CMLL.com confirms they’re starting a one hour news show on Canal52, airing on Saturday’s and Sundays. This is great news for the 3 people who still get that station. They promise exclusive information, which will probably stay exclusive given the possible viewership. I shall now accept the award for most bitter paragraph ever.
Cesar @ box y lucha says Zumbido has signed with CMLL and is just waiting for his start date, and India Sioux is looking to return.
CMLL (SUN) 06/29 Arena Coliseo [ovaciones, CMLL]
1) Sombra de Plata & Trueno b Carrona & Cholo
2) Amapola, Medusa, Rosa Negra b Lady Apache, Marcela, Princesa Blanca
3) Nitro, Satánico, Virus b Grey Shadow, Máscara Púrpura, Metalik
4) Flash & Stuka Jr. b Euforia & Nosferatu [Coliseo TAG]
5) Dos Caras Jr., Marco Corelone, Sagrado b Damián 666, Mr. Águila, Texano Jr.
6) Atlantis b Shocker [NWA LH]
Shocker took the first fall of his title match (via STF!), Atlantis won the second with a feet on the ropes pin (the GdA Title Match Special), and Atlantis took the third clean with the Atlantida for his 11th defense. Ovaciones says the match was good. Same sequence of falls for the Coliseo Tag match – Infernales took fall 1, maybeLosAngeles took falls 2 and 3 to win the mythical yet ugly belts.
Marco Corelone was here, which makes it tough for him to be in Irapuato.
Nitro replaced Okumura, and Satanicio pinned Shadow with the ropes. Luna Magica replaced Lady Apache and Medusa replaced Mima. Cholo remains perfect.
CMLL (SUN) 06/29 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
6) Mr. Niebla, Rey Bucanero, Toscano b Alex Koslov, Blue Panther, Rayman
Niebla submitted Panther clean.
FILL (SUN) 06/29 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [RFC]
1) Perla Negra & Rebelde b Lady Puma & Ultratumba
2) Gallo de Oro & Imperio Romano b Pedro Navajas & Tequilita
3) Bam Bam & Mercurio b Angel Negro & Cavernicola [trofeo gladiador 2008, semifinal]
4) Chica de Arabia & Galactar b Ghostico & Vendeta [trofeo gladiador 2008, semifinal]
5) Bam Bam & Mercurio b Chica de Arabia & Galactar [trofeo gladiador 2008, final]
6) Estrella Dorado Jr., Huracan Ramirez, Tinieblas Sr. b Dr. Tormenta, Herodes, Jaque Mate Jr.
AAA (MON) 06/30 Arena Cuatro Caminos de Nuevo Laredo [RFC]
1) Black Mamba & Violento vs Black Fenix & Street Boy
2) Estrellita & Sexy Star vs La Diabólica & Poly Star
3) Aerostar, El Brazo, Super Fly vs Escorpion Negro, Tigre Cota, Tito Santana II
4) Hombre Sin Miedo vs Picudo
5) ?, Gronda II, Silver King vs Antifaz del Norte, Pirata Morgan, Villano III
Villano III to AAA! The tide has been turned! Or not.
CMLL (MON) 06/30 Domo de la Feria de Leon [am.com.mx]
1) Carta Brava & Furia Azteca vs Gotico & Vampiro Metálico
2) Robin & Turbo vs Black Thunder & Cholo
3) Dark Angel & Lady Apache vs Hiroka & Mima Shimoda
4) La Máscara, Máscara Púrpura, Metalik vs Ephesto, Skandalo, Virus
5) Dr. Wagner Jr. & Místico vs Rey Bucanero & Último Guerrero
indy (TUE) 07/01 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [RFC]
1) Ciber Gata & Mariposa Monarca vs Alondra & Dama de Hierro
2) Dr. Kamoa & Panthro vs Centurion Negro & Karonte
3) Angel Dorado Jr. & Principe de Oro vs Kalaka de Michoacan & Linares and Coco Viper & Dragon
4) 5X, Angel Dorado, Kaoma Jr. vs Hermano Diablo I, Hermano Diablo II, La Kalaka de Tijuana
There’s also a match between students of various schools.
CMLL (TUE) 07/01 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [MT]
1) Thunder Boy vs Carlo Roggi
2) Ebola vs Azazel
3) Virgo vs Rey Trueno
4) Metal Blanco vs Super Maquina
5) Casanova & Rayman vs Infierno & Mr. Águila
6) Gallo vs Damián 666 [OCCIDENTE LH]
7) Dr. Wagner Jr. & Héctor Garza vs Mr. Niebla & Texano Jr.
Damian’s life has totally been leading up to the moment where he can finally become Western Light Heavyweight champion. For sure.
Box Y Lucha #2877 has a cover shot of Mr. Niebla going after Wagner. There’s also teases of a Rey Cometa anti-AAA interview and Zumbido and Scorpio calling their (former) teammates cowards. Sounds like a fun time.
DTU posted a video promo for their next show and hypes their article in the latest Record. You all know how I feel about the DTU matches, but their site is a lot easier to track than any other one, so they’re getting all the links they want. (Is a RSS feed so much to ask?)
A policeman charged with excessive violence is said to have gone all “Hijo de Perro Aguayo” on the victim. A double stomp must’ve been involved.
Ohtani’s Jacket writes about Santo & Negro from Tijuana in ’91, Kahos & Engendro vs El Celestial & El Coloso in ’92 UWA, and Villano III vs Negro Casas from last year.
“most negative paragraph ever”? LOL. Well, MVS and Dish are supposed to start up soon(September), so they want as much original programming as possible.
52mx is on MASTV, and Cablemas, and strongly rumored to have a deal in place with Megacable. Still, it’s not what it was when Cablevision/SKY had it.
I would’ve put the Noticiero show on Fox, and made 52mx a two-hour show. I’d tape Sunday’s for footage like WWE used to tape Toronto, Houston, and other house shows for footage.
“Aerostar, El Brazo, Super Fly vs Escorpion Negro, Tigre Cota, Tito Santana II”
So much for that El Brazo heel turn eh?
Forget it. I’ve seen the demo for this MX52 show months ago. It’s a half-hour show. It has features on the Amapola vs. Marcela feud with plus a feature on some kid who sells soda and popcorn at Arena Mexico, and trains in their school with his crazy girlfriend. It’s not a “wrap around” show I thought.
Wow. Everything that’s being posted on ByL is more interesting than any wrestling angle in any part of the world. There’s more on the ByL and Morales drama being posted.
And Reynek even refers to Hellwig as Ultimo Guerrero in a post. What a day.
Yes and they say Benoit is the greatest thing ever and it doesn’t matter what others say, Benoit ruled and will continue being the best.
I have absolutely no interest in this news show unless they intend to show clips of all the matches they tape. If it’s just an hour of the segments we see regularly on GdR/FSE – I would rather die than sit through it. With an extra show to air their dumb segments, you’d think GdR and FSE could start having more times for just the matches…
… yeah, I didn’t think so either.
You know what an interesting math project would be? Count the # of regular/semi-regular wrestlers on the CMLL roster and see how it matches up with how many spots are available per week. Figure tag to open the show and then 3 trios matches… so that’s 28 guys per show, less on shows with single main events. Now multiply that by 3 for how many big shows they have per week and you get 84. So that’s 84 spots to fill per week and you still have to factor in guys getting multiple bookings b/c there aren’t enough top guys to spread the work around completely. I guarantee you CMLL has double the amount of wrestlers now that they do spots available. It might be time to restart the Arena Coliseo/Arena Mexico double shots on Sunday.
Flash/Stukita vs Infernales looks AMAZING judging by the photos. I cannot wait to see it and hope the editing doesn’t ruin it. (Yep – I fully expect them to join the third fall just as Flash is missing his last dive.)
I’m not saying CMLL will suffer if they lost their timeslot with Televisa but AAA would definitely have a lock on the number 1 spot if they don’t have it already. It would be like WWF and NWA in the 80’s, NWA drew well and had great cable ratings but it was nowhere as strong as WWF Superstars syndication spots and Saturday Night Main Events.
BTW, shouldn’t we play a game and see who can best guess when the first actual defend of the Arena Coliseo Tag Titles will be?
I’ll take the end of September…
… 2011.
@USAUSA1: I’m glad you mentioned WWF vs. NWA 1980’s.
NWA had syndication and cable(TBS) yet TBS seemed like the “A” show.
CMLL will still seem major league if they lose Telerisa. Cable is growing so fast in Mexico. It’s going to be how Mexicans watch Lucha.
If you have a product people want to see, they’ll find it on cable. “Mujeres Asesinas” is a great example.
Didn’t you just said that “Mujeres Asesinas” bombed?
It’s on cable only because they wouldn’t allow it to air on free tv because of content (more of a gimmick than anything else, it looks lame). Cable serves for niche markets, as long as the majority of the fans are kids and females-and mainstream-, cable won’t make sense for Lucha unless they put it on a ladies oriented network which would alienate males (just as FSE alienates females).
Mujeres got a good rating, but SKY lost the signal, which was my point. I think it did a 17.0.
I agree 100% about FSE. Lucha would do better on Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon.