IWRG for 1/21/07

IWRG: 1/21/07

Not sure of the date, customs opened the package and the little slip of paper with the dates on it was lost. Damn you Osama Bin Ladin! IWRG is an acquired taste, some of these matches seem to be taking place in slow motion. but they're not, just a slower pace than most of us are use to.

Black Stone & Fantasma De La Opera vs Halcon Salvaje & Bacteria

1st Fall: Fastasma and Bacteria start it off very slowly, grappling around in slow motion which is pretty much the style with this group. After a while of not much happening they tag out to Halcon & Black Stone. Halcon spends some time working over Stone's arm, then Stone gets a surf board on Halcon but he got out. Halcon backslides Stone for a 2 count. Bacteria tries a placha but he misses Stone and nails Halcon. Bacteria gets Fantasma into a small package and pins him for the 3 count. Halcon gets Stone into a surboard and submits him.

2nd Fall: Halcon gives a flying scissors to Stone but Fantasma comes in and clotheslines him. The rudos Fantasma & Stone go into a kind of beat down. Kicking and beating on the tecnicos. Fantasma drop kicks Bacteria's head while Bacteria was sitting. Fantasma does a splash and pins Bacteria. Black Stone was gonna do a Boston Crab on Halcon but he fell over, and pretty much just held Halcon's legs, Halcon gave anyway.

3rd Fall: Fantasma is biting Bacteria 's head. They hang Halcon from the tree of woe and drop kick his head. The tecnicos start a comeback at this point. Halcon does a sunset flip on Black Stone and gets a 1 count. Fantasma does a power slam on Bacteria and pins him. Black Stone rolls up Halcon and pins him too. Slow motion match.

Avisman vs Freelance

1st Fall: This was a very good match. The fight breaks out early before the intros, they fight all over ringside and Freelance is already bleeding. They make it to the ring and Avisman headbutts Freelance and bites him and the cut grows bigger. Avisman drop kicks Freelance in the back. Avisman gives him a leaping elbow. Freelance is hung on the tree of woe and drop kicked. Avisman gives Freelance a tilt a whirl slam but Freelance kicks out at 2. Freelance starts his own comeback. He does a tope con giro on Avisman. Freelance sits Avisman on the top rope, burt Avisman does a missile drop kick to Freelance instead. Freelance then does a Somoan Drop to Avisman, then tries a moonsault from the top but misses when Avisman moves, then Avisman does a "Carlito" back cracker to Freelance, and pins him to win this fall.

2nd Fall: Slow start with Avisman punching away at Freelance. Avisman looked like he was going for a spanish fly, but Freelance didn't want to do it, so he hung Freelance from the tree of woe instead and kicked him. Avisman then stands on Freelance's back and does a senton on it. Avisman goes outside for a few seconds to drop Freelance on the ringside barrier. Avisman gets an abdominal stretch on Freelance but Freelance drops backward onto Avisman for a 2 count. Avisman then got him into a tapatia but Freelance got out. They start punching again, and Avisman headbutts him. Freelance does a couple of flying scissors to Avisman, then does a plancha from the top to the outside. Freelance did a Canadian Destroyer on Avisman and pinned him.

3rd Fall: Avisman was kicking Freelance in the head, and the ref stopped to the match to check on Freelance but it continued. Avisman is continuing to work on Freelance's back. Every once in a while Avisman was dropping knees on the back of Freelance's neck and back. Freelance mounts a comeback, he landed on his feet from a monkey flip. He hung Avisman from the tree of woe and drop kicked him. He started working on Avisman's legs, but Avisman soon reached the ropes. Freelance did a sunset flip on a criss cross and the ref had to stall to keep from counting 3, Avisman didn't kick out. Freelance ran Avisman into the ropes, and Avisman gave him a low blow mule kick the ref didn't see, and pinned him. Avisman Wins. Despite a few problems this was a pretty good match. Afterward Avisman challenged him for Freelance's welterweight title. Freelance said yes.

Morbo, Fantasma De La Opera, Hijo Del Diablo vs Solar 1, Dr. Celebro, Celebro Negro

1st Fall: Just after the intros, the rudos (Diablo's team) attacked. The beat down begins and it goes on a while. Fantasma drops a leg on Celebro Negro. Morbo does a splash to Dr. Celebro and pins him. Fantasma gives Celebro Negro a suplex, Morbo & Diablo hold his arms and legs, and Fantasma kicks him in the face. Negro gives up. One long beat down.

2nd Fall: The tecnicos begin a comeback right at the start of this fall. Morbo is getting punched by Celebro Negro. Diablo is outside getting kicked by Solar. Dr. Celebro drop kicked a sitting Morbo. Dr. Celebro did a flying scissors to Fantasma then a spring board drop kick, but was hit from the apron by Diablo. Dr. Celebro topes Diablo. Celebro Negro put Fantasma's head under Morbo's arm, then dropped Morbo backward, so that Morbo DDT'd Fantasma. Celebro Negro toped Fantasma. Solar gave Morbo 2 tilt a whirl backbreakers. Solar then applied a crucifix figure four and rolled Morbo over and pinned him with it. Morbo's teammates were counted out, as neither of them got back in and the refs were still counting.

3rd Fall: Solar drop kicked Diablo twice. Celebro Negro did a flying scissors to Fantasma but Morbo got in and superkicked him. Negro clotheslines Morbo. Dr. Celebro did a sunset flip from the top rope to Diablo, and his teammates did sunset flips likewise, but the refs had to stall at 2 and wait as none of the rudos kicked out. The two Celebro's did topes to Fantasma & Morbo. Solar did two quebradoras to Diablo, but Diablo low blowed him and pinned him for the 3 count. Rudos Win. About average. Diablo wore vampire teeth throughout the match.

El Destructor, Veneno, Mascara Ano Dos Mil Jr. vs
Negro Navarro, Mr. Niebla, Electroshock

1st Fall: Electro and Ano Jr. start it off, grappling around a while. Then Veneno and Navarro get in, they grapple around exchanging holds. A very slow paced match. Navarro did an Indian death lock to Veneno, they reverse that back and forth a few times. After they stood up and shook hands. Then Niebla and Destructor wrestle, Niebla missed his reverse tope when Ano Jr. moved. Ano Jr. has a buff muscular bod. Niebla did his reverse tope and this time connected with Veneno. Niebla does a hard slap to the back of Destructor's head. Electro does a plancha to Veneo, then Electro applies a submission hold to Veneo where Electro was on Veneo's back and stretching the arms back but Electro was against the ropes, Veneno submitted anyway.

2nd Fall: Electro does a flying scissors to Ano Jr., Ano and Niebla stall with the hand shaking bit. The rudos go into a beat down at this point. Veneno gets Niebla into a abdominal stretch and Niebla gives up. Ano Jr. submits Electro. Destructor submits Navarro.

3rd Fall: Destructor headbutts Niebla in the belly and clotheslines him. Veneno gets slapped in the back of the head by Niebla. Niebla gets an armbar on Veneno but Destructor saves him. Ano Jr. gets chopped by both Niebla and Electro. Navarro gets a submission hold on Veneno but Destructor saved him. Electro topes Ano Jr. Navarro who seems to know a ton of submission holds, gets another to Destructor, a armbar/head scissors and Destructor submits. Niebla gets Veneno into his human knot hold and he gives up too. Tecnicos win. Another one of those slow motion matches. Very slow paced. The first fall was the longest.

And that wrapped up the show, the Freelance vs Avisman match was the only one I liked. Next week I'll review AULL show.