03/19: Leono/Mogur, Mistico, Monterrey

Ovaciones says Leono beat Mogur in a 15 minute match to win his hair.

The Observer had an update about Mistico. Apparently, Rey Misterio Jr. found out WWE wasn’t going after them, and tried to convince them to change their minds. WWE is thinking about it again, but it’s “less than 50%”. WWE believes they can break Mistico out of his contract if they wanted to and took some time, but they figure they’d have to spend even more time having him learn the US style (and changing everything about him that made him a success in the first place) and they don’t seem to be interested in something that would take a while.

Luchas 2000 has the truth about Mistico, which is probably outdated by now.

indy (SUN) 03/18 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [RFC]
1) Burrito & Mini Burrito b Borrico & Tequilita
2) La Bella & La Bestia b Apostol & La Bandida
3) Angel Negro, Hollywood, Silver Star b Al Barone, Angel Negro, Mortal
4) Black Dragon, Huracan Ramirez Jr., Ultraman Jr. b Nygma, Picudo, Potro Jr.
5) Axel DQ Hijo de Espanto [FILL MIDDLE]
6) Konnan Big, Pancho Tequilla, Super Konnan b Casanova, Golden Boy, Humberto Garza Jr.

So Super Konnan’s not Konnan Big? I’m confused.

indy (TUE) 03/20 Arena Coliseo Monterrey Lineup [rfc]
1) Borrico, Mini Burrito vs Angel Negro, Mini Pancho Tequila
2) La Bella, La Bestia vs La Bandida, El Burrito
3) Huracan Ramirez Jr., Casanova, Black Dragon vs Al Barone, Pancho Tequila, Potro Jr.
4) Axxel, Super Konnan, Humberto Garza Jr. vs Picudo, Nygma, Sivler Cat
5) Konan Big vs Reglaito, Raton

AAA (SAT) 03/17 Arena Vidal, Chetumal Lineup [Diario Quintana Roo]
1) Coloso (Chetumal), Angel Silenciosos b Angel del Apocalipsis, Rey Azteca
2) Guerrero, Caballero Galactico b Neurosis, Monje Loco
3) Raul Vidal, Pantera Salvaje, Arlequin b Sombra Azul Jr., Gato Nocturnoa, Astro Flash
4) Cibernetico, Octagon b Abismo Negro, Antifaz

The reporter was annoyed with the (lack of) quality of the main event. They did the quickie mask match bit with Octagon and Antifaz, which didn’t help. Why does anyone do that bit?

CMLL (SAT) 03/17 Gimnasio Jesus Garcia Lopez [El Solitario Jr. @ El Martiente]
1) Pesadilla & Rey Sombra b Dragon de Fuego & Fly
2) Duende Jr. & Karisma b Cisne I & Cisne II
3) Misterio b Guardian del Espacio [hair]
4) Lizmark & Mictlan b Olímpico & Último Guerrero

CMLL (WED) 03/28 Centro de Convenciones, Madreo Lineup [u guerrero @ el martinete]
1) Dark Angel & Lady Apache vs Amapola & Princesa Sujei
2) Stuka Jr., Super Nova, Valiente vs Astro Boy, Danger, Leono
3) La Mascara, Maximo, Volador Jr. vs Loco Ray, Sangre Azteca, Skandalo
4) Alex Koslov, Dr. Wagner Jr., Marco Corelone vs Ephesto, Mephisto, Misterioso II
5) Mistico & Negro Casas vs Averno & Black Warrior [CMLL TAG]

Yea, those titles still do exist.

CMLL (THU) 03/15 Arena Isabel de Cuervanca Lineup [Dark Atlantis @ el Martinete]
1) Caballero de Fuego & Veneno (Cuervanca) b Comodin & Furia Azteca
2) Antaris & Turbo b Black Thunder & Vampiro Metalico
3) Damian 666, Halloween, Hooligan DQ Brazo de Platino, Maximo, Super Brazo
4) Alex Koslov, Heavy Metal, Marco Corelone DQ Mascara Ano 2000, Pierroth, Universo 2000

Super Brazo and Hooligan are feuding here and they’re building to a stip match.

Super Luchas #21 is about hardcore Mexican wrestling.

03/18 AAA TV Results (Rey de Reyes)

previous: 02/23, 03/03, 03/10

AAA TV (SUN) 03/18 El Toreo De Naucalpan [ovaciones, KrisZ]
1) Mascarita Divina, Mascarita Sagrada, Octagoncito b Mini Abismo Negro, Mini Charly Manson, Mini Chessman
2) Cuervo & Ozz b Crazy Boy & Joe Lider and Pegasso & Super Fly and Alan Stone & Zumbido [AAA TAG]
3) Gran Apache b Billy Boy [hair]
4) Alberije, Super Porky, Taiji Ishimori, Zorro b Antifaz del Norte, Histeria, Kaoma Jr., Mr. Niebla
5) La Parka Jr. b Abismo Negro, Latin Lover, Rhyno, Octagón, Fuerza Guerrera [Rey de Reyes]
6) Charly Manson, Chessman, Cibernetico b Kenzo Suzuki, Mesias, Scott Steiner

Air Date (projected)
Mexico: 03/25
US: 04/14

Mesias (Messiah in English) is Ricky Banderas; we’ll see if that sticks around longer than Asesor Cibernetica. KrisZ says Cibernetico was put thru a flaming table, returned, and won the match when Mesias and Scott Steiner screwed up.

AAA announced a Hall of Fame, and immediately inducted Antonio Pena and Rey Misterio Jr. (who was there). They’ll be running a show in Japan this September as an anniversary special – KrisZ has this as on 9/3.

Upcoming:
* 03/19 (tonight! – here’s a article about it)
* 03/25

Angel Azteca (1963-2007)

SuperLuchas is reporting (at least partially based on this box y lucha post): Angel Azteca passed away Sunday. He was 43.

Angel Azteca was wrestling in Campeche in 2007 in a trios match opposite former tag partner Atlantis. It sounds like he had a heart issue after the match, but I’m not clear on this at all.

Azteca started wrestling in 1980, though his original name(s) are unknown. He got the Azteca gimmick in 1988 and took off from there, with his biggest years in the early 90s. Azteca won the NWA Middleweight and Mexican Welterweight titles, won the Mexican Tag Team titles with Atlantis and Volador, and won the trios titles as part of an all star team up with Hijo de Santo and Super Muneco. Azteca was a number of wrestlers who left CMLL to join AAA, and was briefly regimmicked as Charro de Jalisco.

Azteca ended the high profile part of his career back in CMLL, feuding with Arkangel in lower card matches in 2003. Towards the end of the year, CMLL pushed the feud as more important, and Arkangel took Angel Azteca’s mask on the last major show of the year. Even though Angel Azteca was only 40 at the time and Arkangel isn’t much younger, it seemed like this was planned to be Azteca’s final big moment, and he was dropping his mask to a younger guy to put them over on his way out. Azteca wrestled only occasionally in 2004, and was switched to being a referee for the promotion, but the new occupation didn’t stick.

Azteca resurfaced in 2006, teaming with two sons (II and Jr.) – it’s not clear if these are authentic sons. The trios of Aztecas wrestled around the greater Mexico City area, including some work for AULL. Angel Azteca also worked at least one maestro match, teaming with Solar I against Negro Navarro and old rival Arkangel. I don’t have any records of Angel Azteca wrestling in 2007 before Sunday’s match.

indy (SUN) 03/18 Arena Pinkusky [Sharkane @ box y lucha]
1) Apolo Sureno b Espiritu Maya
2) Angel Celestial & Captian America b Eslabon & Sangre Latina
3) Cobraman & Gavilan b Halcon Rojo & Mecanico Infernal
4) Atlantis, Imperio Dorado, Rebelde Punk b Angel Azteca, Demonio Rojo, Pinkusky

The report didn’t notice anything about Angel Azteca. He signed autographs after the match.

Update: CMLL.com confirms Azteca has passed away.