Lucha Underground Review--12/17/14

Hello, everyone! This is my first EVER review for any show from any wrestling company. The main reason that I chose Lucha Underground to review is that there is currently no wrestling website that I know of that actually reviews it (mostly due to the fact that they do not have the El Rey Network channel), so hope you guys enjoy it.


Opening Segment

First off, let me say that I am really digging the Hollywood-like scenery of the backstage segments and promo videos of previous episodes. A recap of last week’s episode was shown. Also, this week, the main promo was that of Cage (known in PWG and other indy promotions as Brian Cage), who will be making his debut very soon. If ya ask me, this dude is going to straight up dominate.

Then you have the beginning of the show before the opening match. Dario Cueto comes out and not only announces two big matches, but the two winners of the match are going to receive something special… and in case if you are wondering: NO MONEY BRIEFCASES!!!

Ten Man Match: Son of Havoc vs. Fenix vs. Prince Puma vs. Big Ryck vs. Super Fly vs. Mascarita Sagrada vs. King Cuerno vs. Drago vs. El Mariachi Loco vs. Pentagon, Jr.
Winner: Fenix with the modified Tombstone Piledriver.

What a heated contested match this was! However, the match was not as long in time as I expected. Of course, in this match, the way you had to win was by either pin or submission, but since there was a large amount of participants, you would think the match would have lasted longer, right? Nah. Besides, from the get go, the action was fast paced, with awe-inspiring variations of common moves we see in wrestling. For instance, the Tower of Doom turned into a falling leg sweep tower of doom… it was a pretty cool move. We also saw Prince Puma hit a springboard 450 to the outside of the ring and land on his feet like a BOSS! But in the end, it was the up-and-coming Fenix who picked up the win with a nasty tombstone piledriver on Puma.

Needless to say, if you were to blink during this match, you would miss out on the rapid fire highlight reel.

Boyle Height Battle Royal!
Winner: Mil Muertes (last eliminated Johnny Mundo)

Mil Muertes just continues to dominate! Since debuting on the November 5th episode of Lucha Underground against Blue Demon, Jr, he has been nearly unstoppable with his impressive power game and a beautiful, yet dangerous valet (who has a fetish for licking and apparently she and Mil Muertes are an item now), Catrina. Much like the ten man match before, very fast paced with some record eliminations, with rookies Famous B and Ricky Mantel not even lasting a full five minutes without getting blasted out of the ring. Poor rookies. Anyways, my pick for this match was Johnny Mundo, who’s been on a hot streak as late, capping it off with becoming $100,000 richer. However, you cannot forget how Lucha Underground is making it so Mil Muertes is the ultimate big guy, their resident giant (of some sorts), which in my opinion is a very good move. I mean, why build up a man Muertes’ size for dominance only to bring it to a halt?

Much like the ten man match, this one was a “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” type match.

Dario Cueto’s Blockbuster Announcement!

So you have the winner of the two bouts tonight in Fenix and Mil Muertes, but what’s the reward for outlasting so many opponents? Out comes the ever swaggering Dario Cueto with a huge announcement! As promised at the beginning of the show, Dario was not going to reward the two winners with money-filled briefcases, but he has something even better… the Lucha Underground Championship! Now, for those of you that have been checking out the wrestling websites with articles about the taping news of Lucha Underground, the champion has already been crowned, but it will all unfold starting in January of 2015 in what Cueto bills as “Aztec Warfare”, which will comprise of the top stars of Lucha Underground (so yes, Sexy Star is can qualify for this tournament) competing in a tournament to crown the first ever Lucha Underground Champion. He then sets up an impromptu match of Mil Muertes vs. Fenix, where the winner will gain an advantage in “Aztec Warfare”!

Mil Muertes (w/ Catrina) vs. Fenix
Winner: Mil Muertes with the flatliner.

With a shot at competing in Aztec Warfare, these two luchadors fought on despite competing in heated matches earlier in the night. On a side note, if Fenix were to defeat Mil Muertes, not only would he have a spot in the tournament, but he could be the first to defeat Mil Muertes since his debut. In the end, however, Mil Muertes would go on to pick up his second win of the night, and continue his undefeated streak and total dominance in Lucha Underground.

I am really growing to mark for both Mil Muertes and Fenix. Both utilize their strengths in their styles of wrestling. With Muertes’ unrelenting power and Fenix’s awe-inspiring ability, in my eyes, it’s like the best of both worlds.

Well, that’s it! Hope you guys enjoyed it, and I will be doing more in the near future. Follow me on Twitter @KiannaFury and be sure to check out all results here at diehardwrestling.blogspot.com! As I always say, more is to come!