IWRG (SUN) 09/01/2013 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), IWRG on AYM]
1) Emperador Azteca & Sky Ángel ?? Dragón Celestial & Fulgore II
2) Charly Madrid, Cristal, Lady Puma vs Hija de Karonte, Lady Sensación, Tigre Lee
Madrid & Lee added to the match. Straight falls win for Lee’s team.
3) Imposible, Picudo Jr., Zafiro b Ángel Dorado, Ángel Dorado Jr., Hijo del Ángel Dorado
4) Chucho el Roto, Iron Love, Psicópata, Rey Krimen, Sádico, Sepulturero I, Terry 2000, Yakuza b Alan Extreme, Bobby Lee Jr., Carta Brava Jr., Centvrión, Dinamic Black, Dr. Cerebro, Golden Magic, Hijo de Pirata Morgan [Copa High Power]
IWRG vs AULL. Eliminations: Alan Extreme (Iron Love submission), Psicopata (Golden Magic missile dropkick), Bobby Lee Jr. (Sepulturero powerbomb), Golden Magic (Rey Krymen arm trap armbar), Rey Krymen (Carta Brava Jr. kneebar), Carta Brava Jr. (Tery 2000 neckrbeaker hold/Iron Love tapatia (Cancerbero combo)), Terry 2000 (Cerbero Driver by Cerebro Negro), Iron Love (Hijo del Pirata Morgan top rope moonsault), Cerebro Negro (Seputurero senton), Sepulturero (Hijo del Pirata Morgaon froncracker), Hijo del Pirata Morgan (Chucho el Roto package piledriver), Iron Love (Centviron lift, Dinamic Black flying front cracker, Centivron German suplex), Dinamic Black (accidentally fouled by Centviron, pinned by Sadico), Centviron (pinned by Yakuza) to give AULL the win. Team IWRG blamed Centviron, but Centviron and Golden Magic attacked Dinamic Black after everyone else left. Centviron and Magic appeared to be rudos going forward.
5) Trauma I & Trauma II DQ Eterno & X-Fly [IWRG IC TAG]
Lots of arguing back and forth about the referee before deciding on Rosas. Traums took 2/3 to win the titles. In the third, Trauma I beat Eterno, X-Fly snuck in a foul on Trauma II, and Trauma I faked a foul from X-Fly. X-Fly & Eterno fall in first defense.

The Traumas are treated as the best tag team in IWRG and really the best tag team on indies, so they probably should’ve been tag team champions already. Lots of title changes by DQ here of late.

AULL vs IWRG match was fun. Golden Magic & Centviron’s turns seemed shocking, but also like changing things up just to do something else and not because they have a big plan. (Like: Centrviron & Golden Magic being set up to be the Traumas next challengers would be cool, but highly unlikely to happen.) Centviron seems like he’ll be fine as a rudo. Golden Magic seems like such a natural tecnico and I’m less convinced he’ll be okay on the rudo side. But it’s IWRG, a good place to be a mean small guy. There sure are a lot of young rudos in the promotion now.

CMLL officially announced the Estetas del Aire versus Revolucinarios del Terror trios title match for the Anniversary show. It’ll slot in the middle of what was the main event: the Atlantis & Ultimo Guerrero vs La Sombra & Volador tag match will happen, then trios title match, and then the winners will come back out for the mask match. (Volador could have two outfits!) This appears to be the most loaded show in the history of the promotion: two significant apuesta matches and a significant trios title match is unlike any show they’ve ever done.

The trade off is the Anniversary show is likely to be either longer than normal or feature a lot of shorter than usual matches. Maybe both. Still, as far as getting to see every one and getting to see big matches, this is a pretty great show.

That show will air on Terra, as will this Friday’s with Rush vs Tanahashi. I’m not sure this means the Sunday broadcasts are done, but it sure appears to be the case.

Juventued Guerrera did an interview about his surprise appearance at Arena Naucalpan. Juvi didn’t tell Crazy Boy he was coming and pointed out Juvi was the one who created the Mexican Powers, which came off as if he was stealing the credit for the group’s success (though Juvi denies this intention.) Sounds like Juvi versus the Mexican Powers is coming.

This week’s MLW Radio had a lot of lucha libre discussion. SuperLuchas has already picked up on the bit about WWE offering to buy 51% of AAA back when they were looking at worldwide expansion. This has been mentioned a time or two before. Konnan said he advising strongly against since WWE would just kick them out at any time if they had all the power and it doesn’t sound like Dorian was ever actually interested in giving up control; the actual product of this was WWE using information from their discussion with AAA to get their Televisa/TV Azteca deals.

Konnan mentions AAA plans to do 7 or 8 shows for the AAA US show on El Rey. He describes them as “TripleMania big” and taking place in Mexico City with foreigners brought in. That’s a lot of shows to be running in Mexico City, in addition to all the other TV they’re doing in the city and close distance (like the Plan Sexenal show on 09/22.) He may not mean 8 events, but 8 hours of TV in fewer events. That’s still a humongous project.

Konnan says “at least 8 wrestlers” from CMLL have contacted him about jumping over, after he tried everyone and could only get 3 guys to jump back for the beginning of the Consejo angle. (Toscano, Texano and Hector Garza, who didn’t end up in Consejo.) They also talk about a CMLL wrestler – a different one – contacting Court Bauer thru Facebook because they were so interested in finding some way to AAA. This is probably the time CMLL people are looking to get out the hardest; anyone who’s not on the Anniversary show who feels they should be getting that big pay day is probably going to take a look elsewhere. Getting people from saying they’re willing to move to actually moving is the tough part.

Konnan also says he thinks the Foreign Legion storyline might have gone one year too long. It’s rare a booker be self critical like that, it reflects well on him. Konnan also says it was Estrellita who helped sneak him in to Arena Mexico a few years back to watch their shows. Konnan seems pretty sure security knew it was him or someone like him, which may mean they already knew Estrellita was up to something.

LuchaWorld has the posters of the week.

First part of AAA’s interview with La Secta.

Mr. Niebla says he will make Rush respect hierarchies tonight. Attacking Rush at the core!

AAA Fusion and TerceraCaida are scheduled to air Wednesday night. No IWL this week.

Anime talks about how she got into wrestling.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 09/08/2013 Arena Mexico
1) Metatrón & Robin vs Guerrero Negro Jr. & Herodes Jr.
2) Magnus, Pegasso, Starman vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Nitro
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Estrellita, Marcela vs La Seductora, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit
4) Diamante vs Pólvora [lightning]
5) Delta, Fuego, Super Porky vs Ephesto, Niebla Roja, Shigeo Okumura
6) Marco Corleone, Thunder, Titán vs Mr. Niebla, Pierroth, Rey Escorpión

Sketchy lineup for a special Sunday Arena Mexico show. Dallys/Marcela issue should continue in the tercera

UIPW (SUN) 09/08/2013 Pico Rivera, Los Angeles, California
1) Bandido I, Bandido II, Tigger Gonzales vs Pantera, Suburban Comando I, Suburban Comando II
2) Amazono & Yumi vs Hudson Envy & Lady Lee
3) Golden Scorpio, Jaguar De Oro, La Dragon, Pakal, Rubi Gardenia vs Bestia 666, Damián 666, Kanalla, Xtorm, Zarco
4) Phoenix Star, Stuka, Zokre vs Bobby Rios, Durango Kid, Hector Canales
5) Diamante Azul, Lestat, Maiachi Loco vs El Infernal, Histeria II, Og Playboy
6) El Bionico, Extreme Tiger, Vailente vs Latigo Blanco, Lil Cholo, Virus
7) Dragón Rojo Jr., Psicosis, Super Natural vs La Máscara, La Panda, Rush
8) El Misterioso (Los Angeles), Hijo de Rey Misterio II, La Sombra vs Euforia, Shamu Jr., Volador Jr.

Part of the reason there’s a lack of depth in Arena Coliseo – lots of people up in Los Angeles for the Sunday.

AULL (SUN) 09/08/2013 Arena Lopez Mateos
1) Almagor & Star Boy vs Sangre De Lobo & Stryker
2) Tigre De Bronce & Tigre De Oro vs Ironia & Signo Jr.
3) Ángel del Misterio, Pegasus, Shibata (AULL), Spider Boy vs Macho III, Macho IV, Magia Negra, Súper Colt
4) Epitafio, Samael, Tormento vs Ángel de la Noche, Ángel Del Amor, Mr. Flama
5) Chucho el Roto, Iron Love, Terry 2000 vs Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro

Oficials getting revenge on AULL?

CMLL HUMO (SAT) 08/31/2013 Gimnasio del Cobach Forestal, Durango, Durango [Deporte al Maximo]
1) Punisher, Punisher, Strong Dragon b Aerboy, Crazy Mouse, Gran Chuy
2) La Sádica & Sadic Maiden b Princesa Guerrera & Red Angel
Female referee La Faraona officiated this match.
3) Cerebro Negro & Fantasma de la Ópera b Fulgor (Durango) & Rey Angel
Not the Mexico City Fulgor. Rey Angel was strechered out.
4) Lobo Del Aire, Siniestro, Zumbido DQ Loco Max, Namajague, Shigeo Okumura
Okumura fouled Zumbido in front of the ref for the DQ. Lobo and Siniestro beat up Zumbido after the match, with Cerebro Negro & Fantasma making the sav and challenges were filed.
5) Diamante Azul b Pierroth
Announced as a title match, but no title and no pre-match presentation. One fall match. La Faraona helped Pierroth, but Azul still won with la de a caballo. Pierroth did not look good.

Said to be a poor turnout.

LUCHAS 2000 (SAT) 08/31/2013 Arena Lopez Mateos [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring, R de Rudo, Yahoo! Deportes]
1) Golden Bull & Ranger b Shoeline & Tobby
2) Goya Kong & Marcela b Amapola & Tiffany
3) Comando Negro, Freelance, Suicida b Centvrión, Dinamic Black, Golden Magic
Money thrown in.
4) Chamuel DQ Zacarias el Perico [lightning]
Zacarias, in what was billed as his debut, pulled Chamuel’s mask for the DQ.
5) Negro Navarro, Shu el Guerrero, Último Guerrero b Atlantis, Blue Panther, Negro Casas
Feuds were Negro/Negro, Atlantis/UG and Panther/Shu. UG snuck in a foul on Atlantis for the win.
6) La Máscara, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada DQ Averno, Mephisto, Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
Volador pulled Sombra’s mask for the DQ.

Last three finishes were DQ (mask pull), foul, DQ (mask pull.) Building looks around 60% full, which should be disappointing with the Anniversary feuds.

indy (SAT) 08/31/2013 Plan Sexenal, Mexico City [Estrellas del Ring, R de Rudo]
1) Payaso De Plata & Payaso Extremo b Devils Extreme & Ozono
2) Crazy Star, Demencia, Hagen b Kanon, Oculto, Sexy Pólvora
3) Caballero De Plata & Dement Extreme b Atomic Boy & Elektro Boy
Atomic Boy and Caballero de Plata were both hurt during the match
4) Cósmico, Diva Salvaje, Mini Talisman b Douki, Hanaoka, Príncipe Orión
5) Flamita & Turbo b Eterno & Thunder and Carta Brava Jr. & Dinamic Black and Alan Extreme & Golden Magic
6) Groon XXX, Silver King Jr., Toscano b Ek Balam Jr., Trauma I, Trauma II

Curious show – it’s a lot of the non-Perros from the Perros del Mal roster (plus Traumas & Ek Balam, who were indy Perros del Mal members last we knew) where they used the actually Perros del Mal mat and referee and frequent building, but it wasn’t at all promoted as Perros del Mal show and drew about a 1/3rd of the building. This kind of reads like someone else has taken over the promotion and split with Perro, but I don’t know if that’s actually what happened. This show was built around the return of Gronda, who did Gronda like things in the main event.

CMLL (SUN) 09/01/2013 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) El Brillante & El Divino b El Yaki & Satara
tecnicos took 1/3
2) Jocker & Ráfaga b El Ídolo & Halcón de Plata
Rafaga replaced Acertijo. Rudos took 2/3, Joker sneaking in Idolo.
3) Sky Kid, Smaker, Virgo b Demonio Maya, Demonio Rojo, Exterminador
Tecnicos took 2/3. Exterminador pulled Sky Kid, but Sky Kid got another mask (from the fans?) and came back to win.
4) Black Metal, Gallo, Leo b Espectrum, Infierno, Maléfico
Tecnicos took 2/3, Gallo (and Gallito) beating Espectrum.
5) Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero b La Máscara, Rush, Stuka Jr.
Guerreros took 1/3, Euforia beating Rush.

Either they’re setting up a trios trios match here, or CMLL has Euforia beat Rush for no real reason. Both is possible! And you think they wouldn’t have Tanahashi go thru Rush, Atlantis and Sombra in a week…

52 aspiring luchadors tried out for at the Puebla lucha libre licensing exam. 4 couldn’t finish, 1 with a leg injury. The other 48 will find out in a few weeks if they passed.

Pegasso took Perverso’s hair in Puebla. (No date is listed, but I would guess Friday.)

LA Park beat Dr. Wagner Jr. (again) in Tijuana. Hijo de Fishman took Extassis’ hair in the undercard.

Looks like the Traumas picked up the tag titles tonight.

Rob has highlights of 07/19/13 CMLL and 03/01/13 CMLL.

Alex has highlights of 04/19/13 CMLL.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update and a recap of Friday night’s Terra show.

Lucha Libre in Japan

09/01 Stardom: Io Shirai b Dark Angel [5Star GP] – Dark Angel drops to 1-1.

Links

AAA visited hospitals in Naucalpan.

Cronicas y Leyendas likes Dr. Wagner vs Angel Blanco in 1980

Vaquerita & Zeuxis promo for the title match.

Ohtani’s Jacket reviews random lucha libre.

Lineups

IWRG (THU) 09/05/2013 Arena Naucalpan
1) Emperador Azteca vs Fulgore II
2) Astro Rey Jr., Mr. Leo, Seiya vs Dragón Celestial, Fulgor I, Imposible
3) Centvrión, Golden Magic, Veneno vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman, El Hijo del Diablo
4) Dinamic Black vs Oficial 911 [IWRG Rey del Ring]
Dinamic Black is champion. 3rd defense, rematch of the title change.
5) Fuerza Guerrera, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Tony Rivera vs Black Terry, Trauma I, Trauma II

Main event story is Fuerza Guerrera is bitter about being left out of the maestros matches everything

Dinamic Black and Oficial 911 have had two matches, which were about the same title match. Maybe this one won’t be.

AAA RCH (MON) 09/16/2013 Arena Naucalpan
1) Centvrión & Seiya vs Ares & Impulso
2) Atomic Boy, Jennifer Blake, Pimpinela Escarlata vs El Apache, Taya Valkyrie, Yuriko
3) Angélico & Jack Evans vs Carta Brava Jr. & Eterno
4) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Argos, Máscara Año 2000 Jr., Texano
5) Joe Lider vs Daga, Último Gladiador [hair, hardcore]

There are way too many shows at the same time on 09/16. Nice of them to bunch the matches I’d like together.