top six stories of the last two weeks

1) AAA announced most of the TripleMania lineup at a press conference, though they’ve added another midcard match and shuffled the tag title match a little since it was announced. The big matches are still Parka/Park for the name and Electro/Wagner for the title. It seems like those matches should be strong enough to draw will in Palacio de los Deportes, even at WWE-ish prices.

2) CMLL announced a counter show on 06/06, up against TripleMania, with a CMLL vs Independents match. The main event is Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Super Porky, Strong Man vs Gigante Bernard, Universo 2000, Mascara Ano 2000, probably with Tirantes Sr. as a referee, and will be awful. The semimain (Mascara Dorada/Mistico/Mr. Aguila vs Averno/Negro Casas/Volador) is more interesting, but this is essentially a cheaper show with the early portion of a longer story running against a more expensive show with the turning points of stories

3) Lucha Libre USA’s first show was announced, to take place 06/06 in southern California, with a second show on 06/19 in Springfield, MA. The show itself is supposed to start airing on MTV2 later in June. Besides Marco Corleone, Mascarita Dorada, Hijo de Lizmark and Charly Manson are the bigger names. LA Park is featured in the preview video and listed on the second show, so he may be working both AAA and here at the same time.

4) IWRG and AAA continue to split matchs in their IWRG-only feud. Rudo Silver King and sorta tecnico Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. appear to be the focal points of the fued. The rivalry draws well depending on those included – the show with Cibernetico drew better than most.

5) Mistico declared his rudo bit over and vowed to be 100% tecnico from here on out. CMLL has all but killed of the storyline in Mexico City (except for that mach on Sunday), but it’s still showing up on cards elsewhere, maybe due to how far in advance those cards are set up.

6) As part of the CMLL/Invasor feud, Mr. Aguila jumped back to CMLL from Perros del Mal, where he was one of the core members. Coming off a string of shows with poor attendance outside of DF, signs are not positive for Perros del Mal. They’ve responded by bringing in Black Warrior as a replacement and making positive statements about their progress.