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CMLL (FRI) 05/18 Arena Mexico
1) Mini Fantasy & Ultimo Dragonicto vs Pequeno Violencia & Pierrothito
2) Hiroka, Mima Shimoda, Princesa Sugeith vs Dark Angel, Diana la Cazadora, Marcela
3) Minoru, Takayama, Terrible vs Dos Caras Jr., Marco Corelone, Ultimo Dragon
4) Hijo de Perro Aguayo vs Negro Casas, Felino, Tarzan Boy, Mephisto, Maximo, Alex Koslov, Stuka Jr., Volador Jr., Mascara Purpura [LdP, ciber]
5) Dr. Wagner vs Atlantis
Arena Mexico previews
– ESTO: show, Leyenda de Plata
– Ovaciones
– No NotiMex! They’re slipping.
Here’s the thing, they may not know who’s winning this anymore as I write this. Obviously we need to replace Perro with someone – maybe Terrible gets bumped up and someone finds Sangre to stick him in that match – but if Mistico really as going to be in next week’s block, this seemed strongly destined for another Perro/Mistico match. There’s no other natural feud, and there’s no Ultimo’s or Rey’s or Corelone’s next week that would stand thought against Mistico. CMLL may be rethinking things at this moment, so I’m guessing as much as they are and can’t base this off any actual information.
Thanks for coming: Mascara Purpura (so he’s healthy?), Stuka Jr., (Terrible if he’s the replacement)
Guys in a holding pattern: Felino, Tarzan Boy, Mephisto
Which leaves
Maximo: only a very slim chance, because he’s actually got a feud with Texano they’d follow up first, and winning this is still a stretch for him. I could see it as a last minute decision, especially if you’ve decided a rudo has to come out of the other side.
Volador Jr.: They could finally go ALL THE WAY with him! Wait, no, that’ll never happen, scratch this one.
Alex Koslov: Winning this would also be a stretch, but they’re high on him and we’re not exactly overwhelmed with possibilites.
Negro Casas: Here’s the safe bet. He’s reliable, and they could have him work rudo next week versus Mistico if they’d like. That’s the strong point – you can have Negro win here without committing to anything for next week. The downside is Black Warrior is not in the next group, so if that’s the June money feud, it’s going to have a couple week layoff.
While I’m thinking about it, I’m going to guess Perro’s injury does NOT increase the likelyhood of Santo coming back to CMLL. The only thing that’s going to affect that situation is Santo’s willingness to change his price. CMLL will deal with having lesser houses for the rest of the year rather than give in
i was wondering about santito in CMLL.
If i remmber well, CMLL not aloww they wrestlers to wrestler with him, and he has a match with blue demon jr, any chance to see santo tonight?
we gonna wait and see.
If Santo’s will not appear, i gonna say koslov\negro wining.
The rest of the card sounds nice.
“Maximo: only a very slim chance”
I don’t particularly like him but if it means Virus (whose new look is *awesome* btw) winning the other one, then go Maximo!
But i have to go for my man Volador! :)
I’m voting for Alex to take this one.
I’m gonna keep it simple and go with CMLL just using the obvious formula…
Black Warrior will take Perrito’s spot – he’ll win by cheating to beat Negro.
Next week will be Heavy Metal over Averno.
Warrior vs Metal in the finals = Warrior winning which will set up Mistico vs Warrior for the 1,000,000th time but somehow they will use that match to setup Negro vs Black Warrior after two weeks straight of Warrior going over Casas’ family members.
Looks like Mr. Aguila is in for Perrito.
Mr Aguila is in for Perrito in the reality show… is he in for the TLdP as well?
We got our hopes way up on advance, now they’re saying 6 weeks for Perro… (just kidding, good for him that he’s OK) they thought he was seriously injured because of the way he was whinning at his practices… what a crybaby.
I think the injury to Perro Jr. increases Vamp’s chances of returning. Or at least CMLL soliciting him. He’s a legend and would draw the first few times.
I noticed Atlantis vs. Wagner. I wonder if they’ll build that up to a mask match some time soon with Atlantis losing.
Wow – for all the talent CMLL have at their disposal, it must take a special kind of skill to still manage to somehow book TV cards which suck like they do next week.
I suppose you have to give some credit to them for the Sunday Coliseo main event which would be amazing if it were in Arena Mex – but will probably be a phoned in snorefest in that spot.
But the rest of the Fri and Sunday cards?…. gimme a break :(
Are they not also short-changing their fans with this 4 match nonsense when there’s a Cibernetico? Is a 12 man Leyenda De Plata really going to go 45 minutes? – i think not. it will be a half hour segment just like any standard trios match. No reason at all why it can’t be a 5 match show.
If the awesome looking opener aired i wouldn’t mind putting up with the shit higher up the card, but it obviously won’t. I suppose if we don’t blink we might catch a glimpse of Valiente if we look close enough, but that in itself ain’t enough to save a Tv show.
Oh, and once again, fuck the women for taking the TV spot from the undercarders on Sunday. The sooner they either fuck off completely, or fuck off to Tuesday shows exclusively, the better.
Oh, and once again, fuck the women for taking the TV spot from the undercarders on Sunday. The sooner they either fuck off completely, or fuck off to Tuesday shows exclusively, the better.
I thought they had been stealing shows lately, and didn’t cubs say he is like one of the few who care about them?
I am a japanese joshi puroresu fan, so is there really any need to hate on the women like that?
Remember, some of the ladies in the wrestling world past, have exceeded men greatly, for pure talent ;)
Gala’s now lists a regular 3 hour show today.
The women aren’t stealing any shows… they just have a big fan who happens to provide all the Arena Mexico recaps.
Aside from Dark Angel, Amapola, Marcela and Sujei, there ain’t a single female on the roster who is worth anything and that includes Maximo.
I understand pervs wanting to watch the women wrestle but surely nobody is watching them for their skill b/c it doesn’t exist.
Gala’s now lists a regular 3 hour show today
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The electronic tv guides list Lucha as 3 hours, yet Galavision just ran a promo for 90 minute Lucha followed by Al Derecho y Derbez. The promo is usually more accurate.
Can’t wait to see what really happens.
“Aside from Dark Angel, Amapola, Marcela and Sujei, there ain’t a single female on the roster who is worth anything and that includes Maximo”
That’s funny, LOL.
You forget the sexiest woman in Lucha Libre other than the ring girls, Lady Apache and the Japanese wrestlers who are familiar with the Lucha style.
I dunno… never been a fan of Joshi. I can’t watch it without being embarassed that it sounds like a porn to anyone in another room or upstairs or whatnot. Amazing how the luchadoras can wrestle without making a peep but a six woman joshi match sounds like a huge orgy even during the matwork. Just saying’…