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There’s not a detailed recap of last night’s Arena Naucalpan show, but Eterno & Apolo Estrada Jr. did win the double hair match over Black Terry & Dr. Cerbero. In an early match, Avisman was knocked out after a Fresero Jr. German suplex. He’s better later in the locker room at the end of the video, but it’s a scary looking situation.

Mascara Dorada says he wants a rematch with Bushi at FantasticaMania, which we all assumed but is still nice to know. If the translation of the post match interview from the title change, Bushi did acknowledge he’d have to defend the CMLL Welterweight championship on those shows, but demanded to only defend it in Arena Mexico after that.

CMLL tonight in Puebla has Ultimo Guerrero defending the NWA Middleweight championship against Atlantis. It has not been officially announced, but I have the sneaking the suspicion the first two falls will be rather short, and the third fall rather long. It’s possible they may break ten minutes combined but I wouldn’t wager on it. Atlantis won last week and already has a title, so Ultimo Guerrero’s keeping his title unless he’s going to NXT or something.

The rest of the card is better. The two ongoing midcard feuds have been dumped together in one cibernetico. Friday’s cibernetico was the best part of the night. This isn’t as strong a field, but maybe the numbers will help reduce the drag of the worst members of this match. It’s still not clear where any of this going, but every other building is getting a cage match this month so perhaps there’s one coming to Puebla as well. The opener is just Puebla locals (no poor DF luchadors to drag it down), and there’s a mini match that looks pretty good. There’s also the 500th trios where Mascara and Maximo won’t get along. The show will air on YouTube at 9pm, and there’s usually a link on CMLL’s website early in the afternoon. I think I may have other things to do, so you may be on your own for this one.

Segunda Caida reviews El Hijo Del Santo, Fuerza Guerrera, Villano III vs Felino, Negro Casas, Shocker

Mocho Cota, Eddy Veralde, Rino, Guero Cota and Cimarron were among those honored in Nogales.

An interview with La Piedad’s Orion about his year.

Lineups

CMLL (SAT) 12/26/2015 Arena Coliseo
1) Fantasy vs Pequeño Olímpico
2) Flyer vs Metálico
3) Star Jr. vs Hijo del Signo
4) Súper Halcón Jr. vs Nitro
5) Hombre Bala Jr. vs Arkángel de la Muerte
6) Stigma & Stuka Jr. vs Boby Z & Sagrado
7) Blue Panther, Máximo Sexy, Valiente vs Hechicero, Kráneo, Pierroth

They’re back to just having shows. Main event could be fun depending on Pierroth’s involvement.

CMLL (SUN) 12/27/2015 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Ángel Aéreo & Johnny Dinamo vs Mercenario & Mr. Brisa
2) Explosivo & Star Black vs Demonio Rojo & Thunder Boy
3) Gallo, Magnum, Omar Brunetti vs Joker, Maléfico, Ráfaga
4) Esfinge, Titán, Tritón vs Mosco X Fly, Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno
5) Vaquero Jr. vs Carlos Rogi, El Yaqui, Sádico, El Alteño, Mr. Apolo, Nube Roja, El Chakal, Javier Cruz Jr., Exterminador [cage, hair]

It’s a locals cage match, so anyone really could lose. They’ve set it up over the last few months. Only three guys from DF (and X-Fly), and they’re all Guadalajara guys who probably are going home for Christmas anyway and just sticking around for the Sunday show.

CMLL (SAT) 12/19/2015 Arena Coliseo [CMLL]
1) Bengala b El Rebelde
2) Eléctrico b Mercurio
3) Hijo del Signo b Magnus
Signo used a powerbomb and the ropes to win. Magnus needed a stretcher.
4) Nitro b Soberano Jr.
Nitro continues to use his piledriver, which the CMLL recap notes should be illegal. Soberano also took a stretcher ride.
5) Hechicero b Delta
Hechicero won via conjuro.
6) Guerrero Maya Jr. & The Panther b Misterioso Jr. & Sagrado © [Arena Coliseo TAG]
Misterioso & Maya had a five minute chop fight. Tecnicos took first, rudos second, and tecnicos took the last to win the titles. Misterioso & Sagrado go down with zero defenses.
7) Ángel de Oro, Valiente, Volador Jr. b Gran Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Terrible

New champs! Guerrero Maya Jr. and T. Panther are both luchadors I really enjoy and I’m happy to see them win. It’s weird that CMLL title changes seem to be primarily built around who’s going to Japan and who needs to be in the dumb Universal tournament, but this definitely seems at least partially motivated by the first situation.

Delta being on the same show had to be bittersweet. It’s the Arena Coliseo tag team titles, belts CMLL forgets they have for decades at a time, but Delta & Maya were the previous champions and CMLL essentially decided the team was better off without Delta. And without Blue Panther Junior, but we could’ve figured that. CMLL seems to rarely move guys down, they’re mostly stuck in the same position for an extended period of time, but Delta’s seems like he’s been given up on a bit.

DTU (SAT) 12/19/2015 Arena Lopez Mateos [+LuchaTV, Black Terry Jr., Estrellas del Ring, Kronosport, MedioTiempo, R de Rudo]
1) Ángel del Misterio b Destello, Vengador, Aeropower, Aero Power, Perro Negro Jr., Joven Maravilla, Adrenalina Fly, El Nene, El Chato, Niño De Cobra, Kid Lobo, Flyer Boy
2) Lanzeloth & Rocky Lobo b Chica Ye-Ye & Exotico and Atila (Veracruz) & Tiburón (Veracruz) and Corsario Negro Jr. & Drako [DTU NEXO]
vacant titles; all four teams had either won a qualifier or went to a double pin in their qualifier. The Dinastia Crazy team of Lobo & Lanzeloth are the 2nd champions.
3) Tony L Kevin, Jimmy [hair]
Jimmy took Tony’s hair with help from Kevin. It appears Kevin & Jimmy will remain as a tecnico Nerds, but Tony is going his own way as a rudo.
4) Black Fire b Drastik Boy, Lokillo, Jinzo
Black Fire earned a trip to WXW Germany (and likely a shot at the DTU Alto Impacto championship) by defeating Lokillo
5) Ángel o Demonio & Ovett b Black Terry & Blue Panther and Paranoiko & Shyru Dragon
money thrown in
6) Psicosis II, Titán (CMLL), Valiente DCOR Crazy Boy, Pesadilla, Super Mega
CMLL vs DTU match under DTU rules, with the CMLL luchadors using weapons. Money thrown in. DTU side gave the CMLL credit after the match, but wanted an apuesta match. After the CMLL wrestlers left, Sharlie Rockster arrived to challenge the DTU side, specifically Super Mega for the DTU Consagrado championship. Match will take place on February 20th.
7) Miedo Extremo L Cíclope, Violento Jack, Aero Boy [hair, mask]
Violento Jack defeated Ciclope, Aeroboy defeated Miedo Extremo, and Ciclope defeated his ally Miedo Extremo for his mask in a bloody match. Miedo Extremo was unmasked as Jonathan Uriel Gijon Perez, 20 years old, 5 years a wrestler, from Pachuca.

Strong turnout; Arena Lopez Mateos looks close to full.

It amazes me how young Miedo is. If he’s a five year vet, his first matches were on DTU shows and was wrestling in hardcore matches at 17 and 18. Miedo beat Ciclope in the death match tournament earlier this year, so this outcome seemed like the expected reversal.

Sharlie was a busy man, also showing up on a Leyendas Inmortal show to attack Heavy Metal and finding some time to challenge Pagano too. Thinking he’s working at a cheaper price than Cibernetico and Caristico, so he’s going to be used everywhere.

Black Terry Jr. has highlights of Titan, Valiente and Psicosis versus Crazy Boy, Pesadilla, Super Mega.

CMLL ELITE (SUN) 12/20/2015 Arena México [CMLL, Kronosport, Plantilla Deportiva, Terra]
1) Astral & Fantasy b Karonte Jr. & Mercurio
Karonte Jr. appears to be last week’s Mini Karonte.
2) Artillero & Súper Comando b Dinamic Black & Metaleón
3) Kamaitachi & Okumura b Golden Magic & Rayman
4) Dragón Rojo Jr. & Felino b Mr. Águila & Super Crazy
Dragon Rojo replaced Puma. Super Crazy and Felino made challenges after Felino used a foul to win.
5) Carístico, Mistico, Negro Casas b Cibernético, Mephisto, Sharlie Rockstar
Tecnicos took 2/3. Negro Casas and Caristico had tense moments, and a standoff post match. CMLL’s recap wonder if Mistico & Caristico will go for the tag titles (held by Casas & Shocker.)
6) Atlantis, Octagón, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. b Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000, Universo 2000
Rayo de Jalisco 40th Anniversary. Elite gave Rayo a plaque before the match. Tecnicos took 2/3.

They had a giant turnout for this show, one of their best of the years. It’s worth noting tickets were very marked down, to 40 pesos, but they’ve also been doing ticket deals for other Elite shows and they haven’t drawn nearly as well as this one. The main event guys are the real difference, though it seems like a one time thing that wouldn’t work if they were back as regulars. Still, should they ever actually get an Azteca TV deal, this makes sense as the first show to use.

King Cuerno, Mil Muertes and Dario Cueto were at the Univison Deportes awards tonight. That’s all I need to know to be sure they’re back on UniMas (or some Univision channel) – they’re being brought to those sort of things because they’re still part of the family. I can’t give an explanation of why they’re not doing the Spanish language ring announcements, but they’ve surely figured something out.

Pete Best met Atlantis. Many people consider Atlantis the sixth Beetle.

RobViper has highlights of 06/19 CMLL

Segunda Caida reviews Mistico vs Volador Jr. vs Felino vs La Sombra and Molotov/Lestat and Navarros/Panthers

SuperLibre had guests talking about the Ringo Mendoza tribute show and Lizmark’s death.

CMLL (TUE) 12/15/2015 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Fuego en el Ring]
1) Magia Blanca & Omar Brunetti b Relampago & Rey Trueno
Tecnicos took 2/3. Magia Blanca made his debut here as a replacement for Leon Blanco.
2) Magnus, Sensei, Soberano Jr. b Camorra, Inquisidor, Maléfico
3) Lluvia, Princesa Sugehit, Silueta b Amapola, La Seductora, Zeuxis
Marcela continues to miss shows, replaced by Lluvia this time. Tecnicas took 2/3. Lluvia beat Zeuxis.
4) La Máscara, Máximo Sexy, Valiente b Boby Z, Felino, Hechicero
Mascara didn’t get along with his partners but got the win over Felino
5) Marco Corleone, Super Porky, Volador Jr. DQ Euforia, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero
Ultimo fouled Marco. Marco demanded a singles match next week.

Marco/UG was already announced for next week, but worth noting Lluvia and Zeuxis also match up in a trios match. Maybe they’re getting a title match in the next few weeks.

CMLL (FRI) 12/18/2015 Arena México [CMLL, Notimex, thecubsfan]
1) Oro Jr. & Star Jr. b Espiritu Negro & Metálico
18:46, tecnicos took 1/3. Espiritu Negro’s first match since August.
2) Puma b Tritón, Fuego, Súper Comando, The Panther, Tiger, Sangre Azteca, Esfinge, Blue Panther Jr., Raziel,Cancerbero, Pegasso [cibernetico]
Eliminations: Pegasso (Sangre Azteca), Cancerbero (Blue Jr.), Raziel (The Panther), Blue Panther Jr. (Tiger), Esfinge (Super Comando), Sangre Azteca (Triton), Tiger (Fuego), The Panther (Puma, stealing win from Comando), Super Comando (Triton after Puma had attacked him), Fuego (Puma), Triton (Puma), leaving Puma as the winner. Puma and Comando fought each other and the Panther during the match, teasing those three as the possible mask losers next week.
3) Ángel de Oro, La Máscara, Valiente b Pólvora, Terrible, Virus
15:03. Terrible replaced Kamaitachi and Valiente replaced Maximo on Monday. Tecnicos took 2/3, despite not getting along with La Mascara
4) Kamaitachi, Shocker, Último Guerrero DQ Atlantis, Marco Corleone, Máximo Sexy
8:40. Kamaitachi swapped spots with Terrible, while the opposition was changed from Kraneo, Ripper and Thunder to Marco, Atlantis and Maximo on Monday. Rudos took 1/3, Kamaitachi faking a foul from Maximo to draw the DQ. Challenges followed.
5) Carístico, Super Parka, Volador Jr. b Ephesto, Mephisto, Negro Casas
10:57. Super Parka replaced Atlantis. Casas submitted Parka to a choke in the first fall, but would not let go and was DQed. Casas snuck in a foul on Volador in the second fall, but Parka cradled Casas when the referee finally turned around. Parka challenged Casas to a one fall apuesta match again and was beat up by Casas again. This was Caristico’s return to CMLL’s main shows.

The show was better than the last two, though the crowd was library quiet for most of the show. Caristico’s return didn’t feel any special after a minute, and the hair feuds are running in place. Best match of the show was the cibernetico.

Mascara Dorada lost the CMLL Welterweight Championship to BUSHI last night in Korakuen Hall. I stayed up to watch it live and forgot to write about it, maybe because the result was such an eye roll. Dorada probably will get a rematch at FantasticaMania, but who knows with Dorada/NJPW.

AAA’s show today is a tribute to Hijo del Perro Aguayo Jr.  There are some different matches shown than the show earlier this year, though it ends again with Perro and Myteziz.

The TV show also announced AAA’s show at Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera will be on 01/22. It doesn’t have a special name, but will probably be a big show. It appears to be the first taping of the year, which would mean AAA would either air the show the next day on TV (unlikely) or they’ll be airing four weeks of best of material with no ‘new’ shows until January 16th. The Juan de la Barrera show will air January 30th and February 6th most likely

Also, Tampico promoters are advertising a March 11th show there as Rey de Reyes. That would be a make up show for Guerra de Titanes (and indicates that whatever the reason for Guerra de Titanes being canceled was, it wasn’t something that would stop AAA from going right back there for the next show.)

DTU’s 8th Anniversary show tonight in Arena Lopes Mateos. They’ve got a preview here. The main event is a four way apuesta match with Ciclope (hair), Miedo Extremo (mask), Violento Jack (mask) and Aeroboy (mask). There’s also a CMLL (Ripper, Valiente, Titan) vs DTU (Crazy Boy, Super Mega, Pesadilla) trios, a four way for the vacant tag titles, and a four way for a trip to Germany’s WXW. Lokillo, Black Fire, Drastic Boy and Jinzo have promos about why they’re winning the trip.

Tonight’s Sabado Retros show with Misterioso & Sagrado defending the Arena Coliseo Tag Team championship against The Panther and Guerrero Maya Jr. I see the challengers as slight favorites

Sunday has Rayo de Jalisco Jr.’s 40th Anniversary show at Arena Mexico, which is quietly supposed to be the final Elite show of the year. IWRG also has their Arena Naucalpan show with a double hair match and two title matches.

Lizmark’s body was flown to Acapulco and buried on Friday. (That link has an open casket photo.) Lizmark will be on the cover of this week’s Box Y Lucha. Alfonso Morales talks about his memories of Lizmark in his weekly column.

Pentagon Jr. & Jesus Zuniga had their handprints added at the Plaza de las Estrellas in Mexico City.

Martha Villalobos held a 10th anniversary party for her promotion.

Solar & Blue Panther face off tomorrow in Arena Coliseo Monterrey.

An article on a lucha libre documentary in Guatemala.

Lineups

CMLL (TUE) 12/22/2015 Arena México
1) Leono & Sensei vs Akuma & Apocalipsis
Added to the show on Saturday.
2) Astral, Shockercito, Último Dragoncito vs Demus 3:16, Mercurio, Pierrothito
3) Magnus, Metatrón, Oro Jr. vs Disturbio, Okumura, Virus
Oro replaced Soberano on Saturday.
4) Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr., The Panther vs Hechicero, Mephisto, Misterioso Jr.
Hechicero & Misterioso replaced Epehsto & Luciferno on Saturday.
5) Dragón Rojo Jr. © vs Titán [CMLL MIDDLE]
13th defense
6) La Máscara, Super Porky, Valiente vs Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Thunder
Thunder and Terrible replaced Felino & Vangellys on Saturday.

Card changed around quite a bit because of the ring, with Thunder being added the big news. Thunder wasn’t mentioned at all on Friday night, so what seems to happening is what happened back in September (and maybe before) – CMLL signals a Thunder/UG match is happening, Thunder disappears from the ring during the build up, CMLL changes it’s plan, and then Thunder comes back to work the original show anyway. And then CMLL starts to build up again for the next show and we’re stuck in this pattern forever. This is why Thunder/UG happening on 01/01 was a positive – at least this cycle would break. Instead, maybe they do it all again in March to build up a garbage match.

CMLL (FRI) 12/25/2015 Arena México
1) Estrellita, La Vaquerita, Lluvia vs Dalys, La Seductora, Tiffany
2) Blue Panther, Stuka Jr., Super Porky vs Kráneo, Pólvora, Vangellys
3) Máximo Sexy, Super Parka, Valiente vs Cavernario, Kamaitachi, Negro Casas
4) Carístico, Mistico, Rush vs Cibernético, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
5) Blue Panther Jr. vs Tritón, Esfinge, The Panther, Pegasso, Fuego, Sangre Azteca, Tiger, Raziel, Súper Comando, Cancerbero, Puma [cage]

Much like the last iPPV, this is a one match show. The one match is not likely to be near as good as Sombra/Volador, but this time we know in advance it’s a big moment for someone.  This card does have more going on in the undercard, but there’s nothing that’s sure to be a really good match.

The semimain has the best shot, depending on how much Cibernetico is involved. That’s Cibernetico’s first appearance on a regular show, with no particular build. The idea about keeping the Elite guys only on Sundays seems out the window.

Tercera has the two hair matches which don’t have a date; there’s a good chance you’ll be paying for an angle to build up another iPPV the following week. Maybe there’s some tag combination of Maximo/Kamiatachi and Parka/Casas that could be done to hide Parka – Casas & Maximo were friend in Puebla after all.