This is an AAA on Twitch weekend. Fenix & Penta may have two outstanding tag matches in four days.
CMLL Friday gives you tag team tournaments. This is week 2 of 5 for that.
CMLL does not give you Monday/Tuesday lineups, so I added the IWRG one.
Day: February 20, 2020
CMLL Martes: 2020-02-11
Recapped: 2020-02-13
Matches:
El Coyote & Grako beat Sangre Imperial & Sonic
(12:10 [4:54, 3:26, 3:50], 1/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Átomo, Gallito, Microman beat Chamuel, El Guapito, Perico Zakarías
(15:56 [7:10, 1:54, 6:52], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Audaz, Fuego, Rey Cometa beat Dark Magic, Pólvora, Tiger
(15:05 [6:44, 2:25, 5:56], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Ephesto, Luciferno, Vangellys beat Black Panther, Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr.
(14:49 [2:50, 3:20, 8:39], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Rey Bucanero, Shocker, Terrible beat Kráneo, Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr.
(13:37 [5:11, 4:01, 4:25], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Carístico beat Sansón
(16:40, 1/2 DQ, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
What happened:
Sanson fouled and unmasked Caristico for the DQ.
Thoughts:
The strength of current CMLL is wringing every bit of drama out of singles matches. There’s clear good and bad, especially when Caristico is involved, and their crowd gets into that aspect strongly. It also produces a slower match with less creativity, trying to keep it simple for the smallest child or the least paying attention adult to keep follow along easily. The athleticism in this match wasn’t as impressive as matches Sanson has had with Soberano, but they got the crowd to care nearly as much as while doing less. It was definitely less, and an overally long feeling second fall to do the surprise two fall ending. If they’re going to keep it simple in what they do in the matches, the matches themselves have no need to be as long as they currently are.
The micros had another match built on different match ups, which meant not much of the Microman/Chamuel one. It’s still a work in progress, with a lot of work needed. The first fall meandered so badly that Zacarias was beating up Microman on the stage while his partners were waiting to finish the fall. It got better in the second fall but never strong.
CMLL (other) tag team tournament teams announced, new DTU Arena
CMLL Informa announced the first eight teams for the Mexican National Tag Team Championship tournament. These eight teams will be in the 02/28 bracket.
- Titan & Soberano Jr.
- Templario & Hijo del Villano III
- Fuego & Dulce Gardenia
- Black Panther & Blue Panther Jr.
- Luciferno & Ephesto
- Misterioso & Sagrado
- Pegasso & Stigma
- Virus & Universo 2000 Jr.
This is the same week as the incredible pairs final, which is going to be a weird show.
Titan & Soberano are the clear favorite. Tempalrio would be up there with a stronger partner. (Hijo del Villano III’s current level is “he disappeared for a month and no one seemed to notice.”) These championships would be more useful if the Panthers had them or the fun seeming Fuego/Dulce Gardenia team did – just in the idea that it might give people who are good something to do, but there’s no guarantee of that.
That’s only half the teams. There was some talk on Informa about holding one spot open for the winning team of the incredible pairs tournament, but no decision had been made.
AAA confirmed Saturday’s AAA TV taping has moved from Guadalajara to Tonala. A person on Twitter says it’s closer to a 10 minute drive between the two venues, so this shouldn’t change all that much.
Panini has a new series of AAA stickers. These appear to be in English, which suggests these are intended to be marketed in the US. Nothing’s been said about them by AAA as of yet and Panini doesn’t appear to allow international orders.
Saturday’s The Crash opener was scheduled to be Gelus & Black Danger versus two disciples of Mesias. The disciples must be busy because The Crash says it’ll instead be Hijo del Impostor and El Dragon. Impostor is from Juarez so this Dragon is also probably the same. This is a shocking moment of a lucha libre promotion advertising a changed match.
03/13 AAA/MLW/EMW in Tijuana
- Jinetes del Aire (Octagon Jr., Myzteziz Jr., Hijo del Vikingo) (c) vs Injustice (Myron Reed, Jordan Oliver, Kotto Brazil) for the AAA World Trios Championship
- Xtreme Tiger & Puma King vs Tom Lawlor & Dominic Garrini
- Averno & Chessman vs Gino Medina & Richard Holiday – new
Dr. Wagner took El Siglo de Torreon on a tour Arena Campeones and mentioned he wants to form a new union for luchadors in Torreon/Gomez Palacio.
MLW announced Pagano for their 04/18 show in Chicago.
A quick interview with Satanico.
Laguna luchadora Karisma unveiled her 2020 calendar. She’s got a photo for every month. The article says she did one last year and sold “thousands nationally and internationally”, which seems unlikely for something not even advertised on her Facebook.
A teacher gave out Psycho Clown related math problems.
Spectrum News writes about Lucha Va Voom.
Criterio Hidalgo interviews Vanilla.
A career interview with Xalapa lucahdor Gabriel o Gabriela.
There’s a local lucha libre themed art exhibit in Leon this weekend.
LuchaWorld has a video update look at the recent AAA Queretaro show and the Rey de Reyes lineup.
Lineups
DTU (SUN) 03/01/2020 DTU Arena, Tulancingo, Hidalgo
1) Extreme Demon vs Forajido, Uri, Black Poison, Mr. Solio, Wertiro Power, Iron Sader
2) Fight Panther vs Aero Panther, Calibus, Destino
3) Dariux vs Hard Boy, Lugui, Black Golden
4) Hijo De Prolux Jr. vs Malkriado, Gran Cobra
5) Kaleth vs Pesadilla, Aron Sykes, Camuflaje, Hormiga
6) Demente Extreme, Paranoiko, Tóxico vs Brazo Celestial, Brazo Cibernetico, Brazo De Oro Jr.
7) Damián 666 & Halloween vs Avorto & Chaneke vs Crazy Boy & Ultrasoniko
This is the opening of a new DTU Arena in Tulancingo, with reuniting Damian & Halloween as the big draw. DTU says they plan on running the building at least once month among other projects.
CMLL Puebla: 2020-02-10
Recapped: 2020-02-12
Matches:
El Asturiano, Rey Samuray, Tigre Rojo Jr. vs Centella Roja, Espíritu Maligno, Fuerza Chicana
(16:22 [7:43, 4:19, 4:20], 1/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Chamuel, Mije, Perico Zakarías beat Átomo, Gallito, Microman
(11:21 [2:18, 2:05, 6:58], 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto beat Audaz, Flyer, Star Jr.
(14:09 [4:37, 2:22, 7:10], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Felino, Negro Casas, Volador Jr. beat Ángel de Oro, Cavernario, Niebla Roja in a relevos increíbles match
(11:03 [4:24, 6:39], ½, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
Carístico beat Cuatrero
(16:35, 2/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)
- Cuatrero inverted bear hug (3:32)
- La Mistica (1:55)
- Caristico pin (11:08)
What happened:
Cuatrero tossed his mask to Caristico, but Caristico covered him without the referee noticing it and got the win.
Cavernario fouled Felino for the DQ.
Thoughts:
The main event was worked as a pace where Caristico had enough time to yell at Edgar while standing on the top rope, and he still hit the move. This was two falls of not much and the usual crowd/referee interaction of Caristico in Arena Puebla. Cuatrero could’ve been anyone and it’s a great argument for putting anyone else in the spot to see if they might figure out how to work it. Cuatrero saw as a chance to do less of what he usually does but not more of something else. The sequence into the ref bump was rough. The Arena Puebla crowd continues to enjoy simple good defeating evil stories, so there’s no reason to change things.
Chamuel has had so many falls end in DQ or similar finishes. I may have forgotten what his actual finish was when he went up top. (It turned out to be a normal flip senton.) Microman & Chamuel worked together a lot more in this match, though there was also a Microman handspring double back elbow bit that looked awful.