Nothing. I mean, the rudas won their match in straight falls, that’s close to something.
Thoughts:
this is Tuesday execution
I gave up on the semi-main when Vangellys missed his wheel kick to Flyer badly. First fall was all Ephesto/Blue Panther maestro mat work, they came back to it at the end and they might as well just do the match. Flyer is using armbars as finishes now but his flying to finish the match went fine.
Tiger/Audaz was an easy fun short match, the sort, the kind we expect Audaz to have all the time and that Tiger doesn’t get to have. Tiger gave Audaz a lot, both in taking his tricky moves but allowing Audaz to survive his bigger spots. The backcracker is usually the end in Audaz matches, so Audaz kicking out meant something to Tiger even if the crowd didn’t seem to recognize it. Audaz never looked inexperienced and some of that credit has to go to Tiger. Even the early wrestling section was a bit creative. This is his strongest singles outing in recent memory and hopefully gets another chance against a young flyer.
The creative effort was up in the tercera, but there were a number of spots that didn’t look well, and the end of the second fall was messed up by Tirantes being in his own world. It is hard to find the urgency to try new things when you don’t get great support at it and it’s simpler just to do the same things over and over even if it is boring. This paragraph is aware enough to know that it appears in a CMLL b-show review.
CMLL (TUE) 02/12/2019Arena México [CMLL, Estrellas del Ring, Lucha Central, The Gladiatores]
1) Fantasy & Shockercito b Pequeño Nitro & Pequeño Olímpico tecnicos took 2/3
2) Astral, Eléctrico, Star Jr. b Difunto, Disturbio, Espanto Jr. tecnicos took 2/3.
3) Kaho Kobayashi, La Jarochita, Marcela DQ Dalys, Metálica, Tiffany Tiffany replaced Amapola. Straight falls for the second straight weeks, but this time the rudas lost by DQ when Dalys unmasked La Jarochita.
4) Flyer b Pólvora [lightning] win via Spanish Fly
5) Cavernario, Felino, Luciferno b Blue Panther, Esfinge, Stuka Jr. Stuka replaced Diamante Azul earlier in the week. Rudos took 2/3.
6) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Volador Jr. b Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón Diamante Azul replaced Atlantis Jr. earlier in this week. The monkey flip senton appears to now be known as “Catapulta TNT”. Tecnicos took 2/3, the last when Diamante Azul gave Sanson a German suplex. Sanson needed medical attention afterward.
There was no doctor video on Sanson’s injury, which hopefully means it is nothing. Diamante Azul has hurt people with the German suplex before. It’s a great thing Niebla Roja won his block instead of Azul.
CMLL promos have Flyer talking about his win (and saying he’s 100%) and Jarochita & Dalys teasing a match. Any new feud is a good idea.
CMLL (TUE) 02/12/2019Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [CMLL]
1) Joker, Mágico, Mr. Samurai b Gran Kenut, Maléfico, Mr. Apolo tecnicos took 1/3
2) Guerrero de la Muerte, Metálico, Sangre Azteca b Magnus, Robin, Vaquero Jr. rudos took 1/3
3) Misterioso Jr., Templario, Virus b Drone, El Audaz, Rey Cometa Misterioso replaced Hechicero. Rudos took 1/3.
4) Rey Bucanero, Shocker, Terrible b Kráneo, Soberano Jr., Valiente rudos took 2/3.
5) La Bestia Del Ring, Místico, Rush b Gran Guerrero, Mephisto, Último Guerrero [Relevos Increíbles] Munoz took 2/3, Rush getting help to beat Ultimo Guerrero. That sets up a singles match next week.
Rush went from Lakeland, Florida to Miami to Puebla to Guadalajara. Hopefully, he has less travel for a couple of days. The ROH/CMLL balance is going to be tough.
Add Texano to the list of wrestlers suing Lucha Underground. His is a separate lawsuit, looking for money he would’ve gotten if he wasn’t stuck under contract, exactly the same as the Fantasma lawsuit. Lucha Central says he has not joined the lawsuit looking for release, though it seems likely he will. A difference here is Texano did not work Season 4. If he was getting paid only when he wrestled on shows, which seems like the case for everyone so far, Texano has not gotten paid by Lucha Underground since June of 2016. Texano was to be part of Lucha Underground Season 4 – my impression is he wanted to work the shows and LU wanted him there – but Texano was one of the wrestlers unable to make it to the US because his visa was not approved in time. That means LU kept Texano under contract – and, in theory, kept him from finding another promotion to work for – while they were also not using him or paying him at all because of their own inability to bring him to their tapings.
I missed this from earlier this week: Apolo Valdes was told Jeff Jarrett is still appearing on Saturday’s AAA TV taping, even though he’s started with WWE. That is weird, though not for AAA & Jarrett. AAA themselves hasn’t said anything, so I would assume most people are assuming it is AAA promoting an out of date lineup like always. AAA would be in their best interest to post a Jarrett promo saying he’ll be in Morelia if they think Jarrett is going to be a difference maker.
AAA held a press event to officially announce their deal to air on Multimedios last night. AAA’s been on the channel for about a month now, though this was official roll out. There was a chance AAA had only been using Multimedios as a stop gap between Televisa & Azteca but the press conference suggests they’re together for a least this year. There was no real news, though it looks like they might have had a couple of matches similar to the Azteca bit last week. Space, Twitch, YouTube, and Multimedios are all getting the same exact episodes of AAA, where the only difference is Multimedios is inserting their own local commentary track. (They appeared to be turning down the actual audio and inserting fake crowd noise last time I checked – maybe AAA hadn’t given them a commentary free version.)
The network order of the episodes is currently:
AAA airs live on Twitch (each taping is long enough to be 2 episodes but may be cut down to 1)
Space airs the TV version get the episode first, which may be weeks/months after it happens
YouTube (& formerly Televisa) get the episode the second week
One of the big questions going into Friday is where Azteca fits in that sequence. Are they paying money but only getting the Televisa spot? Does that money mean they’re first and Space is second? Or the same week? It is noticeable that the last episode of AAA up on YouTube was the Christmas Day show. The first 2019 episode should have gone up this weekend. It could have been delayed because it now has to air on Azteca first. Or it could have been delayed because running two tapings in a weekend does not leave a lot of time for YouTube uploads.
That press conference was actually held by both Multimedios and MedioTiempo, who partnered up over the weekend. MedioTiempo was introduced as a media partner of AAA, so expect lucha libre coverage to be a lot more focused on AAA and less so on CMLL/WWE going forward. This follows Record being a semi-official outlet for AAA news and +Lucha having multiple people working double duty with AAA.
On that note, tickets went on sale for AAA’s taping in Monterrey (03/03), and the local promoter was hyping Hugo, Jesus Zuniga, and Bernado Guzman as the announcers for the show. Zuniga was on Televisa and has been quiet about his current AAA situation. Guzman was a host of the Televisa Deportes’ Zona Ruda show. Neither are on air with AAA at the moment.
AEW’s Tony Khan was on Chris Jericho’s podcast this morning. AAA only came out as if that is the promotion Penta & Fenix belong to (which is maybe something you’re encouraged to say if you’re doing a deal with AAA even if it is not that accurate.) Jericho mentioned Konnan knowing a lot of guys “no one’s ever heard of” in Mexico, which means he’s in the same position as always. You can see this also with WWE people openly asking for help finding prospects in Mexico; there are not a lot of people trusted to provide information about Mexican wrestlers to people outside the scene, so the few people who do have some power. (My consulting fee remains unchanged.)
IWRG (SUN) 02/17/2019Arena Naucalpan
1) Chicanito vs Ángel Estrella Jr.
2) Auzter, Eragón, Yakuza vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Hip Hop Man, La Mosca
3) Sinn Bodhi vs Pasion Kristal
4) Brazo De Oro Jr. & Hijo de Canis Lupus vs Death Metal & Karaoui and Dranzer & Rokambole Jr. and Black Terry & Puma de Oro and Latino & Pitbull and Ángel Tormenta & Villano V Jr.and Diablo Jr. & Zumbi and Cerebro Negro & Neza Kid [El Protector]
5) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [El Protector, quarterfinal]
6) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [El Protector, quarterfinal]
7) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [El Protector, quarterfinal]
8) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [El Protector, quarterfinal]
9) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [El Protector, semifinal]
10) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [El Protector, semifinal]
11) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [El Protector, final]
A reason to keep an eye of IWRG is they usually produce at least one notable rookie a year. They don’t always catch on beyond IWRG, but it does seem part of the IWRG booking philosophy (??) to have someone new rise to the top every year. I’m not sure who it’ll be in 2019, though maybe this tournament will give an idea. Brazo de Oro Jr. is obviously a big name. Latino is part of the Munoz family. Neza Kid is Freelance’s son. Diablo Jr. has been around forever and shouldn’t really be a rookie. The winning team will get a tag title shot at some point.
Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansónbeat La Bestia Del Ring, Místico, Rushin a relevos increíbles match (11:25 [3:05, 3:16, 5:04], 1/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
What happened:
Zacarias coming thru
Rush ripped off Cuatrero’s mask to set up a match next week.
Thoughts:
The main event was perfectly fine, with both teams showing decent effort. The Munoz even turned out to be the técnicos, or at least técnico enough that the NGD didn’t have to be the técnicos. (They were far more rudo post-match.) It felt a little different than usual rather than someone forced into a position they didn’t fit in to do the same match as always.
Stigma and Soberano & Angel de Oro doing technical wrestling to open the semi-main was good. It was downhill from there. The first fall bit with Volador taking bumps for elbows that were ’t within six inches looked horrendous, though everyone seemed to be avoiding coming close to Vangellys strikes. Volador did play air guitar before doing a dive so there’s something.
Both early matches were better than usual. Arkalis pulled off a headscissors with Siki Osama that I don’t think he tried with anyone else. His powerbomb finisher looks good.
Maybe Sonic is actually good. He had some good mat wrestling, a cool finish, and amusing bumps in the opening match. The final big spot of the match went wrong, but I’m not sure it was his fault or the Pantera he was wrestling. They looked still very much like they could use the work, though at least there’s only two of them now.
credit to Lucha Central for drawing my attention to this masterpiece
CMLL (MON) 02/11/2019Arena Puebla [CMLL, Lucha Central]
1) Espíritu Maligno, Fuerza Chicana, Policeman b Hijo de Centella Roja, Rey Samuray, Sonic Rudos took 2/3
2) La Comandante, La Metálica, La Seductora b La Vaquerita, Lluvia, Princesa Sugehit Rudas took 2/3.
3) Kawato San, Okumura, Sagrado b Drone, Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr. Rudos took 1/3.
4) Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Vangellys DQ Hijo del Villano III, Último Guerrero, Villano IV Team Atlantis took 2/3, the last when UG fouled Vangellys.
5) Rush b Cuatrero Rush took 2/3.
Main event sounds like it went well, all considering Rush and his schedule. (He’s headed to Guadalajara tonight.) Semi-main is a weird way to get into a Vangellys/Ultimo Guerrero heavyweight title match, but a solution when there aren’t that many tecnico heavyweight for UG to fight.
Tonight’s Arena Mexico main event was announced as Atlantis Jr.’s first-ever Arena Mexico main event. CMLL quietly took him off the show a couple days ago. Diamante Azul moves up to his spot in the main event, teaming with Papa Atlantis & Volador against NGD. Stuka Jr. is added to the show in the semi-main in Azul’s spot, teaming with Blue Panther & Esfinge against Cavernario, Luciferno, and Felino. Both matches should be fine.
Flyer, having survived a recent disaster, gets a lightning match with Polvora. There’s a decent looks women’s match, a segunda with the ex-minis and an opener with the still-minis. The show starts at 7:30 pm and streams on YouTube as usual.
Angel Azteca Jr. suffered a horrific looking knee injury over the weekend in Torreon, and footage of the injury went viral over the last couple of days. Video is embedded in that article. (This is not the Angel Azteca Jr. who was in CMLL, though that guy is still around from time to time.) It’s a worse looking version of what happened to Flyer as far as getting his leg caught in the ropes. Instead of being tossed over, he was going for a Brillo Dorado and slipped enough that his leg trapped and yanked by the reports. It looks like Azteca broke his leg, but the report in the article is it is initially is believed to “only” be ligament damage, with an MRI coming to check for a fracture.
Box Y Lucha 3372 has Terrible on the cover, but I’m most interested in Hechicero continuing his quest to get the Los Infernales name from Satanico, a story which only seems to be happening in the magazine for the moment.
AAA TV (SUN) 02/10/2019 Auditorio Amado Nervo, Tepic, Nayarit [AAA, Lucha Central, MedioTiempo, R de Rudo]
1) Dinastía, Lady Shani, Niño Hamburguesa b Lady Maravilla, Lanzelot, Villano III Jr. Lady Maravilla messed with Hamburguesa again and tried to distract him from the splash, but Lady Shani shut her down with backcracker and Hamburguesa got the win.
2) Hijo Del Vikingo b Jack Evans, Taurus Originally a tag with Sammy Guevera. Vikingo got the pin on Evans.
3) Aerostar, Máximo, Taya b Faby Apache, La Máscara, Monsther Clown Faby accidentally hit Hijo del Tirantes, and he fast counted a win for Taya this time. Hijo del Tirantes argued with both Faby & Taya after the match.
4) Laredo Kid b Drago, Flamita Scheduled to be Fenix defending against Laredo & Flamita. Fenix sent in a video saying he’d be out two weeks after suffering a neck injury on Friday but would defend soon. Laredo beat Drago in a non-title match.
5) Dr. Wagner Jr. b Blue Demon Jr. [street] Earlier, La Parka came to the ring in a neck brace to talk about Fantasma giving him a martinete back in Mazatlan, and Wagner joined him to talk about Demon. They were interrupted by one of the Unefon sponsor characters, who was Demon in disguise. Fantasma joined in, taking out Parka and leaving Wagner bloodied. Wagner came out for this match with his head wrapped, but the wrapping was taken off early and he bled a lot. Faby Apache seconded Demon and interfered often. Taya got involved after about 10 minutes. Monsther Clown came out after her after about 10 seconds. Joe Lider, in his only appearance of the weekend, ran out to save old (current??) Perros del Mal ally Taya and put himself and Monster through a table. Wagner beat Demon. Wagner attempted to request a hair/mask match with Demon from Vampiro afterward, only to get beat up by Demon and company. Wagner recovered and made a trios challenge (Wagner/Park/Vampiro vs Demon/Fantasma/whomever)
6) Laredo Kid, Psycho Clown, Puma King b Hijo del Fantasma, Killer Kross, Rey Escorpión Laredo Kid worked twice, replacing the “injured” Parka. La Mascara came out for a distraction, but Puma still surprised Fantasma for a cradle. Rudos beat up and unmasked the tecnicos after.
This was a great show. The two three ways are absolutely worth seeking out. The opener would’ve been the best match by leaps on bounds on a lot of shows this time last year. (Do you remember AAA this time last year? Things have changed for the better.) Wagner & Demon have smoke, mirrors, and blood to cover up the limitations – it was essentially the TripleMania match in half the time. The main event was very good though also very long. The trios match didn’t do a lot for me but this was a really fun show overall.
The finishes were all nice too. The three ways were more simple “whoever is not dead wins”, but Vikingo getting a win back in a strong performance balanced out the scales. There were most balancing elsewhere, with the Hamburguesa/Maravilla stuff taking another step and the Taya/Faby/Tirantes triangle going a different way. Fantasma is still taking about Fenix & the heavyweight title in every promo but perhaps Puma beating him gives him an obstacle to overcome before he gets there. There were no huge twists here but there also there didn’t need to be, it felt like nice progression. I still have no idea what exactly is on Rey de Reyes. (Perhaps out of justifiably concern over Fenix’s condition, even the tag title match was not mentioned at all last night.) It doesn’t really matter. They can just roll out the balls at this point and figure it out.
Konnan said they drew 8,000 fans. The upper section looked pretty empty on TV for that many fans, but there’s no problem believing they drew more than Mazatlan because it’s such a big (12,000) seat building.
The pre-show included an introduction of the TV Azteca AAA hosts. They did not appear to be doing live commentary during the show, so they were probably there to be part of some extra footage. The Azteca debut was mentioned on commentary a few times. The commentary also mentioned an English language version of the Twitch feed will return with next Saturday’s taping. The upside of no Televisa (and Azteca doing commentary later) is there is more space and resources to do an English language feed. The downside is AAA has swung and missed at competent English language commentary every time and they’ve given no indication this will go any better. No commentators have been mentioned, which causes me to believe it’ll be the default Vampiro & Striker team.
The show, like Fridays, started the stream a half-hour late. They did cut down on the pre-show both nights (and changed around the order of things do the incredibly obvious Unefon angle.) Still, just when you think can figure out AAA’s actual starting times, they find a way to delay it even more.
A show in Houston next Sunday is being billed as having Low Rider’s last match before going on tour with AAA. Low Rider hasn’t been in AAA since August and is listed as working indie shows the following weekend, but maybe they mean in Houston. AAA does seem to be signing some of the undercard talent.
Mexa Wrestling (SUN) 02/10/2019Coliseo Coacalco, Coacalco, Estado de México [+LuchaTV, Black Terry Jr. (Flickr)]
1) Puma de Oro b Astrolux, Black Metal, Kalibus, Celestial Boy, Shere Khan, Fandango, Juventud Venegas Pumita/Puma de Oro will face Flamita on Mexa Wrestling New Idols II. He beat Black Metal.
2) Mimo & Toro Negro b Chris Stone Jr. & Cyrus, Máscarita Divina & Samoano
3) Demonio Infernal, Eterno, Lunatik Extreme b Diablo Jr., Sinn Bodhi, Yoruba
4) Black Terry, Emperador Azteca, Freelance, Hijo de Zumbido b Baby Star, Centvrión, Diva Salvaje, Tromba
5) Keyra b Rossy Moreno
6) Dragón Bane b Látigo spectacular match
7) Ricky Marvin & Zumbido b Belial & Impulso scheduled as Ricky Marvin vs Flamita (AAA TV)
Seemed like a good turnout for the benefit show. Toxin did not appear before the crowd.
Main event sounded like a lot of big moves. An Oficials title match is probably not deserved after a loss but it’d be another interesting bloodbath.
Rush versus Cuatrero in a first time ever singles match main events in Arena Puebla tonight. Rush is making a long trip back from Miami to Puebla tonight, so his energy might actually be a question. Still, it is a new match up in a run of CMLL doing a few of those.
The semi-main weirdly includes Vangellys teaming with the Atlantis family against the Villanos & Guerreros. Drone, Fuego and Guerrero Maya take on Kawato, Okumura and Sagrado in the tercera. There’s a women’s match and opener with locals and a Sonic appearance. The show starts at 9 pm.
The El Planchitas lucha libre gossip column throws out an answer to the question AAA/LU/AEW conundrum. They write that AAA has broken off relations with Lucha Underground & the companies behind it. because it was never something they could sell in Mexico. The article frames it as AAA changing their alliance from LU to AEW. This doesn’t fit with the MGM stories saying Dorian Roldan and Lucha Libre FMV are still in charge of the Lucha Underground contracts, though it does with stories about AAA not contributed much to financially to the series since the first season. I think the reality is since no one’s really working on this show outside of maybe MGM trying to find some investors, everyone wants to redirect the blame for the current awful situation to someone else and no one wants to take public responsibility for the mess.
Alberto el Patron, Dos Caras, Hijo del Dos Caras, and Tinieblas Jr. were among those who got their hands molded in plaster at the Plaza Galerias in Mexico City. I think this is the second time Alberto has done it; this is treated as a hall of fame but it’s more like a gimmick done every month to get attention for the mall. Alberto brought his a-game performance by saying he’s retiring soon.
WWCI , XMW (SAT) 02/16/2019Arena San Juan Pantitlan, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Estado de México
1) Felina Metálica vs Star Fire, Lady Monster, India Mazahua, Lilith Dark, Princesa Azul, Sadik Maiden, Lady Cat, Zafiro (Chihuahua), Reyna Dorada, Skadi, Hetzza, Reyna Oscura, Espia Maya, Lady Pink [WWCI WOMEN]
2) Marcela vs Mary Apache vs Cinthia Moreno
3) Bam Bam vs Demus
4) Drako & Impulso vs ? & Fly Star
5) Último Guerrero vs Caifan [super libre]
I would not be doing my job if a rematch of a great match was scheduled to happen. Had to include ths lineup to let you know Bam Bam versus Demus is on. Also Guerrero/Caifan will have many hard chops.
CMLL (SAT) 02/16/2019Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala & Leono vs Cholo & Inquisidor
2) Halcón Suriano Jr., Principe Daniel, Príncipe Diamante vs El Coyote, Grako, Nitro
3) Drone, Fuego, Tritón vs Kawato San, Sagrado, Tiger
4) Princesa Sugehit vs Reyna Isis [lightning]
5) Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Stuka Jr. vs Rey Bucanero, Templario, Terrible
6) Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Diamante Azul vs Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
Difunto’s appearances this week are similar to Principe Daniel, Fugaz and Reyko coming thru Mexico last year. Principe Daniel makes his return this upcoming weekend.
CMLL (SUN) 02/17/2019Arena México
1) Sangre Imperial & Sonic vs Camorra & Príncipe Odín Jr.
2) Oro Jr., Principe Daniel, Súper Astro Jr. vs Apocalipsis, Espíritu Negro, Hijo del Signo
3) Retro vs Magnus [lightning]
4) Blue Panther, Rey Cometa, Star Jr. vs Kawato San, Misterioso Jr., Universo 2000 Jr.
5) Kráneo, Soberano Jr., Volcano vs Hechicero, Rey Bucanero, Shocker
6) Místico, Valiente, Volador Jr. vs Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Mephisto
AAA notes and more coming tomorrow. Blame AAA for starting late again.
CMLL (SAT) 02/09/2019Arena Coliseo [CMLL]
1) Apocalipsis & Príncipe Odín Jr. b Leono & Retro Principe Odin Jr. replaced Cholo. Rudos took 1/3.
2) Akuma, Difunto, Grako b Astral, Eléctrico, Star Jr. Difunto’s Mexico City debut. Rudos took 1/3.
3) Robin b Halcón Suriano Jr. [lightning] Robin won via a powerbomb.
4) Chamuel, El Guapito, Perico Zakarías b Átomo, Gallito, Microman Rudos took 2/3, the last when Chamuel tried to foul Microman twice, then pulled off his mask to pin him. Micro rudos continue to have a much stronger win record in Arena Coliseo.
5) Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Stuka Jr. b Felino, Pólvora, Templario tecnicos took 1/3.
6) Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Diamante Azul b Ephesto, Euforia, Mephisto tecnicos took 2/3
The Crash (SAT) 02/09/2019Auditorio de Tijuana, Tijuana, Baja California [@JorgeGCRR, El Sol de Tijuana, The Crash, Zona Ruda]
1) Dinámico, Terror Azteca, Tiago b Torito Negro, Unicornio, Xperia Xperia left hurt
2) Lady Flammer b Christi Jaynes, Miranda Alize, Reina Isis [The CRASH WOMEN] for the vacant title (Tessa Blanchard said to be under exclusive contract). Lady Flammer won the title.
3) Soberano Jr. b Flyer, Titán (CMLL), Rey Horus, Flamita, Oráculo Flyer replaced Dragon Bane (AAA?). Soberano beat Titan.
4) Trauma I & Trauma II b Garza Jr. & Mecha Wolf and Carlito & El Mesías more Mecha Wolf vs Puerto Ricans teases.
5) Austin Theory b Flamita, Cavernario Scheduled to be a Willie Mack title defense but he went to Ring of Honor instead. Short match. All three talked about coming back for the title match next month.
6) Bestia 666 b Damián 666 [cage] Rebelion Amarilla got involved until security took them away. Damian win when Bestia missed a big senton. Traumas beat up Bestia until the Rebelion came back and made the save. They announced Sabu would be joining them on the next show.
Attendance was slightly down from last month. Fourth match might have been the best match in the building through the crowd brawling doesn’t always translate well to handhelds. Diamante Azul & Hechicero versus Jeff Cobb & Michael Elgin and the CMLL micros were also announced for next week’s show.
The Tessa thing is weird. Not that The Crash titles being vacated is anything interesting at this point, but The Crash’s story (according to Zona Ruda) is Tessa is now under an exclusive contract with AEW. AEW signing Tessa would make some sense but they haven’t really been pulling people from dates and it would seem like she’s still under Impact contract at the moment. Zona Ruda is only place that identifies the contract as with AEW, no one else mentioned that name. My hunch is what really is happening here is because Daga & Tessa are a couple and Daga is now working with EMW and not The Crash, Tessa is also no longer working with The Crash. I would suggest not believing anyone has signed based off this alone.
CMLL (SUN) 02/10/2019Arena México [CMLL]
1) Mercurio & Pierrothito b Angelito & Último Dragóncito rudos took 1/3.
2) Magnus, Pegasso, Súper Astro Jr. b Difunto, Disturbio, Hijo del Signo straight falls
3) Marcela, Mystique, Princesa Sugehit b La Comandante, La Seductora, Tiffany tecnicas took 1/3
4) Okumura b Fuego [lightning] Fuego replaced Flyer (didn’t make it back from Tijuana?) Okumura won in 8:09.
5) Diamante Azul, Soberano Jr., Valiente DQ Hijo del Villano III, Rey Bucanero, Villano IV tecnicos took 1/3, the last when the VIllanos fouled Azul & Valiente
6) Carístico, Místico, Volador Jr. b Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón tecnicos took 1/3
Hija del Zorra, a Guatemalan luchadora the last few years, was shot multiple times and died this weekend. She was interviewed a couple of years ago about the plight of women wrestlers in her country. The attacker and any other circumstances of her death are left unmentioned. This is the second person in lucha libre mentioned as dying via gunshots this week, following the AAA Aguascalientes promoter.
Tony Cisneros Jr. talks about his career and the building he runs in Oaxaca, Arena Pepe Cisneros.
