Lucha Libre AAA and FOX bring us a new show tonight from the Centenario Coliseum in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. The event will feature confirmed appearances by Dominik Mysterio and El Grande Americano, as well as a first-round tournament match that will determine Roman Reigns' opponent in his first title defense in Mexico. As always, we invite you to leave your comments on what happens in the show.
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We see the arrival of some of tonight's protagonists at the venue: Rey Fenix (accompanied by Penta), La Parka, Psycho Clown, and Dominik Mysterio. The latter encounters El Grande Americano in the stadium parking lot, leading to a fight. The action quickly moves to the ring area. El Grande Americano introduces the AAA Megachampion into the ring, but his enemy quickly escapes to the other side. El Grande Americano immediately launches a suicide dive that hits Mysterio head-on. "Grande, Grande!" chant the fans.
El Grande Americano takes the AAA Megachampion inside the ring to continue attacking him. At that moment, Rey Mysterio appears on the scene to separate El Grande Americano from his son. The General Manager tries to calm Grande down, but he decides to go after his enemy again. He takes advantage of the situation to surprise him with a low blow. Now it's Dom who attacks El Grande Americano. Rey separates Dominik from Grande, only to receive a push from his son. Rey confronts Dominik, at which point a recovered El Grande Americano tries to reach his enemy. He leaves the ring to safety. Rey prevents Grande from going after his son.
Rey takes a microphone, but El Grande Americano snatches it to send a direct message to his enemy. "¡Pinche sucio wey! Dom, at this point my problem with you is no longer personal. It's something much bigger," says El Grande Americano. "My problem is how you think they will remember this era. In the future, when they talk about this era, who will they compare you to? Do you think they will compare you to our Mexican legends? To El Santo? To Mil Máscaras? To Blue Demon? Do you think they will compare you to your own father, Rey Mysterio? No way, that will never happen. Do you know why? Because all those men gave everything to wrestling. You spent your whole damn career taking from wrestling, idiot!".
"You call yourself the King of Fighters. But Dominik, a king never hides. A king never runs from a fight. A true king will always fight for his crown, for his people, and for his country! And that is the difference between you and me. Because, with a championship or without a championship, for my people I am still the KING! Because I am the one and only El Grande Americano!," he exclaims. "Triplemanía. Mexico City. I'm coming home. I'm coming home for all the Mexican legends. I'm coming home for Rey Mysterio. Triplemanía is coming home with me," he says before throwing the mic to ringside. El Grande Americano poses in the ring to receive the affection of the fans. Meanwhile, Dominik retreats backstage. This brings us to the end of the first segment of the night.
AAA Cruiserweight World Championship Match
Rey Fenix (c) vs. Noisy Boy
"Fenix! Fenix!" chant the fans. The champion shakes hands with his opponent as a sign of respect. Both men start with a feeling-out phase to gauge their strengths. Rey surprises Noisy Boy with a dropkick. As a result, the challenger ends up on ringside. Fenix tries to dive onto Noisy Boy, but he quickly returns to the ring. Now it's Noisy Boy who surprises the champion with a rope dropkick. After that, he launches himself with a springboard dive. Noisy Boy takes Rey back to the ring to launch himself once again at him, but this time the champion counters with a superkick. 1..2..NO.
Fenix kicks Noisy Boy directly in the back of the head to keep him propped up on the top rope. Rey looks for height to execute a Tightrope Penalty Kick. Fenix continues his offense with a diving crossbody before finishing off his opponent with a frog splash. 1..2..NO. The action continues. Noisy Boy surprises Fenix with two kicks in the rope area before applying a beautifully executed cutter. 1..2..NO. Rey and Noisy Boy exchange attacks in the center of the ring. Fenix hits a brainsbuster on his opponent. 1..2..NO.
Rey executes a knee strike on Noisy Boy in one of the corners before looking for a Mexican Muscle Buster, but the challenger escapes his clutches. Noisy Boy surprises the champion with a poisonrana! 1..2..NO. "This is wrestling!" chant the fans. Noisy Boy performs a beautiful handspring moonsault on his opponent. 1..2..NO. Noisy Boy climbs to the top rope to launch a moonsault. Rey dodges it, causing the challenger to crash face-first into the canvas. Fenix hits a knee strike in the corner to finally finish off his rival with a Mexican Muscle Buster. 1..2..3.
Winner and STILL Cruiserweight World Champion: Rey Fenix
Fenix celebrates on the entrance ramp, and Penta appears. He congratulates his brother, with whom he embraces. Penta bids farewell to Fenix to head into the ring. "Penta! Penta!" chant the fans. The masked man thanks them for their warm welcome before addressing the reason he's in Torreón tonight. Penta wants to talk about a very specific person: Roman Reigns, for whom he has a message.
"Roman, you've never faced a fighter like Penta. You've never been in front of a man like Penta. A man who fights every day to achieve his goals. A man who no one has given anything to. Who has fought until giving his life if necessary to achieve everything he has accomplished in this career, gentlemen," says Penta. "Roman, I've never needed a family or a faction, or a certain group, to achieve all my goals. Penta has always fought for himself and for all his people! That's Penta. Listen well, Roman Reigns. I respect you as a fighter, for your entire career. But when I win this tournament, I will go straight to Mexico City, I will face you face to face, and there I will show you who Penta is. Roman Reigns, listen to this, because I am Penta, Cero Miedo!", he exclaims. Suddenly, the lights in the venue turn red.
Karmen Petrovic appears on the entrance ramp. Soon, the rest of the members of Los Perros del Mal surround the ring. Daga, Bronco Nima, and Los Garza enter the ring. Tension fills the air. Daga approaches Penta... and they embrace! With a microphone in hand, Daga recalls that it has been 7 or 8 years since they shared the ring for the last time.
"Let me give you a History lesson," says Daga to the fans. "In 2012, I became a Perro del Mal. Two years later, this man joined me, and together we conquered every corner of Mexico as Los Perros del Mal. Then... then we lost 'Perrito' (Hijo del Perro Aguayo). Angel, you and I followed our paths, but we kept doing what we were taught: conquering every place we went to. And that's why life brings us to this ring today... together. That's why I want to make sure that everything you've said is true. You came out here today, challenged Roman Reigns, and said you don't need a family. Penta, now more than ever you need a family," says the leader of Los Perros del Mal as he places his hand on his old companion's shoulder. "If you want to reach Roman Reigns, you need your family. And you know it. Because Roman Reigns doesn't represent a man. He represents an Empire. And if you go alone to that war, you won't come out of it. But, what if we go together? This isn't about pride, it's not about ego, it's not about Penta, it's not about Los Perros del Mal. It's about Mexico. It's about us against them! Brother, Roman doesn't respect individuals. He respects power. And you and I know that respect and power are in numbers," he says as he points to the rest of the faction.
Karmen hands a Los Perros del Mal shirt to Daga, who then hands it to Penta. "Brother, this is an invitation for you to come back home. To come back to your family." Penta looks at it carefully. "Daga, let me think about it," says Penta before leaving. "Bro, you have until the end of this show," Daga tells him before he exits the ring. Penta walks backstage with the shirt in his hands. This brings us to the end of this segment.
Tournament for an opportunity at the Heavyweight World Championship - First round
Psycho Clown vs. La Parka
Both men start with a feeling-out phase. Psycho Clown takes La Parka to one of the corners to connect several attacks. Psycho Clown surprises La Parka with a scoop powerslam. 1..2..NO. Psycho Clown holds his hands to his ribs, bandaged after last week's attack. La Parka takes advantage to apply a backbreaker.
La Parka stops a charge from his rival by throwing him with a belly-to-suplex against one of the corners. Psycho Clown seeks refuge on ringside, where he receives the impact of a moonsault. La Parka takes Psycho Clown back into the ring. Psycho Clown stops a charge from his rival to throw him out of the ring. La Parka takes cover to avoid a suicide dive, but Psycho Clown slightly alters his plan to execute the move from the apron. The action returns to the ring, where La Parka surprises his opponent with a spanish fly. 1..2..NO.
La Parka drags Psycho Clown to one of the corners to launch a moonsault from the second rope. La Parka repeats the move from the third rope, but this time Psycho Clown counters with his knees. Psycho Clown finishes off his rival with a Canadian Destroyer. 1..2..NO. Psycho Clown continues to strike La Parka. He responds with several kicks. Psycho Clown grabs the ropes to stand up. The effort leads him to accidentally remove one of the turnbuckle pads. The referee quickly notices and picks up the pad to put it back in place, at which point La Parka surprises Psycho Clown with a cutter.
Psycho Clown hits a superkick on his opponent before pushing him towards the unprotected corner, where he hits the referee. Psycho Clown applies an over-the-shoulder back-to-belly piledriver on La Parka. After that, he removes his mask to reveal his wilder side. Suddenly, the lights in the venue go out. When everything returns to normal, we see the mysterious masked man who attacked Psycho Clown last week.
The attacker unleashes a flurry of punches on Psycho Clown both inside and outside the ring. The aggressor drops Psycho Clown on the audience barrier before throwing him against one of the posts. The attacker finishes him off with a big boot. Once satisfied, he takes him back into the ring, where La Parka (who hasn't witnessed what happened) applies La Deshuesadora on him. Now recovered, the referee heads to the center of the ring to make the three count. 1..2..3.
Winner: La Parka
La Parka approaches Psycho Clown to help him stand up. However, he soon realizes that his rival is not in good condition. La Parka calls for medical assistance to help Psycho Clown return backstage.
In fact, we also head backstage, where Los Perros del Mal approach Penta. "It's time," says Angel. "You know that everything related to this shirt will always be part of my history," says the masked man. "Daga, you're like my brother. We come from the same place. We traveled all over Mexico together. Garzas, I respect your legacy. I respect your families, your last name. But to be sure, I need to know that everyone who wears the shirt has earned it. For me to wear this shirt, I have to be sure that here, in the family, there is no dead weight," says Penta as he looks at Bronco Nima. He quickly confronts the former Intercontinental champion. "Dead weight, who?" Nima asks. "If you want, I'll show you," he says. "Do you think you can? I'd love for you to show me," replies Penta. "Alright. If you think I don't deserve to be here? Well, next week, if you beat me, you continue your path. But when I beat YOU, you'll join Los Perros, you'll put on that shirt, you'll raise my hand, and you'll acknowledge that I belong to this family," says Nima. "You know what, Bronco? Deal. ¡And you know why!? ¡Because I am Penta, Cero Miedo!", exclaims Penta before leaving. This brings us to the end of this week's episode.
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