Foreign Invasion outsmarts Volador, Titan/Lee tag match in ROH

This doesn’t seem fair

CMLL (TUE) 12/12/2017 Arena México [CMLL, Wrestling With GIFs]
1) Bengala & Sonic b Espíritu Negro & Yago LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 12 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Tecnicos took 2/3. Sonic was hurt in the third fall.
2) Arkángel de la Muerte, Metálico, Sangre Azteca b Flyer, Magnus, Príncipe Diamante LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 12 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Rudos took 1/3.
3) Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus b Fuego, Oro Jr., Starman LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 12 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
straight falls. Tecnicos were DQed for excessive violence. Rudos took the second and unmasked the rudos.
4) Misterioso Jr. b Tiger [lightningLUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 12 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Misterioso won via Gori Driver and took Tiger’s mask.
5) Marco Corleone, Stuka Jr., Titán b Cavernario, Shocker, Vangellys LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 12 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Marco Corleone was moved into this match on December 7. Tecnicos took 1/3.
6) Johnny Idol, Okumura, Sam Adonis b Dragón Lee, Valiente, Volador Jr. LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 12 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Dragon Lee was moved into this match on December 7. Invasion Extranjera took falls 1/3, the last when Volador had Adonis beat but the rudos helped him sneak in a foul.

Main event was the expected bit to build up next week’s title match. Nothing much else going on.

ROH announced Titan & Dragon Lee will face the Young Bucks and the Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Beretta) on Saturday’s ROH TV taping in Philadelphia. That’ll probably be the main event, and it could be for the tag titles if the Best Friends win on the PPV.

Box Y Lucha says Lluvia is planning on returning to CMLL in January. She returned to wrestling this past weekend after taking this year off to have a child.

Segunda Caida watches more random CMLL, discovers Templario.

CultIcon names 10 thru 6 on his WCW lucha match countdown.

Alberto got people to post an article about him visiting a church with no news attached. He’s got really good PR/image rehab people.

Lineup

CMLL (TUE) 12/19/2017 Arena México
1) Bengala & Sonic vs Artillero & El Coyote
2) Eléctrico, Fantasy, Último Dragóncito vs Mercurio, Pequeño Nitro, Pierrothito
3) Tritón vs Fuego [lightning]
4) Marcela, Princesa Sugehit, Sanely vs Amapola, Dalys, Reyna Isis
5) Mistico, Valiente, Volador Jr. © vs Johnny Idol, Okumura, Sam Adonis [CMLL TRIOS]
10th defense
6) Pierroth, Rush, Terrible vs Cavernario, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas [Relevos Increíbles]

This show will honor first responders from the Mexico earthquake, including rescue dogs. That seems like it’ll be a different atmosphere than usual. It’s good CMLL cut down on how many cats they booked for the show.

Triton showing up here confirms he’s back on the main roster, and at about exactly the spot he left. It seems rare guys are allowed to just come back to CMLL, but there seems like a lesson with here with Triton and Demus; if you’re a CMLL midcarder on the road to nowhere and you get a chance to do better elsewhere, it’s worth taking. It didn’t seem like it worked out big for Triton, but all he missed out was a year of wrestling in match 2/3 and maybe a tournament appearance.

If you told me even three weeks ago that Johnny Idol & Okumura would have a reasonable strong chance of ending the Sky Team’s record breaking trios title run, I would’ve thought you insane. It’s very possible now.

This will be the last Tuesday Arena Mexico show until January 9th.

CMLL (TUE) 12/19/2017 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Gemelo Pantera I, Gemelo Pantera II, Pantera Blanca Jr. vs Frezzer, Furia Roja, Guerrero de la Muerte
2) La Jarochita, La Vaquerita, Silueta vs La Seductora, Metálica, Tiffany
3) Pegasso, Star Jr., Starman vs Cancerbero, Disturbio, Raziel
4) Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr., Titán vs Rey Bucanero, Shocker, Vangellys
5) Ángel de Oro, Carístico, Niebla Roja vs Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto

Well, forget about the Caristico/Niebla thing. Panteras are here too.

12 women booked on this day and Zeuxis is nowhere to be seen. Hope everything is OK there.

2 thoughts to “Foreign Invasion outsmarts Volador, Titan/Lee tag match in ROH”

  1. I agree about the Trios titles. With the scarcity of angles in CMLL, I fully expect the foreigners to win the belts, especially with they way they have been protecting Okamura since his return. I heard that Idol was originally a heel in CMLL. When was that and why did he {try to} turn technico?

  2. I believe Idol debuted in one of those Mexico vs the World tournaments, so he was a defacto heel.

    I wonder if Titan had a personal issue (or opportunity?) outside of wrestling that took him away from CMLL/Mexico and that is why he is allowed to come back the way he is.

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