CMLL
Diamond beat Stigma in Arena Puebla, setting up a title match there. I guess that’s their big Anniversary match.
CMLL (TUE) 07/12/2022 Arena México [CMLL, Estrellas del Ring, Kaiser Sports, The Gladiatores]
1) Dr. Karonte I & Dr. Karonte II b Bengala & Leono 
Leono replaced Retro late Monday
2) Enfermero Jr., Grako, Okumura b Astral, Robin, Sangre Imperial
Okumura replaced Disturbio late Monday
3) Amapola, Dark Silueta, Reyna Isis b La Seductora, Princesa Sugehit, Skadi
Seductora replaced Marcela, though she didn’t get along with her partners
4) Dark Panther, Dulce Gardenia, Panterita del Ring b Felino, Hijo del Villano III, Pólvora
5) Star Jr., Stuka Jr., Volador Jr. b Gran Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero
Tecnicos took 2/3
EDIT: Seductora replaced Marcela.
Marca’s stream was messed up for most of the first match and a bit of the second. Didn’t seem like anything too important happened, then or the rest of the show.
CMLL (TUE) 07/12/2022 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Arena Coliseo Guadalajara, Mas Lucha]
1) Johnny Dinamo, Micro, Último Ángel b Jabalí, Ponzoña Jr., Tigre Blanco
2) Crixus, Omar Brunetti, Vaquero Jr. b Bobby Black, Cris Skin, Javier Cruz Jr.
3) Audaz, Guerrero Maya Jr., Panterita del Ring Jr. b Difunto, Joker, Omega
4) Furia Roja & Guerrero de la Noche b Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno © [OCCIDENTE TAG]
title change
5) Averno, Mephisto, Zandokan Jr. b Esfinge, Fugaz, Star Black
Averno unmasked Fugaz and Zandokan Jr. fouled Esfinge. Sets up a MEX TAG defense.
Averno/Zandokan vs locals Esfinge/Fugaz actually makes sense for a big match locally. No results posted, skimmed through the video so might have missed a erplacement.
CMLL (FRI) 07/15/2022 Arena México
1) El Audaz, Flyer, Suicida vs Inquisidor, Okumura, Raider
2) Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Blue Panther vs Fuerza Guerrera, Stuka Jr., Templario
3) Niebla Roja © vs Bárbaro Cavernario [CMLL LH]
10th defense, first since October 31st, 2020.
4) Soberano Jr. vs Titán, Dragón Rojo Jr., Negro Casas, Rey Cometa, Magia Blanca, Hijo del Villano III, Panterita del Ring Jr. [Leyenda de Plata, torneo]
Hopefully Informa brings us news the Leyenda de Plata is a cibernetico, but assuming a single elimination tournament until told otherwise. CMLL often lists the name as some sort of depth chart, which isn’t great for Panterita del Ring Jr.’s odds.
Last week had the Averno/UG and Soberano/Templario challenges, this week should have Atlantis Jr./Stuka Jr. and Atlantis/Fuerza ones. (Commitment-phobe Fuerza should defintely go last for most drama.) I could see CMLL running a press conference as early as next Wednesday to announce the Gran Prix teams and the plans for the Anniversary show, though they could wait longer than that. Maybe 07/27 makes the most sense, they could promote this tournament final at the same time.
Niebla Roja/Barbaro Cavernario could be good. A title change is possible. Also possible is an instafeud to add more names to a cage match.
CMLL (SAT) 07/16/2022 Arena Coliseo
1) Acero, Aéreo, Último Dragóncito vs Angelito, Fantasy, Kaligua
2) Cachorro, Leono, Valiente Jr. vs Apocalipsis, Cholo, Inquisidor
3) Arkalis, Pegasso, Stigma vs Akuma, Dark Magic, Espanto Jr.
4) Guerrero Maya Jr., Panterita del Ring, Volcano vs Cancerbero, Kráneo, Luciferno
5) Soberano Jr., Titán, Volador Jr. vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Terrible
Just a show. Kraneo is one of the guys who appears exiled from the streaming shows.
CMLL (MON) 07/18/2022 Arena Puebla
Arena Puebla 69th Anniversary
1) Dr. Karonte I, Dr. Karonte II, Enfermero Jr. vs El Malayo, Rey Apocalipsis, Siki Osama
2) Dulce Gardenia, Espíritu Negro, Rey Cometa vs Arkalis, Guerrero Maya Jr., Pegasso
3) Stigma © vs Diamond [CMLL SL]
3rd defense
4) Fuerza Guerrera, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Terrible
5) Volador Jr. vs Soberano Jr.
Stigma winning the Super Light title gives the building a big match regularly. This looks like a good show that we probably won’t see.
CMLL Informa has the rudo minis (cibernetico on Sunday), Niebla Roja (title match) and Gran Guerrero (CMLL Pekes?)
Last week, Misterioso Jr. posted “I’m back“. Misterioso, as far as I can tell, isn’t back. He hasn’t wrestled in Arena Mexico since March, appearing once in Arena Coliseo Guadalajara, once in Auditorio de Tijuana and infrequently in home Torreon/Gomez Palacio shows. He didn’t pop up on the new cards this week. Misterioso is like a lot of lucha libre dads, just trying to to find bookings for his children, and his return to CMLL may be dependent on that project.
Former CMLL luchadora Mystique has opened an Onlyfans account. US wrestlers have done similar things. Her profile doesn’t mention what type of content she’ll be producing. She’s the most high profile Mexican wrestler to open an OnlyFans, though she’s back to not appearing around CMLL at the moment. She’s been selling gear, saying it’s to fund a dentistry business, her other line of work..
AAA
AAA and EstrellaTV announced AAA TripleMania will air on the US network on Friday at 6 pm. It’s a two hour show, and the preview lists Rayo/Demon, the weird trios match, and the Young Bucks vs Vikingo/Fenix. That could mean there’s two more episodes to come with the rest of the matches. No one’s really said. La Estrella (a small over the air Spanish language network) aired CMLL TV from about 2012 to 2015; I never got the sense anyone beyond me was watching those. TV viewership has only gone down since then and it’s hard to believe AAA’s going to pick up much of audience on them, but it’s easy money if they’re getting paid for this and they get to add “We’re on US TV” on their press releases.
The Chik Tormenta/Lady Flammer mask match, promoted as giving the women a bigger spotlight, was cut down from 13 minutes to 3 minutes on the version that AAA put up on their YouTube channel. I’m willing to believe it’s a video error because that full episode is 10 minutes shorter than any other AAA episode. But it’s sat there for a week and half and no one’s fixed it, so it’s not important.
AAA seems like they also missed uploading a part of that TripleMania show; the two mask tournament matches and the main event didn’t make it up, though they did reair on Space.
IWRG
IWRG (THU) 07/14/2022 Arena Naucalpan
1) Sol & X-Devil vs Astaroth & Súper Boy
2) Jhon Tito & Spider Fly vs Gallero & Wagner Kid
3) Aster Boy, King Charro, Noisy Boy vs Fly Warrior, Shocko, Yorvak
4) Óscar El Hermoso & Yuriko vs Mary Caporal & Satania and Bengalee & Keyra and Paymon & Zoy Raymunda
5) Dick Angelo 3G & Legendario vs Abismo Negro Jr. & Toxin [super libre]
Main event continues the Jacuan/Vipers feud, semi-main is everyone in La Jaula de la Locas cage match.
IWRG (SUN) 07/17/2022 Arena Naucalpan
La Jaula de las Locas 2022
1) Baby Star vs Rey Halcón
2) Noisy Boy, Sol, Spider Fly vs Cerebro Negro Jr., Gallero, Tom Fulton
3) Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro vs Gran Pandemónium, Hijo de Pandemónium, Pandemónium Jr. © [EdM Trios]
5th defense
4) Toxin © vs Puma de Oro [IWRG MEXICO]
9th defense
5) Galeno del Mal & Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Dick Angelo 3G & Legendario and Fly Warrior & Fulgor
6) Jessy Ventura vs Diva Salvaje, Paymon, Soy Raymunda, Mary Caporal, Satania, Bengalee, Keyra, Óscar El Hermoso, Yuriko, ? [cage, hair, mask]
A Mas Lucha premium show. Satania & Bengalee, who’s feud stretches back eons at this point, are late additions to the cage match. A mystery person in an apuesta cage match is never a good idea. The undercard could be better. Tom Fulton is another foreigner (Scotland) who’s been wrestling around Mexico of late, though his Facebook indicates he picked up a (hopefully) minor knee injury in the last day or so.
Other News
LuchaWorld has this week’s Poster-Mania and this week’s Lucha Report.
Big Lucha announced the wrestlers for the July 29th Block A of the tournament
- Flamita
- Emperador Azteca
- Cometa Maya
- a wrestler from Big Lucha World TBD
- Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr.
- Texano
- Super Nova
- Rey Horus
Half regulars, half outsiders. Flamita still seems likely, but any of the outsiders could be reasonable choices. It’s important to remember that the winner of this tournament just gets fed into another tournament on 09/16, it’s not the CMLL style block winner versus the other block winner.
GCW announced Black Taurus for their 07/29 show. Bandido was already announced, and I’d assume Laredo Kid will also work this show as a part of the weekend swing with the GCW show. “I feel iffy about buying the Ric Flair show but the GCW show with nearly the same Mexican crew seems safe” is a extremely not sane to type but I did it because I wanted to see how it looked.
Gallo and Rayman are announced for a mask match on 10/01 in Arena GDL. Those two have feuded for locally forever (2017), even doing a hair match between masked wrestlers last year won by Rayman. They’re also two guys not eager to lose, so I’m waiting for another shoe to drop.