CMLL
CMLL (TUE) 08/31/2021 Arena México [CMLL, Kasier Sports, Mas Lucha]
1) Chamuel & Mije b Átomo & El Gallito
2) Apocalipsis, Disturbio, Hijo del Signo b Arkalis, Oro Jr., Robin
3) Dark Silueta, Metálica, Tiffany b La Guerrera, La Jarochita, Lluvia
Rudas took 2/3. La Guerrera replaced Princesa Sugehit the day of the show. Silueta beat Lluvia, said she’s coming for the tag team titles at the Aniversario.
4) Hechicero, Luciferno, Mephisto b Dark Panther, Fugaz, Panterita del Ring
Rudos took 1/3. Mephisto unmasked Pantera after the match. Luciferno replaced Rey Bucanero.
5) Místico, Valiente, Volador Jr. b Ángel de Oro, Cavernario, Terrible [Relevos Increíbles]
Tecnicos took 2/3. Mistica on Cavernario.
Mistico is now 3-0 since retaking the name.
No results from Arena Coliseo Guadalajara. They did post live video of the show, so maybe I’ll watch and figure it out later.
CMLL (FRI) 09/03/2021 Arena México
1) Sagrado & Universo 2000 Jr. vs Akuma & Espanto Jr.
2) Espíritu Negro, Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. vs Enfermero Jr., Felino Jr., Pólvora
3) Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Titán vs Gran Guerrero, Hijo del Villano III, Negro Casas
4) Volador Jr. vs Místico, Valiente, Star Jr., El Audaz, Guerrero Maya Jr., Último Guerrero, Templario, Hechicero, Dragón Rojo Jr., Cancerbero, Gemelo Diablo I [Copa Independencia, semifinal]
This is not streaming – most about that in a couple of paragraphs – but it’s a somewhat intriguing card. Copa Independence is the usual three-week tournament, with the final as the semi-main for the Cavernario/Felino show. Twelve people suggest it’s a cibernetico. It may have been planned to take place all along, but the timing of the announcement suggested it was a way to make sure Caristico Mistico would have a showcase match on one of the big September shows. Only one person will advance from this block, which means logical Mistico opponents Volador Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero seem to not be in the plans. CMLL could’ve put Templario or Hechicero in that spot too, but we can rule them out of a Mistico match.
Negro Casas is around and could win next week, so he remains a possibility. CMLL just did a Jarochita/Silueta tournament final so they’re clearly open to giving different people chances, so maybe a Mistico/Gran Guerrero or even a Mistico/Hijo del Villano III final could happen. It just struck me that this might be the opening to Averno or Black Warrior coming in next week, if CMLL’s really committed to bringing playing off the peak Mistico era. Or they’ll just have someone besides Mistico win and these two paragraphs will be dumber than usual.
Today’s CMLL Informa has only three segments announced. La Jarochita will talk about her tournament win, Electrico will talk about his upcoming title match, and Akuma & Espanto Jr. will discuss the Aniversario poll. There are typically around four segments, so maybe there’s a surprise coming. But there’s no guarantee, I’m just making guesses.
Atlantis Jr. is back to being a tecnico after last week’s rudo exhibition. Akuma & Espanto Jr. get another Friday night booking. Cancerbero is back from his recent disappearing bit. Templario, Dragon Rojo, and Enfermero Jr. will probably be back on the 09/10 show for the middleweight decider (along with the not booked Casas.)
Dark Silueta & Reyna Isis have a less than 100 vote lead in the poll for the women’s tag title match. The poll goes on until whenever CMLL needs to finalize next Friday’s card since the middleweight decider match is on the show. Plenty of time for that women’s tag title match to flip back and forth. The women’s tag match is getting more votes a day than the middleweight one, though I’m not sure if the women will pass them by the time the poll ends and earn the main event spot.
Ticketmaster has listings up for the the 09/17 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas and 09/24 Aniversario shows. They’re at the 230 MXN/11.50 USD “premium” show price. The Ticketmaster Live deal (no VOD) is not a great situation, but it is better than the “no, you can’t watch it live” situation from recent pre-pandemic years.
It is going to be a weird deal for the Middleweight Championship decider to take place on 09/10 but not show on YouTube until after the Aniversario happens. And there’s probably no knowing if they’re going to put up the Aniversario shows until October, CMLL’s not likely to advertise itself.
Averno replaced Euforia on Sunday’s show at Valiente’s Gym. Valiente, in an interview talking about the show and his children getting into wrestling, mentioned Euforia tested positive for COVID. Euforia hasn’t appeared in Arena Mexico since August 17. He was listed on the August 23rd Puebla show but there were no results for that show. I hope Euforia will be fine and it’s a good thing if CMLL is continuing to do COVID testing.
Other News
Rush circulated photos of him in the hospital on Tuesday, without explaining why. Putting out photos of yourself in the hospital in 2021 is going to have people fearing the worst. It’s actually a knee operation. It’s being presented as a surprise, but it probably wasn’t one – ROH knew about the surgery in advance, because they took him Rush off the PPV lineup on TV this past week. Pagano also replaced Rush on the 09/18 Arena Neza show, so Rush has told promoters what’s going on, just not the fans.
Rush and his family have announced a press conference Thursday to talk about the situation, where
The Mexico City lucha libre commission previously stated they’d reveal the list of participants in the national heavyweight tournament on Friday. No idea on Friday, assuming it’s another afternoon press conference, but it should be a fun time for all.
Quadratin has an article/press release on the AAA TV tapings in Morelos, which have occasionally come out to promote the tourism side of these tapings. They mention eight TV shows taped in Morelos. We’ve seen three from Oaxtepec pre-TripleMania, two from Temixco after TripleMania, and two from Jardines de Mexico later that week. That’s seven. Space’s listing says they’re starting on Temxico this week, so perhaps eight is a mis-count or just accounting for the extra matches that seem to be taped.
The Morelos tourism boards also released video from one of those tapings with highlights from one of the taping; I see
- Sexy Star 2 & Dinastia vs Villano 3 Jr. & Flammer
- Faby Apache, Myzteziz and Monster Clown vs Hijo del Tirantes, Dave the Clown, Argenis (finish shown)
- Rey Escorpion, La Hiedra, Taurus vs Chessman, Pagano and a partner I didn’t see (but guessing Murder Clown)
Yes, Hijo del Tiranes is wrestling on TV in the next few weeks.
The AAA spot show in Aguascalientes on Friday will have 50% capacity. Poder del Norte versus NGD is scheduled for that show.
IWRG (THU) 09/02/2021 Arena Naucalpan
1) Fussion vs Spider Fly, Noicy Boy, Shalom, Kenji
2) Baronessa & Siarelli vs Satania & Therius
3) Billy Jones, Chris Stone Jr., Mexica vs Mafioso, Medico Brujo, Sick Boy
4) Toxin vs Jessy Ventura
5) Gianni Valletta, Hijo del Fishman, Hijo del Pirata Morgan vs Hijo del Alebrije, Texano Jr., Veneno
Gianni Valletta starts his stay in IWRG. Mas Lucha mentioned Sunday’s show will be the heavyweight title decider with Valletta and others.
The Crash announced the top half of the card for their 09/11 show
- Hijo del Vikingo vs Taurus vs Andrade vs Fenix
- Laredo Kid vs Danny Limelight
- NGD vs La Rebelion (Bestia 666, Rey Horus, Mecha Wolf)
I’m going to pour some cold water over the main event: The Crash still doesn’t seem to be recording their shows, we’ll be watching these from handhelds at best, and those AEW guys are going to be coming off a busy week so who knows what they’ll get from them. It still sounds fun. There’s been no mention of this being an Aztec Underground since the initial announcement.
Fightful reported Rush has trademarked Dralistico in the US. Pro Wrestling Revolucion is also listed on the trademark, so they must also be involved. The ex-Mistico II still hasn’t turned up with that name but everyone assumes it’s for him.
Damian 666 says he’s working with the NWA, The Crash, and XPW. The NWA taped TV episodes on Monday and Tuesday, so Damian probably wrestled there by the time you’ve read this. (I haven’t looked up NWA spoilers.) XPW is an infamous California indie attempting a relaunch.
Francisco Aguilar Montoya, who wrestled in Baja California as Caballo Loco & Brujo Loco, passed away on Sunday according to Sunday
Mas Lucha has the new episode of their En+Carados.
SuperLuchas says Martha Villalobos has is out of danger with COVID-19 and out of the hospital.
La Silla Rota visits Veracruz’s Coliseo Fraternidad to see how it’s handling the pandemic. The ticket sales are so low that no one’s getting paid, what money they make is being used to maintain the building.
LuchaWorld has the latest Lucha Report and this week’s Poster-Mania.
SuperLuchas has a good story on how a Cien Caras mask ended up in a WWF music video.
Shocking news, as promoter/luchador Cholo de Tijuana reveals he was actually born in Acapulco.
Mascara 2000 and his son have started a YouTube channel. It’s more interviews than singing.