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CMLL (WED) 11/02 Arena Xalapa Results [halcon]
1) Aguila de Plata & Trueno b GMC & Farzas Boy
2) Angel de Futuro & Neutron b Shot Killer & Lasserman
3) Amapola & La Nazi b Sahora & India Sioux Marcela
4) Tigre King, Samuray, Jaguar b Cabellero negro Jr., Perro Mocho, Perro Mocho Jr.
5) Terrible Black Bul, Eslabon, Scorpio Jr. b Villano III, Negro Casas, Caballero Ninja
Bloody match. Villano III and Bestia challenged each other to a No DQ match next week.
6) Dr. Wagner Jr. & Mistico b Atlantis & Ultimo Guerrero
Third fall finished with the “everyone pulls someone else’s mask” finish for a DDQ, but this time, they added a forth fall with the tecnicos winning.

CMLL (FRI) 11/04 Arena Mexico Lineup [cmll]
1) Virus, Stuka Jr., Chamaco Valaguez Jr. vs Arkangel, Hooligan, Apocalipsis
2) Blue Panther, Satanico, La Mascara vs Mr. Aguila, Jado, Misterioso II
Ovaciones notes how Misterioso is floating between sides.
3) Mistico, Ultimo Dragon, Maximo, Sagrado, Atlantis, Mephisto, Hijo de Pierroth, Gedo [LdP Block B]
4) Universo 2000, Ultimo Guerrero, Pierroth vs Hijo del Perro Aguayuo, Damian 666, Halloween
5) Santo, Dos Caras Jr., Hijo de Lizmark vs Canek, Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy

This Leyenda de Plata block really just has two people who can win it, and six people who just want to look good before they go out. I believe they don’t want to do Santo vs Mistico yet (and I agree with that), so it’s gotta be Atlantis going over.

Unless dates have since been added, next week is the last week Santo’s due in.

I think we’re heading towards a Cage of Death on the year end show. The feuds are all group versus group, and I can’t think of a more likely option. (I can think of better options, but I don’t think we’re getting them.)

Mephisto will put up his CMLL Welterweight Championship versus Heavy Metal on Tuesday in Coliseo. Sounds like there will be a Negro/Felino vs GdA match on the undercard.

Arena Puebla’s Monday main event next week is Mistico, Wagner, Metal and Negro versus Mr. Aguila, Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, and Tarzan Boy. Tarzan actually might have to make a decision.

07/09 Lucha

Outside of the crazy Volador piledriver, this was really just the Shocker/Wagner match. I don’t know if it’s a MOTYC, but i do know it’s pretty fun.

If nothing else comes up, I plan on getting another recap done tommorow. One a week just keeps up the backload.

Quickly…

Saturday: West Coast feed has a delay. Unless we’re alternating between AAA and CMLL (possible), prepare for Ultimo Guerrero vs Dos Caras Jr. on back to back weeks.

Sunday: Normal times. Assuming they don’t skip this episode (should’ve aired last week, but nothing did), celebrate Sangre Azteca’s 2 match winning streak in NJPW with his Mexican Trios Championship win.

The update list by name is here.

Ovaciones is down. BOO.

CMLL (MON) 10/31 Tampico Results [box y lucha forum]
This was a charity show for the Red Cross
1) King Boy & Local Wrestler b TransMetal & Local Wrestler
2) Flash II & Shockercito b Sombrita & Extreme Boy
This was supposed to be Mascarita Sagrada & Tzuki vs Pierrothito & Espectrito
3) Brazo de Oro & Brazo de Platino b Jado & Gedo Masada & Nosawa
Crowd liked this match.
4) Universo 2000 & Mascara Ano 2000 b Rayo de Jalisco & Blue Demon Jr.

The link has pictures of the event as well, so if you ever wanted to know what costume Flash II is using, this is your chance.

Lucha Va Voom (SAT) 10/29 LA Results [So Cal Uncensored]
1) Los Galleneros b Mummy, Wolfman, Satan
2) Chilango b Durango Kid
3) Poubelles b Crybaby & Nikki Knockout
4) Mascarita Sagrada & Tzuki b Mini Psicosis & Espectrito
4) Mistico & Cassandro b Dr. Wagner Jr. & Blue Panther.

elHalconNet #43 is up
- 4 page review/pictures of TNA Bound For Glory. There was a bit in the Observer this week, about TNA trying to continue to book Samoa Joe versus International Stars for the next PPV (and maybe as a continuing thing.) They tried Ultimo Dragon and ROH/UK wrestler Nigel McGuiness, but neither were available at that time. Jeff Jarrett suggested Abismo Negro, but that idea was rejected. Too bad, because I never loved Jarrett more than suggesting Abismo vs Samoa. (They’re going in a different direction for the match instead.)
- Part two of the interview with O’Campo. When he saw Dark Angel for the first time, he knew she was the women who could start a Women’s Wrestling boom in Mexico. He passed around photos and a DVD of her while in Japan last December, and it eventually got to the AtoZ promoter, which is how she made it there – Ernesto wants it clear that it wasn’t CMLL or fans pretending to be her manager who got her this booking. Interviewer asks about any relationship between O’Campo and Dark Angel, and O’Campo says it’s the responsibility of a good lucha journalism to push for deserving people who aren’t getting enough attention, as he has with Super Crazy, Crazy Boy, and Ricky Marvin. He specifically takes credit for turning Damian’s image from a semi-comedic wrestler to a Extreme Icon by publicizing his FMW-style work in XLAW. O’Campo also basically says he highlighted her in magazines, because he felt the more she was seen, the more magazines she’s be worth next time she was on the cover, and there’s no other relationship going on.

(I disagree with all of this on so many levels, but I think it’s a bit of a snow job to begin with, so I don’t care much about voicing it.)

O’Campo doesn’t like Luchas 2000 (they fake the interviews, sometimes getting the wrestlers in trouble for their fake words), Box Y Lucha is okay but he no longer buys it, and Guerreros del Ring has no content. He brushes off ‘purists’ complaints that new guys aren’t as good as the old guys, because he’s gone back to articles from years ago, and read people complaining that these old guys weren’t as good as the older guys.
- Arena Mexico results
- Jeque interview. If you ever wanted a good picture of the Star of David on his mask, this is the interview for you. He says he worked under other names, but does not mention them. He was thinking about calling himself Rey Jeque, but figured it’d be redundant.
- Notes. AAA is headed to Honduras on 12/1 for a show. Atlantis is still wrestling tecnico in some places.
- Starman poster
- short El Hijo Santo bio
- Rankings! Danger, not rated anywhere before, is actually 8th in Lightweight, and 9th in Welterweight. How odd. Anyway, Mistico was wrestler of the month, and I’ll have more as soon as I figure out what I did last month.
- More people who lost their masks.

It’s already Thursday, so I’m gonna just push everything not-Ovaciones til later.

CMLL (TUE) 11/01 Arena Coliseo Results [ova]
1) (mini) Fantasy & Mini Shocker b Fire & Sombrita
2) Kronos, Leono, Trueno b Super Comando, Ramstein, Jeque
3) Marcela, Sahori, India Sioux b Amapola, Hiroka, La Nazi
4) Black Warrior, Lizmark, Felino b Olimpico, Canek Jr., Okumura
5) Tarzan Boy, Rey Bucanero, Averno b Mr. Niebla, Hijo de Lizmark, Dos Caras Jr
Tecnicos had the win in the third fall, but there was a ref bump, Rey fouled Dos, and Avenro got the pin. Niebla was warmly recieved in his return

Arena Neza is planning a major card to celebrate it’s 28th Anniversary of wrestling.

AAA (10/30) Arena Coliseo de Monterrery {TV} [KrisZ]
1) Dark Side & Chamaco Maravilla Jr. b Chica de Arabia & Rey Venus
2) Gran Apache, Rio Bravo, Tito Santana b Billy Boy, Laredo Kid, Principe Diamante
3) Medico, Monje Negro Jr., Vaquero Romo b Antifaz, Incognito, Pimpinela Escarlata
4) Electroshock, Intocable, Zorro b Charly Manson, Psicosis, Zumbido
Electro and Intocable’s return.
5) Pirata Morgan LOSES Sangre Chicana, Hator, Estrella Dorado Jr. [4, Cage of Death]
Intocable hit Pirata with a refrdgerator door and then Sangre low blowed Pirata. I dunno. I’m totally copying and shaking my head in confusion.
6) La Parka II & Vampiro b Abismo Negro & Konnan
Konnan accidentally low blowed Vampiro.

CMLL (MON) 10/31 Arena Puebla Results [box y lucha]
1) La Mafia & Ares El Guerrero b Kirvan & Lasser Man
2) SWAT & the Tiger b Tarahumara & Bobby Jack
3) Marcela & India Sioux b La Nazi & Amapola
4) Maximo, Sagrado, Texano Jr. b Hijo de Gran Markus, Furia Chicana, Maniacop
5) Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Black Warrior, El Hijo de Lizmark b PdM (Halloween, Mr. Aguila) and GdI (Rey & Ultimo)
Rudos turned on each other.
6) Atlantis b Dos Caras
Two falls, fast match, low blow in the final fall.

Got busy today when I typically work on this.

Ovaciones has the usual Arena Aficion (Pachuca) preview. The Volador/Misterioso/Mascara trio is nicknamed the Air Force, but the writer reminds us that last Misteroso and Mascara were in a main event here, they were on opposite sites of the ring as part of the Wagner/Atlantis feud.

The other article is an interview with Atlantis, previewing tonight’s Coliseo show and his win on Friday in the Leyenda de Plata. I’m just assuming he’s winning the whole tournament at that this point. Do you realize this means he’s going over Mistico this Friday (which would be his only second singles loss in Arena Mexico, if I’m recalling correct – probably not clean, but still, would you’ve bet on Atlantis doing it?), and Santo next Friday (no point in Santo winning). That’s heck of a lot of makeup for not winning Wagner’s mask.

Monday, Ultimo Guerrero, Olimpico and Mephisto signed autographs outside of Arena Mexico, in a charity deal for the Mexican victims of Hurricanes Wilma and Stan. Not I usually hear much about hurricanes which don’t hit the US, but there’s been so many of them this year, I don’t think I knew there even was a Hurricane Stan till this article.

Box Y Lucha has archived Mascara Sagrada chat on their site – watch out for the immediate sound. From what I read, there’s not too much you don’t know. He’s happy for Mascarita Sagrada making it in WWE (though it sure seems like it was only a one week thing.)

Super Lucha cover. Lovely blood. Didn’t realize they changed forums.

Rey, Tarzan and Olimpico are the scheduled video chatters this Thursday.

Watched the highlights from Friday. It’s Averno who’s stretchered out, due to Santo. Does look like Safari under the mask. It’s a weird way to debut anyone, and if his old partners Atlantis and Olimpico can turn heel without changing their gimmicks, I don’t know why Safari needs a new one.

I also remembered I taped Accion; highlights were of Santo/Casas (nothing you don’t see from the videos) and a clip of Vampiro/Zorro vs Shocker/Charly (I guess Shocker’s working lone wolf), with Hator running into to help his LLL partner and Shocker hitting Zorro with a chair when he maybe (and it’s a reach) wanted to get Charly or Hator.

They’re celebrating in the streets of Mexico City, for Sangre Azteca has won a match in New Japan!!! He beat Akiya Anazwa earlier today via a reverse armbar in 5:47. Starman lost on the show, which is actually an improvement from being left off the card as he has the last few shows.

CMLL (FRI) 10/28 Arena Mexico Results [cmll]
1) Bam Bam & Ultimo Dragoncito b Mini Violencia & Sombria
2) Sagrado, Virus, Metro b Dr. X, Mr. Mexico, Loco Max
3) Jado, Okumura, Loco Max b Heavy Metal, Felino, Maximo vs
4) Hijo del Santo won Block A of the 2005 Leyenda de Plata tournament. Order of Elimination:
- Hombre Sin Nombre
Thanks for coming.
- La Mascara by Jado
Stretchered out.
- Volador Jr.
- Misterioso II
- Jado
- Averno
- Negro Casas
Negro and Santo both were pinned when one applied a tapatia and leaned back, but the commission restarted the match so we’d have a winner. Santo got a camel clutch for the win. Atlantis is almost certainly winning this Friday.
5) Universo 2000, Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero DQ Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Hector Garza, Terrible
Damian and Halloween helped attack the other team. Two straight brawls for falls – Universo took the first with a surpirse small package on Perro, and rudos got DQed in the second. Universo, Ultimo and Rey were left laying. Looks as if they’ve set up the main feud to be GdA & Capos & Pierroth vs Perros. No idea on Tarzan.

CMLL (SUN) 10/30 Arena Coliseo Lineup [box y lucha]
1) Sombra de Plata & Rayo Tapatio I b Polvora & Vaquero
2) Flecha, Jeque, Guerrero del Futuro b Neutron, Kronos, Trueno
3) Virus, Brazo de Oro, Crazzy Boy b Mr. Mexico, Hooligan, Apocalipsis
Ovaciones liked the antics of Crazzy Boy
4) Olimpico, Averno, Mephisto b Lizmark, Felino, Safari
Ovaciones said the tecnico team made “many errors.”
5) Dos Caras Jr., Hijo de Lizmark, Black Warrior b Atlantis, Ultimo Guerrero, Halloween
As might be reasonable, Atlantis and Ultimo didn’t want to team with Halloween. The rudos managed to keep it together for a fall, but eventually it was Halloween who turned on the other two, helping the tecnicos win.

There was an interview with Crazzy Boy in Saturday’s Ovaciones. He’s been training with Satanico in hopes of being a more solid wrestler; trying to fit his style in CMLL’s context. He really hopes to get on an Arena Mexico card.

CMLL.com says the last Arena Mexico show of the year will either be 12/02 or 12/09, which is a week or two earlier than typical. They don’t hint as towards a main event (which means they probably don’t know), but I’m betting they shoot the angle on the 11/11 show either from the LdP final (probably Atlantis b Santo) or something elsewhere on the card.

They’re apparently running the Arkangel/Fantastik feud Ark alluded to last week on the Arena Neza shows. Wish we were still getting lineups or results from there.

Today’s Monday afternoon (2PM CSTish) Box Y Lucha chat is with Mascara Sagrada. I have nothing funny or interesting to say to him.

I feel like I’m forgetting something, but oh well.