Posted on 5/31/126 by Bob Magee
Noche de los Grandes night one is here and it is packed from
open to close with big matches! Tag Titles on the line!
Latin American Title on the line! Cruiserweight Title on the
line! Plus what could be the final brutal battle in the
Americano Civil War! There’s no more time to waste, let’s do
this thing!
AAA World Cruiserweight Championship Match: Laredo Kid (c)
vs. Rey Fenix
Fenix and Laredo have had a couple of really good matches in
the last few weeks, but for some reason Laredo always ends
up very rude and grumpy. He resorted to nefarious means and
low blows last week to steal a win, so new GM Rey Mysterio
made this match to make things right.
Fenix exploded off the bell with a series of dropkicks and
went right to the Mexican muscle buster. Laredo was able to
get out of that, but Fenix kept the pressure up until Laredo
was able to find space for a powerbomb.
Laredo hit a sling blade into a Michinoku driver, but Fenix
kicked out of the cover. Laredo started stomping his back
and twisting his leg, trying to take away Fenix’s ability to
got up top. He locked Fenix in a Texas Cloverleaf, but Fenix
grabbed a rope to break the hold.
Laredo took the pad off the turnbuckle (Rey Mysterio said
that doing something about it “wasn’t his job” which is
great for a GM), but then took Fenix to the other corner and
put him in a Cloverleaf around the top and middle ropes!
Laredo threw Fenix off and thens stomped Fenix’s back out of
a crab hold. Fenix exploded up with a series of lariats.
Fenix hit a splash from the top rope and went back up top
for a crossbody frog splash. Fenix then put Laredo in an arm
bar until he was able to shimmy over and grab the ropes.
The two traded shots in the middle of the ring until Laredo
hit a DDT. Fenix blocked it though and came back with a spin
kick and a destroyer DDT. Laredo went for another low blow
out of desperation, but Fenix blocked it and hit a rolling
cutter. Laredo kicked out of the cover at two.
Fenix hit a picture perfect superkick and then went for the
Mexican Muscle Buster but Laredo countered by mocking Penta.
That enraged Fenix who managed to pull him in and finally
execute the Mexican Muscle Buster. Somehow, Laredo kicked
out at two.
Fenix indicated he wanted to use the exposed turnbuckle and
when the ref turned to look, Laredo kicked Fenix in the
junk. Laredo hit a frog splash, but Fenix kicked out of the
cover. Laredo charged and Fenix sent him into the exposed
turnbuckle.
Fenix then hit another Mexican Muscle Buster and made the
pin to end Laredo Kid’s 500+ day reign and become the new
AAA Cruiserweight Champion!
Match Result: Rey Fenix defeated Laredo Kid
After the match, Fenix went into the crowd and celebrated
with his family.
AAA Latin American Championship Match: El Hijo de Dr. Wagner
Jr. (c) vs. El Hijo del Vikingo
Vikingo has been on a depressing roll lately, failing to
regain the AAA Mega Championship from Dominick Mysterio and
failing to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship from
Penta. He even took a loss to his former protégé, Mini
Vikingo. Tonight he takes a swing at the Latin American
Championship which has been held by Wagner for 285+ days.
Wagner was in the air with a dropkick as the bell rang and
followed that up with a powerslam. Vikingo kicked out of the
pin, so Wagner hit him with a senton. Vikingo escaped to the
outside and Wagner dove at him, but Vikingo moved and laid a
dropkick into Wagner’s knee.
Vikingo then wrapped Wagner’s legs around the ringpost and
double stomped him to the floor. He threw Wagner back in the
ring and went for a cover, but Wagner kicked out at two.
Vikingo sent the writhing Wagner to the floor with a
baseball slide followed by a standing Shooting Star Press.
Back in the ring, Wagner started a comeback with a superkick
and a cannonball in the corner. He hit a diving splash from
the top rope, but Vikingo kicked out. Vikingo hit a perfect
crucifix driver and Wagner crumpled to the mat.
That brought out Vikingo’s friend Omos who stomped down to
the ring and pulled Wagner off the top rope while Dorian
Roldan caused a distraction. Vikingo hit a 450 splash, but
Wagner managed to kick out.
Galeno then ran down and Omos cut him in half and threw him
over the barricades. Galeno came back with a chair though
and beat Omos with it until he collapsed at ringside.
Vikingo then took out Galeno, but while the ref was dealing
with it Mini Vikingo hit a dropkick on Vikingo in the ring!
Wagner went for a cover, but Vikingo wouldn’t stay down.
Omos fought off Galeno and laid a giant right hand onto
Wagner. Vikingo hit a 630 and made the cover to win the
match and the Latin American Championship!
Match Result: El Hijo del Vikingo defeated El Hijo de Dr.
Wagner Jr.
Again, GM Rey Mysterio did nothing. I’m starting to side
with Dominick. Maybe he is a deadbeat…
AAA World Tag Team Championship Match: Pagano & Psycho Clown
(c) vs. War Raiders
I could write about 75 paragraphs on what’s been going on
with the Clowns, but here's the gist: Someone has taken out
Panic Clown, Murder Clown and Dave The Clown. Psycho Clown
suspects that it was Pagano behind it all, but Pagano denies
this. Now they must come together to fend off the War
Raiders, reincarnated vikings and beard enthusiasts. I love
wrestling.
The Raiders tried to jump the Clowns off the bell, but
Pagano and Psycho saw it coming and countered it Pagano and
Psycho sent Ivar out and Erik and Psycho fought in the ring.
Erik sent him to the outside and Ivar squashed him. Throwing
him back into the ring, Ivar went for the cover, but Psycho
kicked out.
Erik tagged in and took the fight to Psycho. Ivar tagged in
and continued the beat down until Psycho came out of the
corner with a clothesline. Pagano and Erik got tags and
Pagano hit a back elbow. Pagano hit a second rope code
breaker and went to the outside to nail Ivar with a tornado
DDT.
Pagano got back into the ring and hit a side slam for a two
count on Erik. Tags were made and Psycho and Ivar took up
the fight. Psycho tagged Erik and took out Ivar with a
suicide dive. He hit a code red on Erik, but could only get
a two count.
Psycho hit a Psycho Driver and Pagano dropped a leg from the
top rope. Psycho followed that up with a frog splash, but
Erik broke up the pin.
Pagano took out Erik on the outside and then sent a kick
towards Ivar that sent him careening into Psycho. Ivar sent
Pagaono to the outside and the War Raiders hit a DTM. Ivar
then pinned Psycho before Pagano could get back into the
ring, becoming the new AAA Tag Team Champions.
Match Result: War Raiders defeated Pagano & Psycho Clown
After the match, Psycho was furious at Pagano and a shoving
match ensued. They yelled and screamed until Pagano turned
his back on Psycho and walked away. The War Raiders took
advantage and attacked Psycho. Pagano went back and forth
before decided to walk out on Psycho and leave him at the
mercy of the War Raiders. They beat him up some more and
then posed with their new belts.
Before the Main Event, GM Rey Mysterio left the commentary
desk, ran to the back, came out to his music, and then a
video package about the Americanos played.
Mask Vs Mask Match: “The Real” El Grande Americano vs. “The
Original” El Grande Americano
Before we even get into the match, just for clarification,
I’ll be referring to the Chad Gable Americano as “OG” and
the Ludwig Kaiser Americano as “Real.” Just so everyone
knows who is who.
There isn’t enough time to get into how we got here, but
know this: The Americano Civil War has been going on since
the Royal Rumble when OG appeared and laid claim to the
Americano name. Real had been growing a massive following in
Mexico and the two fought each other through Rey De Reyes
(which Real won) and beyond in all kinds of matches and
situations. Tonight’s Mask-Vs-Mask match will give the
winner the sole right to the name, legacy and mask of El
Grande Americano.
I don’t know if the winner also gets Los Americanos and the
Creed Brothers. That may be for the lawyers to sort out.
After Wrestlemania-length entrances and introductions, the
match was on and OG started it off by laying out Real with a
loaded guitar shot! He smashed it over his head as the bell
rang then stomped Real in the corner, choking him on the
bottom rope.
In case it was apparent, the match was no DQ.
OG chased Real around the ring, punching and kicking until
Real started firing back and it became a slugfest. Real got
OG up in a staaaaallllling suplex as Rey Mysterio rejoined
commentary.
OG set up Real on the apron and went to spear him, but Real
moved and OG ran into the ring post. Real dropkicked OG, but
OG came back and bounced his head off the ringpost. Real
recovered and hit a death valley driver on the concrete
floor.
Real went under the ring and pulled out a table. A very
small table for some reason. As he was setting it up, OG
rushed him and sent him into the steel ring steps face first
repeatedly.
Back in the ring, OG went for the cover but Real kicked out.
OG started trying to rip the mask off of Real, tearing at it
and pulling on the eyes. Real fought back and hit a side
slam through the table, though it looked like he took the
brunt of the impact because the table was so strangely
small.
Real went for a spin kick, but OG caught him and put on an
ankle lock. OG dumped Real with a German suplex and grabbed
a piece of the broken table. He smashed it over Real’s head
and then picked up one of the chairs from the commentary
desk, throwing it at him repeatedly.
OG suplexed Real on the outside before depositing him on the
announce table. Real rolled off and underneath, so OG
retrieved him and sent him back into the ring for some stiff
right hands, busting Real open.
Real started swinging wildly until OG hit him with a suplex.
He then set Real up on the top turnbuckle and dropped him
with a belly-to back suplex from the top rope. OG went back
to punching, but Real started to power up. He no-sold some
shots then started throwing his own.
Real hit a blockbuster from the top rope, but OG wasn’t
staying down. Real chopped him in the corner and began
tearing at OG’s mask, ripping it down the side. OG threw a
back elbow that sent Real to the outside. OG went after him,
but Real saw it coming and dropped him face first on the
steel steps.
Real then dropkicked OG’s head into the steps and threw him
back into the ring. He hit a running knee and some punches,
trying to pull OG’s mask off, busting him open in the
process.
Real went to the outside and started throwing chairs into
the ring. He set one up in the corner ropes, but that gave
OG enough time to recover and hit him with a German suplex.
They both got to their feet with chairs. OG whiffed on his
shot, but Real connected on his.
That brought out the Creed Brothers to drag Real from the
ring and slam him onto the announce table, twice. They threw
him back into the ring and OG hit a diving headbutt. Somehow
though, Real kicked out of the cover.
Rayo and Bravo then ran down to even the odds and take out
the Creed Brothers. They fought up the ramp and to the back,
with Bravo diving from the crowd balcony onto both brothers.
A bloodied OG staggered out of the ring and started picking
on the Blind Comedian he had beat up a few weeks ago. Real
came diving in to make the save and threw OG back in the
ring. OG hit a rolling Liger kick and then suddenly, a
Mariachi player took out OG with a guitar shot!
The assailant pulled their mask off to reveal Pimpinella
Escarlata!
Real went under the ring and pulled out a length of bull
rope which he then went to whip OG with. OG managed to sneak
in a low blow though and turned the tables, whipping Real
with the rope. He started choking Real with it and slammed
his head into a chair, but Real still kicked out.
Suddenly, Real’s girlfriend arrived after AAA was forced to
fire her at OG’s request. OG started stalking towards her.
Real flew in and beat him mercilessly with the rope. OG
escaped back into the ring but Real followed and DDT’d him
onto the chair. OG wouldn’t go down though and kicked out at
two.
They started trading shots in the middle of the ring, back
and forth until OG managed a back body drop in the corner
followed by a moonsault. Real kicked out at 2.5.
OG wrapped Real’s leg around the ring post and hit it
repeatedly with a chair. He then put an ankle lock on Real
who managed to counter it into la caveranria! He pulled
back, but OG reversed it into another ankle lock, grapevined
this time.
Real managed to work his way out and suplex OG. He went to
charge him but Real’s ankle gave out. OG dropped the straps
and hit a Chaos Theory suplex for a two count. The two men
stared at each other with hatred in their eyes as they
struggled to their feet.
OG charged, but Real sent him into the ringpost. Real then
went off the ropes and hit OG with a running headbutt. He
quickly made the pin and 1-2-3 won the match!
Match Result: “The Real” El Grande Americano defeated “The
Original” El Grande Americano
After the match, Pimpinela embraced the one, true and only
El Grande Americano. The mat was filled with blood and
debris from the absolute war that these two went through. OG
was called to the middle of the ring and addressed the
crowd.
He said that he put on the mask to defeat all the luchadores
he hated. He learned everything there was to learn about
Lucha Libre, Mexico and the Mexican culture. He said that he
is man enough to admit that he could not overcome the
Mexican spirit.
He said that he will always be the Original El Grande
Americano, but tonight and from now on, Real is the only El
Grande Americano.
With that, OG, with his family in the ring, pulled off his
mask to reveal a bloodied Chad Gable.
Gable explained who he was and what he’s accomplished in
wrestling and introduced his family. He said that he doesn’t
know when or how, but Chad Gable will be back in AAA one
day!
Gable handed his bloody mask to El Grande Americano and left
the ring, ending probably the match and feud of the year as
Night One of Noche de los Grandes came to an end with El
Grande Americano celebrating in the ring, then walking up
the ramp to the back, still clutching OG’s mask.