CMLL (FRI) 11/09/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL]
1) Sensei & Stigma b Bobby Zavala & Cholo
2) Demus 3:16, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito b Acero, Fantasy, Último Dragoncito
Acero replaced Astral, who was hurt in Guadalajara on Tuesday. Rudos took 1/3.
3) Sangre Azteca b Fuego [lightning]
Sangre beat Fuego in 5:30 with the counter dropkick.
4) Namajague, Puma King, Shigeo Okumura b Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr., Triton
CMLL.com has changed Puma King’s to simply “Puma”, though Radio CMLL still used Puma King. By any name, he continued to feud with Cometa and swapped pins in the first couple falls. Rudos took 2/3, Okumura getting away with a foul on Stuka.
5) Averno, Niebla Roja, Pólvora b Guerrero Maya Jr., La Sombra, Titán
Averno led his team to a straight fall win, pinning Titan in the second and challenging for his title.
6) Terrible, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr. b Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush
Bufete del Amor had American football jerseys. Volador was dressed up like a Na’vi from Avatar. Rudos took 1/3. Terrible powerbombed Marco and submitted him to a half crab for the win.
Links
Sports website el Classical visits an Arena Mexico show, which turns in “what is this is lucha libre that I partially understand” piece. Guess which part stuck out the most to the author? Hint: involves a parrot.
Porra Fresa previews Mistico vs Mephisto.
Cronicas y Leyendas finds a video of Cien Caras & Mascara Ano 2000 defending the national tag team belts versus MS-1 & Masakre from the mid 80s and a Espanto III hold.
R de Rudo has the second part of it’s look at mask losses in AAA, and musical luchadors. No mention of Amadeus???
CMLL Gaceta has stats on Diamante Azul and Polvora. The only person who was received a lower grade for technical ability than Polvora is Metal Blanco
Guerrero Maya Jr. & Relampago will be signing autographs at the Trauma stand on 11/24.
Very quick quote from La Vaquerita on her impending CMLL debut.
Lineups
CMLL (FRI) 11/16/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Bengala & Robin vs Camorra & Disturbio
2) Hombre Bala Jr., Pegasso, Super Halcon Jr. vs Hooligan, Raziel, Virus
3) Diamante vs Mephisto [lightning]
4) Diamante Azul, Rush, Shocker vs Felino, Negro Casas, Volador Jr.
5) Titán vs Averno [MEX WELTER]
Titan is the champion.
6) Atlantis, La Sombra, Mistico vs Euforia, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero
This past week was a top tecnico trios vs three individual top rudos, this next week is a top rudo trio vs three individual top tecnicos.
Averno’s a real threat to dethroning Titan, but it’s a great showcase match for Titan. I think he retains, but I’m not at all certain about it.
If Rush is going on the next NJPW tour, then this is probably his last match here for a couple weeks.
Diamante vs Misterioso is a rematch from Sunday.
Cancerberos aren’t getting along with Arkangel, but never seem to have as many problems with Hooligan, another way in which Hooligan is great.
If Averno can do for Titan about half of what he did for Mistico this could be good.
Disappointed the Guerreros/Escorpion feud seems to have been dropped – Thought it would make a good main event for their December show, if CMLL is even planning on holding one.
@Martin: It may be that they’re just taking a break from it for a few weeks so they’re not doing the feud 7-8 weeks straight.
I don’t like the chances of Titan retaining. I think CMLL is going to try to re-create Mistico vs Averno with Dragon Lee vs Averno and they need a title on Averno to make it happen. At the very least the match should be great as I can see the segunda, lightning and main event all going real short leaving lots of time for the semi.
If CMLL does a stip match to end the year I’m thinking it’ll be something with the people on El Luchador.
This is one of Mr. Niebla’s longest absences yet!
That GDL Minis Cage match was just crazy, looked like Astral broke his neck.
Perrothito was bleeding buckets
Mini Olimpico flipping over the cage to escape and barely holding on to climb down was not too smart.