The episode starts with Prince Puma in the back. Vampiro comes up to him, continuing something that started on the premiere. He seems to offer help but Puma wants nothing to do with Vampiro, even if Mil Muertes is beating him lifeless. He'd rather die by Mil's hand than live by Vampiro's. Vampiro says that he predicts Mil will die by Puma's hands instead.
Matanza is in the ring for another edition of Dario's Dial of Doom. This week's lucky winner of a title shot is Killshot!
Lucha Underground Championship: Matanza Cueto (c) w/ Dario Cueto def. Killshot in 3:58
I love that Killshot is getting a title shot. He's one of my favorite guys in LU. He still showed effects from the awesome match with Marty Martinez a few weeks ago. Matanza came out quickly and tossed him around the ring. Killshot used the ropes to survive an early pinfall attempt. Matanza went for a top rope Tombstone but Killshot got free and started getting in offense to huge reactions from the crowd. He ripped his bandage off but ran into a big uppercut from the champion. Matanza hit the Wrath of the Gods to retain. Spirited run for Killshot but it was too short and he didn't get in enough hope spots for this to be really good. **3/4
After the match, AR Fox walks to the ring with dog tags around his neck. Killshot says something along the liens of "I thought you were dead." He hugs him bug Fox shoves him off and nails a big kick. He follows up with right hands and stomps. He plans him with a fisherman buster. For those unaware, Fox is playing a partner that Killshot had who he believed died in war. Fox drops the tags on him and says "you left me for dead."
Returning, another white rabbit teaser aired.
The Trios Champions, Fenix, Aerostar and Drago come out. Dario Cueto shows up to announce that in four weeks, we will be treated to Aztec Warfare III! He claims that Matanza has been unstoppable, so to give him a real challenge, he will enter at #1. The three men in the ring are about to get a unique opportunity. They will face each other and the winner earns #20 in Aztec Warfare. However, the two losers won't even be in the match!
Unique Opportunity Match: Drago def. Aerostar and Fenix in 8:33
Surprisingly, one man stays on the apron, which is odd, especially for the chaotic Lucha Underground. Even with that, things got out of hand quickly and they worked at a very quick pace. A lot of what was going on was hard to keep up with. Fenix got busted open shortly before nailing a superkick. Drago hit Aerostar with a nice powerbomb but Fenix broke up the pin. They all ended up in the corner, where Aerostar got on Fenix's shoulder. Drago climbed up and arm dragged him off, which looked disappointing since it seemed like they were gonna go for something more. They did a cool spot where Fenix had Drago in a submission as Aerostar put one on Fenix. Drago took out Fenix with a rewind rana before beating Aerostar with a blockbuster DDT. Good fun here though it had some sloppy moments. The finish came out of nowhere, which I liked since Fenix seemed like the obvious winner but the move itself that ended it felt lackluster. ***1/4
In the back, Drago is looking in the mirror when Kobra Moon arrives. She tells him that she expects him to win the Lucha Underground Title and bring it back to the tribe. He says that he left the tribe a long time ago and isn't going back. Vinnie, who randomly appeared a few weeks ago, awkwardly shows up eating pizza, saying he thought it was the men's room.
Johnny Mundo is back to see Dario Cueto again. Desperate for a title shot and not wanting to wait until Aztec Warfare, Mundo has the briefcase that he won from Dario back in season one. Of the $100,000, $93,000 are left since Mundo had to pay off someone for something related to internet photos. Dario grants him a shot at Sexy Star and the Gift of the Gods Title next week.
Prince Puma def. Mil Muertes w/ Cartina in 8:44
It's a rematch of the first Ultima Lucha main event. Puma came out firing but Mil Muertes is a beast and turned it around. Puma hit a suicide dive, followed by a dive outside. The crowd was way into this. Muertes came back with a big spear on the outside. They brawled throughout the crowd and Puma leapt off of the bleachers onto Mil in a cool moment. Once back in the ring, we got some good back and forth from these two. Puma hit a kick that sent Mil's head into the ring post before scoring with the 630 and earning a rare win over Muertes. This was just shy of being great. They have good chemistry and worked a really fun match that had some enjoyable spots sprinkled in. They're tied at one now and I sense a bigger match for the tiebreaker. ***3/4
Rey Mysterio Jr. talks to someone in the back about Chavo. It is revealed that he's talking to CHAVO CLASSIC! Chavo Classic wanted to be sure that fighting with Chavo was the only way for Rey to handle this. Rey said that it's CHavo or him, one of them has to go. I'm not excited for a Rey/Chavo feud in 2016.
Overall: 8/10. Possibly the best episode of the season. The opener was a fun little sprint and the AR Fox debut was a nice addition to the Killshot story. The Aztec Warfare announcement was cool and I enjoyed the triple threat. The main event was damn good and I really liked how each match brought something different to the table.
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