Long time, no see, eh? Sup everyone and welcome to the May 6, 2015 edition of my Lucha Underground review! Now, for the second week in the row, Dario Cueto has been a very busy man. Being on every set! Especially when it comes to sticking his nose into the business of Konnan and his protege, the Lucha Underground Champion Prince Puma. As I like to say in my other review, suspense is on the rise, and if anything, true colors are surfacing as well. The main topics I am covering for this review are: an alliance on the rocks, Cueto's on a roll, and the beauty and the resurrection of the beast. Lets get started!
An Alliance on the rocks!
I guess Vampiro is right when he says that the egos of Hernandez and Prince Puma are too huge for them to coexist as a team. It became pretty evident, when last week, Hernandez persuaded Dario Cueto to change his Triple Threat Match with Cage and King Cuerno to a number one contender's match. When Dario questioned him about Prince Puma, he flat out states that he does not care about Puma being the title holder. What he didn't know is that Prince Puma was in the same room, listening the whole time. Uh-oh! You're talking nothing but trouble, trouble, and more trouble! Later that night, Hernandez won the triple threat, became number one contender, and what makes things even more icky was when he interfered in Puma's title defense against Drago, on the "latter's behalf".
Fast Forward to this week, Konnan attempts to talk some since into his long compadre Hernandez for what transpired last week. Of course, Hernandez was going to make that excuse that he tried to help Prince Puma. But, everyone (fans, Puma and Hernandez) knows that Hernandez sleazed his way into getting a number one contender's match, which ultimately means that he was using his longtime alliance with Konnan in order to get to Prince Puma's title. If ya ask me, this storyline is getting more interesting as the weeks pass. However, we have to see how things pan out in another number one contender's match between Hernandez and Alberto El Patron (who beat Johnny Mundo in tonight's main event to earn the right to face Hernandez). Will Alberto be a stopping block for Hernandez, or will Hernandez prove that he is worthy of the title match, and be able to take the risk on ending the longtime alliance with Konnan to become champion?
Cueto's on a roll!
Man, for these past two weeks, Dario Cueto has been handling his job as the proprietor of Lucha Underground very well! From setting up top notch main event matches to even stirring the pot among the luchadors y luchadoras in the locker room, he's been on his A game. What is leaning heavily on me right now is... his brother. Last week, he introduced his brother to his goon squad, The Crew (Bael, Mr. Cisco and Cortez Castro). The look of shock on their faces says it all, but the fans did not get the pleasure of seeing his face. Maybe this is to be revealed in the later weeks... Also, it seems that he is continuing to get inside the heads of Konnan and Prince Puma. Cueto has made it pretty obvious that he does not want Puma as the champion every since he won the title at Aztec Warfare back in January, and he is willing to go the extra mile for anyone in the locker room to get the title off of him. He even set the standards for the challengers very high (Drago, anyone?).This week, pitting Johnny Mundo and Alberto El Patron against each other in order to face Hernandez to determine the true number one contender, just gets the point across even more. Cueto wants Puma to lose the title, by any means necessary. But, Hernandez is (despite the issues) a longtime protege of Konnan. Cueto did not have to book the match between Mundo and El Patron if he felt that Hernandez was the one to get the job done. Maybe, Cueto does not see Hernandez as formidable champion, but as someone who can exact psychological warfare on Puma to make him think that he has his back. As I said earlier in this post, we are just to have to see how things pan out between Hernandez and Alberto El Patron next week.
The Beauty... and the Resurrection of the Beast.
After a fantastic main event match between Johnny Mundo and Alberto El Patron, we see a rather sadistic vignette of Catrina, who delivers a cryptic message about "1,000 deaths". There, she is standing by the casket of Mil Muertes, whom we have not seen since the "Grave Consequences" Casket Match against Catrina, lover (so it seems) "The Man of 1,000 Lives" Fenix. Catrina, who seems to be back on the side of Mil Muertes, resurrects him as Mil Muertes himself. He's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Let me just say, this has be one of my favorite Lucha Underground segments so far. I loved the whole concept, the scenery, and Catrina's storied description of death... and ultimately the resurrection of Mil Muertes. Oh, you better believe that he is going to be on Fenix's ass when he makes his in-ring return.
That's it for this week's review! Please feel free to share your thoughts and tune in next week for yet another review. LUCHA! LUCHA! LUCHA!
