IWRG (SUN) 03/31/2013Arena Naucalpan [IWRG, LAS (TV)]
1) Eita & Tomahawk b Ángel Del Amor & Seiya Straight falls.
2) Centvrión b Carta Brava Jr., Mr. Leo, Fulgore, Power Bull [IWRG IC MIDDLE, #1 Contenders] five match fighters. Centvrion beat Fulgore, gets a shot at El Angel.
3) Dinamic Black, Dr. Cerebro, Veneno b Black Terry, el Ángel, Scorpio Jr.
4) Cien Caras Jr., Danny Casas, Heavy Metal, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 b Eterno, Trauma I, Trauma II, X-Fly [seeding battle royal] four way team brawl, setting up the next matches.
5) Trauma I & Trauma II b Eterno & X-Fly [semifinal] Trauma I’s knee injury came back here, but the Traumas advanced after an Eterno/X-Fly screw up.
6) Cien Caras Jr. & Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 b Danny Casas & Heavy Metal [semifinal] Cien Caras Jr. used a distraction and a foul to beat Heavy Metal. Metal and the Dinamitas made challenges post match.
7) Cien Caras Jr. & Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 b Trauma I & Trauma II [final] Short match, with Trauma I unable to do much due to the knee and was ruled unable to compete. Dinamitas beat Trauma II, and challenged Trauma I and Negro Navarro to a title match next week.
Still no full results from the DTU shows in Tulancingo or Mexico City. There doesn’t appear to be any title changes; Flamita is still the Alto Impacto champion and AR Fox beat him to keep the CZW TV title. (Black Terry Jr. will have that match for sale.)
Tribal unmasked himself as AAA’s Jinzo on the DF show. This had not been a well kept secret and was going to eventually happen as soon as he tried out for QPPLC under the unmasked identity (though I don’t know if it was actually planned then.) DTU also is promoting CIMA (and Eita and Tomahawk) for shows the weekend of 04/13 & 04/14, which is a quick turnaround to come back for more DTU shows. I’d assume CIMA is just hanging around for a moment after the WrestleMania weekend Dragon Gate shows; he’s not on any DG cards after April 4th.
I’m told AAA’s Gran Sorpresa in Leon is [spoiler]not something to do with the roster split, but simply the debut of the new Toscano group as teased in the skits that have been airing (last weekend with Elegido & Alan Stone, where they said they’d have no leader but it’s just easier to call it the Toscano group.) There’s one more guy listed in the group – not Latin Lover or Intocable – and would a fit for the group’s image. AAA has historically had guys doing the pretty boy gimmick, but it’s been a while since they’ve had a group of them who weren’t doing it as comedy.
I think this is something that people who read these sites wouldn’t even realize was supposed to be a surprise, but since those vignettes have only been airing on the UTDN shows so far, it may be one to most.[/spoiler]
CMLL (SUN) 03/31/2013Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala & Leono b Apocalipsis & Inquisidor tecnicos took falls 2/3.
2) Hijo del Signo, Hooligan, Nosferatu b Metálico, Sensei, Soberano Jr. tecnicos took fall 1, rudos took fall 2, Hooligan & Sensei double pinned in the third, and Signo snuck in a foul on Metalico for the win.
3) Amapola, La Comandante, Tiffany b Dalis la Caribeña, Estrellita, Luna Mágica Rudas took 1/3, Amapola beating Estrellita clean
4) Hijo del Fantasma TLDRAW Tiger [lightning] Seemed to go past the 10 minute mark, but still a time limit draw. Both talked generically about a no time limit rematch.
5) Blue Panther, La Sombra, Super Porky b Averno, Dragón Rojo Jr., Olímpico Polvora was originally announced, but subbed for Olimpico on Monday. Sombra took all the rudos out in seconds, dived onto Dragon Rojo, and the other teccnicos beat the other rudos to take the first. Rojo and the rudos came back in the second, but Sombra won the third. Sombra (did not have his title) challenged Dragon Rojo (did have his title) to a title match next week. DR said no. Sombra challenged to a mask match. DR walked off. Title match happening anyway.
6) Diamante Azul, Mistico, Valiente b Euforia, Niebla Roja, Volador Jr. Rudos took fall 1, tecnicos took fall 2, and Mistico beat Volador clean with La Mistica in the third. Volador seemed to be either hurt or pouting after a botched spot late in the third. He seemed fine the rest of the way. Post match interview had Mistico (out of breath) talking while the other two stood there and were silently shooed away.
Main event stuff came off as trolling, though I’m sure they think this is actually getting Mistico over. He was resoundingly booed this week.
Announcers mentioned the title match as happening about 10 minutes after it was turned down, so there was really not reason for it to be turned down. It may have been mentioned over the house microphones as people were leaving after the main event, and CMLL fans who might care about a title match probably figured it was happening as soon as Dragon Rojo walked out with the belt, but it still was not most effectively done. Sometimes I think they don’t call it ‘professional wrestling’ in Mexico because lucha libre ain’t all that professional.
CMLL (SUN) 03/31/2013Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [@acogdl]
1) El Piraña b Brillante
2) Rey Trueno b Virgo
3) Exterminador b Smaker Exterminador snuck in a foul on Smaker.
4) Sádico b Leo, El Hippie, Demonio Rojo, Acertijo, Black Metal, Évola, Azteca de Oro, Sky Kid, Jocker [cibernetico] Battle royal determined sides (Azteca de Oro, Black Metal, El Hippie, Leo, Sky Kid vs Acertijo, Demonio Rojo, Évola, In Memoriam, Sádico). The debuting Jocker replaced In Memoriam. Jocker and Sky Kid were the first two out. Black Metal was hurt on a dive and strechered out. Demonio Rojo & Acertijo fouled Leo & Hippie, and Sadico took advantage to win.
5) Atlantis, Delta, Máscara Dorada b Felino, Negro Casas, Rey Bucanero Dorada pinned Negro with a casita in the third fall, then challenged for a title shot (NWA Welter) next week. Negro accepted.
photo from the Luchas 2000 show Saturday, taken by Black Terry Jr.
Dorada winning in his hometown would be a great story. Thinking that’s not the story which will be told, but he’s got a chance.
IWRG results, DTU results (posting results themselves lasted 1 show) and the ones from that picture over on the left hopefully tomorrow. The big news from what I saw of the IWRG show was Trauma I’s bad knee going on again. They set up a tag title match next week and he’ll probably be working on it because he’s a luchador, but it seemed serious on TV.
AAA TV announced their next taping would be on 04/15 in Leon, and are calling it La Gran Sorpresa. They had listed this taping a while back, but never mentioned it on their website and did mention the Veracruz one, so I mistakenly believed they’d just rescheduled. Both are on, and AAA will essentially be taping three weekends in a row – Fusion next Saturday, Leon the following Monday, and Veracruz the Saturday after that.
AAA’s used the La Gran Sorpresa title before. Memorable, they ran a show under that name in 2007, where the planned surprise didn’t come thru, they had Extreme Tiger return to make up for it, and then did the actual surprise weeks later (which I can’t remember.) This might go smoother. No idea what it’s supposed to be, but it’d make sense for it to be something with the split. That Leon show should be the next lineup to come out, and it should be out soon. The way AAA’s been operating this year, it may be kept quiet until after next weekend’s Fusion taping.
AAA also confirmed the Reina de Reinas and Fusion title match from Rey de Reyes would be airing on Fusion this week. It’d make sense for matches for matches from Veracruz or Leon to end up on Fusion as well, they seem to be taping more TV than they need.
Speaking of TV, Todo x El Todo did air on CadenaTres this Sunday. They had promoted it a bit on the network, but the programming grid only listed it as Espacial (so those not following Hijo del Santo on Twitter might have not know it happened.) The minis match and the IWRG match aired this week, and they’ll have a two hour show next week. 3 hours of TV split over two weeks is the same way they did it for TVC Deportes.
Porra Fresa has a detailed biography (and interview) with ex-Arena Puebla luchador Toro Bill, who talks about his start, his name, the circumstances behind his mask loss (a no-show), his title wins, and why he left Arena Puebla. This is good, hope we get more of these. Porra Fresa also has a preview of tomorrow’s tournament final.
03/31 NOAH: Taiji Ishimori defeated Ricky Marvin to keep the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship (second defense.) Super Crazy won in a tag match in the undercard. That’s the end of their tour. Super Crazy was scheduled to go to the US for now canceled Extreme Rising shows. I’d expect both to turn up in Mexico (and probably at least guest appearing in AAA) soon.
AAA TV (FRI) 03/29/2013Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), R de Rudo]
1) Atomic Boy, Flamita, Jinzo b Gran Apache, Lucky Boy, Niño de Ébano Apache bled. Atomic Boy challenged him to a mask vs hair match.
2) Argenis, Bugambilia, Dinastía b Argos, Mamba, Mini Abismo Negro
3) Crazy Boy, Joe Lider, Willie Mack b AR Fox, Dr. Cerebro, Eterno AR Fox and Willie Mack, on the DTU shows this week, were added to the match. Nino Hamburguesa was with Crazy Boy. Money thrown in.
4) Faby Apache & Jennifer Blake b Mary Apache & Taya Valkyrie Jennifer thanked the fans (in Spanish) from English.
5) Daga & el Hijo del Perro Aguayo b Cibernético & Cuervo [super libre] Piledrivers, chairs, beer bottles and a table were all used.
6) Blue Demon Jr. b Texano Jr. Non-title rematch. Demon won with a German suplex.
photo by Black Terry Jr.
Air Date: 04/06 & 04/13. That figures this weekend is the last part of Rey de Reyes to air (title match and Rey de Rey final on Televisa, Psycho Circus vs Rockers added on UTDN and Fusion/Reina de Reinas only airing on Fusion.) It would also mean AAA doesn’t appear to have any TV for the weekend of April 20th – their next taping is also the 20th in Veracruz, a few hours after the TV show airs.
AAA Fusion is airing matches from AAA Sin Limite tapings. Perhaps AAA Sin Limite will air some matches from AAA Fusion’s taping 04/06 Arena Lopez Mateos? Or the Fusion and Reina matches will end up airing on Sin Limite as well? I dunno. You may know by the time this gets posted.
Nothing new storyline wise, at least as mentioned in the recap. Show appears to be a complete sell out.
CMLL (FRI) 03/29/2013Arena Mexico [CMLL]
1) Demus 3:16 & Pierrothito b Astral & Shockercito Astral was strechered out.
2) Metálico, Pegasso, Tritón b Arkángel de la Muerte, Nitro, Skándalo Metalico replaced Starman.
3) Diamante, Fuego, Rey Cometa b Morphosis, Sangre Azteca, Vangelis Originally announced with Olimpico and Stuka, but they were replaced by by Sangre Azteca and Diamante. Olimpico was moved to Sunday.
4) Rey Escorpión b Máscara Dorada [lightning] Rey Escorpion won via powerbomb in 7:50, despite a Dorada stage dive.
5) Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto b La Máscara, La Sombra, Máximo Averno beat La Mascara.
6) Mr. Águila, Rey Bucanero, Terrible b Marco Corleone, Rush, Shocker Mr. Aguila snuck in a foul on Shocker.
indy (TUE) 03/26/2013Arena Coliseo Monterrey [LuchaMania Monterrey]
1) Tequilita b Mini Hator, Mini Androide
2) Epidemius & Gato Fantasma b Dark Fenix, Chamaco Gurrola, Black Crazy, El Enviado, Misioneo [Copa Cruicer, third phase] Gato Fantasma & Epidemius move onto face Dralion, Rey Orion, Galactar and Slayer Boy (despite Slayer Boy not having won in any of these matches – Scravos did.)
3) Black Crazy, El Enviado, Rey Imagen b Gemelo Muerte I, Gemelo Muerte II, Rico Rodriguez Skayde’s appearance was ‘postponed’, but no Dralion and Silencio either. Black Crazy & Enviado worked twice.
4) Chico Latino, Galactar, Kaientai b Genocida, Iron (Monterrey), Zayco (Monterrey) Announced as a street fight, turned out not to be a street fight. A fourth Legendario ran in to help Genocida’s crew, but instead turned on them and helped the Gran Mafia Extranjera. He unmasked as Lord Byron Elias, Kaientai’s usual partner in crime.
CMLL (MON) 04/01/2013Arena Puebla
1) Black Tiger & Tigre Rojo vs King Jaguar & Siki Ozama Jr.
2) Astral, Eléctrico, Stukita vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Universo 2000, Pierrothito
3) Fuego, Starman, Stigma vs Hooligan, Nitro, Skándalo
4) Stuka Jr. vs Namajague [lightning]
5) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush vs Euforia, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero
6) Atlantis & Volador Jr. vs Rey Bucanero & Shocker [Torneo Increible de Parejas]
I’m thinking Rey Bucanero & Shocker, but I’ve been wrong here.
Segunda is the return of Electrico from a broken leg suffered all the way back in August. And the opener would be Tigre Rojo’s first appearance here since last May.
CMLL (FRI) 04/05/2013Arena Mexico
1) Camaleón & Molotov vs Bobby Zavala & Disturbio
2) Pegasso, Starman, Tritón vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus
3) Blue Panther, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Olímpico, Puma, Vangelis
4) Máximo vs Tiger [lightning]
5) Ángel de Oro, Diamante Azul, Stuka Jr. vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora, Rey Escorpión
6) Atlantis, Shocker, Thunder vs Averno, Mephisto, Mr. Águila
Shocker and Mr. Aguila continue to feud. Revolucinarios team in the semimain.
