BIG
RYCK VS. PRINCE PUMA (BOYLE HEIGHTS STREET FIGHT)
The fans are firmly behind
Prince Puma at the start, as would be expected. Matt Striker asks
Vampiro on commentary about his experience in these no
disqualification type matches as Big Ryck grabs Puma by the throat.
Vampiro says to swing for the fences and Puma heeds his advice,
swinging at Ryck with rights and lefts before a big knee to the gut
sends Puma down. Puma tries to escape Ryck's grip but gets knocked
back down with a forearm. Puma fights from below with kicks by the
ropes but Ryck drives his knee into Puma, keeping him at bay. He
forces his knee into Puma's head on the mat as he mocks the fans.
Puma makes it to his feet in the corner, Ryck pummels him with
another forearm before sending him across the ring with force. Puma
tries to kick at Ryck from the mat so Ryck brings him away from the
ropes before bringing him to his feet and sending him into the
corner. Puma is able to avoid the charge and trips Ryck face first
into the middle turnbuckle. Mr Cisco enters the match but is quickly
disposed of. Cortez Castro is feeling left out, but he's sent back to
the outside with a springboard arm drag. Cisco is sent packing with a
flying hurricanrana, moving the match back to one on one for the time
being.
Ryck charges at Puma, who
makes a beeline for the corner, he tries to float over Ryck but lands
on his shoulder, Puma counters into a DDT and kips up, diving out on
to all three guys! Puma is back in the ring, and Cisco's the first
victim to his feet, Matt Striker puts over his tenacity. He makes his
way to the apron but a right hand by Puma knocks him down. Puma turns
around and gets turned inside out with a lariat by Big Ryck. Ryck
drops his elbow into Puma and pummels him with right hands on the
mat. Ryck sends Puma across the ring, running into him with a back
elbow. Castro Cortez is busted open at ringside as Puma shoves Ryck's
foot off his chest. Puma tries to fight to his feet but Ryck sends
him down with a knee. Ryck kicks at Puma on the mat, Puma kicks back
from the floor but gets choked in the corner before Mr Cisco throws a
trash can in for Ryck, almost hitting the referee. Ryck wedges it
between the ropes and sends Puma back first into it as Matt Striker
calls it an innovation of violence. Vampiro gets the Tommy Dreamer
reference. Mr Cisco grabs a chair from under the ring, and Cortez has
a singapore cane. Ryck takes a seat as his cronies send Puma across
the ring, lifting him in the air and dropping him to the mat. Ryck
tells the referee to ask Puma if he wants to quit as the three of
them slap and kick him about on the mat.
Prince Puma lands on his feet
from a back suplex attempt, hitting a DDT on Cisco and a flatliner on
Cortez. Puma dropkicks Ryck back into the corner out of his chair.
Prince Puma makes his way to his feet using the ropes, but Castro is
on his feet with a kendo stick, Puma ducks the swing and hits an
enziguri. He grabs the kendo stick, swinging for Mr Cisco and hitting
a kendo-assisted lungblower. Puma hits Ryck over the back with the
kendo stick but it has no effect! Ryck grabs another swing of the
kendo stick, Puma tries to pull it back but Ryck's too strong, he
pulls Puma into a short-arm clothesline. Cisco and Cortez grab a
ladder from under the ring and lean it in the corner. Big Ryck brings
Puma to his feet and throws him into the ladder. Big Ryck grabs some
more plunder as Cortez and Cisco beat down Puma, he brings in a table
before Cisco and Cortez set him up in the Tree of Woe using the
ladder, they hold his arms out, exiting to ringside. But there's
Johnny Mundo! He dives into the ring and ducks under a kendo stick
shot, knocking Ryck down with a springboard kick! Cisco and Cortez
are sent packing before Mundo frees Puma and grabs the ladder,
dropping it on Cortez Castro and Mr Cisco at ringside.
Mundo takes Ryck down with a
spear and peppers him with rights. Mundo grabs the chair, waiting for
Ryck to get to his feet. Mundo swings but Ryck ducks and Puma gets
laid out! Cisco and Cortez hit Mundo with a flapjack into a
Codebreaker. Big Ryck sets up a table in the middle of the ring,
sending Prince Puma through it with a chokeslam.
WINNER: BIG
RYCK
I
don't think Lucha Underground could make Ryck and his crew look
stronger if they tried. Prince Puma got a good fight in but the 3 on
1 (eventually 3 on 2) advantage didn't let up. Mundo came out to help
his buddy even though Konnan doesn't want them involved with each
other, and I'll be interested to see where this goes. Hopefully not
too many weeks of Ryck's boys standing tall, that can get tiresome
quickly. WORKRATE: 2.25/5 PERSONAL
ENJOYMENT 3/5 OVERALL: 5.25/10
EPISODE 5 SUMMARY: This
was another very good episode, it introduced a new character, carried
on all of the main stories and keeps everything moving along nicely
sprinkling in throwbacks so the stories don't feel disjointed. It's a
show I look forward to every week and they've not disappointed me
yet. I think I've found a new addiction. OVERALL 7/10
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