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MLW LUCHA AZTECA REPORT

By Richard Trionfo on 2025-05-18 02:25:00

Your announcers are Joe Dombrowski and Austin Aries.

Joe and Austin mention the new Tag Team and Openweight Champions from the show in Mexico last week.

Match Number One: Blue Panther Jr. and Dark Panther versus Rugido and Magnus for the MLW Tag Team Championship

Blue and Magnus start things off. Magnus kicks Blue’s hand away and Blue shows a fist. Magnus offers his hand, but he spints in his hand first. Blue kicks it away. Magnus with a take down and Blue with a wrist lock. They exchange chops and punches. Both with kicks that are blocked. Blue with an arm drag. Magnus with an arm drag. Blue with a leg sweep and a near fall. Magnus with a leg sweep and near fall. Rugido and Dark tag in. They lock up and a series of standing switches. Rugido with an arm dag. Rugido kicks Dark. Dark with a single leg trip. Rugido with a full nelson and D kicks Magnus. Dark with a head scissors that sends Rugido to the floor. Dark with an uppercut to Magnus. Blue tags in and Blue with a flapjack. Dark with a drop kick and Blue gets a near fall.

Blue with a side head lock. Magnus blocks a kick but Blue with a drop kick. Blue gets a near fall. Magnus with an Irish whip and Blue with a spinebuster. Dark tags in and he goes to the turnbuckles. Dark with a diving head butt off the turnbuckles to an uncomfortable place. Dark gets a near fall. Rugido kicks Dark. Magnus with a back elbow to Blue on the apron. Rugido with a chop. Magnus and Rugido with an Irish whip and they hit clotheslines into the corner and Rugido with a power slam. Rugido with a rolling splash for a near fall. Magnus sets for a butterfly back breaker and he hits it and gets a near fall. Magnus and Rugido kick Dark while Blue takes the referee’s attention. Magnus tags in and they chop Dark in the corner. They Irish whip Dark and Rugido with a clothesline. Magnus kicks Dark on the turnbuckles and pulls him off and Rugido gets a near fall.

Rugido with a rear chin lock. Rugido with a flying clothesline and he tags in Magnus. Magnus stops Dark from making the tag and hits a cutter. Magnus gets a near fall. Rugido with a camel clutch and he fish hooks Dark. Magnus tags in. They Irish whip Dark but he avoids Magnus and connects with an elbow and super kick to Rugido. Dark with an enzuigiri to Magnus. Blue tags in and he clotheslines both men. Blue with a double Japanese arm drag. Blue clotheslines both men over the top rope to the floor. Blue and Dark with stereo pescados. Dark and Blue Irish whip Magnus and Rugido into each other. Dark with a drop toe hold Rugido and he hits a Tiger Feint Kick. Dark with a cannonball to Magnus. Blue with a side slam for a near fall. Rugido with kicks to Blue and both with flying clotheslines at the same time.

Magnus with a drop kick to Blue to stop a tag. Magnus stomps on the leg. Magnus goes for the mask but he decides not to do it.. Rugido misses a splash and Blue with tilt-a-whirl back breakers to Magnus and Rugido. Blue with a plancha onto Magnus and Rugido. Dark goes to the ropes and hits a springboard drop kick on Rugido but Rugido gets to the ropes to break the count. Dark with a kick and shoulder tackle to send Rugido to the floor. Dark with a suicide dive to Rugido. Dark with a suicide dive to Rugido. Dark sends Rugido into the guardrails and over the rail into the crowd.

Dark with a suicide dive to Rugido into the crowd. Blue sends Magnus into the referee. Magnus with a reverse atomic drop for the three count.

Winners: Rugido and Magnus (retain championship)

After the match, Blue Panther Jr. gets on the mic and he addresses Rugido and Magnus and want another match at Arena Mexico.

Magnus says he does not understand what Panther is saying. They are not just the MLW Tag Team Champions, they are the best tag team champions in MLW history.

Rugido says if you want revenge, they will see them in Arena Mexico.

Rugido and Magnus attack Blue and Black and remove their masks.

Salina brings some tequila into the office and Cesar pours some drinks.

Mistico says he has recovered from his injuries and he is ready to become a champion again.

Cesar pours a drink for Mistico and he says may fortune follow you.

Templario enters and he says he has been waiting for Mistico’s return to finish his career.

Mistico says Templario must be tired of talking.

Templario says he wants to finish Mistico.

Mistico says he is ready.

Jesus enters and he tells Cesar there is chaos out there.

Cesar takes a drink and Salina stops him because he is a grandfather.

Salina takes a drink.

Masked Associate is in the room alone and he drinks some tequila.

Match Number Two: Alex Hammerstone versus Satoshi Kojima

They lock up and Alex sends Kojima to the mat. They lock up and Alex sends Kojima to the mat again. They lock up and Alex with a side head lock. Alex with a shoulder tackle. Kojima with a hip toss. Alex with a bicycle kick and punch followed by a back elbow. Alex sends Kojima to the floor and he follows. Alex with a forearm to the back. Alex sets for a chop against the ring post but Kojima moves and Alex hits the post.

Kojima with punches and he sends Alex into the steps. Kojima blocks a belly-to-back suplex on the floor and applies a side head lock. Alex sends Kojima into the ring post and returns to the ring to break the count. Alex punches Kojima and gets a near fall. Alex with kicks and punches in the corner. Alex chokes Kojima in the corner and then he pulls him over the apron for a forearm to the back and chest. Alex with a kick to the head.

Alex with boots to the chest. Kojima with punches but Alex with a clothesline and knee to the midsection. Alex with another knee and a knee lift. Alex punches Kojima in the corner. Alex with an Irish whip and a clothesline into the corner. Alex with an Irish whip but he misses a splash into the corner. Kojima with chops followed by an Irish whip and forearm into the corner. Kojima goes to the turnbuckles and hits an elbow drop for a near fall. Kojima with forearms and a DDT. Kojima gets a near fall. Kojima goes for a cutter but Alex blocks it. Kojima sends Alex to the turnbuckles. Alex goes up top and he hits a missile drop kick.

Alex with a pump handle into a power slam for a near fall. Alex sets for a power bomb but Kojima blocks it. Kojima with a kick and a cutter for a near fall when Alex gets his foot on the ropes. Alex with a power slam and he sets for the Nightmare Pendulum but Kojima blocks it and hits a larait but both men are down. Kojima sets for another lariat and Alex with a boot and a German suplex followed by Nightmare Pendulum for the three count.

Winner: Alex Hammerstone

Joe and Austin talk about the Middleweight Title situation.

Match Number Three: Azteca 13 versus

Myron Reed comes into the ring and he hits a cutter on Azteca.

Reed takes the mic and he says the Young Goat is back in MLW. He says he has watched for way too long. The Middleweight Division has gone down the toilet. We don’t have a champion. He says thankfully, he is back. Order has been restored and justice will be served.

Shoko Nakajima is in the crowd. She will defend her title against Delmi Exo at War Chamber on June 7th.

Match Number Three: Guerrero Maya Jr. and Hechicero versus Esfinge and Atlantis

Esfinge and Maya start things off. They lock up and Maya with a waist lock. Esfinge with a standing switch. Maya with a side head lock. Esfinge with punches and a rollup for a near fall. Maya with a single leg take down and a step over toe hold. Esfinge with a knee bar and he goes to the apron. Maya goes to the apron as well. They return to the ring. Maya with a single leg take down and a snap mare into a crucifix for a near fall. Esfinge with an arm drag and Maya with an arm drag.

Atlantis and Hechicero tag in. Hechicero slides to Atlantis and makes hand gestures. Hechicero backs Atlantis to the corner and Atlantis with a wrist lock. Hechicero with a clothesline. Hechicero with punches. Atlantis with a chop and Hechicero is sent into Maya. Atlantis with a hip toss to Hechicero and he sends Maya into Hechicero again. Hechicero and Maya kick and punch Atlantis. Hechicero chops Esfinge off the apron. Maya chokes Atlantis. Hechicero comes in and they Irish whip Atlantis and Hechicero with a front face lock. Maya with a bulldog and kicks. Maya covers Atlantis and a shoulder might have been up but the referee counts. Maya with a spear to Esfinge. Maya with an arm bar. Hechicero kicks Esfinge in the head and tags in. Maya and Hechicero with a double leg take down and they make wishes with Atlantis. Maya and Hechicero with a double drop kick.

Maya and Hechicero with a double back elbow and Atlantis goes to the floor so Esfinge comes in. Hechicero chops Esfinge against the ropes while Maya holds Esfinge. Hechicero works on Esfinge’s leg in the ropes. Esfinge goes for a leap frog and Hechicero with a heel pick. Maya with a jumping codebreaker. Maya chops Esfinge and then Atlantis comes in. Maya punches Atlantis and Hechicero hits Atlantis from behind. Maya with an elbow drop. Maya with a wrist lock and Hechicero tags in while standing in the comer. Hechicero with jabs and Atlantis goes down.

Hechicero with a spinning knee drop to the leg. Maya comes in and he goes for Atlantis’s mask. Atlantis holds on to the mask to keep it over his face. The referee warns Maya. Hechicero goes for a drop kick but hits Maya. Esfinge tags in and he hits a missile drop kick and a spinning heel kick. Atlantis with a rana to Hechicero but Maya kicks Atlantis in the head to break up the cover. Maya chops Esfinge and he Irish whips Esfinge and hits a drop kick to the back. Maya chokes Esfinge in the corner. Esfinge avoids a splash in the corner and he kicks Maya. Esfinge with an arm drag to Hechicero. Esfinge with a monkey flip to Maya. Esfinge with a monkey flip to Hechicero. Atlantis tags in.

Atlantis with a double Japanese arm drag and then he hits one on Maya and a tilt-a-whirl back breaker to both. Atlantis sends Hechicero to the floor. Atlantis with a cross body to Hechicero on the floor. Maya with a pump handle reverse suplex. Maya misses a back senton off the turnbuckles. Esfinge with a Death Valley Driver and a rollup into the Egyptian Knot for the three count.

Winners: Esfinge and Atlantis

The Rogue Horsemen are in the back and Brett Ryan Gosselin shows up. He says this has been going on too long. He says he is done and sick of being treated by a fool. He says he knows what is best. Justice, Hauser, Kane, Thomas, Paul London. Brett demands War Chamber.

CW says you don’t come out the same coming out of War Chamber.

Brett says they don’t deserve to be the same after what they did to him.

Bobby says it is all of them. He says that CW is speaking from experience.

Brock says he doesn’t give a damn where they fight, he is sick of them. They won’t leave them alone. Brock says he likes where Brett’s head is.

CW says he is in.

Fish reluctantly joins in.

Match Number Four: Barbaro Cavernario versus Zandokan Jr. versus Ultimo Guerrero for the MLW Openweight Championship

Ultimo hits Zandokan in the back with his ring jacket. Zandokan grabs Ultimo and Barbaro drop kicks Zandokan when Ultimo moves. Ultimo sends Barbaro to the apron and Barbaro holds Ultimo but Zandokan kicks Barbaro. Ultimo chops Zandokan and Zandokan chops back. They continue the exchange and then Barbaro sends Zandokan to the floor. Barbaro with a flip dive onto Ultimo and Zandokan. Barbaro sends Ultimo into the ring post and then he punches Zandokan and sends him back into the ring. Barbaro with a springboard cross body. Zandokan blocks a kick and chops Barbaro. Barbaro with a drop kick. Barbaro with a snap mare to Zandokan and kicks. Ultimo trips Barbaro and pulls him to the floor and puts him on the guardrail. Ultimo with forearms and Zandokan with a suicide dive onto Barbaro on the guardrail.

Ultimo goes up top and hits a back senton onto everyone. Ultimo returns to the ring and he gets a near fall on Barbaro. Ultimo gets a near fall on Zandokan. Ultimo chops Barbaro and Zandokan. Ultimo stops to pay tribute to Emi Sakura and that allows Barbaro and Zandokan to recover and they chop Ultimo. Ultimo with a double clothesline and then B is sent to the apron. Ultimo with a leg sweep and a baseball slide to Barbaro. Zandokan waits for Ultimo to stop playing to the crowd before he hits a splash. Ultimo with a clothesline in the corner. Ultimo goes to the turnbuckles and Zandokan stops in the center of the ring. Zandokan chops Ultimo on the turnbuckles and sets for a superplex. Ultimo counters with a super gourdbuster for a near fall.

Ultimo chops Zandokan and Zandokan gets in his face so Ultimo chops him again. Zandokan with a spit laden chop. Ultimo escapes a suplex attempt and Zandokan with a kick and a lungblower for a near fall. Barbaro with forearms to Zandokan followed by punches. Barbaro with a kick and he sets for butterfly twisting suplex for a near fall. Barbaro with a springboard splash and Zandokan avoids a kick. Barbaro with a spinebuster to Ultimo and he this a springboard splash for a near fall. Barbaro chops Ultimo and he gets Ultimo up for an accordion slam. Barbaro goes up top and Ultimo crotches him. Ultimo goes for a superplex on Barbaro and Zandokan goes under for the power bomb on the tower of doom. Zandokan gets a near fall on Ultimo. Zandokan argues with the referee and Ultimo sends Zandokan to the apron. Ultimo with a leg sweep and Zandokan goes to the floor. Barbaro gets on the apron and he hits a suicide dive through the ropes onto Zandokan Barbaro with a kick to Ultimo and Ultimo with a boot. Barbaro does the worm and he sets for a hammer lock suplex and hits it. Barbaro goes up top and Ultimo crotches him. Ultimo with a reverse superplex for the three count.

Winner: Ultimo Guerrero (retains championship)

Joe Dombrowski is with Alex Hammerstone.

Joe asks what is next.

Alex says he feels like the embodiment of MLW and the USA. He says Kojima is a legend, but sometimes it is best that legends lay down. It is a shame that great match had to happen at a lucha libre show. He says he is feeling like a legend in the making. To become a legend, he will have to get his hands on some gold. The National Openweight Championship is looking good.

Alex says he built that title and he never lost it. If he gets the title back, he will never lose it.

Alex asks the crowd who is Guerrero while they chant his name. Alex realizes that it is for Ultimate Guerrero.

Alex apologizes and he says he has no problem with him. He says Guerrero had a great match.

Alex attacks Guerrero from behind and punches him. Alex takes the belt.

The War Chamber match will feature Matthew Justice, Alex Kane, Mr. Thomas, and Paul London against the Rogue Horsemen.

Match Number Five: Matt Riddle versus Donovan Dijak for the MLW World Championship

Riddle goes for the legs but Dijak blocks it. Riddle with a wrist lock into a kimura. Dijak gets Riddle p but Riddle with a rear naked choke and he gets on Dijak’s back. Dijak drops back to escape. Riddle reapplies the rear naked choke. Dijak escapes and goes to the floor. They lock up and Riddle with a side head lock. Riddle lands on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex. Riddle with a head scissors to take Dijak over the top rope to the floor. Dijak blocks a kick and sends Riddle face first into the apron. Dijak with a choke slam on the apron.

Dijak with a forearm and he goes for the tape around Riddle’s midsection and he connects with an elbow drop. Riddle with punches but Dijak with a back elbow for a near fall. Dijak with a back elbow into the corner. Dijak with a chop. Dijak with a release suplex and he gets a near fall. Riddle with punche and forearms but Dijak with a knee to the midsection and he stomps on the ribs. Riddle with strikes and kicks but Dijak stops Riddle. Dijak sets for a suplex but Riddle with a knee to block it and Riddle with a fisherman’s buster. Dijak with a forearm and Riddle fires back. They continue the exchange. Riddle with a jumping knee but Dijak with a back drop. Dijak runs into a back elbow and Riddle with a senton off the turnbuckles for a near fall. Riddle with running forearms but Dijak with a boot for a near fall.

Dijak grabs Riddle by the throat but Riddle escapes and connects with a jumping knee for a near fall. Riddle misses a moonsault but he lands on his feet. Dijak with a sit out choke slam for a near fall. Dijak goes up top and Riddle goes up after Dijak with a waist lock and a German superplex. Riddle goes up top and hits a twisting senton for a near fall. Riddle gets Dijak up to try for a tombstone but Diajk reverses and hits a tombstone for a near fall. Dijak with a moonsault for a near fall.

Riddle rolls to the floor and Dijak with a flip dive. Dijak sends Riddle back into the ring and Dijak signals that it is over. Dijak goes for Feast Your Eyes but Riddle blocks the knee and hits a cutter. MSL distracts the referee so he misses Riddle’s one hand cover. Dijak with a low blow to Riddle and he hits a Feast Your Eyes but Lawlor pulls the referee out of the ring. Lawlor punches MSL.

Krugger has the briefcase and he misses Riddle and hits Dijak. Lawlor sends Mads over the top rope with the briefcase. Riddle with the Bromission and Dijak taps out.

Winner: Matt Riddle (retains championship)

After the match, Dijak punches Mads and the referee goes down. Dijak throws more people and Mads follows him to the back.

We take a look at the participants in the main event with a video package.

Match Number Six: Mistico versus Templario versus Ikuro Kwon

Templario and Mistico show Kwon how much they like him. They do a circular test of strength and then Templario and Mistico with a double super kick to Kown. Mistico with a head scissors to Templario. Kwon with a head scissors to Mistico. Templario with a head scissors to Kwon and Kwon goes to the floor. Mistico is on the floor as well. Mistico returns to the ring. Mistico with a wrist lock tke down and then he chops Kwon and he goes to the ropes and hits a twisting wrist lock take down. Mistico with a suicide dive onto Templario and Kwon.

Mistico returns to the ring and he is hit with a super kick from Templario. Templario and Kwon exchange forearms. Both men go for clotheslines at the same time. Kwon with a shoulder tackle. Templario spins on the mat and he kicks Kwon and hits an enzuigiri. Templario has a punch blocked by Mistico. Templario catches Mistico off the turnbuckles but Kwon hits Templario. Kwon kicks Mistico and hits a seated splash on Templario.

Kwon with a punch and kick to the leg. Kwon kicks Mistico. Kwon with a front face lock and a knee. Kwon with a German suplex to Templario. Mistico with elbows and Kwon with an enzuigiri. Templario with a suplex and he gets a near fall on Kwon. Mistico blocks a German suplex and he is sent to the apron. Templario with a forearm and he goes up top and he hits an arm drag off the ropes. Templario with a suicide dive to Mistico. Kwon avoids a clothesline and hits a power slam on Templario for a near fall. Kwon with a knee to Templario followed by a suplex for a near fall. Mistico with chops and kicks to Kwon and Mistico with a slam. Mistico goes to the turnbuckles and he misses a moonsault but lands on his feet and he hits a power slam for a near fall. Templario with a wheelbarrow suplex to Mistico. Kwon kicks Mistico in the leg and he works on the shoulder before Irish whipping Mistico. Kwon with a knee to Templario. Templario sends Kwon into the turnbuckles. Mistico with a head scissors to Templario and a super kick to Kwon. Kwon goes to the floor and so does Templario. Mistico with a suicide dive to Templario and he kicks Kwon. Templario with a forearm to Mistico and he goes up top. Mistico with a kick. Mistico sets for Spanish Fly and he hits it. Kwon breaks up the cover. Kwon with forearms to Mistico’s back. Kwon with a pop up neck breaker and Templario with a power bomb to Kwon. Mistico with a springboard cross body and a destroyer to Templario. Kwon pushes Templario to the floor. Mistico with a kick and a second kick. Mistico with a butterfly gourdbuster and he goes to the turnbuckles for a swanton and the three count.

Winner: Mistico

After the match, Kwon gives Mistico the Steven Seagal neck snap. Kwon removes Mistico’s mask. Kwon throws the ‘cover the face of the masked wrestler’ towel away. Kwon holds the belt over his head while he stands on Mistico’s back.

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