04/30-05/01 Lucha Times

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AAA-US: As Albert helpfully noted in the comments, this is now listed as a one hour show. In Mexico, this was a three match show that went about 56 minutes. That means something gets cut, and mostly likely the opener. It’d be a shame, because Fenix looked very good. Alternative is a lot of things get cut.

52MX: Sunday taped shows are very tough to figure this week; they usually air four matches between them, but they taped five storyline driven matches. That doesn’t include the semimain, which usually airs (because it’s the semimain.) I’m guessing both the Rayos vs Gen11 and Invasors/Misterioso vs Trios Champs match is here, but I could see one of those matches just not airing anywhere.

LATV: Hoping they don’t screw this up, because next in line is a really sweet looking Demus/Pierrothito vs Astral/Electrico match.

GDL: swing match is Maya/Starman vs Leon Blanco and Rafaga, two rudos who have never appeared on this incarnation of GDL TV. Likely bouts include Oro/Plata/Valiente vs Dragon/Okumura/Virus and Felino/Niebla vs Fantamsa/Dorada. About that semimain: Angel Azteca Jr. sure has vanished lately. Not being in the Forjando un Idolo or the Vets/Gen11 stuff has bumped him out of DF for over a month now.

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CMLL: back to 2 hours. Escorpion/Cometa and Oro/Negro should air from the Forjando un Idolo tournament, but I heavily recommend the YouTube versions. Also: Triad vs Panther/Mascara/Sombra and Garza/Goto/Volador vs Guerreros to set up that title match.

AAA-MEX: leftovers from Pachuca, looks like they have 2 hours here. Atomic Boy/Fenix/Relampago vs Dragon/Cota/Santana should be good. Electro/Tiger/Jack vs Silver/UG/Chessman – apparently Chessman is a Maniaco now, if this week’s show can be believed. Damian/Halloween/Lizmark/X-Fly vs Wagner/Psycho Circus, good for Wagner’s mask if nothing else.

FOX: The two Forjando un Idolo matches were definitely taped for this show, and Blue Panther vs Negro Casas should air here as well.

C3: two more Forjando un Idolo matches, Team GDL/Sangre vs Ephesto/Euforia/Raziel, and Panther/Maximo/Super Porky vs Bucanero/Terrible/Texano. I hope Bucanero really hasn’t left the Pesta Negra, would hate to see Felino and Zacarias split apart.

CMLL-Mega6 (GDL): swing match is a women’s trios, . Main event was supposed to be Sombra/Rush/Toscano vs Aguila/Olimpico/Psicosis (and I did see a fan cell phone pic on Twitter that confirmed most of that.)

Puebla: Stop me if you’ve heard this: more Forjando un Idolo. They’re also one week out from the Goto/Guerrero match here.

ACM: main event from last week?

Perros: ???

IWRG: last night’s card

Morgans hang on to their tag titles, CMLL preview, Viva La Lucha, kidnapping

photo by Black Terry Jr.

IWRG (THU) 04/28/2011 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring, Mi Lucha Libre]
1) Alan Extreme & Vampiro Metálico b Dragon Fly & Saruman
Alan Extreme used the ropes to pin Saurman.
2) Carta Brava Jr., El Pollo Asesino, Fresero Jr. b Dinamic Black, Eterno, Golden Magic
Fresero Jr. snuck in a foul on Eterno.
3) Hijo de Pirata Morgan & Pirata Morgan DQ Negro Navarro & Trauma I [IWRG IC TAG]
Morgans took one, Navarros took second. The older men were eliminated in the third fall, leaving the juniors. Hijo de Pirata accidentally bumped into referee Teddy, Trauma had Hijo de Pirata pinned, Pirata Sr. snuck in an foul him, Negro Navarro got back in the ring to protest that, and the referee disqualified the Navarros for Negro coming back in after being elminated.
4) Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Ray Mendoza Jr., Villano IV b Bestia 666, Damián 666, X-Fly
Villano team won falls 2 & 3.

Tonight’s a bigger the normal Arena Mexico show, both their Kid’s Day show as well as the Arena Mexico show. The biggest match is Ultimo Guerrero vs Hirooki Goto for the CMLL Heavyweight Championship (the second CMLL title defense of the day; keep reading.) Goto could take this, but that would mean he’d be coming back in six weeks for the Universal Tournament and later to drop the title; he’d be trading one win for likely two losses. Match should be good regardless of the result.

There’s also the closing matches for Forjando un Idolo’s Group Alfa. Diamante is almost certainty thru, and Hombre Bala (vs Diamante) and Hijo del Signo (vs Puma King) competing in separate matches for a second win and advancement into the playoff round. This is a tough one to read. Speaking of this tournament, the current vote leaders (Delta, Angel de Plata, Magnus) would not affect the standings if any of them win this week’s bonus point. The vote totals are a lot more balanced this week than previous weeks…

Over on the Box Y Lucha forum, there’s an scanned article on the first Arena Mexico show (written around the 20th.)

Quinto Misterio & Estrella Dorada Jr., luchadors in northern Mexico, are in custody after being accused of kidnapping. They were part of the muscle for a couple of casino employees, angry about one of them being fired, decided to kidnap their boss. The kidnapping took place back in January and there’s no word on how they were discovered. Estrella Dorada has been wrestling in Arena Coliseo Monterrey, while Quinto Misterio is on smaller shows and also wrestles as Fake Rey Misterio.

The next Viva La Lucha PPV is tonight. Lineup

from PWR 02/05
– Hijo de Rey Misterio (new one), Anarkia vs Vaquero Fantasma, Amnesia
– Derek Sanders & Brian Cage vs Hijo del Cupacabra, El Mariachi
– Oliver John vs Kafu

from DTU 03/19:
– trainee opener (particpants not ever listed, but Pequeno Cobra was in it)
– Villano III & Villano IV vs Aeroboy & Violento Jack
– Robin Maravilla, Sadico, Yakuza vs Hormiga, Paranoiko, Pesadilla vs Comando Negro, Oficial 911, Oficial AK47
– Drastic Boy vs Eterno vs Ciclope vs Arena de Plata vs Garra de Aguila vs Abadon vs Flamita vs Tribal vs Fenix (AAA) vs Dizzy

CMLL in NJPW, 04/29
5) Ryusuke Taguchi (c) b Taichi [CMLL WELTER] (Poor Taichi.)
8) Shinsuke Nakamura (O) & Mascara Dorada b Hiroshi Tanahashi (X) & Jushin Liger
Dorada has gotten a lot of wins on this tour.

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Lineup

indy (SUN) 05/01/2011 Arena Coliseo Monterrey
3) Coco Rayado I & Coco Rayado II vs Black Master & Leon Salvaje
4) Latino (indy) & Negro Navarro vs Espartaco & Solar I
5) Estrella del Oriente, Super Muñeco, Súper Ratón vs Guerrero Negro, Mr. Averno, Sepulturero I

They’ve switched promoters here.

04/30 AAA TV Lineup (Chilpancingo) – Perro Jr. returns

AAA TV (SUN) 04/30/2011 Plaza de Toros de Chilpancingo, Guerrero
1) Mascarita Divina, Mini Charly Manson, Octagoncito vs Mini Chessman, Mini Histeria, Mini Psicosis
2) Aerostar, El Elegido, Laredo Kid vs Alan Stone, Decnnis, Súper Fly
3) Cuervo, Espíritu, Ozz vs ?, Billy el Malo, Cibernético
4) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Damián 666, el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Halloween
5) El Mesías, Heavy Metal, Nicho el Millionario vs Chessman, LA Park, Zorro

2011 AAA TV Chart
Projected Air Date (#989)
Mexico: 05/15
US: 05/28

(I was working on Lucha Times. Now I’m not! It’ll be up sometime Friday.)

WagnerMania posted the lineup, which appears to be from AAA PR and dated yesterday. This is not some lineup that was postered around Chilpancingo a couple months ago, this is what the lineup is as of today. Just to back that up, the lineup includes a Surprise Bizarro, which we can be relatively sure is a fill in for the incarnated Charly Manson*.

That means, as of yesterday, AAA thought Perro Aguayo Jr. was good to go for a match. Really, not any match, but because it’s those two trios, a sure to be hardcore match involving stunts and blood. Not an easy match. A rough match. A match I wouldn’t want to have! Unlike me, Perro Aguayo Jr. is a luchador. Also, unlike me, Perro Aguayo had a tumor removed from his midsection three weeks ago.

Four options. Choose your adventure:

1) Perro Aguayo heals at a rate faster than normal mortals. Alfredo’s theory! Everything I can find on google suggest general recovery is around 6 weeks, both for the removal and for the burst ulcer he was said to suffer during the operation. I’m sure he heels at a faster rate, but…

2) Someone at AAA goofed up and released a wrong lineup . Always possible. Arakas will be very upset with them, so I hope that didn’t happen. X-Fly will wrestle or something.

3) AAA or Perro Aguayo Jr. is rushing back to the ring way too soon. Always possible. Doesn’t seem to be necessary for the gate. It’s a Kid’s Day show, which is enough to do well. It’s a location AAA used to go once a year, with their least star power taping of the year, and still draw fine. It’s actually been longer than normal since they’ve been back here for a taping, so there’s probably a pent up extra demand. They’ve got Cibernetico working third from the top, so they would seem to be fine on star power even for a normal show. But perhaps a sponsor specifically requested Perro Aguayo Jr. on this show, or Perro Aguayo needs to start paying bills ASAP. That is a pretty bad situation either way.

4) Perro Aguayo Jr. was not as sick as we’d expect for a person who had a tumor pulled out of stomach. Perro Aguayo was intensive care three weeks ago. About the same time, the long time announcer of AAA, Arturo Rivera was also in bad shape at a hospital with a throat infection. Different illnesses, different ages, different physical conditions, surely different recoveries. Still, it’s hard not to compare: AAA is hoping Arturo Rivera can return to the calling matches by TripleMania, 10 weeks after surgery. Not be active at all, just talk. Perro Aguayo, 3 weeks after a golf ball sized tumor was yanked out of him, is said to be cleared to wrestle Monster Clown**. This would make complete sense, only if we assume thing we were told didn’t quite happen to be the truth. That would be a pertty bad situation, but at least a more hilarious one than a wrestler working a match he wasn’t ready for.

Place your bets. Perro is supposed to have a press conference today to talk about his illness. That should be fascinating.

There are other matches on the show! They all seem to be place keeping (a reason against Perro needing to be on this show.) Main event feuds really feel like they’re doing Zorro vs LA Park vs Mesias at TripleMania, don’t they? I don’t think they actually doing that match, which is kind of the crazy part. I want to see how Heavy Metal vs LA Park goes.

* – We can assume this because: Ngyma & Escoria are working a house show, Amadeus has apparently been quietly dropped as a character and they’ve been really reluctant Taboo in the ring, which just leaves Charly as originally scheduled. Seeing as they didn’t just put him in here, they’re still pretty reluctant and may just be working out which guy they’re pulling off that house show, or if they want to throw in someone new.

** – this is an impossibility, no doctor would ever give the go ahead to work Monster Clown