A short commercial break followed, and Taya was seen backstage along with PJ Black (Justin Gabriel in the WWE) and Jack Evans – her Worldwide Underground partners. She had a handheld camera and was seen fooling around with Evans and Black, doing retakes and air guitars. The leader of WU and the Lucha Underground Champion, Johnny Mundo joined the segment. He highlighted the fact that his teammates haven’t been able to beat Sexy Star as he has, and if they fail to win tonight’s Battle of The Bulls match, then they would be removed from Worldwide Underground.
A vignette featuring Sexy Star aired next. The former LU Champion was shadow boxing and working out in the ring and outside of it. She then made her back to her locker room, only to storm out of it in fear after seeing a spider! Moving on. Melissa Santos does the pre-match introductions for the next bout of the night.
Drago vs. Kobra Moon
The budding feud between Drago and Kobra Moon has quite a simplistic yet intricate backstory to it. Kobra Moon and Drago were both part of a reptilian tribe, which Drago left as he thought he was nothing more than a slave the queen Kobra Moon. Moon now is hell bent on getting Drago back into the tribe.
The match got underway after both made their entrances. Some traditional mat wrestling was on display in the initial stages of the bout. Drago got the better of the scramble when he took Moon down with a running dropkick. Drago denied Moon from getting back on her feet with an array of suplexes. To add to the damage, Moon suffered a cringe-worthy bump on her neck as a result of one of the slams.
The match ended quite abruptly when Moon called for some reinforcements in the form of her reptilian mates, who came out and assaulted Drago. The referee called for the bell and ended the match in Drago’s favor.
Result: Drago def. Kobra Moon via disqualification
Drago was in for a wholesome beatdown, and the first round of it was inflicted by one of Moon’s fellow Tribe mates sporting a snake skin attire and a lizard mask. He powerbombed Drago but was eventually taken down by Drago’s Trios partners, Aerostar and Fenix. Kobra Moon had more tricks up her sleeve as she called for another ally from the back in the form of Vibora.
The towering giant with long locks – who was wearing Annunaki mask – came out to and destroyed Fenix and Aerostar by laying the duo out with a double chokeslam. The believers chanted 'Luchasuarus' in a way to mock the giant. Kobra Moon responded by screaming ‘Vibora.' In case you didn’t know, Vibora means a Viper or Snake in Spanish. On the orders of Moon, Vibora delivered a jumping Tombstone Piledriver on Drago and lifted him up on his shoulders. He and Kobra Moon exited from the temple with Drago on their shoulders.
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