Day: September 9, 2011

CMLL (FRI) 09/30/2011 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Metatrón vs Exterminador
2) Pegasso & Rey Cometa vs Arkángel de la Muerte & Skándalo
3) Ángel de Oro, Black Warrior, Valiente vs El Alebrije, Histeria, Psicosis
4) Atlantis, Hijo del Fantasma, La Sombra vs Mr. Niebla, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr.
5) Metal Blanco vs Palacio Negro, Sagrado, Guerrero Maya Jr., Ángel de Plata, Delta, Pólvora, Leo, Shigeo Okumura, Yoshihashi, Toscano, Leono, Malefico, Loco Max [cage, hair, mask]

lineup via Fuego en el Ring – who says the cage match will have 16, but only lists 14. Hmmm.

Monthly Friday show here doubles as an CMLL Anniversario celebration. The cage match we all thought was coming is coming to Guadalajara with a random crew. Malefico and Leo are the locals who are way above their heads, and Loco Max is Loco Max. Yoshihashi will be putting up his hair just about 8 weeks after losing his hair, ehhh.

Interestingly, every guy who’s definitely in the hair match in Mexico City is not on this show. That means their Anniversary show could end up on the same night. It’d be a weaker undercard than usual with all these guys over here; this is a pretty loaded show.

CMLL (MON) 09/05/2011 Arena Puebla [Porra Fresa Puebla]
Attendance: 4000
1) Asturiano, Black Tiger Jr., Tigre Rojo b Ares, Sauron, Siki Ozama Jr.
Siki Osama Jr. replaced Arissma (and Black Tiger Jr. in for Sr., but I may have had that wrong.) Rudos took 2/3 in an excellent match. Tigre Rojo’s rudo turn seems to be over here.
2) Pequeño Halcón, Shockercito, Último Dragoncito b Mercurio, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Universo 2000
Tecnicos took 1/3. Best Halcon match in this building so far.
3) Dragon Lee, Fuego, Stuka Jr. DQ Loco Max, Nitro, Skándalo
Tecnicos took 2/3, Loco Max fouling Dragon Lee.
4) Averno, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Mephisto b Blue Panther, La Máscara, Máscara Dorada
Rudos took 1/3, Tanahashi beating Panther for the win. Averno took Mascara’s mask and made a break for it after the match.
5) Último Guerrero b Atlantis
Ultimo attacked Atlantis as he was posing before the match. Sounds like a UG match. He took 1/3, stealing Atlantis’ mask in the third for the win.

IWRG (THU) 09/08 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), The Gladiatores]
1) Keshin Black, King Drako, Picudo Jr. b Bugambilia del Norte, Diva Salvaje, Miss Gaviota
Keshin Black replaced Polifacetico.
2) Apolo Estrada Jr., Bestia 666, Centurión, Dr. Cerebro, Eterno, Golden Magic, Multifacético, Trauma II b Alan Extreme, Astro de Plata Jr., Astro Rey Jr., Carta Brava Jr., Dinamic Black, Polifacético, Saruman, Tritón [IWRG IC WELTER, battle royal]
Eterno, Trauma II, Polifacetico in, Impossible, Dragon Fly, Avisman out. Battle royal to determine the eight guys immediately advancing to the elimination tournament.
3) Dr. Cerebro b Eterno [IWRG IC WELTER, quarterfinal]
4) Bestia 666 b Centurión [IWRG IC WELTER, quarterfinal]
5) Apolo Estrada Jr. b Multifacético [IWRG IC WELTER, quarterfinal]
6) Golden Magic b Trauma II [IWRG IC WELTER, quarterfinal]
7) Bestia 666 b Dr. Cerebro [IWRG IC WELTER, semifinal]
8) Golden Magic b Apolo Estrada Jr. [IWRG IC WELTER, semifinal]
9) Golden Magic b Bestia 666 [IWRG IC WELTER, final]
10) Cien Caras Jr., Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Máscara Año 2000 Jr. b Kortiz, Ray Mendoza Jr., Villano IV
First time Cien Caras Jr. has been here since 2008. Dinamitas won with Fresero’s help.

Black Terry Jr. has already posted video of two first round matches (see links), which means this is probably not airing on TV. Didn’t think of this last night, but they’re surely airing the Dos Caras show (the one from Sunday that I never posted results for because it seems like they restricted the websites from covering the show, which seems kind of rude.)

Other News

Today’s second September Arena Mexico show includes TRT vs Peste Negra and Mr. Aguila vs Maximo in a lighting match, but the biggest event is the second block of the Universal Tournament. With Sombra winning last week, it’s likely a rudo will come out of this block. Dragon Rojo and Virus are just here to be fodder, which leaves three reasonable candidates

Ultimo Guerrero
Pro: is Ultimo Guerrero, won the first Universal tournament, could get screwed up by Atlantis in the final
Con: could get screwed up by Atlantis this week, that’s really more important this tournament

Averno
Pro: has been the top pushed rudo since he lost his mask,
Con: inevitably will have to face La Mascara, about time for that to go wrong with him, the whole WWE thiing

Tanahashi
Pro: playing pseudo-Lyger when Sombra is due a win over actual Lyger and probably won’t otherwise get it since Lyger is going to be a tecnico; people from Japan tend to win a lot here
Con: CMLL appears to have a secret policy to do nothing at all with the NJPW guys they bring in this year; politics (though I think he’s losing to Nakamura anyway.)

Still presuming Tanahashi,though I think Sombra/Averno is actually the best final for the stories they’ve been telling this summer. As far as I can tell, the only time those two have met in a singles match is in a previous early round Universal tournament; they’ve never had the big three fall match without a couple tag partners.

There was a tweet out last night saying CMLL will hold a press conference on Tuesday. Haven’t seen it said elsewhere and unfamiliar with that site, but it seems about right.

If CMLL really wants the fans to buy in the concept of a month full of Anniversary shows, maybe they shouldn’t have had those promos with all the wrestlers hyping it up as single Anniversary event (singular) they’ve been sacrificing for, and maybe they shouldn’t put those promos on the website now. No one’s buying this as five straight must-see weeks, and I’d expect an average attendance tonight. It should pick up next week with the final Universal match (since that’ll be a pretty big main event regardless of who’s in it.)

Rob has highlights from mid July 1999 AAA.

Links

• Pierrothito talks about his win over Bam Bam, says he’s coming to the US in October.
• Micltan exists, promotes the “Sin Limite de Tiempo” book, defends lucha libre vs WWE.
• El Sol de SLP interviews luchadors Ranieth.
• Estrella del Ring interviews Felina Metalica
• Konnan Big talks about his title match.
• Dr. X was honored as the Toy Museum.
• Bajo Las Capuchas #143 is up.

Lineups

CMLL (TUE) 09/13/2011 Arena Mexico
1) Bengala & Freesbe vs Camorra & Ramstein
2) Fantasy, Mini Maximo, Shockercito vs Mercurio, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico
3) Dragon Lee, Metal Blanco, Palacio Negro vs Shigeo Okumura, Vangelis, Yoshihashi
4) Ángel de Oro, Diamante, Rush vs Olímpico, Psicosis, Volador Jr.
5) Atlantis, Black Warrior, Super Porky vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Hiroshi Tanahashi, Último Guerrero

Should be getting a MEX TRIOS title match 09/20 (more likely) or 09/27. I wish Alebrije was on the team instead of Olimpico, because I think the Invasors might actually win this one. There’s no need to keep the titles on this team once the Universal Tournament is over, and they’ve not really had a lot of interest in them as a trio.

Tanahashi vs Porky should be something.