PdM (SAT) 11/06 Auditorio de Tijuana [KrisZ, Espaldas Planas, The War]
1) Nikki & Miss Jackie b Christina Von Eerie & Jennifer Blake
2) Bestia 666 & X-Fly b Extreme Tiger & Jack Evans
3) Damián 666, Halloween, Konnan b Charly Haas, Super Crazy, Tony Wilson
4) Blue Demon Jr., Booker T, El Mesías b Big Daddy V, Hernandez, Shelton Benjamin
Perro Aguayo’s absence from this show was announced ahead of time. Dr. Wagner’s was not. (Perros del Mal facebook calls him a diva.) He was roundabout replaced by random person Tony Wilson. Super Crazy remembered he was part of Los Perros and turned on Haas to set up the finish in the semimain. Booker pinned Shelton Benjamin in the main event.
Edit: It was Nikki in the opener.
The Espaldas Planas recap is down on the whole show, except for the Tiger match. They say the attendance was around 1,500, while KrisZ has it around 4,000.
There’s video of this show starting here.
CMLL (TUE) 11/09 Arena Mexico [CMLL]
1) Camorra & Zayco b Camaleón & Principe
2) Bronco, Durango Kid, Hooligan b Guerrero Maya Jr., Metálico, Metatrón
3) Ángel Azteca Jr., Fuego, Rush DQ Nosferatu, Pólvora, Virus
4) Brazo de Plata, Metro, Toscano b Misterioso II, Texano, Vangelis
5) Atlantis, Averno, Ephesto b Charly Manson, El Alebrije, Psicosis
Atlantis took the win on Psicosis in the main event with a handful of ropes.
Misterioso replaced Terrible. More on that below. Clean tecnico win.
Polvora, perhaps aware his guys were feuding with someone on the tecnico side but not quite clear on which one, fouled Rush for a DQ loss in straight falls. Those two may now be feuding.
Terrible is out three weeks with an ankle injury. He suffered in the NJPW tournament, but didn’t really get it checked on so he wouldn’t miss shows. “My decision was to continue at the expense of anything.” The CMLL press release mentions he and Texano had issues about the ‘light’ drugs Terrible was using to numb the pain. Terrible will be in a walking boot for 3 weeks.
The article also off hand mentions Pegasso will be out 3 weeks with a knee injury. He hasn’t been in the ring since 10/29 (where he was carted off after suffering the injury), but I’m not sure if that two weeks is included in the injury assessment or not.
CMLL in NJPW
11/10: Sombra & Mascara Dorada b Davey Richards & Rocky Romero [Sombra “avalnche-style blockbuster” – looks like a middle rope flipping powerslam? – Romero] – finally, we know who would’ve won in a Sombra/Grey Shadow battle.
Prince Devitt missed the show with an injury. If he’s out for the remainder of the tournament and his team has to forfeit out, then Sombra/Dorada must win tomorrow’s match vs Nosawa & Fujita tomorrow to have a chance to advance. They’re really going to need that win either way to have a shot, and I think it’s a match they should win.
The real news here is Sombra & Dorada are using neat masks.
Links
- Prometo Lucha Libre thinks Toxico made a big mistake by unmasking how he did. I liked the point that this is probably the last time Toxico will be on the cover of a magazine. I greatly agree.
- Cesar evaluates the chances of returns by CMLL departures over the last two years.
- A SuperLuchas post requests the return of blood to Arena Mexico.
- Pequeno Warrior says Electrico started a feud with him because Warrior is charismatic and controversial, but Electrico isn’t on his level and doesn’t deserve a mask match.
- Fabi Apache talks about being a mom luchadora
- Sexi Star talks about her upcoming team in Japan.
- Mi Lucha Libre has photos of 10 Aerostar dives.
- Samurai & Evola signed the contract to their mask match on Sunday in Guadalajara. Rayo Jr. will be honored here on 11/28.
- Mr. Alianza lost his mask in Acapulco, and Los Super Brazos will be losing their hair next week.
- Looks like the troupe of fake WWE wrestlers in northern Mexico have added fake CM Punk, fake the Miz, fake the Undertaker and fake Matt Hardy.
- Chile’s “Los Titanes del Ring” is being brought back on local station UCV-TV starting January 22nd.
If we could just get Cesar and Prometa Lucha Libre to update on the same day about the same topic we could have both extreme views on the same topic and then find the middle ground where the truth likely lies.
How did Demus and Pierrothito get the ok to do the blade job?
It wasn’t Lizzy Valentine in that match. Whoever it was, she was announced as “Nikki”. Maybe Nikki The NY Knockout?
@Kyle: Probably. She’s the one who was originally advertised in that spot.
@Hector: Was that perhaps hardway? I never saw that match, so I dunno….
@Hector: I don’t know this for a fact but I got the impression while watching that the blood was unplanned and the reason they went to the finish to quickly afterwards was b/c Demus was bleeding.
Blood seemed to disappear from CMLL rings during the Mistico getting hot period when lots of celebrities were constantly coming to the arena and wrestlers bleeding was viewed as not appropriate with “higher class fans” in attendance.
Will there ever be a fake Alberto Del Rio and a fake Hunico?
@Rob: My impression was that people kept getting caught blading (particularly on TV) and people in charge felt things were too exposed. But there’s surely some PG-ness thought process here too.
Really obvious blading isn’t a concern for AAA lately, that’s for sure.
Blockbuster in Japan is a fallaway slam (like Scott Hall used to do a lot). So Avalanche Style just means he did it from the top rope.
Didn’t Booker join the perros?
@NWG: He did.
They ignored it.