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Ovaciones lucha headline, translated: Japan passed the test – The Mexican tequila, enemy number 1.

Okumura helpfully expands on this concept:

“The tequila and the sharp one [mexican food], are very rich, but very dangerous. They are our more dangerous enemies, one makes that our beel burns and the other, see the crude reality the other day.”

Okumura, perhaps not having completely defeated tequila yet, openly wishes for a hair/hair match with Negro Casas as part of Casas’s 25th Anniversary Tour. Taking Negro’s hair would be a swell gift, Okumura figures.

The article goes over Taguchi’s short time wrestling, PE teaching degree, and desire to win titles or at least lose to the best and learn something from it. Taguchi notes he’s been a tecnico to this point, but is a rudo now.

They still haven’t listed Canek/Rayo for Sunday’s Coliseo show on Sunday on CMLL.com, but Ovaciones is sure of it.

The ‘Mistico (c) vs Averno for NWA Middleweight Championship’ tour hits Puebla on 02/21. (Last week’s match was only a lightning match.)

Arena Coliseo (TUE) 02/15 Results [whoa.com]
1) Meteorix/Los Rayo Tapatios I & II b Flecha/Polvora/Vaquero
2) Maximo/Chris Stone/Tigre Blanco b Loco Max/Koreano/Guero Loco
3) Satanico/Zumbido/Safari b Nitro/Veneno/Arkangel
4) Atlantis/Niebla/Brazo de Plata b Emilio el Hijo de Pierroth/Bestia/Mephisto
5) Dos Caras Jr. DQ Tarzan Boy
Two falls. Reports are not promising.

Ovaciones noted it was a complete tecnico sweep.

Mistico owns Averno, winning yet again, this time in their Monday night Puebla matchup. The show was held up from starting because they couldn’t arrive (and didn’t finish till midnight as a result) because of a (unrelated, I assume) PAN blockade.

In Guadlajara on Sunday, Shocker retained the CMLL LH Title over Ultimo Guerrero. This week’s card look something like this:

(fixed)

Negro Casas is pushing back his 25th anniversary tour. They’re going to time it to include a major Arena Mexico show.

As a result of a four way match in Tampico last night, Brazo de Platino has lost his identity; I presume this means he’s going to start working as Maximo full time, unless I’ve screwed that up some how.

02/11 (SUN) Arena Coliseo Results
1) Ultimo Dragoncito y Tsuky b Espectrito y Pequeno Violencia
2) Chris Stone, Texano Jr., Tigre Blanco b Mogur, Guerrero del Futuro y Flecha
3) Virus, Tony Rivera, Misterioso b Nitro, Dr. X, Holligan
4) Emilio Charles, Taguchi, Okumura b Blue Panther, Satanico, Brazo de Oro
5) Canek, Vampiro, Rey Bucanero b Rayo de Jalisco, Brazo de Plata, Black Warrior
reports have Canek challenging Rayo to a title defense for next Sunday and Rayo accepting – yet there’s a different card on CMLL.com which doesn’t reflect it

02/18 (SUN) Arena Coliseo Lineup
1) Pequeno Olimpico & Bracito de Oro vs Sombrita & Gitanito
2) Tigre Metalico & Brazo de Plata Jr. vs Guerrero del Futuro & Reyes Veloz
3) Ringo Mendoza, Tony Rivera, Texano Jr. vs Mr. Mexico, Sangre Azteca, Holligan
4) Satanico, Black Warrior, Mascara Magica vs Bestia Salvaje, Taguchi , Okumura
5) Dr. Wagner, Brazo de Plata, Negro Casas vs Vampiro, Ultimo Guerrero, Emilio Charles

Ovaciones notes Cibernetico is no longer on AAA lineups. It sounds like there’s an arguement over who should pay his medical bills.

This Saturday’s GALA matches were all CMLL.

- Porky/Casas/Satanico vs Olimpico/Rey/Tarzan
- Black Tiger vs Blue Panther
- Volador/Felino/La Mascara vs Averno/Mephisto/Okumura [2, 3]
- Universo/Caras/MascaraY2K vs Pierroth/HdPierroth/Pierroth Jr.
- Zumbido/Alan vs Mexico/Loco [hair vs hair]

There’s a report on WO.com

Arena Mexico (FRI) 02/11 Results [KrisZ]
1) Brazo de Plata Jr./Maximo/Sombra de Plata b Loco/Ramstein/Azteca
2) Tiger/Okumura/Taguchi b Felno/Negro/Safari
3) Wagner Porky/Satanico/Shocker b Mephisto/Rey/Ultimo
4) Mistico (c) b Averno for the NWA Middlweight Championship
~35 minutes. Mistico was carried out on his cornerman’s shoulders.
5) Cien/MY2K/Universo b Perro/Pierroth/Vampiro by DQ when Perro Sr. got involved.
I thought Ovaciones said Saturday Perro used a video camera as a weapon, which seems awful expensive for CMLL’s tastes. KrisZ has it as a VCR. Whatever.

Haven’t seen Sunday’s results yet.

Monday (today) sees another Mistico/Averno match in Arena Puebla, and Brazo de Platino vs Villano III vs Super Brazo vs Villano IV in a four way hair/mask match.

Arena Coliseo (TUE) 02/15 Lineup
1) Meteorix/Los Rayo Tapatios I & II vs Flecha/Polvora/Vaquero
2) Maximo/Chris Stone/Tigre Blanco vs Loco Max/Koreano/Guero Loco
3) Satanico/Zumbido/Safari vs Nitro/Veneno/Arkangel
4) Atlantis/Niebla/Brazo de Plata vs Emilio/Bestia/Mephisto
5) Dos Caras Jr. vs Tarzan Boy

Also Tuesday, there’s Mistico and La Mascara vs Rey Bucanero and Ultimo Guerrero in Queretaro. Ovaciones predicts Mascara will be a top star – in two years. On the same day (Tuesday, not two years when La Mascara is huge), Dr. Wagner Jr. teams with (former?) Guapo U member Fabian el Gitano vs Canek & Averno.

Thursday’s IWRG main event has the Space Cadets versus the Missionaries of Death.

Arena Mexico (FRI) 02/18 Lineup
1) Neutron, Sombra de Plata vs Super Comando, Artillero
2) Alan/Sagrado/Misterioso II vs Taguchi/Okumura/Masada
3) Cien Caras/MascaraY2K/Universo2K vs Pierroth/Vampiro/Black
4) Mistico/Negro/Warrior vs Ultimo/Rey/Averno
5) Shocker/Wagner/Dos Caras vs Garza/Tarzan/Terrible

Arena Coliseo (SUN) 02/20 Lineup
1) Mini Olimpico, Bracito de Oro vs Sombrita, Gitanito
2) Tigre Metalico/Brazo de Plata Jr. vs Guerrero del Futuro/Reyes Veloz
3) Ringo/Tony/Texano vs Mexico/Sangre/Hooligan
4) Satanico/Warrior/Magica vs Bestia/Taguchi/Okumura
5) Wagner/Porky/Casas vs Vampiro/Ultimo/Emilio

Here.

Another 2 for most, 4 for some West Coasters split feed on Saturday. They hyped up the hair/hair stuff at the end last week, so I’m hoping that’ll be what will air. They always could go two hour AAA to balance two hour CMLL last week, but I’m hoping they’ve got that out of their system.

I think I’m back on track for Sundays, and I’ve added the AAA hour; charting things might actually be working out now. What’s really sad is I have that show recording and I still haven’t found a time to watch it by the time it’s come up on Vuelta.

As promised, I did a TLN index. Problem is, I can tape the GALA stuff and track down the info myself if no one else does, but I can’t exactly tape TLN, so I’m limited to people mentioning what aired on TLN or whatever. Luchaboard going down probably cost me another show or two, but eh. (Which is why a Canuck is probably better off mainatining it.)

Let’s try a TLN prediction for fun, and to see if I’ve got the pattern:

Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Universo 2000
Ricky/Alan/Zumbido vs Loco Max/Mr. Mexico/Sangre Azteca