Gringo Loco’s The Wrld on Lucha was highlighted by an intergender ‘Lucha Extrema’ match, but also saw performer Jack Cartwheel unable to finish his match.
Results
- KJ Orso over Dulce Tormenta, Resplandor, Devon Monroe, Jimmy Lloyd & Rafael Quintero in 10:05
- Thunder Rosa over Julissa Mexa in 10:29
- Rey Horus, Toxin & Latigo over Noisy Boy, Spider Fly & Briyante Jr. in 11:57
- Jack Cartwheel vs. Galeno del Mal ended due to injury
- Gringo Loco, Arez & Vengador over Hyo, Kzy & Yuki Yoshioka in 18:55 (Recommended)
- Lucha Extrema: El Desperado over Vipress in 15:12
The annual staple of The Collective presented its ‘Mania Weekend card on Friday afternoon from the Horseshoe in Las Vegas, and not all performers came out unscathed.
AAA performer Jack Cartwheel suffered what appeared to be an elbow injury after landing badly on a springboard corkscrew onto Galeno del Mal. Cartwheel grabbed the injured arm and immediately communicated his injury to the referee, who flew up the ‘X’ signal, and the match was called off.
Cartwheel was scheduled to perform on the Sabu Memorial event tonight against Brian Cage, but it would be unlikely that he’ll be wrestling. No update has been disclosed by Cartwheel.
The main event was billed as ‘Lucha Extrema’, pitting New Japan star El Desperado against Ironwoman Vipress, who had seven matches scheduled in Las Vegas this week. It was a well-worked match, but the audience was not as large as some of the recent shows at the venue and not as enthusiastic. Desperado took a big bump off the turnbuckle through a door bridge across four chairs on the floor for the major spot. Vipress wouldn’t stay down and ate all of Desperado’s big moves, kicking out from a Guitarra de Angel, an Omori Driver, and the Pinche Loco. She provided one last flurry before a Pinche Loco onto a chair as Desperado’s arm was raised.
The show’s curator, Gringo Loco, teamed with Arez a.k.a. ‘El Clon’ and Vengador to defeat Dragongate’s Hyo, Kzy, and Yuki Yoshioka in a lengthy Trios contest. After a long period of Team DG being outnumbered, they forged a comeback with high flying and some comedy with Gringo Loco. Vengador landed a step-up, top rope Asai moonsault before he was hit by a Destroyer from Kzy. Hyo hit Hunting (cutter off the turnbuckle), but Arez saved. Hyo was left alone and took a pop-up cutter from Vengador, a double stomp by Arez, and a top rope moonsault by Gringo Loco for the conclusion.
Rey Horus, Latigo & Toxin defeated Noisy Boy, Spider Fly, and Briyante Jr. in a sprint with all types of flying maneuvers. Horus stood out as the smoothest and won after a sunset cradle bomb off the buckle to Noisy Boy. This was a fun match for the time it lasted.
Thunder Rosa beat Julissa Mexa (formerly Yulisa Leon in WWE) after a Fire Thunder Driver. Both worked hard and fought ringside and into the seats, landing on top of fans. Mexa hit the fallaway moonsault off the top, which Bandido has popularized, and received a big reaction. It was a nice showcase for Mexa.
It opened with a six-person scramble that KJ Orso won, involving Rafael Quintero, Resplandor, Dulce Tormenta, Devon Monroe, and Jimmy Lloyd.
It wasn’t close to the level of a scramble match that GCW just presented at its Maniac card in L.A., where Resplandor tore the house down. Each took turns with dives to the floor, highlighted by Resplandor’s shooting star outside. He survived a Ganzo Bomb from Lloyd when Monroe made the save. Quintero hit a great-looking handspring into a sit-out powerbomb on Monroe. Tormenta had the match won after a Blue Thunder Bomb on Resplandor, but was interrupted by Orso’s step-up double stomp from behind, and he pinned Tormenta.
In front of a bigger crowd, this might have had a hotter reaction, but it didn’t hit the next gear.
