05/01 news: Kid’s Day, AAA TV, mags

CMLL (SUN) 04/30 Arena Mexico Results
1) Sombra de Plata, Valiente b Ramstein, Super Comando
2) Kronos, Tigre Metalico, Virus b Arkangel, Hooligan, Loco Max
3) La Mascara, Sagrado, Satanico b Hombre Sin Nombre, Misterioso II, Nitro
4) Blue Panther, Brazo de Plata, Virus b Olímpico, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero
Virus worked twice, filling in for Volador.
5) Damian 666, Hector Garza, Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Mr. Aguila b Heavy Metal, LA Park, Mistico, Negro Casas
The big story was Park once again not getting along with his tecnico teammates, even with Wagner not being there. In the end, the rudos won on kids day (!!!!!) and Park teased joining Perros del Mal.

AAA TV (SUN) 04/30 Plaza de Toros Monumental Nuevo Progresso de Guadalajara Results [box y lucha foro]
Flash I and Flash II, formerly of CMLL Guadalajara, worked the local opener
1) Martha Villalobos, Mascarita Sagrada 2000, Oriental, Pimpinela Escarlata ?? Cassandro, La Diabolica, Mini Abismo Negro, Psicosis II
2) Cuervo, Escoria, Espiritu, Ozz b Laredo Kid, Nemesis, Rey Cometa, Super Fly
Chessman helped his friends to win. Tecnicos all did a dive at the same time.
3) Gran Apache b Billy Boy [hair]
4) Zorro DRAW Electro Shock and Charly Manson
It went three falls and each won a fall. I think that’s a DRAW, but it wasn’t clear.
5) Cibernetico b Vampiro and Konnan and Shocker [bull terrier]
the surprise was Psicosis II, Juvi, and Crazzy Boy helping out Cibernetico. AAA and the X-LAW/NGW guys are a better fit.
6) Chessman, Muerte Cibernetica, Ron Killings DQ Intocable, La Parka Jr., Octagon
Intocable pulled Muerte’s mask.

Box & Lucha #2764’s cover is up. It has Ultimo retaining his belt and Perros bald. No articles are up.

Super Luchas #159 has a well timed interview with Cibernetico. There’s more pictures from the magazine here. Super Luchas Graphico #12 is all about Atlantis.

CMLL Magazine #47 has this week’s posters (inside, outside

There’s a ton of articles about Kids Day in Mexico, mentioning lucha libre as part of the activites. Some of the Guadalajara wrestlers visited kids in the hospital.

El Halcon #61 is up!
– Newsbits
– Interview with Dr. Wagner! Wagner feels he never changed sides, but the people changed on him. He respects the rights of those who boo him to continue to boo him. He blames the promoters for not having the vision to do a mask match against Canek or Park or Atlantis. He disputes Atlantis’ claim that he won’t sign a contract – he hasn’t been presented one. He’ll keep fighting as long as the people keep cheering for him. Dr. Wagner wants more lucha on the internet. (I’ll work on it.)
– Addicion Luchistica debates if The Fight is truth or lie, and comes to the conclusion “it was great publicity.”
– Interview with Gallo Tapado Jr. He does pose with the rooster. He explains he’s wrestling more in the US than Mexico because they pay better in the US. Seems smart enough.
– Lizmark Jr. Q&A. He feels his best match is the last title match with Ultimo, and he doesn’t mention a bad match. (He also says he has a bad memory!) Lizmark has been wrestling since 1991, and he’s won no titles and no masks.
– Interview with Arkangel. He mentions he had a cousin who wrestled, Ave Asesina, but he actually started because he wanted to strike down his brother-in-law because he didn’t think he was good enough for his sister. His brother-in-law knew karate, so he figured he had to be a luchadore to take him down. His debut was September 91 (as Arkangel, I guess), teaming with Guerrero de la Muerte & Septiembre Negro II vs Oro, Plata and Platino. He’s wrestled in Guatemala, el Salvador, Panama, Philippines, Japan (20 times), the United States (30 times) and Korea; he’s got plans to go back to Japan, the US and Italy for the first time. Having been all around the world, he knows for a fact that the best wrestling is in Mexico, of course, and the people in the US and Japan know it. He started off as “Angel de la Muerte”, but someone was using it, so he switched to Archangel. I believe he credits Solar with some of his technical training. He remembers the mask match against Angel Azteca as being very hard, and people doubting that they’d he win. When Arkangel’s not wrestling, he’s like a normal father – he goes to the supermarket like any common person.
– Results from the 04/25/06 Queretaro results
– Interview with Rambo, who was on that show. He’s thought about retiring, but he figures he’ll keep going like he’s going (a small schedule) for a long time. His toughest rival was Villano III. He thinks the kids today are very spectacular.

Vampiro is today’s guest on Figure Four Daily. I’m begging Bryan not to spend a half hour talking about the same ICP/WCW/Mike Awesome-type things that have been talked about a billion times. (Google it if you want the answers.) I wouldn’t even ask him the half-joke “do you know the rules to lucha tag matches”, because AAA certainly doesn’t use those rules.

Ideas from alternative questions

– Are there any plans for TripleMania?
– Are there are definite plans for US shows? for getting back onto US TV?
– Why did you leave CMLL? (I think I know, but I like to hear it from him, and those that don’t know will think it’s a great story)
– What did you think of all the jumping back and forth around that time – Shocker to AAA, Perro and Hector and Aguila to CMLL?
– Konnan’s said there’s no real stars in AAA of the homegrown talent – do you feel the same?
– Who do you think are the relatively unknown guys that are or should make it huge?
– Is Italy burnt out already?

No card listing; box y lucha doesn’t have it’s update yet, so I’m going to wait a day.