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That’s TERRIBLE.

Following up on the Halcon.net interviews:

In his interview, Tarzan says they cut the himself and other latino wrestlers to help afford the settlement with the Hart family after Owen’s death. He doesn’t remember his time with the WWF fondly, as he found them racist and anti-Mexican.

Tarzan says he’s not left GdI; it’s a four member group with Olimpico back from injury. Tarzan doesn’t understand why he’s not teaming up with the other two thirds of the CMLL Trios champions (Hector and Terrible) more often; he doesn’t understand the booking sometimes.

Tarzan’s traveled to Guatemala twice, and is already ruling the place (or at least Central American Champion.)

Tarzan is getting married tommorow, June 11th. Congrulations to him.

In Terrible’s bio, he says his greatest ambition is to cross everybody, which is outstanding.

This is why you should wait till the end of the week to set your VCR; when I checked GALA on Tuesday, they listed lucha for the normal times on both Saturday and Sunday. That changed on Wednesday.

Saturday: Most will get the show from 11 am to 1 pm EST; some west coasters will get it at the normal time. (Oddly, my Tivo is saying the show’s on at 11:30; regardless, the late night version is on at the normal time.) Show will at least have Vampiro’s first AAA match and the first Nicho/Psicosis match in AAA.

Sunday: No show listed.

Show are being bumped for U20 Soccer World Cup action. The tournament is scheduled to last until July 2nd, so I’d expect a couple more weeks of shifting.

I need to put together an Yet To Air AAA Tapings page soon; it’s much more a pain to figure out lineups when you don’t know when the following taping was.

IWRG’s Corporacion visited Ovaciones offices. Veneno promised to retain the IWRG middleweight title tonight, over Black Dragon. Cerebro Negro & Dr. Cerebro promise to defend the tag titles as soon as there’s a worthy team to challenge them. Black Pentagon, Black Tiger and Pantera are happy to overcome all the other teams and win the IC trios tournament. The group wants to challenge Los Payasos for their Mexican State Trios Championship, though they haven’t decided which three guys will form the team.

The leader of the group, and the only one without the belt, Scorpio Jr. wants a rematch with Heavy Metal to get the IWRG Heavyweight Championship back. He’s going to be celebrating his 20th anniversary of wrestling on August 30th, and would love to get the title back then.

LuchaInsider says Dr. Wagner and Canek want more than CMLL is willing to pay for a mask/mask match to headline the anniversary show. Instead, we may get a Perro Aguayo/Mistico hair/mask match.

I’m sick – sick enough to be confused about why I couldn’t understand Ovaciones today, only to realize I hadn’t translated it yet – so recaps are on hold for now.

CMLL (TUE) 06/07 Arena Coliseo Results [ova]
1) Shockercito & Bracito de Oro b Fire & Sombrita
2) StarMAN, Sombra de Plate, Valiente b Ramstein Hooligan, Koreano, Mogur
Guess he did get hurt.
3) Tony Rivera, Safari, Chris Stone DQ Dr. X, Sangre Azteca, Arkangel
Ovaciones admits they goofed, meant to say Antifaz where they wrote Safari. Good that they admitted it.
4) Super Porky, Lizmark Sr., Satanico b Hijo de Pierroth, Ryu Taguchi, Okumura
Ovaciones make a lot of Satanico going after Hijo de Pierroth’s mask here. It does seem about time for Satanico’s summer haircut.
5) Mistico, Dr. Wagner Jr., Lizmark Jr. b Ultimo Guerrero, Halloween, Damian 666

CMLL.com confirms it’s now a nine man cage match next Friday. That’s a lot of people in a small area.

Ovaciones worries Emilio’s no show on Sunday and non presence on this week’s cards means he’s jumping to AAA. I think we’re being a bit too hyper about this; Emilio’s missed shows and taken weeks off before. We’ll see. Anyway, when Volador Jr. replaced Emilio on Sunday, the rudos didn’t like it and beat him down.

Elektro’s been seen around the CMLL offices.

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CMLL (MON) 06/06 Arena Puebla Results [KrisZ]
1) Fuerza Chicana, Toro Bill Jr., Ares el Guerrero b Iron, Blue Center, Sol de Fuego
2) Virus, Tigre Rojo, the Tigre b Toro Irisson, Bobby Jack, Karisma
3) Mini Olimpico b Pierrothito [CMLL MINI]
4) Canek, Averno, Mephisto b Los Cojos (Rojo, Verde, Blanco)
5) Groon XXX, Dr. Wagner, Mistico b Los Pierroth

Nothing much besides tonight and Friday’s lineups in Ovaciones today. Proceeds from balcony tickets tommorow will go towards a new fire station.

KrisZ says Wagner retained the NWA LH title over MascaraY2K in Guadalajara on Sunday.

AAA (WED) 06/01 Auditorio Miguel Barragan, San Luis de Potosi Result {TV} [KrisZ]
1) Lover Boy, Rayo de Plata, Sexy Slazar ?? Black Maravilla, Centella Inca, Gavilan
2) Barrio Boys DQ Diabolicos (Angel Mortal, Mr. Condor, Gallego)
3) El Angel, Colorman, Televisa Deportes b Black Family (Cuervo, Escoria, Ozz)
4) Psi-Histeria b Psicosis and Nicho [3]
Histeria, taken full advantage of the ill-gotten contract, is now also wearing Psicosis gear. I wonder who Mini Psicosis sides with. But not much. Bloody match.
5) Intocable, Juvi, Zorro b Aguila, Charly Manson, Hator
Zorro wants a shot at Charly’s UWA LH title
6) Latin Lover, Octagon, La Parka Jr. b Chessman, Fuerza Guerrera, Pirata Morgan
7) Shocker b Vampiro & Chibernetico & Konnan [4, chain match]
Also bloody

IWRG (THU) 06/02 Arena Naucalpan Result [KrisZ]
1) Mr. Libra b Conde Negro
2) Rey de Corazones & Galactik b Carta Brava & Paramedico
3) Fantasma Jr., Ultra Mega, Avisman b Enfermero Jr., Macho II, Fantasma de la Opera
4) Corporacion (Black Tiger, Black Pentagon, Pantera) b Villanos (III, IV, V) [IWRG IC TRIOS]
Tiger, Pentagon and Pantera take the tournament. They’ll likely run a return match.
5) Revolucionarios (Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Felino) b Elektro, Scorpio, Veneno
Elektro joined the tecnico side.

CMLL (FRI) 06/03 Arena Mexico Result [O'Campo]
Attendence was up.
1) Ramstein & Jeque b Leono & Meteorix
2) Ricky Marvin, Misterioso II, Virus b Sangre Azteca, Okumura, Masada [revenge]
3) Damian 666, Halloween, Terrible b Universo 2000, Satanico, Mascara Magica
Halloween tombstoned Magica and got away with it for the win. Blue Demon Jr. helped his rudo allies.
4) Mistico, Heavy Metal, Negro Casas b Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Hector Garza, Tarzan Boy Pierroth
Seven minute match, which was still enough time for Mistico to get his mask ripped in the first and come out with a new one for the second. CMLL says Mistico has been added to the cage match.
5) Groon XXX, LA Park, Dr. Wagner DQ GdI (Ultimo, Rey, Olimpico)
The ex-Gronda wasn’t any better in the ring than normal, with Ernesto noting CMLL will have to be careful to not expose him.

CMLL (SUN) 06/05 Arena Coliseo Result [ova]
the Black Shadhow tribute is actually scheduled for 06/13
1) Vaquero & Cobalto b Zetta & Argos
2) Tigre Blanco, Tigre Metalico, Brazo de Plata Jr. b Hooligan, Ramstein, Guerrero del Futuro
Match was stopped early when Ramstein hurt his knee and could not continue
3) Brazo de Oro, Safari, Virus b Okumura, Ryu Taguchi, Mr. Mexico
Safari did wrestle, so chalk up his ‘jump’ being an Ovaciones mistake
4) Atlantis, Super Porky, Negro Casas b Pierroth, Emilio Volador, Terrible
Monito was with Super Porky
5) GdI (Ultimo, Rey, Olimpico) b LA Park, Rayo de Jalisco, Lizmark Jr.
Ultimo and Rey pulled an illegal switch near the end for a victory.

IWRG (SUN) 06/05 Arena Naucalpan Result [ova]
1) Rey Estruendo b Vampiro Metalico
2) Macho II & Fantasma de la Opera b Colt Master & Galactik
3) Avisman, StarMAN Star BOY, Fantasma Jr. DQ Gigolo Americano & Hermanos Muerte
4) Batman, Matrix, Kung Fu Jr. b Dr. Cerebro, Cyborg, Andy Barrow
5) LA Park, Mr. Niebla Villano V, Black Dragon b Canek, Black Pentagon, Pantera

CMLL (MON) 06/06 Arena Puebla Lineup [superlucha]
1) Iron, Blue Center, Sol de Fuego vs Fuerza Chicana, Toro Bill Jr., Ares el Guerrero
2) Virus, Tigre Rojo, the Tigre vs Toro Irisson, Bobby Jack, Karisma
3) Mini Olimpico vs Pierrothito [CMLL MINI]
4) Los Cojos (Rojo, Verde, Blanco) vs Canek, Averno, Mephisto
5) Groon XXX, Dr. Wagner, Mistico vs Los Pierroth

In Tijuana, Mistico and Santo face Perro and Garza for the WWA Tag Team Titles.

CMLL (TUE) 06/07 Arena Coliseo Lineup [superlucha]
1) Shockercito & Bracito de Oro vs Fire & Sombrita
2) StarMAN, Sombra de Plate, Valiente vs Ramstein, Koreano, Mogur
This is when we find out how hurt Ramstein is
3) Tony Rivera, Safari, Chris Stone vs Dr. X, Sangre Azteca, Arkangel
4) Super Porky, Lizmark Sr., Satanico vs Hijo de Pierroth, Ryu Taguchi, Okumura
5) Mistico, Dr. Wagner Jr., Lizmark Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero, Halloween, Damian 666

IWRG (THU) 06/09 Arena Naucalpan Result [superlucha]
1) tba
2) Galactik & Rey de Corazones vs Fantasma de la Opera & Macho II
3) Kung Fu Jr., Mega, Ultra Mega vs Oficiales (Cyborg, Xibalba, Polizon)
4) Veneno vs Black Dragon [IWRG MW]
5) Revolucionarios (Elektro, Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Felino) vs Corporacion (Black Tiger, Black Pentagon, Scorpio Jr., Pantera)

CMLL (FRI) 06/10 Arena Mexico Lineup [superplex]
1) Sombra de Plata & Zetta vs Super Comando & Artillero
2) Maximo & Texano Jr. vs Loco Max & Hooligan
3) Ricky Marvin, Volador Jr., Virus, Leono, Tigre Metalico, La Mascara, Alan Stone, Misterioso II, Tigre Blanco, Stuck [10, cibernetico, "Los Reyes Del Aire"]
superplex is under the impression no sides have been chosen yet. CMLL.com lists it differently
4) Groon XXX, Atlantis, Blue Panther vs Pierroth, Rey Bucanero, Olimpico
Pierroth versus Groon. What a match.
5) Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Universo 2000, Mascara Magica vs Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Hector Garza, Halloween, Damian
I’d think Magica would still be dead from the tombstone. CMLL doesn’t do 10 men non-cibernetico tags, but I’m still surprised they didn’t work Mistco and Blue Demon in here.

IND (SUN) 06/11 Plaza de Toros Caletilla, Acapulco Lineup [superlucha]
1) tba
2) Marcela & India Sioux vs Amapola & Lady Warrior
3) Villano III vs Rambo [hair]
4) Groon XXX, Atlantis, Mistico vs Terrible, Rey Bucanero, Pierroth
5) Dandy vs Heavy Metal [MEX LH]

CMLL (SUN) 06/11 Arena Coliseo Lineup [superlucha]
1) Rayo Tapatios I & II vs Flecha & Vaquero
2) Texano Jr., Chamaco Valaguez Jr., Chris Stone vs Nitro, Hooligan, Arkangel
3) Metro, Safari, Brazo de Oro vs Black Tigre, Rey Taguchi, Okumura
4) Lizmark Jr., Black Warrior, Sagrado vs Universo 2000, Mascara Ano 2000, Olimpico
5) Dr. Wagner Jr., Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Brazo de Plata Jr. vs Pierroth, Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero

IWRG (SUN) 06/12 Arena Naucalpan
1) tba
2) tba
3) Kung Fu Jr., Star BOY, Marco Rivera vs Kaleth, Nemesis, Pirata Morgan Jr.
4) Black Dragon, Matrix, Fantasma Jr. vs Pantera, Dr. Cerebro, ???
5) Elektro, Batman, Mr. Niebla vs Canek, Scorpio Jr., Pierroth

Lucha 2000 is scheduled to promote a show in Arena Neaucalpan on 07/30. No card has been announced.

Super Lucha features Mistico put his mask on the line.

What aired:

Charly Manson & Picudo vs Angel & Pegasso (04/01/05)
Espectro Jr./Polvo de Estrellas/Tiffany/Mini Abismo Negro vs El Brazo/Pimpinela/La Diabolica/Mascarita Sagrada (04/15/05)
Monsther/Chucky/Pirata Morgan/Tinieblas Jr. vs Alebrije/Cuije/Intocable/Hijo del Anibal (04/15/05)
Alien/Muerte Roja/Nicho vs Histeria/Juvi/Psicosis (04/01/05)

Promised for next week
Nicho vs Psicosis (04/15/05)
Ciberentico/Konnan/Abismo Negro vs Latin Lover/Vampiro/La Parka (04/15/05)

Busy today; longer update maybe late tonight

bullet point news.

- Mistico vs Perro Aguayo, mask vs hair, will now headline Jucio Final.

Perro’s been pulled from the Cage of Death match, with no replacement announced

- Gronda’s Arena Mexico debut drew over 12000 according to Ovaciones, though his wrestling was about what we expect from him in. He’s back two more times right now (and if that attendence is right, many times more.)

- Antifaz and Zumbido showed up on the AAA tapings. No sign of Zumbido. Histeria is now wearing a Psicosis outfit.

- Black Tiger, Pantera and Black Pentagon are your new IWRG IC Trios champions. Elektro’s gone tecnico.