Cavernario wins welterweight title from Titan, turtle warfare in Cara Lucha

Rafy versus Leo/photo by Black Terry Jr.

Cara Lucha (SAT) 05/02/2015 Arena San Juan Pantitlan, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Tercera Caida, The Gladiatores]
1) Magnifico II & Templario b Arceus & Tribal  (posted by +LuchaTV)
2) Leo b Mike, Rafy  (posted by +LuchaTV)
Teelo pulled out of this match after suffering a nose injury the previous weekend. All three ended up with ripped and masks. Leo won, and they all hugged after. Money thrown in.
3) Bárbaro Cavernario b Toscano, Herodes Jr.
Barbaro & Herdoes worked together to beat Toscano, then Cavernario beat Herodes. Cavernario claimed Herodes had betrayed Peste Negra by leaving CMLL and challenged him to a hair match.
4) Fly Star & Toxin Boy b Kilvan, Rey Lobo Jr., Yoruba and Andy Boy, Danger King, Guerrero Mixtico and Rayo Star & Sky Man
Faction match. Some factions have 2, some have 3 for whatever reason. Kriminal Boys beat Sky Stars after La Resistencia & Neza Kings were beat. Challenges set up a rematch as an apuest match on 05/30.
5) Atlantis & Último Guerrero b Fuerza Guerrera & Rey Hechicero
Atlantis & UG started hitting each other by mistake in the third fall. Fuerza tried to sneak in a foul, but was caught for the DQ. No one was happy: Fuerza wanted matches with Hechicero & UG, and Atlantis wanted UG.

Attendance looked way down for this show. Too many shows on this day? Match people weren’t interested in? Turtles match looked great in the clips.

CMLL (SAT) 05/02/2015 Arena Coliseo [CMLL]
1) Espanto Jr. b Bengala
2) Disturbio b Robin
3) Pequeño Olímpico b Último Dragoncito
Ultimo Dragoncito replaced Astral.
4) Marcela b Amapola
5) Boby Zavala b Esfinge
6) Rey Bucanero & Terrible b Máximo & Valiente
Bucanero beat Maximo, asked for a heavyweight title shot.
7) Bárbaro Cavernario, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas b La Máscara, Stuka Jr., Volador Jr.
Mascara replaced Atlantis and accidentally kicked his partners a few time to cost them the match.

Cavernario was limping badly on Friday night, fought twice on Saturday. At least twice: there was a (secret) sponsored show on Saturday in Arena Mexico. No known full lineup, but the main was Mistico, Maximo, and Volador Jr. defeating Ultimo Guerrero, Euforia, Niebla Roja.

new champ/photo by CMLL-Alexis Salazar

CMLL (SUN) 05/03/2015 Arena México [CMLL]
1) Leono & Sensei b Akuma & Inquisidor
2) Hombre Bala Jr., Oro Jr., Súper Halcón Jr. b Apocalipsis, Artillero, Súper Comando
Apocalipsis replaced Cholo on Monday.
3) Cancerbero, Okumura, Sangre Azteca b Esfinge, Starman, Stigma
Rudos took 1/3.
4) Delta, Fuego, Valiente b Kráneo, Luciferno, Vangellys
Kraneo replaced Ripper on Monday. Tecnicos took 2/3.
5) Bárbaro Cavernario b Titán © [MEX WELTER]
Cavernario took 1/3, the last with the cavernaria, to win the championship. Cavernario is the 73rd champion. Titan’s falls on his 8th defense, second straight against the Caveman.
6) Mr. Niebla, Shocker, Thunder b La Sombra, Marco Corleone, Rush
Rudos cheated when Tirantes was distracted and Thunder snuck in a foul on Rush.

Cavernario wraps up a (at least) four match weekend on a bad knee with a title win. Titan held the title for 17 months and hopefully will be challenging for it (or another title) again soon. Match will air on Claro Sports next weekend and maybe on LATV at some random time. It looks good – and it looks like it was Titan who did the big splash to the floor.

There was a good turnout for Myzteziz & Fenix defeating Pentagon & Averno in Arena Neza on Friday night.

Ricky Ricon took Super Brazo’s hair in Arean Azteca Budokan on Saturday.

Rey Trueno, Furia Roja & Mr. Trueno won the Occidente Trios championship.

A new episode of +LuchaTV aired with highlights from the last month. There’s also highlights of the last CaraLuchas show with Leo vs Rafy vs Mike and Magnifico II & Tribal vs Templario & Arceus, and Black Terry talking about Carlos Maynez.

Ohtani’s Jacket reviews Negro Casas, Emilio Charles Jr., Mano Negra vs El Brazo, Ultimo Dragon, Oro

Chris Parks’ lucha libre art work will be exhibited in St. Petersburg (the Florida one) on Tuesday.

RobViper has a music video of CMLL 01/06/15.

SuperLuchas looks back at a UWA Japan vs Mexico main event and Perro Aguayo Sr. losing a title due to massive blood lose – only for Villano III to refuse it.

Segunda Caida reviews 05/02 PWR.

The Princesa Sugeith/Narumiya match on Tuesday is now a title match.

Close up of a Valiente Special.

Conde Bartock talks about Arena Coliseo San Luis Potosi, which looks like it’s being slowly disassembled.

The usual Cholita story.

One thought to “Cavernario wins welterweight title from Titan, turtle warfare in Cara Lucha”

  1. Is giving a Turtle a back cracker the equivalent of head butting a Polynesian wrestler?

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