Felino/Cavernario (and Soberano/Templario) tonight, Golpeadors

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The 2020 Tapatia awards for excellence in the field of lucha libre remain open until at least 02/01. 

Also, I wrote all of this last night. I’m traveling this weekend. I’ll be at the EMW show in Tijuana on Friday night, at the RIOT surprise show on Saturday, and hopefully back home at a Super Bowl party on Sunday. There will be no Saturday update and maybe not a Sunday one. I will attempt to run the Friday night stream but no promises on it working or it staying up. 

CMLL continues the sudden Cavernario/Felino feud in a rematch of last week’s main event. Cavernario again teams with Carisitco & Valiente, Felino again with Diamante Azul & Ultimo Guerrero. CMLL current practice is two singles matches leads to a singles match on the third week, though Negro Casas being around to patch things up may affect that.

There’s really nothing else important. The Chavez bring back their FantasticaMania team with Titan against Euforia, Gran Guerrero and Gran Guerrero. Soberano versus Templario has the best chance of being a great match on the show. Negro Casas returns to team with Ephesto & Mephisto against Atlantis Jr., Star Jr., and Stuka Jr.

Diamond makes his CMLL Friday debut under the new name. The reaction should be interesting. It’s interesting CMLL came up with the Santo-like idea after Hijo del Santo was announced as wrestling Arena Naucalpan. Hijo del Santo has uncharacteristically said nothing about the Diamond character as of yet, though he’ll surely be asked about it this weekend. Diamond teams with Drone & Fuego against Kawato, Okumura, and Virus. That’s a segunda and a reminder this is much about nothing if Diamond stays in those level of matches. The show opens with Akuma & Espanto against Arkalis & Robin.

CMLL streams at 8:30 pm. Marca will stream the show here. I’ll try to stream it here. If I fail, it’ll be on the CMLL YouTube in the morning anyway.

Lucha Central has a preview of the show.

In interviews from Sunday’s IWRG show, Hijo de Canis Lupus said he lost all respect for CIMA, while CIMA called Lupus & Dragon Bane unprofessional.  You can watch the match here; it falls apart early when Canis spits at CIMA and CIMA loses it. It’s also a treat because Relampago didn’t get the message that it was an elimination match, so he ran in too soon the first time, then was late showing up the second time.

Lupus double-downed on Facebook, implying CIMA is soft for being upset. I’m told Dragon Bane said something similar in a private Facebook post. I come down on CIMA’s side in this, though my take is the least important part of this. Canis Lupus is getting a lot of support on Facebook from people who already like him. Most people don’t know him, only know a highly respected guy like CIMA doesn’t thinks he’s unprofessional, and aren’t going to want to work with them over it. If Los Golepadors are happy working in Naucalpan & Arena Aficion forever, which is a noble thing to do, only then are they going about it the right way.

Either Dragon Bane & Hijo de Canis Lupus or the Stronghearts would probably be quietly removed from next Sunday’s card in other situations. CIMA has a long relationship with the IWRG’s Moreno family (probably the only reason he’s working these shows to start with) and Dragon Bane & Hijo de Canis Lupus are the current symbols of the promotion.

Also on that show, Fuerza NG challenging Emperador Azteca to a mask versus mask seems a little soon for a guy who’s been wearing the mask for about a month.

Bandido opened up a Pro Wrestling Tees store. And his merchandise has a Twitter.

02/22 The Crash

I think that’s all the matches, in case I’m missing something. Gelus is the luchador who was said to be from Juarez and wrestled a lot like Aereo from Juarez. Aereo’s mask match with Villano III Jr. is a week after this.

The commissioner of lucha libre in Torreon, Arturo Zarate, is pleased with the conditions of the arenas in his town. He mentions the lucha libre promoters agreed to ban extreme matches after a rash of injuries. There’s also the annual “Torreon luchadors need to get their yearly license” article.

LuchaWorld has the latest Lucha Report.

A Puma King music video.

Lineups

CMLL (TUE) 02/04/2020 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Luminoso & Metatrón vs Guerrero de la Muerte & Ráfaga
2) Avispa Dorada, La Jarochita, Súper Estrella vs La Comandante, La Infernal, Tiffany
3) Drone, Dulce Gardenia, El Rielero vs Disturbio, El Difunto, Virus
4) Explosivo, Titán, Valiente vs Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto
5) Ángel de Oro, Diamante Azul, Niebla Roja vs Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero

That’s also a main event rematch.