SEASON 1 / EPISODE 15

Hello “Lucha Xtreme” fans!  This week on episode 15, we got a dose of the Chupacabras in the form of a promo.  The beast from beyond the border, Supercabra, is muscular and massive, wearing his green luchador mask with blazing red eyes.  “Mexican Werewolf” El Chupacabra, definitely looks like a bloodsucker with fangs and green and white face paint.  El Chupacabra claimed they were the best in Lucha Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment and that “The weak will become meat for the strong to eat!”

The first match featured “INS Enforcer” JR Kratos and newcomer LJ Summers.  It’s a rough day when your debut bout is against the “INS Enforcer.”  Kratos, escorted to the ring by “INS Legacy” Brian Tannen, wasted no time in dominating the match, gorilla-pressing LJ and showing off his incredible strength.

  Kratos loves inflicting pain, and being especially cruel, he threw LJ Summers into the Tree-of-Woe and proceeded to step onto LJ’s most delicate of areas.  Ouch!  Kratos continued to abuse and toy with Summers like a pawn in a violent chess game.  His partner, Tannen also took every opportunity to get his kicks in too.  L.J did manage a brief comeback, landing an impressive missile dropkick.  But, it was too little too late once Kratos powerbombed LJ and hit him with his signature “IMMIGRATOR” spear.  Kratos racked up another victory by easily pinning the stunned LJ Summers.

Next up was a match between “Submission Machine” Bobby Hart and Native American “Primal Warrior”.

  Primal Warrior, in face paint, had his hands full against Bobby Hart, but that’s not to say he wasn’t a good wrestler.  He kept up very well using all of his weight to combat the ruthless Hart.  Bobby all throughout the match continued to wear down and take his opponent apart like a surgeon.  Primal Warrior always battled back like a true warrior, even almost getting the pin with a bridging suplex, and then went off the top ropes with a flying elbow that missed Hart and stunned the Primal Warrior.  Hart then seized the opportunity to sweep the fatigued Primal to the mat and neck-cranked his way to a win via submission.  Like a machine the cold and calculating Bobby Hart marches his way through the roster at “Lucha Xtreme.”

The 3rd match of the night was a tag-team match with The Suburban Commandos versus the Chupacabras.  D-Unit of the Commandos had the size advantage over the “Mexican Werewolf” El Chupacabra, but Chupacabra is incredibly fast and has animal-like reflexes and hit D-Unit with his “Border Sweep to Badlands Bomb.”

 That is one of the things that sets Chupacabra apart from other wrestlers, is his incredible move set.  Chupacabra tagged in Supercabra and they double teamed D-Unit. Supercabra is a big wrestler with enormous upper body strength and is like a vicious pit bull in the ring.  He was very agile for his size executing headscissor takedowns.  When Chupacabra was tagged back in, D-Unit hit him with a spinning 720 face-buster allowing a tag to his twin partner, T-Rent.  The Commandos used tactics like switching places with each other while the ref was distracted and double teaming Chupacabra to “Grenade Toss” him from one corner to the other.

"Grenade Toss!"

Supercabra tearing the face off of D-Unit

However, the Commandos couldn’t seal the deal in the ring due to the tenacity of the Chupacabras.  The wrestling match devolved into an outright brawl outside the ring, earning both teams a double count-out.  That means that the Suburban Commandos are still undefeated in Lucha Xtreme Wrestling Entertainment, but have they met their match in the Chupacabras?

Flying Burrito!

The main event was an elimination match to determine who would be a contender for the LX World Championship.  Living legend “Raging Bull” Manny Fernandez took on “Sheik’s Army” member “Money” Mike Rayne.  Rayne was joined by Sheik Khan Abadi and financial advisor Mr. Franks, who carried that metal briefcase with him.  Both wrestlers exchanged shoulder tackles and “Raging Bull” had the match under control until he missed a dropkick, allowing momentum to shift to “Money” Mike.  Mike pulled on what little hair Manny has left and stunned the “Raging Bull” with a nasty neckbreaker and a dropkick that gave Sheik a chance to choke Manny behind the ref’s back.  Tough-as-nails Fernandez busted Rayne with a “Flying Burrito,” but financial advisor Mr. Franks distracted the ref, allowing the Sheik to hit Manny with that metal briefcase.  Manny battled back and hit Rayne with another “Flying Burrito” almost getting the win, but the Sheik earned a disqualification by entering the ring and breaking up the pin.  The “Sheik’s Army” then beat down Manny and were mysteriously joined by the “INS Legacy” who also beat on the battered Fernandez.  That’s when Homicide ran into the ring to help out his longtime friend, Manny Fernandez.  Did the Sheik blow his man “Money” Mike’s chances at the world title or was this all part of some grand master plan?  

Sheik Kahn Abadi is up to no good.

So far, there is only one named contender for the LX World Championship, and that’s Chavo Guerrero Jr.  Who will be the next?  Titans clash for that chance to win the next contender spot on next Saturday’s episode of “Lucha Xtreme” with Homicide versus Brian Cage on at  8 PM on KAIL-TV My 7.1 (Comcast Channel 13/713 HD, DISH Network, DirecTV, and AT&T U-verse Channel 53.)  As always, like us on www.facebook.com/luchaxtreme, follow us @luchaxtreme and tune into past episodes and the LX POST SHOW at www.luchaxtreme.com.  Until next week, “Blog ya later.”
-Byron Rush.