El Planchitas says La Parka is out of the hospital and recovering in a house in Monterrey owned by AAA. Their reporting says AAA has covered everything and everything is a lot: expenses are said to be “over 3 million pesos” ($157,000).
Angelico does not appear to be going to Guerra de Titanes. This is weeks old news, something I only noticed when checking to see if he had mentioned the show at all. He did, just by responding to a fan’s tweet saying he would not be on the show. Angelico coming back to AAA always was strange given the seemingly rough feelings on both sides preceding his exit. That leaves it unclear who teams with Australian Suicide in the tag title match on Saturday. Vanilla being in the match would be surprising and unlikely. Jack Evans is probably not coming back to AAA. It is likely someone being moved up, but there are so many people who could be thrown in.
CMLL Informa announced the missing New Year’s Day match: Caristico & Mistico making their first tag team title defense against Forastero & Cuatrero. That title match and the two apuesta matches are going to make for a big show. (One I think I’m missing live.)
CMLL also revealed the first match for their Christmas Day show: a battle to determine the first-ever CMLL Micros champion. The belt was revealed on CMLL Informa. No names were announced but presumably, it’s the same six to eight people who are always in this match. The micros could use more variety (and more good variety), but adding a championship at least suggests an investment in continuing to build it. Chamuel winning seems like the way to go. The one story worth telling is Microman overcoming Chamuel for the title, and it doesn’t seem like concluding the story on day one is a way to go.
A full list of current CMLL recognized champions
NWA Historic (3)
- Welterweight: Volador (107 days since last defense)
- Middleweight: Caristico (247)
- Light Heavyweight: Stuka Jr. (37)
CMLL (11)
- Lightweight: vacant (165)
- Welterweight: Titan (4)
- Middleweight: Cuatrero (401; scheduled to be defended Saturday)
- Light Heavyweight: Niebla Roja (24)
- Heavyweight: Ultimo Guerrero (17)
- Women: Marcela (88)
- Minis: Shockercito (256)
- Micros: vacant (new)
- Tag Team: Mistico & Caristico (41, scheduled to be defended New Years Day)
- Trios: Ultimo Guerrero, Gran Guerrero, Euforia (198)
Mexican National (6)
- Lightweight: Electrico (129)
- Welterweight: Soberano Jr. (13)
- Light Heavyweight: Barbaro Cavernario (46)
- Heavyweight: Terrible (158)
- Women: La Metalica (76)
- Trios: Sanson, Cuatrero, Forastero (76)
Other (2)
- Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship: vacant (165)
- CMLL Japan Women Championship: vacant (new)
This does not include the Occidente (Guadalajara) championships. It also doesn’t count the various tournaments, including the two Universal tournaments where the prizes are actual belts.
The most recent Arena Coliseo Tag Team Champions were Triton & Esfinge, so Triton leaving has left those belts on the sideline. Those titles have been put on the shelf before. It may be the same again. Kawato San is the only person bringing up the lightweight title. CMLL’s run so many other tournaments that they may have just not had a chance to decide it. The most surprising bit to me is every CMLL championship will have been contested at least once this year following Saturday’s Caristico/Cuatrero match. That doesn’t seem to happen every year.
I always felt Angelico could be the William Levy of Lucha Libre.
One problem with AAA is lack of sex appeal. Angelico would be a good rehire. They need a few wrestlers for young girls.