Month: August 2012

CMLL (SUN) 08/12/2012 Arena Coliseo [CMLL]
1) Bengala & Leono b Camorra & Cholo
tecnicos took 1/3 in a poor match.
2) Camaleón, Pegasso, Sensei b Artillero, Herodes Jr., Súper Comando
Herodes’ debut. He looked fine. His father joined the announcers to talk about his son and his own debut. Tecnicos took 1/3.
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Lady Afrodita, Marcela b La Seductora, Tiffany, Zeuxis
Tecnicas took 2/3. Tiffany had a cap on to hide her head, but it was pulled off before the finish.
4) Stuka Jr. COR Namajague [lightning]
Just over four minutes, obviously went shrot. Namajague was slow to returning to the ring after a dive, though not so slow that he should’ve been counted out. Namajague went with it and fainted in the ring, but Stuka took Namajague out of the ring and beat him all around ringside, including a suplex on the ramp.
5) Hijo del Fantasma, Marco Corleone, Super Porky b Rey Escorpión, Terrible, Tiger
Tecnicos took 1/3.
6) La Sombra b Averno
Said to be a very good match. Averno attacked Sombra, ripped up his pants, gave him a Devil’s Wings on the floor, and then another in the ring to win the first fall. Averno controlled the second fall, but Sombra came back, landed a tope, and won the fill with the Brillante Bomb. Third fall had a lot of near falls, including Averno reversing the Brillante Bomb (first one?) into a small package. Planned finish appeared to be a top rope headscissors, but they slipped and Sombra lost Averno. Averno still feel, hitting the mat face first. Both were down for a bit, before getting up and finishing with Sombra’s elevated German suplex. Post match challenges included Sombra asking for the mask vs hair match, and Averno offering it – if Sombra could beat him again.

I had a few distractions during the second half of this show, but what I saw of the main event looked really good. Main event was long, but 52MX gave Tiffany/Marcela nearly 30 minutes this week, there shouldn’t be a timing reason to clip this one up.

AdS (SAT) 08/11/2012 Arena Lopez Mateos [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring, MedioTiempo]
1) Hijo de Clímax & Oro Jr. b Molusco Jr. & Rockett
2) Hermano Muerte II Jr., Hijo del Espectro de Ultratumba, Sepulcro Jr. b Jaque Mate II, Masakre Jr., Talisman Jr. [JUNIOR TRIOS]
Hermano Muerte’s team kept the titles.
3) Tinieblas Jr. b Dr. Karonte Jr., Huracan Ramirez, Huracan Ramirez Jr., Jaque Mate, Heddi Karaoui, Pirata Morgan, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, El Corsario, El Hijo del Espanto II, Fishman Jr., Voltan, Hijo De Estrella Blanca, Estrella Blanca Jr., Estrella Blanca Jr. II, Rolling Boy Jr., Imu-koa, Skayde, Dr. Cerebro, Oriental,Relámpago De Plata, Black Terry, Atila, Ultraman, Hijo de Ultraman, El Hijo de Aníbal, Aguila Solitaria, Águila Solitaria Jr., Axel, Alebrije, Marabunta, Kung Fu Jr., Super Porky, Angelikal, Ehecatl, Yakuza, El Seminarista, Rocky Santana, Epidemia, Guerrero Del Bronx Jr., Scorpio Jr., Bull Power, Súper Calo Jr., Terry 2000, Juan el Ranchero, Marabunta Jr., Chucho el Roto, Kid Medrano, Holkan, El Hijo del Medico Asesino, Argenis, Zumbi, Dr. Karonte [Copa Amigo de Siempre]
Full list of participants is not confirmed; recap mentions 54 wrestlers. Recap mentions Argenis, so Brazo de Plata is less likely to have participated. Axxel beat Heddi Karoui with a caballo to win.

Axel won Torneo Amigo de Siempre, eliminating Heddi Karoui in the linked to a video. I believe this was taped for TVC Deportes. Hijo del Medico Asesino is back, and did a big reveal to reveal he was still wearing his mask.

The Gladiatores Facebook says their website is down for a few days while they do remodeling. Hope they’re back soon.

Diamante Azul was billed as defending his Mexico City Heavyweight title versus Kukuxklan today in Arena Mexico San Luis Potosi (not located in Mexico City.) That’s the first known defense for the DF titles after they were handed out a couple months ago.

Video of the Perros attacking Hector Garza.

SuperLuchas #475 has Perro & Cibernetico on the cover, with more TripleMania coverage. It includes an interview with Danny Casas, who confirms he’s the former Hammer and the grandson of Pepe Casas. Nanizh Rock is his sister, and back in school (so no longer around AAA.) He mentions Tiger, Puma, Canelo Casas and Destroyer (??) as his cousins.

Rob has highlights of 02/94 AAA.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update and LuchaWorld Podcast #8 on New Mistico, TripleMania, and Red Bastien. It’s the only podcast which touches on Toscano’s WWE Hall of Fame chances.

IWRG has an interview with El Chicano.

Lucha Libre In Japan

08/12 NOAH:
2) Super Crazy b Satoshi Kajiwara
3) Kento Miyahara b Ricky Marvin

This week’s AAA TV mentions Dinastia will be going on an extended tour of Japan. No promotion was mentioned. NOAH makes the most sense at first glance, but they’ve just announced a junior tag team tournament and Dinastia isn’t among the names. NJPW is CMLL only. Ozz & Cuervo worked for AJPW, but they’ve announced cards for the next month. Dragon Gate?

Lineups

IWRG (SUN) 08/19/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Serpiente de Oro vs Infierno Kid
2) Chicano & Dinamic Black vs Comando Negro & Eita
3) Multifacético, Pantera, Veneno vs Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
4) Barba Roja, Heddi Karaoui, Pirata Morgan vs Bestia 666, Damián 666, X-Fly
5) Hijo de LA Park, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs Cien Caras Jr., Fuerza Guerrera, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000

Rayo back here for the first time in a while.

CMLL (FRI) 08/10/2012 Arena Mexico [Estrellas del Ring, Kaiser Sports]
1) Bobby Zavala & Disturbio b Hombre Bala Jr. & Super Halcon Jr.
2) Fuego, Rey Cometa, Triton DQ Puma King, Raziel, Sangre Azteca
Straight falls, Puma King getting called for a violation on Rey Cometa in both falls: foul around the ringpost in fall 1, mask pull in fall 2.
3) Lady Apache, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit b Dark Angel, Goya Kong, Luna Mágica
Dark Angel had Lady Apache in the reinera, but Apache slipped out, cradled, and grabbed the bottom rope for the win.
4) Rey Bucanero b Ángel de Oro [lightning]
Bucanero won via Destroyer.
5) Atlantis, La Máscara, Mistico b Dragón Rojo Jr., Euforia, Último Guerrero
Mistico armscissors on Guerrero while Atlantis beat Euforia. Finish was set up by Dragon Rojo stopping Guerrero from landing the senton de la muerte. Dragon & Guerrero shoved each other after the match.
6) Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas b Mr. Águila, Psicosis, Volador Jr.
Niebla’s team took 1/3, with Niebla sneaking in a foul on Volador in the third, and ripping up Volador’s outfit prior to that. Volador challenged Niebla to a mask vs mask match. Niebla declined.

CMLL also announced the Universal Tournament would start next week. CMLL has 17 champions, but one of those is Prince Devitt, who hasn’t been mentioned as coming in during the next few weeks and is probably the first second champion to miss the tournament. (Edit: Liger missed last year, with Tanahashi replacing him.)

AAA posted brief taping results on their Facebook. Post will be up when they put up the full recap, but it looks like it was just following up from TripleMania: Garza is definitely out of the Perros (and Perro Jr. is feeling a lot better), Silver King is a rudo (and maybe a new Consejo member.)

Cronicas Y Leyendas has video of Huracan Ramirez unmasked himself in 1987.

Lucha Layer Cake recaps 03/31/2011 AAA.

Sangre Azteca talks to Fuego en el Ring about his trip to France, how he’d like to win a world title, and why Smaker shouldn’t challenge him to a mask match. Also, Sangre Azteca is holding a raffle.

Lucha Libre in Japan
08/11 NJPW: [G1] Shinsuke Nakamura [8] b Rush [6]
That ends the G1 for Rush, finishing at 3-5, which will put him in last (probably a tie). 3 wins is above what I’d expect going on, though I’m not totally certain how CMLL benefits from their near future top star ending up last in a tournament weeks before he may headline their biggest show of the year. (In his post match interview, Rush says he’d like to come back next year and talks of Terrible/Rush as if it’s set.)

Lineups

IWRG (THU) 08/16/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Dinamic Black & Radical vs Comando Negro & Eita
2) Golden Magic vs Chicano
3) Dr. Cerebro, Relampago, Veneno vs Danny Casas, Eterno, Heddi Karaoui
4) Solar I vs Negro Navarro [FLLM MASTER]
Solar is the champion
5) Cien Caras Jr., Hijo de LA Park, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 vs El Hijo del Medico Asesino, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan

Golden Magic cs Chicano is non-title. Medico is shown wearing a mask on the poster, but they probably don’t have many shots without his mask so who knows.

CMLL (FRI) 08/17/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Aereo & Astral vs Demus 3:16 & Pequeño Olímpico
2) Fuego, Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. vs Namajague, Puma King, Shigeo Okumura
3) Diamante Azul, Mistico, Valiente vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Ephesto, Mephisto
4) Atlantis vs Rush, Terrible, Máscara Dorada, Rey Bucanero, Negro Casas, Mr. Águila, Black Warrior [CMLL Universal, semifinal]
5) Volador Jr. vs Mr. Niebla

First time Volador and Niebla have faced off in a month!

Rush & Terrible are in the same block, so they can’t be the final. La Mascara & Volador is the likely final in the other bracket.  Rush vs Volador or Atlantis vs Volador or Terrible vs Mascara are the most likely finalists.

Puma & Rey Cometa again.

IWRG (THU) 08/09/2012 Arena Naucalpan [The Gladiatores]
1) Centvrión b Tonatiuh
Centvrion replaced Galaxy, worked twice, and got the win here.
2) Charly Madrid & Dinamic Black b Eita & The Mummy
Tecnicos take 2/3.
3) Carta Brava Jr., Imposible, Matrix Jr. b Centvrión, Chicano, Golden Magic
Alan Extreme, suffering the curse of Los Nuevo Temerarios, was replaced by Matrix Jr. Carta Brava and Chicano are still feuding. Rudos took 1/3, winning when Chicano twice accidentally hit Golden Magic. Magic was furious with Chicano after. Both suggested switching to the rudo side before Magic demanded a title match.
4) Eterno, Heddi Karaoui, Oficial 911 b Danny Casas, La Cobra, Veneno
Straight falls, with Danny Casas appearing to turn rudo after Veneno hit him twice.
5) Barba Roja, Fuerza Guerrera, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan DQ Bestia 666, Damián 666, Súper Nova, X-Fly
Pirates took 2/3 in a brawl. Morgan Sr. fouled Damian, faked a foul from Damian, and drew the DQ. There were challenges to a cage match later.

For the first time in five long days, AAA & CMLL will be running significant shows on the same days. They’re the first notable shows for each company after what will probably turned out to the best attended shows of the year. They’re not quite as interesting (so no chat!)

AAA is quickly back to taping after TripleMania. The show was originally listed as in Ciudad Madero, but LuchaWorld points out the taping was moved to Tampico. If the card hasn’t changed, it’s one more Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. vs Dr. Wagner Jr. match, which should be the end of Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. in the main event. Mesias & Cibernetico are supposed to face Hector Garza & Perro Aguayo Jr., but that match seems unlikely to happen as advertised.

CMLL’s hyping it’s show around the continued Volador vs Mr. Niebla feud in the main event. Niebla teams with Peste Negra, Felino & Negro Casas, while Volador teams with the Invasors, Mr. Aguila & Psicosis. In the undercard, Mistico gets his first shot at Ultimo Guerrero, though the storyline development there might be the current status of the Guerreros after Dragon Rojo and UG had problems last week. The Dark Angel/Lady Apache and Puma King/Rey Cometa feuds continue in the opening matches.

Llaves & Candados has a flyer for a second edition of Quien Pinta Para La Corona, the wrestling/boxing talent search that gave AAA Daga, Dinastia and (purely in theory) La Magnficia last year.  The flyer lists the kickoff press conference for August 16th, next Thursday, in Monterrey. The actual Monterrey tryout appears to be 08/25 & 08/26. AAA & Corona don’t appear to have said anything about a second round of this contest, but maybe they’re just holding a week. This may explain why AAA is so far ahead on TV tapings; sometimes they did tape along with where ever the tryout was that week, and some weeks they did not.

Edit: tracked down the full schedule. Who needs a press conference!

08/25 & 08/26 – Monterrey (Nave Lewis del Parque Fundidora)
09/22 & 09/23 – Ciudad de Campeche (Domo del Mar)
10/13 & 10/14 – Puebla (Centro de Expositores)
11/10 & 11/11 – Guadalajara (Expo Guadalajara)
12/08 – final in Mexico City (Centro Banamex)
That’s the boxing schedule. The lucha schedule may vary slightly, but AAA is probably not taping those weekends.

If the final is December 8th, Guerra de Titanes is likely the weekend of 12/15.

CMLL’s Pequeno Estrellas had their annual party yesterday. As always, this included challenges to matches, glimpses of new mini luchadors who may be debuting soon, and notable missing luchadors. (Bam Bam is long gone.) Pequeno Valiente, mentioned previously as in Hijo del Gladiatores’ class and Stukita, who’s been wrestling around La Laguna for a few years, were introduces as new members of the group. Demus’ brother Akuma 3:16 was also present. The minis talked abut how the luchadors have had a chance to main event some recent shows, and how they’d like the same chance to main event – and maybe do it for many weeks. Demus and Pequeno Violencia suggested a hair match against each other, and Demus, Pierrothito and Olimpico would still like to unify the their titles. No mention of the Pequeno Olimpico vs Pierrothito vs Ultimo Dragoncito mask match, which had been pushed heavily in Luchas 2000 the first half of the year. Pierrothito mentioned he’d be soon going Lebanon for 20 days on a wrestling tour. No opponents was mentioned, which probably means it’s Mascarita Dorada.

The Psycho Circus are organizing a tournament to find promising young wrestlers, who they will they then beat in a match. (That’s really the prize, except the winner is supposedly in doubt.) Tournament runs from 08/11 to 08/31, and all we know about it is the first show in Tenayuca. Luchadors must be licensed to participate.

Rosalio Vera, CMLL photograpther, has uploaded nice HD highlights of this past Friday’s CMLL show. They’re exactly in the style which ends each week of Fox Sports – which would now mean

FOX: Felino vs Stuka, Diamante, Fuego, Triton vs Misterioso Jr., Namajague, Shigeo Okumura and Máscara Dorada, Máximo, Shocker vs Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas, Volador Jr.
GALA: Ángel de Oro, Mistico, Valiente vs Ephesto, Euforia, Mephisto and Atlantis & Diamante Azul vs Dragón Rojo Jr. & Último Guerrero [CMLL TAG]

Rob has thoughts on this week’s C3 and highlights of 07/13/12 AAA in Toluca.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Lucha Libre in Japan

08/10 NJPW: G1: Togi Makabe [6] b Rush [6]
Almost everyone in Rush’s block is tied at 6 points, and Rush has the tiebreaker over the one man who has 8 (Archer). However, almost everyone in Rush’s block has 2 matches left, and Rush finishes up on the next show. The only way he can make the final is with a huge pile up of a tie.

MaskMania has his usual piece about getting autographs from everyone after the show, and got to talk to Rush a bit. It turns out Rush is a nice guy! It also turned out that Rush wanted to be a masked wrestler, but CMLL said no. Rush does not sound that interested about turning rudo, feeling it’s only the Arena Mexico fans who boo him and Coliseo & Puebla fans cheer him. (And I think the Arena Mexico fans were actually not booing him as strong last time out.) He didn’t get to talk a lot with Volador, who was limping after his match and might have been hurt going into it.

Links

• MaskedRepublic has the view of TripleMania from the director’s chair.
• AAA says Chessman is currently under medical observation. They should consider psychological evaluation next.
• Perro Aguayo and Cibernetico talk about each other’s male lovers.
• Cronicas y Leyendas has Villano III vs Rambo.
• IWRG talks about their presentation at next week’s Expo.
• DJ Spectro looks back at the dying days of El Toreo. The shot of empty seats looks oddly familiar. Also, Satanico losing his hair in two falls in 1980.
• One more press conference for tomorrow’s Copa de Siempre.
• LuchaMania Monterrey interviews Prinecsa Sugieth.
• Fuego en el Ring has an interview with MasterCheff, who a Chef and not solider of some kind.
• Mr. Reyes has thoughts on recent events. He hopes TripleMania will not be the last AAA show in Arena Ciudad de Mexico. I’d be surprised if they didn’t run a major show there every year.

Lineups

FUSION ICHIBAN (FRI) 08/17/2012 Centro Banamex
1) Belial (Nwa) vs Belial (Neza)
2) Barbaro I, Barbaro II, Demasiado vs Argus, Stukita, Torando
3) Angel Del Misterio, Dave The Clown, Mambra vs Ares, Hantar, Íkaro

Alternate ring show. Ichiban has been promising a debut show for a while.  First sign of the NWA Mexico promotion in months – I believe Ares & Ikaro were with them