Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Lucha Underground 6/1/16 Review

The episode stats with a recap of Chavo winning the Gift of the Gods Title two weeks ago, before losing it to Cage last week. Cage challenged Matanza for tonight. We also see the Trios Title changing hands last week.

Son of Havoc def. Daga in 6:58
Daga is my homie. I like that even though he's part of the unlikely trio, Son of Havoc came out on his own. It's fitting after the early issues he had with Ivelisse by his side. Havoc showed off some of his aerial skill but the real story was the development of Daga. He showed off some personality and poise. As Daga worked a single leg crab, Kobra Moon walked down to ringside. If you recall, she handed Daga a win recently and seemed to want her some Daga. She rooted for him at ringside. Kobra got involved by grabbing Havoc's leg, but he fought out of it and won with a shooting star press. Solid match that got Havoc a singles win and furthered the Moon/Daga stoy. ***

Daga awkwardly helped Daga up and he shoved her away. She got on her knees in front of him and wrapped herself around his leg but he again pushed her back.

Rey Mysterio is working out backstage when Dragon Azteca Jr. comes up to him. He says that he found the cell where Matanza is kept and is going for revenge. Rey tells him that his focus should be on winning back the titles. They almost come to blows over the fact that they aren't trying to avenge Dragon Azteca. Puma comes up and Rey nearly hits him too. Puma says that whatever is going on concerns him because they're his partners. I liked it better when Puma didn't speak.

Trios Championship: Jack Evans, Johnny Mundo and PJ Black (c) w/ Taya def. Dragon Azteca Jr., Prince Puma and Rey Mysterio Jr. via disqualification in 9:44
It's a rematch from last week! The champions all came out with bandannas and just looked like total douchebags, which was perfect. Evans was spectacular, just talking so much shit as the champions worked over Mysterio. The challengers had a great spot where they triple dropkicked Evans while seated in the corner. In a huge spot, Puma superplexed Evans onto everyone else outside. After Puma missed a 630, Evans mocked him with one of his own, but only got a near fall. Things were going along great until Puma got pissed at the constant cheating by his opponents and he kicked Mundo in the dick, leading to the DQ. This had a better energy than last week and I liked that the ending seemed to be leading to something different for Puma. ***3/4

Rey Mysterio and Dragon Azteca tried to calm Puma down, but he just superkicked Taya. Rey held him back from doing more.

Backstage, Dragon Azteca Jr. found Matanza's cell. Black Lotus is there and tells him not to do it. She reveals that Dragon Azteca killed her parents, not Matanza. Matazna grunted a bunch as Dragon left, saying that she knows it isn't true.

Lucha Underground Championship: Matanza Cueto (c) w/ Dario Cueto def. Cage in 13:29
IT'S A HOSS FIGHT! Cage knew that their power was about even and he had a game plan, using his athleticism to take down Matanza. He even got in a powerbomb on the outside. Matanza tried to answer with athleticism of his own but his standing shooting star press didn't do much as Cage continued to take it to him. Both guys tried pump kicks at the same time and took each other down. Dario did a great job in showing concern throughout. They traded getting up instantly from Germans until Matanza went to a swinging gutwrench instead to keep Cage down. The fans popped for all of that. Things slowed a bit as Matanza began to slow things down. Each Cage near fall was eaten up by the fans, especially the one on the Lucha Destroyer (F5). He went into a series of kicks but got caught in the Wrath of the Gods as Matanza retained. A great hoss fight between two awesome big men. This felt like a big deal, Cage got in a ton but Matazna didn't lose any of his appeal. ****

Overall: 8/10. Another great episode of Lucha Underground. We got a lot of focus on wrestling and it worked out. The opener was fun and the Trios Title match improved upon last week's good match. We did get storyline advancement with Daga/Kobra, pissed Puma and the Azteca/Matanza stuff. Speaking of Matanza, he and Cage had an awesome hoss fight that was well worth it.

If you do want to check out Lucha Underground, which you absolutely should, and don't get El Rey Network (like me), you can sign up for the streaming service Fubo.TV. It's a great way to support the company and channel while streaming the show online. You can sign up and get Lucha Underground right here with Fubo.tv!

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