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http://placetobenation.com/pro-wrestling-super-show-the-wrestler-snapshot-12-mascarita-doradael-torito/ Host: Steven Graham Guests: Dave Musgrave (Wrestling Culture) & Bill Thompson (Blue Thunder Driver) On this week’s episode we focus The Wrestler Snapshot on “Greatest Wrestler Ever” nominee Mascarita Dorada, the current El Torito in the WWE. Is he the new Rey Mysterio Jr. of the mid 1990’s? Find out as we discuss his career. Match List: 1) Mascarita Divina, Mascarita Sagrada, & Octagoncito vs. Mini Charly Manson & Los Mini Vipers (AAA 2006.10.04) 2) Mascarita Dorada & Tzuki vs. Pequeno Damian 666 & Pierrothito (CMLL 2008.03.30) 3) Bam Bam, Mascarita Dorada & Tzuki vs. Fire, Pequeno Damian 666, & Pierrothito (CMLL 2008.03.21) 4) Mascarita Dorada & Tzuki vs. Pequeno Warrior & Pierrothito (CMLL 2008.05.09) 5) Mascarita Dorada vs Pierrothito (2/3 Falls, New Rochelle, NY, 2010.03.20) 6) El Torito vs Hornswoggle (WeeLC, WWE Extreme Rules, 2014.05.04)

I'm going to jump ahead of the WWE's real time line here, since I've already veered off course so much at the Rumble. WWE Raw, 1/26 Live from Hartford, CT 8:00 PM The show starts with a pre-recorded video from Triple H & Stephanie saying that they have been called into Titan Towers and will not be here tonight. A committee consisting of Dusty Rhodes, Irwin R. Schyster, Booker T, Arn Anderson & Michael Hayes have been put in charge of match making until this issue is settled. The opening video for Raw plays, followed by a recap of the Royal Rumble (with stills, not video) telling us you can watch the full historic event on the WWE Network. Michael Cole and William Regal are at ringside and talk about why The Authority has been called into headquarters and why wasn't Kane put in charge instead of this committee? 1) Intercontinental Title Match: Dolph Ziggler © vs Sami Zayn They go to a 30 minute time limit draw while they announcers talk about how great this was and what will it take to declare a winner between this two after this match. Renee Young calls Daniel Bryan to ringside for an interview. She asks him about the Rumble match and Bryan talks about how big of an achievement it was and how he is back on track after last year's injuries. She asks him about Brock Lesnar. Bryan says he has destroyed monsters in the past and will do so again tonight (talking about the match with Kane in the main event). Brock has a lot to brag about, but Bryan has defeated John Cena as well and at WrestleMania he didn't beat the Streak, but he did beat all three members of Evolution by himself. He is not scared going into Mania, but he does need to get ready. At this point Bryan challenges a man as strong and as athletically talented as Brock Lesnar to a match at Fast Lane. He says it is a man that knows Paul Heyman well too. He challenges Cesaro. 9:00 PM Michael Cole and William Regal are at ringside and they talk about what is next for John Cena after that crushing defeat at the Royal Rumble. They tell us he will address the crowd at 10:00 PM. They also bring up that there will be a tag title tournament, starting on Smackdown on Thursday, where the finals will take place at Fast Lane and the winners will go onto WrestleMania 31 to challenge for the WWE Tag Team Titles. 2) The Ascension vs Los Matadores The Ascension wins in about 6 minutes. They pick up the mic and state that they are going to destroy The Usos at Fast Lane and take the WWE Tag Team Titles. Renee Young interviews Cesaro backstage who accepts the challenge from Bryan on one condition and that is if he wins he wants and if Bryan someone walks out with the title at WrestleMania then he wants to be the first challenger. However, first he needs to teach Tyson Kidd a lesson that Cesaro deserves a title and Kidd needs to pay for costing him one last night. 3) Cesaro vs Tyson Kidd Cesaro defeats Tyson Kidd cleanly in 13 minutes. As Charlotte is making her way to the ring The Bellas appear on the Titan Tron. They mention that both Charlotte and Natalya got lucky last night and they talked to the committee and on Smackdown Nikki will face Natyla in a title rematch and Brie will face Charlotte and if she wins she gets the title match at WrestleMania instead. 4) Charlotte vs Paige Charlotte defeats Paige cleanly in 9 minutes. After the match Renee Young asks Charlotte about the Brie situation, last night and WrestleMania. Charlotte says that she will defeat Brie just like at the Rumble. Charlotte is the NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPION. Brie, Natayla and everyone else may be the best Divas, but she is better than all them and will prove it. 10:00 PM John Cena comes to ringside and is not fired up like usual. He talks about losing to Brock Lesnar and maybe he just doesn't have it anymore. He looks like he is ready to give it up, when Lana and Rusev appear. They say Cena is finished just like the USA and that he should step aside and let Rusev be the man, just like America should step aside for Russia. Cena looks like he might respond, but then just walks away leaving Lana and Rusev alone. 5) Seth Rollins vs Sin Cara. A few minutes in, Randy Orton comes out of the crowd and attacks Rollins. They brawl everywhere Backstage Renee Young interviews Tyson Kidd and he has an insane promo. He will win the Tag Titles at Mania or die trying. He hasn't found his partner yet. There is no way his wife can be the Divas Champion and he can be without a title. The Fast Lane Event Center with Renee Young Live on the WWE Network on February 22, 2015 in Memphis, TN Already signed: *Tag Team #1 Contenders Tournament Finals The Usos cut a promo accepting the match from The Ascension. *WWE Tag Team Titles Match: The Usos © vs The Ascension *Daniel Bryan vs Cesaro This just in from the commitee is Randy Orton vs Seth Rollins in a Falls Count Anywhere match. At ringside event Michael Cole and William Regal reflect on everything that happened tonight. They hype Rollins-Orton. They question what is happening with The Authority, if it has to do with Sting and what happened last night. They talk about the two women's matches on Smackdown and then hype the main event. They also let us know that Sheamus will be here next week to explain his actions at the Royal Rumble. A video is shown of Razor Ramon showing us how to watch the WWE Network on a tablet. 6) Daniel Bryan vs Kane Daniel Bryan beats Kane fairly in the middle of the ring at about 14 minutes. He celebrates to "Yes!" chants as the show ends with a graphic hyping up next week's main event of Rusev vs Erick Rowan for the United States Title and Brie-Charlotte & Nikki-Natayla on Smackdown on Thursday!

What a waste. If Taker wrestles again, what a waste. If Brock loses the title before Mania, what a waste. 2014 from the day after WrestleMania going forward was been wasted opportunity after wasted opportunity. The only person who could had booked this worse was Vince Russo. At least we get good matches.

Brock losing the title before Mania seems like such a mistake. You end The Streak for that?

Losely. I basically think of it in quarters and think if there is enough in each to fill it.

WWE Royal Rumble, 1/25 Live from Philadelphia, PA Pre-Show Match: Divas Royal Rumble (Emma, Brie Bella, Alicia Fox, Naomi, Charlotte, Paige, Rosa Mendes, Summer Rae, Cameron, Layla, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, Bayley, Alexa Bliss & a Mystery diva) A normal Rumble match. The mystery diva is AJ Lee. The NXT girls look good and the final four come down to Brie, AJ Lee, Paige & Charlotte. Charlotte tosses Brie as we are out of time on the Pre-Show and the main Royal Rumble show is starting. The show starts as the final three of Charlotte, Paige and AJ Lee are in the ring. AJ is able to toss Paige which leads to a finishing sequence where Charlotte gets the win and will go on to WrestleMania XXXI to face the Divas Champion. Michael Cole, JBL & William Regal welcome us the Royal Rumble and talk about the upcoming show. Renee Young interviews Natayla, Cesaro & Tyson Kidd about their upcoming matches. 1) WWE Tag Team Titles Match: The Usos © vs Cesaro & Tyson Kidd The Usos get the victory with a diving splash on Tyson Kidd in about 15 minutes. After the match Cesaro attacks and lays out Tyson Kidd for being the loser. 2) WWE Divas Title Match: Nikki Bella © w/ Brie Bella vs Natayla Natayla gains the victory in about 9 minutes cleanly. A video package showing what happened on Raw with The Authority and how Sting has been hired by the share holders to keep the Authority in line. 3) Winner Enters the Rumble Street Fight: Big Show vs Roman Reigns A wild and out of control brawl that goes about 14 minutes. At one point Kane came out to help Show, but Sting chased him off. Roman hits the Superman punch and is setting up for the Spear, when The Stooges appear from under the ring and grab his leg allowing Show to hit the knock out blow which Roman kicks out of. Roman hits the spear and beats Show to enter the Rumble later tonight. A video package shows the history of Brock vs Cena and what this match means. 4) WWE World Heavyweight Title Match: Brock Lesnar © w/ Paul Heyman vs John Cena Brock Lesnar makes John Cena submit to the Brock-Lock in the middle of the ring cleanly in about 17 minutes. 5) Royal Rumble Match (Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Luke Harper, Titus O'Neill, Curtis Axel, Bad News Barrett, Sami Zayn, Dean Ambrose, Goldust, Stardust, Damien Mizdow, The Miz, Ryback, Kane, Fandango, Justin Gabriel, Diego, Fernando, David Otunga, Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, Erick Rowan, Adam Rose, The Bunny, Rusev, surpise entrant, & Roman Reigns) Number 1 is Dolph Ziggler, number 2 is Luke Harper and number 3 is Dean Ambrose. The first portion is all about Ambrose, Luke & Dolph running through people. Kofi Kingston does his wacky spot in the middle portion. Big E eliminates him and Woods. Stardust accidentally eliminates Goldust. At number 14 out comes Rusev who eliminates a LOT of guys. At 15 is Roman Reigns who teams up with all of the remaining folks Dolph, Luke, Sami Zayn & Big E to throw out Rusev. Daniel is out next and we are heading towards the finishing sequence. When we are at number 30, Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns, Dolph Ziggler, Luke Harper, Kane, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose are in the ring. After a long pause, Randy Orton comes out and goes right after Seth Rollins and throws him out. Orton goes after him to brawl through out the arena, when Triple H appears on the ramp. He says that Orton is not a part of the match and the real number 30 is SHEAMUS! Sheamus and Kane team up to toss Ambrose. The final four come down to Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns, Sheamus and Kane and it turns into a tag match of sorts. Bryan tosses Kane and as Kane is on the outside he throws a fire ball at Roman which allows Sheamus to dump him. At this point the rest of The Authority come to ringside as it is Sheamus & Bryan left. The announcers talk about their past. As The Authority tries to trip up Bryan, Sting appears and chases them off leaving Bryan and Sheamus alone. Bryan tosses Sheamus after a long sequence for the win. He completes the come back and will head to WrestleMania XXXI to face Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Title in the main event. Royal Rumble 2015 Results 1) Charlotte wins the Divas Royal Rumble by last eliminating AJ Lee. 2) The Usos defeat Cesaro & Tyson Kidd when Jimmy pins Tyson to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles. 3) Natayla makes Nikki Bella submit to win the WWE Divas Title. 4) Roman Reigns pins Big Show in a Street Fight to enter the Royal Rumble. 5) Brock Lesnar makes John Cena submit to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Title. 6) Daniel Bryan wins the Royal Rumble by last eliminating Sheamus. WrestleMania XXXI WWE World Heavyweight Title Match: Brock Lesnar © vs Daniel Bryan WWE DIvas Title Match: Natayla © vs Charlotte

WWE Smackdown, 1/22 Tom Phillips & JBL are ringside and discuss what happened on Raw and its consequences. They hype showing Cena-Lesnar from Night of Champions later tonight and our 6-man main event of Erick Rowan & The Usos taking on Luke Harper, Cesaro & Tyson Kidd. 1) Bad News Barrett vs Dolph Ziggler © (Intercontinental Title Match) Dolph Ziggler successfully retained in a long opening match. Backstage Roman Reigns is interviewed by Renee Young. He talks about Big Show at the Rumble and then about his match with Fandango next. 2) Fandango vs Roman Reigns Reigns squashes him. After the match Big Show appears on the titan tron and warns Reigns that his career would be over at the Rumble. Various divas give short little promos about being in the Divas Rumble on Sunday. 3) Sasha Banks vs Naomi Banks picks up the surprise win by pulling the tights. A Raw recap video is played. Event Center with Renee Young. She runs down the entire card of the Royal Rumble: *The Usos © vs Cesaro & Tyson Kidd (Tag Team Titles) *Big Show vs Roman Reigns (Street Fight, winner enters the Rumble) *Nikki Bella © vs Natalya (Divas Title) *Brock Lesnar © vs John Cena (World Heavyweight Title) *Divas Royal Rumble Match featuring: Emma, Brie Bella, Alicia Fox, Naomi, Charlotte, Paige, Rosa Mendes, Summer Rae, Cameron, Layla, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, Bayley, Alexa Bliss & a Mystery diva. *Royal Rumble Match featuring: Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Luke Harper, Titus O'Neill, Curtis Axel, Bad News Barrett, Sami Zayn, Dean Ambrose, Goldust, Stardust, Damien Mizdow, The Miz, Ryback, Kane, Fandango, Justin Gabriel, Diego, Fernando, David Otunga, Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, Erick Rowan, Adam Rose, The Bunny, Rusev, surpise entrant, & either Big Show or Roman Reigns Inserted in is promos by various wrestlers working in the Rumble. 4) The Ascension vs Jobbers in a squash The Daniel Bryan sit down interview is played. 5) Luke Harper, Cesaro & Tyson Kidd vs Erick Rowan & The Usos It erupts into a brawl and is thrown out after a long contest. The show ends airing Cena vs Lesnar from Night of Champions and a hype video of the upcoming Cena-Lesnar final match.

WWE Raw, 1/19 Live from Dallas, TX The opening Raw video is interrupted as John Cena is halfway towards the rign with no music playing. He cuts a promo about how this is his last chance with Brock Lesnar. That Lesnar has ran through everyone in the WWE and ended The Streak. He will do anything and everything to beat Lesnar. Paul Heyman interrupts and points out that Cena will have to learn to live with being beat by The One, just like The Undertaker did. John Cena asks Heyman the same thing. After a commercial we are at ringside with Michael Cole & William Regal. They explain that they can't imagine what will happen when Lesnar faces Cena at the Royal Rumble. They talk about tonight's main event of Dean Ambrose and Big Show and what it means headed towards Sunday. They question if Roman Reigns will be involved somehow. They then introduce the first match. 1) Big E w/ A New Day vs Sami Zayn Sami Zayn defeats Big E in a battle of former & current NXT Champions. After the match Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods try to encourage Big E and he shoves them and walks away. The numbers game Royal Rumble video is played followed up by Vince McMahon saying every entrant in the Rumble (ala old Rumbles opening videos). The entrants in the 2015 Royal Rumble are: Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Luke Harper, Titus O'Neill, Curtis Axel, Bad News Barrett, Sami Zayn, Dean Ambrose, Goldust, Stardust, Damien Mizdow, The Miz, Ryback, Kane, Fandango, Justin Gabriel, Diego, Fernando, David Otunga, Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, Erick Rowan, Adam Rose, The Bunny, Rusev, surpise entrant, & either Big Show or Roman Reigns. 2) The Miz, Damien Mizdow & TItus O'Neill vs Jack Swagger, Adam Rose & The Bunny Titus' team wins when Titus had enough of all the goofing around with Mizdow, Rose and The Bunny and squashes Rose for the win. Backstage Renee Young asks Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods what happened out there with their partner in A New Day. They pass it off as everyone is uneasy headed into the Royal Rumble match on Sunday. Daniel Bryan has a sit down interview taped earlier with Renee Young. He talks candidly about the injuries, his father, marriage and losing the WWE World Heavyweight Title. It means everything for him to get his title back, since he never actually lost it. He will win at the Royal Rumble and will face Kane the next night on Raw to show he is truly back by beating the man who put him out. 3) Rusev vs Sin Cara (United States Title) Rusev squashes him. Lana then talks about how it is Rusev's destiny to win the World Heavyweight Title. Randy Savage is announced for the Hall of Fame. A hype video for the 15-Divas Royal Rumble with the winner getting the Divas Title shot at WrestleMania XXXI. Including: Emma, Brie Bella, Alicia Fox, Naomi, Charlotte, Paige, Rosa Mendes, Summer Rae, Cameron, Layla, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, Bayley, Alexa Bliss & a Mystery diva. 4) The Bella Twins & Paige vs Charlotte, Natayla & Emma Charlotte pins Brie to pick up the win for her team. Bret Hart shows us how to get the WWE Network in Canada. The Authority enter the ring for their huge announcement. Triple H announces the mystery man in the Rumble will enter #30 and will be there to make sure the right person wins the Rumble. He looks to make another announcement when Sting appears in the audience. Triple H starts to bad mouth him and is going to send The Stooges to get him when "No Chance in Hell" starts to play. Vince appears and informs everyone that Sting has been hired by the shareholders to keep the Authority in line. He has there 100% backing and if Sting can't keep Triple H from being unbiased then he will be removed from power, with no loop holes. Triple H freaks out, Sting points the bat at Triple H as we go to commercial. 5) Big Show vs Dean Ambrose Dean Ambrose wins after a back and forth match. Near the end Show is down on the ropes and Reigns hits the apron dropkick which leads to Dirty Deeds for the win. After the match Big Show is pissed and starts throwing weapons around. Rollins and The Stooges come down to calm things down, but Dolp Ziggler runs in. A wild brawl erupts all through out the arena and audience as everyone in the Royal Rumble match on Sunday enter the fray. As the battle ensues Brock Lesnar makes his way to the ring and knocks out anyone in his way. He calls on Cena. Cena appears and starts to make his way to the ring, when Rollins nails Brock with the briefcase and hits the Curb Stomb. He celebrates and makes the Title belt gesture as the show goes off the air followed by a Royal Rumble promo.

Really? I just enjoyed his Negro Casas match and it will be said to see him out of lucha and wrestling the depleted NJ Juniors. However, it will help to freshen up NJ so...

'95 is one of the best overall shows and the Rumble match is an easy top 5 Rumble match itself. So vastly under rated.

Yes and no. No I didnt watch the entire PPV but yes I watched the Rumble match in full because Kofi did some crazy spot on the outside. The only reason they rejected him that I noticed was because he wasent in a condition to wrestle. Ie the Scott Steiner way as in very winded in the match. The stuff that happenned on Twitter was a bit over the top. Could you imagine how it would have been a decade and a half ago had we had Twitter then? The fans would of complained no end over HHH going over at mania 2000. He was rejected because he was the one picked to win the Rumble when everybody wanted Bryan too and not some returning guy who hasn't wrestled in years.

No, it just stunk. It was a total look at us do moves aren't we cool match. I don't care if every single person on earth loved that match, I think its awful!

Wow, I hate that Angle-Benoit match. When I did the top 25 Rumble matches in history last year it didn't even make the list. After the 10th minute of German Suplex & sharpshooter reversals I seriously questioned whether I hate or love wrestling.

I have a ps3 so I use that. I'm thinking of switching to a blu ray player, since I hardly play video games but I would still use that. I don't like watching stuff on my computer and anytime I do, I use my HDMI cable to hook it up to the tv.

Charles and I had a talk about this on the Pro-Wrestling Super Show Holiday special and we both agreed Survivor Series was the better match. My argument for that match is that it is truly a throw back end of an era type situation. Not a fake on like Triple H-Taker in the Cell at Mania, but a real ending point of the slower old school style in North America. It's got an amazing story of Bret's comeback and how he may not have it any more, but he has heart and will keep fighting back. In the end the returning legend had a trick that the new guy on the block had never seen before. The match is intense and builds and builds. There is stuff like the first slug fest Austin wins, but Hart is able to come back for the second one and win that. A few times that happens, where someone will try something early and try again later and it fails too. I could talk about this match for hours and never stop praising it. I give it an easy 5 stars! This match is everything pro-wrestling should be and more.

One more to consider is the Wyatts-Shield match from Elimination Chamber. One of the rare matches I rate 5 stars.

How could I forget that? Man, that John Cena is a hell of a pro wrestler.

I was listening to the List'em and Learn episode where they ran down the best WWF matches of the 1990s and all three had Austin-Hart I Quit as number one. Alan & Matt then came out and said it would be there number 1 match in WWF history. What I found striking about that is I don't even think it's the best Austin-Hart match, as I have the Survivor Series '96 one ahead of it. There are a lot of contenders for this crown: Iron Sheik vs Sgt. Slaughter, Boot Camp Bret Hart vs Owen Hart, WrestleMania X Steve Austin vs Bret Hart, Survivor Series 96 Steve Austin vs Bret Hart, I Quit from WrestleMania XIII John Cena vs Umaga, Last Man Standing from Royal Rumble John Cena vs CM Punk, Money in the Bank Those are off of the top of my head and the Survivor Series 96 & the Cena-Punk matches would be the battle for top spot for me. What do you have?

Two of those guys made our lists. Interesting, although all were brought up as possibilities.

I liked it at the time and completely need to re-watch that. Every podcast Will and I are on is a Bret vs Kerry podcast, but an extended version may be possible...

It would certainly help the card. A Sting singles match is nothing anyone wants to see and will stink up the card. Paring him with some workers would really help.

In reality Rusev should be undefeated, win the title at SummerSlam and finally lose at Mania next year making someone like Reigns. Maybe you have Rusev lose a tag match to a challenger, only for him to beat the guy when its one on one.

That only works if he gets it back and then goes on the run. If he chases Rollins from Mania to SummerSlam and then has a SummerSlam to Mania (or Rumble) run that would be sufficient. Unless, of course, fans give up completely.

Reigns turns heel, acts as Rollins muscle. Does the Batista turning on Evolution thing and beats Rollins for the title. Problem solved.

I'm fantasy booking the WWE week by week here and I don't want to tip my hat at exactly what is happening at Mania, but here is an idea I booted around. Earlier in the night you have some kind of Sting & co vs HHH & co with Seth being on Triple H's team. This match will be Triple H's last in the company, unless he wins type of deal. Anyways, he gets pinned in the match. Post match Rollins snaps and takes out the Authority. Main Event Bryan defeats Brock for the title. As he is celebrating he gets attacked by two dudes dressed like The Shield (from NXT, so Kevin Steen, KENTA, Prince Devitt or whoever, pick two you like). As they put Bryan through the table, Rollins comes out in his old Shield outfit cashes in and wins the belt. The New Shield celebrate to end the show. In the end, I think I am going to do something different with my WWE, but this idea would be interesting at least.