SEASON 1 / EPISODE 12

It’s time for another “XTREME BLOG”!
Let’s talk episode 12. It opened with a promo from the vicious “INS Enforcer” JR Kratos and his maniacal cohort, Brian Tannen.  Kratos ranted on how he really feels about the “Mexican peasants,” including Chavo Guerrero, “Raging Bull” Manny Fenandez, and El Mariachi.  Meanwhile Tannen was facing the wall, breathing heavily, looking like a bomb about to explode.  “INS Enforcer” JR Kratos raged on about how El Mariachi wasn’t fit to wear the LX U.S. Championship belt.  Here I would like to add, having interviewed the “INS Legacy” they both bullied me, especially after they heard me speak Spanish.  Trust me, Kratos is even scarier and bigger in person and Brian Tannen is like a powder keg about to blow.

Episode 12 had 4 hot matches with one being a sneak peek of next week’s THROWDOWN IN ‘NOTOWN event at Chukchansi Park, home of the Fresno Grizzlies.  The first match was between “Money” Mike Rayne and Steve Stamp.  Of course, Rayne is escorted to the ring by Sheik Khan Abadi, who might or might not have had something to do with Steve Stamp getting jumped in the parking lot before the match.  Ring veteran Mike Rayne took control of the match from the get-go, but that doesn’t mean Steve Stamp is a pushover.  In fact, Stamp has ability and heart and showed a lot of toughness fighting back with his diving DDT and a quick 2-count.  When Rayne rolled out of the ring to consult with Sheik, Stamp flew over the top ropes landing on them both, but a minute later the Sheik grabbed the boots of Stamp and “Money” Mike Rayne hit him with a locking under-hook piledriver, ending the match by pinfall.  Maybe this is the win the Sheik’s Army needed to turn that stable around.

El Mariachi defends his title against D-Unit in the second match of the episode.  Before the action El Mariachi cuts a promo, saying it’s an “honor and a privilege” to be the LX U.S. Champion, and he will defend it against the likes of “INS Legacy.”  D-Unit entered the ring accompanied by his brother/tag-team partner T-Rent, and that always means double trouble.  El Mariachi entered wearing the LX U.S. title belt matching the gold on his gear (like a boss) and got a big response from the Lucha Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment audience.  D-Unit started off the match with a big slap to Mariachi’s choppers.  El Mariachi responded with some big forearms to D-Unit but the blows did little to hurt the big man.  In response D-Unit flattened him with a stiff vertical splash (ouch).  Adding insult to injury, D-Unit then hit El Mariachi with signature “Trust Fall” which smashed his mid-section and almost got a pin.  As a reward for kicking out, El Mariachi got a couple of nasty chops from D-Unit.  The fierce luchador battled back with an amazing tilt-a-whirl head-scissor takedown, knocking D-Unit out of the ring.  While out of the ring D-Unit switched places with his TWIN brother, T-Rent, allowing him to catch his breath.  Like a schoolground bully, T-Rent gave El Mariachi “2 for flinching” and then hit him with a “Snap Release” suplex, almost getting the pin again.  The Champ hit the other half of the “Suburban Commandos” with a flying dropkick from the top of the corner, knocking him out of the ring and allowing him to change places with his rested brother, D-Unit.  The big man went up top but El Mariachi rolled out of the way at the last minute, letting him hit face first into the canvas.  El Mariachi, superhero-like, dug deep and found extra strength and knocked D-Unit for a loop with a flying clothesline and a big bulldog.  With his patented dance move El Mariachi was about to get the win, but T-Rent broke up the pin, causing a disqualification.  El Mariachi held on to the title with a win against his biggest opponent to date and when the “Suburban Commandos” tried to get even after the bell was rung, El Mariachi flew off the top rope, taking them both out with a flying cross-body block.

  
Next was a promo by the legendary “Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez who talked about paying dues and how there are no short cuts in pro wrestling.  He called out the “INS Legacy” JR Kratos and Brian Tannen, who was Manny’s opponent in the upcoming match.  Both warriors battled away at each other and “Raging Bull” showed he’s still got it by suplexing the younger wrestler.  Both men took each other apart with some technical wrestling and then Manny busted out his “Flying Burrito” and knocked Tannen for a loop, almost getting a 3-count when in the background the “INS Enforcer” JR Kratos entered the Lucha Xtreme Studios and walked up to the ring.  This distracted “Raging Bull” long enough for Brian Tannen to knock him out of the ring where Kratos was waiting to put on a beatdown.  He then rolled him back into the ring so both of the “INS Legacy” could beat on him some more.  From the locker room, “Pizza Man” Vinnie Massaro came running into the ring with a piece of pizza hanging from his mouth, saving Manny from the INS faction and returning the favor.

Our main event match was the preview of the SHOWDOWN IN ‘NOTOWN with D-Torch going against “Mr. G.M.S.I.” Brian Cage.

 It was speed and agility versus brawn and technical skill in this matchup.  D-Torch gets the ball rolling with a couple of headscissor takedowns and an inverse double-knee to the chest of Cage, springing over the top rope and getting a two-count.  Cage responded with a huge catapult sending D-Torch flying through the ring.  After hitting D-Torch with a big back elbow and a quick 1-count, Brian Cage puts him up into a vertical suplex, but D-Torch reversed it somehow and rolled Cage up.  The “Multi-move Paragon” Brian Cage put the kaboom into a hip-toss backbreaker variant, setting him up for the application of a camel clutch hold to shoulder pin combo.  D-Torch’s  cross-body block earned him a violent flying clothesline from Cage, knocking D-Torch to the mat and almost getting him pinned.  Cage then worked D-Torch in both of the corners and whipped him into another close quarters clothesline.  D-Torch shows a lot of heart kicking out again against the bigger, stronger opponent and rocking him with a rolling neckbreaker and a springboard clothesline off of the top rope (boing)!  D-Torch keeps it going with a bulldog to Cage’s head and went off the top rope again, diving over Cage and pulling him hard down onto the mat and into a neat roll-up, almost getting the pinfall.  Cage turns animal with a brutal slingshot powerbomb getting a 2-count but missing with a huge forearm, allowing himself to get rolled up again by D-Torch.  “Mr. G.M.S.I.” proves he is the “Multi Move Paragon” with his finisher the “Total Eclipse” winning by pinfall.
That last match is my new favorite. Both athletes did a tremendous job in the ring and the action was nonstop.

Coming up next week is SHOWDOWN IN ‘NOTOWN  with Former WWE Superstar Val Venis, “Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez, Former TNA Star Homicide, and all of your favorite Lucha Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment wrestlers.  Also, if you want to see us in person, go to www.LuchaXtreme.com for tickets to our next live event at the Kings Fair in Hanford, CA on July 5.  Like us on facebook.com/luchaxtreme and follow us on Twitter @luchaxtreme.com.  Watch past episodes and yours truly on the LX POST SHOW at http://www.luchaxtreme.com/LuchaXtreme.com/LX_TV.html  That’s all for now, this is Byron Rush saying “Blog ya later.”