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LMV (SAT) 09/01/2012 Arena López Mateos [Estrellas del Ring, The Gladiatores]
***Enrique Vera retirement show***
1) Estrellita & Sahori b Esther Moreno & Rossy Moreno
Esterllia and Sahori replaced Lluvia and La Hiedra.
2) Super Astro b Volador I, Huracan Ramirez Jr., Pantera, Super Brazo, Brazo de Platino, Negro Navarro, Coco Rojo, El Hijo del Diablo, Mosco de la Merced,Sangre Chicana, El Hijo de Aníbal [COPA LUCAHS 2000]
Hijo de Anibal, Mosco de le Merced and Brazo de Platino replaced Espectro II, Pirata Morgan, and Oriental. Super Astro defeated Volador to win the copa.
3) Súper Muñeco, Súper Pinocho, Súper Ratón DQ Black Terry, Scorpio Jr., Shu el Guerrero [WWA TRIOS]
Rudos attacked the tecnicos before they could do the photo. Tecnicos rallied to win 2/3, then challenged the Temerarios to a cage match on 10/06. They hyped it as side vs side rather than one person losing.
4) Sangre Chicana Jr. L Fishman Jr., Pulpo
Sangre Chicana Jr. made Pulpo bleed. Fishman took advantage of their feuding to win and escape the match. Sangre was too arrogant, and Pulpo beat him with the hold of the same name. Sangre Chicana is Andres Duran, 10 years a wrestler and 25 years old.
5) Dos Caras Sr., Enrique Vera, Mil Mascaras b Canek, El Hijo del Solitario, Villano III
Hijo del Solitario replaced Killer and was accompanied by Miss Janeth. Tecnicos took 2/3, Mil pinning Solitario and Dos on Canek. Despite the loss, Solitario challenged Mil for a shot at his title, and Mil accepted. No date said.

As much as this was billed as the end of Enrique Vera, it also looks like the trial balloon for a new legends promotion. They set up matches that this crowd might want to see, but we’ll see if they come back again in a month.

With Lluvia out and Dark Angel’s status unclear at best, it would not be a surprise to see Sahori turn back up in CMLL. It’s either that or debut someone else, and the people they’ve debuted lately have not looked ready. (What happened to Kiara?)

GOAT/photo by CMLL.com

CMLL (SUN) 09/02/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, CMLL on Terra]
1) Camorra & Ramstein b Freesbe & Höruz
rudos took 2/3. Horuz nearly hurt imself in the third fall before Ramstein gave him the Michinkou Driver. Camorra submitted Freesbe.
2) Aereo, Fantasy, Pequeño Halcón b Mercurio, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior
Ref was Pompin. Pequeno Universo replaced Pequeno Violencia. Tecnicos took 1/3. Fantasy and Mercurio continue to feud. Mercurio pinned Fantasy in the first. Other tecnicos submitted other rudos in the second. Fantasy snuck in a foul on Mercurio in the third, then sat on him and talked at Mercurio after the match, occasionally pasuing to slap Mercurio in the face and rip his mask.
3) Delta, Fuego, Stuka Jr. b Namajague, Raziel, Virus
Referee was Bestia Negra. Raziel replaced Okumura. Rudos took 2/3. Delta defeated Virus with a reinera in the first. Delta did not look good in the extended mat section. Virus submitted Fuego and Namajague frog splashed Stuka in the second. In the third, Virus pinned Fuego, Delta dove onto Raziel, and Stuka had Namajague beat with the splash, but Okumura turned up in street clothes to distract Stuka and Namajague cradled him for the win. Okumura challenged Stuka & Fuego for an Arena Coliseo Tag Team title match. Fuego accepted and the two teams briefly brawled.
4) Estrellita b Lady Apache [lightning]
Ref was Pompin. Estrellita won via Star Cross after getting her feet up on a Lady Apache top rope splash in 8:44. Crowd did not like this outcome.
5) Blue Panther, Brazo de Plata, La Sombra b Ephesto, Euforia, Tiger
Referee is Terror Chino. Tecnicos took 2/3. Brazo de Plata replaced Diamante Azul, Tiger replaced Polvora. Monito was with the tecnicos. Sombra cradled Ephesto in the first. Rudos powerbombed Panther to take the second. Sombra landed the double moonsault on Euforia and Blue Panther put Tiger in the nudo lagunero for the win.
6) Negro Casas b Ángel de Oro [NWA WELTER]
Negro Casas, 76 kg, came in as the champ with Zacarias as second. Angel de Oro, 78 kg, had Stuka as his second. Commissioner was Jorge. Referee was Tigre Hispano. Angel de Oro took the first with the mecedora after a strong tope. Negro took the second with a casita. Both nearly got their big moves in the third, but Negro pulled out the casita for the win. Oro wouldn’t let the commission give the belt back, insisting on doing it himself. Both guys gave each other credit, but Negro’s still the champ.

No video problems this week. Iffy sound at times, but better than it has been in recent weeks.

Four subs on the night. An exceedingly high amount, though no one had to work twice, so they knew about some of them (or got people to fill in on last minute notice.) Okumura did not appear to be injured, but must’ve been if he was there and not wrestling. That match went long, which suggested the semimain absences were people running late from another show.

AAA did post Part 2 of TripleMania XX on their website, though they waited until after it aired to do it this time around. This part features the cage match, the Lider/Nicho hair match, and Perro/Mesias for the title. The Consejo/Psycho match was shown at the end of part 1 as something that would air on part 2, but is obviously pushed back for the final week.

Croncias Y Leyendas has a picture of Canek vs Hulk Hogan.

SuperLuchas #478 has El Santo, Dark Angel and Sexi Star on the cover.

Bajos Las Capuchas has magazine articles of famous Blue Demon victories.

Lucha Libre in Japan

09/02 NOAH: Ricky Marvin [O], Super Crazy & Naomichi Marufuji beat Mitsuhiro Kitamiya [X], Satoshi Kajiwara & Katsuhiko Nakajima

09/02 Michinoku Pro: Villano 5 [O], Black Tiger, The Great Zebra & El Samurai b Shiryu [X], Solar, K-ness & Shisao
Great Sasuke beat Jushin Lyger to win the masked man tournament.

photo by CMLL

CMLL (FRI) 08/31/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, CMLL Gaceta, Kaiser Sports (rest), Kaiser Sports (title)]
1) Apocalipsis & Inquisidor b Bengala & Leono
2) Demus 3:16, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico b Astral, Pequeño Halcón, Último Dragoncito
Rudos took 1/3, Demus dropping Dragoncito on his head for the win, then destroying Astral after the match. Both tecnicos were strechered out.
3) Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. b Misterioso Jr., Niebla Roja, Puma King
Guerrero Maya replaced Valiente. Tecnicos took 2/3, Cometa again pinning Puma with a casita. Cometa told Puma he’d do again in their mask match, Puma said Cometa wasn’t going to win, tecnicos stomped Puma and Cometa took hsi mask again.
4) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush b Black Warrior, Mr. Águila, Olímpico [semifinal]
Matches determined by battle royal. Corleone and Rush beat Mr. Aguila and Black Warrior to advance.
5) Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión, Último Guerrero b Felino, Negro Casas, Rey Bucanero [semifinal]
Bucanero, who had no mentioned problems with his parnters, took out UG with a dive, but Escorpion & Dragon Rojo beat the Casas brothers to advance. This was the shortest match of the 3.
6) Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión, Último Guerrero b Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush [final]
Ultimo Guerrero had Marco beat, but Escorpion pulled him off and Dragon Rojo landed a top rope splash for his own pin. Those two challenged Bufete del Amor to a trios title match while Ultimo Guerrero sadly walked to the back. Maximo invited UG to switch to the tecnico side, but UG ignored. Rush accepted the title match for his team.
7) Terrible b Hiroshi Tanahashi [final, CMLL Universal]
Seconds were Bucanero and Okumura, though both complete teams were there for the belt presentation. Tanahashi took the first with a German supex, but Tanahashi took the second and the third, surviving the frog splash in the third, to win the tournament. Crowd wasn’t in to the match early but did come around a bit by the end. Rush showed up post match to rain on Terrible’s page, but the refs wouldn’t let him get to Terrible. Terrible explained Rush just wanted attention because the only reason the fans care about Rush is Terrible. Terrible promises no mercy in two weeks. Terrible also states he almost disfigured Tanahashi’s pretty face with his slaps.

The impression I got listening last night was that Dragon Rojo & Rey Escorpion were going to choose a new third man to replace Ultimo Guerrero. That doesn’t appear to be the case, at least yet. It may be soon – either the Guerreros get it back together and win the trios titles (unlikely) or split into two different groups. Maybe UG/Euforia/Niebla Roja vs Dragon Rojo/Rey Escorpion/???, as Guerrero continues inheriting the role Satanico played before him. (I’d like Misterioso in the TBD rebel spot.)

There’s one piece of news related to those who weren’t on the show…

http://twitter.com/Juan_mephisto89/status/241739058303336448
Niebla and Volador are suspended 15 days due to their match in Puebla

Mr. Niebla and Volador had their singles match in Puebla on 08/20. Both continued to work shows until Sunday, and were pulled from Friday’s lineup a few days ago. Mije brought a chair to Volador in the second fair, which got used for spots and might have led to bleeding. (That’s what the original poster sites.) As best as I can tell, Zacarias and Mije also did not appear on Friday’s show, so it’s possible they’re also suspended. The suspensions would be over by next week’s Anniversary show, but it’s not clear if they’ll be on it anyway.

(CMLL really should announce this suspension, it would actually help what they’re going for in this feud.)

https://twitter.com/Apolodantes/status/240902198916182016
Gallo debuts in Arena Mexico on 09/11, w/ Super Halcon Jr. & Hombre Bala vs the Tuareg

Gallo’s been one of the main tecnicos in Guadalajara for years. I don’t know that he works as a generic midcard guy in Mexico City, but he deserves a shot. The other interesting thing is how far in advance CMLL books matches. It’s always been clear they’ve got lineups worked out in advance of when they’re posted (not just weeks when they’re posted a week early by mistake.) It would make no sense otherwise, luchadors would want to know as early as possible what days they have to be way out of town, which ones they need to be ready early for a long bus ride, and which ones they have off to do whatever else.

Rob has highlights of 11/15/11 Perros del Mal.

Lucha Libre in Japan

08/31 Diamond Ring: Super Crazy, Ricky Marvin [O] & Ryuji Hijikata b Katsuhiko Nakajima, Satoshi Kajiwara & Mitsuhiro Kitamiya [X]

09/01 Michinoku Pro:
Shiryu, Tigers Mask [O], Samurai, K-ness b Villano IV, Kenbai [X], Shisao, Black Tiger
Kaijin Habu Otoku b Solar [WORLD LEAGUE, QF] – bracket was changed a bit.

09/01 WNC:
Backpacker Joe [O], Yusuke Kodama & Lin Byron b El Hijo del Pantera, YO-HEY & Shinose Sanjushichi [X]
VENENO DQ Hajime Ohara – interference

Stardom has a big show on 04/29/13 and held a press conference to talk about their preparation. Dark Angel was announced as being on that show. Whatever is going on with Dark Angel and CMLL – which continues to go on this Friday – it hasn’t changed her mind about which Japanese promotions to work for at all.

If CMLL is setting the stage to fire/suspend Dark Angel when she returns, she probably can find work pretty easily elsewhere until their hold on her end. Once it did, AAA would sign Dark Angel in a half second. This is not a well thought out strategy for trying to intimidate someone in to staying, but it is for warning everyone else what will happen to them if they go against CMLL wishes.

Links

• “Viva Lucha Libre” is coming to the Long Beach Museum of Latin American Art on 09/14
• Mini Halloween is now the trainer for PWR.
• A post for the lucha show in Lebanon with Pierrothito does not actually include Pierrothito, but does include Mistico. (Looks like Argos.)
• Cronicas Y Leyendas looks back at the debut of Lobo Negro.
• Tomorrow is ColiseoMania!

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 09/07/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Höruz & Soberano Jr. vs Camorra & Inquisidor
2) Ángel Azteca Jr., Pegasso, Starman vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Nosferatu, Skándalo
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Dark Angel, Marcela vs Amapola, Lady Apache, Tiffany
Dark Angel will not be appearing.
4) Sagrado vs Euforia [lightning]
5) Black Warrior, La Máscara, Negro Casas, Valiente vs Hiroshi Tanahashi, Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Taichi [cibernetico]
6) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión, Último Guerrero [CMLL TRIOS]

Like I said above, I wouldn’t be surprised if UG isn’t in that match.

Blue Panther and Diamante Azul were among those mentioned to be in the cibernetico last night. Plans change. Tanahashi is back on NJPW shows on 09/12, so this is his last Friday show and possible his last CMLL show for the time being.

Sagrado can’t stop being in lightning matches. He’s sort of the tecnico gatekeeper, separating those we’re meant to be taking seriously (Mephisto) and those we aren’t (Polvora.)

That’s the fourth Dark Angel false advertisement. She’s supposed to be gone for two month, this is going to be annoying. Since Estrellita seems to have taken her feud with Lady Apache, she’s the most likely replacement.

photo by Black Terry Jr.

IWRG (THU) 08/30/2012 Arena Naucalpan [The Gladiatores]
1) Sky Ángel COR Matrix Jr.
Matrix Jr. hurt his hip on a dive and could not continue.
2) Eita & Infierno Kid Jr. b Freelance & Serpiente de Oro
Eita pinned Freelance for the win.
3) Alan Extreme, Black Terry, Temerario Infernal b Chicano, Dinamic Black, La Cobra
Rudos took 2/3 when Chicano didn’t get along with his teammates. Chicano is a rudo going forward, and Dinamic Black challenged him to a singles match.
4) Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Pirata Morgan, Relampago b Cien Caras Jr., Comando Negro, Eterno, Heddi Karaoui
First Cerebro Negro match here in over a year. Piratas appear to be tecnicos now. Their team won 2/3 to take the match, Pirata beating Cien Caras Jr. Pirata had earlier said he wanted a Heavyweight title match if he beat Cien, and he beat him.
5) Hijo de Pirata Morgan b Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 [Rey del Ring]
only Pirata Morgan’s title is on the line. Seconds were Cien Caras Jr. & Pirata Morgan, and they interfered in the third fall. Mascara ripped at Pirata’s mask a lot too. Pirata took the first, Mascara the second. Mascara pulled Pirata’s mask and rolled him up in the third, but Pirata Sr. jumped in and argued before the count. Cien Caras Jr. argued about Pirata Sr. arguing, and Pirata Sr. used the distraction to turn over the pin. Hijo de Pirata hung on for the win to keep the title. Capos challenged Piratas to an apuesta match for the year end show in December.

Today’s CMLL show is headlined by Terrible versus Tanahasshi for the CMLL Universal Championship. Both are heavyweight champions of their company, but Tanahashi would normally be the favorite. That’s not the case at this very moment, with Terrible going in to the biggest match of his career. I’m not really not sure a win helps Terrible all that much – people know Tanahashi is supposed to be a big deal, but he hasn’t ever come across himself as one, no more so than Yujiro – but a loss would take something away from the hair match with Rush in two weeks. I’m not sure NJPW is thrilled with the idea of Tanahashi losing (and it won’t be clean if it happens), but CMLL really needs to give their own guy the win here.

Kcidis draws Terrible and Tanahashi’s big plans.

The semimainis a four way trios tournament, with no particular on the line. Volador & Mr. Niebla were scheduled on their teams and seemed destined for another battle, but both are now in the tournament. Instead, the stories seem to be about the Guerreros breakup (Ultimo teaming with the two partners he’s broken up with), and possible someone new challenging Bufete del Amor, who have run thru all their challengers so far. Puma King and Rey Cometa have one more match in the tercera.

Lluvia, missing shows the last few days, will be out 9-12 months due to knee surgery. She hurt the knee a while back, took sometime off to let it recover, and had been working with a giant knee brace but obviously struggling.

Cuervo says he’ll be teaming with Fabi Apache to take on Mari Apache & Gran Apache on 09/16 AAA TV taping in Ecatepec. That storyline seemed to get put to the side during the build to TripleMania. He’s also decided to join the Bizarros, which should make for some awkward group meetings with Billy.

Hijo del Espanto appeared on last night’s Tercera Caida, claiming he owns the right to “Espanto Jr.”, not CMLL or the new wrestler. That seems surprising, since the new Espanto Jr. is the son of the original Espanto Jr., but the original had to get permission to use that name from the family and it sounds like the new hasn’t. Still, this seems likely to play out like the Triton name issue, where the CMLL never publicly addresses the complaints of the indy guy.

Enrique Vera has a retirement show Saturday. The undercard includes a Sangre Chicana Jr. vs Fishman Jr. vs el Pulpo mask match. Pulpo, who seems like the most likely loser (though it’s no sure thing) , talks about the match.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

A show in Nuevo Laredo this weekend includes Tito Santana, and also “John Cena Jr.”

Sangre Costena lost his mask in a cage match.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 09/02/2012 Arena Puebla
1) Asturiano, Blue Center, Dinámikoo vs Fuerza Chicana, Policeman, Siki Ozama Jr.
2) Molotov, Sensei, Stigma vs Artillero, Hooligan, Súper Comando
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Luna Mágica, Marcela vs Amapola, La Comandante, Zeuxis
4) Stuka Jr. vs Pólvora [lightning]
5) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Titán vs Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Tiger
6) Rush vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

Rush vs Tanahashi completes the set of matches with Terrible vs Tanahashi tonight and Rush vs Terrible in 3 weeks. Pretty good chance they all go 1-1.

CMLL (MON) 08/27/2012 Arena Puebla [El Sol de Puebla, Porra Fresa]
1) Espiritu Maligno & King Jaguar b Black Tiger & Milenium
Rudos took 1/3.
2) Aereo, Niño de Acero, Shockercito DQ Pequeño Black Warrior, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Universo 2000
First match in Puebla for Nino de Acero since the knee injury that put him out for years. He did not seem nervous. Tecnicos took 1/3, rudos DQed for excessive violence.
3) Estrellita, Goya Kong, Marcela b Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit
Tecnicas took 1/3.
4) Shigeo Okumura b Pegasso [lightning]
Okumura won with his brainbuster. Pegasso was strechered out.
5) Blue Panther, Brazo de Plata, Valiente b Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
Tecnicos take 2/3.
6) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Rush DQ Hiroshi Tanahashi, Rey Bucanero, Terrible
Rush tried to jump Terrible, but Bucanero & Terrible got the best of him. Rudos took the first with a Tanahashi frog splash on Diamante Azul and a double armbar on Atlantis. Atlantis won the second with a Atlantida on Tanahashi. In the third, Azul pinned Terrible with a german suplex, Tanahshi beat Azul with the Sling Blade, and Tanahashi fouled Rush to avoid being beat. Rush challenged Tanahashi to a singles match in Puebla.

No Terrible/Tanahashi issues before their match this Friday. No lineup for next week yet, not sure if they’re actually doing Rush vs Tanahashi (which didn’t happen in the G1, they were in separate blocks.)

Luchadors have been regularly taken on a stretcher from Okumura and Kraneo’s brainbusters, and from other neck attack moves. No one seemed to think the Pegasso bit was out of the ordinary, but Pegasso did miss the next day’s show. Pegasso was limping noticeably last Tuesday, the actual injury could be his right knee injury flaring up again.

Attendance was way down. 20% may be optimistic. School has started and it is a 9 pm start, but it still was a huge drop off from the last month.

CMLL (TUE) 08/28/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Fuego en el Ring]
1) Sádico & Thunder Boy b El Divino & Javier Cruz Jr.
2) Leo & Soberano Jr. b Èvola & Ráfaga
3) Goya Kong, Marcela, Tiffany DQ Amapola, La Comandante, Princesa Blanca
Goya replaced Dark Angel, as expected. Tiffany replaced Lluvia, as not expected. Lluvia missed a show in Monterrey this past Sunday; maybe her knee injury is flaring up? Tiffany turned on her team for and hit ref Edgar for the DQ.
4) Smaker b Barbaro Cavernario [OCCIDENTE MIDDLE]
Decision match for vacant championship. Seconds were Leo & Evola. Barbaro got his knees up on a top rope move to take the second fall, Smaker powerbombed Barbaro for the first, then Smaker submitted Barbaro in the third. Crowd saw it as an upset, maybe because of Barbaro’s recent hair match victories.
5) Atlantis & Shocker DQ Terrible & Último Guerrero
Tecnicos took 2/3. Terrible fouled Shocker, setting up a singles match next week

Fuego has a post match interview with Barbaro. The interesting part isn’t anything the luchador says, but the interviewer strongly saying Barbaro was better than Smacker in the title match (and not quite getting the rudo to say the same.)If people really were surprised Barbaro lost, it’d mean they didn’t know Raziel was originally supposed to go the final, and there really wasn’t any point in taking him out of the match.

Las Luchas showed how Barbaro actually got to the final, picking up with Fuego laying on the ramp and looking hurt after his elimination. Barbaro and Stuka were the last two, and Stuka decimated Barbaro with a tope and was having no problem with him in the ring until Barbaro dodged a dropkick and ref Loco Estrada got hit. Stuka almost immediately got a pin, but the ref called the DQ instead.

CMLL sent out a press release hyping up Friday’s trios tournament. In one of those things that illustrate that everyone who gets these things posts them without really reading them, the teams in the press release don’t exactly match the ones CMLL announced on their website. Mr. Niebla and Volador are out of the tournament – that can’t be a concidence – and Rey Bucanero is illogically on the Peste Negra team, while Black Warrior joins the Invasor squad.

I no longer believe there’s much of a shot of CMLL doing Niebla/Volador later next month. Pulling them from the trios tournament pushed it aside, and it doesn’t actually fit into the Anniversary show right now. Terrible/Rush will be main event, Cometa/Puma will likely be fourth and, based on all the promos, Mistico is surely going to be in the semimain. They’ve just been doing basic Mistico matches since his debut; something like teaming with Atlantis and La Mascara versus Ultimo Guerrero and some rudos fits, but Volador & Niebla really do not. That would leave them in the tercera at best, , not a good place to push something that’s supposed to main event a big show.

LEGEND announced the mystery people for their top two matches on 09/30:

4) Daga, Fenix, Magnus, Turbo vs Heddi Karaoui, Kansuke, Maya Balam, Zumbi [elimination]
5) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Alex Koslov, Chris Masters, Rocky Romero

Main event should be amusing. Semimain has a wide range of people involved. Kansuke is now Dowki in IWRG, and will probably be Dowki here. Magnus, still training in CMLL gyms and soon to be on CMLL affiliated El Luchador, has been pulled from shows featuring AAA wrestlers and I would not be surprised at all if that happened again here.

Or maybe not, since Magnus is telling people on Twitter that the high attendance for Mistico’s debut was created by honoring all the tickets from the previous week and giving away 4000 more.

Meanwhile, Mistico says the crowd is about 50/50 behind him on most shows, and he’ll be a big focus of El Luchador. This is what he says about his friend Magnus:

Magnus es un buen compañero, un gran amigo que estimo muchísimo pero la verdad con este gran personaje que me acaban de otorgar pues cambio muchísimo la relación entre él y yo. Todo eso ustedes lo verán en esta serie y por eso le digo a toda la gente que lo espere muy pronto porque sé que les va a encantar y quizás después viene una tercera temporada. En esta segunda parte le eche todas las ganas para que la gente se dé cuenta de lo que en verdad era Dragon Lee. Hoy en día no se que haya pasado con Magnus, es una persona que no entiende, que no ha madurado pero igual lo quiero muchísimo y es un gran amigo.

Quick transation: Magnus has not matured but he’s still my friend and you’ll see more about us on the show.

IWRG’s Sunday card has changed. The Negro Navarro & Trauma I vs Hijo del Wagner & Hijo de LA Park match is now for the tag titles. Seems like Veneno won’t be back from Japan, because Freyser has been put in his spot in the semimian and Multifacetico takes the open spot in the tercera. Danny Casas, who had a rough time with the Traumas recently, is off the card and Oficial AK47 takes his place.

Angel Azteca Jr., missing from CMLL for the last few months, is listed on a show in Coahuila.

Mil Mascaras says he sleeps five hours a day, runs 3 to five miles, and paints. He also talks about drawing 22,000 to a mask match with El Halcon, with 10,000 more outside the building unable to get tickets.

SuperLuchas has had disturbing issues the last few weeks, so they’ve posted the last two editions online for free. Definitely worth checking out

Rob has his CMLL lucha libre TV weekend thoughts.

An update on lucha in Morelos.

Lucha Libre in Japan

(all from Puroresu Spirit)
08/30 NOAH: KENTA & Maybach Taniguchi [X] b Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin [O]
08/30 WNC:
- Hijo del Pantera [O], Backpacker Joe & Lin Byron b Takuya Kito, Yusuke Kodama & Josh O’Brien [X]
- Veneno b Hoshito Takahashi

Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin vs Hijo del Pantera & Yusuke Kodama & Dave Finlay vs Ray Mendoza Jr. (!?!?!) have been announced for 09/20 WNC show.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 09/02/2012 Arena Coliseo San Luis Potosi
1) Magico vs Bogar Jr.
2) Astral & Shockercito vs Gemelo Del Averno I & Gemelo Del Averno II
3) Dalis la Caribeña & Marcela vs Amapola & Princesa Blanca
4) Oro Azul & Sagrado vs Black Xtrem & Hijo del Signo
5) Máscara Dorada, Mistico, Valiente vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Misterioso Jr., Rey Escorpión

Mistico tour comes to SLP.

CMLL (TUE) 08/28/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, Kaiser Sports]
1) Camaleón & Robin b Guerrero Negro Jr. & Herodes Jr.
2) Dalis la Caribeña, Lady Afrodita, Luna Mágica b La Seductora, Princesa Sugheit, Zeuxis
Zeuxis no longer is purple. Tecnicas took 2/3.
3) Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr., Triton b Arkángel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Skándalo
Guerrero Maya replaced Pegasso, who appears to have been injured in Puebla again. Triton pinned Arkangel with a tornillo moonsault for the win.
4) Mephisto b Sagrado [lightning]
Mephisto won in 6:55 via Devil’s Wings.
5) Diamante, Diamante Azul, Hijo del Fantasma b Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Vangelis
Fantasma was wearing a new design on his mask.
6) Ángel de Oro, Máscara Dorada, Titán b Averno, Euforia, Pólvora
Tecnicos took 2/3. Polvora ripped up Titan’s mask, Titan submitted Polvora with an inverted Gori Special. Titan asked Polvora to accept his title match challenge, Polvora just walked out.

El Sol de Puebla has a recap of Monday’s show, but confuses Namajague and Tanahashi. I’m going to wait for a better one. No mention of the Pegasso injury, but I believe it was mentioned it on twitter.

Edit:

Luego de una poderosa desnucadora del Japones Okumura. Pegazzo, tuvo que salir en camilla y con la derrota a cuestas twitter.com/JavierLopezDia…

— Cinco Radio (@JavierLopezDiaz) August 28, 2012

Rob has his Top 5 Spots of the Week.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

DJ Spectro has video of Misioneros de la Muerte vs Canek, Scorpio, Babe Face from 1983.

Nino de Ebano and Lucky Boy have named their team Velocidad 2.0.

Fantasma says CMLL wrestlers will be at this weekend’s sport and fitness expo.

Texano is satisfied with his move to CMLL.

Lucha Libre in Japan

08/29 NOAH: Super Crazy b Atsushi Kotoge

Pro Wrestling Wave has announced they’ll be hosting AAA Reina de Reinas on 11/27 in Tokyo. Kaguya (the Io sister not with Nosawa) is the first announced, of a field of 8. The Apaches worked for this group last year, so I would presume this is their deal.

Lineups

CMLL (TUE) 09/04/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) El Divino & Virgo vs Èvola & Sádico
2) Sky Kid vs Disturbio
3) Gallo, Smaker, Stuka Jr. vs Artillero, Malefico, Súper Comando
4) Dark Angel & Marcela vs Amapola & Princesa Blanca
5) Shocker vs Terrible

The false advertising of Dark Angel continues. Lineup also lists Metalico in the tercera, but they probably mean Malefico. Smaker being on the show and Barbaro not probably indicates how the title match ended.

CMLL (TUE) 09/04/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Camaleón & Robin vs Bobby Zavala & Disturbio
2) Hombre Bala Jr., Starman, Super Halcon Jr. vs Cancerbero, Hijo del Signo, Raziel
3) Triton vs Virus [lightning]
4) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Stuka Jr. vs Morphosis, Olímpico, Psicosis
5) Ángel de Oro, Mistico, Valiente vs Ephesto, Mephisto, Misterioso Jr.
6) Pólvora vs Titán [MEX WELTER]
Polvora is the champ

Titan wins or we riot. A battle of good versus evil right there.

I’m not a big fan of Delta, but Delta & Guerrero Maya would be a fine tag team to send to the NJPW tournament. Angel de Oro & Valiente are not a team but it would be a fair reward for having to play set up man to Mistico for the last month. Super Halcon & Hombre Bala would be the worst of all possible choices. Look at me, thinking CMLL will send an actual tag team to a tag team tournament, how silly.

It’d be nice if CMLL TV got messed up enough to allow Triton vs Virus to air.

IWL (SUN) 09/16/2012 Centro de Convenciones Tlalnepantla
***IWL 2nd Anniversary Show***
1) ?, ??, Black Azteca vs ???, ????, Infierno Kid
2) Impulso vs Arkanos, Ninja De Fuego, Quimico Jr., Payaso Carroña, Payaso Terror, Cenovio Pitt, Juan el Ranchero, Niño de Ébano, Centinela
3) Carta Brava Jr. (IWL) vs Carta Brava Jr. (IWRG)
4) Hijo de Mascara Sagrada vs Fishman Jr., Canek Jr., Killer Jr., ?, Kato Kung Lee Jr., Universo 2000 Jr., Talisman Jr., Hijo De Brazo, Kung Fu Jr. [Copa Junior]
5) Aeroboy & Pesadilla vs León Rojo & Ovett and Tony Rivera & Zumbido and Ojo Diabolico & Sepulturero I and Black Terry & Zumbi
6) Ángel o Demonio vs Joe Lider, Extreme Tiger, Último Gladiador, Violento Jack, Super Mega, Cerebro Negro [electrified cage]
7) Nimrod JJ & Steve Corino vs Canek & Fantasma de la Ópera

Today’s Arena Mexico show is hyped as Mascara Dorada vs Averno; the two will soon be facing off in New Japan (and it wouldn’t be surprise if a title match between the two gets added to that tour.) The focus of this match should actually be on Polvora and Titan, who seem headed to a title match next week for the monthly fan appreciation show. Diamante and Diamante Azul team up for the first time on purpose in the semimain.

Mephisto and Sagrado are in the lightning match; it’s Sagrado’s fourth one in the last two months. Dunno how that works. Tercera is Triton, Pegasso, and Fuego vs Arkangel, Skandalo and Hooligan, which sounds like a match Mr. Cacao will sell on a DVD.

Dark Angel is still listed as working tonight in Arena Coliseo Guadalajara, but Apolo Dantes mentioned a few days ago that it’ll actually be Goya Kong.

SuperLuchas has an AAA interview with Machine Rocker, talking up his team and how they’ve been training for years. The interview says it was Machine Rocker who got the pin in their one televised match so far; I thought it was Soul Rocker, but was half confused on the names by the end of it. (It was the one who appeared to be Semental, I’m pretty sure.)  It might have helped if AAA did anything at all to introduce the characters before throwing them out in a match. Maybe they’ll do it on Pinterest? There’s vague threats to “the team that claims to be the strongest in AAA”, which could be both Consejo and Psycho Circus depending on how you read it.

Speaking of frequent complaints about AAA’s presentation, here’s a promo from Drago to hype up his participation in the panamerican tournament taking place in Colombia next month. Has Drago ever spoken on AAA TV? Has AAA ever done internet only promos for their own company? (Maybe that time where Octagoncito was calling Octagon but couldn’t get him to pick up. And the fake shoot fight.)

TripleMania XX part 1 has seen by 54,000 people, which means it still remains behind Emma Huevo vs Sexi Star in a kiddie pool. Good job, good effort.

In this week’s SuperLuchas, Trio Fantasma (Super Muneco, Super Raton, Super Pinocho) are interviews with the WWA Trios titles. Those haven’t been seen in a decade. They say they won them on 07/14 in Palenque de Tlaxcala in a decision match  over Coco Rojo, Coco Amarillo and Coco Azul in a tournament that included “Los Dinamitas, Rayo de Jalisco y Rayman, and others” and was endorsed by Benjamin Mora. I have no record of a tournament like that, and think we probably would’ve heard if Rayo de Jalisco and Cien Caras were involved. Anyway, they’re defending the belts on 09/01 vs Black Terry, Scorpio and Shu el Guerrero on the next legend show.

The magazine has been running a multiweek feature on the last shows of Santo. This week, that included an interview with Hijo del Santo, who talked only about his father and not about anything else that might be going on. Later in the magazine, El Hijo del Santo’s lawyer maintains that the 10 sons of El Santo might have the right their father’s name, but Axel is a grandson so it doesn’t count (which seem to me would prevent Hijo del Santo’s son from being Nieto del Santo at the same time, but I’m no lawyer.) The lawyer says they’re still fighting it in court.

As part of their usual plan of flying in US indy guys, IWL is bringing in Steve Corino for their next show. He’ll be in electrified cage match with Violento Jack, Super Mega and Angel o Demonio.

Besides not sharing his thoughts on new Mistico…

@luchablog Dragon Lee isSon of a BITCH

— Magnus (@VivaMagnus) August 27, 2012

…Magnus has been announced as working the semimain of the Mexico vs the World show on 09/30.

Rob has highlights of 08/14/12 CMLL.

Links

• El Hijo del Medico Asesino on Tercera Caida. I haven’t watched this one yet, but it appears the story isn’t that he got cut, but that he decided he needed to come back to Mexico to learn more lucha libre to help him succeed, and generally evading questions about wrestling unmasked.
• Highlights from last week CMLL press conference.
• Drastic Boy and Aeroboy agreed to a mask match – with Ciclope, who has not yet agreed.
• Ringbelles has an interview with Taya Valkyrie about wrestling in AAA and her adjustment to Mexico.
• Silueta says she’s still REINA-CMLL International Junior champion, so the new REINA title wasn’t meant to replace hers.
• Q & A with Big Mama.

Lineup

CMLL (SUN) 09/02/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Freesbe & Höruz vs Camorra & Ramstein
2) Aereo, Fantasy, Pequeño Halcón vs Mercurio, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior
3) Delta, Fuego, Stuka Jr. vs Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Virus
4) Estrellita vs Lady Apache [lightning]
5) Blue Panther, Diamante Azul, La Sombra vs Ephesto, Euforia, Pólvora
6) Negro Casas vs Ángel de Oro [NWA WELTER]
Negro Casas is the champ

The main event story should be about Angel de Oro having learned enough to finally beat Negro Casas, but I’d be okay for it to take a couple more attempts.

Let the short lightning matches continues.

They’re really doing Namajague & Okumura vs Fuego & Stuka soon! Maybe next week! (Or they’re fooling me good.)

CMLL (SUN) 09/02/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Azteca de Oro & Indigo vs Demonio Rojo & Relampago Azul
2) Black Metal & Halcon de Plata vs Acertijo & Infierno
3) Esfinge & Metatrón vs In Memoriam & Mr. Trueno
4) Gallo & Smaker vs Artillero & Súper Comando
5) Hijo del Fantasma & Rush vs Mephisto & Rey Bucanero

A show.

IWRG (SUN) 09/02/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Radical vs Infierno Kid Jr.
2) Centvrión & Freelance vs Eita & The Mummy
3) Freyser, Golden Magic, La Cobra vs Carta Brava Jr., Chicano, Violencia Jr.
4) Relampago, Trauma II, Veneno vs Danny Casas, El Hijo del Medico Asesino, Heddi Karaoui
5) Negro Navarro & Trauma I vs Hijo de LA Park & Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.

Non-title main event with the tag team champs. I have strong guess at what next week’s main

Chicano is still on the tecnico side on Thursday. Dinamic Black and La Cobra should be on alert.

The return of the Mummy! I’m pretty sure I saw someone on the IWRG Facebook demanding such. Maybe they take requests, that’s a reason to sign up for Facebook right now.

CMLL (SUN) 08/26/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Informador]
4) La Máscara & Mistico b Euforia & Mephisto
Tecnicos took 2/3. Mephisto fouled Mistico to pin him in the first, Mistico submitted Mephisto in the third.

Attendance looks minimal in that picture. Switching back and forth on the start time can not be helping.

IWRG (SUN) 08/26/2012 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), The Gladiatores]
1) Infierno Kid b Serpiente de Oro
Serpiente de Oro replaced the chronically missing Galaxy.
2) Eita & Imposible b Epidemia & Radical
Epidemia made one of his one night unexplained returns to fill in for Dinamic Black in a loss.
3) Alan Extreme, Factor, Rayan b Chicano, Freyser, Tony Rivera
Alan Extreme replaced Spartan. Chicano did not get along with his partners.
4) Relampago, Trauma I, Trauma II b Danny Casas, El Hijo del Medico Asesino, Hijo de Pirata Morgan
Trauma I made his return, replacing Veneno. Danny Casas replaced Super Nova.
5) Cien Caras Jr., Heddi Karaoui, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 b Hijo de LA Park, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Negro Navarro
Rudos took 1/3. Navarro hit Wagner by mistake, and Wagner and Park attacked Navarro. Traumas ran out of the save and to set up a tag match.

LuchaMania reports the winners from the first QPPLC tourstop in Monterrey are Lady Puma, Hiedra, Gemelos Muerte, Perseus, Slayer Boy y Mini Hator. Lady Puma and Perseus (one of Sangre Chicana’s kids) are repeat winners from last year. Next stop is in Campeche on September 22/23. LuchaMania also has an interview with Konnan from the show.

Tinieblas Jr. says he’ll have a TV show on TVC (not sure if Deportes) starting September 21 and weekly from there. It sounds more like a children’s show with the family they’ve previously done, and not specifically a running show. Tinieblas Jr. also says his son may debut this year. That’s the first time I can remember his son even being mentioned.

Tickets for the Anniversary show on Ticketmaster run from 734 ($56) to 183 ($14). I need to put together a chart of ticket prices some day, but that seems higher than usual. The 10 peso tickets for kids are not on the website; maybe you have to buy those in person?

@magnusreal EL PRIMER MEXICANO EN LA LUCHA SEMIFINAL vs. EL RESTO DEL MUNDO. 30 SEPT. LOPEZ MATEOS. VIVA MEXICO CA…

— LEGEND LUCHA LIBRE(@LEGENDLUCHA) August 27, 2012

That’s the match with Heddi Karoui, Zumbi and Maya Balam. Show is not until September 30th, they have time to slowly doll out information.

LuchaWorld has video of the LA Lucha Legends show opener: Mercurio Jr., Vandal Drummond, Meteoro vs Super Boy Jr., Flecha Fugaz, Sombra Infernal.

Luchas 2000 #635 has giant pictures of Terrible & Rush, and small pictures of Puma King and Rey Cometa

La Copa writes about the history of Gimnasio del Valle promotion.