Thursday, June 9, 2016

Lucha Underground 6/8/16 Review

This comes a day late since I missed Lucha Underground to cover TakeOver: The End instead.

The show begins with Black Lotus entering Dario Cueto's office. She brings up Dragon Azteca Jr. knowing where Matanza is kept, which worries Dario. She warns him that if he lied to her about who killed her parents, he would have to answer to the Black Lotus tribe. He promises that he told the truth and announces the first match for Ultima Lucha Dos. Black Lotus vs. Dragon Azteca Jr. It's four weeks away by the way.

Killshot vs. Marty Martinez ended via double countout in 1:21
Marty Martinez creeped on Melissa Santos again, probably worse than usual. He had Killshot's dog tags still and called him out for another match. Killshot appeared behind him and the fight was on. They brawled outside and the referee gave them a chance to fight but it never reached the ring and they got counted out. NO RATING.

Their battle continued after the bell. After a big kick, Killshot reclaimed his dog tags but Marty got in and German suplexed him. He took back the dog tags and escaped while manically laughing.

We see Mr. Cisco in an interrogation room when Cortez Castro and Joey Ryan enter, as well as their boss, whatever her name is. He still feels betrayed by Castro. The boss lady wants him to wear a wire in her attempt to get Dario Cueto. She believes Dario is the linchpin to the "end of days". We never hear if he agrees to wear the wire.

Nunchucks Match: Aerostar and Drago def. Jack Evans and PJ Black in 7:53
This was set up back when these four were involved in a nunchuck battle in the bathroom. You read that right. There were nunchucks hanging around the Temple at random spots. The match was fought under tornado style rules. They did a lot of cool double team stuff early but once they went after the nunchucks, the match really got going. They hit each other with them and it was loud. Evans added in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference for good measure too. The match went all around the Temple, including on Dario's office, before Drago pinned Evans with an interesting rollup. Really fun match as everyone brought it and it was a good time. ***1/2

A big six on six match is coming up. The winning team advances to a six person elimination match soon to determine Matanza's challenger at Ultima Lucha. Chavo Guerrero was going to be in the match but Pentagon Jr. showed up in his wheelchair. He said that Chavo always supported him and helped him, but he was there to destroy him now. Pentagon beat him up and broke his arm. Dario came out, with Black Lotus, and put Pentagon into the match to replace him.

Fenix, Ivelisse, King Cuerno, Johnny Mundo, Pentagon Jr. and Taya def.The Mack, Prince Puma, Rey Mysterio, Sexy Star, Son of Havoc and Texano Jr. in 12:52
We saw some new combinations, including Sexy Star and Taya, which was disappointing as it felt awkward. When Son of Havoc came in, Taya smacked Ivelisse, constituting a tag. They gave a small handshake and their exchange reminded you that they know each other well. Speaking of those fresh matchups, we got things like the Mack and Pentagon, as well as Cuerno and Mysterio. As the match progressed, we got high spots from everyone and it was glorious. Fenix, Puma and Son of Havoc had the highlights for sure. Rey was going to be the last one to dive, but Mundo tripped him up and tried his own, only to get dropkicked by Puma. Rey hit him with 619 and went to set up Puma for the 630. Mundo kicked him away right into Puma, crotching him. Mundo went up top and finally got a pin on Puma with a top rope Spanish Fly. Great main event that was a ton of fun. ***3/4

The final thing that we saw on the show was King Cuerno's cabin. Mil Muertes was still in the glass coffin but creepy ass Catrina was somehow there. She used to the stone to awaken him again. MIL MUERTES IS COMING BACK!

Overall: 8/10. Lucha Underground delivers again. Two really good matches, solid angle advancement and some forward movement for Ultima Lucha Dos. I can't ask for much more.

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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