06/02: Cuernavaca, Walk of Fame

CMLL (THU) 06/01 Arena de Isabel de Cuernavaca Lineup [box y lucha foro]
1) Antaris & Pulsar b Vampiro Metalico & Hooligan
2) Black Thunder & Cholo Perdieron b Flash & Turbo
3) Mascara Ano 2000 & Unierso 2000 DQ Dos Caras & Hijo del Solitario
4) Perro Aguayo Jr., Hector Garza, Damain 666 b Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy, Emilio Charles

IWRG (THU) 05/25 Arena Naucalpan Results
1) Cibelius b Black Stone
Black Stone replaced Super Colt here and on Sunday
2) Halcon Salvaje, Kid Tiger b Bacteria, Kaleth
3) Fantasma de la Ópera, Nitro, Shigeo Okumura b Ave Fenix, Panterita, Vertigo
4) Cien Caras Jr., Masada, Veneno b Pantera, Sicodélico Jr., Texano Jr.
Pantera wants a shot at Veneno’s IWRG middleweight title
5) Dr. Wagner Jr., Mistico b Canek, Cerebro Negro
Canek actually wanted a UWA/IWRG title vs title match, but only the IWRG was on the line yesterday – and maybe we’ll know how that turned out next week

IWRG (SUN) 05/28 Arena Naucalpan Results
1) Comando Gama b Catman
Catman is returning from injury
2) Bacteria, Black Stone b Kid Tiger, Rock Star
3) Ave Fenix, Panterita, Star Boy b Black Stone, Black Terry, Fantasma de la Ópera
Ave Fenix wants a shot at Fantasma de la Opera’s IWRG welterweigth title
4) Kung Fu Jr., Puma, Vertigo b Dr. Cerebro, Veneno, Xibalva
Dr. Cerebro and Veneno blamed Xibalva for the loss.
5) Canek, Cerebro Negro, Hijo de Pierroth b Lizmark, Pantera, Tony Rivera
Hijo de Pierroth held down Lizmark from the outside while Canek pinned him for the win

Zap 2 It has a Nacho Libre contest where the winner gets a luchador mask, Nacho Libre t-shirt, and Napoleon Dynamite and School of Rock DVDs. On June 8th, you’ll be able to create your own Nacho Libre comic. (thanks to mikeinformer and Mark Coale (Odessa Steps))

This has nothing to do wtih lucha, but there’s an article in Mi Mercedes about Giant Gonzalez. He’s in a wheelchair now, and hoping the government finally makes good on promises to help them out they made long ago.

The first part of the lucha Walk of Fame in Guadalajara opens on Sunday. They’re going to close down the street and have a celebration before the show that day. They’ll have Salvador Luttertoth, Diablo Velasco, Santo, Rito Romero, Mil Mascaras and Rayo de Jalisco finished on that day, and they’re preparing a second class of El Solitario, Angel Blanco, Alfonso Dantes, Perro Aguayo, Gori Guerrero, Black Shadow and Cavernario Galindo at a later date.

So who’s your final pick in the Gran Alternativa? Let me guess in way too much detail

Q: Rey Bucanero & Loco Max b Negro Casas & Maximo (set up for Sunday)
Q: Ultimo Guerrero & Nitro b Lizmark Jr. & Volador Jr.
Q: Perro Aguayo Jr. & Misterioso II b Heavy Metal & Texano Jr.
Q: Dos Caras Jr. & Volador Jr. b Hector Garza & Hombre Sin Nombre
S: Ultimo Guerrero & Nitro b Rey Bucanero & Loco Max (3 Guerreros and one Rey)
S: Perro Aguayo Jr. & Misterioso II b Dos Caras Jr. & Volador Jr.
F: Perro Aguayo Jr. & Misterioso II b Ultimo Guerrero & Nitro (Perros get revenge win over Ultimo)

Arena de Chicago DVD: Mistico & LA Park vs Dr. Wagner Jr. & Rey Bucanero

At the Shimmer show a couple weekends ago, Rob (I hope I’m not getting my Rob’s confused) asked me about the DVDs I picked up of last January’s shows. I’d only see part of the first DVD (checking to see if I made video, so I could recoil in horror and such), but since people might be able to purchase them this weekend at the Congress Theatre show, I thought I should check both out.

Digression 1: So I called* the Congress today, and besides confusing the heck out of whoever picked up – I thought they might know something about the Saturday lucha show (no, but now I know there’s a private DJ show there on Saturday and I’m not invited!) – I found out the Sunday show starts at 4 pm.

After hanging up, I realized I should’ve asked “4 pm doors open or bell time?” That’s gotta be doors open, with the show at 5. (That’s my plan, anyway.)

Digression 1.5: Does actually calling someone for information cost me my blogger license? That’s far too pro-active for someone writing on the internet. I’m gonna lose all sorts of cred in one day.

Digression 2: I realized I have a baseball ticket for Saturday, so, uh, I’m going there and not driving all over Dundee to track down a Canek match. This may make me a horrible person, but I’ll live.

Digression 3: before they got turned off for too much data transfer, the Arenas de Chicago page listed shows…on June 16th and 17th.

Back to the point…

What follows is very limited thoughts about the matches themselves – no play by play – but more details about how the DVD looks and sounds, because that was what Rob was wondering about. I believe I’ve posted about these shows in the past, if not here or elsewhere, and many of the match comments are echos of what I said before.

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