Month: May 2011

Mascara vs Averno, unfriendly TRT, Polvora & Delta advance, Suicida shaved

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CMLL (FRI) 05/13/2011 Arena Mexico [Cesar, CMLL, Record]
1) Artillero, Mortiz, Súper Comando b Höruz, Robin, Trueno
Rudo win, taking 2/3. Trueno took Mortiz’s spanish fly. Robin had a poor night.
2) Arkángel de la Muerte, Loco Max, Skándalo b Ángel Azteca, Ángel de Plata, Pegasso
Rudos took 1/3.
3) Delta b Rey Escorpion [Forjando un Idolo, quarterfinal]
Crowd got into this match. Rey Escorpion tried to cheat again, but Ultimo Guerrero stopped him and Delta eventually took the win. Ultimo Guerrero and Rey Escorpion had real problems after this one, shoving each other on (and off) the ramp.
4) Pólvora b Hijo del Signo [Forjando un Idolo, quarterfinal]
Hijo del Signo was the last Group Alfa (Negro Casas) member standing. He lost, and Polvora becomes the second group Delta (Blue Panther) member to get thru.
5) Metal Blanco, Palacio Negro, Stuka Jr. b Euforia, Shigeo Okumura, Yoshihashi
Bonus match, added midweek (but not publicized.) Probably not airing.
6) Negro Casas, Rey Bucanero, Terrible b Máximo, Super Porky, Toscano
Rudos won, but Terrible & Bucanero turned on Zacarias and Negro Casas post match. Members of Fuerza TRT do not want anything to do with other rudos.
7) Averno, Ephesto, Último Guerrero DQ Blue Panther, La Máscara, Máscara Dorada
Rudos won in straight falls, with La Mascara angrily ripping off Averno’s mask in the second fall. More mask/mask challenges.

AAA (FRI) 05/13/2011 Arena Neza [Estrellas del Ring]
1) Montana Infernal & Muercielado Nocturno b Ángel Mortal Jr. & Marabunta Jr.
2) Black Lancer, Okawa, Vampiro Metailco b Carta Brava, Hermano Muerte II, Hermano Muerte III
3) Mari Apache, Octagoncito, Pimpinela Escarlata b Mini Chessman, Polvo de Estrellas, Sexy Star
Mari replaced Fabi.
4) Neza Kid b Mike Segura [hair]
Mike Segura lost his hair, so the mystery of Neza Kid lives another day (though it’d be more of a mystery if he wore a shirt and covered up his shoulder tattoos.) Ultraviolent match, though the finish was Suicida suplexing Neza Kid three times, reaching to pick up Neza again, and being cradles for the three count.
5) El Mesías, Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown b Bestia 666, Damián 666, el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, X-Fly
X-Fly was over here instead of the TV taping. Monster Clown hurt his ankle and fought in one shoe for a while. Mesias gave Perro a backcracker for a clean win!

Crowd looks pretty decent, strong by Arena Neza standards. Curious to know who the ‘local’ promoter is.

The lucha news was dominated by WWE’s show in Mexico City, and their announcement of television tapings in Palacio de los Deportes this October. WWE will record Raw on October 15 (Saturday) and SmackDown on October 16 (Sunday). With tapings finally happening, the new dangling carrot was maybe running WrestleMania in Azteca Stadium (but they probably need to work on airing something live first.) CMLL tends to run a mid level show the second week of October and AAA runs the Heroes Inmortales show in early October, so this may affect both of their plans.

At the press conference, Big Show said Alberto del Rio reminded him of an actor, like Frank Sinatra (?) but he’s ugly and should go back to wearing a mask. I want to watch movies with Sin Cara.

Perros del Mal are calling their anniversary show PerroMania XIX.

Ras de Lona included an interview with Hombre Bala Junior and Senior. Good to see Senior on his feet. They actually sort of mentioned Psicosis’ poor outcomes in title matches (biased refereeing, naturally) and Psicosis talked about his upcoming international matches (including Lucha Libre USA, which I believe is the first time they’ve actually mentioned that group by name here; Marco was also spotted in the brief about Shocker’s restaurant opening.)

Looks like the CMLL TV changes from last week were not a one time thing; CMLL Fox is airing matches from last Friday, so LATV is likely getting the Mex trios title match today.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

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CMLL (TUE) 05/17/2011 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Leo vs Black Metal
2) Metatrón & Virgo vs Acertijo & León Blanco
3) Último Dragoncito vs Pierrothito
4) Delta, Diamante, Metro vs Ephesto, Scorpion, Vangelis
5) Hijo del Fantasma, Sangre Azteca, Toscano vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto

Odd to see a singles non-title minis match here, but they’ve actually done this same match here twice in 2008, splitting the results. They’re 3-3 versus each other in singles matches all time.

CMLL (FRI) 05/20/2011 Arena Mexico
1) Bengala & Robin vs Bronco & Inquisidor
2) Dark Angel, Lluvia, Marcela vs Amapola, Estrellita, Tiffany
3) Delta vs Pólvora [Forjando un Idolo, semifinal]
4) Ángel de Oro vs Fuego [Forjando un Idolo, semifinal]
5) Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Texano vs Metro, Super Porky, Valiente
6) La Máscara vs Averno
7) Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas vs La Sombra, Máscara Dorada, Rush

Not too big of a surprise that match is not a title match; it hasn’t been about the title. Wish they’d put their big singles matches in the main event spot.

Back when Rey Bucanero was added to Peste Negra, it was because they needed another man. Mr. Niebla was not around. Mr. Niebla is back now, but history indicates we should not expect him to stay around forever. Yet, CMLL doesn’t seem to be concerned at all now, making sure we know Bucanero is split from the group. I hope that’s a positive sign about Niebla, but I wonder if it means they’re much less concerned about keeping Peste Negra going or they’ve got a new member planned.

Interestingly, Ras de Lona had Shocker in Mascara Dorada’s place. Must’ve been some hope he’d been back this week. Should be soon.

05/13 AAA TV Results (Cuautitlan)

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AAA TV (FRI) 05/13/2011 Gimnasio Mario Colin, Cuautitlan, EdM [Mi Lucha Libre (2), Mi Lucha Libre (3, 5), Mi Lucha Libre (4), Record]
1) Argenis, Atomic Boy, Fenix b Dark Dragon, Tigre Cota, Tito Santana
Fenix spanish fly on Tito Santana.
2) Alan Stone & Jennifer Blake b El Elegido & Lolita [AAA MIXED TAG]
Alan used a Hijo de Tirantes distraction to hit Elegido with a chair, setting up the title defense. Guaptio was at ringside, taking notes. Not sure why. Maybe another attempt at recruiting Elegido?
3) Joe Lider & Nicho el Millionario b Lizmark Jr. & Súper Fly
X-Fly was listed in this match, Super Fly is listed in the results. He took the loss when Masked Zorro ran in and caned him. Konnan appeared, demanding the Masked Zorro unmask by the end of the show.
4) Drago, La Parka, Ozz b Charly Manson, Cibernético, Escoria
Switched to the semimain, with Parka pinning Ciberenetico actually. Bizarros immediately beat up the tecnicos after the match and tried to burn Parka, but Drago put out the flame with green mist. Parka challenged Cibernetico to a group vs group match at TripleMania. Cibernetico accepted.
5) Chessman, Silver King, Último Gladiador b Extreme Tiger, Heavy Metal, Jack Evans
Silver King gave Heavy Metal a DVD for the win. Show concluded with Dorian & Konnan having an in-ring discussion: they were happy Metal was beat for turning them down, they announced TNA wrestlers would challenge Tiger & Jack for the tag titles, and announced the women’s match. Dorian told Konnan that he must resolve his issues with Jeff Jarrett on the next taping. The masked Zorro reappeared, playing the (non-masked) Zorro quote that a dictator will fall, saying it’ll happen in SLP. Konnan is convinced that it’s the real Zorro who’s under the mask (now) and told Dorian that no one tells him what to do; he’ll see Jarrett in SLP, but not to talk.

2011 AAA TV Chart
Projected Air date (#990)
Mexico: 05/22
US: 06/05

I hope the Zorro storyline makes sense in the end. They’ve very much set up SLP as a turning point in both Konnan & Zorro’s storylines.

What we have for TripleMania so far

  • Zorro vs ? [AAA HEAVY] – maybe LA Park, maybe Mesias, maybe Jarrett? Maybe all of them?
  • La Parka’s Underground (Parka, Drago, Ozz, Cuervo, Espiritu) vs Bizarros (Cibernetico, Charly, Escoria, Billy, one of Taboo, Nygma and Amadeus)
  • Jack Evans & Extreme Tiger vs a TNA Tag Team [AAA TAG] – one of the Machine Guns is hurt, so maybe Generation Me?
  • Fabi Apache, Mari Apache, Lolita, Cinthia Moreno vs Mickie James, Angelina Love, Velvet Sky, Sexi Star
  • probably something involving the Clowns/Wagner and the Perros
  • possibly the Trios Tournament (though they really need to start that at SLP if it’s happening, and it might end up just being the previous match as Alan pointed out)
  • slight chance of something like Octagon/Laredo/Aero/Elegido vs Super Fly/Decnnis/Stones
  • slight chance of something like Metal/Electroshock/187 vs Silver/Gladiador/Chessman/whoever’s left or Fresero Jr.

Next taping is Wednesday in SLP.

Navarros vs Villanos vs Piratas?, three shows today, AAA/TNA

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IWRG (THU) 05/12/2011 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Mi Lucha Libre]
1) Dinamic Black & Pikachu b Guerrero 2000 & Muerte Infernal
2) Golden Magic, Hijo de Clímax, Hijo del Pantera b Alan Extreme, Carta Brava Jr., El Pollo Asesino
3) Chico Che, Hijo del Brazo, Veneno DQ Bombero Infernal, Comando Negro, Fresero Jr.
Fresero Jr. was using a fork on Veneno without the referees noticing. Veneno got the fork, and the refs noticed that. This is a new Hijo del Brazo making his debut.
4) Multifacético, Negro Navarro, Trauma I b Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Ray Mendoza Jr., Villano IV
Hijo de Pirata Morgan lost the match and his partners turned on him. Navarros (including Trauma II) did not make the save but did challenge the Villanos to a match.

Big day of shows. WWE’s four day tour hits Mexico City, with a show at Palacio de los Deportes. Sin Cara will be back wrestling in DF for the first time in four months (since Super Porky ran him off!) CMLL may be debuting it’s replacement Mistico tonight, which might still get lost in the coverage of the WWE show. We know for sure CMLL will have it’s final two Forjando un Idolo quarterfinals as well as more focus on Averno vs Mascara.  AAA is also running tonight outside the capital (about 40 minutes away) in Cuautitlan, it’s first taping in two weeks. There’s a mixed tag team title and 187 teaming up for the first time in a while, but probably the biggest news story is Charly Manson, fresh out of jail, returning to the rudo side in the main event. (No indication if AAA is doing live results.)

AAA announced Velvet Sky & Angelina Love from TNA would also be appearing at TripleMania. They’ll team with Mickie James and Sexi Star. Tecnica side must be four of the Apaches, the Morenos and Lolita. I hope Jennifer Blake gets on the show some other way, she’s been good.

AAA also sent out an interview with Konnan, to reiterate he’s against bringing in the TNA guys. Money quote: “I think young people [Dorian] always want to make their own mistakes and this is what he’s doing.” As much as every AAA show this year seems to end with Dr. Wagner forming a group to defeat La Sociedad, it seems more likely that group is going to fall apart due to internal struggles.

Jeff Jarrett is now teasing Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, Sting, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair. That’s going to be stupendous if those people are appearing at Triplemania, but not so great if those names are being teased with no thought they’d actually be delivered.

LuchaWorld has this week’s Ras de Lona.

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CMLL Forjando un Idolo matches, week 3

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didn't want any Polvora on his shirt?

Or at least the ones that are left. No Puebla, Coliseo matches turned on up on 52MX, Friday matches aired on Galavision, which just leaves the Tuesday shows.

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Ángel de Plata vs Pólvora, taped Arena Mexico, 04/26/2011: felt like an ordinary lightning match, outside of Angel de Plata deciding to see how many times he could trip up Pólvora in a row. The great thing about this tournament is I know for sure know two moves Plata does – springboard faceslam, cristo faceslam – that are not dives or moves everyone does. Not sure about the stuff Pólvora does.

Fuego-Lock!

Fuego vs Magnus, taped Arena Mexico, 04/26/2011: Fuego has had a fun tournament so far but this was probably the least of it. Magnus is just not ready for this sort of tournament. He has spots, but it takes everything he has just to do those spots and there’s not a lot interesting about him besides the dive of death (and he really shouldn’t be doing that every match, or every month.)

05/14-15 Lucha Times

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This week. I don’t even know. If the random show shifting wasn’t enough, did anyone notice the Friday Forjando un Idolo matches included no commentary? It was actually pretty neat to hear the crowd react without sound on top of it, but that gives us no clues on where those matches will air (or even if they’ll air!) My assumption for the preview is that whatever happened last week was a one week switch and things will be back to the usual this week. I have no logical basis for this belief, but I don’t have a logical basis of a lot of my beliefs and that’s gotten me…uhhhhh, let’s start a new paragraph.

I haven’t repeated this lately, but it feels a good time for it: There’s really no reason I should ever need to write this post, much less every week. This is something the promotions can really do no their own, and would be of far greater benefit to them if they advertised on their own. I shouldn’t need to puzzle out which matches air aring where either; there are smart, talented people who put these shows together and know what’s actually going where (as opposed to my blind guessing) and could easily pass on that info. I have an email address over there people are encouraged to use, but even if you feel I’m personally undeserving of your time, just put it on an official website or in a tweet or sign up for a blog and make up a fake name to write under, I hear that’s a lot of fun. (Not really.) I don’t understand why this has to be a struggle – you have useful info, share that info would be a benefit to you and your business, and yet you’re not sharing that info?

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AAA-USA: DYN? Univision/Galavision redid their website for the first time in about 7-8 years a month ago. The new TV schedule page was updated for Galavision the first week and hasn’t worked since. Not an improvement. This week’s AAA show was a two hour show in Mexico, but one that could have easily been 90 minutes long. Build in some DVR time for a lot of commercials, but DO watch this show. The Fenix/Dark Dragon match is especially outstanding – there’s no question Fenix is the ROTY right now and easily in the running for best flyer of 2011.

52MX: Rayo Tapatios pull Mortiz back in their feud to take on Maya, Bala & Sensei + the Mex Trios title match

LATV: should be in line for a women’s trios + Plata/Delta/Stuka vs Polvora/Yoshihashi/Okumura

TeleFormula: swing match is Angels vs Tuareg. More certain action: Invasors vs GDL and Rush/StrongMan/Toscano vs Garza/Texano/Terrible, a tough battle.

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CMLL: it should be the two Forjadno Quarterfinals, Fuerza TRT vs three non-mask tecnicos and more Averno/La Mascara feuding.

AAA-MEX: the single solitary TV taping Charly Manson missed. Main event is the odd ball teams of Mesias/Metal/Nicho vs Chessman/Park/Lizmark instead of Zorro, with a minis trios and more Air Force/Elegido vs Stones/Super Fly

FOX: Metro/Palacio/Metal vs Cancerbero/Raziel/Yoshihashi + Peste Negra vs Warrior/Strong Man/Maximo

C3: highlight is more of the Fuego/Dr. X feud, plus Diamante/Fuego/Cometa vs Dr. X/Hooligan/Virus

Mega6: swing match is Delta/Gallo/Metal vs Puma/Tiger/Misterioso. Rush/Psicosis is the main event. This show is running five weeks ahead of Teleformula right now.

Puebla: Virus vs Valiente is the match we’d like to see from here.

ACM: Something from 05/01 – maybe the Solar/Negro Navarro tag?

Perros del Mal: Maybe the Cancun taping? I’m still not sure what’s going on here; they’ve been taping the IWL shows, but the Cancun show did not appear to be an IWL promoted event.

IWRG: the taping I’ll write about later today