IWRG (SUN) 01/27/2013 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring, The Gladiatores]
1) Araña de Plata Jr. & Fulgore b Astro Rey Jr. & Seiya
straight falls for the rudos.
2) Chico Che, Freelance, Suicida b Alan Extreme, Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman
Said to be very good, money thrown in the ring. Suicida’s first match here since August.
3) el Ángel b Trauma II [IWRG IC MIDDLE]
Trauma tried to take the belt back to his corner after the pre-match photo, which annoyed Angel into hitting him. Trauma fought back and came off as the rudo while winning the first fall with a powerbomb in a minute. Angel won a quick second fall, then took the third with an armbar in a long third fall to keep the title. Trauma was too over confident and sucked into the armbar. Fourth defense.
4) Factor, Máscara Año 2000 Jr., Toscano b Extreme Tiger, Trauma I, Veneno
Mascara & Toscano had no problems. Rudos took 1/3, Mascara pinning Veneno. Trauma was hurt on a dive in the third fall to Toscano.
5) Negro Navarro b Texano Jr. [FLLM MASTER]
Seconds were Trauma II and Mascara JR. Negro Navarro submitted Texano in the first, Texano beat Navarro with a backbreaker in the second. Mascara interfered a lot in the third, and Trauma II did a dive on him. Referee ejected Mascara, so Toscano showed up as Texano’s second. Texano was not happy with this, and while Texano and the ref looked at Toscnao, Trauma II gave Texano a reverse neckbreaker. Navarro submitted Texano to keep the title. At least the second defense for Navarro.

Trauma II mentioned his brother hurt his knee and ankle in his match.

CMLL has updated today’s Puebla lineup to rename the new guy “Thunder.” There was no Thunderbird, there’s never been Thunderbird. He’s not the first Thunder – there’s a guy around Reynosa who was using that name at least a year ago, and I have a result of someone using the name Thunder in 1991. Of course, “Trueno” – the luchador who seems to be out of CMLL at the moment – is also Spanish for “Thunder.”

Rob suggested he beat teamed with Relampago, and I agree as long as it’s the Relampago Azul from Guadalajara and not the Mexico City guy. Definitely not the Mexico City guy.

Rob posted highlights of early April 2002 CMLL. I distinctly remember the Giant Singh/Giant Silva trios match being *** stars, which is about *** better than I thought it had any right to be. They worked like 3 spots in the match and the rest was due to Dr. Wagner Jr. having a good match back in his pre-annoying days (I miss those), but the 3 spots were absolutely fine.

Photos, though no results, from Satuday’s AAA show in Cuilapam.

The Ichiban Street Fighter show looks amusing (scroll down to the last pictures.) Black Mamba was hurt on the show and did not finish his match.

Yucatan’s PYCV promotion explains their history.

Short bio of IWRG’s Niko, including a plug for his Facebook.

Lucha Libre in the US (more or less)

01/25 DGUSA:
– Samuray del Sol b Eita [11:30]

01/26 DGUSA:
– Rick Swann b Eita [13:53]
– AR Fox b Samuray del Sol [12:39]

01/27 DGUSA:
– Chuck Taylor b Eita [12:48]
– Samuray del Sol b Ryo Saito [14:51]

All shows available on WWNLive. Eita’s lack of success probably means he’s not progressed enough to return to the greater Dragon Gate universe right now. It’s IWRG’s gain.

Lineups

AAA Kadena (SUN) 02/03/2013 Arena Coliseo Monterrey
1) ? vs ??
2) ? vs ??
3) ? vs ??
4) ? vs ??
5) Casandro, Trauma I, Trauma II vs Pimpinela Escarlata, Silver Star, Tigre Universitario
6) Electroshock & Juventud Guerrera vs Carlito & Shawn Daivari

Someone’s used the random match generator.

CMLL (SUN) 02/03/2013 Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala & Höruz vs Herodes Jr. & Zayco
2) Magnus, Stigma, Super Halcón Jr. vs Artillero, Súper Comando, Taurus
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Goya Kong, Luna Mágica vs La Comandante, La Seductora, Zeuxis
4) Diamante, Máscara Dorada, Super Porky vs Ephesto, Misterioso Jr., Puma
5) Pólvora vs Valiente [CMLL WELTER]
Polvora is champion. Second defense.
6) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush vs Kráneo, Mr. Águila, Psicosis
World trios champs vs national trios champs

You may say “gosh, that women’s match will probably be horrible”, but I say “don’t care, will be watching football, hope 52MX doesn’t edit Polvora/Valiente too much!”

CMLL (SUN) 02/03/2013 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Azteca de Oro & Brillante vs Demonio Rojo & Thunder Boy
2) El Alteño & El Ídolo vs Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno
3) Black Metal, Gallo, Sky Kid vs Exterminador, In Memoriam, Maléfico
4) Leo vs Sádico [OCCIDENTE WELTER]
vacant championship
5) Atlantis, La Sombra, Titán vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto

Guessing Leo rebounds from last year’s hair loss to win this match.

Main event sounds fun.

First match for Alteno here since last April.

CMLL (SAT) 01/26/2013 Arena Lopez Mateos [Black Terry Jr. (flickr)]
1) Lince X & Sol De Oriente b Euro & Olimpus
2) Big Boy, Karma (Panama), Soy Raymunda b Corsario Negro Jr., Drako, José el Caporal
3) Sádico, Trauma I, Trauma II DCOR Chucho el Roto, Flamita, Iron Love
4) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Titán b Euforia, Pólvora, Puma King
Delta was hurt in the third and left the match. Polvora powerbombed Guerrero Maya Jr. for the win.
5) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush DQ Dragón Rojo Jr., Mephisto, Mr. Niebla
Tecnicos took 2/3, Niebla fouling Maximo for the DQ.

Show visually drew a lot less than the AAA show here last Saturday.

indy (SAT) 01/26/2013 Unidad Deportiva Salvador Campa, Veracruz, Veracruz [Estrellas del Ring]
1) Dark Goth, Infierno, Justicia Americana, Matrix b Arkángel Sagrado, Kampa Extrem, Kid Warrior, Silver Boy
2) Flayer Boy b Kaibil, Vengador Radioactivo, Bucanero Infernal,Casanova, Flyer (Veracruz), Peligro (Xalapa) [torneo Arena Veracruz]
Flayer Boy of Xalapa beat Flyer of Veracruz in the final.
3) Dr. Siniestro, El Cirujano, Químico b Capitán De Los Mares, Capitán De Los Mares Jr., Dr. Taner
4) Espectrito Jr., Halcón Guerrero, Mini Histeria b Dinastía, Odín, Premier
5) Ricky Marvin & Super Crazy b Fenix (AAA) & Pesadilla [GHC JH TAG]
Ricky Marvin & Super Crazy came in as champions. Challengers isolated Marvin early, but he was able to make a tag to Super Crazy and became chaotic from there. Fenix did a dive off the light structure. Marvin beat Pesadilla to keep the titles. Fourth defense.

No idea what they were expecting as far as attendance for this show, but it drew about as well as I would’ve guessed. They may have had some helpful sponsor money judging by the ads. I’d suspect this isn’t the last title defense in Mexico before they go back to Japan.

BSW (FRI) 01/25/2013 Auditorio de Tijuana [The Gladiatores]
1) Silencio Negro b Black Zaygon
Negro used a foul to win.
2) Dementor & Pitbull b Eternus & Tapatio Jr.
3) Angel Garces, Star Boy, Urzus b Angel Negro, El Profeta, King Azteca
Angel Garces challenged King Azteca to a hair match. Azteca said he was no stepping stone and refused.
4) Mortiz DRAW Arandú
Not really a TLC mach, but a hardcore three falls one. They split the two first falls, then couldn’t return after a Mortiz Spanish Fly out of the ring thru plywood. Mask vs hair challenge followed.
5) El Hijo Del Santo & Rayo de Jalisco Jr. b Cien Caras Jr. & Dr. Wagner Jr.
Santo/Rayo took 1/3, with Cien and Wagner accidentally hitting each other in the third leading to the tecnico win. Cien attacked Wagner after the match, with Santo & Rayo making the save and agreeing to get along.

KrisZ heard a report of 10,000 here, which would be the biggest number in a long time. News reports say it was a decent turnout, which suggests less (but even a decent turnout is a lot better than what they were doing here a year or two ago.)

 

CMLL (SUN) 01/27/2013 Arena Coliseo [CMLL]
1) Guerrero Negro Jr. & Inquisidor b Génesis & Oro Jr.
Pompin was the referee. Rudos took 1/3, Negro backcracker on Oro and Inquisidor Storm on Genesis. Genesis had a poor match. Oro needed help to leave the ring and seemed to be in a lot of pain after the match.
2) Demus 3:16, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior b Acero, Fantasy, Shockercito
Referee was Terror Chino. Acero replaced Electrico, who was supposed to return here. Rudos took falls 1/3, then declared themselves the Pequeno Temerarios after the match.
3) Pegasso, Starman, Stigma b Arkángel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Skándalo
Referee was Tigre Hispano. Rudos took 2/3, Arkangel powerbombing Pegasso for the win.
4) Dark Angel b Princesa Blanca [lightning]
Referee is Pompin. Dark Angel won in 8:53 with a reinera in a good match.
5) Ángel de Oro, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. DQ Averno, Black Warrior, Negro Casas
Referee was Terror Chino. Tecnicos took 1/3. Delta pinned Negro with a casita in the first, Negro pinned Delta with a casita in the second. Warrior strangely pulled Guerrero Maya’s mask off seconds into the third fall, ending the match suddenly. Rudos took all the tecnicos masks after the match.
6) Máscara Dorada, Shocker, Valiente b Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora, Rey Escorpión
Referee was Tigre Hispano. Tecnicos took falls 2/3, Valiente giving both Polvora and Dragon Rojo the Valiente Buster to win. Valiente demanded a shot at Polvora’s title (though oddly not Dragon Rojo’s!) Polvora declared he was better than Valiente, and accepted the title match. Shocker called Polvora scared.

CMLL (SUN) 01/27/2013 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [@acogdl]
1) Azteca de Oro & Meteoro b Relampago Azul & Thunder Boy
Tecnicos took 2/3.
2) Demonio Maya & In Memoriam b Höruz & Idolo
Finish is unclear, but appears rudos took 2/3.
3) Sádico b Virgo, El Hippie, Javier Cruz Jr., El Piraña, Sky Kid, El Divino, Brillante [OCCIDENTE WELTER, semifinal]
Sadico used a martinete variation to beat Sky Kid for the win. He faces Leo for the vacant title next week. Sky Kid was strechered out.
4) Bárbaro Cavernario b Halcón de Plata [OCCIDENTE MIDDLE]
Barbaro Cavernario came in as a champion. Halcon took the first (2:00), Barbaro stole his mask and pinned him in the second fall (2:12), and Barbaro took the third to keep the title (13:44, total of 17:56, times are a little estimated.) First defense.
5) Mephisto, Terrible, Tiger b La Sombra, Máximo, Rush
Rudos took falls 1/3.

Crowd seemed to be into the show, despite the first three matches not being much and the fifth match ending abruptly and disappointingly. I got the sense they were setting up Delta/Negro Casas as Negro continues to face/beat all the young tecnicos, but obviously it’d have to be some weeks down the road since Valiente/Polvora is the next week.

The most interesting show of the weekend is one I don’t have any results for. That FMLL show in Los Angeles, with the poster of a ton of Independent, CMLL and even AAA guys which couldn’t possibly with those guys, happened with many of those guys. El Hijo del Santo posted Twitter pictures of him with Negro Navarro, Mascara Sagrada, Solar, Rayo de Jalisco, Blue Panther, and Atlantis and with Volador & La Mascara. Back in 2007, angry CMLL management declared that anyone who worked with Hijo del Santo would not be able to work with CMLL. Loco Max got in a lot of trouble for doing this at that time, and that is the stated reason IWRG are prohibited able to bring in CMLL wrestlers. (Santo worked there twice, and not since 2008, and still CMLL won’t work with them.) By the rules at that time, Atlantis, Blue Panther, Volador and La Mascara should all be getting fired today. They are not getting fired – this ruling has apparently softened over the years, or at least the minis have been very skilled at getting around it. This is the first time, to my knowledge, the major stars have worked a show with Santo. I don’t know what that means going forward, but I tend to believe this might mean a chance of policy in where CMLL guys are allowed to work (perhaps forced by there being less work), but no change in CMLL management’s feelings. The wrestlers never have problems with each other (or picking up extra bookings), it’s the management and Santo who have the issues. Same thing with Dr. Wagner Jr.(who had an incident with a fan) and LA Park (who was listed as working but I haven’t seen a photo of yet.)

Attendance for the LA show seemed about half the building (LA Sports Arena) (here’s another), which would be about 8,500, give or take a couple thousand.

An Alberto Del Rio interview on Yahoo! Deportes says there’s no date for a WWE return to Mexico and no plans for one. They haven’t made as much as they thought – pirated merchandise is blamed, and half full arenas is not mentioned – and so the WWE is focused on other countries for the time being. This has been evident for a while, since there’s been no word of a Mexico City show since that double taping, but confirms the suspicion that Mexico has slipped in priority. Still, it’s the TV that has the biggest impact, and while the ratings have dropped a lot since they debuted in 2009, there’s no sense it’s going anywhere. Del Rio’s previously suggested he might return to Mexico to wrestle after his career, but he says here he wants to work backstage for WWE when he retires.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Rob has highlights of 01/26 & 02/06/12 CMLL Puebla.

Bill has highlights of 10/09/12 CMLL Guadalajara

Los Colisenos thinks Marco Corleone needs to change since Thunder is coming in. Marco was crazy over on this week’s Galavision show, so I’d suggest not changing all that much.

Deportivos also speculates on Thunder. That’ll get you in trouble.

La Copa writes about Dinastia winning some silly award.

Somos Luchadors looks back at 2012 lucha libre in Ensanda.

Lineups

IWRG (THU) 01/31/2013 Arena Naucalpan
1) Galaxy vs Araña de Plata Jr.
2) Centvrión vs Alan Extreme, Mr. Leo
3) Dr. Cerebro, Extreme Tiger, Veneno vs Canis Lupus, Carta Brava Jr., Danny Casas
4) Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro vs Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan Jr.
5) Dinamic Black vs Cerebro Negro [WWS WELTER]
Cerbero Negro is champion. First defense.

Main event should be good. Next week appears to be the first actual taping for TVC Deportes, though the poster indicates otherwise.

Danny Casas’ first match here since August.

Tercera is billed as the first ever three way match here,

CMLL (FRI) 01/25/2013 Arena Mexico [CMLL, Yahoo! Deportes]
1) Astral, Bam Bam, Último Dragoncito b Mercurio, Pequeño Nitro Universo, Pequeño Olímpico
2) Diamante, Fuego, Tritón b Raziel, Sangre Azteca, Virus
Tecnicos took 1/3, Triton beat Fuego.
3) Estrellita, Luna Mágica, Silueta DQ Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit
Straight falls, with the rudas getting DQed for excessive violence and shoving the ref in the second.
4) Ephesto, Mephisto, Namajague b Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr.
Namajague and Stuka continued to rip at each other’s masks. Mephisto surprised Maya with a Devil’s Wings for the win.
5) Mr. Niebla b Atlantis [lightning]
Monito and Zacarias fought. Niebla used a ref distraction to foul Atlantis for the win.
6) Mr. Águila, Psicosis, Volador Jr. b La Sombra, Máscara Dorada, Titán
Rudos took 1/3.

Thunder – he’s back to that name now, CMLL is disorganized – appeared before the crowd this week. He’s using the obvious choice of AC/DC’s Thunderstruck as his music. He’s headed to Arena Coliseo Guadalajara on 02/05. It sounded like he was announced for next Friday’s Arena Mexico card last night, but he’s not on the lineup.

Rob has highlights of 05/25/12 CMLL.

Vive Lo Hoy interviews Samuray del Sol about his career.

Hijo del Santo and others took part in cutting the ribbon for a new restaurant in Los Angeles, as part of promotion for an FMLL show today. (FMLL still hasn’t changed the poster that has 40 different guys on it, so no idea who’s

Porra Fresa previews Monday’s Puebla card.

La Parka met with kids from the La Magia de un Deseo foundation.

Proyeccion Luchistica interviews Chik Tormenta.

DJ Spectro has the second part of his bio of Valente Perez.

Part 2 of the Psicosis/Daga webchat.

A big Oficial fan celebrating their win.

Lineup

CMLL (FRI) 02/01/2013 Arena Mexico
1) Sensei & Soberano Jr. vs Camorra & Guerrero Negro Jr.
2) Fuego, Hombre Bala Jr., Super Halcón Jr. vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Nitro, Skándalo
3) Dark Angel, Estrellita, Marcela vs Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit
4) La Sombra vs La Máscara, Titán, Hijo del Fantasma, Rey Cometa, Delta, Stuka Jr., Sagrado, Averno, Euforia, Dragón Rojo Jr., Mr. Águila, Pólvora, Namajague, Felino, Tiger [Reyes del Aire,semifinal]
5) Máximo, Rush, Shocker vs Mephisto, Terrible, Último Guerrero

CMLL said this is the first phase of the Reyes del Aire; we’re assuming that to mean it’s two weeks of ciberneticos and a final.  (CMLL has enough people to do 3 or 4 weeks, but they probably aren’t.) The largest ever field for this tournament means top guys who were kept out of this are back: Sombra hasn’t been in this tournament since 2008 and Volador, who figures to be in next week’s group, hasn’t been in since 2009.  That kind of seems like the most likely final, though I think Titan has a decent shot. We can probably pencil in Namajague & Stuka as the double elimination.

Best guess at next week’s 16
Tecnicos: Mascara Dorada, Angel de Oro, Valiente, Guerrero Maya Jr., Triton, Fuego, Hombre Bala Jr.
Rudos: Volador, Mephisto, Niebla Roja, Rey Escorpion, Puma King, Psicosis, Raziel, Cancerbero

The big question: will Mistico be healthy enough to compete? He’d be the very obvious favorite if he had two working shoulders.

Amapola/Estrellita feud has gone on so long with no title match or other end in sight. A hair match at Dos Leyendas seems reasonable to me now, they have to be stretching this out for some reason.

PdM (SUN) 02/03/2013 Arena Zapata
1) ? vs ??
2) Henry & Konkreto vs Ek Balam & Súper Colt
3) Violento Jack vs Aeroboy [PdM EXTREMO]
4) Fly Metalik, Impulso, Terremoto vs Celestial, Cósmico, Talisman
5) Máscara Año 2000 Jr. & Ricky Marvin vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo & Psicosis

A Perros del Mal show. Ricky Marvin’s getting around.

IWRG (THU) 01/24/2013 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring]
1) Galaxy & Sky Ángel b Atomic Star & Dragón Celestial
One fall. Arana de Plata Jr. was replaced. Results list it as Atomic Boy, but it appears to be trainee Atomic Star.
2) Saruman & Seiya b Epidemia & Imposible
3) Centvrión, Chico Che, Dr. Cerebro b Apolo Estrada, Avisman, Black Terry
said to be a very good match. Apolo Estrada’s first match here since March.
4) Dinamic Black, Extreme Tiger, Veneno b Canis Lupus, Cerebro Negro, X-Fly
Dinamic Black’s mask was ripped and he bled again, but this time he was able to beat Cerebro Negro. WWS Welterweight title match is on for next week.
5) Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro, Oficialito 911, Oficialito AK47, Oficialito Fierro b Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Muerte Bucanera, Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan Jr., Piratita Morgan, Piratita Morgan Jr. [cibernetico]
Highlight was all three minis working together to beat Pirata Morgan Sr. Match came down to Hijo de Pirata and Oficial 911, with 911 using a distraction to foul Hijo de Pirata for the win.

GALLI (SUN) 01/20/2013 Arena Galli [KC]
1) Jake Shinning & Mason Conrad b Joe Firoz & Negro Thunder
Shinning superkicked Joe for the win. Negro Thunder replaced Freek
2) Atomico, Discovery, Golden Dragon b Chico Suave, Destructor I, Destructor II
Discovery and Chico Suave were added to the match (they had a match with Traidor and Rey Fuego)
3) Prince Mustafa Ali b Kenny Sutura
Kenny Sutra replaced Bandolero
4) Matt Creed, Rob Michaels, Tommy Heisman, Will Moah b Dark Scorpion & Emperador Azteca
4 on 3 – Funebre was out hurt, and Calvin Beckham didn’t want to show up still bald. Rob Michaels replaced Furia Roja. Traidor was added to the rudo side, but they still lost.
5) Acid Jazz & Negrotistico DQ Jon Morales & Matt Knicks
The rest of the Syndicate attacked the tecnicos for the DQ.
6) GPA, Mike Anthony, Mojo Mcqueen, Punisher 747 b Marshe Rockett, Pentagano, Ripper, Willie Richardson [elimination]
Stips were the rudos (UWC Nation) had to leave if they lost, but they got control of GALLI if they won. Elimination rules: Punisher and Willie brawled to the back for the DCOR, Marshe beat Mojo, Syndicate distracted Marshe to set up a GPA pin, GPA pinned Pentagono on his own, and then Ripper laid down to give GPA the win, turning on the tecnicos. Ripper ripped up his GALLI t-shirt and beat up the promoter when he tried to get involved. Tecnicos ran the rudos off.

Today’s CMLL show is headlined by the losing side from the recent world trios title match, Mr. Aguila, Psicosis, and Volador, versus three tecnicos back from Japan, La Sombra, Mascara Dorada, and Titan. Both the Stuka/Namajague and Estrellita/Amapola feuds continue, and there’s a special Atlantis vs Mr. Niebla lighting match.

Rico Rodriguez, Kaientai, Chico Latino and the Gemelos Muerte formed a new rudo faction (“La Mafia Extranjera”) in Monterrey.

Navarros take on Drabeks on o2/05 in Arena Queretaro.

Extreme Tiger will face Ricky Marvin & Super Crazy on the NGX show (02/23)

Ricky Marvin will be on the next Super X show (02/24), in a four way with Juvi, Eterno and Tribal. That seems to replace the Fenix/Juvi vs Eterno/Tribal match announced a few days ago.

DJ Spectro writes about Santo’s last match, Santo vs Perro, Bestia Salvaje and part II of the Dr. Wagner bio.

Interview with Satillo’s Argoz.

José Manuel Guillén talks about finishing 9th.

Lineups

GALLI (SUN) 02/03/2013 Arena GALLI
1) Matt Creed, Tom Heisman, Will Moah vs Dark Scorpion, Emperador, Funebre
2) Noriega & Rob Michaels vs Mike Anthony & Punisher 747
3) Golden Dragon & Negro Thunder vs Chico Suave & El Traidor
4) Acid Jazz, Bryce Benjamin, Willie Richardson vs Jon Morales, Mason Conrad, Ovirload
5) Atomico, Discovery, Pentagano vs Gpa, Mojo Mcqueen, Ripper
6) Lince Dorado vs Jake Shining [GALLI CHAMP]
Jake Shining is champ

Same day as the Super Bowl, though they’re live streaming about an hour before that usually starts (and a half hour before CMLL starts.) Main event sounds good.