Lucha Underground Review: Ultima Lucha Part I and II
Gift of the Gods Match
Big Ryck vs. Sexy Star vs. Aerostar vs. Jack Evans vs. Fenix vs. King Cuerno vs. Bengala
Result: Fenix defeats Big Ryck, Sexy Star, Aerostar, Jack Evans, King Cuerno and Bengala via pinfall to become the Gift of the Gods winner. Fenix receives a future Lucha Underground Championship opportunity.
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Things broke down immediately with Big Ryck taking control and using his power. He tossed out a few Luchadors with no one able to stop him.
As Ryck went for a dive, all the other Luchadors came in to stop him. They tried controlling him in the ring but Ryck hit a double clothesline. He would get taken down with a double dropkick.
Aerostar then hit a big flip over the ropes onto Fenix. After Aero went for another move, Fenix caught him and turned it into a powerslam.
In the ring, Evans hit a big roundhouse kick. He went for a dive onto Cuerno outside the ring but was taken out with an enzeguri.
In the ring, Sexy Star and Fenix battled. As Fenix was going for a pin, Ryck pulled the referee out of the way to stop it.
Ryck went back to work, throwing Evans and Sexy out of the ring.
Outside the ring, Ryck took down everyone around him again. This stopped when everyone noticed Aerostar had climbed almost to the ceiling of the Temple. He jumped off the structure and took out multiple luchadors!
Sexy was left as the only one in the ring but Marty the Moth came in and went to attack. Sexy would retaliate and put Marty into an arm submission. She then climbed to the top rope and took out multiple luchadors!
Ryck then pulled Sexy head-first into the ring. However, Sexy hit a big head scissors to briefly take Ryck down. Cuerno then hit Thrill of the Hunt on Sexy but didn’t go for the pin.
Cuerno and Fenix briefly exchanged blows until Bengala came and took them out. He nearly got a pinfall.
Bengala then hit a big corkscrew onto Fenix. Cuero then hit a dive through the ropes onto Fenix.
In the ring, Evans and Aerostar began battling. Evans nearly got the pin and put on a submission. However, Aerostae powered out and hit a Package DDT.
Sexy and Aerostar then began battling until Ryck came in to break things up. He picked up Sexy and slammed her.
Daivari then came in and bashed Ryck with a chair multiple times. Evans capitalized with a splash and went for the pin but couldn’t get it. Cuerno would battle with Evans and put a submission hold on Evans. Fenix would break things up.
Fenix and Evans fought in the ring. Evans tried a quick roll up for a near-fall.
Evans then put on a modified tarantula but Fenix kneed out of it. He then hit a piledriver on Evans for the win.
Rob’s Note: This was a crazy, chaotic seven-person match. The action was constantly great and it resulted in a fan favorite, Fenix, becoming the new Gift of the Gods winner. He will get a title shot in the future.