Month: March 2007

Santo and CMLL split

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Some weeks, it doesn’t pay to get out of bed.

Big news out of Mexico is that EMLL President Paco Alonso has decided that he won’t work with Hijo del Santo anymore and has banned EMLL contracted wrestlers from working on any show that Hijo del Santo is on like the old Konnan rule. The reason for this is because supposedly Santo is aligning with some promoters in Monterrey who are planning to run around the country as a national group and Paco views this as competition.

CREDIT: KRIZ – world wide wrestling and box y lucha foro. Go read KrisZ’s post for the full story. Check the DVDVR thread too.

03/16: Puebla, Dos Leyendas, Mexico preview

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CMLL (THU) 03/15 Arena Puebla
1) Fenix & Kirvan b Ares & La Mafia
2) Bobby Jack, Karissman, Siki Osama Jr. b Centella de Oro, SWAT, Tigre Rojo
3) Dark Angel, Lady Apache, Marcela b Amapola, Hiroka, Nazi
4) Eclipse, Misterioso II, Sangre Azteca b Coco Blanco, Coco Rojo, Coco Verde
5) Dr. Wagner, Rey Bucanero, Shocker DQ Efesto, Olimpico, Ultimo Guerrero

Efesto replaced Tarzan Boy, who seems to miss Puebla every other week.

Lots of articles on CMLL’s 03/30 Dos Leyenda press conference
– They officially announced the High Society group that’s been talked about for a few weeks. Shocker, Bucanero, Corelone and Koslov are in the group. They hope to recruit every metrosexual wrestler. Is Maximo the new member?
– Universo and Marco talked trash. Usual experience vs youth.
– This will be the first Ticketmaster show (though they’re not up there yet, as far as I can see.)
– Perro Aguayo Jr. is going to be filming a reality show. I think this is what the documentary bit yesterday was about. He’ll be scaling back his non-Mexico City wrestling while he’s working on it.

Sources: CMLL, La Presna (what’s the deal with Shocker’s shirt?), La Jornada, ESTO (1 2), Ovaciones.

ESTO has a preview of tonight’s card. Nothing special. They’ve also got stories about the VIP show

Tonight’s lineup:

CMLL (FRI) 03/16 Arena Mexico
1) Sombra de Plata & Super Nova vs Polvora & Vaquero
2) Dark Angel, Luna Magica, Sahori vs Hiroka, Mima Shimoda, Princesa Sujei
3) Blue Panther, Felino, Mictlan vs Ephesto, Mephisto, Misterioso Jr.
4) Heavy Metal, Sagrado, Volador Jr. vs Atlantis, Sangre Azteca, Universo 2000
5) Alex Koslov, Marco Corleone, Shocker vs Damian 666, Hector Garza, Hijo del Perro Aguayo

Two weeks out, and the big push looks to be behind the new tecnico unit, which has nothing to do with the big show. They’re not really building anything for 03/30 here (though I’m sure Universo will distract Corelone in the main event or something), almost like someone completely different booked this card and the 03/30.

03/30 Arena Mexico (Two Legends) Card Announced

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That bit yesterday? SWERVE.

CMLL (FRI) 03/30 Arena Mexico Lineup
1) Dark Angel, Marcela, Lady Apache vs Hiroka, Mima Shimoda, Amapola
2) Sagrado, Volador Jr., Leono vs Misterioso II, Tarzan Boy, Black Warrior
3) Atlantis, Sangre Azteca, Olimpico vs Mr. Aguila, Damian 666, Halloween
4) Lizmark Jr., Dos Caras Jr., Rey Bucanero vs Averno, Mephisto, Ephesto
5) Mistico, Ultimo Guerrero vs Perro Aguayo Jr., Hector Garza [ri]
6) Marco Corelone vs Universo 2000

boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

day since (as of this PPV)
Marco lost his hair: 105 – last major show
Universo last lost his hair: 378 – same major show last year
Universo defended his title in Mexico City: 689
Universo defended his title in Arena Mexico: 1442 (or 206 weeks or 3.95 years, in an building they run every week)

Not that I’m thinking there’s any way where Marco/Universo is a suitable big show main event. But I could not care about Universo getting his head shaved, which obviously is happening. Maybe last time, you could sell it as the first time ever, but this just feels like the start of Universo dropping his hair each and every year for a payday.

That’s admittedly zany semifinal, but they seem to putting all their eggs in the Marco/Universo basket so far – maybe they’ll push the Ultimo/Mistico teamup in weeks to come? The only other ongoing is the women’s match, and I’m still not sure they’re going to end up doing anything with Apache/Amapola.

How about Black Warrior being in the segunda? With Leono? Leono’s not losing his hair. That has a chance to be a pretty good match. I’m not sold on anything besides it and the semifinal.

At six matches, it’s highly unlikely we’re getting a late addition. It is what it is.

03/15: Naucalpan, Neza

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Ovaciones: Black Warrior and his 17 year old son were driving up to an ATM, when another car pulled up beside them, and started hollering insults at him and his son – just mostly because Black Warrior is a rudo. There were three people in the other card – one was disabled – and in between yelling, they also managed to damage Black Warrior’s car. Warrior eventually got them to calm down, but is still hoping they’ll pay for the car damage.

IWRG (SUN) 03/18 Arena Naucalpan
0) Celestial vs Diablo Jr.
1) Samba & Venom vs Black Jaguar & Vampiro Metalico
2) Kai, Kid Tiger, Yamato vs Black Jaguar, Macho II, Supremo Jr.
3) Efinge, Freelance, Suicida vs Black Terry, Trauma II, Truama I
4) El Dandy vs Pierroth Jr., Cerebro Negro, Villano III, Veneno, Alex Koslov, Dr. Cerebro, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr., Fantasma de la Opera, Bestia Salvaje [MEX LH, mask, hair, IWRG IC WELTER]

That’s a ten way cage match. I meant to post this one in the news yesterday, but I wasn’t sure if Cerebro Negro was Welterweight or Middleweight champ, so I went to the wiki to check, and things fell off a cliff from there.

CMLL (SUN) 03/11 Arena Neza
1) Intrepid & Jaguar Doradgo b Cibelius & Guardian de la Noche
2) ChicoChe & Piel Roja b Black Danger & Black Heart
3) Chac-Mol, Eskar, Estrueno b Angel Negro, Destroyer, Samy Rivera
4) Rayo Tapatio II, Starman, Tony Rivera b Hooligan, Loco Max, Virus
5) Alex Koslov, Dos Caras Jr., La Mascara DQ Canek Jr., Olimpico, Ramstein

I presume Virus was filling in for someone, but they focused on a Virus/Rayo II rivalary. Olimpico yanked Dos’ mask, which ended the main event. Can’t believe el Rey de Neza lost again.

Zocalo is nearing a lucha strike still.

Super Luchas posted their Black Shadow obit. There’s also one in Figure 4, written by Steve Sims.

03/18 Lucha Times

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AAA (US):
taping from 02/09/07 – Black Buffalo! Tinieblas Jr.! Tecnicos vs Vipers and Hell Brothers vs Foreign Legion. Chui wrote about the show a couple days ago.

GdR:
03/09/07 Leono, Metro II, Virus b Loco Max, Nitro, Shigeo Okumura
03/11/07 el Hijo del Pierroth, Pierroth, Shigeo Okumura b La Máscara, Mictlan, Tigre Metalico

C’mon. COME ON! I better be wrong.

FSE:
The Leono/Mogur build seems to be finishing here. Last build up this week, hair match next week. Note that the show’s much earlier this week in the US.

BTW, Fox Sports Latin America has an exclusive interview with Ultimo Guerrero (IE only), but it’s mostly remixed clips from last week’s shows.

AAA (MEX): taping from 03/03; Black Magic, Latin Lover, and the penultimate tag team matches.

CMLL (MEX):
03/11 Coliseo India Sioux, Lady Apache, Luna Magica b La Nazi, Medussa, Rosa Negra
03/16 Mexico Heavy Metal, Sagrado, Volador Jr. vs Atlantis, Sangre Azteca, Universo 2000
03/16 Mexico Alex Koslov, Marco Corleone, Shocker vs Damian 666, Hector Garza, Hijo del Perro Aguayo