AAA TV (MON) 07/15/2013Polideportivo La Huizachera, Tehuacan, Puebla [Black Terry Jr. (Flickr), Lucha Libre AAA]
1) Black Killer & Dracul Jr. ?? Blaze & Principe Azul dark match
2) Carta Brava Jr. & El Apache b Lucky Boy & Niño de Ébano Apache super powerbomb on Nino de Ebano for the win. Texano came to the ring and attacked the tecnicos after the match for no particular reason.
3) Texano Jr. b Lucky Boy [AAA HEAVY] Texano brought Hijo del Tirantes to the ring, beat up Lucky Boy (who did not challenge him), pinned him with Tirantes counting three, and then declared he had just defended his title. Psycho Clown came to the ring to challenge Texano Jr., saying he’d beat him in the semimain first.
4) Faby Apache, Octagoncito, Pimpinela Escarlata b Mamba, Mini Abismo Negro, Taya Valkyrie Faby armbar on Mamba.
5) Angélico & Jack Evans b Chessman & Eterno Jack 630 senton on Eterno.
6) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown b Máscara Año 2000 Jr., Silver King, Texano Jr. Murder pinned Mascara with a top rope splash. Texano pointed out he was not beat, so no title shot for Psycho Clown (or anyone else.) Psycho swore he’d get the title from Texano.
7) Cibernético & El Mesías DQ el Hijo del Perro Aguayo & Psicosis Cibernetico unmasked before entering the ring. He’s back to short hair. Perro fouled Cibernetico; initial reports said Perro got away with it, but the AAA recap says Cibernetico got the win by DQ.
Air Date: 07/27?
Building looks pretty full. Not sure on capacity; there’s lot of floor seats, bleachers, and big space in between. Maybe in the 2000-3000 range?
Main event looks like one of those Perros matches where chairs and tables (and staplers?) are all legal, but a foul is not. Not at all surprised by how things turned out with Cibernetico. Also, there’s no new direction in that feud.
Psycho Clown versus Texano Jr. sounds like a fun TV match. It’d still be the same problem of Texano being midcard world champion if they did it on a major show, but even then it’d be better than Villano V. I hope we hear about the time they were both in Guapos U.
Angelico/Jack vs Eterno/Chessman looks good in the photos.
Texano’s title defenses against opening match guys keep getting weaker, though that’s probably the point – he’s a rudo, so he’s doing things in a dishonorable way. The upside is the Maxima Velocida match will surely air. Mixed trios probably will not if they handle this taping the same as Leon.
Puebla doesn’t air until later this week. We had a recording issue with the CMLL Televisa show, but Lover_Ice has the show up in full. SLP on Canal 9’s feed came alive halfway thru the show, which was odd. Sunday Terra show quality is iffy.
CMLL on Terra: 2013-07-12
taped 2013-07-12 @ Arena Mexico
1) Valiente vs Vangelisin a En Busca de un Idolo tournament final match http://www.sendspace.com/file/tc31rk
AAA on Televisa (Regional): 2013-07-14
taped 2013-06-14 @ Domo de la Feria de Leon
Intros http://www.sendspace.com/file/my3wj1
1) Lucky Boy & Niño de Ébano vs Mamba & Yuriko http://www.sendspace.com/file/2axejl
2) Angélico, Drago, Jack Evans vs Carta Brava Jr., Eterno, Steve Pain
3) Escoria, Espíritu, Ozz vs Daga, Halloween, Psicosis http://www.sendspace.com/file/vb8spi
4) Canek, El Mesías, La Parka vs Chessman, Texano Jr., Villano IV
IWRG (SUN) 07/14/2013Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (Flickr), The Gladiatores]
1) Araña de Plata & Fulgore II b Galaxie & Seiya
2) Fulgor I, Imposible, Power Bull b Astro Rey Jr., Golden Magic, Saruman Match seemed to be a continuation of the new Imposible/Golden Magic feud, but Saruman turned on Golden Magic at the end of the match to give the rudos the win. Rudos beat up Astro and Golden, and Saruman took Golden Magic’s mask.
3) Decnnis, Oficial 911, Scorpio Jr. b Centvrión, Dinamic Black, Veneno Decnnis beat Dinamic Black, wants a shot at his titles.
4) Fuerza Guerrera, Heddi Karaoui, X-Fly b Dr. Cerebro, Emo Extreme, Toscano Relatively clean win. Black Terry challenged Fuerza Guerrera to a match, but Terry was jumped by Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. for no obvious reason.
5) Eterno & Súper Nova b Trauma I & Trauma II Total brawl with mask ripping. FdT snuck in thru a side entrance to attack the Traumas. Trauma II turned it around in the second. Super Nova took a chair shot and the Traumas took his mask (without it being caught), but a fan gave Super Nova a new mask. Trauma I pinned Eterno (with Referee Rosas counting very slow and referee Bestia Negra forcing the third count), then Super Nova beat Trauma I with some obvious help from Eterno (which Rosas ignored.) X-Fly smacked Trauma II with a metal sign and Super Nova fouled him for good measure to win the second fall. Straight falls.
Kind feels like there was a recent booking change here, but I’ve never figured out how booking works here. Attendance was up, a lot in the cheaper seats which may be related to a summer ticket deal. Saruman does not seem like a natural rudo, but I would’ve said the same thing about Super Nova and he’s doing just fine.
Tonight’s a busy lucha night if you live in the state of Puebla. The traditional Monday night show in Arena Puebla is also a 60th Anniversary celebration with a ten man cage of death. A half hour prior, and 90 minutes to the south east if you take the toll roads, AAA tapes television in Tehuacan.
The AAA TV taping in Tehuacan, Puebla is the first high profile one since TripleMania and headlined by Mesias & Cibernetico vs El Hijo del Perro Aguayo & Psicosis. Cibernetico’s worn his mask on non-AAA TV shows since TripleMania, but I feel that’ll probably end here. It’s a TV show, so they may want to reveal he lived up to the stipulation, and there may be people in charge there who can actually get him to unmask. It’s also about a month to the day where Cibernetico had his head shaved, so he probably has a decent head of hair by now. The semimain is Consejo vs Psycho Circus, where Texano has reminded the clowns that he helped end their undefeated streak and will do worse if they don’t stop talking about him.
Arena Puebla actually has one of it’s least appealing cards in a while; a show with a women’s trios and a semimain with Azul & Pierroth will do that too you. The minis opener and Maximo/Stuka/Titan versus the Revolucionarios could be good, but the show is all on the cage match. The outcomes seem few, but the starpower of CMLL talent is so low that everyone is suspect. (The ability for this cage match to draw is also suspect.) Many of the CMLL regulars (Inquisidor, Robin, Skandalo, Leono, Disturbio) are unlikely to get into a bigger CMLL apuesta match any time unless something changes for them. It would be surprising but not inconceivable for any of them to lose. Pegasso & Stigma seem a bit higher up where they might get a better chance, and Tigre Rojo Jr. is still new enough where his future path shouldn’t be assumed. Older local rudos Espiritu Maligno & Siki Ozama Jr. are the safer bets, because these cage matches have been geared around giving a Puebla luchador a going away present, but they’re not a certainty.
This week’s MLW Radio starts off with a few minutes of AAA discussion. Konnan strongly praises the Angelico, Drago, Jack Evans vs Carta Brava Jr., Eterno and Steve Pain match from Leon (aired on the national show this weekend.) He says AAA’s focusing on the young guys and planning on giving them new characters before they go to the US, so AAA can own everything. Konnan is looking for kids without attitude problems now, so they won’t get ones later. “We don’t want headaches, we don’t want goofballs.” (Good deal.)
Konnan talks about WWL, noting they brought in a lot of guys in that the fans didn’t know. He heard the best matches were the local ones, but they did draw well. Court and Konnan can’t figure how they made money and assume the guy in charge must just have a lot of money. Konnan credits the AAA guys from TripleMania, Mil Mascaras, the Villanos and Bobby Lashley vs Monster Pain (“bigger than life”) as the big deals on the show. Court asked about the manager who looked drunk on TripleMania, and Konnan confirms that’s the owner but says he wasn’t drunk. Konnan sidetracks to complain about people who don’t know Spanish complaining about people running in – Konnan says the announcers are saying it’s no disqualification. “If people are running in, then it’s no disqualification!” (It probably wouldn’t hurt to put up a “SUPER LIBRE!” graphic on the screen and not put it all on your announcers to get the concept over.) Konnan says he liked what the WWL owner did; he didn’t do stuff like a wrestler, but it shouldn’t because he’s not a wrestler. He might have looked sloppy, but he wasn’t drunk “There’s no way he was drunk, there’s no way we’d let him up in the ring.”
IWRG (THU) 07/18/2013Arena Naucalpan
1) Kiuby vs Power Bull
2) Freelance & Mr. Leo vs Alan Extreme & Bugambilia
3) Black Terry, Golden Magic, Saruman vs Imposible, Picudo Jr., Spartan
4) Emo Extreme, Extreme Tiger, Veneno vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Danny Casas, Heddi Karaoui
5) Negro Navarro, Trauma I, Trauma II vs Eterno, Súper Nova, X-Fly
Navarro in to even the odds in the main event. Kiuby and Mr. Leo back in the early matches. Tercera probably won’t work out well for Golden Magic.
CMLL (SUN) 07/14/2013Arena Mexico [CMLL]
1) Camaleón & Leono b Cholo & Ramstein Tecnicos took 2/3.
2) Camorra, Hooligan, Nosferatu b Oro Jr., Pegasso, Soberano Jr. Rudos took 1/3 in a very sloppy match. Oro struggled, but wasn’t the only one.
3) Misterioso Jr., Sangre Azteca, Vangellys b Bushiroad, Rey Cometa, Sagrado Sagrado replaced Hijo del Fantasma. Rudos take fall 1/3.
4) Namajague & Shigeo Okumura b Delta & Guerrero Maya Jr. [Arena Coliseo TAG] Champion rudos took the first, challengers took the second. Namajague pulled Maya’s mask in the third, then was submitted right way by Delta. Delta & Okumura went a couple minutes before a Namajague distraction set up an Okumura fourl for the win. Okumura & Namajague first defense. Match was just okay.
5) Super Porky, Thunder, Titán b Kráneo, Psicosis, Volador Jr. Tecnicos took 1/3, Super Porky beating Volador clean with the sunset flip counter sit.
6) Blue Panther, Máximo, Rush DQ Mr. Águila, Negro Casas, Rey Bucanero straith falls. Negro submitted Rush with a STF in the first, then Rush fouled Negro very hard in the second. Wild brawl all the way thru, including into the crowd. Rush did his usual walk out post match, but Negro taunted him into coming back, called him crazy and accused him of certain PED usage. Maximo tried to get Rush to leave, but Rush stayed long enough to yell at Negro Casas and the people of Mexico City. Sort of a tease of Aguila & Negro vs Maximo & Rush.
Overall disappointing show. Main event was good, but the Arena Coliseo Tag Title match wasn’t on the level of previous title matches and the segunda was problematic. Booking in the semimain was outrageously dumb and a sign no one’s really paying attention to the details. Crowd was fiercely behind Volador and the attempt to give the fans the happy result killed the crowd. Terra feed was not great either, frequently dropping frames (especially during the third match.) It looks like it came out a little bit better in my recording, but it’s no great shakes.
Namajague and Okumura probably haven’t made their last defense for the year, and it does make sense for them to successfully make one before losing the titles.
CMLL (SUN) 07/14/2013Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [@acogdl]
1) Índigo & Metalik b El Piraña & Relampago Tecnicos took 1/3.
2) Black Metal & Leo b Infierno & Satara Black Metal replaced Halcon de Plata. Tecnicos took 2/3.
3) Acertijo, Jocker, Sádico DQ El Hippie, Sky Kid, Tony Escobedo Straight falls, Jocker sneaking in a foul on Tony. This sets up a hair vs hair match between Hippie & Tony vs Acertijo & Jocker for next week.
4) Gallo, Stuka Jr., Tritón b Exterminador, Maléfico, Ráfaga Gallo took falls 1/3.
5) Diamante Azul & Máscara Dorada b Averno & Mephisto Tecnicos took 1/3.
Arena Coliseo Guadalajara, your home of random apuesta matches between novatos.
AAA’s show on Saturday aired a vignette with Billy el Malo where he quit La Secta Bizarros (throwing down the shirt), complaining about Fenix the hyped as the best novato, and hyped a mystery man in a hoodie as his own novato to get revenge on Fenix. It seems to set up Billy in a manager role while his hand is healing. No real hint at the identity of the mystery man, though he was definitely bigger than Billy.
Kaiser Sports is critical of Hijo del Santo, noting that someone who talks about wanting to improve and lift up the lucha libre business should not be ripping other lucha libre promotions. They also point out that if Santo has made no agreement with Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera for exclusivity, he shouldn’t be complain about the building running other events. Santo has a press conference Monday for the next TxT show; Santo would be making a mistake if he kept pushing this issue over hyping his own card.
Estadio Deportes interviewed Lady Apache about leaving CMLL. The article says she left in part because CMLL didn’t support her much when she was out hurt (which sadly not an unusual occurrence), though she also complains about having to give up the national championship when she was also world champion. That happened back in 2007, so either Lady Apache holds very long grudges or she’s trying to make it sound like she was champion more recent. Anyway, she’s happy to be on her own.
