AAA House Show (10/16/1999)

(From Oaxaca tonight.)

Geo pinned Fugaz with the Power Bomb in 0:12:44.
Rating: -1/4*

Too long, lots of stalling.  That's the only way I can picture this
match, since Geo's still relatively new to AAA, and Fugaz is...  er...
improving, shall we say.  In any event, it would be the rudo, Geo,
getting the pinfall victory.

Venum II pinned Abeja Africana after a bulldog in 0:06:25.
Rating: 1/4*

A little more action packed than the previous matches.  Pretty
fast-paced, however, with both fighters having to go through all their
moves in just over six minutes.  Venum II evens the score up for the
tecnicos with a bulldog for the win.

Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Rey Dragon, Thunderbird and Super Nova II beat Ultimo Guerrero, Moto
Cross and May Flowers 2 falls to 0:
x Nova II beat U. Guerrero via the Flying Cross Body Press in 0:07:13
x Thunderbird beat U. Guerrero via a rana in 0:17:16
Rating: 1/2*

This match was awful!  No offense, but I'd expect better things from
these six.  Too much brawling in this one, and not enough wrestling.
Nova eventually pinned Guerrero with a Flying Cross Body Press for
fall one, and then Thunderbird caught Guerrero by surprise with a rana
for fall two.  Clean sweep for the tecnicos.

Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Shiiba and Kickboxer beat Brazo De Oro and Mascara Sagrada Jr. 2 falls
to 1:
x Oro beat Kickboxer via a flying cross body press in 0:03:49
x Kickboxer beat Oro via the Superkick in 0:15:02
x Shiiba beat Sagrada Jr. via the Frog Splash in 0:20:36
Rating: ** 3/4

Much better than the previous matches.  Oro and Sagrada Jr. kept the
pressure on Shiiba and Kickboxer throughout, including a very fast
first fall.  The rudos slowly came back, however, and Kickboxer and
Shiiba eventually hit their finishers on Oro and Sagrada Jr.,
respectively, to take this one.

Two-out-of-three-Falls Match:
Binary, Maniaco and Nygma beat Electro Shock, Ludxor and El Mosco 2
falls to 1:
x Mosco beat Nygma via the Northern Lights Suplex in 0:04:19
x Nygma beat Mosco via an inside cradle in 0:05:02
x Binary beat E. Shock via the Y2K Crash in 0:13:33
Rating: 1/2*

Another disappointing match.  Nygma and Ludxor went at it constantly.
First two falls were rather uneventful, but in the third one, Electro
Shock ran right into the Y2K Crash by Binary for the pinfall!  The
Mexican National Middleweight Champion was shocked, and challenged
Binary to a match this week on TV for the title!  Binary smiled, and
accepted.

Octagon and Pikachu defeated Abismo Negro and Mini Abismo Negro when
Pikachu pinned Mini Abismo with the Pika-Sault in 0:16:42.
Rating: ** 3/4

Interesting special main event.  There was a stipulation that if
Pikachu beat Mini Abismo, he'd get a title shot at Noche del Terror.
Octagon and Abismo were on fire, fighting a good back-and-forth
battle, while Mini Abismo pounded away on Pikachu on the outside.
Eventually, however, the tide turned, and despite Abismo trying to
interfere on his mini's behalf, Pikachu landed the Pika-Sault for the
win, and the title shot!  Abismo charged Pikachu after the bell, but
Octagon sent him flying over the top rope with a dropkick!

Noti-AAA:

- AAA officials are very angry with Pentagon's comments made towards
Xochitl Hamada this week on TV.  Expect some action to be taken
against Pentagon.

- As for the Noche del Terror Card, it now looks like this:

Mexican National Heavyweight Title Match: Blue Demon Jr. (c) vs.
Ultimo Dragon

Negro Casas, Heavy Metal and Brazo Cibernetico vs. Kickboxer, Gran
Apache and Shiiba (stips TBA this week)

Corazon De Leon vs. Abismo Negro (stips TBA this week)

Mexican National Tag Team Title Match: Mr. Niebla and Magnum Tokyo (c)
vs. Steve Corino and Eddy Guerrero

Mexican National Minis Title Match: Mini Abismo Negro (c) vs. Pikachu

Mexican National Women's Title Match: Kaori Nakayama (c) vs. Miss
Janeth

One more match may be announced this week.

- After the (dreaded) contract renewals this week, 2 out of the
following 5 people have LEFT AAA: Aguila, Canek, Cibernetico, Octagon
and Perro Aguayo.  No doubt, this is a huge blow for AAA, no matter
how you look at it.  The people who left will be announced on TV this
week.

- Magnum Tokyo returns to action on TV this week after recovering from
a neck injury.

- Binary vs. Electro Shock on TV this week for the Mexican National
Middleweight Title.

- Pretty slow news week, actually.  Nothing much to report.