SEASON 1 / EPISODE 9

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Episode 9 just aired and LX is ramping up for the LX U.S. Championship match.  El Mariachi opened the episode announcing in English and Spanish that he is the #1 contender for the Lucha Xtreme United States Championship.  El Mariachi then has the audacity to say that not only is he going to win, but when he does, it will no longer be the U.S. title.   It will be the Mexican title.  Wow, that is crazy.  Not only do we have the “INS Legacy” running amuck, but if El Mariachi wins, he’s taking the title to Guadalajara, Mexico?  I think El Mariachi just painted a giant bull’s-eye on his back with that little speech.

  The first match of the evening featured “Pizza Man” Vinnie Massaro taking on Crimson Plague.   Crimson Plague looked creepy as he “wound” up his thumb, and Vinnie entered with his trusty pizza box filled with candy.   It’s no wonder why “Pizza Man” is a favorite with kids.  Chants of “PIZZA, PIZZA, PIZZA” filled LX studios much to Massaro’s delight and announcer Big Tony’s chagrin.  Crimson was viciously jabbing his thumb into Vinnie’s throat and eyes and reached in to his trunks for a “foreign object”.  Of course the ref never saw the object, but it didn’t matter how many times Crimson Plague cheated, because the fan’s “PIZZA” chants powered the “Pizza Man” to a comeback.  After catching Crimson Plague up on the corner ropes, Massaro tossed him like a big piece o’ dough on to the canvas.  “Pizza Man” then wound his arm up like a baseball pitcher and threw a spinning forearm to Crimson’s head, knocked him cold and easily pinned him.

Flashbacks set up the next match, showing El Mariachi and “Money” Mike Rayne’s first match back in episode 6.  Clips showed how Rayne had cheated his way to victory with help from Sheik Kahn Abadi and his financial advisor, Mr. Franks.  It’s important to note past history, as this grudge match decides who the top contender for the LX U.S. Championship is going to be.  Rayne entered the ring, escorted by Sheik and Mr. Franks, wearing a cheap sombrero and even attempted to mimic El Mariachi’s signature dance.  He obviously didn’t like Mariachi’s comments about taking the belt to Mexico.  El Mariachi entered wearing a cool-looking new outfit.  We have a “laugh out loud” moment when Rayne stomps his imitation sombrero in the center of the ring.  For Rayne, being part of “Sheik’s Army” means that Sheik Kahn Abadi is waiting outside the ring with Mr. Franks kicking and stomping El Mariachi every time the ref was distracted.  El Mariachi fought back with a nice belly-to-belly suplex but Mike Rayne defied gravity with a skilled enziguri kick and a devastating powerbomb!  With more help from the outside from Sheik Kahn Abadi and Mr. Franks, it looked like Rayne had Mariachi on the ropes, literally.  Mariachi wouldn’t quit as he battled back and gave Mike Rayne his signature “rope-run tornado DDT”.  1-2-3 and it was lights out for Rayne, making El Mariachi the #1 contender for the LX U.S. Championship.

For our main event, Brian Caged faced off against Wiseguy.  There has been bad blood between Cage and Wise Guy since the “Sheik’s Army” interfered with Cage’s match with “Money” Mike Rayne.  In the opening promo, Cage said he was bringing an army of his own, meaning his muscled “guns”.   The camera then caught a little exchange in the back between Cage and Wiseguy.  Wiseguy called out Cage and said “I do all my talking in the ring.”  And then the battle was underway.  Despite telling Cage that he didn’t need an army, he entered with Sheik Kahn Abadi and his financial advisor, Mr. Franks.  The match started with some great catch wrestling with both men showing off technical skills and holds.  From the get go Cage worked on Wiseguy’s left arm, wearing it down,  even slamming Wiseguy onto his back with the left arm under him, OUCH!   Wiseguy executed an awesome flying neckbreaker and almost got the pin.  When that didn’t work he busted Cage with a beautiful flying kick and standing moonsault, almost getting the pin again.  Cage battled back, catching a leaping Wiseguy in a powerslam, knocking him for a loop and rallied with some more jaw-dropping acrobatics, weakening Wiseguy further.   Wiseguy, however, is one tough individual, dropping Cage with some sweet technical moves of his own, including a leaping knee driven facebuster.  Can anyone say thump?  Brian Cage then pulls off one of his finishers, the Weapon-X (Gory lock transitioned into a reverse STO), thump you very much.  Wiseguy still has the guts to kick out after that, and pulls off a springboard DDT finisher of his own.  At this point in the match, Sheik Kahn Abadi and Mr. Franks stayed out of the action. I even forgot they were there, that is until Sheik grabbed a chair and gave it to Wiseguy.  Wiseguy never had a chance to use it, because when he turned round, Brian Cage leveled him with a spinning clothesline.   The Fat Lady was singing cause it was over.  Brian easily pinned Wiseguy getting the 3 count.  Is there anyone who can take down “The Multi-Move Paragon” Brian Cage?

Sounds awesome right?  It’s even better in person.  There are still tickets left for the LIVE TV Taping event Saturday, June, 9.  Come out and see all of your LUCHA XTREME WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT favorites at the Lucha Xtreme Studios, located at 56 N. Van Ness in downtown Fresno, CA.  “Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez, Chavo Guerrero and former TNA superstar Homicide will storm the Lucha Xtreme Studios!  The next day at Chukchansi Park following the Fresno Grizzlies 2:05 p.m. baseball game a special post-game show will take place, featuring former WWE superstar Val Venis, “Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez, Homicide and many other Lucha Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment standouts!

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