I want to skip the ringwork for the most part to concentrate on the earth-shaking expansion of the LU universe, which stretches literally from street-level to cosmic.
1) Aerostar is revealed to be a for-reals-yo time-traveler. In a scene dated a millennia ago, he appears to a man and child in the desert as they speak of the arrival of gods to reconcile the tribes. He says he must go to our present to meet them, and he launches like Iron Man, streaking across the starry sky like a comet. WHAT?!
2) In the show's closer, we discover that Cortez Castro is an undercover cop trying to get enough on Dario Cueto to put him away. His captain assigns him to work secretly with Joey Ryan -- of recent internet fame as the man with the iron groin -- to infiltrate the temple's new operation and take it down from the inside. WHAT THE WHAT?!
Here's the rest, and it's all rightly eclipsed by the above.
Kobra Moon vs. Bengala The debuting Kobra wins with a dragon sleeper and body vice in what felt more like a practice bout. The crowd chanted MAMACITA for her, and she blocked a Bengala moonsault to set up the submission.
Jake Evans vs. Drago Drago gets what might be the move of the night by freezing Evans in a three-point stance on the turnbuckle and superkicking him in the head through Evan's legs. They also don't have the smoothest match, as the timing felt off. But Drago hits his monstrous running blockbuster driver, and Evans, playing the weasel heel all match, seemingly shakes it off for a quick pin. He climbs the announce table and renames himself The Dragon Slayer, as the crowd boos the crap out of him.
Gift of the Gods Champ King Cuerno vs. Fenix Last Luchadore Standing During the show, Catrina has spoken with both men; Fenix demanded a rematch, and Catrina told Cuerno the stipulation while adding it would be non-title. Cuerno demolishes Fenix outside the ring and then hits a super duper arrow dive. He pops Fenix with a ladder but stops the count to work him over some more and drags out a table. Fenix recovers and climbs the ladder, propped against the office at ringside. He gets up top, and Cuerno follows, but Fenix kicks the table backward, crashing Cuerno through the table for the ten-count.
We also see an extended video promo for Texano, who reminds us how Chavo and Blue Demon turned on him. He beats up some luchadores at a watering hole and rips a log in half like Captain America. Also, Catrina taunts Prince Puma over the memory of Konnan, whose last words in the casket match were allegedly "forgive me." Puma remains silent and walks off.
Anything goes now in Lucha Underground, and these revelations regard folks who had, at best, been midcarders. The show has blown itself wide open. Amazing.
"To be the man, you gotta beat demands." -- The Lovely Mrs. Tracker
Once again, Lucha Underground shows WWE how to do all the things they consistently fail to do. This show had a metric fuckton of storylines (they use the metric system in Mexico, right?) and still managed to not feel short on wrestling.
It was revealed that Aerostar and Drago could both fly during the season one final montage, but time travel is obviously a new power. I know Aerostar was the final gimmick created by Antonio Pena, but it just dawned on me today that he's basically a super-fancy version of Konnan's old Max Moon gimmick. Speaking of which, is Konnan completely gone from the company? Or is he going to return as Katrina's zombie cohort?
Speaking of Lucha Underground punking out WWE. Remember when Catrina, as Maxine, was in WWE and had what many people say ranks among the worst matches in the history of televised wrestling? And here she is as one of the most compelling characters in wrestling today.
At this point, I desperately want Lucha Underground to introduce a leprechaun character who has the ability to run through spray painted portals, because I believe they could pull it off.
Undercover cop Joey Ryan is gonna be fun. He already feels like a crooked cop that plants evidence on people and tries to convince hookers to give him blowies to avoid jail time. I'm in.
Aerostar can travel time! So in the same universe, there is a woman who can control Mexican Undertaker and teleport at will, a time traveler, a demon locked up by a Cartel leader, a man who has part dragon blood, and it's all being investigated by an undercover sting operation from I'm guessing the FBI in a city where seemingly inhabited by gang members and bad dudes just randomly walking around in this city starting fights in their own luchador masks? By the ghost of Max Landis Lucha Underground isn't Lucha, it's bordering on GoT storytelling!
Cole: "Yeah, thanks to Kane. You should buy Kane a Rolex watch for what he did for you."
Rollins: "Oh don't be silly, Kane doesn't wear watches."
Originally posted by Matt Tracker1) Aerostar is revealed to be a for-reals-yo time-traveler. In a scene dated a millennia ago, he appears to a man and child in the desert as they speak of the arrival of gods to reconcile the tribes. He says he must go to our present to meet them, and he launches like Iron Man, streaking across the starry sky like a comet. WHAT?!
This is the most amazing thing, and I bet that he's friends with Drago, the actual, literal dragon, because he knows him from 1000 years ago. You didn't mention the link between the 7 Aztec tribes and the Gift of the Gods belt, though, which contains the 7 medallions representing each tribe. I'm actually very curious to see what the deal's going to be with that.
I'm not saying that Nowinski has to win KOR, but whether he wins (fufilled dream), loses (disappointment/revenge), or doesn't make the tourney (shock/anger) - you've got an angle ready to go.
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