IWRG (SUN) 07/03/2016 Arena Naucalpan [+LuchaTV, The Gladiatores]
1) Atomic Star b Fireman
2) Dragón Fly, Hijo del Alebrije, the Tiger (Tamaulipas) b Diablo Jr., El Hijo del Diablo, Imposible
Arana de Plata replaced once of the Mariachis.
3) Apolo Estrada Jr., Dr. Cerebro, Relámpago b Emperador Azteca, Freelance, Zatura
After the win, Los Insoportables asked Dr. Cerbero wanted to join. He declined.
4) Eterno, Negro Navarro, Toscano b Black Terry, Chicano, Danny Casas
Danny Casas replaced Super Nova. Chicano’s return (first match since May), back to feuding with Eterno.
5) Canis Lupus & Máscara Año 2000 Jr. b Hijo De Dos Caras & Mr. Electro
Mascara was in a neck brace after taking the martinete last week, but wrestled anyway and the neckbrace ended up as a weapon. Bloody match with a fork being used. Mascara used a foul. Mascara wants a hair match with Mr. Electro.
I guess if you’re going to use Mr. Electro, you might as well get a hair match out of him. On the other hand, I’m not all together concerned AYM doesn’t appear to be airing IWRG of late. (Lots of U21 basketball tournaments and MMA in addition to the normal baseball.)
Tonight’s Puebla show has a strange main event. Mistico teams with Negro Casas & Shocker against La Mascara, Mephisto and Sharlie Rockstar. It’s Mistico with five rudos, it’s Sharlie Rockstar’s first match back in CMLL, and it might even be a tag team title match setup. Arena Puebla’s anniversary show is scheduled to be on 07/18, so whatever is happening here is setting up a match on there.
That also might play into the strange segunda, where King Jaguar is suddenly a tecnico, teaming with Black Tiger & Oro Jr. versus Ares, Inquisidor and Jaguar’s good friend Policeman. Jaguar lost his mask at last year’s Arena Puebla anniversary show, and he and Policeman are the guys who could lose their hair in a big match without it disrupting their career.
Semimain is listed as Kushida, Mascara Dorada and Michael Elgin versus Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and a replacement for Mr. Niebla. That could be rather good depending on who they put in. Tercera – Esfinge, Maya & Cometa against Bobby, Okumura and Virus – should be good as well. Opners local match is Astro, Centella Roja, Paris versus Guerrero Espacial, Mini Joker, and Sauron. This show airs at 9pm CT on CMLL.com & CMLL’s YouTube channel.
Periodico Central writes about Puebla lucha libre, says it’s experiencing a boom. There’s where the Arena Puebla Anniversary date was mentioned.
NJPW announced they would begin Saturday afternoon airings of CMLL on NJPWorld, but they will only be available for Japan viewers. They’re going to start this Friday to test it out and may go weekly from there. This brought a lot of excitement from English speaking people who don’t watch CMLL. It appears to be the exact same stream that’s been available on ClaroSports for the last year, and on Terra prior. The current stream is not region limited in any way, everyone can already watch this show. There’s no mention of the show being broadcast in Japanese, but it’s just a bit easier to find for Japanese fans.
The one advantage is it sounds like NJPW’s doing VOD, which would save myself the pain of trying to figure out how to record the show every week, and it would be a big help on weeks where the feed doesn’t work right for the first hour. It’s specifically a shame the Princesa Sugehit/Zeuxis match isn’t complete and in good quality somewhere. It’ll eventually air on Azteca, but even then it’ll probably be edited down.
CMLL has video ads promoting being able to buy the Grand Prix and Barbaro Cavernario/Rey Cometa, but no word on how that’ll work.
Looks like the next big DTU show is 07/15 in Neza.
Lucha Memes on 07/17 in Coliseo Coacalco
1: Caifan vs Rush
2: Demasiado vs Soberano Jr.
3: Draztick Boy vs Freelance
4: Alas de Acero & Iron Kid vs Dowki & Hanaoka
The Wrap has a photo gallery previewing Ultima Lucha 2. It’s specifically mentioned that we’ll find out more about the limo guy sometime in the next 3 episodes.
SuperLibre had Gallo as a guest.
Fray Tormenta has been accused of sexual abuse by a minor. This is not the first time there’s been this accusation, though the previous one didn’t go anywhere.
Lineup
CMLL (SAT) 07/09/2016 Arena Coliseo
1) Shockercito & Stukita vs Mercurio & Pequeño Nitro
2) Estrellita, Lluvia, Marcela vs Amapola, Dalys, Zeuxis
3) Blue Panther Jr., Guerrero Maya Jr., The Panther vs Misterioso Jr., Sagrado, Virus
4) Ángel de Oro, Stuka Jr., Valiente vs Fujin, Okumura, Raijin
5) Diamante Azul, Máscara Dorada, Volador Jr. vs Sam Adonis, Tama Tonga, Tangaroa
This isn’t Sabado Retros. It’s unclear if they’re taking a week off from the concept since the NJPW guys are still here, or if it’s done completely. They did do a bigger than usual card last time Arena Coliseo missed two extra weeks, but this is presented like a normal card (and with no explanation, of course.) Of note: Tercera has the Coliseo tag champs.
CMLL (SUN) 07/10/2016 Arena México
1) Acero & Fantasy vs Pequeño Nitro & Pequeño Violencia
2) Flyer, Pegasso, Templario vs Forastero, Maquiavelo, Skándalo
3) Ángel de Oro, Súper Porky, Titán vs Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Vangellys
4) Diamante Azul, Johnny Idol, Mistico vs Euforia, Tama Tonga, Tangaroa
5) Último Guerrero vs Kushida
So much for UG/Elgin. There’s been no build up to this main event, Ultimo Guerrero & Kushida haven’t interacted at all. The Sunday shows are still being listed as “taped for television”, even though I don’t know of an outlet that’s actually airing them. Maybe it’ll turn up on NJPW World.
Templario and Forastero get return appearances out of the newish crew; Forastero appeared in March, Templario in April. Maquiavelo (as in Niccolò Machiavelli, “the ends justify the means” seems to be the guiding principle of the wrestling business most times) makes his debut. I don’t have many matches by him, but that’s surely a name being typed wrong – Maquiabelico, Maquianelico, Maquiavelico show up more in my database. There’s a Tijuana luchador from a few years ago with that name, and more recently one who’s shown up in Toryumon (like Fiero) and FILL torneos (Gym Zeus, Gym Hip Hop Man.) MasLucha has highlights of him here.
CMLL (SUN) 07/10/2016 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Avispón Negro Jr. & Micro vs Destello & Quca
2) El Alteño & Javier Cruz Jr. vs Destructor & Diplomático
3) León Blanco, Randy, Star Black vs Demonio Rojo, Exterminador, Gitano
4) Mágico vs Maléfico
5) Esfinge, Flash II, Metatrón vs El Chakal, Espectrúm, Furia Roja
Magico and Malefico were in the main event last night, so they must’ve started something. Esfinge & Furia Roja resume their issue in the main event.