Titan keeps title from caveman, Negro Casas MIA, AAA US signing, TripleMania mystery

photo by Alexis Salazar/CMLL

CMLL (TUE) 07/29/2014 Arena México
1) Mercurio & Pierrothito b Aéreo & Stukita
2) Dark Angel, Goya Kong, Lluvia DQ Dalys, La Seductora, Tiffany
Straight falls for the tecnicas. Seductora was DQed for excessive violence on Dark Angel.
3) Kamaitachi, Okumura, Virus b Dragon Lee, Pegasso, Starman
Rudos took 2/3.
4) Boby Zavala, Rey Bucanero, Terrible b Ángel de Oro, Sagrado, Stuka Jr.
Rudos took 2/3. Recap doesn’t emphasize any Sagrado/Angel de Oro issues.
5) Marco Corleone, Máscara Dorada, Super Porky b Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Niebla Roja
Tecnicos took 1/3.
6) Titán © b Cavernario [MEX WELTER]
Titan’s fifth defense. Cavernario won the first with his splash to the floor, Titan took the second one with the aid of a moonsault, they traded holds in the third and Titan pinned Cavernario in the third.

Main event looks really good from the pictures. Looking forward to seeing that.

Kind of late in the day to do something with Seductora, but maybe actually winning would’ve been more helpful.

 

CMLL (TUE) 07/29/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) El Brillante & El Divino b Acertijo & Magnum
Tecnicos took 2/3
2) Canelo Casas & Infierno b Leo & Metatrón
Rudos took 2/3.
3) Princesa Blanca b Princesa Sugehit [lightning]
bumped down to tercera. Blanca won with a powerbomb.
4) Disturbio, Maléfico, Ráfaga b Fuego, Omar Brunetti, Tritón
Rudos took 1/3.
5) Felino, Puma, Tiger DQ Black Panther, Blue Panther, Cachorro
Panthers took 2/3, the last when Tiger fouled Blue Panther
6) Mr. Niebla, Rey Escorpión, Último Guerrero DQ La Máscara, La Sombra, Rush
Rey Escorpion replaced Negro Casas. Rudos took 2/3, UG tossing his mask to Rush to draw the DQ.

Negro Casas doesn’t miss many matches, but he’s missed his bookings in Puebla and Guadalajara now. (Whoever was running the Twitter for Guadalajara didn’t appear to know Negro Casas wasn’t there until Rey Escorpion walked out for the match, so the fans probably didn’t get an explanation either.) I assume Negro Casas is showing up as scheduled on Friday because he’s Negro Casas and no-showing would be pretty much unprecedented for him and for CMLL. Still, this is why you have a press department, to assure people that the main event they’re thinking about seeing is still happening.

CMLL really should address this today on CMLL Informa, but who knows. I’m struggling to figure out what they would do in the unlikely Negro Casas is hurt or otherwise unavailable. Does Mr. Niebla just lose mask with no build? Does Rey Escorpion? There is no good solution.

Reminder: Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for the TripleMania iPPV to get it at the discounted price. They haven’t said what the price will be later, but if you’re going to risk it anyway you might as well save a few dollars.

A second poster for TripleMania includes Myzteziz, Perro Aguayo Jr., Hijo del Fantasma, Cibernetico and the Grim Reaper (???), none of whom have announced matches for the show quite yet. The Grim Reaper is a mystery luchador we’re supposed to speculate about but I’m just going to assume it’s Loco Max. Taya, Faby and Fenix are on there too. They actually have matches.

(Just to be clear, one promotion is running a “surprise main eventer” angle, and one promotion is accidentally running a “surprise! our main eventer?” story. It’s tough to keep straight.)

Ricky Reyes – one of the Havana Brothers if you’ve got a long memory – said on Facebook that he’s signed a contract for the AAA/El Rey show. The plan all along has been to sign US indy guys to work with the AAA roster, Reyes is the first signing that’s public. Reyes also said the tapings were happening in September. Konnan was telling people it was happening in August as recently as a week ago. AAA themselves still have said nothing new about the show.

SegundaCaida reviews Místico, Negro Casas, Rey Bucanero vs Atlantis, Tarzan Boy, Último Guerrero. I’m not sure I would ever want to revisit the Rey Bucanero turn myself; it was so disappointing at the time.

ColiseoMania II hype video, with various Arena Coliseo Monterrey highlights. Or “highlights.” The show is on 09/21 and the only thing they’ve announced so far is No Konnan Big.

Lineups

indy (SAT) 08/02/2014 Arena Roberto Paz, Guadalajara, Jalisco
1) Crazy King vs Power Boy
2) Hipnosis, Principe Egipcio, Rey Neron vs El Soldado, Enviado, Olimpo
3) Adrenalina, IVan Drago, Psicotico vs Black Golden, Black Tod, Shiyru Dragon Jr.
4) Histeria III, Tronx, X-Fly vs Draego, Lacandon Jr, Mercurio
5) Chik Tormenta vs La Magnifica [NWG DIVAS]
6) Roberto Paz Jr. vs Pantera [NWG AZTECA]
7) Flamita © vs Makabre, Tony Rodriguez [DG BRAVE GATE]

Flamita’s back! Flamita’s probably defending this title without explicit approval. He’ll win, it’ll be okay. Flamita turns up in Arena Lopez Mateos the next day.

CMLL (TUE) 08/05/2014 Arena México
1) Bengala & Molotov vs Akuma & Cholo
2) Magnus, Sensei, Star Jr. vs Herodes Jr., Hijo del Signo, Nitro
3) Hombre Bala Jr., Starman, Súper Halcón Jr. vs Okumura, Sangre Azteca, Skándalo
4) Titán vs Cavernario [lightning]
5) Fuego, Rey Cometa, Tritón vs Boby Zavala, Kamaitachi, Misterioso Jr.
6) Ángel de Oro, Máximo, Super Porky vs Mr. Niebla, Shocker, Vangellys

Bringing back Titan and Cavernario for a lightning match a week later diminishes the work CMLL put into it last night. It’ll probably be a good match, Cavernario figures to get his win back and it may even have been designed as a way to promote the YouTube channel, but it’s not the best move for them. The idea of putting them in the main event last night was to promote Cavernario and Titan as top line stars having a big match. Throwing them in an inconsequential lightning match makes Tuesday night’s match seem not as big of a deal, putting them as the fourth match (especially given the rest of the card) makes them appear not to be stars. Again, it’s going to be a big match, but if they want to help those guys be stars, CMLL ought to swap them with Rey Cometa and Zavala and wait a few months before running the match again.

That main event tho’. That’s a “we run six shows a week and we can’t try on every single one so.” That’s not a strong TV main event. It’ll get over live so that’s good.

CMLL (TUE) 08/05/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) El Brillante vs El Acertijo
2) Marcela & Princesa Sugehit vs La Seductora & Princesa Blanca
3) Gallo, Omar Brunetti, Smaker vs Disturbio, Olímpico, Virus
4) Black Panther, Blue Panther, Cachorro vs Felino, Puma, Tiger
5) Diamante Azul, Marco Corleone, Volador Jr. vs Euforia, Rey Bucanero, Terrible
6) Rush vs Último Guerrero

Blanca being booked here says she’s not going to retire on Friday. So either she’s winning after all (and CMLL is insane for making this a tag feud) or she’s just not retiring yet. Probably the latter, though this is again is something CMLL Informa might want to talk about. Glad I can help book the chat show today.

The first time Rush versus Ultimo Guerrero happened, Ultimo Guerrero was obviously the better wrestler and Rush was not quite there yet. That was three years ago and a lot has changed. Ultimo Guerrero can be good when Rush is just hitting him very hard. I’m sure that’ll happen. I’m sure UG’s five moves of doom will also happen.