lucha TV preview for weekend of January 5th, 2017

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THERE IS NO CMLL STREAM ON FRIDAY. IT IS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. It’s also a loaded show, with every match having a chance of being really good.

It’s not the only CMLL show moving dates. CMLL Lucha Azteca is now listed at Sunday at 3pm locally. I’m not sure if that’s the case everywhere; Azteca’s website still lists it as on Saturdays and you may want to check if you’re still watching the Friday repeat show. A new bunch of crime shows are running on Saturday afternoons instead, and it now has a sports recap show lead in on Sundays.

AAA definitely will have new material next week, and might sneak some in this week.

Tuesday Arena Mexico is the final show prior to people checking out for FantasticaMania.

CMLL Martes de Nuevo Valores: 2018-01-02 

Panther tope

Recapped: 01/03/2017

Matches:

Fantasy & Shockercito beat Pequeño Nitro & Pierrothito
(13:13 [5:39, 2:58, 4:36], 1/3, m/r, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Cancerbero, Hijo del Signo, Nitro beat Astral, Robin, Starman
(8:12 [5:53, 2:19], 1/2, n/r, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Dalys, La Metálica, Tiffany beat La Jarochita, Maligna, Princesa Sugehit  
(14:13 [7:38, 2:22, 4:13], 1/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

The Panther beat Tritón in a lightning match
(5:09, pinfall after missed top rope move, good, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Guerrero Maya Jr., Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr. beat Felino, Mr. Niebla, Sagrado
(9:14 [2:28, 2:44, 4:02], 2/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Ángel de Oro, Carístico, Niebla Roja beat Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
(13:25 [4:49, 2:37, 5:59], 2/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

What happened:

shout out to Fuerza M

Triton suffered a rib injury on a missed twisting senton from the top rope. It was clearly not the planned finish to the match: the ref held up at 2, then counted three again.

Mije was with the rudos (Cancerbero in particular), and attacked Starman as he had Signo up for his finish. That allowed Signo to get free and foul Starman for the DQ.

Thoughts:

Niebla Roja & Angel de Oro seem to like working with the NGD a bit, and hopefully that means they go somewhere with this at some point. Maybe it’ll just be this year’s never ending match up that doesn’t have a title match. The Roja/Oro flip spot still has to go, but this generally should be a tag team program. Carístico was also present and the match was fine in the usual Tuesday way.

 

The semimain was an energetic match, especially down in the closing stretch. They didn’t break any new group but worked well together. Sagrado looks so skinny next to Felino & Niebla, but not as skinny as Soberano. Guerrero Maya’s new mask is strange.

Sacrifica Panther

The Panther nailing Triton with a tope before the match was pretty shocking. Triton ending the match on a missed move was pretty shocking too. They were trying pretty hard in between, really their own attempt at doing what Titan & Dragon Lee did a few weeks ago in their lightning match. It was a fast paced with tons of spots. There was so much action early on that I was honestly confused when the clock showed only two and half minutes had elapsed after a dive. I don’t think they were going the full ten even if Triton had not been injured, they would’ve burned out too soon, but they were going for as great a match as possible. It’s CMLL, so there’s no telling if they’ll never do a rematch or if they’ll come back in three weeks, but at least the técnico/técnico match ups of the new format have been occasionally interesting.

I watched the women’s match just to get a sense of Maligna. She seemed alright at standing on the apron watching Sugehit & Dalys wrestle most of the match. The new girl only got time in the first fall, and it’ll take some more matches to see if they’re hiding her or if there’s more there. She didn’t stick out positively but it was an absurd amount of time. You would’ve thought they were setting up a champion vs champion singles match with the way the match went, but it’s mostly just going nowhere.

and on and on

Negro Casas out with broken ribs, IWRG Zona de Ejecucion

Negro Casas & Dalys on Facebook.

Reminder: The Tapatia awards for the best in lucha libre are open thru January 28th.

Negro Casas announced on CMLL Informa that he suffered a fractured rib in his hair match with Sam Adonis on Saturday. The injury took place at the end of second fall, believed to happen on Adonis’ 450 splash. Casas says he’ll be sidelined for a few months, which means he will miss FantasticaMania among other shows. Dalys & Negro Casas are doing another Facebook live interview as I write this, and Casas there specified he had one broken rib and two injured ones.

(CMLL promptly announced Casas as wrestling next Tuesday. I’m assuming they’re wrong.)

This is the second fractured rib injury to a major lucha libre star in a week. Pagano suffered the same injury back on Saturday and AAA’s said he’ll be out three months. Triton also suffered some sort of rib injury on CMLL’s Tuesday show, though there’s no indication if was as severe. Rib injuries are not a common lucha libre injury.

NJPW’s probably going to announce the FantasticaMania tour late Friday night. That’s the pattern of the last few years: they hold a press conference for the IWGP Champion, and the lineups are posted a few minutes prior on both NJPW and CMLL’s sites. I don’t see an announcement of exactly when that will be, but guess it’ll be 36 hours from now. That’s going to be a tough turnaround to simply rebook the tour without Casas, and it might be impossible to find a CMLL replacement who’s available and allowed to go to Japan in that time.

Sam Adonis is claiming the referee should’ve stopped the fight and he’s the real winner.

There was no IWRG show yesterday, and there’s no CMLL show tomorrow. (It’s on Saturday. Everyone is going to forget.) The FantasticaMania lineup is probably the biggest thing and only thing going on for the next few days.

AAA named Lady Shani luchadora of the year.

AULL announced they’ll be holding a Mexico State licensing exam sometime in February. This is mildly interesting, because you don’t really hear about the Mexico State commission outside of the one commissioner who’s at all the Arena Naucalpan shows. It’s possible they’re quietly out there, but it seems like many promotions choose to run just outside of Mexico City because Mexico State has less – or no – regulations on what they can do.

Segunda Caida writes about Negro Casas & Shocker vs Rush & La Sombra from July of 2014. Casas & Shocker are still champions from this reign and will be for months longer if Casas is unable to wrestle.

There’s a short film entitled El Luchador on Vimeo. The wrestling promo dialogue is entertaining.

+LuchaTV has an interview with Bandido & Flamita. They’re going to Dragon Gate for two months, so they will be available for WrestleMania after all.

Lineups

IWRG (SUN) 01/07/2018 Arena Naucalpan
1) Dranzer, Extic Drago, Puma de Oro vs Biosfera, Dinámico, Kraken
2) Dragón Orus & Súper Brazo Jr. vs Leroy & Lunatic Extreme
3) Shadow Boy vs Odín
4) Chico Che, Danny Casas, Veneno vs Capo Del Norte, Capo Del Sur, Ovett
5) Hijo del Pantera & Internacional Pantera vs Trauma I & Trauma II
6) Imposible vs KaraouiEternoDiablo Jr.El Hijo del DiabloAlas de AceroFreelanceAramisRafyLeoTeeloMikeDinamic BlackDragón FlyBlack DragónPantera I [Zona de Ejecucion]

This is an odd Sunday show to be all ‘local’ guys. Zona de Ejecucion starts with four people in the ring, with a new person coming in only when someone’s eliminated. (You may be familiar with this from video games that could only show four people at once.)

Hijo del Pantera hasn’t been around since September.

I have no idea what’s going on in the opener. No more Dragons! If someone tries to name you Dragon or Drago, they’re not helping you.

great match roundup, week of 2017-12-23

Volador & Caristico

shows watched

This is the last one of these for 2017. The next one will have 12/30, but there wasn’t anything new aired prior to 01/01. I still have one The Crash show from 12/01, and, at this point,

recommended matches

rating matches TV Show taped
good Blue Panther Jr., Star Jr., The Panther vs Puma, Sagrado, Tiger LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 29 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2017-12-29 2017-12-29
good Ángel de Oro, Rey Cometa, Titán vs Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 29 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2017-12-29 2017-12-29
good Volador Jr. © vs Carístico for the NWA World Welterweight Championship LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 29 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2017-12-29 2017-12-29

other matches watched

rating matches TV Show taped
ok La Jarochita, Marcela, Princesa Sugehit vs Dalys, Tiffany, Zeuxis LUCHA LIBRE 10 MASCARAS EN JUEGO LUCHA EN JAULA LUNES 25 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2017-12-25 2017-12-25
ok Ángel de Oro, Blue Panther Jr., Niebla Roja vs Hechicero, Rey Bucanero, Terrible LUCHA LIBRE 10 MASCARAS EN JUEGO LUCHA EN JAULA LUNES 25 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2017-12-25 2017-12-25
ok Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas vs Kráneo, Pierroth, Sam Adonis LUCHA LIBRE 10 MASCARAS EN JUEGO LUCHA EN JAULA LUNES 25 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2017-12-25 2017-12-25
ok Star Jr. vs NitroOro Jr.TemplarioStarmanCancerberoFieroHijo del SignoPegassoRaziel in a cage match and for the mask LUCHA LIBRE 10 MASCARAS EN JUEGO LUCHA EN JAULA LUNES 25 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2017-12-25 2017-12-25
ok Bengala & Retro vs El Coyote & Yago LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 26 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2017-12-26 2017-12-26
ok Flyer, Sangre Imperial, Sensei vs Akuma, Artillero, Espíritu Negro LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 26 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2017-12-26 2017-12-26
ok Drone, Fiero, Fuego vs Disturbio, Nitro, Sangre Azteca LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 26 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2017-12-26 2017-12-26
ok Virus vs Universo 2000 Jr. in a lightning match LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 26 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2017-12-26 2017-12-26
ok Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa, Tritón vs Hechicero, Máscara Año 2000, Pólvora LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 26 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2017-12-26 2017-12-26
ok Ángel de Oro, Carístico, Titán vs Gran Guerrero, Mephisto, Shocker LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 26 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2017-12-26 2017-12-26
ok Cavernario, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas vs Johnny Idol, Okumura, Sam Adonis LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 29 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2017-12-29 2017-12-29
ok Marco Corleone, Niebla Roja, Valiente vs Gran Guerrero, Shocker, Último Guerrero LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 29 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2017-12-29 2017-12-29
below average Shockercito & Último Dragóncito vs Pequeño Nitro & Pierrothito LUCHA LIBRE 10 MASCARAS EN JUEGO LUCHA EN JAULA LUNES 25 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2017-12-25 2017-12-25
below average Magia Blanca & Robin vs Metálico & Universo 2000 Jr. LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 29 DE DICIEMBRE DEL 2017 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2017-12-29 2017-12-29
watch later Arez, Bombero Infernal, Dr. Cerebro, Fantasma de la Ópera, Internacional Pantera, Oficial 911, Robin Maravilla, Yakuzavs Akira San, Cadilac, Diablo Jr., Dragón Bane, Fulgor II, Lacerado Kid, Moto Cross, X-Corpio in a cibernetico match Maestros vs Students cibernetico from IWRG Zona XXI: 2017-12-23 (posted by thecubsfan) IWRG Zona XXI: 2017-12-23 2017-12-20