March 14, 2020 – luchablog

CMLL (FRI) 03/13/2020 Arena México [+LuchaTV, Marca, Ovaciones, R de Rudo, TUDN]
1) Diamond & Principe Daniel b Cholo & Difunto
12:59. Tecnicos took 1/3.
2) Princesa Sugehit, Silueta, Stephanie Vaquer b Amapola, La Infernal, La Metálica
14:42. Tecnicos took 1/3.
3) Hechicero, Luciferno, Rey Bucanero b Audaz, Rey Cometa, Soberano Jr.
14:59. Rudos took 2/3.
4) Titán b Pólvora [lightning]
9:46. Titan won via springboard double stomp
5) Atlantis Jr. & Flyer b Hijo del Villano III & Templario [MEX TAG, final]
23:19. Tecnicos took 1/3, to win the vacant title
6) Felino, Negro Casas, Volador Jr. b Carístico, Cavernario, Diamante Azul [Relevos Increíbles]
9:08. Staright falls, Felino pinning Cavernario in both falls.

CMLL promos: Titan, Flyer & Atlantis Jr., Barbaro Cavernario, Felino & Zacarias.

Pressroom interviews: Barbaro Cavernario, Felino, and Atlantis Jr. & Flyer.

Titan/Polvora was the best match, while the main event was hurried by action-filled. The tag title match showed those guys weren’t really ready for that spot.

CMLL put in place recommended health policy for attendees, including checking the temperature of people coming into the building and giving everyone hand sanitizer. It’s unclear to me if CMLL was checking everyone’s temperature; the media was all showing the same side entrance from the garage. That’s used by wrestlers and staff, but only a small amount of the fans. I could not tell if the temperature was being taken anywhere. Arena Coliseo has one entrance for everyone, so that’ll be easier to check.

I don’t have MLW in Tijuana results; the usual people who might do results do not appear to have gone. MLW said on social media that it was sell out. It might have actually been one, but there are empty seats visible on the same social media account. Mortiz went through a table on fire. EMW announced their next show would be an AAA taping on April 25th. That’d be a Friday taping.

AAA Rey de Reyes is officially postponed. No scheduled date was announced. (No re-scheduled date of anything should be taken too seriously right now.) AAA had no choice after Merida banned all mass gatherings. CMLL events will go on until the same happens in each city. Guadalajara has banned those events, so Arena Coliseo Guadalajara is closed for the time being. Some events in Puebla and Mexico City are canceled but those CMLL shows remain on as I write this. Over the last week in the US, we’ve seen entertainment businesses trying to stay open by adjusting their rules, then trying to run with no fans, then shutting down. CMLL may skip the middle step – there’s no point in running unless Televisa’s TV money covers the costs – but it’s hard to believe they’ll be running for much longer. They may make it through this weekend but even that seems a stretch.

AAA’s next taping is 03/28 in Torreon. Many events in the city have been canceled but there is not yet a widespread ban. Things are changing rapidly.

Vampiro said he would be making tonight’s AAA show in Saltillo, on fear he wouldn’t be able to make it back to the US for work next week.

Costa Rica’s CWE has canceled its show on 03/21. Flip Gordon and Star Jr. were announced. Gordon’s announced for Homenaje a Dos Leyendas but that seems unlikely.

Sunday’s Arena Jalisco show is canceled. A show in Durango is also canceled. It is unclear if some of the smaller indie shows are going to be underneath the radar enough to continue running. Arena Jalisco is a decent size building. The Arena Roberto Paz show in the same city is still running and offering discounts on Coronas.

ROH kept their wrestlers in Las Vegas to tape material. It will probably air as part of their TV show in upcoming weeks.

Cinta de Oro/Sin Cara announced he was free of his WWE deal as of this morning. He had not shown up on any cards since Guerra de Titanes.

Big Mami spoke to inmates a women’s prison in Cancun about achieving their dreams.

04/05 Lucha Memes @ Coliseo Coacalco

Real Under (Gremlin & Garrobo) vs Las Divine (Diosa Quetzal, Hahastary)

Segunda Caida reviews some random lucha.

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 03/20/2020 Arena México
1) Átomo, Gallito, Microman vs Chamuel, Guapito, Perico Zacarías
2) Diamante Azul, Stuka Jr., Titán vs Mephisto, Negro Casas, Terrible
3) Ángel de Oro, Flip Gordon, Niebla Roja vs Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
4) Dalys © vs Princesa Sugehit [CMLL JAPAN WOMEN]
5) Carístico, Valiente, Volador Jr. vs Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero © [CMLL TRIOS]
fourth defense
6) Bárbaro Cavernario vs Felino [hair]

I was really struggling with figuring out how I’d preview this. Don’t think that’s going to be an issue. This looms as the new 1985 CMLL Anniversary card, where El Dorado and El Supremo were scheduled to have a mask match. It was never made up after it was canceled.

Recapped: 2020-03-13

Matches:

Diamond & Principe Daniel beat Cholo & Difunto
(12:59 [5:35, 3:40, 3:44], 1/3, ok)

Princesa Sugehit, Silueta, Stephanie Vaquer beat Amapola, La Infernal, La Metálica
(14:42 [8:10, 2:56, 3:36], 1/3, ok)

Hechicero, Luciferno, Rey Bucanero beat Audaz, Rey Cometa, Soberano Jr.
(14:59 [6:44, 3:45, 4:30], 2/3, ok)

Titán beat Pólvora in a lightning match
(9:46, double stomp, good)

Atlantis Jr. & Flyer beat Hijo del Villano III & Templario for the Mexican National Tag Team final
(23:19 [8:07, 2:16, 12:56], 1/3, ok)

Felino, Negro Casas, Volador Jr. beat Carístico, Cavernario, Diamante Azul in a relevos increíbles match
(9:08 [2:08, 7:00], 1/2, ok)

What happened:

the through the ropes to the apron spin always looks cool

Felino beat Cavernario in straight falls and said he’d win next week’s hair match.

Atlantis Jr. & Flyer won the national tag team championships in a tournament final.

Fans were given hand sanitizer upon entering the building (which seemed to be the case at all sporting events.) Attendees going in the garage entrance had their temperature checked as well. This did not appear to be the case for all the entrances.

Thoughts:

The main event was another quick match, with the only purpose of Felino getting the win to show he’s going to win next week (and telegraph he won’t.) They tried for the eight minutes they had, but it was just a few highspots and out. It had a lot of action and go where it needed to go quick.

The moment seemed too big for the four guys in the tag title match. Atlantis Jr. forgot to move out of the way of a partner hits teammate by mistake spot in the second fall (and somehow Villano III was the one who knew what to do.) Templario and Villano III did a weird set up for a Villano III dive. Flyer looked done with half the third fall left. They tried hard and the crowd got into it, but they also looked less impressive than most everyone in the two prior matches. Atlantis Jr. has enough big spots to impress and the first fall was solid mat work, but this title match felt like a reduction of CMLL big match standards.

Polvora knocked Titan out of the sky early in their match, and it set up a great comeback from a lower leg injury story. Too great, because it seemed like the doctor bought it as well and slowed down the match to check on him. Titan fought back, did some cool double stomps, and survived a Super Polvora Driver to win. He’s 2020 skill pickup is dramatic injury selling and he got it over with the crowd here again. Polvora worked with more aggression than in normal trios matches and they made the most out of it.

Rey Bucanero nailed the frontcracker off Hechicero’s reverse monkey flip and not a lot else. He had trouble basing and got completely lost with Soberano at the end of the first fall of the tercera. It distracted from what was a hot match otherwise, with the crowd getting into the usual tecnico high spots. Hechicero tried to be a one-man guy keeping it together and Lucifierno was fine, but it didn’t totally come together.

Stephanie Vaquer tried a lot we don’t normally see in women’s match – she did the grab your heel escape from a hammerlock of all things – and stood out more impressively in that match that she had before. La Infernal stood out too, as she got badly lost in the third fall. The women’s match was otherwise nothing special though Sugehit did get a clean win leading into her title match.

Difunto & Principe Diamante got for Guadalajara wrestlers to be on a Friday Arena Mexico show. They seemed fired up for it, Daniel showing a lot of fire and Difunto trying to take big bumps. Difunto seemed more main roster ready (whatever that means at this point), and they both had stronger nights than the regular CMLL guys. Diamond doing Santo spots and messing up others is getting him nowhere.

Day: March 14, 2020

Atlantis Jr. & Flyer tag champs, Rey de Reyes postponed, lucha libre begins to shut down

CMLL on Marca: 2020-03-13