Tijuana feuds, Atlantis & Azul keep their titles, Centella de Oro

Sep 16

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AAA MW (FRI) 09/14/2012 Auditorio de Tijuana [The Gladiatores]
1) Angelus & Eternus b Fantástico & Misionero De La Muerte
2) Falcon De Oro & Piloto Nuclear b Tornado Negro I & Tornado Negro II
firs match in years for Oro & Nuclear.
3) Juventud Guerrera NC TJ Boy [AAA CRUISER]
TJ Boy had Juvi pinned with a powerbomb when 8 men ran in wearing Blue Demon masks to attack both TJ Boy and their seconds (Tornado Negro & Extasis; unclear if Juvi is attacked) They revealed themselves to be Ursus, Jonathan, Tony Casanova, Viento, Zarco, Mr. Maldito, Angel Metalico and X-Torm (as leader). Psicosis, Border Patrol, Konnan and the remaining opening card guys ran in for the save, with Konnan promising to invade the Crash show in two weeks.
4) Hijo de Rey Misterio II b Cibernético and El Mesías and Silver King
Silver King pinned both Cibernetico and Mesias with help from Konnan an illegal kicks, Hijo de Rey Misterio beat Silver for the win. Mr. Tempest attacked Rey Misterio after the match to set up a mask match between them.
5) Máscara Año 2000 Jr. & Psicosis b Dr. Wagner Jr. & Joe Lider
Both Mascara and Psicosis started the mask matched, but Wagner took Mascara’s mask off in the second fall. Rudos took 1/3, Psicosis pinning Lider, Wagner pinning Mascara, and Psicosis using the stapler (with the ref not seeing) to beat Wagner.

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CMLL (SUN) 09/16/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, Kaiser Sports (1-5), Kaiser Sports (6)]
1) Akuma & Guerrero Negro Jr. b Oro Jr. & Robin
Akuma debuted and won with a valagueza, which runs in the family.
2) Fuego, Pegasso, Triton b Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus
tecnicos took 2/3, Fuego beatnig Virus.
3) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Super Porky b Black Warrior, Misterioso Jr., Olímpico
Tecnicos took 1/3. Warrior blatantly fouled Super Porky.
4) Tiger b Sagrado [lightning]
Tiger snuck in a cradle before pinning Sagrado in 5:10.
5) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Prince Devitt b Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión, Taichi
Tecnicos took 2/3. Dragon Rojo & Prince Devitt feuded, though were not involevd in the finish.
6) Atlantis & Diamante Azul b Felino & Mr. Niebla [CMLL TAG]
Atlantis & Diamante Azul are the champs and kept the belts by winning falls 2/3. The musical act for the night played the Atlantis’ music. In a post match interview, Atlantis pointed out that if he’s the “malo amigo” the Guerreros keep calling him, why is he a successful tag champion and they’re breaking up? Azul proposed a title unification match with Stuka & Fuego, and so will never get to book this promotion.

It’s really too bad Atlantis didn’t stick with Party Rock if they were going to have someone play his music live.

JCR mentioned they’d be back in Arena Coliseo next week.

Full results from tonight’s AAA taping should be around tomorrow. Their live reporting ended early, as usually happens. There really can’t be any be a bigger news then Consejo debuting their own fake QueMonito. Such an odd decision for a scary invasion group, but they really haven’t been one of those for a while.

Possibly more Guadalajara results later as well, but we know Hijo del Fantasma & La Sombra beat Mr. Aguila & Vangelis in the main event. Even Hijo del Fatnasma can’t be losing to that rudo team.

Porra Fresa catches up with Centella de Oro, who talks about his career. He says he left Arena Puebla on by his own choice and (like every luchador), has started his own Elite de Oro school.

LuchaWorld posted video of Rush vs Terrible and Puma King vs Rey Coemta, both which are getting very strong reviews. Rob posted his review on his blog.

Rob has highlights of 02/17/12 CMLL and 08/28/12 CMLL.

SuperLuchas #480 has the Anniversary show, Lolita and Cibernetico.

El Diario de Sonora profiles local wrestler Nocturno I

Lucha Libre in Japan

09/16 NOAH: Ricky Marvin b Genba Hirayanagi, Super Crazy b Zack Sabre Jr.

09/16 NJPW: Mascara Dorada b Averno

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Puma unmasks Rey Cometa, Rush cuts Terrible, Heroes Inmortales

Sep 15

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excellent photo by Kaiser Sports

CMLL (FRI) 09/14/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, CMLL Gaceta (4), Kaiser Sports (4), Kaiser Sports (6), Kaiser Sports (other), La Catedral, R de Rudo (6), Yahoo (photos, 1-4), Yahoo (photos, 5-6)]
***79th Anniversary Show***
1) Dalis la Caribeña, Goya Kong, Marcela b Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Tiffany
Tecnicas took 1/2. Marcela pinned Tiffany with Dalis helping Marcela with leverage. Tiffany challenged Marcela to a trios rematch next week, and Marcela accepted.
2) Ephesto, Mephisto, Niebla Roja b Delta, Stuka Jr., Valiente
Rudos took 1/3. In the third, Stuka pinned Ephesto, but the rudos beat Stuka, and then Mephisto defeated Delta for the win.
3) Ángel de Oro, La Sombra, Titán b Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Taichi
Tecnicos took 1/3, Sombra beating Taichi in the third fall.
4) Puma King b Rey Cometa [mask]
Seconds were Tiger & Espiritu Negro. Rey Cometa dived off the stage on Puma with a tornillo before the bell. Puma still pulled out the fall with a leg hold in 1:16. Cometa went into the barricade again in the second fall, but came back to win with the 450 splash in 4:26. Rey Cometa is Mario Alberto González, 29 years old, 13 years a wrestler, from Quereraro. Both gave each other credit for their effort after the match, and Puma thanked the very supportive crowd.

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5) Dragón Rojo Jr., Negro Casas, Último Guerrero b Atlantis, Mistico, Prince Devitt
Rudos took 1/3, Dragon Rojo beatting Devitt each time and setting up a title match between the two.
6) Rush b Terrible [hair]
Seconds were Toro Blanco for Rush and Rey Bucanero and Comandante for Terrible. Terrible won the first and Rush took the second in usual quick falls. Both bled were said to have bleed; Rush did so from the mouth, and Terrible’s wound is not visible in the pictures (maybe a slight bit on his forehead.) Much less than Volador/Niebla. Rush finally won with the martillo negro. Fans sided with Terrible even after the match, upsetting Rush. Mistico, out to celebrate, settled down his brother, but the entire family was pelted with drinks until they left. Terrible was also sent to the back to calm down the crowd, but returned to get his hair cut (doing some himself) and thanked the fans. In the locker room, Rush said he didn’t care about the boos and they just made him stronger, while Terrible said he didn’t lose tonight, but just won more fans and it’s not over with Rush.

Don’t have an attendance number, just some guesses. I guessed 12,000 looking at the pictures around middle of the show. People who were there are saying 80%, which would put it at 14,000. There was said to be some sections that did not fill up (the blue section on the floor.) It was a not a sell out, and CMLL thought they could get one out of this show.

The actual poster for Heroes Inmortlaes is online. Somehow, I typed in the date wrong; it should be October 7th (Sunday). The Copa Pena looks like a twelve man match, not teams, but the exact format is not stated. “Tommy Boy” is a mishearing of “Atomic Boy”, which makes for a really good mixed match. No mention of Sexi Star as a special referee, but no mention of referees at all so we’ll see.

AAA tapes it’s first show in a nearly a mouth this Sunday. It’ll be nice to have something to talk about.

The Gladiatores say Latin Lover is in the hospital, recovering from an appendix removal surgery.

AAA uploaded the Copa Rio Nilo Konnan vs Perro Aguayo vs Cien Caras match that aired before TripleMania. Hopefully this will mean they’ll continue uploading material.

Estrellas del Ring mentions someone is selling a near complete digital collection of Lucha Libre magazine (1050 issues) on a USB stick. I really should get that, though no price mentioned always makes me concerned.

Cronicas Y Leyendas looks back at Mil Mascaras defending his IWA titles versus Gran Markus in 1977 (which will definitely be a better match the Hijo del Solitario one) and Coloso Colosetti.

Lucha Libre in Japan

09/15 NOAH: Ricky Marvin b Bobby Fish, Super Crazy TLD Eddie Edwards.

09/15 NJPW: Low Ki & Averno [O] b Mascara Dorada [X] & Bushi

Averno & Mascara Dorada tag matches from 09/07 and 09/08 are online. Sure seems like whatever has stopped Japanese videos from turning up has started to get fixed, great news for those fans.

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 09/21/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Hombre Bala Jr. & Super Halcon Jr. vs Bobby Zavala & Disturbio
2) Triton vs Raziel [lightning]
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Goya Kong, Marcela vs Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit
4) Hijo del Fantasma, Rey Cometa, Valiente vs Niebla Roja, Puma King, Virus
5) Blue Panther, La Sombra, Prince Devitt vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Mr. Águila, Taichi
6) Máximo, Rush, Shocker vs Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Último Guerrero

Tiffany was pinned and made the challenge in the women’s match, but is oddly not in the rematch. Overall, they decided to just go with build up trios instead of the matches they seemed to be setting up last night. Maybe they expect a drop off.

Lightning match looks real good, as does match 4.

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CMLL 79th anniversary show results & chat

Sep 14

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CMLL’s anniversary starts at 8:30 pm CT and will go close to 3 hours.  Final results are below.

CMLL (FRI) 09/14/2012 Arena Mexico
***79th Anniversary Show***
1) Dalis la Caribeña, Goya Kong, Marcela b Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Tiffany
Tecnicas took 1/2, Marclea using the ropes to pin Tiffany. Tiffany challenged Marcela to a match next week.
2) Ephesto, Mephisto, Niebla Roja b Delta, Stuka Jr., Valiente
Rudos took 1/3. In the third, Stuka pinned Ephesto, but the rudos beat Stuka, and then Mephisto defeated Delta for the win.
3) Ángel de Oro, La Sombra, Titán b Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Taichi
Tecnicos took 1/3, Sombra beating Taichi in the third fall.
4) Puma King b Rey Cometa [mask]
Seconds were Tiger & Espiritu Negro. Rey Cometa dived off the stage on Puma with a tornillo before the bell. Puma still pulled out the fall with a leg hold in 1:16. Cometa went into the barricade again in the second fall, but came back to win with the 450 splash in 4:26. Rey Cometa is Mario Alberto González, 29 years old, 13 years a wrestler, from Quereraro. Both gave each other credit for their effort after the match, and Puma thanked the vary supportive crowd.
5) Atlantis, Mistico, Prince Devitt b Dragón Rojo Jr., Negro Casas, Último Guerrero
Rudos took 1/3, Dragon Rojo beatting Devitt each time and setting up a title match between the two.
6) Rush b Terrible [hair]
Seconds were Toro Blanco for Rush and Rey Bucanero and Comandante for Terrible. Terrible won the first and Rush took the second in usual quick falls. Both bled in the long third fall. Rush finally won with the martillo negro. Fans sided with Terrible even after the match, upsetting Rush. Mistico, out to celebrate, settled down his brother, but the entire family was pelted with drinks until they left.

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CMLL on Fox Sports (Mexico): 2011-10-22

Sep 14

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Wagner tricks Navarro, Anniversary attendance, Rey Escorpion

Sep 14

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IWRG (THU) 09/13/2012 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring]
1) Centvrión b Imposible
2) Carta Brava Jr. & Comando Negro b Golden Magic & Saruman
3) Dinamic Black, La Cobra, Veneno b Alan Extreme, Black Terry, Chicano
Cobra pinned Chicano, still wants a title match.
4) Oficial AK47 b Temerario Infernal [IWRG IC MIDDLE]
Oficial AK47 took 2/3 to win the match and keep his title.
5) Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Oficial 911, Súper Nova DQ Negro Navarro, Trauma I, Trauma II
Rudos took 1/3, Wagner tossing his mask to Negro Navarro to draw the DQ.

The anniversary show is tonight at 8:30 pm. I’ll have live coverage here, including a chat, probably starting a little bit before then and going until the end of the show.

Recent major shows
Dos Leyendas 2011: 10,500
La Mascara vs Averno: 13,500
2011 Anniversario: 8,400
Blue Panther vs Felino: 6,400

Dos Leyendas 2012: 11,200
Infierno en el Ring 2012: 9,200
Mistico’s debut: 12,600 (includes people from the previous week and possibly other shenanigans)

I haven’t really thought about what would be a good total. It’s a big show, but it’s two years since they’ve sold out. It’s a bigger overall show then Averno vs La Mascara, but the build to that match was a little stronger. The other shows at Arena Mexico remain at a low level.

Tickets seem to be selling well. The first two ‘rings’ around the ring are sold out (at least on Tickemaster.) Last time I checked, the closest you could sit was 8th row in the third ring. It’s the middle tickets that seem to sell the slowest. Even on the least attended shows, CMLL seems to sell a decent amount of ringside and cheap tickets, and the cheap tickets should move even quicker with the heavily promoted children’s discount.

Rey Escorpion wants no reconciliation; he’s onto bigger and better things. Escorpion feels Ultimo Guerrero used to be one of the best luchadors in CMLL, but isn’t any more and no longer has the spark or adrenaline of a true rudo like Rey Escorpion. Rey Escorpion notes he and Ultimo Guerrero have explosive tempers (while Dragon Rojo can keep his in check), so they’re just not built to get along.

CMLL’s Sunday show will technically begin an hour early at 4pm, though it’s just an extra hour of live music before the show.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update and video of Averno and Mascara Dorada in Japan. Also, the latest Slammin’ Stan.

Rob has his anniversary picks.

Links

Lucha Libre in Japan

09/14 ZERO1: Jonathan Gresham b Siicodélico Jr. [Tenkaichi Jr, quarterfinal]

Lineups

AAA (SUN) 09/16/2012 Arena Neza
1) Belial & Diabolus vs Blaster & Ceiya
2) Pantera, Polvo de Estrellas, Skayde vs Dr. Cerebro, Mike Segura, Pasion Kristal
3) Brazo Jr. vs Dralion, Black Thunder, Argos, Comando Negro, Gran Markus Jr., Barba Roja, Turbo, Henry, Neza Kid, Drago, Guerrero Mixtico, Argenis, Dinamic Black [cage, mask]
4) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Coco Amarillo, Coco Azul, Coco Rojo

Interesting cage match, except the Brazo always loses.

LMV (SAT) 10/06/2012 Arena Loepz Mateos
1) La Hiedra & Miss Janeth vs La Seductora & Sahori
2) Pantera & Perseus vs Barba Roja & Fishman Jr.
3) El Pulpo & Villano III vs May Flowers & Pimpinela Escarlata and Sangre Chicana & Sangre Chicana Jr. and Coco Amarillo Jr. & Coco Rojo and Brazo de Platino & Super Brazo and Hijo de Pirata Morgan & Pirata Morgan [Copa de Parejas Luchas 2000]
4) Súper Muñeco, Súper Pinocho, Súper Ratón vs Black Terry, Scorpio Jr., Shu el Guerrero
5) Mil Mascaras vs El Hijo del Solitario [IWA HEAVY]

That main event may draw, but is a horrible idea.

CMLL 79th Anniversary Show preview

Sep 14

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note: I’ll have live coverage and a chat about the show when it kicks off @ 8:30 pm CT. Check back then for a post.

CMLL (FRI) 09/14/2012 Arena Mexico
***79th Anniversary Show***
1) Dalis la Caribeña, Goya Kong, Marcela vs Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Tiffany
2) Delta, Stuka Jr., Valiente vs Ephesto, Mephisto, Niebla Roja

Neither of these matches have anything going on (at least for this location) and won’t make TV if the main matches are shown. They differ in quality. CMLL’s tecnica squad is weak as always, while the segunda has a nice combiantion of tecnicos and rudos. Outcomes don’t really matter, but they’ll probably split the results anyway. Figure on this show starting with a reversal of how the last one ended (Goya beats Blanca) and Mistico’s personal rudos getting a rare win in the second match.

3) Ángel de Oro, La Sombra, Titán vs Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Taichi

This match also don’t seem to have a lot of storyline going into it, but maybe it’ll have some coming out. Taichi don’t seem to have a particular purpose so far, and there’s three good candidates for him to feud with. Or this could just be three of the companies biggest high fliers using the guests as target practice. Tecnicos should be able to get a win here.

4) Rey Cometa vs Puma King [mask]

I know Terrible and Rush have a great match in them, but they won’t surpass what these two will pull of here. Puma King is right; winning and losing is not as important as where you go coming out of the match. It’s not about what plans CMLL has at for this moment and at this moment, it’s about what plans they’ll actually do once this match is over.

I’ve been a fan of Puma King ever since he started turning up on CMLL TV. He’s got more charisma and presence than other guys his age and level. Puma and Tiger were a fun tag team, but Puma’s progressed farther after being split off, growing from doing the same usual bits in every match to a more varied (though still occasionally repetitive) repertoire on his own. Puma’s also worked hard at modifying and improving his look; his gear is looks professional, though I wish he kept the silly crown. Long ago, I said Puma could be on of CMLL’s top stars down the line, and he’s kept moving down that path.

Rey Cometa has spent the last four and a half years beating odds. It’s hard for a middle level young guy to make it from one group to the other. Pegasso & Rey Cometa did, but Angel and others left around the same time and got lost along the way. It’s tough to make it up from the openers to relevant matches, especially when you come in as a prefabricated tag team. Messala & Caligula had to wait for a new gimmick. Artillero & Super Comando will probably always be stuck. Rey Cometa’s even busted thru the wall separating those who exist on the margins of ciberneticos and tournaments (Misterioso! Skandalo! Hijo del Fantasma!) to an honest to goodness long term feud. Cometa’s done it because he’s worked so hard and is so talented that CMLL couldn’t deny him. This looks like the farthest Rey Cometa can go, but a lot of other points have looked the farthest he can go, and he keeps going farther.

For all the reasons I’ve gone over before and on the podcast, I think Puma King will win the match.  I’m not as certain about it as the other big match.

Rey Cometa has said he’d like his brother to be his second. Puma has said he’d not like his brother – or the rest of his family – be in his corner. I hope CMLL was listening.

5) Atlantis, Mistico, Prince Devitt vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Negro Casas, Último Guerrero

There are two stories to juggle here; Dragon Rojo and Ultimo Guerrero will not end the match as friends, because they scarcely end any match as friends any more. It’s the substory to Mistico on the Anniversary show, teaming with a legend of Mexico and an International star (and trying to overshadow both.) This is probably another Mistico exhibition match, same as been done since he’s debuted, but it’s getting closer to time to giving him something more to debut. Maybe it’s not here, because Negro seems more likely to end up with Devitt and the other two are busy with themselves, but soon.

6) Rush vs Terrible [hair]

These two have had two big singles matches (and one not as big tournament match) in the last year.  They’ve both been okay, but they’re been missing something. The crowd wasn’t into the first match, the battle for the heavyweight title. That match took place during a period of great disinterest, and the crowd tonight should be much more into it. Rush hinted at blood in the match tonight, which might be the missing element, and is permitted in matches of this level.

I’m a bit concerned they might be too fired up for this match; they both know it’s the biggest match they’ve ever had, they’re going to be in front of a huge crowd, and they’re liable to be very fired up for the match. All they need to be is solid and the atmosphere will take it the rest of the way.

Rush will win because Rush is the guy on the way up, and Terrible is just a roadblock to the future. Terrible will still be the CMLL Heavyweight champion when the night is over, this rivalry will not be over, but there will not a bigger moment between them.

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AAA on Televisa: 2012-09-02

Sep 14

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taped 2012-08-05 @ Arena Ciudad de Mexico
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09/15-16 lucha times

Sep 14

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box.

This time for sure: AAA announced their show would move to Saturday at 4pm, following CMLL. This is what Televisa listed for a time last week before changing the schedule (maybe because TripleMania was still going?) and probably is the status quo until January.

Also, as noted earlier in the week, EstrellaTV is picking up CMLL Puebla broadcasts. That show was not in TVC Deportes listing for last Monday (though I could I swear I saw people mentioning it on Twitter; maybe they were watching a Fox Sports rerun?) and is not on the schedule for this week, so it looks like the rights have just been pulled from TVC Deportes. In an ideal world, this means TVC Deportes starts broadcasting something more!

=== CMLL ===

Galavision/Televisa: Tanahashi has been a regular here, so his Japan vs Mexico cibernetico should air on this show. Lightning match should fill the rest of the time.

FOX: The trios title set up last week goes here, and the women’s match may actually make this show for once. (That doesn’t sound right, maybe things are switched around.) Maybe more interesting to watch for is any definitive message of where (or if!) the Anniversary show matches will air next week.

52MX: Arena Coliseo tag team title match, and set up to next week’s tag title match.

C3: just random trios theater! Euforia, Felino, Voaldor vs Delta, Diamante Azul, La Mascara in the main event.

GDL: Atlantis & Super Porky vs Taichi & Ultimo Guerrero in a match someone demanded to see.

EstrellaTV (Puebla): Diamante Azul vs Terrible for the title, Mistico with a little more success.

Terra: Atlantis & Azul vs Felino & Niebla for the tag titles and Marco, Maximo, Devitt vs Rojo, Escorpion, Taichi

=== Other ===

AAA: in a dramatic shift from last week, Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. Also, the Perros split goes down, and we find out if they have room for three matches. Three good matches are regional only.

IWRG: the show going on right now, with AK-47 vs Bombero Infernal

ACM: rerun week?

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CMLL on CadenaTres: 2012-09-01

Sep 13

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yea, this match.

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taped 2012-08-28 @ Arena Mexico
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Rush, Prince Devitt, Konnan, Dragon Rojo, video games

Sep 13

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MedioTiempo’s interview with Rush informs us that Terrible has actually be riding Rush’ coattails all along. “People only started to care about you again when you started feuding with me, I’m the one making stars.” Rush believes all the rudos should be embarrassed that he, a tecnico, gets more boos from the fans. Rush repeats that he has no near term plans of changing to the rudo side – the boos empower him, and he wants to go after Mr. Niebla and Ultimo Guerrero’s mask. Rush does reveal that after he destroys all of the rudos, he will then switch sides so he can destroy all the tecnicos, because Rush doesn’t really care about sides.

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Prince Devitt arrived in Mexico yesterday, receiving a giant sombrero. He’s already a winner. Devitt’s happy to be healthy this trip, which will allow him to wrestle much more than his first trip in and face a bigger variety of opponents. Among those opponents will be Volador; Devitt and the interviewer are both are under the impression to they’ll have a third title match in Guadalajara this Tuesday. They may be reading ahead, because this week looks only to be the trios match to set that title match up.

Konnan made news at a press conference for AAA & MW’s show in Tijuana on Friday. The article focuses on Konnan’s complaints towards the local lucha commission: a drunken commissioner attacked him last time he was in Tijuana and nothing was done, and the commission is allowing too many one-off promoters to bring in the same guys (LA Park is named) and over saturate the market. The head commissioner told the paper that any promotion who can prove they have financial ability to put on a show is allowed to, they don’t get involved in who’s booked on shows, and more shows allow the local guys to work more regularly. There’s also a bit about Nicho/AAA having the rights to the Psicosis name; it’s not expanded on, but I imagine Konnan is upset about the CMLL Psicosis using that name locally.

The specific show Konnan seems to have a problem with the 09/28 show by The Crash. It’s a bit strange, because Park and Electroshock and Garza are all on the show, so Konnan’s argument overuses seems as much with the local promoters as with AAA for not picking one group to go with in Tijuana. In the Gladiatores summary of the press conference, the local guys on the MV show later challenged the The Crash on that show

The bigger news is Konnan mentions he plans to return to the ring in 2013. Konnan has occasionally been booked for matches in recent years, but those are usually opening match wrestlers doing all the work and Konnan taking one bump, being involved in the finish, and looking barely mobile. This Vampiro vs Konnan match is illustrative of the type, but Konnan’s not even done those much the last couple years, but he’s been talking about getting in shape for one more run. He feels he’s still more over than most everyone in Mexico (as you’d expect for a guy who was a big star in a bigger era and is still all over their TV in a key position now.) This is the first time we’ve heard a specific time period. I’d imagine it’d be as a tecnico; it’d be a big deal after being a rudo in Mexico for so many years, and the idea of ‘one last run’ comes across stronger that way.

Dragon Rojo wants the Guerreros to reconcile and stick together. He’s sad about all the problems they’ve had in the ring, but believes they could settle things if they all just sat down at a table with cool heads and talked it out. Dragon says he’s been unhappy about how Ultimo has talked about kicking out of Rey Escorpion and adding Niebla Roja & Euforia without once letting him know what was going on or who was going to be teaming with who going forward. Everything is up in the air, while Dragon Rojo would like to continue teaming with his friend Rey Escorpion.

The teased wrestling video game with Tinieblas and Huracan Ramirez is actually a Kickstarter-like project. It’s on Fondeadora.mx, a Mexico based site with the same idea of kicking in fund to get someone’s project. They’ll looking for 600,000 MP ($46K USD) and have raised 37,500 so far. The funding levels run for 25MP ($2) to get the app and a paper Tinieblas to a 50,000 level for 10 posters, 4 masks, 5 pictures with the luchadors, 10 tickets to the launch party/wrestling show they plan on doing and special recognition in the game. As with all of these projects, you’re not charged unless they reach their goal; they’ve got a long way to go but still three months to do it. I’ve beat this drum too many times, but there’s not a high success rate of the projects actually coming to fruition even after the project has been funded. There’s no mechanism to force the project people to actually do anything once they have the money.

Nimrod (JJ) says he won the bronze medal greco roman wrestling in the Central American Games in 2008 in Panama. There were no Central American Games in 2008 (they run ever four, but not Olympic years) and there’s not been a Central American Games in Panama since the 70s. Thought it might be a Pan American games, but no. It’s possible there’s another competition or a wrong date; the article makes it sounds like Nimrod immediately jumped to pro-wrestling which happened to start back up in Costa Rica at that time, which is all very convenient. The article says it’s a dream of his to wrestle in Mexico, but also has him admitting he did not know who Canek was until recently.

The first Rush/Terrible rematch will take place Sunday in San Luis Potosi. CMLL wrestlers weren’t getting regular bookings in San Luis Potosi until the Mistico tour, but have been there (in varying numbers) every Sunday since.

Rob has his top 5 spots of the week.

LuchaWorld has the weekly poster roundup.

Links

Lucha Libre in Japan

09/09 NOAH: Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin TLDRAW Katsuhiko Nakajima & Satoshi Kajiwara [Junior Tag League] – 30 minute draw
09/12 NOAH: Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin [O] b Paul London & Zack Sabre Jr. [X] [Junior Tag League]
09/13 NOAH:
Eddie Edwards b Ricky Marvin
Super Crazy b Ross Von Erich

Team Ricky Crazy is second in the B Block of the tournament with 3 points and with 2 matches to go.

09/12 Zero 1: Sicodelico Jr. b Mineo Fujita [Tenkaichi Junior, eightfinal]

09/13 NJPW: KUSHIDA, Alex Shelley, Mascara Dorada [O] b Rocky Romero, Alex Koslov, Averno [X] – Dorada with a ranita for the win.

Averno and Nakamuara in Japan.

Lineups

CMLL (MON) 09/17/2012 Arena Tepito
1) Dalton vs Dragon Infernal
2) Angel Del Misterio & Muneca De Plata vs Mamba & Shitara
3) Camaleón vs Sucesor, Arquero, Tornando, Rey Espacial, Ultimo Rebelde Jr., Yago, Luzbel Jr., Templario, Tanque Infernal [Tepito Rey de Aire]
4) Brazo de Platino, Robin, Super Brazo vs Felino, Puma King, Tiger
5) La Máscara vs Volador Jr. [MEX LH]

@lilha_star spotted this lineup on Facebook. Besides the title match and the family vs family main event, note Ulitmo Rebelde Jr. in the tercera. That should be Ultimo Guerrero’s kid, but you’d think he’d be wrestling with a less known name if he was trying not to be identified as Ultimo Guerrero’s kid.