Saturday, August 18, 2007

[Lucha] Triplemania XV, part two

This mug was a smidgen repeat-a-riffic, but ultimately, a very nice concluding chapter.

Alfa, Casandro, Fabi Apache, Mini Abismo Negro d. Cinthia Moreno, Octagoncito, Oriental, Pimpinela Escarlata

Why do Alfa & Fabi Apache deny their love? Why?! And Casandro is the goddamn ugliest hermaphrodite I've seen in AAA to date, and that's standing next to Pimpinela Escarlata. Fabi had a near-fall German suplex bridge pin on Cinthia, but Oriental dives from the top rope and nearly bursts Fabi's baby maker; Alfa should stab him up in the locker room. Gotta love rudo referees.

Then, they showed repeats of:
Gran Apache & Laredo Kid d. Super Calo & Super Fly
-and-
Juventud Guerrera d. Fuerza Guerrera

I guess they wanted to re-establish the precursor to Super Calo vs. Super Fly, as the stip was that the losing team members meet each other in a mask vs. mask match. Why they chose to replay Guerrera Sr. vs. Guerrera Jr., I have no idea (but it was a pretty good match, so I'm not complaining).

Super Fly d. Super Calo (mask vs. mask)

And thus does an era come to an end. Super Calo has worn that mask for at least 10 years, 'cause I remember him and La Parka taking their AAA fued to WCW back in the day. I seem to recall Tony Schiavone mentioning in a Nitro airing that Calo donned his look in homage to a Mexican rapper that was big at the time; now, that sounds reasonable, but this is the same Tony Schiavone that once said that the WCW Hardcore title would have weapons that would fold out of it, like a Swiss army knife. I had been wondering, since I've been into AAA lately, if that rapper was still making records. Anyway, Super Calo is now in need of a gimmick renewal. Maybe his buddy Gran Apache can hook him up.

Crazy Boy & Joe Lider d. Cuervo & Ozz (ladder match, tag team titles)

This was not the best ladder match I've ever seen, but it was alright. Ozz has more hair that the floor of a barbershop. Plus, he's freaking huge! Also, AAA purchased ladders in bulk from Big Lots, because they were the flimsiest ladders ever made, but that's okay, because there were probably 10-12 ladders in & around the ring by the time of the pinfall. Joe Lider kinda sucks.

Kenzo Suzuki loses to Charly Manson, X Pac, Chessman, Mesias & Cibernetico (cage match; last man in the cage loses his hair)

The cage for this match was pretty damn swank, although it had spaces in it that two full grown men could have squeezed out of, making it pretty unnecessary for anyone to climb out of the top. Shit, I love Charly Manson. I honestly thought that the loser might be X-Pac, but since he's fucking Alicia "I used to be Ryan Shamrock, but now I've got inner tube lips" Webb, he probably nixed that idea. Ciber wasn't losing, nor was "Judas" Mesias. If Charly Manson lost, we riot. Chessman dove headfirst from the cage ceiling to the ground, so he earned the right to keep his hair. Therefore, Kenzo, the one dude out of the six with the shortest hair on the AAA roster, gets to lose his hair (which was set up by an errant thrown fireball ... thanks Mesias!). Kinda anticlimatic, but the entirement of the match was quite fun to watch ... and educational, too.

Triplemania is on the books for another year, and now we can look forward to a tournament for the AAA World Heavyweight title. Wu and tang.

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