lucha TV preview for weekend of March 2nd, 2018

lucha times

This is the last complete week of normal times for a while. Enjoy it before you’re confused.

CMLL Claro has a tag team tournament block, Cuatrero/Angel de Oro and maybe a not blocked feed.

AAA Rey de Reyes airs at 6pm on Sunday. Don’t tell anyone, but I may not be able to watch the whole show live.

Cavernario has three singles match this week, but the only one airing live is the CMLL Puebla match.

CMLL Puebla: 2018-02-12 

Asturiano coming thru

Recapped: 02/25/2018

Matches:

Astro, Asturiano, Black Tiger beat Joker, King Jaguar, Saurón
(19:11 [8:15, 3:56, 7:00], 1/3, n/r, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Cancerbero, El Malayo, Raziel beat Ares, Arkalis, Millenium
(15:01 [7:14, 3:02, 4:45], 1/3, n/r, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Stuka Jr., Titán, Tritón beat Kawato San, Misterioso Jr., Sagrado
(11:30 [4:52, 2:42, 3:56], 2/3, good, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Mistico, Rush, Soberano Jr. beat Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto
(14:16 [5:10, 2:59, 6:07], 2/3 DQ, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

Último Guerrero beat Atlantis
(12:42, 2/3, ok, via VideosOficialesCMLL)

  1. Atlantis inside cradle (2:40)

  2. Pulpo Guerrero (2:05)

  3. Último Guerrero inside cradle with ropes (7:56)

What happened:

Arkalis completely misses (which the commentators point out)

Último Guerrero shoved down Tirantes in the first fall, which wasn’t a DQ but did lead to a snappy Tirantes three count. Último Guerrero leaves the ring and finds Terror Chino (who’s in street clothes and hasn’t been refereeing on this show), wanting to sub him in for Tirantes. Tirantes does not allow it. The same bit plays out in the third fall, with Atlantis lightly shoving Tirantes and UG cradling him while holding the ropes for the win.

The rudos group on the técnicos in the second match, and Rush decided to hang out on the apron instead of him. Rush eventually participates, but also throws Soberano in to take beatings at times. Soberano challenges Mephisto to a match next week after Mephisto fouls him to end the match.

Ares is a fill in for Starman, who hasn’t been seen since.

Thoughts:

Triton headscissors

Atlantis & Utlimo Guerrero felt they took a lot of shortcuts to get thru the main event singles match, which doesn’t say much of where Atlantis is at right now. They tried to do a more typical match between the two in the closing stretch, but it was still strange to see them do a hair grab brawl for two falls, and the referee shenanigans were strange as well. Último Guerrero didn’t do check off his big move list and Atlantis did no topes. You hope this was them taking it easy for a match that didn’t really matter and probably shouldn’t have been scheduled. This wasn’t terrible and neither is 2018 Atlantis, but he’s not the where he was before the injury (and even that guy was slowing down.)

Soberano looked great in the semimain, and maybe even greater so because it was a match most people seemed to take off. I’ve learned to appreciate Rush when he’s especially screwing around, and there’s a lot of that to enjoy in the first two falls. They all seemed to take the third fall a bit more serious, but it was Soberano who was really doing the tricky spot and poor Mistico was getting dropped by rudos. Something must’ve gone wrong with this spot, because the ending sequence was really strange, with Mistico visibly directing Soberano to come back in for a foul instead of the dive you’d expect in that moment.

The tercera was a solidly well done match that came off good in part because that was much better than what had happened before. Kawato had his best sequences so far with Titan, though he stills seems afraid to actually kick people. Triton did some effortlessly impressive armdrags. I would’ve liked more but I’ll take what I can get.

LU to be on Impact WrestleCon show, Drone scheduled to return, AAA/Twitch

Impact Wrestling announced their 04/06 show at WrestleCon will now be a co-promoted show with Lucha Underground and air live for free on Impact’s Twitch. Pentagon, Fenix, King Cuerno, Drago, Aerostar, Killshot, Matanza, The Mack, Jack Evans are listed so far as LU wrestlers. Austin Aries, Alberto El Patron, Eli Drake, Moose, Eddie Edwards, LAX, oVe and Sami Callihan, Trevor Lee, Brian Cage, Allie, Rosemary, Taya Valkyrie and Scott Steiner are listed as Impact, though obviously there’s people who fit in both promotions. No matches announced. Johnny Mundo is noticeably not listed for either side, so far. Teddy Hart was earlier announced for this show but doesn’t appear on this list.

This is billed in the press release as a deal Dorian Roldan put together with Impact – and as so, it’s a rare live event where Pentagon and Fenix can be billed simply as “Pentagon” and “Fenix.” Those guys are already working The Crash show, and it’s now possible some of the other wrestlers being brought in for this show (Cuerno/Fatnasma, Drago, Aerostar) might also pop up elsewhere since all the promotions like to share talent (and share the costs of bringing in talent) on this weekend.

That LU/Impact show is the late show on Friday night at WrestleCon, which goes up against the WWE HOF ceremony. The Crash show is the early show, with the UK’s RevPro in between.

The latest MMM show talks a lot about the experience of going to the first set of S4 Lucha Underground shows (without spoilers), and tell the story of the 90s rapper who happened to come along with.  I usually listen to their podcast but this might be a better one to watch for the visual aids.

The Crash

The Crash on 04/06 at WrestleCon

That’s got to be pretty close to the full card.

AAA

Record has an interview with person in charge of Latin American for Twitch, Ignacio Estanga, who says working out a deal to stream AAA was part of a plan to build viewership for their site in Mexico. Estanga said they’d be open to doing a deal with CMLL as well if they were interested. My impression is CMLL is doing better in views on YouTube right now, helped by having a couple year lead up.

La Parka, Hijo del Vikingo and Angelikal went on a tour of Puebla to promote Sunday’s show.

R de Rudo pointed out Hahastary has apparently changed her name to Hades. AAA filed for a trademark on that name back on February 9th, part of a series of trademarks for Australian Suicide, Bengala, and (again!) Penta Zero M. None have been officially approved; there are ones AAA filed from last September which haven’t been authorized yet, the process just is slow.

AAA’s Twitch will stream Chessman playing video games this afternoon at 4pm, as part of a new feature called LUCHA GAMER. He’ll be playing Street Fighter V & FIFA 18.

Xataka has a story about the 2010 AAA Lucha Libre Heroes del Ring video game. There’s a lot about the game and how it came to be that I’m going to accidentally overshadow by noting the article mentions the game sold 25K copies for PS3, and 8K for XBox360. That’s why there wasn’t a second one.

Vampiro was on Steve Austin’s podcast. Haven’t listened but will. My favorite thing already is Austin asked for questions on Twitter for the podcast, and Vampiro just started answering them all on Twitter.

CMLL

CMLL (TUE) 03/06/2018 Arena México
1) Stukita & Último Dragóncito vs Mercurio & Pequeño Nitro
2) Flyer, Magnus, Príncipe Diamante vs Metálico, Príncipe Odín Jr., Sangre Azteca
3) Arkángel de la Muerte vs Hijo del Signo [lightning]
4) Drone, Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Disturbio, Misterioso Jr., Sagrado
5) Audaz, Dragón Lee, Soberano Jr. vs Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto
6) Gran Guerrero, Marco Corleone, Máscara Año 2000 vs Kráneo, Pierroth, Rush [Relevos Increíbles]

Drone is listed as returning. This would be his first match in over 40 days, after apparently being suspended following his performance on the FantasticaMania tour.

Arkangel/Signo seems bad. The main event seemed like it might be setting up a Pierroth/Mascara2K match. Might be worse.

Audaz leaping by the Fuego & Maya guys to be up with Dragon Lee & Soberano is a surprise.

Tuesday’s Guadalajara lineup:

CMLL (TUE) 03/06/2018 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Omar Brunetti & Rielero vs Difunto & Guerrero de la Muerte
2) Kaho Kobayashi, La Vaquerita, Marcela vs Amapola, Metálica, Zeuxis
3) Esfinge, Titán, Tritón vs Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
4) Diamante Azul, Mistico, Valiente vs Euforia, Furia Roja, Último Guerrero
5) Atlantis © vs Cavernario [MEX LH]
4th defense

So that confirms Cavernario will have singles matches on three straight days: Dragon Lee on Sunday, Volador on Monday and Atlantis on Tuesday. Only this Guadalajara match has a title on the line. Still a decent chance he could go 0-3. All the losses would make sense as individual matches and no one’s looking at all these things together.

Puma King has relaunched his YouTube channel  as one that’ll follow around his life and travels. His first video, with his wife Barby, is up now. As a guy struggling to get attention inside CMLL, this seems like a plan to get himself attention outside of it.

ROH World has a good interview with Soberano about his career, goals, and incompetent referees. He says he’s studying Flip Gordon’s match with Punishment Martinez to see if he can do some of the same things when he faces Martinez this Saturday.

Cuatrero talked about his mask match. There’s a video interview as well.

Others

No full results from IWRG yet. Pachuca/LLB’s Ram el Caranero lost his hair to Lunatik Extreme in the main event cage match.

Canek was on Azteca to promote the upcoming Arena Azteca (Elite) show. Canek is 65 and absolutely should not be wrestling, but I guess we’ll be getting him in the ring at some point. The important thing is Azteca is doing interviews to promote the show, so they really believe it’s starting on 03/11. ELITE hasn’t publicly said anything since 02/12, when they canceled the last show.

A highlight video from the recent DTU Arena Aficion show.

LuchaTalk has a new episode.

 

Lineup

MDA (SUN) 03/11/2018 Arena Coliseo Monterrey
1) Octagoncito vs Mini Hator
2) Chik Tormenta vs Mystique
3) Emperador Azteca (IWRG) vs The Tiger
4) Trauma I & Trauma II vs Caifan II & El Divo
5) Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Hijo de LA Park
6) Sharly Rockstar vs Juventud Guerrera
7) LA Park vs Rey Wagner vs Zorro

Only Zorro & Juvy representing MAD on the next MDA show, though they’re hinting at new members.

Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. getting to use AAA TV to make him more valuable as an indie guy is weird, but surely the deal everyone agreed with. Situations change and we don’t know the exact circumstances, but I wonder how things would’ve worked out had Fenix, Penta, Daga and other been offered the same freedom within that seems to be afforded to guys like Pagano & the Wagners.

great match roundup, week of 2018-02-03

this is called the fetus milkshake, I have the twitter proof

this posts of this week

not a strong week when a CMLL tournament match is 1/3rd of the good matches of the week. Suicide/Vikingo was definitely the best match of the this TV bunch and it wasn’t particularly close.

I’ve snuck up the 2018 MOTYC list, which is a bit small at this point.

recommended matches

rating matches TV Show taped
good Dragón Lee, Soberano Jr., Titán vs Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto LA MEJOR LUCHA LIBRE EN VIVO DESDE LA ARENA PUEBLA 5 DE FEBRERO DEL 2018 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-05 2018-02-05
good Hijo Del Vikingo vs Australian Suicide for the AAA World Cruiserweight Championship  (posted by Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch)) AAA on Twitch: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
good Forastero & Stuka Jr. vs Rush & Terrible in a National Parejas Increible Tournament match and in a eightfinal match LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 9 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09

Other matches

rating matches TV Show taped
ok París & Vega vs Policeman & Saurón LA MEJOR LUCHA LIBRE EN VIVO DESDE LA ARENA PUEBLA 5 DE FEBRERO DEL 2018 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-05 2018-02-05
ok Astro & Último Dragóncito vs Joker & Pierrothito LA MEJOR LUCHA LIBRE EN VIVO DESDE LA ARENA PUEBLA 5 DE FEBRERO DEL 2018 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-05 2018-02-05
ok Stigma vs Tiger in a lightning match LA MEJOR LUCHA LIBRE EN VIVO DESDE LA ARENA PUEBLA 5 DE FEBRERO DEL 2018 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-05 2018-02-05
ok Audaz, Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Kawato San, Misterioso Jr., Virus LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-06 2018-02-06
ok Rey Cometa, Soberano Jr., Titán vs Felino, Hechicero, Rey Bucanero LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-06 2018-02-06
ok Ángel de Oro vs Cuatrero LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-06 2018-02-06
ok Carístico, Niebla Roja, Valiente vs Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-06 2018-02-06
ok Estrella Divina & Lady Shani vs Ashley & Faby Apache  (posted by Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch)) AAA on Twitch: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
ok Dark Cuervo & Dark Scoria © vs Joe Lider & Parka Negrafor the AAA World Tag Team Championship  (posted by Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch)) AAA on Twitch: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
ok Averno, Chessman, Súper Fly vs Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana  (posted by Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch)) AAA on Twitch: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
ok Angelikal & Hijo del Fantasma vs Dave The Clown & Texano Jr.  (posted by Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch)) AAA on Twitch: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
ok Magia Blanca & Magnus vs Hijo del Signo & Yago LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 9 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
ok Kaho Kobayashi, Marcela, Princesa Sugehit vs Amapola, Dalys, Zeuxis LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 9 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
ok Blue Panther Jr. & Máscara Año 2000 vs Marco Corleone & Shocker in a National Parejas Increible Tournament match and in a eightfinal match LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 9 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
ok Atlantis & Mr. Niebla vs Rush & Terrible in a National Parejas Increible Tournament match and in a tournament quarterfinal match LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 9 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
ok Carístico & Euforia vs Rush & Terrible in a National Parejas Increible Tournament match and in a tournament semifinal match LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 9 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
ok Carístico & Euforia vs Marco Corleone & Shocker in a National Parejas Increible Tournament match and in a tournament quarterfinal match LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 9 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
ok Dragón Lee & Sansón vs Carístico & Euforia in a National Parejas Increible Tournament match and in a eightfinal match LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 9 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
ok Diamante Azul, Mistico, Volador Jr. vs Cavernario, Kráneo, Último Guerrero LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 9 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
below average Dr. Wagner Jr. © vs La Parka for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship  (posted by Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch)) AAA on Twitch: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
bad Ángel de Oro & Cuatrero vs Atlantis & Mr. Niebla in a National Parejas Increible Tournament match and in a eightfinal match LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 9 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
not rated Lestat, Starman, Tigre Rojo Jr. vs El Perverso, Hijo del Signo, Rey Apocalipsis LA MEJOR LUCHA LIBRE EN VIVO DESDE LA ARENA PUEBLA 5 DE FEBRERO DEL 2018 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-05 2018-02-05
not rated Atlantis, Pierroth, Rush vs Gran Guerrero, Marco Corleone, Último Guerrero in a relevos increíbles match LA MEJOR LUCHA LIBRE EN VIVO DESDE LA ARENA PUEBLA 5 DE FEBRERO DEL 2018 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-05 2018-02-05
not rated Fantasy & Último Dragóncito vs Pequeño Violencia & Pierrothito LUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-06 2018-02-06
not rated Astral, Oro Jr., Star Jr. vs Espanto Jr., Nitro, Sangre AztecaLUCHA LIBRE MARTES DE NUEVOS VALORES EN LA ARENA MEXICO 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2018-02-06 2018-02-06
not rated La Máscara & Máximo vs Aguascalientes Local 1, Aguascalientes Local 2, Corazón Forajido, Discovery, Príncipe Seir, Xtrem X  (posted by Lucha Libre AAA (Twitch)) AAA on Twitch: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09
not rated Máscara Año 2000 & Shocker vs Mr. NieblaTerribleEuforiaCuatreroSansónForastero in a National Parejas Increible Tournament match and in a battle royal match LUCHA LIBRE VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO 9 DE FEBRERO DE 2018 FUNCION COMPLETA (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL on ClaroSports.com: 2018-02-09 2018-02-09