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CMLL (SUN) 08/21 Arena Coliseo Results [ova]
1) Los Rayos Tapatios I & II b Polvora & Vaquero
2) Molotov, Neutron, Danger b Guerrero del Futuro, Zayco, Artillero
3) Brazo de Oro Maximo, Virus, Chamaco Valaguez Jr. b Mr. Mexico, Nitro, Hooligan
4a) Negro Casas & Heavy Metal Felino b Lizmark Sr. & Lizmark Jr. Safari in a semifinal of a tag team tournament
Let’s hope he had to leave early to go to Japan or something, and isn’t back to randomly no-showing his way out of the promotion. No explanation on either missing guy.
4b) Ultimo Guerrero & Hijo de Pierroth b Dos Caras Jr. & Black Warrior in a semifinal of a tag team tournament
4c) Negro Casas & Heavy Metal b Ultimo Guerrero & Hijo de Pierroth in the final of a tag team tournament
5) Rayo de Jalisco CO Tarzan Boy
Tarzan couldn’t beat the 20 count back in after a tope. Ovaciones makes it sound like the fans were on Tarzan’s side.

IWRG (SUN) 08/21 Arena Naucalpan Results [ova]
1) Mini Batman & Mini Orito b Mini Killer & Mini Cadaver
MINI BATMAN!
2) Black Jaguar, Macho II, Rey Estruendo b Kid Tiger, Aquiles Galactic, Freesbe
3) Star BOY, Marco Rivera, Rey de Corazones b Dr. Cerebro, Enfermero Jr., Mega Fantasma de la Opera
4) Avisman ?? Suicida
Ovaciones says the match was “wild and bloody” but neglects to name a winner. No contest, perhaps?
5) Scorpio Jr., Pantera, Dr. Cerebro b Batman, Fantasma Jr., Matrix

AAA (FRI) 08/19 Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo, Puebla TV Taping Results [KrisZ]
1) Angel, Cinthia Moreno, Sexy Piscis, Mascarita Sagrada b Picudo, Diabolica, May Flowers, Jerrio Estrada
2) Oriental, Histeria, Estrella Dorado Jr. Jr. DQ Psicsois, Hator, Zumbido
Cibernetico attacked new Guapo Dorado Jr, and Shoicker made the save.
3) Charly Manson b el Zorro [UWA LH, Mexico HEAVY]
Charly gets both belts.
4) Luzbel, Octagon, Tinieblas Jr. b Alliens, Pirata Morgan, Fuerza Guerrera
This match will surely appear on GALA the week I’m expecting a really good CMLL match.
5) Cibernetico b La Parka II & Shocker [3]
run-ins. The best part of wrestling Mexican lucha libre boards the last few days are the fans upset that the commission stepped into to stop Pierroth from bringing 15 people to ringside, but they don’t ever step in on AAA shows when things happen.

Ocatgoncito retained his mask and Mini Psicosis lost his hair, in at least one of those hair matches.

A new promotion called MSG will be running a Villano III tribute show on 09/03, with a tag team tournament and a cibernetico.

CMLL (MON) 08/22 Arena Puebla Lineup [o'campo]
1) Iron & Blue Center vs Black Master & Fuerza Tiger
2) Leono, Asturiano, Zigma vs Ramstein, Fuerza Chicana, Ares
3) Crazy Boy, Tigre Rojo, Centella de Oro vs Toro Irison, Furia Chicana, Tarahumara
4) La Mascara, Maximo, Mascara Sagrada vs Averno, Mephisto, Okumura
5) Mistico, Dr. Wagner Jr., Negro Casas vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Tarzan Boy, Rey Bucanero

CMLL (TUE) 08/23 Arena Coliseo Lineup [o'campo]
1) Bracito de Oro & Fantasy vs Fire & Sombrita
2) Tigre Blanco, Tigre Metalico, Kronos vs Ramstein, Super Comando, Artillero
3) Maximo, Virus, Texano Jr. vs Nitro, Dr. X, Hooligan
4) Brazo de Plata, Lizmark, Felino vs Black Tiger, Hijo de Pierroth, Okumura
5) Heavy Metal, Blue Panther, Black Warrior vs Pierroth, Rey Bucanero, Olimpico

Elsewhere on Tuesday
- Guadlajara has Satancio vs Emilio Charles as the semifinal, and Atlantis, Misterioso and Volador versus Arkangel, Sangre Azteca and Toxico in the main. I assume those are the juniors, but…
- Misterioso II is scheduled to be in the semifinal in Queretaro, teaming with La Mascara against the tag team champions, Averno & Mephisto. So either Misterioso is double booked (wouldn’t be new) or maybe Sr.’s working? Main here is Dr. Wagner Jr. teaming up with Lizmark Jr. to take on Hijo del Perro Aguayo and Ultimo Guerrero. That’s a pretty great match if Lizmark no-shows and they call someone up.
- Pachuca gets Rayo Jr. and Dos Jr. agaqinst Universo 2000 & MascaraY2K. That’s drawing the short straw. Tapatios meet Mesala and Caligula in the semifinal.

CMLL (THU) 08/25 Arena Neza [boxylucha]
1) Zetta & Valiente vs Polvora & Super Comando
2) Felino, La Mascara, Volador vs Averno, Mephisto, Dr. X
3) Hijo del Santo & Mistico vs Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero

IWRG (THU) 08/25 Arena Naucalpan Lineup [o'campo]
1) Super Colt & Black Kaguar vs Ultra Mega & Rey de Corazones
2) Kung Fu Jr., Avisman, Super Siesar vs Pirata Morgan Jr., Nemesis, Kaleth
3) Dr. Cerebro & Cerebro Negro vs Suicida & Virus [IWRG TAG]
4) Pierroth Dynasty (Pierroth, Hijo de Pierroth, Pierroth Jr., Pierroth II) vs Corporation (Black Tiger, Scorpio Jr., Pentagon Black, Pantera)

CMLL (FRI) 08/26 Arena Mexico Lineup [o'campo]
1) Sombra de Plata & Zetta vs Flecha & Vaquero
2) Sagrado, Safari, Pantera vs Mr. Mexico, Arkangel, Sangre Azteca
3) Brazo de Plata, Negro Casas, Ultimo Dragon vs Okumura, Taguchi, Ohara
The guess is Ohara is a Toryumon X’s Hajime Ohara
4) Satancio, MascaraY2K, Universo 2000 vs Perros del Mal (Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Hector Garza, Tarzan Boy)
5) Hijo del Santo, Mistico, Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero, Averno, Mephisto
No Groon for some reason – injury? Not that I’m complaining. Gotta figure they’re setting up a tag team title match out of this, because they’ve pushing the Mistico/Wagner tag team for a while.

In Tijuana, Konnan teams with Octagon and Alan Stone against Zumbido, Rey Misterio Sr. and Fuerza Guerrera.

CMLL (SUN) 08/28 Arena Coliseo Lineup [o'campo]
1) Rayo Tapatios vs Jeque & Polvora
2) StarMAN & Danger vs Mogur & Guerrero del Futuro
3) Misterioso II, Brazo de Oro, Tony Rivera vs Nitro, Apocalipsis, Hooligan
4) Black Warrior, Lizmark, Felino vs Emilio Charles Jr., Hijo de Pierroth, Sangre Azteca
5) Heavy Metal, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Negro Casas vs Universo 2000, MascaraY2K, Olimpico

CMLL (SUN) 08/28 Arena Guadalajara Lineup [o'campo]
1) Tunder Boy vs Furia Nazi
2) Golden & Celestial vs Guero Loco & Frayle de la Muerte
3) Flash I & Flash II vs Irlandes & Magnum
I see they’re giving away upcoming spoilers away in Guadlajara.
4) Safari, Sagrado, Texano Jr. vs Averno, Mephisto, Cien Caras Jr.
5) Atlantis & Blue Panther vs Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Bucanero

IWRG (SUN) 08/28 Arena Naucalpan Lineup [o'campo]
1) ???
2) ???
3) Kung Fu Jr., Fantasma Jr. Avisman vs Cyborg, Black Jaguar, Xibalba
4) Strippers (Star BOY, Marco Rivera, Sexy Man) vs Scorpio Jr. Enfermero Jr., Dr. Cerebro
The lamely named ‘Sexy Man’ replaced Fabian el Gitano in the group (who became Metro a while ago.)
5) Revolutionary (Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Felino) vs Corporation (Black Tiger, Pantera, Black Pentagon)

TORYUMON-MEX (SUN) 08/28 Arena Mexico Lineup [dgusa]
apologies if I butcher names
1) Kazuchika Okada vs Guillermo Akiba
2) Kanjyouro Matsuyama, Astro Boy vs Banana Senga, Passion Hasegawa
Astro Boy is of course Mistico’s old gimmick, so this is definitely a “huh” situation. Maybe they want to make sure the first time ‘Mistico’ works for a Japanesse company, it’s actually in Japan?
3) Lady Apache & Marcela vs Dark Angel & Amapola
I, for one, am disappointed we don’t get Nidia and Gail Kim here.
4) Negro Navarro & Black Thunder vs Volador Jr. & Turbo
5) Hajime Ohara vs Chuucichiro Arai vs Satanico [3]
6) Okumura & Taguchi vs Hijo del Fantasma & Maximo
7) Ultimo Dragon, Mil Mascaras, Dos Caras Jr. vs Hiromi Horiguchi, Universo 2000, Ultimo Guerrero
This is a great match, but only if you always wanted to know how many people Ultimo can work for in one match.

Not much news from Ovaciones that isn’t old.

Apparently, Blue Demon’s cracking down on those illegally selling his mask – he took all unauthorized masks he found in front of Arena Mexico this week (more than 100) and apparently warned them not to continue.

Shocker’s going to include tecnicos and rudos in his Guapo U. Some suggested names include Antifaz, Zumbido, and Alan Stone. Alan Stone in Guapo U? What a crazy idea!

CMLL.com says Ultimo Guerrero is going to start helping training all the lower card guys – I think he was working with the guys who were in his group previously. They’re really high on the Perro, Mistico, and Wagner team, so it might happen again.

Looks like the scheduled episode is airing on GALA.

CMLL (FRI) 08/19 Arena Mexico “Noche de Perros” Results [ova]
“Near 16000 fans”
1) Sangre Azteca & Nitro b Tigre Blanco & Tigre Metalico
2) Hijo de Pierroth, Taguchi, Okumura b Maximo, Safari, Volador Jr.
3) Negro Casas, Felino, Heavy Metal DQ Rey Bucanero, Averno, Mephisto
4) LA Park, Dos Caras Jr., Ultimo Dragon b Damian 666, Halloween, Tarzan Boy
5) Dr. Wagner Jr., Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Mistico b Atlantis, Ultimo Guerrero, Universo 2000
They played this straight; Perro was a tecnico, not fighting his allies, and Atlantis worked rudo. Perro pinned Universo clean with the Aguayo Double Stomp.
6) Hector Garza b Pierroth [hair/hair]
The whole PdM group (excluding Blue Demon Jr.) showed up with Hector, and “more than 15″ Pierroths had their man’s back. The commission stepped in and only allowed one corner person per side; Aguayo and Hijo del Pierroth (which appears to still be Salsero). Hector took the first fall easily, but ended up diving onto Perro in the second fall because of some Pierroth maneuvering – they worked together to take the fall. Hijo was kicked out after the fall, but La Nazi took his place. She hit Hector, which wasn’t enough to hurt him but enough to distract him. Pierroth has the visual pin, but the ref was still caught up with La Nazi, and Perro turned it around. The ref turned to see Hector on top, and counted the pinfall.

Mora (THU) 08/18 Arena Publea Results [KrisZ]
1) Mr. Rafaga b King Jaguar
2) Gallo Tapado Jr. & Kung Fu Jr. b Blackman Jr. & Black Panther
3) Matematico & Ultraman b Negro Navarro & El Signo
4) Blue Demon Jr. & Scorpio Jr. b Rayo de Jalisco III & Lizmark
Scorpio low blowed Rayo III
5) Perro Aguayo Jr. & Ultimo Guerrere DQ Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas [WWA TAG TEAM]
I probably shouldn’t count these belts if I can’t get a consistent champion for them.

PAR (SUN) 08/14 Arena Solidaridad Results [Halcon]
1) Black Soul, Titanik b Juvetud 2000, Sangre de Leon
2) Corazon Adicto I & Super Boy b Venum & Imageni
2) El Vikingo, Okumura, Taguchi b Gitano & Caifanes I & II
3) Diluvio Negro I b Blue Panther
Panther had Diluvio submitting to the fujiwara, but the ref saw neither it, nor Negro’s low blow.
4) Mongol Chino, Head Hunters I & II DQ Centurion Negro, Gato Volador, Silver Star
sounds like Centurion, returning to the arena after being a rudo in his last stint, lasted tecnico for 2/3rds of this match. He low blowed the rudos to lose the match for his team and attacked his partners post match.
5) Hijo de Cien Caras, Cien Caras Jr., Super Parka, Diluvio Negro III b LA Park, Tony Rivera, Corazon de Barrio, La Sombra

(SUN) 08/14 Arena Queretaro Results [Halcon]
1) Rey Centella b Invasor
2) Bulldog Quintero b Cometa Negro
The recap says Quintero is the trainer of the group.
3) El Rojo & Azteca Imperial b El Lince, Hombre sin Rostro
4) Ursus b El Toro
Both were champions of their towns; Ursus ended up with both belts.
5) Super Muneco, Principe Valiente Jr., Zain vs el Hijo del Diablo, Shu el Guerrero, Black Terry

(SAT) 08/13 Arena Santa Rosa, Apodaca, Nuevo Leon Results [Halcon]
La Mascara was supposed to be o this show, but was hurt.
1) Mr. Fuego b Aracnido
2) Lucha Mercurio & Venum b Titanik & Zulu
3) Aurora, Diana La Cazadora, Dark Angel b Luna Magica, La Bruja, Princesa Sugeith
4) Sky, Turbia, Chucho Mar Jr. b Mongo Chino, Caifanes I & II
5) Diluvio Negro I, Llamarada, Ares b Talisman Jr., Tigre Universitario, Silver Star
Negro had his feet on the ropes for the winning pin.

Hector Garza. That’s a surprise to me.

Had this done, had a power outage. Thrilling. Let’s see if I can the news about the hair match up before the hair match takes place.

the Big Story is CMLL.com announcing NJPW’s Shinsuke Nakamura and Hiroshi Tanahashi would work shows for CMLL from 08/29 for a month (maybe thru the 09/23 Arena Mexico show?) As always, I have bare minimum expectations for this situation being taken advantage to the fullest, though I guess they’ve done generally well with NJPW deals: Takemura was really fun in his stint (and should come back!), they stumbled into awesomeness by getting the Havana Brothers from the NJPW-LA branch, and we had The Best Giant Singh versus Giant Silva Match Possible that one time. (We’re lacking on great Taguchi memories at the moment. Any memories – but then I’m way behind on TV.) So maybe? The only thing you can be sure is between the ladies matches and the matches that will focus on these two (hopefully including matches versus Ultimo and Rey and Averno and Mephisto – or maybe they can battle Los Dos Tigres for the mystical Arena Coliseo Tag Team Titles, that’d be fine) is other people are going to be squeezed out for a while.

I guess Nakamura wasn’t kidding when he said he wanted to win the Mexican G1 – he sure is going to be disappointed when he finds out he missed it by a month. Or maybe he didn’t! Those guys are heading to NJPW are going from the 29th to the 12th, so that leads a little time where they’ll be around at the same time as the NJPW guys, and maybe we can do the G1 over again.

Yesterday, Halloween and Damian talked to Ovaciones, promising to retaliate with re-enforcements if Pierroth brings them again this week. Not much else of note.

Pierroth’s interview today was a bit more newsworthy.
- He plans on two more members for his group. The article omits Pierroth II, so I presume he’s one of them.
- He’s not sure if he’ll wrestle for 25 years (which would be 4 more) or till he’s 50 (which would be 3.) You’re stuck with him for a while at any rate.
- He’s dedicating tonight’s win to all his fans in Mexico.

CMLL (TUE) 08/15 Pachua, Hidalgo Results [ova]
1) Lalo Guerrea & Krypton ?? Concord & Tiger Man
2) Titan & Mensajero de la Muerte b Braulio Flores & The Medic’s III
3) Maximo & Tigre Metalico DRAW La Mascara & Neutron
No specifics on the circumstances of the draw. They set up a Tigre/Mascara MEX Welterweight match here.
4) Pierroth, Pierroth Jr., Hijo de Pierroth b Brazos (Plata, Oro, Platino)

elhalconnet #32 is up.
- Part 2 of the Dos Caras (Sr.) interview. There’s this long answer where he talks about CMLL and AAA and Konnan that I can’t make heads or tails of – I think it’s the translation, and I think it’s a “old timers aren’t respected enough by these kids!” speech, but I’m not sure.
- Interview with Nitro, which is great, because I was actually wondering about Nitro this week.
- Even more improbable is a one page interview with La Flecha.
- Results from Arena Mexico, LLF, Solidridad, Queretaro, and Apodaca, which I may repeat here when my food isn’t getting cold.
- the 1 2 3 Fuego notes says the Mistico/Aguayo mask/hair match is only a rumor. KrisZ is never wrong, I will not go against him.

Hair match results when I see ‘em.

G-1 World.com

Somewhere, deep in there, it all makes sense.

CMLL (MON) 08/15 Arena Puebla Results [KrisZ]
1) Blue Center & Iron b Espiritu Maligno & Fuerza Tiger
2) Crazy Boy, Lestat, the Tiger b Arkangel, Bobby Jack, Toro Bill Jr.
3) Dark Angel, Amapola, La Nazi b Princesa Sujei, Marcela, Sahori
4) Pierroth, Okumura, Taguchi b Brazo de Plata, Maximo, La Mascara
5) GdI (Rey, Ultimo, Tarzan) b Mistico, Negro Casas, Heavy Metal La Mascara
Tough night for La Mascara.

CMLL (TUE) 08/16 Arena Coliseo Results [o'campo]
1) Bam Bam & Shockercito b Mini Violencia & Sombrita
2) Leono, StarMAN, Valiente b Jeque, Mesala, Caligula
3) Virus, Kronos, Metro b Dr. X, Hooligan, Arkangel
4) Emilio Charles Jr., Okumura, Taguchi b Lizmark Sr., Sagrado, Safari
Ovaciones said the match was “slow”
5) Mascara Sagrada, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Blue Panther DQ Tarzan Boy, Universo 2000, Mascara Ano 2000
Tarzan pulled Rayo’s mask in the first fall and got caught, and Rayo pulled his own mask and threw it to Tarzan, who got caught again in the second fall. They meet in a singles match on Sunday.

CMLL will be running Gabriel Ramos Millan gym in Tolcua on 09/10, with two lucha matches, and also one greco-roman and one freestyle amateur match. They’re trying to drum up interest in the amateur style.

It’s Canek, not Canek Jr. who’s headlining IWRG this Thursday. The Mr. Person is most likely the new Pierroth II. I feel like I should start call the old one Pierroth Classic or Pierroth Original to keep this straight.

Avisman beat Gigolo Americano on Sunday for his hair. Avisman’s on a bit of a roll lately.

On Sunday, el Hijo del Santo puts his mask up in a six way cage stakes match (Diluvio Negro, Vikingo, Silver Star, Centurion Negro, Gato Volador) for Arena Solidarida’s 14th anniversary show.

CMLL (TUE) 08/15 Pachucha, Hidalgo Lineup [ova]
1) Lalo Guerrea & Krypton vs Concord & Tiger Man
2) Titan & Mensajero de la Muerte vs Braulio Flores & The Medic’s III
3) Maximo & Tigre Metalico vs La Mascara & Neutron
4) Brazos (Plata, Oro, Platino) vs Pierroth, Pierroth Jr., Hijo de Pierroth

Lizmark Jr. and Texano Jr. are scheduled to be in Japan from 09/01 to 09/12 for winning the G1. Which is just a normal tour which seems to have nothing to do with the G1 but whatever.

The pre-show opener from Sunday’s Coliseo show was Bacteria & Black Blade b el Jabali & Comando Mega in a one fall match of Tony Salazar trainees. I’m thinking “pre-show opener CMLL” should be considered the same as “first two matches IWRG” as far as names and gimmicks sticking; anyone they like is going to be repackaged probably.

Danger, listed as debuting next Saturday, is also a Tony Salazar trainee.

Pics of Troll and India Sioux have been added to the database. Halcon.net did a poster of the “New Generation” guys featured on the AAA undercard at their last taping; do we want a Baby Rap picture?