Month: May 2012

CMLL (MON) 05/28/2012 Arena Puebla [el Arte de la Lucha Libre]
1) Fuerza Chicana & Policeman b Black Tiger & Blue Center
Rudos took 2/3.
2) Fantasy & Pequeño Halcón b Mercurio & Pequeño Warrior
Tecnicos took 2/3.
3) Diamante Azul, La Sombra, Rush DQ Mr. Niebla, Terrible, Yujiro
Tecnicos took 2/3. Yujiro fouled Rush.
4) Atlantis, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Mr. Águila, Psicosis, Volador Jr. [MEX TRIOS]
Volador replaced Olimpico. Mije was with the rudos. Rudos took the first, then Volador threw Mije off the top rope and Mije had to be strechered out. Tecnicos rallied to win the second. Atlantis won the third himself, pinning Aguila with a ‘rana and again submitted Volador with an Atlantida. Fifth (known) defense.
5) Arissma L Dragon Lee, Espiritu Maligno, Pegasso, Stigma, Puma King, Hombre Bala Jr., Skándalo, Asturiano, Súper Comando, Lestat, Milenium [cage, mask]
Order of escape was Millenium, Hombre Bala Jr., Pegasso, Espiritu Maligno, Skandalo, Lestat, Dragon Lee, Asturiano, Super Comando and Stigma, leaving Puma and Arissma in a one fall finish. Both looked tired. Arissma applied a caballo, but Tirantes was distracted. Arissma got up to argue with him, and Puma locked him in a casita for the three count. Arissma revealed himself as José Luis Guevara Carrera, 42. First apuesta win for Puma King.

The link has the unmasked photo. Arissma is better known with the “Karissma” spelling, but explained a couple years ago on TV that a trademark issue had forced the change. It does not appear he’s retiring (at 42, he’s got many more years of Arena Puebla left in him.)

Puma King’s had quite the up and down month; almost losing every single match in another late Spring tournament before finally getting a win, then getting the big win here.

In the setup to this Sunday’s hair vs hair match, Evola’s trio defeated Javier Cruz Sr.’s trio this past Sunday. The rudos took fall 1, Evola fouled Cruz in the second, and Evola powerbombed Cruz in the third. The rudos have been very strong in this feud.

The Yujiro/Rush feud continues in Arena Mexico tonight. Guadalajara is headlined by Volador and Mascara facing off for a title again, this time Mascara’s national light heavyweight championship, and also has a undercard cibernetico.

LuchaWorld has Pimpinela Escarlata, Pantera, Hijo de Fantasma and Hijo del Perro Aguayo on top 100.

Rob has highlights of 05/15/12 CMLL.

Links

• Angel de Oro‘s first match in the BOSJ has already turned up on YouTube.
• Goya Kong is in France, filming a movie.
• Sunday’s Arena Coliseo Monterrey featured all clean wrestling, but did not draw many people.
• The Perros del Mal are opening a new store on Thursday.
• Juvi’s Super X promotion returns on July 15.
• Arena Pavillon del Norte will run a fundraising show for the local Little League team.
• At Segunda Caida, Eric watched 04/21/2012 CMLL on Galavision.
• Kcidis draws Pantera.

Lineups

IWRG DTU (SUN) 06/03/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Astro Rey Jr., Centvrión, Crosby, Johnny Rivera, Matrix Jr., Saruman, Serpiente de Oro vs Hacker, Lancelot, Lucky Boy, Nino Hamburguesa, Poison, Principe Halcon, Slayer Pack [Copa High Power]
IWRG school vs FIL school
2) Charly Madrid & Chicano vs Alan Extreme & Carta Brava Jr.
3) Dr. Cerebro, Flamita, Pantera vs Douky, Eita, Imposible
4) Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan, Veneno vs Bestia 666, Cien Caras Jr., Hijo de Máscara Año 2000
5) CIMA, Trauma I, Trauma II vs Damián 666, Súper Nova, X-Fly and Aero Boy, Super Mega, Violento Jack

A suitably weird IWRG & DTU mashup. If Trauma I is hurt, main event will have to change. Eita is Eita Kobayashi from Dragon Gate, who recently won their King of Chop competition and will be sticking around for a while.

CMLL (MON) 06/04/2012 Arena Puebla
1) Black Tiger & Silver vs Policeman & Siki Ozama Jr.
2) Astral, Bam Bam, Fantasy vs Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior
3) Arissma, Fuego, Stigma vs Hooligan, Loco Max, Skándalo
Arissma’s unmasked debut
4) Diamante Azul, Shocker, Valiente vs Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Yujiro
5) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpion, Último Guerrero

Only the second time the Guerreros have teamed up since January, due to Dragon Rojo’s injury and Rey Escorpion’s per-occupation with Black Warrior.

CMLL (SUN) 05/27/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [El Ocicdental, Informador]
5) Mr. Niebla DQ Rush
Niebla took 1/3, faking a foul in the third.

IWRG (SUN) 05/27/2012 Arena Naucalpan [The Gladiatores]
1) Crosby b Matrix Jr.
2) Charly Madrid & Freelance b Alemán & Imposible
3) Chicano, Dinamic Black, Multifacético b Carta Brava Jr., Pacto Negro, Violencia Jr.
Carta Brava lost, argued the ref only counted 2.
4) Freyser, Tony Rivera, Veneno b Bestia 666, Shadow Phoenix, Súper Nova
Rivera is not bald, but buzzed very short. Tecnicos took 1/3, Veneno beating Shadow Phoenix both times.
5) Damián 666, Head Hunter, X-Fly b Cien Caras Jr., Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Máscara Año 2000 Jr. [IWRG IC TRIOS]
Capos came in with the belts. Cien slammed Head Hunter in the second, but Head Hunter paid him back in the third, and FdT took 1/3 to win the titles.

VO (SUN) 05/27/2012 Rodeo el Jefe [Estrellas del Ring]
1) Drako b Chapuline Negro, Stukita
2) Gran Cuchillo b Cyborg
3) Destello Negro, Halcón 2000, Heavy Boy b Cerebro Maligno, Herejía, Rey Krimen
Heavy Boy won this match for hsi team, sneaking a foul on Herejia.
4) Argos & Sugi San DQ Letal & Peligro and Kaiser & Latin Star and Mr. Blacka & Ztzizan [Copa el Jefe]
Latin Star had a bad landing on a dive and was taken to the hospital. He was reported as stable.
5) Sadica & Super Crazy b Joko Winterscheidt & Tinieblas Jr.
Earlier in the show, Sadica complained about Big Mama, drawing Mama out for a fight. Mama had the better of Sadica, but Yack and La Hielera helped out the ruda.
6) Chessman b Daga, Heddi Karaoui
Chessman pinned Daga, but each celebrated each other post match.

Today’s the big 12 man cage match in Puebla. Porra Fresa recaps how we got there, and puts forth Espiritu Maligno, Arissma, Stigma (since he’s feuding with a lot of people), Skandalo and Super Comando as possible losers. Super Comando is actually an interesting idea; he’s talented, but rarely used past the first match due to his size…but Loco Max isn’t a big guy either, and used a bit more. Comando being unmasked and then sharing the role of the rudo who loses his hair every year wouldn’t be a bad use for him.

Still, it seems more likely it’ll be one of the Puebla guys losing in their hometown – this is the only place they can get that match, and they usually take the fall here. It’s how Mr. Rafaga more or less ended his career back in 2009, the last cage match here. On the other side, the winner seems likely to be one of Stigma, Skandalo, Dragon Lee and Lestat; they’ve been the four guys most often involved in the finishes.

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There’s also a trios title match in the semimain. Atlantida faces the Invasors again, and we’d expect the usual result.

Sangre Azteca explains the choice to return to the rudo side was all his own. He feels the fan accepted him as a tecnico, but he was missing that spark he had as a rudo and now will be a much better Sangre Azteca. Sangre’s leaving open the possibility of forming a new Poder Mexico but not sure if it’s going to happen so doesn’t want to talk it up. Azteca leaves for his annual trip to France on June 30th, and hopes to facilitate some of the French wrestlers coming to CMLL someday.

Cibernetico & La Parka fulfilled one of the wishes of a dying child by meeting him.

The entire Lucha POP show appears online: the main event and the opener.

Lucha Monterrey has interviews Lady Maravilla and Rico Rodriguez talking about their upcoming matches.

Rob has highlights of 05/11/12 CMLL.

Lineups

IWRG (THU) 05/31/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Charly Madrid & Serpiente de Oro vs Matrix Jr. & The Mummy
2) Centvrión, Chicano, Pantera vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman, El Hijo del Diablo
3) Damián 666 vs Bestia 666, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro, Oficial 911, Golden Magic, Carta Brava, Alan Extreme, Tony Rivera, Trauma I, Trauma II, Imposible, Mike Segura, Oficial Rayan, Oficial Spartan, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, X-Fly, Head Hunter, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 [Rey del Ring]

The annual Rey del Ring match! Names are as shown on the poster and may not actually appear.

DTU (SAT) 06/02/2012 Coliseo Tulancingo
1) Matrix vs Jhonki, Articus, Hacker, Rocky Lobo, Radical, Sky Ángel
2) Extreme Boy vs Lucky Boy, Nino Hambuerguesa, Slayer Pack
3) Ciclope vs Black Fire, Poison [DTU ALTO]
Ciclope is champion
4) Hormiga vs Principe Halcon [tables]
5) Kaleth & Paranoiko vs Dinastía & Eterno and Lanzeloth & Pesadilla and Araña de Plata Jr. & Pequeno Cobra [ladders]
6) CIMA & Eita vs Flamita & Super Mega and Drastik Boy & Violento Jack

Not sure how many shows CIMA is working while he’s around, but it’s at least this and the Sunday IWRG show.

CMLL (SUN) 06/03/2012 Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala, Black Silver, Robin vs Camorra, Ramstein, Zayco
2) Metálico, Sensei, Super Halcon Jr. vs Hijo del Signo, Loco Max, Nitro
3) Fuego, Sagrado, Stuka Jr. vs Pólvora, Sangre Azteca, Vangelis
4) Blue Panther, Marco Corleone, Valiente vs Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas
5) Diamante Azul vs Último Guerrero

Azul is going to be a lot to get over on the Guerrero Special.

Fuego & Stuka only team up in this building when an Arena Coliseo tag title match is coming.

There seems to be a few different Black Silvers, including a long time wrestler in Acapulco.

CMLL (SUN) 06/03/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Meteoro vs Azteca de Oro
2) Esfinge & Halcon de Plata vs Barbaro Cavernario & Sádico
3) Javier Cruz Jr., Leo, Smaker vs Demonio Maya, Exterminador, Tauro
4) Javier Cruz vs Èvola [hair]
5) La Sombra & Máscara Dorada vs Mephisto & Volador Jr.

The quick Javier Cruz Sr. vs Evola feud ends here.

LyC (SUN) 06/03/2012 Arena Coliseo Monterrey
1) Ema Huevo vs Sexy Star
2) Head Hunter, Héctor Garza, Konnan, Rico Rodriguez vs Big Neurosis, Hijo del Ninja, Konnan Big, Simbolo

Konnan Big is sure wrestling a lot in 2012 for a guy who was retiring at the end of 2011.