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Who’s Who?

Ultimo Guerrero

Making his debut in 1990 the first part of that decade he would be off the radar. His first wide exposure coming in the short lived Promo Azteca promotion that ran for a few years in the late 1990′s before making his way to CMLL in 1998 where he has been ever since, doing independent dates as well.

At this point the gold on record for Ultimo Guerrero was the CMLL World Tag Team Champion(5x) and Trios Champion(x2). As well as a long reign with the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship in the early 2000′s and was currently the Heavyweight Championship which he comes out with in this match.

6-0-0 was his luchas de apuestas record at the time. His 1st unmasking being Mr. Aguila at 1998′s CMLL Anniversary another notable win/shaving was his 6th being Super Parka who was also once known as Volador and is father of the Volador Jr. who is now one of Ultimo’s biggest rivals.

This match is while Ultimo was already positioned as the top rudo of the company. Him winning Gran Prix the last 2 years for Team Mexico and now fighting in the 1st Universal Tournament. His ticket in being his CMLL World Heavyweight Championship.

Texano Jr.

Making his debut in 1999, he got his start in IWRG before making his way to CMLL in 2003 where he would work until making his way to AAA in 2012 where he has worked since.

Texano in the decade or so he had been had been working at this point held the

Mexican National Trios Champion (with Maximo and El Sagrado) and to get into this tournament was holding the NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion. His first singles gold in any company as far as I can tell. He had by this point won something that never really caught on 2005′s Mexican Junior. G1 Climax CMLL has had many tournaments that didn’t become regular annual things.

8-1-0 was his luchas de apuestas record at the time. It may have been 7 since the date of his win over Rambo is unknown and could have been after this. He was originally known as Kempo Kid before coming to CMLL where he’d lose his mask to Stuka Jr. which is where the 1 loss come from.

Texano Jr. around this point would be picking up more steam and this match might be the one that’s considered his start as a main eventer first in CMLL and carrying that momentum over to AAA where he works these days. His tag team with older talent Terrible was very popular in 2009 as well.

How is the match?

Great, this was something CMLL were probably planning to make annual. So this match had to be a fun one if you want to put the concept of a championship tournament over. Two blocks on 2 Friday shows in a row and then a final. Which would go on to become the norm for all CMLL’s tournaments. Which I think helps make the matches more memorable than when CMLL use to to tournaments all in one night. Having a final like this as a main event is always nice.

I’m going to be honest with you, this was actually a replacement for a match I watched from this year that seemed too onenote to recommend. My internet also died for a portion of today so it probably wasn’t the best choice, but I didn’t want to put anything I thought was too subpar. This is much better than Dos Caras Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero from February of this same year 2009. It was a little one note and felt like a build to a title match or something bigger.

Anyways, back to this match which I think is a great clash between champions. Of course the CMLL Heavyweight Champion and NWA Light Heavyweight Champion battle to prove who is the superior champion. Love this concept and glad it’s still going about a decade later with Ultimo likely being in it again like he is most years. Texano Jr. really impresses and show’s that while he is younger than Ultimo he is no rookie. Some of his diving swanton offense here looked perfect. Ultimo rarely disappoints and this match is one of his many classics when it comes to big matches.

As I said at the end of his section this is really Texano Jr. getting his momentum. Just as this is one of Ultimo’s best matches the same holds true for Texano Jr. and he wouldn’t get singles gold again after this year until getting the AAA Mega Championship in AAA. Texano Jr. being the AAA Standard bearer having the most defenses with that belt and total amount of days over his 2 reigns. So both guys are great talents who have become very decorated since this match happened and both were in big spots at the time too obviously.

A well fought match with a good ending. I like the finish and I’ll always be down for a well executed Guerrero Special. Gotta love the pomp and circumstance and the Universal title is great. It looks a bit gaudy, but I think that fits for a belt we only see for a few days of the year annually. The confetti too was obviously great too raining down in high quantities.