Guerra de Titanes/Sombra vs Terrible live coverage

 

CMLL (SUN) 12/02/2012 Arena Coliseo
1) Camaleón & Soberano Jr. b Camorra & Guerrero Negro Jr.
Tecnicos took 1/3 in a poor match.
2) Höruz, Pegasso, Starman b Artillero, Disturbio, Hooligan
Horuz replaced Angel Azteca Jr., while Artillero filled in for Bobby Zavala. Tecnicos took 2/3.
3) Skándalo b Triton [lightning]
Triton missed his tornillo moonsault, but apparently was supposed to hit it because he ignored the miss and tried to cover Skandalo. Skandalo tripped Triton instead and covered him for the pin in 7:58
4) Ángel de Oro, Hijo del Fantasma, Stuka Jr. DQ Bobby Zavala, Cancerbero, Raziel
Zavala replaced Misterioso. Tecnicos took 1/3, the last when Raziel knocked Stuka off the top rope and the rudos decided to stomp him for an excessive violence DQ. They took Stuka’s mask for good measure.
5) Kráneo, Mr. Águila, Psicosis b Atlantis, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr.
Atlantis team are the national trios champs. Non-title. Tecnicos took the first, but Kraneo destroyed Maya on a sit down piledriver on the second causing Maya to be strechered out. Rudos won a 3 on 2 final fall and challenged for the trios titles again.
6) Terrible b La Sombra [CMLL HEAVY]
Terrible is champion. Falls of 5:02, 2:15 and 10:35. Sombra won the first fall with a springboard moonsault after the first try at a the double moonsault seemed to wrong. Terrible won the second with a cavernaria. In a long third fall which included Sombra moonsault stomping Terrible low, Terrible won with his usual slaps/Schwein finish to keep the title. Good match.

[tweet https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/275409539925417985]

CMLL announced Sin Piedad would take place 12/14 – looks like the Copa Jr. finals and whatever else they throw together in the next week.

Underway…

AAA TV (SUN) 12/02/2012 Auditorio Benito Juarez, Zapopan, Jalisco
***Guerra de Titanes, 2012***
1) Cuervo, Fabi Apache, Mascarita Dorada, Pimpinela Escarlata b Halloween, Mari Apache, Mini Charly Manson, Yuriko
Tecnicos won despite Gran Apache interference.
2) Daga b Juventud GuerreraFénixJoe LiderPsicosisJack Evans [AAA CRUISER, Ladder]
Juventud Guerrera is the champ. No Teddy, no TNA wrestler, and Juvi left early after taking a blow from a Lider ladder. Daga beat Fenix for the title. Fenix appeared to be hurt after the match.

[tweet https://twitter.com/Lucha_Libre_AAA/status/275416344286085120]

Silver King’s partners are the debuting Pentagon Jr. and Parka Negra, both evil versions of the originals.
3) La Parka, Octagón, Octagon Jr. b Parka Negra, Pentagon Jr., Silver King
Parka Negra and Pentagon Jr. were Silver King’s surprise partners, introduced by Dorian and Konnan. Parka Negra may be Mortiz, if you believe this Facebook post on a Bizarros fan group. (Mortiz also said on his own Facebook page that he’s coming back to Arena Mexico next year. Better off believing none of it.) Octagon pinned Silver King get the pinfall.
4) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown b Devil Rocker, Machine Rocker, Soul Rocker
Rockers took their first loss. Uro attacked Murder again after the match.
4) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown b Devil Rocker, Machine Rocker, Soul Rocker
Rockers took their first loss. Uro attacked Murder again after the match.
5) Texano Jr. b El Mesías [AAA HEAVY]
Mesias is champion. Fenix was scheduled to be his second, but Octagon Jr. replaced him. Silver King was Texano’s second. Both bled and there was at least one ref bump and one time Silver pulled the ref out to stop the count, but Texano Jr. won the match and the title with a sit down powerbomb cleanly.

[tweet https://twitter.com/terceracaida/status/275440903840210944]

6) Vampiro L CibernéticoDr. Wagner Jr.LA Parkel Hijo del Perro AguayoChessman [cage, hair, mask]
Order of escape went LA Park (attacked by Jeff & Karen Jarrett), Dr. Wagner, Cibernetico (attacked by the Bizarros – Cuervo tried to save and failed, Fabi helped later), and Perro Aguayo Jr. Chessman and Vampiro went for a long while before Chessman escaped due to help from Konnan and Dorian

 

IWRG (SUN) 12/02/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Mini Ozz, Mini Psicosis, Piratita Morgan Jr. b Mini Batista, Mini Rey Cometa, Mini Super Astro
Mini Ozz replaced Mini Espiritu. Mini Super Astro is not confirmed.
2) Alan Extreme, Carta Brava Jr., Eita b Centvrión, Cerebro Negro, Dinamic Black
3) Rayan & Spartan b Oficial AK47 & Oficial Fierro
4) Bestia 666, Canis Lupus, Damián 666 b el Ángel, Trauma I, Trauma II
Traumas and Angel had problems.
5) Factor L Hijo de Pirata MorganHijo de Máscara Año 2000Oficial 911 [cage, mask, Prison Fatal]
Pirata and Mascara escaped, then all the other Oficials and Comando ran in. 911 escaped, leaving Factor for the loss. 

[tweet https://twitter.com/LUCHALIBREIWRG/status/275459840833368064]

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2012 Guerra de Titanes preview

Actually, less a preview and more picks, since I already kind of did the preview.

Show will air on TV. It will not air on TV, there is no stream. There will be a live chat, time still TBD.

AAA TV (SUN) 12/02/2012 Auditorio Benito Juarez, Zapopan, Jalisco
***Guerra de Titanes, 2012***
1) Cuervo, Fabi Apache, Mascarita Dorada, Pimpinela Escarlata vs Halloween, Mari Apache, Mini Charly Manson, Yuriko

Probably a 8-10 minute tecnico win, as the perpetual feuds (Dorada vs Manson, Apaches, Pimpi versus every other exotico) continue .

2) Juventud Guerrera vs FénixDagaTeddy HartPsicosisJack EvansJoe Lider? [AAA CRUISER, Ladder]
Juventud Guerrera is the champ

We still have no idea who the mystery person is; they haven’t even hinted at someone on TV. Xema Ion is working TNA spot shows this weekend; he’s listed as being on the Gran Forks show tonight. It scarcely matters, as does this title – like the minis one, they’ll tease feuds for the championship, then throw everyone in a multi-man match. These matches tend to have some cool spots and some spots that do not look so cool (usually involving Lider and Nicho.) I’ll guess Juvi wins, but your guess is as good as mine

3) La Parka, Octagón, Octagon Jr. vs ??, ???, Silver King

Octagon Jr. is debuting here, but like the last match, we don’t have any hints about who Silver King is teaming with. Toscano and Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. make sense, but I’m not sure why they wouldn’t just say them if it was them. There’s a surprise coming.

Yesterday’s AAA had a couple strange news items related to this match. Octagon & Samuray del Sol were being shadowed by a mystery person at the AAA offices. The following skit showed a silhouette of someone in a Parka mask and a digitized voice talking about not forgetting what had been done to him and vowing revenge at Guerra de Titanes. Maybe Tabu has remembered he was destroyed by his brother last year and should be doing something besides just hanging with the Bizarros? Normal booking has the tecnico with the new gimmick winning in his debut, but I think the rudos have a trick or two.

4) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Devil Rocker, Machine Rocker, Soul Rocker

No surprises in this one; this should probably be the most basic Clowns vs Rockers match possible since they’ll be doing it another hundred times between here and TripleMania (at AAA’s usual pace). Clowns nearly win, Uro interferes, Rockers get the win.

5) El Mesías vs Texano Jr. [AAA HEAVY]
Mesias is champion. Fenix will be his second, Silver King will be Texano’s second.

I don’t think anyone believes Texano is going to win the title on this show. This is more a match to show he’s capable of being at this level. Mesias likes to have epic matches on big shows, this is Texano’s chance to prove he’s capable of having them with him. Texano is a great prospect, but has got to prove it and this is as good an opportunity as he’s going to get. Finish and post match will probably involve whatever the next step is for El Consejo.

6) Cibernético vs VampiroDr. Wagner Jr.LA Parkel Hijo del Perro AguayoChessman [cage, hair, mask]

I liked the Heroes Inmortales cage match because it was short. I hope I like this one for the same reason. Chessman is the obvious loser. They’ve focusing so strongly on the three individual rivalries and avoiding all mention of the cage match coming down to two people who aren’t feuding. That often means they want to ‘surprise’ people later. There’s plenty of other reasons for Vampiro not to get Chessman’s hair. I’m going to be randoma nd take perro Aguaoy Jr., though I dont’ have a great reason why.

 

Sombra advances in Copa Junior, AAA QPPLC

photo by CMLL

CMLL (FRI) 11/30/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLLCMLL GacetaYahoo! Deportes]
1) Apocalipsis & Inquisidor b Leono & Robin
Rudos took 1/3.
2) Metálico, Super Halcón Jr., Tigre Blanco DQ Artillero, Súper Comando, Taurus
Straight falls, Super Comando unmasked Metalico.
3) Diamante, Rey Cometa, Sagrado b Puma, Sangre Azteca, Vangelis
Rey Cometa made this show. Tecnicos took 2/3, Sagrado getting the win after Azteca & Puma made a mistake. Cometa yanked Puma’s mask off after the match.
4) La Sombra b Volador Jr.Negro CasasÁngel de OroMephistoLa MáscaraTigerMáscara DoradaOlímpicoDelta [Copa Jr., semifinal]
Changed to a cibernetico this year. Early eliminations went Delta, Olimpico (by Mascara), Mascara Dorada (by Mephisto top rope Devil’s Wings), Tiger, La Mascara (by Volador), Mephisto (by Sombra.) Final four were Angel de Oro, Sombra, Volador and Negro Casas. Negro continued his success over Oro to eliminate him, Sombra beat Negro with his own casita, and then beat Volador with his own Spanish Fly as well to advance to to the 12/14 final. Sombra beat the last three rudos by himself. Zacarias and Mije fought late in the match.
5) Averno, Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión b Atlantis, Shocker, Titán
Titan had new music. Rudos took 1/3. Atlantis got Averno up in the Atlantida but accidentally knocked down Tirantes. Averno escaped, tried to foul Atlantis, and settled for taking his mask and rolling him up for the win. Atlantis challenged Averno to one more fall and Averno bailed.

Before the Copa Jr., a mystery man was shown on the big screen, promising to arrive in 2013. Relampago’s name has come up in the last few days (see below) but I would’ve think they would’ve kept him hidden if they planned to debut him as a mystery.

Radio CMLL have “Revolucionarios del Terror” as the name for Rey Escorpion, Dragon Rojo and Polvora. It hasn’t been mentioned elsewhere yet, but it fits their new look.

AAA was part of a Quien Pinta Por La Corona press conference yesterday in Mexico City. The news, or maybe just clarification, is the Mexico City event will be two days for lucha libre – one day of open tryouts on Saturday 12/08 and the overall finals on Sunday. It’d been previously said this show would only be the finals, and a lot of people who might have tried to qualify in Mexico City traveled to the tryouts in Puebla or elsewhere previously for their chance. (There doesn’t seem to be a rule about trying out multiple times, so those who didn’t make it can try once again next weekend.) There hasn’t been anyone as talked about well regarded as Dinastia, Samuray del Sol and Daga last year so far, but perhaps that can be fixed with one more tryout.

They also announced the lineup for the spot show that always accompanies a QPPLC session (via R de Rudo). Dinastia and Daga are still referred to as the only winners from last year, but La Magnifica surprisingly travels to Mexico City for this card. (She’s also working with DTU on Friday in Queretaro, but I’m not sure which leads to which.) Also, Mini Abismo Negro makes his first Mexico City appearance in over two years. His name has popped up occasionally on AAA shows in southern Mexico in that time, and he’s said to have a slow recovery from a leg injury.

Chat/live coverage change

There probably will be a chat. I am unsure when it will start. My plans for  Sunday have changed and I may not be around until after the Terra show starts, maybe even not until sometime during the show. My apologizes. I’ll try to put something on Twitter if I have a better idea tomorrow.

Lucha Libre in Japan

12/01 NJPW: Hiroshi Tanahashi [O], Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA b Rush, Diamante Azul [X], BUSHI
Tanahashi beating Azul, and not unpushed junior heavyweight Bushi, seems like a sign about how Azul did on this tour (not well) and his chances of returning (not well.) Hopefully I’m just reading too much into it.

Links

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 12/07/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Metálico & Sensei vs Artillero & Súper Comando
2) Ángel Azteca Jr., Starman, Super Halcón Jr. vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Skándalo
3) Hijo del Fantasma, Rey Cometa, Triton vs Namajague, Sangre Azteca, Shigeo Okumura
4) Shocker vs MáximoSuper PorkyGuerrero Maya Jr.Stuka Jr.Tama TongaDragón Rojo Jr.FelinoMisterioso Jr.Puma [Copa Jr., semifinal]
5) La Sombra vs Último Guerrero [lightning]
6) Diamante Azul, Máscara Dorada, Rush vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto

Azul & Rush return from Japan, find someone they can defeat.

Sombra & Ultimo Guerrero as one fall, 10 minutes, makes it a bit more tolerable. Sombra’s having a really busy stretch, but one where he’s winning a lot. He’s probably facing a rudo next week. Felino and Misterioso are probably ruled out. Not sure Puma should be, but Tonga or previous champion Rojo seem more likely.

Hooligan makes British Night!

Metalico and Super Comando may actually be feuding!

Estrellita champion, Oro/Casas, Fuerza Guerrera vs Black Terry, CMLL bodybuilding

CMLL (TUE) 11/27/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Fuego en el Ring]
1) Infierno & Thunder Boy b Black Metal & Virgo
2) Esfinge & Smaker b Espectrum & Ráfaga
3) Espanto Jr., Hijo del Signo, Hooligan b Ángel Azteca Jr., Magnus, Pegasso
Espanto Jr.’s GDL debut
4) Estrellita b Princesa Blanca [MEX WOMEN]
Princesa Blanca came in as champion. Pegasso and Hijo del Signo were seconds. Estrellita surprised Blanca and pinned her in the first fall, Blanca won the second, Estrellita won the third with the Star Cross to win the championship. Estrellita celebrated big.
5) Ángel de Oro, La Sombra, Titán DQ Dragón Rojo Jr., Negro Casas, Psicosis
Negro Casas fouled Angel de Oro.

Estrellita’s been wrestling regularly since at least 2000, and this is her first championship win of any kind. (She’s not been in CMLL a lot of that time.) This ended Blanca’s near four year change; her title matches were good, but not especially frequent. Blanca gave Estrellita credit for being better on this night but also blamed a knee injury. Estrellita mentioned her recent injury absence wasn’t just due to the cut on her hand, but also an ankle injury. She spent her time out watching Blanca footage to look for a way to defeat her. Both talked about doing a hair vs hair match.

photo by Black Terry Jr..

IWRG (THU) 11/29/2012 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring]
1) Galaxie b Epidemia
Another spelling for Galaxy.
2) Dinamic Black & La Cobra b Alan Extreme & Eita
3) el Ángel b Eterno [IWRG IC MIDDLE]
Angel kept the title
4) Bestia 666, Damián 666, Fuerza Guerrera b Dr. Cerebro, Pantera, Veneno
666s were in their Xolo jerseys. Black Terry hit the ring post match to argue with Fuerza, probably about the last FILL show. Fresero Jr., in jeans and a jersey shirt, worked as a referee for this show and separated the two.
5) Black Terry, Negro Navarro, Pirata Morgan b Solar I, Super Astro, Ultraman [super libre]
remach from the previous week. Rudos took 2/3, Navarro pinning Solar. Fuerza hit the ring post match to challenge Terry to a singles match, and he accepted

Angel vs Eterno is up in three parts already.

Fresero Jr.’s father was a referee for AAA. IWRG only seems to have two referees, and it’s not clear if this a change of occupation or an emergency fill in situation. He should still make it rain as a referee.

CMLL held it’s annual bodybuilding contest yesterday.

Minis
1) Stukita – mini who has still yet to debut
2) Pequeno Olimpico
3) Pequeno Halcon – was very unhappy about finishing third and threw his trophy into an empty section of seats. Believed to be suspended for that, though he hasn’t been on cards for a couple weeks already.

Beginners (more of a weight distinction than a training one)
1) Flyer – Volador Jr’s nephew
2) Akuma
3) Super Halcon Jr.

Intermediate
1) Sensei
2) Guerrero Maya
3) Camorra

Advanced
1) La Sombra
2) Valiente
3) Tama Tonga

Women
1) Dark Angel – won for the seventh straight year, every year they’ve run this contest
2) Dalys la Caribena – second for the fourth straight year
3) Isis

The winners all came back for a final contest, and Sensei won that to become Mr. CMLL Absoluto. There was also an apparently unofficial Student group for those enrolled in CML classes. Aioria, who I’ve never heard of prior won. Second place went to Relampago, formerly of AAA and currently in IWRG, with IWRG opening match wrestler Epidemia finishing third.

Tonight’s the first half of Copa Junior. It’s a CMLL random tournament that doesn’t mean anything, but they like to spread out the wins as thinly as possible. Maybe someone who’s been near the top but hasn’t had a big win this year – Mephisto or Mascara Dorada? – will advance.

Rey Cometa either has a busy night or is missing a match tonight. He’s scheduled to main event a show in Queretaro, then wrestle in the tercera in Arena Mexico. I think it’s physically impossible to work both – there’s a 3 hour different start time, but more than 2 hours away from each other – so expect a sub tonight in CMLL.

AAA had a press conference for the 2012 Quien Pinta Por La Corona contest final. They hyped major surprises, then just tweeted out photos of people there. Maybe the major surprise is cameraphones.

LLF’s Perla Negra hurt her wrist, so tonight’s planned mask vs mask match with Lady Puma is off. LLF’s last show of the year is next week and Negra won’t be ready by then either, so the match is postponed indefinitely. The replacement match is Lady Puma versus a mystery woman.

Rob has the top 5 spots of the week.

stuff going on Sunday

(all times Central)
4pm CHIKARA iPPV (I ordered weeks ago without realizing I had other things to watch, oops – I can watch it later, it’ll work out)
4pm CMLL on EstrellaTV (which I usually just half pay attention to)
5pm CMLL on Terra with Terribile vs Sombra for the Heavyweight title.
(5pm Noche de Coliseo, though it seems in repeats)
6pm AAA Guerra de Titanes (time on the poster, maybe not so much)
6:3pm IWRG Prison Fatal

So. The plan is for a chat/live results this week, starting at 5pm and running until I have to stop. We’ll be talking the CMLL show, the AAA show and even the IWRG one if they continue sending out live results. Only the CMLL on Terra show will be available on the internet, so you may be very bored after 7:30pm. It’ll be a fun time until then!

By the way, tickets seem to be selling decently well for Guerra de Titanes. The closest ticket I could get on Ticketmaster was for the fourth ring around the building.

Links

Lineup

CMLL (MON) 12/03/2012 Arena Puebla
1) Asturiano & Black Tiger vs Espiritu Maligno & King Jaguar
2) Astral vs Demus 3:16 [lightning]
3) Camaleón, Soberano Jr., Starman vs Bobby Zavala, Disturbio, Ramstein
4) Fuego, Pegasso, Stigma vs Bronco, Hijo del Signo, Nitro
5) Ángel de Oro, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Euforia, Niebla Roja, Tiger
6) Atlantis, Marco Corleone, Máximo vs Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas, Último Guerrero

Bronco! Giant goofy horse might actually be back. The best part is one more guy who can prevent the Cancerberos and Tuareg from accidentally being put on the same team.

Astral and Demus could set up a title rematch.