Month: April 2015

CMLL (FRI) 04/24/2015 Arena México [CMLL]
1) Artillero & Súper Comando b Bengala & Robin
2) Astral, Eléctrico, Stukita b Demus 3:16, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito
3) Dalys, Narumiya, Tiffany b La Vaquerita, Marcela, Silueta
4) Felino b Stuka Jr. [lightning]
Stuka hurt a finger, leading to his loss.
5) La Sombra, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero b Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión, Thunder [Relevos Increíbles]
UG won by getting a foul on Rey Escorpion.
6) Mistico, Valiente, Volador Jr. DQ Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto
rudos were DQed for a foul and a mask pull, but felt they were in line for a trios title match. The tecnicos ignored them.

Main event is setting up for a title match. Semimain (and UG & Rey Escorpion’s new friendship) doesn’t seem to have gone anywhere for the moment.

There’s a facebook post with Lucha World Cup info, but they don’t source anything and they seem to have facts wrong. I don’t trust the info – they might be right, but it feels off. They have LA Park as the third member of the non-AAA Mexico team (which seems unlikely but not impossible.) They have a Lucha Underground team of Puma, Mundo and Jack Evans, where one hasn’t been announced. And they don’t have the Rest of The World Team or the Mexico 2 team. I’m skeptical.

While mentioning weird fake stuff, there was a fake Chilanga Mask poster with a Rush vs Alberto match floating around. That’s not happening and wasn’t ever advertised by the promotion.

A real Chilanga Mask show is this Sunday in Coacalco. Aeroboy says he’s ready for his match with Solar, the biggest match on the show. Others include the Indystrongibles facing each other in a triangle match and a exotico/turtle ninja vs exotico/turtle ninja tag.

AAA’s bumped to 7:15 pm CT today. They start the Xalapa taping, with Australian Suicide & Dinastia vs Super Fly & Hijo del Pirata Morgan, Fenix vs Fantasma, and Alberto, Myzteziz and Murder Clown vs Mesias, Texano Jr., and Pentagon Jr.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update from Thursday.

SuperLuchas looks back at the big 14th Arena Mexico anniversary show, with a Ray Mendoza title win and a double hair match.

CMLL has highlights of the 04/17 show and stellar moments from last week.

+LuchaTV has highlights of a DTU vs Lucha Boom trios and quick words with Rossy Moreno, Fuerza Guerrera and Psycko Kid.

Damian 666 spoke highly of Ciclope.

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 05/01/2015 Arena México
1) Stukita & Último Dragoncito vs Mercurio & Pequeño Olímpico
2) Blue Panther Jr., Pegasso, The Panther vs Boby Zavala, Pierroth, Sagrado
3) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush vs Euforia, Thunder, Último Guerrero
4) La Sombra vs Ángel de Oro, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Dragon Lee, Stuka Jr., Tritón, Fuego, Niebla Roja, Gran Guerrero, Bárbaro Cavernario, Kamaitachi, Misterioso Jr., Virus, Tiger, Puma [Reyes del Aire]
5) Mistico, Valiente, Volador Jr. vs Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto

Another Kid’s Day themed show, with the Sky Team in the main event and a bunch of highspots in the semimain. Puma handles the video promo.

Rush! He’s back! He’s in a match with Thunder all over again.

Stuka Jr. won last year’s Reyes del Aire. I don’t like his change to repeat. No Titan is sad. Sombra, Dragon Lee, Cavernario and Kamiatachi seem like the best contenders, though I guess Angel de Oro still exists and could sadly win again. A fun subplot of the random Tuesday night teamings of Sombra & Dragon Lee is Dragon Lee is so focused on winning and craziness that he doesn’t seem to know that Sombra is evil. He may find that out here.

Setting the superkick under/over at 8.

Toyrumon X (SAT) 05/23/2015 Arena México
Dragonmania X
1) Fiero & Imposible vs Daisuke Hanaoka & Douki
15 minute time limit
2) Eddy French vs Keisuke Okuda
10 minute time limit
3) India Mazahua, India Sioux, Maligna, Xena vs Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo, Mayu Iwatani, Mima Shimoda
20 minute time limit
4) Super Ciudadano vs Magnus, Pantera I, Patan, J.c. Navarro, Hijo del Signo, O.T. Fernandez, Principe Orion, El Hijo del Medico Asesino, Hijo de Kendo, Piel Roja, Epydemius [dragon rumble]
5) Akebono & Máximo vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Nitro, Skándalo
45 minute time limit
6) Atlantis, La Máscara, Marco Corleone vs Gran Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero
45 minute time limit
7) Último Dragón vs Tiger Ali [mask, hair]
60 minute time limit

Main event is built off Ultimo Dragon beating Tiger Ali in last year’s tournament, as I’m sure you all remember.

Skandalo hasn’t been seen in CMLL since his knee injury. Working this show would suggest that Skandalo is healthy but CMLL has opted to stop booking a early match wrestler with family connections. That doesn’t sound like CMLL, so I guess he’s not actually healthy yet.

This is the day before the Lucha World Cup. So many random Japanese wrestlers in one weekend.

CMLL has the Sky Team versus Hijos del Infierno as the main event. Luciferno says his trio is better than the Sky Team. That does not appear to be true, but I guess we’ll find out tonight. The match of more obvious interest is the semimain, with a incredible trios match of La Sombra, Niebla Roja, Ultimo Guerrero vs Dragon Rojo, Rey Escorpion, and Thunder. (Super) Rey Escorpion spent about 15 minutes of CMLL Informa buttering up Ultimo Guerrero, so he’s clearly up to something.

JCR mentioned there’s a press conference next week. There’s fill items to talk about: Naito coming in, possible new champions (Sugehit, Reyes del Atlantida), but a press conference usually means a match or tournament to build up and there’s no real sign of either. That semimain seems like the best bet to set up an apuesta match in the near future, but which one it’d be is not very clear. Rey Escorpion versus Ultimo Guerrero would be the slight favorite at this point.

enuhito’s post on the Lucha World Cup mentions the Rest of the World team will have members from South Africa, Puerto Rico and the UK. (NOAH’s post on the tournament says the same.) That likely means Angelico and Mesias, with the UK wrestler a bit more of a mystery. A strong candidate is Drew Galloway, the ex-WWE Drew McIntyre, who is a friend of Alberto el Patron. Both Galloway and Alberto have talked about bringing Galloway getting to AAA and this as good as a chance as any. Enuhito’s post also says there’s no announcement yet for PPV, but the hope is iPPV.

Lucha World Cup also announced Shuichi Nishinaga from NOAH will be part of the show as referee. I presume Maya & Tirantes will have to bring him up to speed on being chaotically evil.

DragonMania appears to be May 23rd, the day before Lucha World Cup. That’ll make for an eclectic group of wrestlers in Mexico City, and possibly some people working (or at least attending) both shows.

Milenio checks up on the local lucha libre commissions in La Laguna. It kind of goes how you’d expect. The Torreon one does some work, authorized some (but not all) of the shows and occasionally fine promoters, but isn’t doing all of the things it’s supposed to be doing. That’s better than the Gomez Palacio one, who’s alleged to be run by a man with no interest in wrestling, no interest in doing anything, and who lists the commission office as his home. They also mention there’s a man who was put on top of Arena Olimpico Laguna within six months of starting wrestling, because he’s basically paying for the spot. (They don’t give his wrestling name, and it’s not clear who this is based on the lineups.) The Torreon sports authority met with promoter last week about overhauling everything.

Segunda Caida has reviews of some good early January 2015 and Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero vs Satanico & Shocker.

SuperLuchas looks back at shows of April 23, 1989, including Rayo de Jalisco Jr. taking Super Halcon’s mask.

+LuchaTV has highlights of Porros vs Compadres Extremos vs Familia de Tijuana, Los Nerds vs Tortugas Ninjas, Lokillo vs Angel Jr. vs Psique, Black Fire y Slayer Pack vs Articuz & Lanzelot vs Chicano & Alas de Acero, Jonathan Greshman vs Rocky Lobo vs Septimo Dragon vs Drastick Boy, and Crazy Boy & Rey Capricornio vs Ciclope & Meido Extremo.

LV has reviews 04/18 AAA, IWRG 04/14, IWRG 04/20, and 04/22 Lucha Underground.

Aeroboy & Violento Jack talk about winning the X-LAW championship.

Dr. Cerbero wants a hair vs mask match with Brazo Jr.

Claro Sports has a video of Syuri as part of a series with Japanese wrestlers. Hope that means Kamatiachi next week.

The Cauldron has a What Is Luche Libre story. Arena Mexico is said to be in a “seedy part of Mexico City.” Nah. Seen worse.

An interview with Reina Dorada & Felina Metalica.

Jhonny Gonzalez’s next bout may be in Arena Mexico. If it happens, I hope he brings Sexy Star, Pentagon Jr., Konnan, Rey Misterio Jr., and every other AAA person who’s not busy that night to walk him to the ring.