SEASON 1 / EPISODE 10

It’s that time again, wrestling fans.  It’s time for Lucha Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment’s “XTREME BLOG”.  This week’s “Lucha Xtreme” was electric and a new LX United States Champion was crowned.  There was plenty of Lucha Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment action!
  It started off with (in my opinion) one of the best matches seen on LX TV, featuring the tag team the Suburban Commandos vs. D-Torch and Steven Stamp.  The Suburban Commandos are made up of twin brothers, BIG twin brothers (D-Unit & T-Rent) with a combined weight of 600 pounds.  D-Torch and Stamp together add up to 350 pounds.  Size advantage goes to the Commandos.   The Commandos entered and hit their pose with a loud “Yiiiiiiii!”  D-Torch and Steven Stamp follow being escorted by Savanah Riley.  The match started with Stamp facing off against T-Rent.  The Commandos make two back-to-back tags before the action even starts, perhaps as a ploy to confuse their opponents?   Heck, it even confused me, and I was there in person.  Stamp took an early lead and used his speed to get some blows in on T-Rent, even tagging in D-Torch for a nice double dropkick to T-Rent’s midsection.  T-Rent called for a time out and tagged in his brother, D-Unit.  D-Torch is known for his speed and acrobatic skills and he called them into play with some well executed head scissor take-downs.  For a moment, D-Unit and T-Rent are spellbound by the speed of the much smaller opponents, but the Commandos reversed the momentum with a concussion inducing face –buster.  Adding insult to injury, D-Unit slams D-Torch into the out-stretched knee of his brother, T-Rent.   The Commandos took advantage of being twins by switching out without tagging, and the ref never noticed.  With momentum on their side, the Suburban Commandos delivered a devastating series of moves to the underdogs including a twin-powered toss that sent D-Torch from one corner to the opposite, the signature “Something Nasty”, and the finishing “RIZZ-BOMB” delivered to Stamp.  The Suburban Commandos cemented their place as the #1 tag-team in Lucha Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment, winning by pinfall.
Bobby Hart starts off the next segment with a promo calling out “Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez.  Bobby Hart is calling himself the “Submission Machine” and said he’s going to beat up the “old man”.  “Raging Bull” is a tough individual and gets tougher the angrier he gets.  If I were Bobby, I would be careful.  Everyone knows, if you mess with the BULL, you get the HORNS.
The second match featured newcomer to Lucha Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment Brian Tannen, who faced off against veteran Jeckles the Jester.  You might remember Tannen from his promo with “INS Enforcer” JR Kratos back in episode 8.  Jeckles entered the ring with a big smile and sat cross-legged in his corner as usual.  I have to admire Jeckles for his bravado, sitting down in the ring with the crazy-eyed Brian Tannen.  Even as they locked up, Jeckles taunted his adversary with bemused laughter.  The match was filled with Jeckles’ crazy antics, such as catching Tannen’s leg in a hold and showing off his catch to the “Lucha Xtreme” fans, then passing the foot off to referee Brad Stimson.   Both men tested each other with a nice series of armbars and seemed evenly matched in strength, but Jeckles outwitted Brian Tannen again by getting him to run the ropes while looking on laughing and clapping.  Jeckles then offered to apologize with a sticky handshake and proceeded to roll Tannen up in multiple attempts to pin him.   The younger half of the “INS Legacy” fought back with some serious blows and a stiff suplex.   He scooped up the rag-doll Jeckles and slammed him hard into the ring.  “Lucha Xtreme” fans chanted “Jeckles” pumping the Jester up enough to deliver a big atomic drop before he pretended as if Tannen were a marionette.   Jeckles continued to rough up Tannen with strong forearm smashes and a big curly-toed boot to the face.  Tannen was thrown into the corner and received multiple blows from Jeckles, who was standing on the ropes.  Brian Tannen summoned all of his determination and lifted and carried Jeckles into the center of the ring and slammed him hard onto the floor of the ring with a powerbomb, ending the match with an easy pin.  I think Tannen has enough physical power to cause some serious trouble in Lucha Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment.  I will be watching to see what kind of shenanigans the “INS Legacy” will be creating backstage and in the ring.

The show’s main event featured a battle to determine the winner of the new United States Championship.  The match saw El Mariachi go up against El Fuego Salvaje, a member of the “Sheik’s Army.”  El Fuego was guided to the ring by his mentor, Sheik Khan Abadi, minus his financial advisor, Mr. Franks.  El Mariachi entered looking regal in his gear.  I imagine a suit like his costs a pretty penny.  If you have been watching this season, you will know there is bad blood between El Mariachi and Sheik Khan Abadi and his minions, like El Fuego.  How Fuego got this title shot, I can only speculate, but I think it involved bribes coming from Camp Abadi.  You could tell El Mariachi was still feeling cocky after his win last week over Mike Rayne as he danced his signature steps in time to the fans’ claps.  After some initial exchanges by El Mariachi, El Fuego rolled out of the ring and consulted with the Sheik.  Without Mr. Franks there, the tactic failed as El Mariachi continued to punish the left arm of Fuego, weakening it.  Fuego offered a false handshake and whipped El Mariachi into the turnbuckle and worked on hurting his foe with a jumping knee-facebuster.   Fuego then tried to apply a sleeper-hold, but El Mariachi fought out only to be clobbered by El Fuego’s spinning elbow.  Fuego continued to work El Mariachi’s head with another facebuster variant, but he made a mistake when he tried the same maneuver twice, because El Mariachi caught him in mid-air and powerbombed him.  Coming back, El Mariachi delivered a leg-lock German suplex, almost getting the pin before El Fuego kicked out and reversed El Mariachi’s signature rope-run DDT.  Both luchadores struggled to their feet and ran the ropes.  El Fuego got in a big knee knocking both wrestlers down.  Fuego made it to the ropes to Sheik Kahn Abadi.  Sheik then screwed everything up by pushing his man, Fuego, who stumbled into El Mariachi who rolled him up for the 3-count.  El Mariachi must have “mucho alegria” for his first title win.  With “INS Legacy” hot after him, I wonder how long El Mariachi can retain his title.
That wrapped up episode 10 with El Mariachi’s United States Championship win, and this wraps up another “XTREME BLOG”!     Be sure to check out Lucha Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment’s new “LX Post Show,” featuring me, your humble host Byron Rush.  You can watch it and past episodes on www.LuchaXtreme.com.  Be sure to follow us on Twitter @luchaxtreme and like us at www.facebook.com/LuchaXtreme.  Until we meet again, “Blog ya later.”