aired: 2016/02/03
Previously on Lucha Underground. Good as always.
Former Champion Prince Puma is flexing in the gym while reminiscing the title loss to Mil Muertes. Damn, those are some whooping Vietnam-like flashback! Here comes PentaGOAT Junior and informs us and Puma they're having a main event tonight, against Catrina's Disciples. Puma is next! Pentagon teases Puma and they end up having one of those "feeling out fights" like in the movies. Great shit. Can't wait for their eventual mano-a-mano.
Mil Muertes is once again looming over The Temple, but this time with the fucked up arm.
Wasn't expecting too much from Mundo/Killshot when LU announced the match on Twitter the day before, but damn it, they delivered. Really good match that was on the path of becoming great but then the ref bump happened. It wasn't bad, but it was kinda pointless. We already know what a villain Mundo really is. Speaking of which, Mundo is such an awesome shitcunt heel, this is the best work of his career. Post-match stuff with Cage was awesome, Cage was killer on the mic. Oh yeah, Killshot! He was pretty good here, strong effort, might be the best thing he's done since the Swann series from CZW.
Sexy Star is still kidnapped by Marty. Mkay. Marty with dat laughter!
So... We see a vignette of new wrestler soon to make his debut, and he's "The Darewolf" PJ Black, fka Justin Gabriel from VKM and Levesque mythos. "Wolf fears nothing!"... Well, except for bears. He's not much, tbf. He's fine technically and all that execution/flash jazz, but there's no depth to his game, no charisma. The match with The Mack was a solid debut and it's good booking that he lost. In TNA he'd go over The Mack, I'm 200% sure. Fuck TNA, btw. I loved Vampiro casually burying PJ on commentary. I hear you, bro. Back to PJ's vignette, I felt it dragged a little bit, tbf. Solid, but not good.
New vignette, this time for Kobra Moon, the new luchadora debuting next week. Another video of street fighting and going against all odds, Van Damme style. PJ's introduction video at least had some bikes. I'm not happy that we saw two virtually same introduction vignettes in this episode. "Kobra Moon" is such a stupid name. For now at least.
Main event was quite storyline-heavy, I liked it. It wasn't a classic by any means, but it simply served its purpose. Pentagon and Puma were bickering and trying to subtly undermine each other (well, at least Pentagon was) while fighting off the Disciples at the same time. Pentagon stealing Puma's thunder was the running theme. Pentagon got to chop the DOD silly. Puma's crazy flying was carefully selective. The ending and post-match were another stones in building Pentagon vs. Puma, and it's going to be so fucking good. Good angle. So refreshing to watch Pentagon on main event scene, it just feels so right. Mil was silently furious while watching from his throne decorated with the awesomely eerie triumphant arch made of human skulls.
To cap off the show, we hear a familiar voice talking to the new El Dragon Azteca, and yes brothers and sisters - it's Rey Mysterio Junior!
Episode rating: GOOD, but it didn't touch the season opener. But that bar might be set too damn high, this is still an episode of LUCHA UNDERGROUND we're talking about, it's fun by default.
Former Champion Prince Puma is flexing in the gym while reminiscing the title loss to Mil Muertes. Damn, those are some whooping Vietnam-like flashback! Here comes PentaGOAT Junior and informs us and Puma they're having a main event tonight, against Catrina's Disciples. Puma is next! Pentagon teases Puma and they end up having one of those "feeling out fights" like in the movies. Great shit. Can't wait for their eventual mano-a-mano.
Mil Muertes is once again looming over The Temple, but this time with the fucked up arm.
Wasn't expecting too much from Mundo/Killshot when LU announced the match on Twitter the day before, but damn it, they delivered. Really good match that was on the path of becoming great but then the ref bump happened. It wasn't bad, but it was kinda pointless. We already know what a villain Mundo really is. Speaking of which, Mundo is such an awesome shitcunt heel, this is the best work of his career. Post-match stuff with Cage was awesome, Cage was killer on the mic. Oh yeah, Killshot! He was pretty good here, strong effort, might be the best thing he's done since the Swann series from CZW.
Sexy Star is still kidnapped by Marty. Mkay. Marty with dat laughter!
So... We see a vignette of new wrestler soon to make his debut, and he's "The Darewolf" PJ Black, fka Justin Gabriel from VKM and Levesque mythos. "Wolf fears nothing!"... Well, except for bears. He's not much, tbf. He's fine technically and all that execution/flash jazz, but there's no depth to his game, no charisma. The match with The Mack was a solid debut and it's good booking that he lost. In TNA he'd go over The Mack, I'm 200% sure. Fuck TNA, btw. I loved Vampiro casually burying PJ on commentary. I hear you, bro. Back to PJ's vignette, I felt it dragged a little bit, tbf. Solid, but not good.
New vignette, this time for Kobra Moon, the new luchadora debuting next week. Another video of street fighting and going against all odds, Van Damme style. PJ's introduction video at least had some bikes. I'm not happy that we saw two virtually same introduction vignettes in this episode. "Kobra Moon" is such a stupid name. For now at least.
Main event was quite storyline-heavy, I liked it. It wasn't a classic by any means, but it simply served its purpose. Pentagon and Puma were bickering and trying to subtly undermine each other (well, at least Pentagon was) while fighting off the Disciples at the same time. Pentagon stealing Puma's thunder was the running theme. Pentagon got to chop the DOD silly. Puma's crazy flying was carefully selective. The ending and post-match were another stones in building Pentagon vs. Puma, and it's going to be so fucking good. Good angle. So refreshing to watch Pentagon on main event scene, it just feels so right. Mil was silently furious while watching from his throne decorated with the awesomely eerie triumphant arch made of human skulls.
To cap off the show, we hear a familiar voice talking to the new El Dragon Azteca, and yes brothers and sisters - it's Rey Mysterio Junior!
Episode rating: GOOD, but it didn't touch the season opener. But that bar might be set too damn high, this is still an episode of LUCHA UNDERGROUND we're talking about, it's fun by default.
- Johnny Mundo vs. Killshot ***1/2
- The Mack vs. PJ Black **3/4
- 3-on-2 HANDICAP MATCH: Disciples of Death (Barrio Negro, Sinestro de la Muerte, Trece) vs. Pentagon Jr. & Prince Puma ***1/4
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