great match roundup, week of 10/20/2012

Great/Excellent matches this week

AAA on Televisa (Regional): 2012-10-21
Dinastía, Mascarita Dorada, Octagoncito vs Mini Charly Manson, Mini Histeria, Mini Psycho Clown – great

CMLL on CadenaTres: 2012-10-20
La Sombra vs Volador Jr. – excellent

CMLL Guerreros del Ring on 52MX: 2012-10-20
Fantasy vs Mercurio for the mask – great

IWRG Zona XXI: 2012-10-22
Dinamic Black, Golden Magic, Saruman vs Alan Extreme, Carta Brava Jr., Comando Negro – great

Of the 3 great matches, the IWRG is close to being Excellent, while the other ones are just barely making the list.

Have Watched, but nothing made the cut
CMLL on Televisa: 2012-10-20
CMLL on Fox Sports: 2012-10-20
AAA Fusion: 2012-10-24 – went back and forth on Astro de Plata (IWRG) & Freelance vs Dr. Cerebro & Mike Segura, ultimately misses for being too short and the iffy finish

Matches still sitting on my DVR to watch

CMLL Guadalajara: 2012-10-20
– Titán vs Pólvora for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship

Dragon Rojo keeps his other title, Angel turns devil, Traumas suffer trauma before cage match, Wagner & Tiger rumors

photo by Black Terry

CMLL (SUN) 10/28/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [El Occidental (5), El Occidental (6)]
5) Puma King & Tiger DQ Guerrero Maya Jr. & Rey Cometa
Rudos took the first, tecnicos took the second. In the third, Tiger beat Maya, Cometa beat Tiger, and Puma faked a foul to get the win.
6) Dragón Rojo Jr. b Hijo del Fantasma [NWA MIDDLE]
Rojo took 1/3, the last with a small package, to keep his title.

Semimain sets up a singles match next week.

IWRG (SUN) 10/28/2012 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), The Gladiatores]
1) Epidemia & Matrix Jr. b Araña de Plata & Seiya
straight falls. Seiya’s debut here.
2) Cristal & La Sádica b Amazona & Ludark Shaitan
Cristal’s debut here, and Ludark’s first match since 2010.
3) Bestia 666, Oficial 911, Oficial Fierro b el Ángel, Relampago, Trauma II
Ruods took 1/3 where Angel shockingly turned on Trauma II. Angel explained he was tired of the Traumas and would be going rudo to oppose them.
4) Factor, Rayan, Spartan b Alan Extreme, Carta Brava Jr., Hijo de Pirata Morgan
Alan Extreme replaced Zumbido. Factor and Pirata feuded. Comando Elite took 1/3, Factor submitted Pirata. Money thrown in the ring.
5) Negro Navarro & Trauma I b Cien Caras Jr. & Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 [IWRG IC TAG]
Navarros came in as champions. Dinamitas went after Trauma I’s right knee, so much so that they were DQed in the first fall for excessive violence. The doctor told Trauma I he probably should sit the rest of this one out, but Trauma I continued. Dinamitas beat him in fall two, but Negro first submitted Mascara and then Cien to keep the titles in straight falls.

Both the Traumas are hurt going into the cage match, and Hijo de Pirata Morgan is not in good shape either. Angel’s random rudo turn does not bode well for his short term future…

There are rumors about Dr. Wagner Jr. and Extreme Tiger leaving AAA. I’m not sure where the Tiger one exactly comes from (these two tweets seem are the first I’ve seen it mentioned, though most of this type of stuff usually is passed around Facebook first.) Tiger leaving AAA would be very nonsensical. He has been stuck in the same place forever and would understandably be wanting a bigger opportunities, but there are really no big ones on the indies right nowThere’s definitely not a lot to the Wagner one. It’s a Luchas 2000 interview with Karlo Colin (always an iffy sign) where he just says he’s open to all possibilities, including leaving AAA.

On his MLW Radio podcast, Konnan mentioned Teddy Hart is suspended for his recent no-show in Monterrey. Konnan also said Teddy will have a documentary crew following him in AAA some point soon.

Rey Escorpion was honored at the CMLL show in Sonora.

Links

CMLL (SUN) 11/04/2012 Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala & Camaleón vs Herodes Jr. & Ramstein
2) Hombre Bala Jr., Magnus, Super Halcon Jr. vs Disturbio, Hijo del Signo, Zayco
3) Fuego, Stuka Jr., Triton vs Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Vangelis
4) Diamante vs Misterioso Jr. [lightning]
5) Blue Panther, Hijo del Fantasma, Máscara Dorada vs Kráneo, Pólvora, Psicosisse
6) Diamante Azul, La Sombra, Shocker vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Tama Tonga, Volador Jr.

Another show with just random matches that could be on ay show.

Misterioso has no luck with Diamante Azul in a lightning match, will try the lesser version this time.

CMLL (SUN) 11/04/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Brillante & Javier Cruz vs Demonio Rojo & Relampago Azul
2) Black Metal, Eros, Halcón de Plata vs Demonio Maya, Espectrum, Infierno
3) Leo vs In Memoriam [lightning]
4) Rey Cometa vs Puma King
5) Atlantis, Rush, Smaker vs Euforia, Ráfaga, Terrible

Cometa vs Puma is a good match. Rafaga and Smaker get to be part of the main event with everyone else moving down.