AAA 2-4-11 Naucalpan, Part 2 - Review

AAA 2/4/11 Naucualpan, Part 2 - Review

Heavy Metal comes out to open the show wearing some fantastic looking Zubaz. He says that this is his house, and then introduces a dwarf that he calls his mascot and also a valet. Electroshock's music interrupts him, and Electroshock comes out to the roaring approval of the crowd and calls Heavy Metal "Rigo Tovar Jr." I had to look that one up, but Rigo, who was a popular singer in Mexico, does look a lot like Heavy Metal for what it's worth. We can all thank Electroshock for that lesson in Mexican culture. Electroshock says that everything that Heavy Metal boasted about, such as being discovered by Antonio Peña, being 100% luchador, etc. was the same for Electroshock but that he was Electroshock in "HDL'", or "alta definición luchística" and is a new Electroshock,  then pushes Heavy Metal out of the way, then his music hits and he leaves. They have a good little feud going here.

1. Dr. Cerebro, Cerebro Negro, Eterno vs. Argenis, Atomic Boy, Gato Eveready

Always good to get a Gato Eveready match, plus a team like Argenis, Atomic Boy, and Gato Everday promises that we'll get someone good in the ring at all times. Gato and Negro start out with some matwork and Gato gets him in a type of figure four but the rudos break it up. The rudos beat down on the tecnicos and hit a powerbomb/backstabber combo on Atomic Boy. The tecnicos fight back with a flapjack by Argenis and a springboard legdrop by Atomic Boy on Negro. Dr. Cerebro turns his back on Atomic Boy who runs up his back and hits a reverse headscissors which looked really awesome. Nice double springboard armdrag by Atomic Boy on Dr. followed by a spinning headscissors and Dr. Cerebro bails out as Astro Boy fakes a dive and bounces off the ropes celebrating. Argenis and Negro in now, headscissors by Argenis, then slams Negro down and hits a superkick when he stands up that sends him out. Gato and Eterno in now, headscissors by Eterno sends Gato down but he goes for a springboard armdrag and Gato shoves him off and hits a dropkick to the face. Super smooth spinning armdrag by Gato sends Eterno down to the floor, then Gato preps for a dive but Dr. Cerebro cuts him off and reverses a headscissors attempt into a back slam. He sends Gato into the ropes who does the hanging spot, then charges but Gato moves and Cerebro falls to the floor for Gato to hit a tope. Stereo dropkicks by Atomic and Argenis send the rudos out and Argenis hits a tope con giro on one side and Atomic Boy hits the other. Gato and Dr. Cerebro in now and Cerebro traps his leg around his and hits a crazy looking piledriver for the three count. The rudos clean house afterwards and what I assume is a bunch of fellow IWRG guys jump the ring and all hit their finishers on the tecnicos trio afterwards. This was a good match, I would have liked to see a little more but I really cannot complain because everything they did was good. I'm probably more of a fan of trios matches like this where the rudos have a long beat down segment on the tecnicos, because I think it just primes the crowd even more for the tecnico's opportunity to come back on the rudos and make it that more dramatic. Doing matches like this where there is basically equal offense between both sides is good for a nice change of pace though, especially when you have tecnicos like this who move so quickly.

L.A. Park confronts Konnan backstage who is on the phone and tells him that he received the letter from Cibernético, and the letter tells him that he is owed a title match against Zorro for the Megacampeonato. Konnan tells him Cibernético is playing with them and there is a spy in La Sociedad that is trying to bring them down. Konnan tells him he needs to stand with them and the opportunity will come, but Park pushes Konnan and leaves upset.

2. Electroshock vs. Heavy Metal

Long staredown to start the match, and Heavy Metal's midget is warming up the fans on the outside. He's also carrying an acoustic guitar, which isn't very heavy metal (unless we're talking MTV Unplugged). Kick to the gut by Electroshock to start out and he backs him into the corner. Rollup by Heavy for two and Electro slaps him in the face then gets taken down for an leg lock by grabs the ropes. Both men up, criss cross the ropes and Heavy knocks him down with a clothesline. Leg work by Heavy but Electroshock reverses into an armbar and they stand again. Big clothesline by Electroshock for a two count. Heavy Metal knocks him down and hits an elbow drop then slaps on a chinlock until Electroshock gets the ropes. Heavy Metal pulls him back out and locks on a doble palanca but Electroshock gets the ropes again. Standing again, dropkick by Electroshock and then hits a kick to the back Heavy's head while seated for a two count. Electroshock locks on a Tapatía and rolls him in it a few times before Heavy gets out. Heavy hits a fisherman's suplex for a two count and then covers him again out of frustration for another two. Heavy goes for a big clothesline but Electroshock ducks and takes him down with a big chop to the chest and then locks him in a sharpshooter. Heavy Metal fights free out of the sharpshooter and hits a headbutt to the groin of Electroshock that he sells like death. Electro gets dumped to the outside and Heavy huts a big tope con giro.] to the outside. Back in the ring, Heavy Metal locks on an armbar now but Electro gets the ropes. They stir to their feet again and Electroshock knocks him to the floor with a dropkick and then hits a tope of his own. Electro brings heavy into the ring with a hiptoss and covers him for two, but then Heavy pulls him into an armbar, which Electro slowly fights out of. Electroshock sends Heavy into the corner and catches him with an exploder suplex for two. They stir to their feet again and each man tries to go for a rollup but they fight out and then Electroshock hits a big powerbomb and both men are down. Heavy Metal's valet climbs in the ring to attend to Heavy, leaving the acoustic guitar on the apron which Electroshock takes. Electro sets up to hit him with the guitar but the valet distracts him long enough for Heavy to knock him down with a dropkick and then a punch to the face. Heavy now foolishly turns to his valet to regroup himself and Electroshock grabs the guitar and smashes it over his head, then covers him for the three count. Pretty slow match between these two that picked up at the end with the dives and the nearfalls but really was not anything special. Definitely the worst match on the show although it really wasn't that bad, just pretty slow compared to the others.

We get a video recapping the La Parka/Cibernético feud up to this point.

3. Charly Manson, Cibernético, Escoria vs. Jack Evans, La Parka, Nicho el Millonario

The rudos jump Nicho and Evans before Parka even gets to the ring, and then Charly attacks Parka once he steps through the curtain. Cibernético immediately goes after Parka, puts the boots to him in the corner and chokes him out as Evans fights Escoria and Nicho fights Charly, but the rudos dominate all in the beginning. Ciber hangs Parka upside down in the corner and stomps away at him brutally and the others take turns splashing Nicho in the opposite corner. All three men beat down Nicho now and slam his neck against the ropes before moving back to Parka and continuing to beat him down in the corner with punches. The fans start chanting for Parka as they beat him down three on one and Escoria hits a running knee lift. They focus on Jack now and chop him against the ropes then Charly hits a crazy looking Gory Special into a facebuster maneuver. Ciber picks him up again and hits a vertical suplex followed by Escoria with a standing moonsault. They continue beating down Parka in the corner, but he starts to fight back against Cibernético with a flurry of punches only to get tripped up by Hijo del Tirantes and get beaten down again. Nicho tries to introduce a chair into the match but he gets cut off and hit with it before Escoria hits a running dropkick sending the chair into his face, and then he gets splashed hard in the corner and falls out of the ring. They focus on Jack now and whip him into the corner for three straight clotheslines that send him to the floor as well and the rudos celebrate before turning their attention back to La Parka. Parka staggers to his feet and Cibernético just kicks him right in the back of the knee like a total dick and he collapses like a sack of onions on the mat. Parka gets pulled into the corner again and whipped to the opposite side, then Charly runs at him but gets flipped over Parka's shoulders to the floor and Escoria misses as well and Parka starts a big comeback by going to town on Cibernético with a flurry of punches followed by stomps that sends him to the outside with Parka in pursuit. Outside on the floor, Evans takes Escoria down with a flurry of kicks and Nicho hits a big boot on Charly. Back inside the ring, Parka has Cibernético cornered with a chair and he flees from the ring so they turn their attention to Hijo del Tirantes and yell at him as the rudos attempt to regroup on the outside. Jack and Escoria face off in the ring now as things settle down a bit and they run at each other with Escoria knocking him down with a spinning heel kick. Evans and Escoria go back and forth and Evans hits a big tornado DDT on him then gets knocked out of the ring by Charly. Nicho and Charly face off now and Charly sends him into the ropes then gets nailed with a spinning heel kick by Nicho that sends him out. Cibernético jumps in, so Parka tags in, and Cibernético tags back out to get away from Parka. Quebradora con giro by Parka on a rushing Escoria and then a clothesline to send him out of the ring and now Parka faces off with Cibernético who hesitates for a while to get into the ring and then reluctatly gets in, but hits a snapmare on Parka and locks him in a chinlock. Tirantes is distracted with the tecnicos, which is driving the crowd crazy, so Escoria jumps in and stomps away at Parka in the chinlock to take advantage of the opportunity. Back to their feet, and a running clothesline by Parka takes Cibernético down and he goes back outside to regroup. Jack and Escoria jump in, and then followed by everyone else who start brawling around the ring. In the midst of all this, Zorro jumps in the ring with his kendo stick and slams it over the head of Charly, who is then pinned by La Parka for the three. After the bell, Zorro continues his assault on Charly while the announcers wonder why he's going only after Charly, and Cibernético beats down La Parka then seems confused about Zorro's actions. Los Bizarros stand over the tecnicos and celebrate as their music plays, then they leave and Parka dances in the ring with some fans to close the show. This match was clipped a little bit, however it was a good match with a lot of action and a lot of heat on the rudos. Jack and Escoria managed to do some cool stuff in there while Parka and Cibernético continued their blood feud, plus a lot of good brawling and you end up with a pretty entertaining match here to close out what was a good show.

AAA 2-4-11 Naucalpan, Part 1 - Review

AAA 2-4-11 Naucualpan, Part 1 - Review

The show opens and Konnan and El Zorro are sitting in a stairwell discussing their problems with Charly Manson. L.A. Park comes over and interrupts them which infuriates Zorro and he storms off. Park tells Konnan he's signing the contract to be a part of Rey de Reyes and is going to be Megacampeón, but Konnan tells him he has to deal with Mesías before he worries about that.

1. Ronin and Sexi Star vs. Sugi and Fabi Apache

Sugi is someone who is always impressive to watch in the ring, the guy is as fast as a bullet and seems to do all of his crazy moves absolutely flawlessly. The ladies start out with some above average mat work and Fabi manages to get the better of her in the first exchange. They go to work on the mat again and Fabi does some great counters to Sexi. Sugi and Ronin jump in and trade moves and Sugi sends him outside with a headscissors to the floor. Fabi and Sexi back in the ring, they brawl a bit and Sexi hits Sugi with a kick that knocks him to the floor. Sexi gets the better of Fabi and chokes her out in the corner with her boot, then goes after Sugi and does a 2-on-1 attack with Ronin. She hits a bodyslam on Sugi as the show goes to commercial. Returning from the break, the beat down continues and Hijo del Tirantes who is the referee in the match continues to turn a blind eye as Sexi Star low blows Sugi. Whip into the ropes but Sugi hits an awesome spinning armdrag on Ronin that sends him out and then does a rope walk across the ring into a dropkick in the corner on Sexi Star that was equally awesome. Ronin is back in and gets double hiptossed and hit with stereo dropkicks by Fabi and Sugi. Fabi hits a rolling armbar on Sexi but Ronin breaks it up, only to get tossed outside and nailed with a diving huracanrana by Sugi that seemed to mess up Sugi's leg. Fabi hits a tiger suplex on Sexi and has her for the count but Tirantes kicks her legs out from underneath her like the annoying doofus he is and gets slapped in the face by Fabi, who is distracted long enough for Sexi Star to hit a backstabber and win the match on a fast count. Afterwards, Sexi Star grabs a bat with a chain wrapped around it and Tirantes nails Fabi in the knee with it twice until Gran Apache runs in to break it up. Fabi sells her knee as being seriously injured and gets carried out on a stretcher as the fans throw popcorn and sodas at the three rudos who heinously attacked her. Great opening match here with Fabi getting to do some great mat wrestling in the beginning and Sugi getting a real showcase for his talents.

2. Rey de Reyes semifinal: Dark Cuervo vs. Joe Lider vs. Extreme Tiger vs. Chessman

Brawling on the outside to start, Tiger gets suplexed back into the ring by Cuervo and then dropkicked back out by Lider. Cuervo and Lider trade punches and Lider hits a cutthroat neckbreaker for a two count. They run the ropes and Cuervo hits a big boot for two. They go to run the ropes but both get tripped up by the other two who jump in the ring now. German attempt by Chessman, but Tiger flips out and hits a tope con giro to the outside and Chessman hits a running tope on the other side that knocks himself and Lider into the crowd. Chessman and Cuervo crawl slowly back in as Tiger and Lider fight on the outside, and Tiger climbs on the apron only to get superkicked off by Chessman. Chessman and Lider in now, Chessman sends him off the ropes but Lider catches him with an arm capture variation of a backstabber for a two count as the show goes to commercial. Returning to the show and Lider and Chessman are climbing the turnbuckle and Lider hits a reverse DDT off the middle rope and has him covered but Tiger breaks up the pin. Lider gets Tiger up in the torture rack position but Tiger hits a crucifix pin and Lider kicks out at two. They fight to their feet and exchange punches, and Lider pulls Tiger up for a vertical suplex, but Cuervo reappears and flips Tiger's legs down to have him hit a suplex of his own and then kicks Tiger in the face for a two count. They then do an awesome rope running sequence where they criss cross and then Tiger does a rolling somersault only to get dropkicked right in the face right as he comes out of his somersault. Chessman runs at Cuervo but gets a DDT, and Cuervo then goes up top and hits a senton on Chessman and covers him but Tiger breaks up the pin. Not to be outdone, Tiger goes up and hits a 450 off the top but then gets pulled out of the ring by Cuervo and Lider. Those two face off in the ring as the fans chant for Lider, then both run the ropes and catch each other with stereo clotheslines. Lider hits a double underhook piledriver on Cuervo with his feet draped across the ropes Orton style and goes for the cover but Tiger nails him right in the face with an awesome dropkick and Joe gets an amazing wide-eyed look on his face. Extreme Tiger runs at Lider but gets trapped and dropped on his head with a crazy move that can be described as a rubik's cube out of the tiger suplex position that looked incredible. Lider goes for the cover but Chessman breaks it up as the crowd is going crazy for Lider and chanting his name. Lider hits a cradle on Chessman for the two count and then runs and knocks Cuervo off the apron, then gets nailed with a Pele kick by Tiger. Tiger gets sent out by Chessman who waits slowly for Lider to turn around and then nails him with a spear for the three count. This is an elimination match, even though guys have been randomly breaking up each other's pin attempts up to this point. Chessman and Cuervo back in, Cuervo hits a dropkick for a two count. They stagger to their feet again and Chessman hits a spear on Cuervo to pin him for a three as well. Tiger and Chessman square off now in the last fall of the match, and Tiger throws Chessman into the ropes and hits a double stomp on him, then goes for the cover but only gets a two count. Chessman pulls Tiger up again and gives him a backbreaker out of the torture rack for two. Tiger gets on the apron, hits an enziguri, and comes in for a huracanrana but Cuervo pulls him into a cangrejo. Tiger works his way out, hits his huracanrana finally and covers Chessman for the three count to advance to the Rey de Reyes finals. This was a really great, fast paced match with everyone looking pretty good, and they whipped the crowd into a frenzy as well which is always good.

Backstage, Cibernético hands someone a letter and tells them it needs to get to L.A. Park. I assume he has a distrust for the postal service.

A video recap of El Mesías vs. L.A. Park from Guerra de Titanes 2010 airs, my personal favorite match of 2010 (or 2011 if you're an Observer subscriber).

3. El Mesías, Dark Espíritu, Dark Ozz vs. Decnnis, LA Park, Zorro

The crowd is already chanting for all of them as the match begins. Park and Mesías resume their rivalry and start brawling on the outside as the other four fight in the ring. Decnnis (or is it Decnis?) straddles Espíritu in the corner and kicks him repeatedly and Park grabs a normal, non-folding hard plastic/metal chair out of the audience and slams it across Mesías' back and the fans chant Park's name. Park then brings the chair in the ring and just clobbers Espíritu with it. He then grabs Ozz and powerbombs him right across the seat of the chair. I could watch Park do this all day, honestly. Zorro has a folding chair now and slaps it over Mesías' back then sets it up in the corner and whips him head first into it. The beatdown continues with Decnnis slamming a chair into a nother chair that is between Ozz's legs. We might not see any Hijos del Ozz after that one. Zorro holds Mesías' head up by his braids as Park runs the ropes and kicks him right in the face. Zorro and Park then hold Mesías head and slam it repeatedly against the chair, with Park celebrating this by doing his trademark dance and being fantastically awesome. Park then whips off his belt and starts dancing again as the crowd unanimously chants his name, and Park goes and slaps Mesías repeatedly on the back with the belt and then the three of them just destroy him with punches. They send Mesías into the ropes, but he finally ducks out and knocks them all down before hitting a tope to the outside and Espíritu runs in with a springboard plancha and goes after Decnnis. Mesías has a chair now and turns to Park and just nails him with it and rolls Park into the ring. Mesías has the belt now as Espíritu holds Park down and slaps him hard as hell across the back with a thunderous SMACK. The three of them back Park into a corner and Park runs at them only to get slammed across the head with a chair by Mesías. Mesías and Decnnis face off in the ring now as things settle down a bit and the crowd is chanting for Mesías now. Mesías knocks Decnnis out and Espíritu runs in to takes him on now and armdrags him out. Espíritu faces Park now and ducks a clothesline and hits a tope to the outside on Decnnis. Park and Mesías now face off in the ring, push each other, spit at each other and then just start trading slaps and punches until Park has had enough and tags out, being an awesome rudo. Mesías knocks Decnnis down with two shoulder tackles and then hits a uranage but Zorro throws his kendo stick at him and takes out his legs. Zorro goes for a piledriver but Mesías flips out and hits a dropkick. Zorro comes off the ropes with a clothesline to Mesías and poses as the fans continue to chant for Mesías. Park cuts off Mesías from behind and takes him down with punches. The camera zooms in on Mesías' back and it's covered in welts from the belt shots by Park. Mesías has him in the corner now and is punching him repeatedly, so the ref comes over to pull him off but Mesias accidentally knocks him down and Park comes off the top for a splash but lands on the ref instead when Mesías moves. The ring clears out and Espíritu and Zorro are in now, Zorro dropkicks him down but Ozz comes in and dropkicks him out then Espíritu hits a suicide plancha on Zorro and Decnnis but they catch him and toss him into the crowd, but Ozz comes flying through the ropes with a crazy super tornillo. L.A. Park, in fine fashion, then goes up top and teases a dive but then instead tells the fans to fuck off. Park and Mesías square off again and Park charges at him in the corner, gets hit with a boot, but then catches the charging Mesías with a powerslam for two, and then defiantly chants "sí se puede" because he knows how awesome he is. Mesías hits a plancha on Park or two and they show Decnnis on the outside with a doctor and he has an absolute goose egg on his forehead from the dive into the crowd. Park slams Mesías and goes for a springboard moonsault but misses and Mesías has him down now. Mesías goes up top and comes off the turnbuckle with a frog splash and covers Park. Afterwards, all of them keep brawling and Cuervo runs down to help his stablemates out and run off the rudos as the show ends. This match was great, crazy stuff with Park being the star and everyone around him making it a fantastic match by being absolutely awesome as well.