Quebrada Pro Wrestling, Puroresu, & Mixed Martial Arts Reviews by Mike Lorefice

Lucha Libre On Galavision 9/21/02
by Michael Smith

EMLL
Taped Arena Coliseo, D.F.



Atlantis (C) & Rayo De Jalisco Jr. & Brazo de Plata
vs.
Dr. Wagner Jr. (C) & Black Tiger & Takemura

1) Total destruction by los rudos, quick and easy. Highlight was Takemura vaulting off Tiger’s back with a spin wheel kick on Atlantis (who was sitting on the top turnbuckle). Doc followed up with a Ligerbomb on the lost city for the victory. Prior to this Porky was beat with a double backdrop by his masked opponents that Takemura took the pin on after an elbow drop.

2) This time around it was a los tecs route with Rayo unmasking Wagner and avoiding a disqualification. Fast pace but not much action as Porky was too involved, including in the finish where he simultaneously splashed and pinned Tiger and Takemura.

3) Pretty weak capper aside from a brief strong sequence between Doc y Atlantis. Plata was the main face showcased here, and he did his usual job of dragging down any match he’s involved in like the Super Porky anchor that he is. End came when Tiger quit to Atlantis’ backbreaker at the same time Dr. gave up to a surfboard by Rayo. 15:21


Felino & Volador Jr. & Virus
vs.
Emilio Charles Jr. & Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr.
Taped Arena Mexico, D.F.

Luckily they only showed the tercera caida. Obviously the first two falls were split with the rudos gaining first blood. Action was good when Felino and Virus were on offense but those moments were too fleeting. Charles eventually won over Felino with a powerbomb. 2:46 shown


Los Boricuas: Pierroth Jr. (C) & Bulldog & Veneno & Violencia
vs.
Los Capos: Mascara Ano Dos Mil (C) & Cien Caras & Universo Dos Mil & Apollo Dantes

1) Wild brawl for it all to start with the only notable spot being Dantes hiptossing Violencia over the top onto the ramp. Bulldog was DQ’d shortly after this when he hit Dantes with a thin piece of sheet metal.

2) Dantes sold his left leg like Bulldog had used a shotgun on it instead of an aluminum thing. He was carried out leaving his team up a fall but down a man. Didn’t matter though, as every single Boricuas match in the history of the world is the same exact punch, stomp, and get DQ’d borefest. They did twist it a bit this time as MADM tapped to a Bulldog chinRock, but instead of going to a third fall they mercifully fouled out Bulldog because he refused to let it go. And I thank them for saving me another 3 minutes of this shit. 8:18

Vampiro (C) & Shocker & Mascara Magica
vs.
Blue Panther (C) & Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero

1) More innovation from Los Guerreros, as they connected with a flip pancake on the most handsome one. Then a triple crab with Panther standing on Shocker’s back caused him to tap. Vamp was the next to get hit with something new, as Rey y Ultimo turned a double presslam into a dual chokeslam and won the first fall. Vamp landed awkwardly on his side and seemed legitimately hurt, but as the match went on he didn’t favor it as much.

2) Wild second fall with Shocker and Vamp flying all over the place. Lizmark quickly ended it with a catatonic on Panther to force the rubber fall.

3) Excellent fall with lots more cool moves by Los Guerreros and Shocker. Lizmark wound up tapping to a Panther armbar to be eliminated. After this the match briefly fell apart due to communication problems between Vamp and Los Guerreros. But they recovered to throw out a great finish as Vamp pinned Guerrero following a pump handle belly to back. Shocker then submitted Rey to an eastern stretch. Solid match aside from the snafu leading to the finish. 13:11

AAA
Taped
Queretaro, Queretaro

 

Psicosis (C) & Chessman & Espirito
vs.
Oriental (C) & Oscar Sevilla & Pegasso

1) Finally… Pegasso has come back to Galavision. And he didn’t disappoint either. His agility and counters here were flawless, and he was seriously impressive catching Espirito with a corkscrew off the top rope into an armdrag. Then he hit a springboard 450 on Psicosis, who was standing on the floor. This allowed Oscar to lock a reverse chinlock on Espirito for a tap while Chessman was checkmated by Oriental with a jujigatame.

2) Pegasso and Psicosis started off with a short but sweet sequence. Then los rudos held the advantage for the remainder of this short fall that ended on a Michinoku driver II by Psicosis on his opposing captain.

3) They started this fall off with a conchairto by Psicosis y Chessman on Pegasso. The tops touched but the seats didn’t come close to Pegasso’s head, so he smartly just rolled outside and barely sold it. Los tecnicos briefly took over after this with a flip dive over the top by Oscar and stereo planchas by his partners. More dives followed later as Pegasso hit an Orihara on Espirito and Oriental followed it with a beautiful dragonrana to the floor on Chessman. This allowed Oscar to tie up and pin Psicosis to end a great match. 17:09

Super Crazy & El Zorro & Mr. Aguila
vs.
Electroshock & Abismo Negro & Pirata Morgan

1) Disappointing fall considering who was involved. Just some weak brawling that led to Zorro getting pinned by an Abismo splash off the top. Crazy then tapped to a cool looking submission employed by Abismo and Electroshock. They stood Crazy on his head and then standing on each side of him pulled his arms and legs out like a star.

2) More brawling dominated this fall and Crazy juiced early into it. A brief wrestling segment broke out between everyone not wearing an eye patch and bandana. Once Pirata came in they broke back down into a brawl again with tons of chair spots. Crazy got hurt during a commercial break, so Lady Apache came out and her and Zorro destroyed Electroshock with a kendo stick and chair to further their storyline. Los rudos were given the DQ win to gain the clean sweep. Not bad, but I was expecting a better match with the talent included here. 13:27

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