Super Nova II
and
Fugaz 2 falls to 1:
x
Nova II beat U. Guerrero via countout in 0:16:58
x
U. Guerrero beat R. Marvin via a senton in 0:19:14
x
U. Guerrero beat Fugaz via a small package in 0:24:00
Rating:
* 1/4
Hm...
I think, before we start, that I failed to mention that certain
people
had either quit or chose not to resign with AAA, including AAA
Caged
Fury Tournament Finalist Discovery, Nemesis, Thunderbird and
Abeja
Africana. No big losses, from what I remember hearing, but you
can
rest assured that AAA needs to sign some undercard talent very
soon...
Oh, yeah. There was a match, too. After the tecnicos took
control
in the first fall, Guerrero walked out for the countout loss,
but
stormed right back into the ring as the tecnicos celebrated, and
attacked
Ricky Marvin from behind! Poor Marvin was the victim of a
senton
for the second fall, then Fugaz accidentally ran into Nova,
allowing
Guerrero to roll Fugaz up from behind for the third fall, and
the
victory!
Elimination
Match:
Ayako
Hamada, Esther Moreno and Kaori Nakayama beat Linda Star, Miss
Janeth
and Rie Tamada 3 falls to 2:
x
E. Moreno beat Miss Janeth via a rana in 0:04:49
x
R. Tamada beat Hamada via the Dragon Suplex in 0:10:41
x
K. Nakayama beat R. Tamada via countout in 0:11:25
x
L. Star beat K. Nakayama via a top-rope Frankensteiner in 0:14:41
x
E. Moreno beat L. Star via an Asai moonsault in 0:19:21
Survivors:
Esther Moreno
Rating:
**
Decent
match. Both teams traded eliminations early on, with Moreno
eliminating
Janeth with a pin out of a rana, and Mexican National
Women's
Champion Rie Tamada taking care of Hamada with the Dragon
Suplex.
After that fall, Kaori came in, looking for revenge. She
wouldn't
get it, as Tamada grabbed her belt and left ringside, making
it
a two-on-one. Determined, Linda Star tried her best against two
opponents,
and in a shocker, upset former Women's Champion Nakayama
with
a top-rope Frankensteiner! However, Esther Moreno gained the
advantage
soon after that, and one Asai moonsault later, the match was
over.
Tecnicas take the win.
Two-out-of-three-Falls
Match:
Heavy
Metal beat Histeria 2 falls to 0:
x
H. Metal beat Histeria via a spinebuster slam in 0:08:32
x
H. Metal beat Histeria via the Casita in 0:12:51
Rating:
1/2*
More
of a brawl than an actual match, as these two tossed punches at
each
other up and down the aisleway for a few minutes, before entering
the
ring. Once there, Histeria fell victim to a spinebuster slam, to
lose
the first fall. Histeria did attempt something resembling a
comeback,
however, which consisted mostly of punches, kicks and a low
blow.
However, after running into the corner and finding nobody at
home,
Histeria was taken by surprise with the Casita for the second
fall,
and the sweep for Heavy Metal!
Two-out-of-three-Falls
Match:
Matt
Hardy beat Rey Misterio Jr. 2 falls to 0:
x
M. Hardy beat Misterio Jr. via the Neckbreaker in 0:04:27
x
M. Hardy beat Misterio Jr. via a flying legdrop in 0:09:23
Rating:
** 3/4
Too
short. Hardy won the first fall easily, but fell apart in the
second
fall. Rey was all over him, punishing him for every single
mistake
he made. However, after missing a moonsault, Rey seemed to
injure
his knee! Hardy took advantage of that, hitting a flying
legdrop
shortly after for the surprising sweep. After the match, Rey
was
helped to the back by officials and Hardy, but reports say that he
won't
be gone for long, if at all. He may well be in action on TV
this
week.
Two-out-of-three-Falls
Match:
Black
Warrior, Jerry Estrada and Shocker beat Aguila, El Hijo Del
Santo
and Perro Aguayo 2 falls to 1:
x
Santo Jr. beat B. Warrior via a flying cross body press in 0:22:15
x
Shocker beat Aguila via the Reinera in 0:25:15
x
Shocker beat Santo Jr. via a rana in 0:29:17
Rating:
* 1/4
Don't
let the rating fool you. This was a terrific match. The first
twenty
minutes saw everyone involved in the match in some capacity,
and
the crowd ate it up. After the twenty minute mark, however,
things
started to proceed pretty rapidly. Santo caught Warrior with a
flying
cross body press for the first fall, but not three minutes
later,
Shocker locked Aguila into the Reinera, and there's not much
you
can do after that. Once Aguila submitted, and everyone else was
on
the floor, it was down to Shocker and Santo. Santo hit the tope
off
the top rope, and looked to have the win, but Jerry Estrada
attacked
from behind! Santo managed to clothesline him over the top
rope,
but Shocker caught Santo with a rana out of nowhere, and earned
the
pinfall, and the win for the rudos!