CMLL preview, El Rey first year, Cadena3 increases it’s reach

CMLL (TUE) 03/10/2015 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Domingos Familiares]
1) Évola & Exterminador b Índigo & Virgo
Indigo replaced El Brillante. Exterminador replaced Infierno
2) Canelo Casas, Disturbio, Jocker b Flyer, Omar Brunetti, Pegasso
3) Blue Panther Jr., Esfinge, The Panther b Okumura, Puma, Tiger
Tecnicos toko 1/3. Esfinge surprised Okumura for the win.
4) La Máscara, Máximo, Super Porky b Mr. Águila, Ripper, Vangellys
Tecnicos took 2/3.
5) La Sombra, Marco Corleone, Rush b Negro Casas, Shocker, Terrible
Ingobernables took 1/3. Marco beat Shocker & Rush beat Casas to set up a title match next week.

This’ll air next weekend on 52MX. It occurs to me that there’s almost never any two fall matches on that show. No reason why.

Today’s CMLL Arena Mexico show appears to be a dry run for next week’s Homenaje a Dos Leyendas. Tonight’s main event has the same four in next week’s double hair match (Maximo, Volador, Rey Bucanero and Terrible), plus Atlantis and Terrible to make it a trios match. Next week’s semimain is this week’s semimain – La Sombra, La Mascara, Rush versus Ultimo Guerrero, Euforia, Thunder. Next week’s fourth match is this week’s fourth match, only this time Kamaitachi and Dragon Lee will have a lightning match instead of a three fall mask match. The tercera has the first official trios match for the new Los Hijos del Infierno; Luciferno is so lowly ranked that he can’t team with Ephesto & Mephsito on a big show, but this week is not a big show so they’re all together. Cheap finishes to build up next week’s show (for the live audience only) are probably the rule of the day.

Variety has an article on El Rey after one year. The channel is 40 million homes and earns $0.08/month per subscriber. The big idea for year two is more original material, including viewer submitted material. The channel is skewing older than they’d like, but Lucha Underground is specifically cited as a show attempting to balance that out with a younger fanbase. That’s about as positive sign as anything so far that the show is getting picked up for another season.

CadenaTres and Grupo Radio Centro were awarded new licenses to broadcast television nationwide over the air in Mexico. CadenaTres, which currently airs the CMLL Tuesday show, is currently available in 3 million homes. They’d be free to reach over 100 million after this deal. I’m unsure when the roll out will actually start – this license came with the promise of a lot of investment which has to be done first –  but this would greatly increase CMLL’s visibility when it takes place. They won’t be quite as seen as they were on Televisa, because Televisa will still be better known, but it’s a improvement. In the big picture, this means there’s more channels that’ll be available without a cable/satellite subscription, channels looking for programming, and lucha libe can be programming. Lucha libre can end up on new channels, or have more leverage to use against their existing homes.

Mr. Niebla says he’ll definitely be back in CMLL the first week of April. That date continues to change, though he’s more sure of it this time.

Fenix believes he has what it takes to beat Hijo del Fantasma, would like to team with Rey Mysterio and has enjoyed wrestling in Lucha Underground.

An AAA interview of Myzteziz continues to tease a mask versus hair match with Perro Aguayo Jr.

Sombra says he’s in Los Angeles, Reynosa, and CaraLuchas this month, and El Paso next month.

LuchaWorld has a recap of this week’s CMLL Informa and KrisZ’s news update for Thursday.

Segunda Caida continues the Sin Salida 2010 review.

The +Lucha crew was interviewed on Teleformula about their new Teleformula show. It’ll air every Sunday. Their YouTube channel has Oficial AK47 explaining why he missed his battle with Policeman, and Super Nova and Fuerza Guerrera building up an unscheduled match.

AAA’s channel has Taya explaining how to order the iPPV.

Blue Demon and La Parka will be signing autographs at Blue Demon’s Guadalajara store prior to Sunday’s show.

SuperLuchas look back on a past March 12th includes a NWA title change and a double mask/hair match, but my favorite part is the announcement of the 1981 Mexico City lucha commission awards. The best match of 1981 was Negro Casas versus Fuerza Guerrera. They fight again Saturday.

ChilangaMask has a 05/17 Coacalco show, featuring the Chairo Army they’ve teased the last few months.

MedioTiempo has a Battle De Mascaras, where you can pick the winner of a 16 person AAA field.

R de Rudo looks back at Rey Mysterio’s early AAA feuds.

Mistico (CMLL) and Myzteziz have been on Azteca’s Hormiguero in recent days.

The third edition of NotiTrauma is up.

Juvi is going to the Netherlands next month.

AYM interviews with Psycho Circus.

Terra evaluates the CMLL women based on their looks.

Teddy Hart, wanted by the Canadian police last I recall, is wrestling on a lucha show in Fort Worth on the 29th (maybe.)

4 thoughts to “CMLL preview, El Rey first year, Cadena3 increases it’s reach”

  1. Since the best match of 1981 was Negro Casas versus Fuerza Guerrera, and in 2015 they still had a good to great match, could they be considered the Ric Flair/Ricky Steamboat of lucha?

  2. I wonder which will get more time on tv, Dragon Lee vs Kamaitachi Lightning match, or the mask match next week.

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