11/28 AAA Lucha Libre Premier Results

AAA LLP (SUN) 11/28 Six Flags, DF [Luchando Libre]
1) El Mesías & ZorroDr. Wagner Jr. & Electroshock [Campeonato Premier, semifinal]
2) Alan Stone, Jennifer Blake, Mini HisteriaEl Elegido, Fabi Apache, Octagoncito
3) Cibernético, Extreme Tiger, Jack EvansEl Ilegal, Hernandez, Último Gladiador
4) El MesíasZorro [Campeonato Premier, final]

2010 AAA TV Chart
Projected Air Date (2×5, 2×6)
Mexico: 12/04, 12/11

That’s my best guess at the results. AAA’s facebook/twitter said the opener was the same partners as usual, with Mesias & Electroshock going to the final. The recap they sent out after said the semifinal was a four way, with Electroshock going out first, followed by Mesias getting Wagner with the F5, leaving Mesias and Zorro as the final. Mesias beat whoever it was to win the thing.

Histeria has a brand new move and used it to be Octagoncito. Jack got the pin on Gladiador.

11/27 AAA TV Results (Toluca)

AAA TV (SAT) 11/27 Villa Charra de Toluca
1) Jennifer Blake, Tigre Cota, Tito SantanaCrazy Boy, Fabi Apache, Gato Eveready
2) Mascarita Divina, Mini Charly Manson, OctagoncitoMini Chessman, Mini Histeria, Mini Psicosis
3) Decnnis, Silver King, Último GladiadorExtreme Tiger, Jack Evans, Laredo Kid
4) Cibernético, Escoria, TabooEl Ilegal, Hernandez, Zorro
5) El Mesías, Joe Lider, La Parka Jr.Damián 666, Electroshock, Halloween

2010 AAA TV Chart
Projected Air Date (#966)
Mexico: 12/05
US: 12/18

Secret taping = sponsored by AC Delco with free tickets, so they didn’t need to advertise it.

No Super Fly appearance. Or turn.

Cota pinned Crazy boy. Charly beat Chessman.

Silver cut off Tiger going for the 450 and superplexed him to take the third. After the match, Silver King kicked Electroshock (not present) out of the Maniacos and promised a new member soon.

Taboo and Escoria were the ‘new wrestlers’, I guess. Ilegal tried his senton on Scoria, Cibernetico pulled his friend out of the way and dropped Ilegal with a stunner. Scoria added a top rope legdrop for the win. Amadeus and Nygma hit the ring post match to beat up Ilegal some more, with his partners fleeing.

Electroshock did not get along with his partners, and they were fighting among themselves. Mesias got the pin with a DDT on Electroshock. La Sociedad destroyed Electroshock after the match, blocking anyone from making a save for some time.

Latin Lover in Arena Mexico, Radio CMLL, IWRG

IWRG (THU) 11/25 Arena Naucalpan [Mi Lucha LibreThe Gladiatores]
1) Dinamic BlackImposible
2) Brazo Metalico, Freelance, SarumanAlan Extreme, Eterno, Hammer
3) Cerebro Negro, Chico Che, Dr. Cerebro DQ Bombero Infernal, Maldito Jr., Samot
4) Ángel Mortal & GallegoBlack Terry & Comando Negro
5) Negro Navarro & Trauma IRelampago & Villano III and Espíritu & Joe Lider and El Hijo de Aníbal & Veneno

Four way tag match with elimination rules. It came down to Trauma I vs Joe Lider, but Espiritu (eliminated) came back into help and got DQed. Somehow this sets up a Trauma I/Joe Lider match.

Comando Negro was busy. He challenged Chico Che to a hair match, then lost his own match. Gallego was eliminated, and came back in to beat Black Terry.

DQ in the tercera was for Bombero’s team pressing a Cerebro over the top rope. Rarely see that DQ in CMLL and almost never any place else.

CMLL

CMLL (FRI) 11/26 Arena Mexico [SuperLuchas, CMLL, Fuego en el Ring]
1) Durango Kid & Tiger KidBengala & Metálico
2) Eléctrico, Fantasy, Pequeno MaximoAstral, Bam Bam, Último Dragoncito
3) MarcelaTiffany [lightning]
4) Delta, Diamante, MetroCancerbero, Euforia, Raziel
5) La Sombra, Rush, Strong ManMisterioso II, Psicosis, Texano
6) Charly Manson, Héctor Garza, Mr. ÁguilaAtlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero

Invasors won the first fall of the main event. The Guerreros had Mr. Aguila surrounded, Aguila fakes a foul, and Tirantes called a DQ for that and for the Guerreros attacking 3 on 1. Second fall had eliminations before the finish: Hector beat UG, Atlantis defeated Charly Manson, and Aguila & Rey were left in the ring. Bucanero had Aguila in an octopus hold for the sure win, but Garza came back in (Tirantes turned around and walked away), broke up the pin, and helped Aguila crawl on top. Fast count too.

After the match, Latin Lover showed up and punched Tiratnes in the face. The Invasors attacked Latin, ripping off his shirt (of course.) Shocker appeared to make the save. This is the third time in recent years where Latin Lover has made a cameo appearance in CMLL and the second time this year, and this one looks like it might actually be followed up in Arena Mexico. Next week’s semimain is now:

5) Latin Lover, Místico, Shocker, Strong Man vs Atlantis, Felino, Héctor Garza, Negro Casas

Mascara Dorada goes missing from the card. This time around, Latin is listed as “Latin Lover” on both CMLL.com and Ras de Lona.

On his blog, Cesar defends CMLL using Latin Lover as reaching media and fans who otherwise wouldn’t be paying attention to lucha libre. CMLL definitely needs to increase it’s appeal now. I suspect Latin will only be very sporadically appearing (and not at all this year after Sin Piedad) and I wouldn’t think about it as more than one appearance at a time. The big idea here is a hair match with Latin and Garza, but there’s no telling if we’ll ever get there. I’d bet they get involved in Friday’s main event too.

Amazing that Rush happened to be in the semimain the day after he won the bodybuilding contest. Strong Man got the deciding pin on Texano.

Metro’s submission is named El Escudo (the Shield.) He got in on Cancerbero as Diamante beat Raziel with a springboard 450 splash.

Marcela beat Tiffany in 8:47. Tirantes was referee, helping Tiffany before they had problems at the end. Hmmm.

No Pequeno Warrior sighting in the minis match. No Shockercito sighting either; Mini Maximo just happened to be around to be his replacement. Electiro got Bam Bam clean with a cristo to win. That sets him up for next week’s mask  match, but would also seem to set up a title match at some point. Bam Bam & Dragoncito wore black outfits, so maybe they were the more rudo-ish of the teams?  Dragoncito’s been wearing the outfit a lot, but Bam Bam kind of looked like how I would expect him to look if he switched to the rudo side.

Last night was the debut of RadioCMLL.com‘s broadcast. I did not have a chance to listen to it, but it sounds like it was a trial run to test things out before next week’s big show. Like microphone levels. The site is still very useful if you missed the show – they’ve posted video of the end (or the post match) of every match last night on their site, and apparently were updating it during the show. Cesar says the radio/video coverage is so good, he’s ending his show reports because they’re not worth the effort when you can actually see all the footage. To me, there’s still a place for live recaps, especially if they’re only going to pose a minute or two of the matches, but probably not in insanely detailed. (And I know there’s a lesson in there for me.)

Ras de Lona items

  • Ultimo Guerrero says he and Dragon Rojo are going to break he and Bucanero’s record for most tag team title defenses and says that is *55*. We’re missing a few. Good luck on that, Dragon Rojo.
  • Metro & Stuka are still under the impression they can pick someone new and just plug them in as champion. This week, Angel de Oro, Delta & Diamante were floated (by Stuka, who must not be really friends with Fuego.) Metro suggested rudos could also be on the ballot. I see they’ve thought this thru!
  • Fantasma and Mephisto talked about Mephisto’s piledriver in Guadalajara this Tuesday. Mephisto did his interview from the top secret Guadalajara announcing station (an editing bay somewhere.)
  • Much like in this Fuego en el Ring interview, La Mascara says he wants to test himself with a mask match with Atlantis or Ultimo Guerrero
  • Lots of Cuije vs Perico hype!

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Links

CMLL bodybuilding, AAA in Tolluca

CMLL held it’s annual bodybuilding contest yesterday.

Winners:
Minis: Pequeno Halcon
Women: Dark Angel, as she does every year.
Beginners: Dragon Lee
Intermediate:  Astral
Advanced: Rush

As always, people weren’t happy with the judging. Polvora (Intermediate) and Valiente (Advanced) are singled out as unhappy people. There was a match by Arkangel’s students before the competition, no word on that. El Perico posed in the minis division, just wearing his mask.

SuperLuchas previews tonight’s Arena Mexico show, which isn’t expected to have much a week before the actual big show.

AAA is suing Mascara Sagrada over the name. None of these lawsuits ever seem to be resolved, but they get attention for the day they happen. I thought they already announced this lawsuit, so I’m not sure why it’s being brought up again (Mascara Sagrada Jr. losing his mask?)

AAA promises two surprise luchadors for it’s mystery show in Toluca on Saturday. If you’re not announcing anyone for the show (or even where in Toluca the show is), it’d seem like everyone is a suprise luchador. In this case, they’re supposed to be new wrestlers. They’re also promising two debuts the fans have been waiting for, which isn’t much clearer. Dorian vs Joaquin?

AAA in AJPW:
11/26: Kaz Hayashi, KAI, Bushi b Ozz, Cuervo, Masada [Hayashi ‘rana Masada]
I consider this a continuation of the IWRG vs AAA feud.

LuchaWorld points out footage of the Rey Misterio Sr. benefit show from November.

11/28 AAA Lucha Libre Premier Lineup

AAA LLP (SUN) 11/28 Six Flags, DF
1) El Elegido, Fabi Apache, Octagoncito vs Alan Stone, Jennifer Blake, Mini Histeria
2) Cibernético, Extreme Tiger, Jack Evans vs El Ilegal, Hernandez, Último Gladiador
3) Dr. Wagner Jr. & Zorro vs El Mesías & Electroshock [Campeonato Premier, semifinal]
4) ?? vs ??? [Campeonato Premier, final]

Projected Air Date (2×5, 2×6)
Mexico: 12/04, 12/11

This is being promoted as the final show, so I guess the season’s just six weeks long this year. I’m heavily suspecting Mesias to win this.

Cibernetico teaming with the Bizarros would make more sense, but I guess they just wanted to get Jack & Tiger on TV?

AAA lists Ilegal as El Boricua on it’s page for this show. You get the sense the new name was a last minute change and some people still aren’t aware.

12/05 AAA TV Lineup (Zapopan) – Guerra de Titanes

AAA TV (SUN) 12/05 Auditorio Benito Juarez, Zapopan, Jalico
1) Gato Eveready, Octagoncito, Pimpinela Escarlata vs Decnnis, Mini Abismo Negro, Polvo de Estrellas
2) Aerostar, El Elegido, Octagón vs Alan Stone, Chris Stone, Súper Fly
3) Silver King & Último Gladiador vs Joe Lider & Nicho el Millionario and El Ilegal & Hernandez [AAA TAG, Ladder]
4) Espíritu, Extreme Tiger, Jack Evans, La Parka Jr. vs ???, Cibernético, Escoria, Taboo
5) El Mesías vs LA Park
6) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Damián 666, Halloween, X-Fly
7) Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Zorro [AAA HEAVY]

2010 AAA TV Recap
Projected Air Date (#967)
Mexico: 12/12
US: 12/25

I haven’t been on the boards today, so this may have been posted on one of those first, but I saw it on En El Ring.

With the obvious exception of the second match, everything makes sense based on the TV angles they’ve done so far. Super Fly on the rudo team is no surprise, but unless they did a backstage angle to explain it in Leon, they won’t have actually done the turn before this show happens. After all this build up, forgetting to do the actual turn is just about right.

Once Lider brought in a ladder for no reason, it was pretty obvious they were doing a multiteam ladder match soon. I’d guess Ozz & Cuervo would be in this too if they weren’t in a different country.

Mystery man is a New Bizarro. Tecnico side are the guys who the Bizarros have attacked (plus Tiger.)

First time Mesias & Park have had a singles match. That’s really the second biggest match on the show.

Cage match does NOT have hair or masks on the line. When this feud started, it seemed very likely the Perros would be the ones to finally end the streak. Not nearly as likely with X-Fly involved.

Zorro and Dr. Wagner theoretically could have title singles matches for two straight Sundays. They could be in the Lucha Libre Premier finals tomorrow and this title match on Sunday, which may tell you all you need to know about who’s actually going to be in those finals. We like Zorro, but he seems to be just a guy to get to be a challenger here and it’d be a surprise if the title changes hands.

It’s a bit surprising AAA didn’t just use up Chessman’s title match here. If they’re going to adhere to their own rules, Chessman now must cash in the title shot at Rey de Reyes. (They may not.)