03/27 News: Stuka Jr. vs Flecha for masks, Sunday Coliseo results, lineups

CMLL (SUN) 03/26 Arena Coliseo Results
1) Apocalipsis, Ramstein b Rayo Tapatío I, Rayo Tapatío II
2) Metro, Rey Tigre, Tony Rivera b Arkangel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Loco Max
3) Flecha, Mr. México, Nitro b Brazo de Oro, Stuka Jr., Virus
4) Satánico, Starman, Último Dragón b Masada, Misterioso II, Shigeo Okumura
5) Atlantis, Último Guerrero, Universo 2000 b Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Lizmark Jr.

As first reported by el Halcon net last night (Alexis manages it as well, and it sounds as though it was announced on the Arena Coliseo show Sunday), Flecha will meet Stuka Jr. in a mask versus mask match this Sunday. There wasn’t much spotlight on this feud previously, but they had apparently been tearing each other’s masks on Coliseo shows for a month.

Sunday is the 63rd Anniversary celebration of Arena Coliseo’s opening, and they like to have a big match for these shows. Last year, over Sunday and Tuesday, they put together Shocker vs Vampiro (Vamp’s last match) and Mistico vs Rey Bucanero. This year, CMLL posted a Perro vs Universo rematch as mentioned on Saturday, and it’s not immediately clear if that match is still on in addition to the mask match.

I believed Stuka Jr. will win this match and keep his mask. He’s a young promising high flier who’s not quite ready for prime time yet, but could always use the boost. (And his mask is cool looking!) At this point, Flecha’s a long time good->pretty good worker who’s been in the opening matches of Mexico City shows for a long time and hasn’t never seemed to move up from there. He’s not going to be too tragically hurt by losing his mask.

I’d expect the match to turn up on Guerreros del Ring the weekend of 04/09.

and that’s not all: Over in Guadalajara on the same day, Neutron puts up his mask versus Maleficio’s hair. Neutron should keep his mask and it’d be a huge surprise if he didn’t.

Super Lucha #154 has Mistico and Warrior on the cover and a feature on the Blue Panther/Love Machine feud. (and no big Editor: Ocampo blurb?). There’s a few pages posted on the box y lucha board

Other Lineup Notes
– Halloween returns to action, working the main event of the Tijuana show on Saturday. That’s 2 months ahead of the expected 6 month recovery, which should surprise no one.
– AAA has a TV taping on Sunday with Zorro’s middleweight title on the line.
– Takemura returns to Mexico on the Friday Arena Mexico show. There’s still that Warrior/Mistico match too. Rosa Negra debuts for CMLL on the Sunday Arena Coliseo show; I’ve got one record of her working an early March show in Oaxaca and nothing else on her. Good name, though.
– Not listed, but there’s a concert scheduled for Arena Coliseo on the 1st.

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