AroLucha debut lineup, upcoming IWRG apuesta matches

IWRG (SUN) 11/26/2017 Arena Naucalpan [+LuchaTV, The Gladiatores]
1) Dragón Orus b New Warrior
2) Demonio Infernal b Keiser Drago
listed as Toxin & Mosca, the rare double no show.
3) Mike & Teelo b Máquina Infernal & Tackle
straight falls
4) Demonio Infernal, Dr. Cerebro, Fresero Jr. b Eterno, Heddi Karaoui, Lunatik Extreme
Fresero and Lunatik were added to the match.
5) Liderk, Rayan, Spector b Black Dragón, Dinamic Black, Dragón Fly
straight falls for the Comando Elite. The Tortuga Ninjas challenged them to a mask match.
6) Black Warrior & Warrior Jr. © DQ Pirata Morgan & Pirata Morgan Jr. [IWRG IC TAG]
2nd defense. Warrior faked a chair shot from Pirata to draw a DQ.
7) Mr. Electro, Trauma I, Trauma II b Fandango, Villano IV, Villano V Jr.
Straight falls. Electro gave a Villano V Jr. a martinete, and fouled V4 to win, then threatened Villano V Sr.. Fandango’s IWRG debut.

AroLucha announced it’s card for their debut show on 12/10:

AroLucha (SUN) 12/10/2017 Nashville Fairgrounds Sports Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
1) Willie Mack vs Mr. 450
2) Demus vs Máscarita Dorada
3) Keyra & Lacey Lane vs Taya & Vanilla Vargas
4) MVP vs Sammy Guevara
5) Hurricane Helms, Jack Evans, Máximo vs Daga, Garza Jr., La Máscara
6) Pentagon & Rey Mysterio Jr. vs John Morrison & Rush

That’s basically a The Crash show with a few US additions of note instead of the opening match Tijuana guys. Mr. 450/Mack is even a The Crash feud of the moment. It’s not actually a The Crash show though; that promotion hasn’t mentioned this one, and seems to have it’s own plans to run in the US in 2018. Both groups are, at least at the moment, using the same wrestlers and same main creative person behind the scenes, and it’s going to be tough for both of them to enter the market successfully at the same time.

The press release makes no mention of it being a TV taping, but it is listed as one on the ticket website. Most of the matches have someone in them who is currently contracted to Lucha Underground. Either LU’s been really permissive and swift in allowing their guys to work for other promotions when they’re not running, or another show is going to drop. Johnny Mundo seems like he would be one of the very last people to leave abandon Lucha Underground, so this is probably more these guys believe they’re allowed to work this show rather than trying to get out of their LU deals. Still, that press release using the trademarked names “Pentagon” and “John Morrison”, so it’s not a group that has all their legal ducks in a row.

There’s still no mention of when, where or how this show will air. There’s also been almost no promotion of the event before today. I saw many of these guys in The Crash in Mexico, where what they drew varied a lot by the market. I also recall the first few Lucha Underground tapings, with some of these same people, struggled to fill the Temple with free tickets. I don’t know what AroLucha needs to look good on TV (because it’s unlikely they’ll be turning a profit just with any amount of turnout with $10 tickets), but I do they probably need to work on hyping the show locally the next couple weeks.

It’s a weird wrestling word when Johnny Mundo is AAA champion and working a TV taping for Konnan, a guy AAA hates last we knew. It suggests he and Taya would probably be working some The Crash shows if they were legally able to, and might in the future when they are. Taya hasn’t been back to AAA in months, but both sides have been careful to say she’s taking a break, not that she’s out of AAA. I wonder if that might be not long from changing. Angelico has similarly stopped working matches for AAA but said he was done on 01/01; perhaps the foreigner’s deals end at the start of the year? (Then again, AAA doesn’t seem to have any urgency about getting the title from Mundo to anyone else, so he’s got to be around for a while longer. Then again again, it’s AAA so Mundo leaving without ever losing the title would not surprise any outside of AAA.)

There’s nothing great on tonight’s Arena Puebla show. Last week’s started a Rush/Ultimo Guerrero feud, they’re back tonight with Caristico, Mistico, Mascara 2000 and Negro Casas, but they’re still a week or two before the singles match. The semimain has some good people and Pierroth, the tercera looks like the best chance for a good match (Rey Samuray higher than usual) but this looks like an easy to miss show. It’ll air 9pm on CMLL’s YouTube show.

Lineups

CMLL (SAT) 12/02/2017 Arena Coliseo
1) Sangre Imperial & Sensei vs Apocalipsis & El Coyote
2) Fiero, Magnus, Robin vs Camorra, Inquisidor, Maquiavelo
3) Oro Jr., Star Jr., Starman vs Hijo del Signo, Metálico, Nitro
4) Eléctrico © vs Pequeño Nitro [MEX LIGHT]
Fourth defense.
5) Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón vs Niebla Roja, Stuka Jr., Titán
6) Dragón Lee, Mistico, Volador Jr. vs Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto

Top matches could be good. Pequeno Nitro’s best chance of winning is it really doesn’t matter who holds that title so it might as well be him. Signo/Starman in the tercera, so that’s a cage match build (and Oro, Star and Nitro are possibilities.)

CMLL (SUN) 12/03/2017 Arena Coliseo
1) Magia Blanca & Retro vs Cholo & El Coyote
2) Fiero, Pegasso, Starman vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Templario
3) Blue Panther Jr., Johnny Idol, The Panther vs Misterioso Jr., Sagrado, Virus
4) Niebla Roja, Titán, Valiente vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Okumura, Pólvora
5) Dragón Lee, Mistico, Volador Jr. vs Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero

The usual Arena Mexico Sunday show is being pushed out by the international finals of a rap battle, so they go in Coliseo instead. Expect more mask ripping in the second match.

IWRG (SUN) 12/03/2017 Arena Naucalpan
1) Demonio Infernal vs SkandaLunatic XtremeAlas de AceroAtomic Star
2) Diosa Atenea, Dulce Luna, Lady Cat vs ?, Lili Dark, Ludark Shaitan
3) Aramis, Freelance, Imposible vs Dr. Cerebro, Fandango, Toxin
4) Diablo Jr., Dinamic Black, Emperador Azteca vs Centvrión, Fly Warrior, Séptimo Rayo
5) Sharly Rockstar, Trauma I, Trauma II vs Rokambole Jr., Villano IV, Villano V Jr.
6) Spector & Teelo vs Black Dragón & Rayan and Liderk & Mike [relevos suicidas]
losers face off in a mask/mask match on 12/17
7) Mr. Electro vs Ray Mendoza Jr. [hair]

This is definitely an IWRG show. Main event is Ray Mendoza/Villano V’s first match since that TripleMania match in 2015. That itself was a return out of retirement in 2013, where he ran his own retirement show and said he lost lots of money, and so had to come back out of retirement. The angle certainly suggests someone in the Villano family is avenging Mr. Electro, but it may not be Villano V.

The semimain is only disappointing in that I wish they were doing a trios Comando Elite apuesta match instead of spreading out the (likely) three mask loses over some time.

There’s was a 1999-2000 Rokambole Jr., and my database is going with the idea this is the same guy. It’s probably not the same guy.

Matches 1, 3, and 4 all look good, are all highly unlikely to make TV.

I was going to write “are the women’s matches in IWRG going anywhere?” but it’s IWRG so no one can possibly answer that question.

IWRG Sunday lineup on Monday = no Wednesday show or this is a Wednesday show andI  missed the lineup..

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  1. I attended the CALL show in Palmetto, Fl last night before about 125.

    Sam Adonis b Caristico for the Florida title with interference from most of the guys on the show.

    Soberano Jr, Antonio Garza, Saed al b Hechicero, Chimera, Elemento

    (Saed al replaced Kato Extreme and I missed Saed’s last name but he was announced as being from Brooklyn).

    Los Hermanos Guadalupe b The Dirty Blondes

    Paladin b The Fleshmaster

    George Rodriguez b David Guevara

    Plus one tag match and the only names I got were Mitch Mitchell and Ron Roberts who had a manager.

    The show started 30 minutes late and we were told the wrestlers coming in from Mexico were running late but on their way. They all arrived at 6:30 and made it.

    Intros done in English and Spanish. The girl doing intros in Spanish was Mahali Mayer and she did a very good job.

    I’m guessing they’ll put a bunch of video on their Facebook page soon because they shot angles and said they’d be back.

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