AAA TV (THU) 02/23/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) La Braza & Pimpinela Escarlata vs Pasion Kristal & Yuriko
2) Daga, Fenix, Gran Apache vs Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
3) Cuervo & Ozz vs Chessman & Último Gladiador [AJPW TAG]
4) Héctor Garza vs Heavy Metal, Toscano, Joe Lider [Rey de Reyes, semifinal]
5) Cibernético vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Máscara Año 2000 Jr., ? [Rey de Reyes, semifinal]
Airdate: 03/04? They need to make up a week somewhere…
Last week, AAA TV was hyping a show in Deportivo Galeana in Mexico City this Sunday. As happens from time to time, that show is being replaced by one next Thursday (02/23) in Arena Naucalpan. (If you’re just here for the IWRG news, note that means they’ll be doing something different for TV that week – perhaps airing the FIL show two days prior?) Both AAA & IWRG had said AAA TV would eventually be back in Naucalpan, which made it peculiar when they kept going around the Mexico City area but not back IWRG’s home base. Arena Naucalpan is not a big building, but Deportivo Galeana wasn’t either.
The Rey de Reyes tournament gets started in a hurry. These are Toscano & Mascara Ano 2000 Jr.’s first matches. The story there is Marisela Pena asked them what they wanted with all these attacks, they said matches to prove they’re better, and she said OK. In exchange, Consejo is supposed to cut out with the gang beatings, but we’ll see. All you young luchadors out there should employ this tactic to get an AAA job for yourself. Just keep running in until they get annoyed even to give you a match. Cibernetico and Garza are former winners. This is Metal’s first match back since he was “injured” off screen last fall. There’s no hint as to the mystery person, though the spot seems to be for a tecnico. (Have we annoyed them into bringing in Aerostar back? That usually doesn’t work out!)
Neither of those matches seem like pleasant experiences.
AJPW had announced the tag title match earlier today, though they were still under the impression it’d be on 02/19 and had Silver King in Ultimo Gladiador’s spot. The winner of that match defends the title back in AJPW on 03/20.
Oficiales are listed as “Los Oficiales I, II y III”. I guess they could mean the Elite. (I hope not.) The match is also listed as revenge – the only time the Oficiales made AAA TV were losing to the Air Force, but none of those guys (Gato Eveready, Laredo Kid, and Aerostar) exist anymore.
AAA also announced the Toluca taping for 03/02. Since the beginning of time (or at least since my records go back), Thursday night has always been lucha night in Toluca. By moving it to Friday night, they’ll instead run right against Dos Leyendas. Toluca is about 50 minutes outside of Mexico City. Fans don’t seem to travel as far for shows in Mexico as they do in the United States, but it will at least give AAA some added attention.
Toluca ought to have the other two Rey de Reyes semifinals. If this show airs at 03/04, then Tolcua would air 03/11, and maybe the TV after that doesn’t air until after Rey de Reyes (03/18 weekend?) They really don’t have to announce the Rey de Reyes lineup before Toluca, because they’d still have over two weeks before the PPV, but it probably should be clear by then.
So the second question to Konnan after Aero Star’s whereabouts should probably be: Why is Apache all over TV recently? Sure he’s still great but he’s a 50 year old comedy figure to the average fan. What purpose is served having him on TV? Never mind the fact he’s a rudo one show, tecnico the next.
Exoticos are also useless. A great house show act or random appearence in a big show mixed match but they should just count their blessings Marisela Pena is still around b/c once she’s gone they’re toast.
Pretty lackluster lineup for a Naucalpan show.
It’s going to be beyond hilarious when this Consejo deal leads nowhere and AAA has to hit the reset button.