19 February, 2020

ALBERTO EL PATRON VS. EL TEXANO


Alberto El Patron makes his way to the ring for his Lucha Underground debut match. He was the AAA Mega champion at this point, having beaten his opponent tonight to win the championship. He gets a video package to give a career retrospective. El Texano makes his entrance as Matt Striker (on commentary with Vampiro as always mentions that he was not only the youngest AAA Champion but the longest reigning, until Alberto El Patron ended that reign.

EL TEXANO VS. ALBERTO EL PATRON
A War Started in Mexico” Aired: 5th March 2015


They lock up and work to the ropes, El Texano gets the advantage in the corner and the referee makes them break. As they lock back up El Texano gets a headlock but is sent off the ropes. He knocks Alberto down with a shoulder block and spits on him. Alberto goes prone and leapfrogs as El Texano runs the ropes, getting caught in a hip toss. Alberto scrambles for a cover but Texano gets out of the ring, trying to tempt Alberto out. Alberto El Patron chases him around ringside and Texano cuts him off with stomps as Alberto gets back into the ring. El Texano panders to the crowd and hits Alberto with a back suplex, going back to gloating. Alberto is sent from one corner to another but catches Texano with a back elbow. Alberto El Patron comes out of the corner with a headscissors. El Texano tries to take a breather in the corner but is met with a step up roundhouse and mounted punches. Alberto snapmares him down and hits a high-angle dropkick to the back of the head for a nearfall.

El Texano gets whipped to the ropes but holds on, kicking Alberto El Patron who ducked too early. Alberto El Patron sends a charging El Texano over the top rope to the floor and dives through the ropes, which Vampiro likens to his father and uncle in Mexico. El Texano swings the momentum, sending Alberto into a barricade and hitting a DDT on the floor. El Texano breaks the count and posts El Patron as Vampiro mentions El Texano's AAA credentials again and Striker politely says “yeah, but fuck that. Lucha Underground!” El Texano breaks the count again but sends El Patron back into the ring anyway, locking in a chinlock on the mat. The fans will El Patron back to his feet and he uses lefts to get out of the hold. El Texano sends Alberto into the corner but gets kicked in the face as Vampiro mentions how important machismo is in society. Fuck yeah, Vampiro!

Alberto El Patron dives from the middle rope into a dropkick and El Texano covers for a nearfall. Alberto rolls over, not just grabbing the rope but wrapping his arm around it as the fans chant for the referee, Marty Allias(?) El Texano grabs a standing armbar but Alberto uses rights to break free, Striker calls it him an egomaniac because he didn't get out by tripping the ankle and using his amateur ability. El Texano rakes the eyes and sends El Patron's shoulder into the ring post before pulling on the arm to hyper-extend it. El Texano climbs to the top rope but gets tripped and Alberto El Patron hits a superplex from the top rope leading to a double-down. They're up at 5 and exchanging rights, El Texano cuts El Patron off with a knee to the gut but runs into a clothesline. El Texano is right back to his feet but another clothesline drops him again. Alberto ducks El Texano's attempt and catches him in a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Alberto El Patron brings El Texano to his feet but gets kicked in the gut. El Texano runs to the ropes and into a back stabber by Alberto, which gets El Patron a nearfall.

Alberto El Patron waits in the corner for El Texano to get to his feet, but that gives him time to recover and he ducks the superkick. El Texano hits a spinebuster but takes a second to celebrate so he only gets a 2 count. El Texano sits El Patron on the top rope, struggling to move his leg around the rope and clubs him across the back of the neck, setting him up for a stiff kick. El Texano removes the turnbuckle pad so the referee has to go replace it. El Texano uses the distraction to wrap his bullrope around his fist and repeatedly hit Alberto El Patron with it. El Texano hits a loud overhand chop but Alberto El Patron fights out of the superplex attempt and hits the double stomp on El Texano, who conveniently ended up in position to take it. Alberto El Patron is fired up, attempting the rolling armbar but El Texano spins out and hits a sitout powerbomb for a close nearfall. El Patron kicked out at 2.999. Alberto El Patron plays possum as El Texano brings him to his feet and catches the cowboy with a jumping armbreaker for a nearfall of his own. Alberto El Patron blocks another bullrope assisted shot and hits a tornado DDT out of the corner. He grabs El Texano's bullrope and whips him with is forcing the referee to throw the match out.

WINNER: EL TEXANO (DISQUALIFICATION)

This was a good enough match, they work well together and I can see this becoming a feud over the coming weeks. Alberto El Patron looked good in his debut and they work well together. They didn't really get out of second gear and the finish wasn't ideal but it made sense with the circumstances. Neither guy really got too much momentum at one time and Alberto's emotions cost him the match, but on the bright side he stood tall at the end. Rating this match I'd give it **½ but personally it's difficult to go over 2/5 for me.

After the match the fans count along as Alberto El Patron continues whipping El Texano with the bullrope and celebrates for the fans

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