CMLL (MON) 01/14/2013 Arena Puebla [Porra Fresa]
1) Ares & Centauro de Fuego b Dinámikoo & Milenium
Rudos took 2/3.
2) Bobby Zavala, Disturbio, Espiritu Maligno b Asturiano, Magnus, Oro Jr.
Oro Jr.’s debut here (only Herodes from Gen12 has not appeared.) Rudos took 1/3, Disturbio beating captain Magnus.
3) La Comandante, Princesa Sugheit, Zeuxis b Dark Angel, Estrellita, Luna Mágica
Comandante replaced Blanca (flu). Bad second and third fall. Rudas took 2/3, Sugehit surprised Estrellita and beat her. This sets up a title match next week.
4) Sagrado b Tiger [lightning]
Sagrado won with a rosa.
5) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Máscara Dorada b Black Warrior, Namajague, Shigeo Okumura
tecnicos took 1/3, Dorada beating Namajague and Delta on Okumura.
6) Blue Panther, Shocker, Super Porky b Kráneo, Mr. Águila, Psicosis
Tecnicos took 1/3 in a comedy match, mostly focusing on Shocker and Psicosis. They agreed to a trios title match next week. Shocker said he wanted to win it for all the Guapo people of Puebla, but Psicosis accused Shocker of having bad things to say about Puebla behind closed doors and he (Psicosis) would defend the honor of his hometown.

CMLL Gaceta has a post basically confirming both national title matches (womens & trios) for next week. Also, Zeuxis looks cool in one of the pictures completely ignoring whatever Estrellita had to say.

CMLL (TUE) 01/15/2013 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Informador]
1) Évola & Infierno DQ El Divino & Virgo
Rudos took 2/3. Cause of DQ is uncertain.
2) Bárbaro Cavernario, Herodes Jr., Hooligan b Halcón de Plata, Höruz, Sensei
Rudos took 1/3.
3) Esfinge, Hombre Bala Jr., Super Halcón Jr. b Cancerbero, Hijo del Signo, Raziel
Tecnicos took 2/3.
4) Kráneo, Morphosis, Olímpico b Guerrero Maya Jr., Stuka Jr., Super Porky
Rudos took 2/3. Informador says Angel de Oro wrestled, while CMLL twitter recap says Guerrero Maya. Whoever it was took Kraneo’s finish for the loss and was strechered out.
5) Diamante Azul, Shocker, Valiente b Dragón Rojo Jr., Mr. Águila, Psicosis
Shocker replaced Atlantis, pulled from this show to go to Japan. (Rojo, also headed to Japan, worked this show anyway.) Tecnicos took 1/3.

CMLL (TUE) 01/15/2013 Arena Mexico
1) Guerrero Negro Jr. & Zayco b Bengala & Metatrón
2) Leono, Metálico, Molotov b Apocalipsis, Inquisidor, Taurus
Leono’s first match since losing his hair. Tecnicos took 2/3, Metalico surprising Inquisidor with an armbar.
3) Último Dragoncito b Pequeño Olímpico [lightning]
Pequeno Violencia replaced Pequeno Olimpico. Dragoncito won in a quick 4:11.
4) Amapola, La Comandante, Tiffany b Dalis la Caribeña, Goya Kong, Silueta
Rudas took 2/3.
5) Delta, Hijo del Fantasma, Tritón DQ Ephesto, Euforia, Misterioso Jr.
Euforia sidestepped the Phantom Attack, then fouled and unmasked him.
6) La Máscara, La Sombra, Rush b Rey Escorpión, Terrible, Volador Jr.
Rush brought his light heavyweight title to the ring. Rush challenged Terrible to a heavyweight title match after the win. Terrible pointed out Rush is light heavyweight champion and said he wouldn’t defend the title against a light heavyweight. Rush immediately vacated the title, declaring he had no rivals for the title anyway, and demanded a title shot against Terrible next week. Terrible had no choice but to accept.

Rush explains his decision in a CMLL.com promo. Note Rush is already crazily ranting before the recording has started. Normally, the guy gives up his old (lesser) title after winning the new one, but Rush knows how pointless these titles are.  (Rey Bucanero is the NWA LH champ, they’ve never bothered to strip the title despite his long term absence, and he only seemed to get it because they need it for El Luchador plot developments.) Rush is going for the championship of Rush and Terrible, the only battle he really cares about.

A random Tuesday in January with seven days of build (and Rush working two other singles matches in the same week) is a strange way to be doing this.

Rob has highlights of 12/25/12 CMLL.

Links

• Rebelde Punk took Tormenta Negra Jr.’s mask in Merida.
• Paper toy Psicosis. Possible danger of his mask coming off all the time.
• Simbolo, Big Neurosis, and Rico Rodriguez won the main event in Arena Coliseo Monterrey.
• Heavy Metal announced new training classes.
• Events in Coliseo Tulancingo will resume this weekend after roof repairs.
• Freelance and Oficial Ak47 headline in Acapulco.
• Dr. Wagner Jr. teams with CMLL’s Invasors in the main event of a benefit show for Gran Petronio this weekend.
• Profile of luchadora Bastet, who says she’s in Tony Salazar’s class.
• CMLL Gaceta’s piece on Atlantis going to FantasticaMania mentions the guys leaving today are connecting thru Dallas, in case you feel like stalking luchadors this afternoon.

Lineups

IWRG (SUN) 01/20/2013 Arena Naucalpan
1) Seiya & Serpiente de Oro vs Araña de Plata & Jack
2) Dinamic Black & Saruman vs Alan Extreme & Imposible
3) Centvrión, Golden Magic, Suicida vs Dave The Clown, Niko, Rothen Clown
4) ?, el Ángel, Veneno vs ??, Canis Lupus, Oficial 911
5) Negro Navarro, Trauma I, Trauma II vs Máscara Año 2000 Jr., Texano Jr., Toscano

Rematch of this past Sunday in the main event.

Tercera would be Mike Segura’s first match here since August.

Segunda looks good.

CMLL (TUE) 01/22/2013 Arena Mexico
1) Oro Jr. & Soberano Jr. vs Camorra & Ramstein
2) Dark Angel, Lady Afrodita, Marcela vs La Comandante, Tiffany, Zeuxis
3) Atlantis vs La Máscara, Diamante, Sagrado, Blue Panther, Máximo, Stuka Jr., Delta, Volador Jr., Euforia, Rey Escorpión, Mr. Águila, Mephisto, Psicosis, Felino, Morphosis [CMLL LH, semifinal]
final 2 advance to a singles match next week.
4) La Sombra, Shocker, Super Porky vs Mr. Niebla, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero
5) Terrible vs Rush [CMLL HEAVY]
Terrible is champion

Rush has to be winning. He’s Rush!

90% of the fans (and probably no less than 3 announcers) will understand why the cibernetico ends with two people still left when it does. This bit got booed loudly when they did it with the heavyweight title. I guess they just wanted to make it a two week tournament and not three?

Either La Mascara or Voldaor Jr. will be the national light heavyweight champion by the time this cibernetico rolls around. Maybe they’re setting up another Atlantis/Euforia match!

Dark Angel and Marcela will have a good match if they never tag their other partner.

Good tecnico duo in the opener.

CMLL (TUE) 01/22/2013 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Brillante & Sky Kid vs In Memoriam & Magnum
2) Black Metal, Leono, Metálico vs Bobby Zavala, Disturbio, Inquisidor
3) Fuego, Gallo, Starman vs Nitro, Nosferatu, Virus
4) Guerrero Maya Jr., Hijo del Fantasma, Tritón vs Ephesto, Misterioso Jr., Tiger
5) Marco Corleone, Titán, Valiente vs Averno, Dragón Rojo Jr., Negro Casas

Marco is going to look 18 feet tall on that team.

Our friend Black Terry Jr. is looking to raise some funds by selling videos of some of the matches he’s filmed the last few years. You get can the info here. Prices are reasonable.

The great Mistico injury misadventure of 2013 has come to an unsurprising conclusion: he’s off the FantasicaMania shows due to left shoulder dislocation. Atlantis is headed to Tokyo to take his place. NJPW/CMLL have just dropped Atlantis into Mistico’s matches, including the singles match with Euforia on Saturday. That seems like something that might get changed later on. Mistico will still travel to Japan for scheduled meet/greet. After the tour, Mistico will return to Mexico to not wrestle until a sponsor has a show. (He’ll also probably go back to NJPW as makeup at some point.)

Atlantis may have been pulled from today’s Guadalajara show depending on if he’s flown out with the early guys or is leaving tomorrow. He’s not listed on any of the weekend shows, so CMLL prepared for Mistico not going even despite him working that show on Saturday. CMLL prepares lineups weeks ahead of time and there’s no obvious place Atlantis was pulled from. (He could’ve just had the weekend off.)

Today’s Arena Mexico show features a bunch of guys going on that tour, and not a lot of ongoing issues. Ultimo Dragoncito and Pequeno Olimpico meet up in the lightning match; it’s been 8 months since Pequeno Olimpico last defended the CMLL Mini Estrellas championship (against Ultimo Dragoncito!)

On Twitter, Mesias said he’d return to TNA at some point but AAA is his home. AAA TNA will be doing taped themed shows for most of their PPVs this year, and one of the ideas is an international tournament. There’s no guarantee AAA guys will ever show up there, but if they did, that makes as much sense as anyone.

Matt Cross explains who he is and hypes up his match with Daga. There is a weird vibe here. Daga is being portrayed as a young man who man someday make the big time. Daga is the actual world cruiserweight champion of the (arguable) biggest company in the country with international plans. Matt Cross calls himself here ‘the best unsigned talent’ – Daga is signed, Daga is legit, the dynamic here should be Matt Cross wants what Daga has, not Daga is honored to face this international guy. Stop acting minor league, start treating Daga like Canek.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Links

• Cibernetico says 2013 is the year where he and Perro Aguayo Jr. meet.
• Super Parka and his students cheated to win in Arena Pavillon del Norte.
• Los Bastardos fouled Judas el Traidor for the DQ in the main event at Arena Lopez Mateos.
• Alebrije, Blue Panther and Nimrod won at a tent show in Xochimilco (seemed to be a Pirata Morgan promotion)
• Puebla will be licensing luchadors on February 24.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 01/20/2013 Arena Coliseo
1) Camaleón & Robin vs Camorra & Espanto Jr.
2) Magnus, Molotov, Super Halcón Jr. vs Bobby Zavala, Disturbio, Nosferatu
3) Hijo del Fantasma, Sagrado, Tritón vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Sangre Azteca
4) Hombre Bala Jr. vs Hijo del Signo [lightning]
5) Blue Panther, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Averno, Ephesto, Puma
6) Shocker, Super Porky, Valiente vs Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas, Pólvora

CMLL just as capable of putting on meaningless cards with half it’s stars in Japan. Terra is already promoting the card. Valiente vs Polvora in the main event?

CMLL (SUN) 01/20/2013 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) El Divino & Idolo vs Demonio Maya & Demonio Rojo
2) Leo vs Azteca de Oro, Thunder Boy, Índigo, Relampago Azul, Black Metal, El Tapatío, Acertijo [OCCIDENTE WELTER, semifinal]
championship is vacant. First part of the tournament.
3) Halcón de Plata & Smaker vs Bárbaro Cavernario & Exterminador
4) Rey Cometa & Stuka Jr. vs Namajague & Vangelis
5) Diamante Azul vs Último Guerrero

That’s Metal Blanco’s old title.  The last vacant tournament (after Mascara Dorada gave it up) was in 2009. Of the 10 guys in the match that time, only Acertijo & Thunder Boy repeat. There’s still 8 more guys, but there’s a lot of turnover.

I bet I could call every Azul/UG spot before it happens.