CMLL (FRI) 04/08/2011 Arena Mexico [CMLL]
1) Metálico & Trueno b Inquisidor & Tiger Kid
Neat headscissors/armbar submission by Metalico to get the win.
2) Ángel de Plata, Pegasso, Rey Cometa b Arkángel de la Muerte, Nitro, Skándalo
While the other two did dives, Pegasso got Nitro with a Toyota roll for the win.
3) Hijo del Signo b Guerrero Maya Jr. [lightning]
Signo won via headlock takeover, with his feet scissoring the bottom rope, at 7:42.
4) Misterioso Jr., Pólvora, Shigeo Okumura b Metro, Stuka Jr., Valiente
Valiente and Stuka set Misterioso and Polvora on the top rope, which backfired into the rudos landing their big moves (with some help from Okumura.) As they got the pins, Okumura put Metro in a figure four leglock.
5) Atlantis, Hirooki Goto, Negro Casas b La Sombra, Rush, Strong Man
Atlantis replaced Mr. Niebla. Sombra dived on Goto, and Rush and Strong Man took out Atlantis & Casas with power moves at the same time. Tirantes slow counted, but the rudos still couldn’t kick out.
6) Escorpion & Último Guerrero b Máscara Dorada & Metal Blanco [Gran Alternativa, final]
Both rudos just cleanly landed their moves (quebrada, Guerrero Special) for the win. A spectator tried ran on the ramp and tried to climb one of the corners during the finish, but a security guy pulled him away.
Impacto‘s article on the Forjando un Idolo tournament (nearly reprinted by Record, so it may just be CMLL PR) adds a previously unmentioned wrinkle to the tournament: there will be fan voting for the favorite wrestler of the week, and that wrestler will pick up an extra point. Not sure if 1 wrestler per group or 1 wrestler in the entire tournament. The article starts of by saying CMLL’s running this tournament because they have no stars, which is probably not the way to go for a hype article.
Not much new from Ras de Lona. They interviewed all the Forjando un Idolo teams, of course. Valiente (8th) and Pierrothito (5th) talked about how many times they’d now defended their belts, both about 3 more than we have. (Rush said his defeat of Bucanero was his first defense, so one is right.)
LuchaWorld has the newest Slammin’ Stan.
Links
- Mi Lucha Libre has video of the Perros, Officals, Psychos and Manaicos agreeing to their four way match.
- Porra Fresa previews Monday’s Arena Puebla card.
- Estrellas del Ring has interviews with Mini Elektra and Zeven.
- Record talks to La Maestra.
- Nikita watches Truenos vs Puma/Tiger.
Lineup
CMLL (FRI) 04/15/2011 Arena Mexico
1) Molotov & Sensei vs Apocalipsis & Mortiz
2) Diamante, Fuego, Sagrado vs Hooligan, Loco Max, Raziel
3) Delta vs Dragon Lee [Forjando un Idolo]
4) Metal Blanco vs Guerrero Maya Jr. [Forjando un Idolo]
5) La Sombra, Rush, Strong Man vs Mr. Águila, Olímpico, Rey Bucanero
6) Héctor Garza, Hirooki Goto, Volador Jr. vs Atlantis, Dragón Rojo Jr., Último Guerrero
That’s group Charly. Probably should do predictions before this gets started on Monday.
This is possibly the most interesting match up Goto has gotten since arriving. It’s not a high bar.
I guess Rey Bucanero and Aguila are friends? They probably have the same chance of winning that match either way. Ras de Lona had Alebrije in Bucanero’s spot, and Bucanero in Dragon Rojo’s place.