Month: September 2012

top six stories of the last two weeks

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  1. CMLL’s Anniversary saw Terrible lose his hair to Rush and Puma King take Rey Cometa’s match, in big matches where the fans cheered stronger for the rudos. The quality of the matches were higher than TripleMania, with both big matches among the best of the year, but TripleMania reportedly drew twice as many paying fans.
  2. The event which got the most interest from the latest AAA TV taping, in Ecatepec on 09/16, was El Consejo debuting their own version of the Ke Monito blue monkey: Ke Changuito, a black monkey. The second biggest news was Halloween asking Mari Apache out and being turned down. These may indicate the lack of actual news from the taping. Los Perros continue to feud with new tecnico Hector Garza.
  3. AAA announced a new show to air on TVC Deportes called Fusion. The first taping is this Sunday. Since the show does not air on Galavision, AAA could sell it internationally without interference from Televsia. The show itself doesn’t have any big storylines, but it does have Dr. Wagner & LA Park teaming up for the first time in AAA, and the debut of a mystery fourth Inferno Rocker
  4. IWRG became the only Mexican promotion to run a live TV show this year. (CMLL’s been running a live to the Intenret show.) IWRG’s show last Sunday was aired on AYM Sports in both Mexico and the US. Both of us who watched thought it was neat. In a somewhat confusing main event, Ofical Factor won both the IWRG Rey del Ring championship and the IWRG Junior de Juniors title. The later title is supposed to be for second generation wrestlers, and Factor’s never been billed as one. Speaking of confusing, the show also continued the Carta Brava vs Carta Brava feud.
  5. AAA also is taping Thursday in Arena Nacualpan. No big matches, just set up for Heroes Inmortales. Wrestlers from IWRG will will appear, as will Samuari del Sol.
  6. AAA, which previous put TripleMania on their website for free, seems like they’re going to start uploading parts of their normal weekly show maybe just the stuff that’s been cut from their national show.

Other News

  • Shocker missed a couple weeks because he was hurt or because he wrestled a match in no condition to perform. Fans in Arena Puebla, where the incident happened, were well convinced Shocker had shown up drunk and taunted him about it.
  • CMLL announced Yet Another New Show: En Busca de un Idolo, showing the tournament from earlier this year which had previously only been seen on CMLL’s YouTube channel. There are now 9 different CMLL shows on the air or internet Gala, Fox, C3, 52MX, Terra, GDL, Estrellas TV (Puebla), TVC Deportes (also Puebla), Busca. That’s 12.5 hours of CMLL on TV a week, though some of that is duplicate material.
  • AAA’s Quien Pinta Por La Corona tour continue in Ciudad de Carmen, with 6 more wrestlers advancing to the December final.
  • NJPW visitor Prince Devitt has been feuding with Dragon Rojo to set up a title match this Friday. Fellow NJPW-er Taichi has been bumbling around and tripping over his own pants. Tama Tanga will be coming next month. Meanwhile, Mascara Dorada & Averno spent a couple weeks wrestling each other in NJPW, and Ricky Marvin and Super Crazy finished mid-table in a NOAH tournament. Marvin indicated he’d be returning to Mexico next month and next year.
  • CMLL minis Fantasy and Mercurio agreed to a mask match.
  • Konnan complained about poor treatment from Tijuana’s lucha libre commission and too many shows using AAA wrestlers in the area, which set up a promotion versus promotion feud.
  • Olimpico won the Occidente (Guadalajara) Heavyweight championship, declared it the greatest title in the universe.
  • Dragon Gate’s Eita Kobiyashi wrapped up his stint in Mexico by winning the DTU Alto Impacto championship. On the same DTU show, Crazy Boy teased a comeback with a main event anti-bullying run-in. Crazy Boy’s been out 18 months with a knee injury and at least one failed surgery to repair it.
  • IWL returned to run an electrified cage match and have Canek wrestle Steve Corino.
  • People who kept their titles: Juvi, Diamante Azul & Atlantis, La Mascara, Marcela
  • Mephisto saw The Dark Night Rises one too many times, decided he was Bane. This will be very interesting next time Volador dresses up as Batman.
  • Prince Devitt wore a sombero
  • CMLL filmed a PSA against violenice

Fuego/Virus, Mephisto uses his head to beat Titan, IWRG says goodbye to Eita, Fantasy vs Mercurio, Ricky Marvin

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CMLL (MON) 09/24/2012 Arena Puebla [Porra Fresa]
1) Blue Center & Tigre Rojo Jr. b Centauro de Fuego & Espiritu Maligno
Tecnicos took 1/3.
2) Bobby Zavala, Disturbio, Inquisidor b Camaleón, Robin, Stigma
Rudos took 1/3. Zavala and Stigma faced off, but they didn’t play the feud up this week.
3) Demus 3:16, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito b Astral, Pequeño Halcón, Último Dragoncito
Rudos took 1/3, Demus dropping Astral with a double underhook piledriver.
4) Hijo del Fantasma b Ephesto [lightning]
phantom lariat
5) Delta, Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Misterioso Jr., Pólvora, Virus
Tecnicos took 2/3, Fuego submitted Virus for the win and challenged for a title match.
6) Prince Devitt, Super Porky, Titán b Euforia, Mr. Niebla, Niebla Roja
tecnicos took 2/3.

Akuma, in a ring!
photo by CMLL

CMLL (TUE) 09/25/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, Kaiser Sports]
1) Genesis & Höruz b Akuma & Guerrero Negro Jr.
2) Arkángel de la Muerte, Hijo del Signo, Hooligan b Hombre Bala Jr., Pegasso, Super Halcon Jr.
rudos took 2/3.
3) Estrellita, Goya Kong, Marcela b Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit, Zeuxis
Tecnicas took 1/3, Estrellita submitting Princesa Blanca.
4) Tiger b Triton [lightning]
Tiger won in 6:45 via sit down powerbomb.
5) Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas b La Máscara, Sagrado, Stuka Jr.
Sagrado was subbed in to Fuego on Sunday. Peste Negra took 1/3. Sagrado pinned Negro Casas, but Niebla was the captain and defeated captain La Mascara for the win.
6) Mephisto b Titán
Mephsito took 1/3, sneaking in a foul while Titan was handwalking.

No full show results have surfaced, but Volador did beat Prince Devitt in Guadalajara last night. Cheating was involved.

IWRG FILL (TUE) 09/25/2012 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), The Gladiatores]
1) Mercenario & Príncipe Infernal b Caballero Kid & Rider
2) Adrenalina & Gran Cesar b Antheuz & Cáncer
3) Blue Monster, Moria, Radical b Alas de Acero, Extreme Boy, Skull Metal
4) Guizmo, Impulso, Volaris b Atomic Star, Oscuro, Power Bull
Atomic Star replaced Super Black.
5) Infierno Kid Jr., Kid Medrano, Matrix Jr. b Araña de Plata Jr., Divino Montana, Ojo de Tigre Jr.
Atomic Star replaced Divino Montana during the match when Montana suffered a fractured forearm.
6) Alan Extreme, Centvrión, Comando Negro, Dinamic Black, Eterno, Golden Magic, Imposible, Saruman b Chicano, Dragón Celestial, Eita, Electro Boy, La Cobra, Serpiente de Oro, Sky Ángel, Violencia Jr. [Copa High Power]
FILL 1st Generation vs FILL 2nd Generation. Alan Extreme won for FILL Gen1. Eterno and Chicano feuded.

This was Eita’s last match in Mexico. Tercera Caida and Black Terry Jr. have Eita saying goodbye.

Hijo del Signo retained the Distrio Federal Middleweight title over Oro Azul in San Luis Potosi this Sunday.

Fantasy vs Mercurio for the masks has been signed for two Sundays from now, October 14th, in Arena Mexico. Announcing a non-main event apuesta match this far in advance is unusual for CMLL.

CMLL announced the En Busca de un Idolo tournament, the tournament won by Titan back in June, would start airing on TV this weekend. It started way back in April, so this old footage, but it’s footage which was only uploaded to CMLL’s website and not a single video was viewed by more than 3,000 people. Not many people would’ve seen it, though CMLL’s mentioned Titan as winner plenty of times. The original En Busca de un Idolo press conference mentioned there would be an accompanying show on Cadena3, and the teaser videos for the tournament teased outside the ring interviews. Neither actually happened, but perhaps it’ll be worked into the presentation of this tournament now.

CMLL.com has the wrong TV information on their show. They say Fox Sports, but it’s actually the secondary channel Fox Sports Plus (+) on Saturday at 10pm . If you watch Fox Sports, you’ll get a news show. Show is on 10 pm on Saturday and is only a half hour long, so either one match and some talking or two edited matches.

Prince Devitt talked to Fuego en el Ring about his trip to Mexico, which will wrap up after Friday’s title match with Dragon Rojo. Devitt says Dragon Rojo and Volador (who doesn’t feel bad about losing to in Guadalajara because he’s Volador) are two very different wrestlers with different strengths and weaknesses, and his job is to expose their weaknesses. Insert joke about Dragon Rojo weaknesses right here. Devitt says he hopes to challenge the winner of Ibushi/Low Ki for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight championship in November, December or whenever the promotion wants to do it.

Argenis & Argos discuss how they’re unlikely to actually get along in their Karonte Family vs Foreigner match on the LEGEND show this weekend. (And I’ve finally fixed the lineup; the Karonte team replaces the AAA guys taping the new show instead.) They team with Magnus & Dr. Karonte vs Zumbi (Brazil), Heddi Karoui (France), Dowki (Japan) and Maya Balam (who turns out to be from Guatemala!)

Voxxi has an interview with the director/producer of Tales of Masked Man, the lucha libre documentary airing on PBS stations this Friday.

Ricky Marvin says he’s coming back to Mexico in October (for MXW, not AAA), and it reads like he’s coming back full time in 2013. That would be surprising, he seems to have a pretty solid place in NOAH.

In an unsurprising development, the last announced international all star show in Colombia on 09/29 was canceled. The shows on 09/15 and 09/22 had previously been canceled due to “a new law.”

Rob has highlights of Dos Leyendas 2012

LuchaWorld has Alfredo on the Anniversary show, this week’s IWRG TVC Deportes show, and KrisZ’s news update.

Links

Lineups

IWRG (SUN) 09/30/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Dragón Celestial & Serpiente de Oro vs Imposible & Infierno Kid Jr.
2) Centvrión, Dinamic Black, Saruman vs Alan Extreme, Black Terry, Temerario Infernal
3) Carta Brava Jr. (IWL), Oficial 911, Oficial Fierro vs Carta Brava Jr. (IWRG), Rayan, Spartan
4) Dr. Cerebro, el Ángel, Hijo de LA Park vs Comando Negro, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Oficial AK47
5) Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Máscara Sagrada, Veneno vs Cien Caras Jr., Factor, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000

Second match looks a lot of fun. May have the Carta Bravas on the right side – the one with the original Oficials is listed as “Carta Brava” and the opposite is Carta Brava Jr.

CMLL (TUE) 10/02/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Virgo vs Magnum
2) Esfinge & Metatrón vs Bárbaro Cavernario & Ráfaga
3) Astral, Fantasy, Último Dragoncito vs Demus 3:16, Mercurio, Pierrothito
4) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Valiente vs Kráneo, Mr. Águila, Olímpico
5) Atlantis, Mistico, Titán vs Averno, Pólvora, Último Guerrero

Someone doesn’t belong in that main event: Averno! That’s his first time facing Mistico. They meet again in Tijuana at the end of the month, so someone’s finally decided to let the mostly highly pushed tecnico in the promotion work with the best rudo in promotion.

Polvora can only be there because they’re either setting up a match with Titan or setting something up with the Invasors.

AAA QPPLC, MXW, DTU, Shocker

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XMW (SAT) 09/22/2012 Deportivo Oceania [Black Terry Jr. (photo), Estrellas del Ring, The Gladiatores]
1) Fly Metalik, Fly Warrior, Infierno Kid Jr., Tornado, Yoruba b Aviador, Chico Yeye, Corsario, Metaelon, Mr. Leo
Turned to a ten man tag with Infierno Kid and Chica Yeye added.
2) Saruman b Impulso, Belial, Fulgore, Fly Star, Oscuro, Aviador [XMW JH]
Impulso came in as champ, but Saruman won the title.
3) Dollar & Ojo Diabolica b Demoledor & Lunathor and Big Memo & Demente Extreme
Dollar & Ojo want a shot a Demoledor & Lunathor’s tag titles on the next show.
4) Dark Dragon & Fenix (AAA) b Freelance & Skayde and Ares & Kronos and Astro De Oro & Astro De Plata [XMW TAG] tvluchadelpasado part 1 tvluchadelpasado part 2
Skayde & Durango Kid were champions, but Freelance replaced Skayde and the titles were on the line anyway. Ares replaced Wotan. Astros were eliminated by Skayde/Freelance, who were immediately beat by Team AAA. Dark Dragon gave Ares a top rope Canadian Destroyer onto a light tube.
5) Tóxico DF & X-Fly b Ángel o Demonio, Dance Boy, Ludark Shaitan, Aeroboy, Último Gladiador, Mike Segura
Final two were Toxico and X-Fly. X-Fly landed a moonsault on Toxico for the apparent win, but apparently pinned himself in the process (though no one was much clear on this, only that it was a draw.)

DTU (SUN) 09/23/2012 Unidad Deportiva Fortin de las Flores, Veracruz [Estrellas del Ring]
1) Hades, Halcon Infenral, Infierno Negro vs Angel Negro, Sombra Negra, Vengador
Josaga trainee match
2) Angel Del Futuro, Deveastador, Misterio Blanco Jr., Spider Boy b Desterrado, Jhonky, Sacristan, Slayer Pack
Teams changed around.
3) Lucky Boy & Niño de Ébano b Angel Del Misterio & Extreme Boy and Kaleth & Lanzeloth
the new “Maxima Velocidad” tag team won.
4) Eita b Flamita, Eterno, Dinastía, Principe Halcon, Tribal, Rocky Lobo [DTU ALTO]
Dinastia replaced Hormiga. Eita was a surprise addition announced before the card, in one of his last matches in this trip. Match for vacant Alto Impacto championship, given up by Ciclope to go for the main DTU title. Eita, who beat Flamita to win, will presumably be taking the title to Dragon Gate and returning to Mexico at some point.
5) Araña de Plata Jr., Demente Extreme, Pequeno Cobra, Sexy Star b Black Fire, Crazy Star, Niño Hamburguesa, Paloma Rouse
Demente Extreme replaced Terremoto Negro (in this match, but not in the Masizos – they didn’t want anything to do with him and said they’d determine a new member in December.) Masizos humilated Nino Hamburguesa in (and after?) the match.
6) Paranoiko & Rebelde Punk b Casanova & Perro Mocho Jr.
7) Argos & Semental b Ciclope & X-Fly and Drastik Boy & Pesadilla
Crazy Boy returned to attack Ciclope & X-Fly for messing with Nino Hamburguesa. Argos used the distraction to get in a foul and win.

I assume they’re running a Crazy & Nino Hamburguesa vs the Masizos as Crazy Boy’s return match.

AAA QPPLC (SUN) 09/23/2012 Domo del Mar, Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche [AAA]
1) Fabi Apache & Lolita b Jennifer Blake & Sexy Lady
2) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown b Daga, Joe Lider, Nicho el Millionario
Nicho smacked Lider with a chair to the face to set up loss.
3) Máscara Año 2000 Jr., Texano Jr., Toscano b Jack Evans, LA Park, La Parka
Consejo won via foul

The tryouts advancing to the finals are Rey Maya, Demoledor, New Fire Jr., Full Back Jr., Centenario and Forajido. All have appeared on lineups in Tampico. The trainers were El Apache, Fabi Apache and Brazo, and judges were La Parka Jr., Psycho Clown, and Octagon.

Consejo and Psycho Circus had a title match the same day elsewhere in Campeche, but no results have turned up.

Shocker says he was pulled from last week’s show due to an injury. It must be that tricky knee again.

CMLL hypes tonight’s Arena Mexico show as a big test for Titan, as he must go thru Mephisto in the main event. Semimain is Pesta Negra vs Stuka, Sagrado, and La Mascara. Volador and Devitt meet in a non-title singles match In Guadalajara.

CMLL’s changed Friday lineup – but only changing “Nino de Acero” to “Acero”. Maybe he’s a man now? I don’t want to think too much about that.

Rob has video of Rayo Tapatios vs Fugaz & Enemigo Publico from 2000

Bill has highlights of LEGEND’s Lucha Fanfest/Haybusa tribute show.

Links

Lineups

AAA (SAT) 09/29/2012 Estadio Revolución, Torreón, Coahuila
1) Máscarita Divina & Octagoncito vs Mini Charly Manson & Mini Histeria
2) Fabi Apache, Lolita, Pimpinela Escarlata vs Mari Apache, Polvo de Estrellas, Taya Valkyrie
3) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs El Elegido, Silver King Jr., Súper Fly
4) Joe Lider & Zorro vs Halloween & Psicosis
5) LA Park & La Parka vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo & Konnan

Lineup itself is no big news – it’s nice to know Super Fly still wrestles (as does Dizzy this week), but it’s more the overall schedule. AAA has a taping in Naucalpan on Friday which won’t start until 9, then a lot of those guys travel (bus!) out to Torreon, then they all have to be back in Mexico City for a 6pm start time on what’s supposed to be the debut of an important new show. That’s a rough weekend.

CMLL (MON) 10/01/2012 Arena Puebla
1) Dinámikoo & Tigre Rojo Jr. vs Ares & Policeman
2) Hombre Bala Jr., Stigma, Super Halcon Jr. vs Apocalipsis, Artillero, Súper Comando
3) Ángel Azteca Jr., Starman, Triton vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Skándalo
4) Ángel de Oro, Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. vs Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Taichi
5) Virus vs Fuego [CMLL SL]
Virus is champ
6) La Máscara, Máscara Dorada, Mistico vs Black Warrior, Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión

Virus going for the third (known) defense. This is how you know it’s been a long time since he’s defended the belt: last win was over Dragon Lee. Virus isn’t repeating that result any time soon.

Cometa’s unmasked debut here. Tercera is Angel Azteca Jr.’s return or (more likely) a fill in.

DLF (THU) 10/04/2012 Bar F Bolko
1) Smaker vs Bárbaro Cavernario [OCCIDENTE MIDDLE]
Smaker is champion

First title defense comes on the Dantes Lucha Factory monthly bar show.