Lucha Underground – September 5, 2018: Pequeno Buneo
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Lucha Underground
Date: September 5, 2018
Location: Lucha Underground Temple, Los Angeles, California
Commentators: Vampiro, Matt Striker
I guess this is the reception show. Last week saw the first ever wedding in Lucha Underground history, with Johnny Mundo marrying Taya, only to have Matanza interrupt and wreck everything in sight. This could make for some interesting prospects as we go forward so let’s get to it.
Here are last week’s results if you need a recap.
The opening recap looks at Mil Muertes burying Fenix, the issues between the former Trios Champions and of course the wedding.
Catrina says she’s done with Mil and never loved him. She leaves to be with the man she really loves but runs into Melissa Santos for the big movie style fight. Catrina seems to get the better of it but leaves by going up some stairs. Melissa follows and gets pulled down into an armbreaker, only to say that she’ll kill Catrina. They fight outside with Melissa taking her jacket off for the fan service moment.
Melissa gets a guillotine choke but Catrina chokes her way out and steals the medallion Fenix gave Melissa to choke some more. That’s broken up as well and Melissa knocks her off the roof, with Catrina hanging on by a pipe. Melissa takes one of the hands off and here’s Muertes to grab Catrina’s arm. He tells her to go, puts the stone in her hand, and lets her fall off the Temple.
On the ground, Catrina is dead (with only her limbs showing) when Melissa and Aerostar show up. He knows she didn’t do this and tells her to give him the medallion so he can return her heart’s desire. Melissa hands it over and Aerostar absorbs Fenix’s life force from Catrina before traveling back in time.
We cut to ten weeks ago, where Catrina steals Fenix’s life force in the first place. She leaves and Aerostar returns it to Fenix, whose eyes open. Back in the present, Aerostar brings Fenix to Melissa, while saying it will take some time for Fenix to return to himself. Fenix stares blankly and there is something in his eyes. Aerostar disappears, wrapping up this bizarre segment that you don’t see every day in wrestling. I think the Fantastics did it back in World Class back in 86 though.
The announcers recap the wedding chaos.
Joey Wrestling vs. Matanza
Matanza comes in from behind and hits some knees to the back, followed by some whips into the corner. An Avalanche sets up the bearhug but Joey manages a Death Valley Driver. A pair of low blows set up a Pedigree….and Matanza is right back up. Another splash in the corner sets up the Wrath of the Gods to finish Joey at 2:54. Better than you might have expected.
Big Bad Steve vs. Killshot
Steve has Brenda with him. Killshot kicks him in the knee and takes him down for a quick leglock. Cue Son of Havoc with a bucket of popcorn and a Coke, the former of which he shares with the crowd. That’s a good role model. A dropkick to the knee sets up something like a standing Figure Four.
Steve gets hit in the face and suplexed down again but Killshot doesn’t follow up. The delay lets Steve try a fireman’s carry but Killshot dropkicks him in the chest to escape. Brenda’s advice: “Kill him.” A pop up cutter drops Killshot and a package piledriver into flipping faceplant gets two. Killshot slips out of a superplex and kicks him down, setting up the Killstomp for the pin at 7:21.
Rating: C-. Killshot is crazy good at times and that’s the case anywhere he goes. Steve was little more than a practice dummy here and really, what else were you expecting him to do? Killshot looked awesome and I’d love to see him get a bigger push around here. He certainly does in other places, so it’s not out of the question.
Post match the fight with Havoc is on and Killshot loses his mask, freaking him out.
Lucha Underground Title: Pentagon Dark vs. Johnny Mundo
Mundo is challenging….or at least he would be if he was here. Pentagon wanted to give the couple the wedding gift of a broken arm, so someone get out here and have their bones broken. It’s open challenge time.
Lucha Underground Title: Pentagon Dark vs. Hernandez
Hernandez, returning after Pentagon broke his arm, is challenging and the fans are VERY happy with this one. Pentagon starts firing off the kicks and sends Hernandez outside into the chairs. The loud chop against the post makes it worse but Pentagon takes too much time back inside, allowing Hernandez to hit a slingshot shoulder. The big dive takes Pentagon down again and we hit the camel clutch.
An over the shoulder kneeling backbreaker lets Hernandez strut a bit more but Pentagon is right back with the Sling Blade. Some more running chops rock Hernandez until he knocks Pentagon off the top. The top rope splash gets two so Pentagon superkicks him out of the air. The Pentagon Driver retains the title at 7:04.
Rating: D+. This was little more than a practice session for Pentagon and there’s nothing wrong with that. Hernandez looked old and slow here, which is probably because he’s a bit older than you might expect (45) and hasn’t done much around here in a long time. Just a quick main event here, which doesn’t exactly make it look great.
Post match Pentagon goes for the arm again but King Cuerno makes a save. The Thrill of the Kill onto the title knocks Pentagon cold to end the show.
Overall Rating: D. Cool opening sequence aside, this felt like a complete throw away show. There wasn’t much energy to the whole thing and nothing really felt all that important. The wrestling ranged from skippable to pretty bad and that’s just not what you see around here. Maybe it’s coming down from last week’s big angle, but this really did nothing for me.
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