Day: September 17, 2008

chart. in case you didn’t hear, it’s a PPV week

AAA-US: Jack/Teddy vs Ricky/Crazy will hopefully be the best match of Crazy Boy’s life. Aerostar and Super Fly sneak in the semimain and main.

52MX: Women’s trios and maybe Blue Panther’s last TV match before losing his mask? (no)

Fox: Leono/Purpura/Rivera vs sorta-Tuareg, and Perros vs Alex, Shadow and La Mascara, who I think would work great as a regular trio. I don’t have an actual reason behind this, but that doesn’t stop me from believing it.

FSE has about 5 different live games on Sunday, so this is actually airing at 2 AM eastern that morning. If you just TiVo everything called lucha libre, you may want to double check you’re getting this, and not the overnight airing on Galavision.

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AAA: part one of Verano de Escandalo. You know, if they hustled and cut matches down and didn’t have things go long, they probably could shove seven matches into one three hour show. They’re also taping this week, so they’ll have matches for next weekend regardless. I’m presuming this is SOP, with the tag title match and the cage match being bumped to week two.

Note this show is preceded by NFL game Patriots vs the Dolphins, which isn’t going to be done exactly at 3 unless New England scores 35 in the first half and just runs out the clock in the second. (Which is possible, but even then Miami would throw a million incompletes.)

If VdE is getting split in two, that means the Oaxaca taping this weekend is the first show that’ll air after RAW on Galavision.

CMLL: I don’t know. Tony will draw something, how about that?

CTres: Dos/Wagner/Volador vs Perros, minis cibernetico #2

CMLL (TUE) 09/16 Arena Mexico [ESTO]
2) Hiroka, Mima Shimoda, Princesa Sujei b Goddess, Lady Apache, Sahori
3) Mascarita Dorada b Bam Bam, Celestial, Pequeno Ninja, Pequeño Warrior, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Halloween, Fantasy, Sombrita, Electrico [MEX LIGHT, cibernetico, semifinal]
4) Black Warrior, Misterioso II, Rey Bucanero b La Máscara, Loco Max, Sagrado
5) Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Volador Jr. b Averno, Mephisto, Terrible

ESTO didn’t publish full lineups for these matches, so there may be some subs unaccounted for (probably in the minis match). They also note a poor turnout.

Loco Max was a random replacement for Alex Koslov, and turned on his teammates in the third fall. Cibernetico came down to Dorada beating Warrior, so it’s Doradao vs Pierroth for the title next week. Rudas cheated somehow to allow Sujei to pin Apache.

Strangely, AAA can’t be bothered to post actual lineups, and just lists the rudos and tecnicos working for shows in Veracruz, Calpulalpan, Poza Rica, Iztapalapa, Deportivo Oceania, Puebla, Tulancingo (apparently aren’t paying much), Mexicali and Mexico State.

Anniversary themed articles are starting to roll out. Ovaciones has a bunch of articles in a two page section, reprinting a bunch of articles from the 49th Anniversary, including one recapping the first ever EMLL show. Notimex has their own article. SuperLuchas doesn’t go nearly as far back, instead going five years back to the Havana Pitbulls vs Ricky/Volador/Virus at the 70th Anniversary. I don’t know if Bobby Quance is in the Navy Seals or elsewhere, but I hope he’s doing good. He was so great during that stretch.

SuperLuchas has articles on the LA Park show in Chicago last weekend (which has to be a dozen appearances here in the last 5 years), and looks back at Wagner vs Solitario’s mask match.

La WagnerMania is kicking out the content today

– Blue Panther vs Villano V prediction (repost?)
– the main event and stellar moments from this week’s CMLL TV
– Crazy Boy interview from Tercera Caida
– bio of Dr. Wagner Sr. and results for the anniversary show in Torreon, where a Hator/Antifaz vs Wagner/Intocable apuesta challenge was set up for Chrismas.

Negro Casas was interviewed by NoroEste to hype up a show in Mazatlan, but there’s not much interesting there. Meanwhile, local wrestlers Black Metal and Super Hatos were invited to train with CMLL, but aren’t sure they’ll go to Mexico City.

El Manada talks to Monterrey wrestler Black Mamba, who says he got the name from Kill Bill and has trained with the Apaches.

Metronoticas profiles wrestler turned referee Mario Rock, who’s out with kidney issues. Last night’s show in Arena Juba was a benefit for the referee.

Misterioso Sr., Mascarita Sagrada and others are wrestling at the Kern County Fair in California this Sunday.

The WWE SmackDown! to TV Azteca (7) deal was made offical today and reported in a variety of places. Unlike Televisa’s announcers guessing game, TV Azteca lists it’ll be Carlos Aguilar, Francisco González and Rafael Ayala. As usual, SuperLuchas is all over this, with photos and notes from the press confrence and

Ohtani’s Jacket writes about another ’92 CMLL TV show, this one featuring the Bestia Salvaje vs Huracan Sevilla hair match.

I am really busy today. To entertain you, the person expecting a news update on Wednesday, here’s Juvi singing:

Crazy Boy rocking out is perhaps the greatest selling of his career.