Over on LuchaWorld, Robert mentions that Crazy worked in a stage dive to start his hair/hair match, turning him tecnico via crowd reaction. Which makes no sense in that Zumbido was supposed to be tecnico going into the match, and yet would’ve worked if they just went the logical way with Zumbido as the rudo in the feud. They screwed up somewhere in there, the thought that Zumbido’s not long for the tecnico side sounds pretty accurate.
My wild guess on why Zumbido/Crazy closed the show: everyone knew what was going to happen in the other hair/hair match.
I have no clue how the show did, but I can’t imagine this show worked out too well from a drawing/cash perspective; you’ve got two hair matches, but one finish was a given, and the other was a WWE-style PPV filler rushed feud. And really, even though all four guys might make a CMLL25 currently, they’re not marquee names at this time. This was all kinds of strange.
I think the tercera and semi-main is what made air, but I don’t have the e-mail in front of me. I’ll check that later.
On to new stuff:
New Champion: Back on April 26th, Negro Casas defeated Emilio Charles in Arena Puebla to win the CMLL Middleweight Title. Emilio had been champion since 03/18/01, holding it for over three years.
Emilio rarely defended the belt, and when he did, it was off TV in smaller shows. The biggest statement of it’s importance is it taken ten days for anyone to notice and care it changed hands.
Since Casas has ties to the booking in Mexico City, it’s possible that it might now take a bigger importance, but it’s a title in CMLL so you really can’t count on that.
Guapo U Wrapup: “That it, Alan Stone wins.” Basically, that’s how Shocker ended it; they wanted a guy now, so they just picked a guy they could’ve grabbed from the beginning. Alan (the Stone brother with longer hair) has been getting an increased and consistent push since he filled in for Bobby Quance in the Havana Pitbulls last summer, and was one of the favorites to take the spot.
As for the others, the previous promised Guapo Tournament for a Mexican Trios Title shot. Brackets are on the Guapo U page, and the tournament has already started, with the Mexican Trios Championship match (Felino/Volador/Safari are your champions) scheduled for 05/28.
This year, the whole bit seemed to take a lot of less time, but by just naming Alan the winner for no particular reason, there doesn’t seem to be much point to it. Maybe something will happen in the trios title match, but unless Mexico City is giving up the title (and why would they?), that seems like an easy roll over for the champs.
Averno and Mephisto’s new look: Click here. Eh.
Canek is here because?: Apparently he and Dr. Wagner Jr. have issues. I know nothing about the history there, except that they were tag team champions together, so feel free to clue me in.
Ultimo Dragon in: He’s at least going to be around on May 14th (Arena Mexico) and May 16th (Arena Coliseo). Before, it sounds like he’ll be working a bit in California and western Mexico. Although cards haven’t been officially announced, I believe he’ll be part of NJPW’s Best of the Super Jr. tour which starts on 05/22 and ends 06/13.
Title Matches which happened but I don’t know who won:
Vampiro (c) vs Shocker – NWA LH Title, Puebla, 05/03
Mini Olimpico (c) vs Mini Violenca – CMLL Minis Title, Acapulco
This Week’s Arena Mexico Lineup:
1. Mini Olimpico and Mini Brazo de Oro vs Mini Violencia and Mini Pierroth
2. Misterioso Jr/Tigre Blanco/Sagrado vs Dr. X/Azteca/Nitro
3. Felino/Ricky Marvin/Alan Stone vs Fuerza Guerrera/Super Crazy/Violencia
4. Olimpico/Averno/Mephisto vs Atlantis/Niebla/Zumbido
5. Canek/Park/Shocker vs Wagner/Tarzan/Ultimo
Ricky’s in between NOAH tours at the moment, but he won’t be around long.
Lucha Times to come