Tag: IWRG IC Heavy

Scorpio, Silver King, Nuevo Laredo

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Scorpio (Senior), Rafael Nunez, passed away this morning. Scorpio was part of El Toreo in the 80s, one of many guys who could claim a win over Canek for the UWA Heavyweight Title (and lost it back to him two months later.) Scorpio was given the Feo gimmick that was passed down to his son, Scorpio Jr. In recent years, Scorpio was a Mexico City Box Y Lucha commissioner and was often seen during incidents at the CMLL Arena Mexico shows.

Silver King, can count to 6/Black Terry Jr.

IWRG (THU) 06/24 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), @thegladiatores]
1) Guerrero 2000 b Alan Extreme
2) Comando Negro, Eterno, Hijo del Signo b Dark Devil, Guerrero Nazi, Imposible
3) Avisman, El Hijo del Diablo, Gringo Loco b Brazo Metalico, Daga, Eragon
4) Black Terry, Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro b Bombero Infernal, Maldito Jr., Samot [captains hair]
5) Silver King b Máscara Año 2000 Jr. [IWRG IC HEAVY]

Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. lost the title to Silver King. Way to let Arena Naucalpan down! If this whole story ends up with, say, Chico Che winning the heavyweight title to avenge IWRG, I’d vote it for feud of the year. If this whole story ends with Silver King walking off with the heavyweight title and never returning to defending it, in Negro Casas/Mistico style, it’d be great on a different level. Dos de Tres has promos with the new champion and the old champion.

Dr. Cerebro & Bombero Infernal were the captains, so Bombero Infernal lost his hair.

Guerrero Nazi is a tecnico! I was sure I’ve seen that name before, but I can’t find any previous matches. Dark Devil was hanging around Arena Neza when they were running the Colmillo Blanco/Ramstein shows there. I presume that’s a trio of Negro Navarro students.

CMLL Nuevo Laredo mega show (in need of a name) press conference notes: the Gladaitores, Cesar (who notes all of the undercard connections to Oriental), and SuperLuchas (who links back here – echo chamber complete!) Of the non-Oriental & Mistico teams, it sounds like Atlantis vs Olimpico was the only pushed slightly as a rivalry.

NJPW has an article hyping the Okumura, Liger, Yoshihashi vs Garza, Terrible, Niebla match just to get in on the hyping of things.  There’s an obvious relationship on the Japanese team between importance and casualness of clothes worn for a press conference.

If Garza is back with CMLL, does that mean someone else is coming in to lead the Independents? Did they forget about that?

Arena Mexico previews: SuperLuchas, and Ovaciones has one after it’s Nuevo Laredo preview. Today’s about as a lame duck a Friday show can get. There’s nothing going on heading into the show, CMLL spent yesterday hyped an entirely different show, and no one will be talking about this show tomorrow. There might be some good matches, but there might not be many people watching them. There surely will be a moment of applause for Scorpio.

Dragon Rojo says Poder Mexica was winning 80% of the title match, can’t understand how he lost again. Dragon Rojo’s family came to see him with the title, but instead he was hurt after Metro’s German suplex, so Metro is a new rival. Dragon Rojo might actually win that feud. Might.

Espladas Planas has video of Nemesis’ injury.

R de Rudo interviews Sangre Fria.

Cronicas Y Leyendas writes about El Halcon’s Luchador of 1975, but you’ll have to click the link to find out who won. Also, a look back of a major LLI card in 1982.

Segunda Caida finishes off February IWRG, then gives out it’s awards for the month.

LuchaWorld has the newest Slammin’  Stan.

01/18: IWRG, Box Y Lucha

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CMLL

IWRG (SUN) 01/14 Arena Naucalpan Results
1) Trauma I, Trauma II b Golem, Puma King
2) Bacteria, Freelance, Turbo b Avisman, Black Terry, Black Thunder
3) Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Suicida DQ El Hijo del Diablo, Fantasma de la Ópera, Veneno
4) Camorra, Canek, Mascara Ano 2000 b Dos Caras, Negro Navarro, Sagrado
5) Electroshock b Mascara Sagrada [1, IWRG IC HEAVY]

Electro gets his title shot versus Canek on 02/04; I’m shocked they’ve announced the date. Trios champs lost the tercera when Fantasma piledrove Suicida, which will do it to you every time.

Ovaciones’ preview of IWRG’s Sunday card says the Corp/tecnicos atomicos has been changed to a trios match for the belts.

AAA’s redesigned their site. It’s still not great, but it’s better than a few hours ago when they had some completely unreadable buttons up. They didn’t actually add much of new content.

Box Y Lucha has posted more articles from it’s latest edition
– Cibernetico says the people like them because he’s real, and he’s says what they want to say, to anyone. Ciber echos the “Latin Lover’s forgotten his people” and drops Kawaghi’s name.
– The Villanos share their memories of Villano I. Villano III’s stories all are about winning street fights against thugs with superior numbers.
– India Sioux talks about her start in lucha libre. She’s going be in Japan from 01/23 to 01/30 (or 02/01 by the time she’s back). CMLL.com says Marcela and Hiroka are going as well.
– Pirata Morgan reminds us that the eye patch is not a work, he really has one eye. But he also explains he’s strengthened that one eye so much, he has perfect peripheral vision. That’s why he’s the best in the world.
– Pirata Morgan has a hot daughter, which just boggles my mind. Perla Negra is training (apparently while not wearing much if you believe these pictures), but not yet wrestling.
– Perro Aguayo Jr. tells everyone who think the Perros are cooling off to shut up. Okay. (Guess they’re cooling off.)
– Rambo talks about the saddest day in his life; the day his father died.
– Arena Queretaro celebrates 24 years of lucha libre.

Villano III chats with Box Y Lucha on 01/23 at 2:00pm.

In today’s Ovaciones, Coco Rojo and Super Muneco hype up this weekend’s VIP show by talking about having a mask match…sometime later. For now, it’ just a singles match.

WWE pushed it’s Mexico tour back a week.

03/22 (THU) Mexico City
03/23 (FRI) Mexico City
03/24 (SAT) Chihuahua (not Tijuana)
03/25 (SUN) Monterrey

…so CMLL is totally running the week before. I wonder what they’ll do in a Arena Coliseo Monterrey that week.

Tickets range between $23 up to $183 US. I think Chris Benoit is the biggest lucha libre name value draw included in the list of people on this tour (subject to change); Chavo’s there too, but he hasn’t had much of a Mexican career. They’re going after a different fanbase, so maybe that’ll be fine, but it didn’t seem like things were strong enough last time to do two shows in the same city. Rey Mysterio is not listed as participating at this time.

Sunday is Brazo de Plata’s 30 year anniversary of starting his lucha libre career.