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CMLL (FRI) 01/25 Arena Mexico [ovaciones, superluchas, ESTO]
1) Hooligan & Loco Max b Sombra de Plata & Trueno
2) Diamante Negro, Ephesto, Misterioso II b Felino, Neutron, Stuka Jr.
3) Alex Koslov, Sagrado, Último Dragón DQ Black Warrior, Lizmark Jr., Olímpico
4) Averno & Mephisto b Dos Caras Jr. & La Sombra [torneo, final]
5) Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero b Blue Panther, Marco Corelone, Místico
A banner night for rudos!
Rey is firmly back with the Guerreros del Atlantida. Rudos got a showy three on three posing submission to win the first fall, tecnicos came back to win the second, and Atlantis and UG powerbombed Panther and Corelone to win the third fall and the match. Clean win, though no pin on Mistico (he’d gotten a dive on Bucanero.) Every report says something like “Rey Bucanero is much better as a rudo, and the rudo fans are happy to have him back.”
Averno & Mephisto are surprise winners based on who the champs are. They’re a much more experienced team, so I’m not sure it’s an upset. Rudos took the first fall, Dos & Sombra came back in the second, and things got complicated in the third. Averno & Mephisto pinned Sombra, Dos got Averno with his German suplex, so it was down to Mephisto and Dos. As Dos and Mephisto battled in the corner, the two eliminated men trying to get involved. Referee Rodolfo Ruiz cut off Sombra, which allowed Averno to sneak in and yank Dos’ mask as he held Mephisto up for a press slam. Dos went to cover up, Mephisto covered him, and the team claiming to the best in the world will get an opportunity to prove it next week. Tecnicos complained to the commission after.
Note the only match the tecnicos won all night, the tercera, was won on a DQ for excessive rudo violence. Quite a night.
CMLL (TUE) 01/29 Arena Mexico
1) Super Camaleon & Super Tri vs Artillero & Súper Comando
2) Molotov, Starman, Trueno vs Arkangel de la Muerte, Loco Max, Nitro
3) Fabián el Gitano, Leono, Super Nova vs Diamante Negro, Ohara, Shigeo Okumura
4) Alex Koslov, Sagrado, Valiente vs Misterioso II, Olímpico, Sangre Azteca
5) Marco Corelone, Negro Casas, Último Dragón vs Damián 666, Mr. Águila, Texano Jr.
CMLL (FRI) 02/01 Arena Mexico
1) Ángel Azteca Jr. & Neutrón vs Calígula & Méssala
2) Mascara Purpura, Mictlán, Stuka Jr. vs Euforia, Nosferatu, Satánico
3) Blue Panther, La Máscara, Shocker vs Misterioso II, Mr. Águila, Villano V
4) Grey Shadow, LA Park, Místico vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Héctor Garza, Terrible
5) Atlantis & Último Guerrero vs Averno & Mephisto [CMLL TAG]
Who’s the Grey Shadow? He appears to be following in tradition of the legendary Black Shadow. There’s been two Black Shadow Jr.’s – one who wrestled in the UWA and lost his mask to El Hijo del Santo, the other was an indy guy who may have no had permission to use the gimmick. There’s no details on the Grey Shadow besides his name being listed in the lineup, but obviously they’ve got big plans for him if they’re putting him in that spot
I didn’t know how much a rudo vs rudo main event is going to draw, but the names in the semimain should make it a non-issue. If they had done Atlantis/Rey tension in yesterday’s match, I’d be sure of a title change. Now, I have no guess.
CMLL (SUN) 02/03 Arena Coliseo
1) Sensei & Sombra de Plata vs Pólvora & Vaquero
2) Astro Boy, Metálico, Tony Rivera vs Dr. X, Hooligan, Skandalo
3) Luna Magica, Marcela, Princesa Blanca vs Amapola, Medussa, Rosa Negra
4) Damián 666, Misterioso II, Texano Jr. vs Alex Koslov, Dos Caras Jr., Último Dragón
5) LA Park, Místico, Negro Casas vs Atlantis, Black Warrior, Lizmark Jr.
CMLL CAN52 GdR #114 has
01/18 Mexico: Euforia, Nosferatu, Virus b Fabián el Gitano, Mictlán, Starman
01/20 Coliseo: Marco Corelone, Rey Bucanero, Stuka Jr. DQ Héctor Garza, Mr. Águila, Texano Jr.
Outside the ring: Nitro
With Rey going back to the rudo side….
Do you think we could be seeing a technico turn for Averno & Mephisto here?
The Grey Shadow! I can only hope he’ll follow the tradition of the Neutralians on Futurama.
Very weak Tuesday/Sunday lineups. Next week will be the first week I completely skip Cadena Tres.
Arena Mexico lineup looks top notch though. That main event is extremely interesting to me. Either they are gonna do a classic match since we haven’t seen rudos vs rudos in ages and all those guys are capable of bringing the goods or this is where an Atlantis/Guerrero split happens with Bucanero acting as a second. Averno/Mephisto getting the belts back is LONG overdue.
I really hope La Sombra is not becoming The Grey Shadow. I like the name Sombra and his mask is awesome. I’m still hoping it’s Axxel just so the ByL forum implodes.
Dos Jr./Sombra vs Averno/Mephisto got *22* minutes! Excited to see that.
That GdR opener was very pink, huh?:)
I loved how Par-K whined about not getting booked last week and is in big matches on both Friday & Sunday of this week coming up.
Yeah, it’s a real mixed bag with next weeks cards.
Friday looks ok, but i’m disappointed at you know who in the opener, as he should be in Mictlans place! But despite that, the segunda and semi should be ok, and the mainis going to be very interesting and fresh.
However, i will at least be optimistic of tomorrows segunda airing on a b-show next weekend if the main show tonight has everything from the segunda up. Of course, they may air a repeat, but you never know – they showed the Sunday minis segunda a few weeks ago, so i may still get my Neutron fix from next weeks TV :)
Tuesdays show for TV looks disappointing though, particularly the segunda and tercera where we always hope for the best of the undercard – but this week it looks like we get the crap. :(
The matches i’d probably most like to see from next weeks cards are the 3 openers. :(
CMLL.com says Grey Shadow is an American and basically spells out the fact he will be a high flyer.
Of course they also said Black Tiger was Japanese, Marco Corleone was Italian and that La Sombra was making his CMLL debut the day he first showed up under that gimmick.
I wanted to be the Blue Shadow, so I’m fairly certain this isn’t me.
CMLL doesn’t really plan ahead so don’t be surprised to get a phone call on Tuesday.