AAA TV (MON) 08/17 Polideportivo la Huizachera, Tehuacan [AAA]
1) Rió Bravo, Tigre Cota, Tito Santana II b Argenis, Atomic Boy, Relampago
2) Alex Koslov & Jack Evans b Rocky Romero & Teddy Hart [Relevos Increíbles]
3) El Elegido & Gronda b Joe Lider & Nicho el Millionario
4) Billy Boy & Sexy Star b Aerostar & Fabi Apache [street]
5) Chessman & Cibernético b Charly Manson & Marco Corleone
6) Dr. Wagner Jr. NC El Mesías [bull terrier]
2009 AAA TV Chart
Projected Air Date (#902)
Mexico: 08/23
US: 09/12
There’s very likely something going on between AAA and Televisa. This past Friday and Saturday, AAA taped shows for Fox Sports. Sunday, AAA wasn’t on Televia, no explanation. Monday, AAA taped TV, and the Televisa announcers were not there.
There was a bit with Joaquin Roldan after the opener, where he was confused about the announcers not being there; he sent a car to pick them up, but they weren’t there. Konnan turned up instead, saying he now had a legal remedy to prevent Roldan from suspended him, so he’s back and the AAA/Legion war isn’t over. It sounds like Arturo Rivera was with him, so presumably they were the announce crew for the show. Arturo is believed to also be working for both Televisa and AAA directly, unlike the other announcers, so he’d be working here even if there were problems.
Both the CMLL and AAA Televisa shows are technically staffed by announcers appointed by Televisa, as if they were normal sports events. The promotions have some influence to block people unfavorable announcers, but they’ve always supposed to be independent from the promotion. I think it was last year when Arturo was accused of actually working for AAA and responded by claiming Leobrado Magadan was doing the same with CMLL, and Televisa would presumably have been upset if that was true. Maybe Televisa has changed it’s stance? It’d be the only way to explain why they’d be okay with Konnan doing the announcing, unless the car sent to pick up the announcers really did not find them.
There are pictures of the show on the recap, but they’re super tiny pictures blown up to be blurry. Maybe someone accidentally used the thumbnails? That, or a really bad camera phone.
Relampago appears to be the Sinola-based one who gets involved in angles every time they run around there. Since they didn’t do the announcing gimmick until after the opener, the match doesn’t sound like it’ll air.
Alex got the pin on Rocky with a superkick in the mixed partners match. This is probably a bit harsh, but those teams look like “guys AAA might get something out of” versus “guys AAA would not have a use for if they weren’t feuding with their old partners.” Which probably means they keep the feuds going and/or Rocky or Teddy wins the Cruiserweight championship on Friday.
Except: has anyone seen Extreme Tiger since he missed the last TV taping due to injury? Didn’t work this show, hasn’t worked any show I’ve got a result for since earlier this month. There were very few specifics on the injury. AAA still lists him as on Friday’s card, but I don’t know that I’d trust them.
Elegido & Gronda picked up a second tag win over the champs. Probably not winning a third. Probably still not good.
In a switch, everyone but Fabi Apache bleed in the street fight. They went all over the building, teased big falls, and Billy beat Aerostar near the stage.
Semimain turned into Charly/Chessman and Marco/Cibernetico. Charly was putting El Pozo on Chessman yet again, but Cibernetico broke it up and pinned Charly.
AAA recap says Wagner was booed and Mesias was cheered for the first time. They also told me it was 50/50 at TripleMania, so I dunno. Lots of teases of touching all six before Cibernetico attacked both to end the match with a non-finish.
Next taping is Friday, Verano de Escandalo. The lineup is finally on their website, but…
No Televisa announcers? Well, that changes everything. Sounds like a swerve though. Sounds like someone in AAA is playing off internet buzz of being pre-empted. No way Televisa and AAA can part ways. Angle. Shoot being worked into an angle?
I wonder if Galavision/Univision grieved the fact that AAA was airing on SUR with the support of Televisa(Televisa announcers are on that old footage)?
where the hell has X-Pac been?
@LLL: AAA doesn’t book for the internet! Konnan assured us of this.
@JB: Doing conventions, playing Pokemon. Alex Koslov is embellishing on TV, but he (and X-Pac’s responses) are pretty close to accurate about X-Pac’s situation.
I tend to believe lately that many many MANY of the character bits for midcarders, as seen on the AAA, are largely pretty close to the truth. Like Alex being upset that the revolution he was promised has not exactly come to be, and like Super Fly probably a little somewhat thinking he is the star of the Air Force and ticking off his friends with his ego (and that’s why his rudo turn is more like a fade out.)
I don’t know it’s true, but that does seem like the way things usually work.
“AAA/Legion war isn’t over” Ughh *sigh*, so the painful headache known as the AAA Legion Extranjera/Konnan appearing in every TV segment continues.:(
AAA just addressed the tv situation on their site, simply saying they will be back on this weekend. “Fuerza mayor”, is the reason they were not on this past weekend.
The people in charge of AAA should have known Koslov would be unhappy. The guy left his role of semi-main/main eventer for CMLL to join AAA on the promise that he would actually be given a fake gold title after a tournament of fake matches. Then they took his toy away after barely a few weeks. Doesn’t anyone in charge of AAA know how to deal with children?