Day: August 20, 2009

I’ve added a new page to the daily database updates: Recent Events. For each promotion I’m specifically watching, you’ll get a list of people joining, leaving, flipping side, and major title matches. Plus, there’s an inactive list for each promotion, so you can check to see if Rene Guajarado Jr. is hurt when you wonder whatever happened to him.

This is probably most useful for people who want to keep close track of things. Everything here was around on other pages, but I figure it’s more convenient to have it one place. As part of fixing things up for this, I’ve streamlined the roster pages. As you can see on the IWRG pages, I’ve taken out the pictures and replaced them with links to the wiki. Current champions are also now being automatically updated.

I’m tracking rosters for

• the main CMLL roster
• the AAA roster (which includes some people who don’t ever make TV)
• the IWRG roster (lots of opening card turnover)
• Arena Puebla regulars
• Arena Coliseo Guadalajara regulars

Probably could stand more, but it’s gotta be a place where shows are regularly run (and news gets out about them) and there’s at least some level of consistency in the lineups to make a roster somewhat meaningful. ACMonterrey is the obvious addition, though I think there’s a lot of turnover there.

Any suggestions/ideas to do something else interesting are always appreciated.

ESTO has an interview with Joaquin Roldan about activities in AAA. It’s not long, and it’s half storyline or stuff you already know (the FSE tournament, Roldan being back in charge).

No mention of the TV situation, except a mention that the FSE show will air “the first or second week of September.” They’re planning on running another US tour around October/November, and going back to Costa Rica by the end of the year. No idea of locations – luchalibreusa doesn’t seem to have anything.

Ovaciones had a nice story on the career of Matematico, since he’s wrestling tonight in IWRG’s throwback show. Website’s not coming up for me right now to get the link, but it should be a page or two from here.

A few AAA notes out of today’s Wrestling Observer:

– The WON calls Televisa the original owner of AAA, and says Antonio Pena bought the company from them (and the Roldan’s would own it completely today.)
– X-Pac’s presumed out of AAA. No one’s heard from him since he left to go to the Chicago Comic Con on the 8th.
– Konnan and Hector Melendez ended up doing the commentary for Monday’s taping.
– Konnan’s new Legion may end up being Alex, Teddy Hart (who people aren’t happy with), Nicho, Lider, Tirantes, Rain, and Nikki Roxx (at least when she was planned to come in for FSE.)
– AAA business is down. Cibernetico’s return hasn’t meant anything.

Lots of Box Y Lucha articles:

– Fabi Apache and Sexi Star talk about the cage match. Sexi says not to believe the people who say she’ll lose her mask, and instead fans should bring bags to the show to collect Fabi Apache’s hair.
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– Cibernetico says he should be the sole #1 contender because he never lost the title. I don’t think that line works when you volunteraly give up the title. He also says he never felt comfortable as a tecnico, but also talks about how the fans were always rooting for him when he was in the indies.

– Negro Casas talks about his career, and the possible wrestling debuts of his daugther and wife.

– No Limit & Okumura want a trios title shot, figuring they’ve got Hector Garza’s number.

– Amapola wants to face Princesa Blanca and unify the women’s championships.

– Super Porky talks about how totally busy he is working now that he’s left AAA. Not only him, but his daughters are working continuously. Despite his busy schedule, he’s teaching classes three days a week at Felipe Ham Lee’s gym. Despite all of this work, Porky would go to CMLL if they just called. I don’t know how he ever had the time and sit down for this conversation.

– Villano III talks about the time he let a kid drive his car while he slept, and woke up in a field with four flat tires, and the time his bag with his title belt fell out of the car.

The Gladiatores has video interviews with Ultimo Dragon, Ultraman Jr. and Dinastia.