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00:01My sister says it's almost time for you to fly back to the temple.
00:07We're coming with you.
00:09Who did this to you?
00:12Mom.
00:14Mom? I'll kill her.
00:16Not King. Terry.
00:21Who do you pray to?
00:24I heard Conan pray.
00:26As the life drained from him in that casket.
00:28Maybe it will be you to make a sacrifice in honor of your master.
00:33The match is over. Puma is victorious.
00:36Will Puma break Pentagon's arm?
00:39But he chose not to.
00:41Prince Puma wanted to humiliate me.
00:44Give me that fight.
00:48You want Prince Puma?
00:51You can have him.
00:53Just be warned. Putting your hands on me was the biggest mistake you ever made.
00:58You took the title but did not destroy the man.
01:03Kill the Phoenix once and for all.
01:07Oh shit!
01:10The Phoenix won't die. I'm officially claiming my title match.
01:15You'll be defending that title against Phoenix.
01:18I know the Phoenix can fly and I hope you can too.
01:21It's Aladdin match.
01:29You summoned me?
01:33You let them fight each other.
01:37But don't let them fight me.
01:40I should have sent them into the darkness weeks ago.
01:44But I listened to you.
01:48I'm not afraid of you.
01:51I'm not afraid of you.
01:54I'm not afraid of you.
01:56But I listened to you.
02:01I've known you since you were a little boy.
02:05A scared little boy as I recall.
02:09If it wasn't for me, Pascual Mendoza.
02:13Mendoza.
02:19You would have never have found yourself out of that tomb the gods put you in.
02:31If I could bury you right now, I would.
02:36Give me Pentagon and Puma.
02:40I'll bury them instead.
02:47No.
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04:39Cobra Moon a few weeks ago from what we saw in that small little sample size,
04:44very serpentine, very slick movements.
04:47How that will translate into a fight with Sexy Star.
04:51Vamp, your thoughts.
04:52Sexy Star is the new generation.
04:54She stood up. She showed what women today can do.
04:57She is a warrior.
04:58But Cobra Moon, let's not forget, she comes from one of the oldest tribes in Mexico.
05:03So we got something extremely evil and ancient against something heroic and new.
05:09Cobra Moon has a victory over Bengala.
05:11But with all due respect, Sexy Star is an entirely different animal.
05:17Evilness. I dig it so much, Matt, so much.
05:21There's something psychologically seductive about Cobra Moon
05:26as she gets set to square off here with Sexy Star.
05:28Sexy's hands are high, Cobra trying to get her head lower than her opponents.
05:34Here we go now.
05:35Go behind, trying to manipulate the hips here.
05:38Cobra Moon in control of Sexy Star.
05:41Nice break there and switches.
05:45Whoa. Very slick there. Ow.
05:50For two new luchadores feeling each other out,
05:53you feel that this is going to combust at some point.
05:57Hang on. It looks like the Mac has joined us here.
06:03What the hell is he doing?
06:06Cobra Moon slowing down.
06:08Nice venomous strike.
06:11Bro, I'm feeling it.
06:14Oh, nice knee to the gut there.
06:15Cobra set the pace nice and slow.
06:17Once Sexy changed the pace, Cobra attacked.
06:21Good. Cobra Moon to the arm.
06:24Wide strategy. Length. Nice.
06:26Pressure on the elbow. Extending. Good.
06:31Willie Mac trying to be like Mickey from Rocky.
06:34Seems like the Mac is leading the crowd to cheer for Sexy Star.
06:38Whoa. Slap across the face.
06:41And now Sexy Star with the spirit of Selena and Celia Cruz rolled into one.
06:46Here she comes.
06:50Well, let's just say that finally somebody's standing up to Sexy Star, baby.
06:56Oh. I can't get what the Mac's doing out here.
07:00I'd like to know.
07:04Now Cobra Moon has Sexy wrapped up.
07:08Oh, nice. Yes. Nice submission.
07:11Oh, you are going to separate her shoulder right there.
07:15There you go.
07:18Oh.
07:23Fans are feeling it.
07:25I like how close Cobra Moon stays to her opponent.
07:28Let's not forget, Sexy is familiar with the atmosphere here in the temple.
07:31Cobra is not.
07:32I don't think Sexy is familiar with the boot and the lung in the back.
07:39All the believers are firmly behind Sexy Star.
07:44On the move now.
07:46Body scissor. Roll up.
07:49Could we see it here?
07:50This modified pendulum surfboard.
07:53Vicious, vicious submission.
07:55If Sexy can stand up.
07:57All the pressure now on the knees and the back.
08:01Wait, the moth?
08:03That's Marty, the moth.
08:05Sexy took her eyes off the prize.
08:07And now Cobra Moon into the dragon sleeper with the body scissors.
08:12This is what Cobra used to lead herself to a victory a couple of weeks ago.
08:17Sexy tap. Sexy tap.
08:19Here's your winner, Cobra Moon.
08:23She tapped, bro.
08:25I've never seen Sexy Star tap out. Never.
08:28Listen, all being Marty, the moth, slight distraction.
08:34Take nothing away from Cobra Moon's victory here.
08:38And we're not done because we are going to a much darker place.
08:42Not only will we bring you Pentagon Jr.
08:44versus Prince Puma, we also have a ladder match
08:48for the gift of the gods championship.
08:51Two of the most athletic, inspired individuals in Lucha Underground.
08:56Phoenix, the challenger, King Cuerno, the champion.
08:58It comes your way tonight on Lucha Underground.
09:26Do you want to become a famous fighter just like me?
09:30Well, now you can.
09:31Just pick up the phone.
09:33Call the number 423-GET-FAME.
09:38That's 423-GET-FAME.
09:46So call me now and let Famous Me help you become famous.
09:56Hey, I was watching that.
10:05There's no time for TV.
10:07Your training is the most important thing right now.
10:10We have to get you ready.
10:22Ready for what?
10:25Your destiny.
10:46Hunting pleases me.
10:48I am not a bloodthirsty killer,
10:50but I don't deny that the ultimate goal of a hunter
10:54is the death of your prey.
10:57I embrace the hunt with anticipation.
11:01And in the event the kill is successfully made,
11:06I feel absolutely no remorse.
11:11Only a sense of...
11:15satisfaction.
11:18And tonight, when I climb that ladder to the heavens
11:22and retrieve my prize,
11:24King Cuerno will no longer be just a hunter.
11:29I will be a god.
11:32And soon, the next Lucha Underground champion.
11:48LUCHA UNDERGROUND
11:58Lucha! Lucha! Lucha!
12:00Lucha! Lucha! Lucha!
12:02The Falling Lucha scheduled for one fall.
12:06Introducing first, he is the former Lucha Underground champion
12:11from Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California,
12:15Prince Puma!
12:18Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Lucha Underground,
12:21the first of our two main events.
12:23As you see that man,
12:24the first-ever Lucha Underground champion,
12:27Prince Puma,
12:28makes his way amongst the believers into the temple.
12:32Bam, last year, this was a fighter
12:35that really put Lucha Underground on the map.
12:38Everyone that has ever seen this man compete
12:41all say the same thing about him,
12:43that he's absolutely exceptional.
12:44Your thoughts?
12:46Not only put Lucha Underground on the map,
12:48he put Boyle Heights, he put himself,
12:49Prince Puma, on the map.
12:50He changed the face of wrestling last year,
12:52not just in the United States, but worldwide.
12:54He brought what is Lucha League right to the forefront.
12:57The weight of the shoulders was on this man last year,
13:00and I'm hoping that it's not too much
13:01and he can continue on to the success that he's had worldwide.
13:04Only good things can come
13:05if he keeps his feet planted on the ground.
13:07Now, Puma's rivalry with Pentagon,
13:11how does this affect both trajectories
13:14of both men's careers?
13:16Listen to the fans, man.
13:18I can say from experience,
13:20Pentagon Jr., he's on a dark path,
13:23he's been through a lot, he can go the distance.
13:26Man, these two young men
13:27are at the pinnacle of time right now.
13:30What happens tonight
13:31is gonna determine tomorrow, bro.
13:33And his opponent,
13:35from Jalapa de la Cruz, Mexico,
13:40Pentagon Jr.
13:43Vampiro, I can't think of anyone
13:45that can educate the first-time viewer
13:48on that man, Pentagon Jr.
13:50Well, I've heard a lot of things being said,
13:52you know, since you know when,
13:53that I'm trying to forget,
13:54but you seem to kind of pull me back into it
13:56every time we've got to talk about him.
13:58Now, yes, past the torch, maybe.
14:01Is he taking the dark path?
14:02Definitely.
14:03Is he the right one to do that?
14:05Hell yeah.
14:06Will he back down? No.
14:07Will he bring it? Yes.
14:08Is he a warrior?
14:09Definitely.
14:10Should Puma be worried?
14:11Hell yeah.
14:12How's that, Matt?
14:13That's why you are the man.
14:15The last time I saw these two men,
14:17Puma almost broke Pentagon's arm,
14:20but chose not to.
14:22Perhaps that softness of heart
14:24will come back to haunt Prince Puma.
14:28Referee Rick Knox sounds the bell.
14:30Here we go.
14:33These two were forced to team together
14:36several weeks back.
14:37Then they were in a fight against one another.
14:40That fight continues here tonight.
14:46In that match,
14:47Pentagon thought that he defeated Puma,
14:50but Puma got his shoulders up at the last second,
14:52so Pentagon has a bit of motivation here.
14:58Wow.
14:59Nice. Definitely.
15:01What I like most about this, Matt,
15:03is I feel like I'm at your house
15:04for watching wrestling after a couple of matches
15:06like you best friends.
15:08I'm enjoying this so much.
15:09I wouldn't rather be anywhere else
15:11except our house,
15:12which is the temple here.
15:13Matt, thank you for everything.
15:17Boom!
15:18Just like that.
15:21That right there is a photo for a poster.
15:24Now back to the wrestling.
15:26Puma on the move.
15:28Oh!
15:30Puma's knees caught Pentagon
15:32right on the top of the head.
15:35I only pray that Puma doesn't fall for this,
15:38and he doesn't listen to the fans too much.
15:40Pentagon is waiting.
15:42Don't forget, he's a monster.
15:44Watch out, brother.
15:45To your point right there,
15:47Puma wasting precious time
15:49locking eyes with the believers.
15:52But let me get here, man.
15:53He's from Boyle House.
15:54He can enjoy this.
15:57Prince Puma.
15:58Oh!
16:00Very close to the ropes.
16:02No.
16:03Wow.
16:04I'm telling you right now,
16:05Pentagon Jr. is only going to turn it up.
16:08The believers are pretty much split
16:10right down the middle here.
16:12Oh!
16:14Excuse me.
16:16When I kiss the sky.
16:17Oh, man.
16:18Talk about getting your lungs
16:19locked out of your ears.
16:21Smart kick there to the lower rib diaphragm area.
16:24It makes it very difficult to breathe.
16:26Look it.
16:27Focused.
16:28Not even breathing hard.
16:29Taking his time.
16:31Like a shark.
16:32Took the first bite.
16:34He's going to circle around and around and come back.
16:36Now the gloves come off.
16:38You know what that means.
16:39Let's just listen to the natural sound.
16:44Oh!
16:46Closest thing to a gunshot.
16:48The auditory delight of Pentagon.
16:52That leaves a mark on the insides, man.
16:55That hurts so much.
16:57Oh, hang on a second here.
16:59Shoulders are down.
17:00No!
17:01Puma is very quick.
17:03It's Puma's quickness
17:04that may be the X factor in this match.
17:07And that's his mistake.
17:08Oh!
17:09Anger.
17:10He's got to learn humility, this kid.
17:12I'm telling you.
17:13As soon as he starts yelling at the referee,
17:15he loses focus.
17:16Talking about Pentagon Jr.,
17:17who now is caught in the clutches of Prince Puma.
17:20We've seen this from Puma before.
17:22Showing his power, his core strength.
17:25Should have went for a pin there, no?
17:27I would have to say yes.
17:29I'd rather go for that.
17:31Too worried about being a video game.
17:33Go for the win.
17:34But Puma's got it.
17:35He's pissed off.
17:37He's going to fight.
17:42Well, I think Pentagon is very smart
17:44coming up onto all fours,
17:45keeping his shoulders off the mat.
17:47It tells me as an analyst
17:48that Pentagon has a lot of fight and wherewithal left in him.
17:52You think Pentagon's playing?
17:54I just believe that his instincts are in a good place.
17:57In a good place.
17:58It may be coming right out of his body right now, though,
18:01if Puma can hit this.
18:02No.
18:03Puma lands on his feet.
18:04A lot of space between the two fighters now.
18:06Pentagon goes to make it up.
18:07Puma catches.
18:08Puts him on a turnbuckle
18:09and slaps the taste out of his mouth.
18:14Matt.
18:15Matt.
18:16Look at the top of the temple.
18:19It's our champion Mil Muertes
18:21descending the steps of the temple,
18:24slowly watching these two.
18:27No.
18:28Mexican Destroyer from Pentagon was not enough.
18:31And there is our Lucha Underground champion,
18:35Dark Destro himself, Mil Muertes.
18:38This is too much.
18:41You got violence all around you.
18:43I feel like a kid at Christmas time.
18:45Of course.
18:46The broken arm, a product of Pentagon.
18:50So Mil has that beef with Pentagon.
18:52Mil defeated Puma for the title.
18:54Wait a second.
18:55There's that beef.
18:56And the sling just came off.
18:57I can only assume that the champion is fully healed.
19:01Mil is furious.
19:03Mil is pissed.
19:05Mil Muertes!
19:06Mil Muertes!
19:07Mil Muertes!
19:08Mil Muertes!
19:09I don't think Pentagon even realizes
19:11the presence of death behind Mil Muertes.
19:15As he hooks Puma up for the package piledriver.
19:18Oh, yeah.
19:19Turn around.
19:20Now Pentagon notices.
19:22Ooh!
19:23Hang on.
19:25Contact made.
19:27Outside interference.
19:28Referee calls for the disqualification.
19:31Ooh!
19:33Bad move.
19:34Oh!
19:35Now straight right hand.
19:37Spear.
19:39Our champion looks dominant right now.
19:42Taking out what may very well be
19:45his two most dangerous challengers.
19:49Matt, when has Mil Muertes not looked devastating?
19:59If you're gonna break Mil Muertes' arm,
20:02you better be ready for the repercussions
20:05of a flatliner.
20:09Mil Muertes! Mil Muertes!
20:12Mil Muertes! Mil Muertes!
20:14The story is sad.
20:15The champ is home.
20:17This is the Lucha Underground champion.
20:20This is his temple.
20:21Mil Muertes looks as if he's fully healed
20:24and outs for some revenge against Puma and Pentagon.
20:28The champion has made a statement tonight.
20:30It's hard to imagine that his title is safe
20:34from either Puma or Pentagon
20:36or the two men competing in our main event.
20:39We're talking about Phoenix and King Cuerno.
20:42It's a gift of the gods ladder match.
20:45Carnage, destruction, violence
20:48when we come back here on Lucha Underground.
20:52Sorry to say it, brother,
20:53but that title looks pretty safe to me right about now.
21:07See?
21:08All you needed was a little motivation.
21:11What I did tonight was nothing.
21:14Next week, I will defend my championship
21:18against both of them.
21:20This is my temple.
21:25And no,
21:27I will not be defeated.
21:31This is my temple.
21:35And no one can stop
21:39Mil Muertes.
21:50Lucha! Lucha! Lucha! Lucha!
21:53Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Lucha Underground.
21:56We are moments away from our main event
21:58for the gift of the gods championship.
22:00Phoenix versus King Cuerno.
22:02But before we get there,
22:03we have breaking news that we can't announce for you right now.
22:06The invitations have been sent out by Mil Muertes and Katrina.
22:09In three short weeks,
22:1120 of the greatest fighters in the world
22:14will converge on this temple for Aztec warfare.
22:17Now, the rules are simple.
22:19Two luchadores will start the match.
22:21Every 90 seconds, a new luchador will enter.
22:24The only way to be eliminated is by pinfall or submission.
22:28Whomever is the last luchador left
22:30will then earn the number one contender spot
22:33to Mil Muertes' Lucha Underground championship.
22:37Last year's Aztec warfare was groundbreaking.
22:40This year's promises to be darker,
22:43more disturbed, and even more violent.
22:46In three short weeks,
22:47Aztec warfare comes your way right here
22:50on Lucha Underground.
22:58The following lucha is the main event
23:01and is for the Gift of the Gods championship.
23:06The only way to win is to be the first luchador
23:09to climb the ladder and retrieve the Gift of the Gods.
23:13Introducing first, the challenger
23:16from Mexico City, Mexico, Phoenix!
23:21This young man is a former Gift of the Gods champion.
23:24This young man has Aztec warfare experience
23:27and in the last year, this young man
23:30has absolutely electrified the wrestling world.
23:34We are talking about Phoenix,
23:35but, Vamp, you told me off the air
23:37that you think this type of match
23:39could end this young man's career.
23:41Exactly, Matt.
23:42You said he's done all those things,
23:43but stepped into the face of death.
23:46This is a different kind of match.
23:47You're coming out of this match beaten up, hurt.
23:50Maybe you might be carried out.
23:51This is something different.
23:52There are no applause in this arena
23:54that's gonna get you through this easily.
23:56This young man did survive grave consequences.
23:59Can he survive a ladder match
24:02for the Gift of the Gods championship?
24:05If you've never seen a ladder match before,
24:07let your imagination run wild
24:09with the things that these athletes will do.
24:13Is that fear? Is that adrenaline?
24:15Is that confidence?
24:16That's just Phoenix.
24:17That's just Phoenix. Good call.
24:23Hey, man, what would you do
24:24walking down the stairs of the temple
24:26knowing no matter what you do tonight,
24:29your career could end?
24:33And his opponent,
24:35from the highlands of Guerrero, Mexico,
24:38he is the Gift of the Gods champion,
24:41King Cuerno!
24:45Last year at Ultima Lucha,
24:47Phoenix won the Gift of the Gods championship.
24:50A mere six weeks ago,
24:51he lost that coveted title
24:53to the man that is about to enter the temple.
24:56He is known as the hunter.
24:57He is known as the surveyor of all that he sees.
25:01He is indeed the Gift of the Gods champion,
25:04King Cuerno.
25:08Now, Vamp, in this type of match,
25:09you need to incapacitate your opponent enough
25:12for you to climb a ladder
25:13and unhinge the championship
25:15that hangs perilously high above the ring.
25:19Who do you give the advantage to?
25:21Definitely Cuerno.
25:22Why?
25:23He's played Phoenix into this like a mouse in a trap, bro.
25:26You gotta remember,
25:27in order to get that belt up there,
25:29you're gonna be half the willing to almost die.
25:31In order to do that,
25:32is he willing to go the step and maybe even kill someone?
25:35I don't think so.
25:36It's that serious.
25:37That's what's on the line.
25:39Both of these men own victories over one another.
25:42You have to believe that that's going through their mind.
25:45There you see the empty throne
25:48of our Lucha Underground champion,
25:50Mil Muertes.
25:51This match has direct implications
25:53on Mil Muertes' title reign.
25:56Speaking of,
25:57here comes our champion, Mil Muertes, in his throne,
26:00overlooking the temple like an overlord of the dark world.
26:04I'm so much digging that.
26:05What?
26:06Ladies and gentlemen,
26:07when we return here on Lucha Underground,
26:09the hunter takes on the bird of war in a ladder match
26:12with the gift of the gods championship on the line.
26:15That championship guarantees his holder
26:17a Lucha Underground championship match.
26:19These two fighters will have to do anything and everything
26:21in order to climb that ladder
26:23and be the first to retrieve the title.
26:25This one should be a classic.
26:26Phoenix, King Cuerno, gift of the gods ladder match.
26:29It happens next.
26:38Welcome back to Lucha Underground.
26:40It's main event time.
26:41Here we go.
26:45Cuerno not even paying attention to Phoenix.
26:47He's looking up at that bell.
26:48He knows what he's got to do.
26:50I asked you to whom you give the advantage.
26:52You gave it to Cuerno.
26:54Yep.
26:55Phoenix busting out some unique offense from the start.
26:58Hey, man, in a match like this,
27:00where you're going to get an ass whooping,
27:01you better be careful with that high-flying stuff
27:03or they'll take its toll before it needs to.
27:05Now, these two know each other very well.
27:07They know they're going to have to wear each other down
27:09before they go incapacitate one another,
27:11although Phoenix looks like he's ready
27:13to pull out his ace card right away.
27:15I think Phoenix got a little bit of aggression in him tonight.
27:17He looks like he hates Cuerno.
27:21Well, they do say familiarity breeds contempt.
27:26Steel jungle that Cuerno lords over.
27:29Phoenix flies from the skies.
27:37Would you go for the victory early on something like this?
27:40Well, it's something to point out.
27:41All of the ladders, all of your tools are outside of the ring.
27:45Therefore, it behooves you to take the fight outside,
27:48incapacitate your opponent, and start to maneuver in.
27:51That's what Phoenix is doing early on.
27:58Well, this may be easier than we thought.
28:04Phoenix is setting up the ladder.
28:10The placement of the ladder is crucial.
28:14Phoenix! Phoenix!
28:17Cuerno in.
28:19Cuerno swings.
28:22Two weeks ago, these two guys had to beat the living hell out of each other, Matt.
28:26You remember that.
28:27Hatred.
28:28I don't even think they had time to heal up.
28:31Adrenaline is a wonderful thing in our sport.
28:34It's my favorite drug.
28:37Built a career on it, you know.
28:39Now, Cuerno could have opted to use the ladder there,
28:42but instead, it looks like Cuerno is going to use the ladder for offense against Phoenix,
28:46which is all legal, by the way.
28:48Sure it is, and this ain't Home Depot.
28:50This is the temple, man.
28:51These are full of all kinds of vermin.
28:54It's dirty, and you cut, and hurt, and blood, guts, and all that kind of stuff.
28:59Powerbomb onto the ladder.
29:01Nasty.
29:06I like when Cuerno does that, man.
29:08He just takes his time.
29:09He's like, you really, really want to do this?
29:11You really want to push me?
29:14Cuerno drags his hand along the perimeter of the ring.
29:17The Hunter now outside.
29:20I can't understand it.
29:21He's got the ladder in the ring.
29:22I can't understand why they don't go for the kill, man.
29:25I understand that he likes the trophy.
29:27I understand he likes the thrill of the hunt.
29:29I get it.
29:30Ulterior motives?
29:32Speculation.
29:36What is Cuerno building here?
29:39Well, I don't know, man.
29:40But he can't leave Phoenix out too long before he recoups.
29:42You got to remember, he's a warrior, bro.
29:44Perhaps a steel altar on which Phoenix will be sacrificed.
29:53Yeah, you can feel it.
29:54Temple, like mice running around.
29:56Everybody's feet standing up.
29:57Everybody wants to watch the beating.
29:59Sick.
30:02Block there by Phoenix.
30:03Dropping down to a knee.
30:09Phoenix still kicking.
30:11Show.
30:12Putting his weight on the bottom half of his body
30:14makes it difficult for Cuerno to get Phoenix up.
30:19You know, it's interesting.
30:20Cuerno sensed that there was still a lot of strength and fight in Phoenix
30:23and knew that he had to inflict more punishment.
30:25We've talked about it week in and week out about how cerebral,
30:28how psychological Cuerno is.
30:30That was very smart, in my opinion.
30:33Psychological?
30:34Or how about psychotic?
30:38Boom.
30:46Maybe like a mouse in a trap here, he's setting the bait.
30:50What's he doing?
30:53That is Katrina's office.
30:55I'm sure Cuerno would love for Katrina to hear the thumps and thuds of bodily harm.
31:02Let's go, Cuerno!
31:05Let's not forget in the last Luchador standing match,
31:07this is deja vu right here and it ended up biting Cuerno in the ass.
31:17It's gotta hurt.
31:18You can hear those primal screams from Phoenix.
31:21It's gotta hurt, man.
31:24Let's go, Cuerno!
31:27Let's go, Cuerno!
31:30We've been waiting for this.
31:32It was only a matter of time before the faithful in the temple woke up.
31:37Phoenix can't even get to his feet.
31:43Cuerno now with the elephant gun, seeking his prey.
31:49Man, he's got Phoenix where he wants him.
31:52I don't understand his methodology here.
31:56Slowly placing the ladder down, Cuerno creeps.
32:03That football kick to the ribs just about did it for me.
32:07It's done.
32:11Right here, as we look through the steel ladder, someone's coming your way.
32:16Someone's coming your way.
32:18The agility, nicely done by Cuerno.
32:23Very smart.
32:25This may very well be our next challenger for the Lucha Underground Championship
32:29and I think Cuerno is at the height of his game.
32:31I think that Phoenix is just desperate, trying to reverse, trying to do anything to hang on.
32:35Cuerno's fresh. He's too smart. He's aware of it.
32:37He sees it like the Matrix. He just took his time.
32:40Knocked him off his feet again.
32:47I know that corner all too well.
32:50Into the sea of believers.
32:58Earlier you said Cuerno should just go for the title,
33:01but now Cuerno is using his environment to try to truly incapacitate his opponent.
33:06Is this a smart strategy?
33:12I think he's on a mission to destroy Phoenix.
33:15This isn't a tactic. This is hate. This is hurt.
33:19This isn't about a win.
33:21He's hurting him.
33:28He's got him where he wants him, wouldn't you say?
33:32I would, but maybe Cuerno knows Phoenix better than you and I do, sitting behind this table.
33:37Cuerno has fought Phoenix. He understands what kind of man is underneath that mask.
33:43And perhaps this tells you how much Cuerno truly fears Phoenix,
33:47how much Cuerno respects Phoenix, how much Cuerno wants to end Phoenix.
33:52It just shows how much Cuerno is a hunter, toying with his game before he kills it, don't you think?
33:59High above the canopy here.
34:02Cuerno has Phoenix hooked up.
34:05Only one place to go.
34:14Phoenix now rising from the ashes. Still has some fight left in him.
34:20We talked about this young man's tenacity. We talked about this young man's ability.
34:24But how about his heart? What does Phoenix have left?
34:38Damn. I don't understand it.
34:40Damn. I don't understand it.
34:49But now it begs the question, at what price, how much did Phoenix have to exert to pull that amazing maneuver off?
34:57You really think with the hatred involved, they're even thinking about that belt right now? Honestly?
35:02Yes, I do believe that in the back of their minds, the gift of the God's Championship
35:06is an extremely valuable prize to both of these fighters.
35:09They wouldn't be putting their careers on the line if it were not.
35:15Do you agree with me when this match is done, both of these men are never going to be the same again?
35:20100%.
35:23Because one of them will be in line for the Lucha Underground Championship.
35:28The other must go back and reevaluate their career here in the temple.
35:37I think the mental and emotional scar tissue that's going to be here
35:40is going to be causing some serious post-traumatic stress disorders, brother.
35:47Fighting into the crowd, if you can get to Boyle Heights, Los Angeles,
35:50come down to the temple and experience Lucha Underground first-hand like that guy.
35:59You're doing it at your own risk, man.
36:07Sorry to say it, but the fans in Boyle Heights are kind of gruesome, they like blood.
36:14It's a special kind of fan here at Lucha Underground.
36:17Yeah, tattooed, rock and roll, criminal-esque.
36:20What are you trying to say?
36:24A unique breed.
36:25There you go.
36:27Not just the fans, but the fighters as well, and the lengths that they will go.
36:32Now that Aztec Warfare has been announced,
36:34I do believe that the locker room intensity will certainly have to be on high alert.
36:43That head just came through my monitor.
36:50Just gotta go, you gotta go, man.
36:55Phoenix realizes that Cuerno is trapped.
37:01Oh!
37:07He broke his ass.
37:17And with a bum leg, you have to believe now that Phoenix is behind the 8-ball.
37:23If Cuerno can smell the blood in the water, this match may be over.
37:32Damn, damn, damn, man.
37:38This is some serious 5-star hate beating that I'm seeing right here.
37:43Phoenix is a wounded animal, the Hunter going for the kill!
37:46Oh!
37:49The ladder reverbed off the steel post, and it ended up sticking Cuerno in his right arms,
37:56clutching his bicep right now.
37:59Man, will either of these two guys even be able to win this match?
38:04Someone has to.
38:14I can't, I can't, I can't take it.
38:17Phoenix is just rising from the flames once again.
38:20Yeah, we alluded to it earlier, this is exactly where the last Luchador standing match ended.
38:27Perfect poetic justice here for Phoenix, as the Bird of War ascends high above the temple.
38:35The Hunter is up.
38:40Oh!
38:42Jesus.
38:44Well, I'm looking at the fans, and everybody's starting to get freaked out here.
38:46This is a little bit too violent, even for my tastes.
38:49No such thing here at the temple.
38:51Your tastes?
38:52Okay, I just told a lie.
38:54But still, you know what I'm saying?
38:58Finally.
38:59Here we go now, Cuerno setting up the ladder, let's not forget the objective of this match,
39:03climb the ladder and unhook the gift of the gods championship, and you are victorious.
39:09I just don't understand it, I don't understand it.
39:16Don't understand what?
39:18Don't understand what?
39:19Man, then again I do, because I've been there.
39:21I just hate to see...
39:23Oh!
39:25When hate takes over.
39:29We've talked about hatred, we've talked about pride, we've talked about all these emotions,
39:33but at the end of the day, it's about becoming the Lucha Underground champion,
39:38and that's what these two are fighting for.
39:40Well, and I will say it now, and I know you agree with me,
39:42I would just give the belt to both of them, but I hate to see this, you know what I mean?
39:45Unfortunately, one has to go home empty handed, and that's not how we do things here.
39:51And throughout all this carnage and all this destruction,
39:53you have to believe that Mil Muertes must be enjoying this.
39:59Is he enjoying it?
40:00Sure, why not?
40:01His two perhaps greatest rivals are just destroying one another.
40:06We just saw Puma and Pentagon do the same to each other.
40:10It looks pretty rosy for the Lucha Underground champion.
40:14So close.
40:16Oh, boy!
40:19What the hell are we seeing?
40:21The expressions of the Believers.
40:23Oh, boy!
40:26Damn!
40:29I gotta go.
40:30As Vampiro joins the Believers, both fighters flat on their back,
40:36as far away from their goal and objective as they could possibly be.
40:41Cuerno, the first to his feet.
40:43He has enjoyed most of the offense in this match.
40:46And look at that look.
40:48That's a look of respect.
41:00There it is.
41:02Below the hunt position.
41:05There it is.
41:09His plan almost backfired.
41:10Would you be safe to say on this one?
41:12Well, we have to wait and see.
41:16I mean, he had to have known that Phoenix was not going to lie down.
41:19Well, very few get up from the thrill of the hunt.
41:22Phoenix is murdering.
41:25Very few get up from getting their head beat through the floor with a ladder, Matt.
41:29Getting their head beat through the floor with a ladder, Matt.
41:36Every good hunter wants to go for the kill.
41:40And that seems to be what Cuerno has running through his sick, twisted mind.
41:47Cuerno?
41:48How about these fans and their sick, twisted mind calling for a table?
41:52See the tables, they're all standing ovation for the violence.
41:56I want to invite every single one of them to my next birthday party.
42:11The last time I saw something like that, nothing good came of it.
42:16If you know what I mean.
42:18What is this?
42:25What does Cuerno have in mind here?
42:28And if Cuerno can hit this, Phoenix may never rise from the ashes again.
42:34No way, no way, dude, no way.
42:36The watchful eye of Mil Muertes.
42:38Forget about it.
42:39It looks like the thrill of the hunt from the second rope.
42:43Phoenix senses the danger.
42:45Phoenix switches his position, gets out of harm's way.
42:49Leaping palm strike.
42:54Phoenix knows his tools so well.
42:57Both these fighters fatigued.
43:06And now Phoenix scrambles.
43:08Phoenix!
43:09No way.
43:10He has four rungs to cover.
43:12Three, two.
43:14Phoenix's hand is on the top rung.
43:17Pulling himself with everything he has.
43:19Can this young man do it?
43:21Can he reach the pinnacle?
43:24Phoenix is the Gift of the God champion.
43:27And new Gift of the God champion, Phoenix!
43:32After everything Phoenix has been through,
43:35after every single fight from last year to this year,
43:38this young man is now the number one contender
43:42to Mil Muertes' Lucha Underground Championship.
43:46When that match will happen remains to be seen.
43:50But when it does, it's gonna be a damn good one.
43:56Ladies and gentlemen, for Vampiro, I am Matt Stryker.
44:00This has been an incredible night.
44:02We are well on our way to Aztec Warfare.
44:05We'll see you right back here next week.
44:08Who knows what's gonna happen?
44:10Join us and find out on Lucha Underground.