Previews of tonight’s CMLL show: ESTO, Ovaciones. Ovaciones has the NWA belt being on the line here. ESTO just says the middleweight title, as does the note on the Ras de Lona preview. CMLL.com says the CMLL title.
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If you ever wanted to make a point about how little these titles mean, you probably would point to a situation where no one even knows what title it is, and it doesn’t really make any difference. Whoever wins the title tonight is a double champion, and that won’t mean much either.
Fuego en el Ring talks to Ultimo Guerrero about his success this year. UG says Ultimo Guerrero may be more famous than he was when he started out 12 years ago, but he’s the same guy he’s always been when he takes off the mask, and the bigger star you become, the more humble you need to be. Does this mean Artillero gets to be a jerk?
The Kataharis lucha libre exhibit is now in Puebla.
Veneno in a movie. Guadalajara wrestlers go to NASCAR Mexico. Some of those same wrestlers participated in an a 8KM Race. Palacio Negro won among the wrestlers (35 minutes, 10 minutes behind the winner), then won the cage match later the same day. Order of finishes were Palacio Negro, Skaxy, Cosmico, Saturno, Rafaga, Magnifica, Angel del Mal, Metal Blanco, Gallo, and Leon Blanco.
Cesar wonders why CMLL is not bringing in anyone from TNA, suggests how Friday shows could be tighter and better paced out, and wants new rivalries between prelim and main event guys, even if it means tecnico/tecnico and rudo/rudo. On the last one, while I think the type of people who read this blog would generally be excited for something like the Romanos vs Averno & Mephisto or Super Comando & Artillero vs Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero (though maybe not so much for Trueno/Negro Casas), my guess is the general public will look at them as non-competitive unimportant match and not turn out for them. Plus, those matches are interesting because they’re different, but after a while of doing them, they won’t be different much any more. CMLL could definitely use more meaningful and interesting matches, but CMLL needs to do more than one quick feud per show to make things meaningful, instead of just scrambling for a big main event every so often. I totally agree that the lightning matches should be leading to something or more meaningful than just an extra match they do each week and almost never follow up on, but that goes for a lot.
Kcidis has looks at Infierno en el Ring.
The new edition of Ras de Lona is up.
Luchas 2000 #479 has the 9 men in the cage match, plus the new young Lizmark Jr.
Ohtani’s Jacket watches Dinastia Navarros vs Cerebro Malignos without knowing the thrill of the IWRG/Super X feud.
LuchaWorld has Robert on AAA 05/25/08 and CMLL 05/24/08, as well as KrisZ’s news update.
Lineup
CMLL (WED) 07/22 Arena Coliseo Acapulco
1) Angel de Oro, Angel de Plata, Maximo vs Hooligan, Misterioso II, Skandalo
2) Hector Garza, Mistico, Toscano vs Ephesto, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas
3) La Sombra & Volador Jr. vs Averno & Mephisto [CMLL TAG]
You know, CMLL could create a page on their website and just put up the graphics of their lineups, instead of having people randomly stumble upon them while checking out message boards. It’s an idea.