Month: May 2014

No Puebla results today. Cinco Radio was covering ping pong. Periodico Enfoque also skipped the show. El Popular seems to have stopped covering lucha libre for the moment. Even the guy behind Porra Fresa didn’t go – he got a promotion that moved him to Mexico City, which means he won’t be the guy leading Porra Fresa as much. Hope CMLL posts them this week – it’s amazing how they know immediately what will be booked for next week’s Puebla show without apparently knowing what happened on the show.

El Mundo de Orizaba has a lineup for Verano de Escandalo. It’s the same lineup that was posted here yesterday, which AAA later declared unofficial. Unofficial doesn’t mean false. It’s possible the newspaper found the lineup themselves and wasn’t given it to AAA, but “De la Redacción” in this context almost always means “a promoter wrote this and sent it to the media outlet.” Local promoter, probably.

The problem here isn’t other people spoiling – the problem is AAA taking too long to announce this card. This show is 11 days away, the local promoter needs to start promoting if they’re selling tickets for this thing, and they need some sort of lineup to do it. As soon as the lineup goes to the local promoter, it’s getting out somewhere – the whole point of it is to get the word out. There’s really nothing on that card that can’t be announced today except for that one guy’s name, and they kind of gave that away Saturday.

Tonight’s CMLL show has Diamante Azul versus Terrible as the main event. It’s the Azul title – the NWA Historic Light Heavyweight championship – so Azul is likely winning. Azul could really use a good match. The undercard includes the Mexico City debut for Guadalajara’s Esfinge. This show is not expected to be on Terra. It’s back to waiting for CadenaTres to see these shows, and the Panther/Puma lightning match is unlikely to air anywhere.

An AAA interview with Aerostar alludes to earning a match against Daga for the cruiserweight champion, so Daga is still the cruiserweight champion and around. I have no idea what happened last Saturday. No one has any idea, would be cool if AAA did one of these interviews with Daga to explain what’s up. Aerostar also mentions he sure would like to face Super Fly at Verano de Escandalo. I like his chances.

R de Rudo, The Gladiatores and SuperLuchas have pieces marking the one year anniversary of Hector Garza’s passing.

Segunda Caida gets to Rush vs Shocker and starts a En Busca de un Idolo recap.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update and this week’s PosterMania.

Doradafan has highlights of 04/29/14 CMLL.

+LuchaTV has Volador challenging Rush & Sombra (he’s not interested in La Mascara and not that much in Rush, but still likes the idea of putting his career on the line versus Sombra), X-Fly getting his haircut, and Hijo del Pirata celebrating his win.

Pequeno Cobra was unmasked in Puebla.

Ultimo Guerrero is not that concerned about losing his mask, joking “I’m better looking than Shocker.”

Lucha Libre in Japan

05/25 WNC-REINA: Amapola b Maki Narumiya [CMLL-REINA INTL] – first defense.

Lineups

IWRG (SUN) 06/01/2014 Arena Naucalpan
1) Látigo & Metaleon vs Atomic Star & Electro Boy
2) Dragoncito De Oro & Mini Cobra vs Mini Imperium & Oficialito AK47
3) Alan Extreme, Dr. Cerebro, Relámpago vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman, El Hijo del Diablo
4) Máscara Sagrada, Pantera, Veneno vs Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Trauma I, Trauma II
5) Dr. Wagner Jr., Grond XXX, Hijo De Dos Caras vs Demon Clown, Eterno, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000

This card looks like someone wanted a lot of names and wasn’t so concerned about the matches being any good (because the matches do not look good.)

CMLL (MON) 06/02/2014 Arena Puebla
1) Flyer & Robin vs Fuerza Chicana & Siki Ozama Jr.
2) Astral, Asturiano, Eléctrico vs Blue Center, Pequeño Warrior, Saurón
3) Rey Cometa, Stigma, Stuka Jr. vs Kamaitachi, Puma, Shigeo Okumura
4) Ángel de Oro, Blue Panther, Titán vs Kráneo, Morphosis, Ripper
5) Atlantis, La Sombra, Marco Corleone vs Pólvora, Rey Escorpión, Shocker

Angel de Oro! Remember him? He won the precursor to En Busca de un Idolo and Reyes del Aire and was pushed as a upcoming young star, but then he hurt a knee and decided to wrestle the same exact match every night. That last part was not great. Hopefully this means his knee is better – this is his first match since late November. Teaming with Titan is a little bit interesting, since Titan has essentially become what they hoped from Angel de Oro.

Segunda feud has switched from Puebla vs locals to tecnicos vs rudos.

CMLL (SUN) 05/25/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [@acogdl]
1) Meteoro b Reycko
Reycko replaced Relampago Azul
2) El Divino & El Ídolo b El Yaqui & Infierno
Tecnicos took 2/3.
3) Explosivo b Ángel del Mal
4) Exterminador & Javier Cruz Jr. DQ Espectrum & Évola
Rudos DQed in the first for excessive violence, then in the second again when Evola fouled Exterminador.
5) Boby Zavala, Cavernario, Demonio Maya b Black Metal, Esfinge, Metatrón
Rudos took 1/3. Cavernario pulled Metal’s mask and rolled him up in the third.
6) Black Panther, Cachorro, Diamante Azul b Mr. Águila, Olímpico, Ráfaga
Tecnicos took 2/3, Azul beating Euforia.

A show I forgot happened. Black Panther working openers on DF shows and main events here is a bit of a stretch.

IWRG (SUN) 05/25/2014 Arena Naucalpan [IWRG]
1) Alfa b Anubis Black
billed as Alfa & Omega vs Atomic Star & Electro Boy.
2) Látigo & Omega b Ciclon Black & Hip Hop Man
Omega replaced Anubis Black. Hip Hop Man challenged Latigo a hair vs mask match.
3) Dr. Cerebro, Golden Magic, Imposible b Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
Imposible is a tecnico now for some reason. Tecnicos took 2/3.
4) Demon Clown, Trauma I, Trauma II b Hijo De Dos Caras, Relámpago, Súper Nova
Rudos took 2/3, Demon Clown pulling Dos’ mask and beating him.
5) X-Fly L Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Eterno, Hijo de Pirata Morgan [mask, hair, prison fatal]
Everyone was confined in the cage for 10 minutes, then they could just escape. X-Fly used a fork on Eterno. Mascara escaped first, then crowd favorite Eterno. X-Fly tried to escape but Eterno threw powder in his face to force him back down. Pirata narrowly beat X-Fly out.

IWRG recap refers to “X-Fly’s slump in apuesta matches.” Right. I could never be as cynical and as cold hearted as the people who keep putting X-Fly in apuesta matches.

Rob has highlights of 02/28/14 CMLL.

Black Terry Jr. has photos from Sunday’s WMC show.

CMLL has their promo for Friday.

This week’s lucha magazine covers.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 06/01/2014 Arena Coliseo
1) Robin & Sensei vs Cholo & Zayco
2) Bam Bam, Fantasy, Último Dragoncito vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Warrior, Pierrothito
3) Dragon Lee, Oro Jr., Stigma vs Metálico, Ramstein, Raziel
4) Delta, Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Skándalo, Tiger, Virus
5) Titán © vs Niebla Roja [MEX WELTER]
Titan’s third defense
6) La Máscara, La Sombra, Marco Corleone vs Felino, Negro Casas, Ripper

Marco Corleone doesn’t get easy matches – he’s always stuck with one of the annoying guys. Titan versus Niebla Roja should be really good and it’s probably the better building to run it. Skandalo is working higher than normal, though the rudo side is weaker than normal. Oro/Metalico feud moves to Sundays. Bam Bam working two weeks in a row?

CMLL (SUN) 06/01/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) El Tapatío vs Marvel
2) El Brillante & William Rock vs Furia Nazi & Jocker
3) Virgo vs Rey Trueno
4) Black Metal, Esfinge, Gallo vs Boby Zavala, Cavernario, Demonio Maya
5) Exterminador vs Évola [hair]
6) Sagrado, Super Porky, Volador Jr. vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Euforia, Mr. Águila

Listed as part of the 55th Anniversary celebration. I still figure Exterminador turning tecnico is a short term idea to set up him going away and mabe I’ll still be right.