Category: TV Schedule

box. One return from World Cup hiatus! Possibly not the one you want.

AAA-US: Part 1 of TripleMania, with the minis match, the women’s match, the four way tag and Wagner/Electroshock. I look forward to “flipping channels and saw Go Shiozaki on lucha libre, how weird” tweets this weekend.

52MX: Women’s match, and Yoshihashi’s debut on this show.

LATV: probably a rerun

CMLL-GDL: next show in line had a Mascara/Terrible/UG vs Asesino/Maximo/Porky relevos, but who knows.

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CMLL: the 3 of the top 4 that aren’t the women’s match. Pesta Negra vs Sombra/Mistico/Shocker

AAA-MEX: the first post-TripleMania taping, with the Legion vs 187/Cibernetico

Fox: notInfernales/Dr. X vs Dimante/Fuego/Rush, and Lyger & the Dinamitas vs Maximo, Porky and La Mascara in a match that actually happened.

C3: More Demus/Bam Bam

Puebla: still not on the schedule

Monterrey: Is it on? Is not on? I dunno. I’m guessing still off for World Cup.

Perros: back on the schedule! probably back still on the DF show.

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CMLL-TFN: up to 07/03, so the Euforia/Okumura/Virus vs Maximo/Metro/Mictlan match might be an unaired one to slip thru.

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AAA-US: last week before TripleMania. Even bigger is the exciting return of Chris Stone. LA Park and La Parka in matches but not the same match.

52MX: Diamante Angels vs Cancerbero Skandalos + Lyger vs Maximo.

LATV: if it’s not a rerun, we’re still waiting for a women’s trios and a grab bag group of tecnicos vs Euforia + 67% of Poder Mexica

IWRG: a rerun!

Masked Warriors: the Behind the Mask special premier at 1 on Saturday, repeats many many times.

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CMLL: Televisa’s website says lucha is back the 2pm/4pm start times on Sunday. Other sites say it’s 1:30pm/3:30pm. Watch CMLL’s Twitter, I guess.

Even though the pattern of late has been to skip one of the top three matches, I can’t believe they’re airing Astral vs Electico. Even in a week where no one but the hardest core will be watching.

AAA-MEX: Part 2 of TripleMania. Parka/Park is the headliner, but the cruiserweight four way might be good too. Regardless of when this actually starts and what’s going on opposite of it, you may want to skip the women’s match and the Abyss/Ciber vs Zorro/Vamp first hour.

CMLL-FOX: Mr. Aguila vs Mistico.

C3: TZUKI. Either you’re in for Tzuki or you don’t care about this show anyway.

Puebla: Back on the schedule, as far I’ve seen. Figure the Yoshiashi match is the one that gets dropped.

ACM: Back on the schedule, as far as I’ve sen. They’ve got a lot of back loaded shows here, so my usual bad guess is even worse here.

Perros: Back on the schedule, as far as I’ve seen. (TVC Deportes doesn’t have listings for Sunday & Monday on their site, so I’m working off that listings site linked earlier.) Should continue to work thru the DF taping. Will be slightly amazed if this airs.

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CMLL-TFN: Triad vs Maximo/Mascara/Sagrado, plus Pesta Negra vs Garza/Mistico/Volador

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AAA-US: Hermandad/Parka vs Chessman/Hernandez/Kenzo. Mixed tag with Aero & Fabi vs Alex & Sexi should be good.

52MX: Mascara/Maximo/Valiente vs Invasors, Leono/Tony/Trueno vs Bronco/Durango/Inquisidor

LATV: if it’s new, a women’s trios + Poder Euforia vs Oro/Panther/Valiente

IWRG: a rerun

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CMLL: Mex Trios match, return of Lyger, debut of Yoshihashi

AAA-MEX: the taping from this Wednesday, if they get it done quick enough. Hermandad/Cibernetico vs Hernandez/Park/Zorro

CMLL-FOX: Goya Kong’s debut, plus the Averno/Negro/Volador vs Dorado/Mistico/Aguila rematch. Only airs on Sunday this week.

C3: Ephesto/Panther, plus the Demus/Bam Bam feud continues

Puebla: off due to World Cup.

Monterrey: if it airs, maybe Park/Zorro vs Metal/Parka

Perros: off due to World Cup

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CMLL-TFN: Shocker vs Dos Jr., this time for sure.

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Firmly in the “it figures” category: MexicoTV doesn’t have LuchaMania on it’s schedule anymore. Not sure if it’s a one week thing or if they’ve just finished airing it, but I’d guess the latter.

AAA-US: Electroshock/Wagner in a cage, Minis trios, Silver King/UG vs Lider/Nicho

52MX: should be the cibernetico and the opening tag, but it’s been a great while since an opening tag has aired here.

LATV: if this is the week they feel like showing a new episode, we try again with the minis match and Poder Virus vs Fuego/Sagrado/Stuka

IWRG: a rerun!

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CMLL: On Sunday until you hear different. Top 3, heavy build up to the Sunday show going on a couple hours later.

AAA-MEX: Torreon taping, with a tag title match, an arrest, and a main event with no particular finish. (And probably some hype for the PPV an hour later.)

CMLL-FOX: Minis match, Maximo/Taichi

C3: Volador/Atlantis, Olimpico’s return.

Puebla: Garza/Mistico vs StrongMan/Volador

ACM: matches from Sunday? Not quite sure.

PdM: not sure what aired last week, but guessing more Tijuana.

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CMLL-TFN: the first part of the CMLL Universal tournament, plus Dos/No Limit vs Garza, Shocker, Volador.

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Since I’ve got no place else to say this at the moment and will forget again in the morning…

As mentioned yesterday, CMLL scored a 2.3 rating. They were on Sunday. Televisa aired a lot of commercials. It was a very low rating. However…

rating the week before CMLL moved: 3.4
rating the week after CMLL moved: 3.4

The big dropoffs happened the second and third weeks of the move. Moving it Sunday and all those commercials are probably a factor, but it’s not as those problems didn’t also exist the first week, and no one jumped off that week. There has to be other factors, like the content.

The two main storylines over the last two weeks has been the Japanese trio quickly winning and then losing straight matches to drop the titles and Mistico cementing himself as a tecnico team. The Mistico angle is a outright rewrite of a well received storyline from weeks ago and fall back into matches that have been done many times over the last five years. The trios title feud has featured a weak championship team of a career undercard wrestler artificially inflated to fit the spot, a wrestler on half year stay who has not impressed in his stint, and a wrestler who is hyped as super talented but hasn’t really had a chance to prove it (and one still so anonymous, CMLL.com’s own recap of Tuesday’s show currently lists him as ‘Taichi’), versus a team of liked (but not super liked) tecnicos with no particular connection between them. These are not the most compelling issues. Meanwhile, the most interesting storyline in CMLL, and the one they’re actually pushing the hardest, is CMLL vs the Invasors, and it has yet to be represented as a match on CMLL’s main show.

The other thing to keep in mind is Mexican ratings are very fluid. CMLL has dropped 1.1 in two weeks, to a low number. In those same two weeks, SmackDown has dropped 1.4 points, and there’s no concern for that show. Since the start of the year, CMLL has dropped or gain 0.5 in a week at least 6 times (there’s 4 weeks with no numbers.) If the rating dropped to something like 2.1 this week, I’d be concerned, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it just as randomly bounced to some number of 3.

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AAA-US: Aerostar/Relampago vs Billy/Decnnis in what should be a fun match, Daniels debut in a cruiserweight trios, and La Parka vs La Park in trios doesn’t quite come off

CMLL-52MX: Cats/Durango vs the All Marooned Squad of Horus, Metalico and Starman. I wonder what Durango Kid thinks of the Invasors? Also, Metro, Rush, Valiente vs Dragon, Euforia, Vangelis.

CMLL-LATV: if they pick up the next week, it’s a really good looking minis trios and Poder Virus vs Fuego/Stuka/Sagrado

IWRG-TF: no new episode in four weeks, not sure why I’m bothering. Could one of the dozen people who cover IWRG ask what’s going on with this show? Does anyone who writes about lucha libre on the internet watch (non-WWE) lucha libre on TV?

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CMLL: Still on Sunday, so this seems to be a long term switch. Show features entirely predictable Bernard/StrongMan break up, the entirely forced Maximo/Taichi feud, and a nice looking trios which will probably be clipped. I don’t know where you live, but the weather is looking pretty great here on Sunday; not a wise idea to spend it inside watching this show.

AAA-MEX: Torreon taping, with a tag title match, an arrest, and a main event with no particular finish.

CMLL-FOX: show with Fabian/Dr. X feud and Maximo/Taichi feud. This show is NOT a winner this week.

C3: insta-Volador/Atlantis feud and Tanahashi’s final match, for now. Not really a lot great on this show.

Puebla: Dorada match should air, or someone’s asleep at the controls.

ACM: maybe 3-5 from this past Sunday, lots of AAA (though maybe not the AAA you want in all cases.) Maybe Tiffany actually makes TV?

Perros del Mal: Charly Manson vs X-Fly. No, really. They aired SLP last week, which means this should be the Tijuana show, so maybe one hair match and undercard match, and then the cage match and the semimain next week? Which would put them on the DF taping the week after (3 days after the Masked Republic PPV debuts, so maybe not?)

By the way, nothing is more amusing than last week’s show starting with a Mr. Aguila promo. Oops! Truly, they are the difference, in editing this shows way ahead of time.

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CMLL-TFN: if I’m back synced up, this is the week with the minis match?

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AAA-US: Dark Family vs Crazy/Gato/Relampago, Generico’s one appearnce, and the Maniacos vs Parka/Octagon/Pimpi (kinda)

52MX: Women’s trios, plus Poder Mexica vs 2/3rds of the trios champs (or 2/2ths of the Arena Coliseo Tag champs)

LATV: Tuareg vs Fuerza Aerea (get a name!) and Rush, plus Angel vs Arkangel

IWRG: if it’s new, it’s Oficals vs Gringos and Piratas/Fueza vs Cerebro/Reyo/Scorpio

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CMLL: Show airs Sunday. top 3 includes new trios champs vs Mascara/Sombra/Dorada and the non-suspended portion of Peste Negra + UG vs Mistico/Shocker/Strong Man

AAA-MEX: Aerostar & Relampago vs Billy Boy & Decnnis! Also Psycho Ciruvs vs Legion and Parka vs Park (sort of.)

CMLL-FOX: More Fabian vs Dr. X, and Independentes vs Porky/Garza/Sombra

Puebla: 1/3/4/5 includes Fantamsa vs Psicosis and the Mistico/Tanahashi/Taichi team.

Monterrey: will it air? Golden Boy/Simbolo maybe?

PdM: Guessing they’re onto Arena Aficion, have no idea if they taped there. They’ve got that show, the SLP show, and the Tijuana show possible to air before the DF show.

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CMLL-TFN: Amapola vs Marcela, minis, and Dorada/Mictlan/Stuka vs Euforia/Nosferatu/Okumura. It’s so close to being a great show, has to settle for being very good.