AULL (SAT) 12/01/2012 Arena Lopez Mateos [Estrellas del Ring, R de Rudo, SL491]
Attendance: 1500
1) Beda, Olimpus, Spider-Boy b Cyber Punk, Magia Negra, Pakal
2) Epitafio, Leviatham, Samael, Tormento b Cerebro Maligno, Judas el Traidor, Psicópata, Rey Krimen
17:23. Psicópata replaced Herejia. Epitafio beat Judas in a good fight.
3) Trauma I, Trauma II, Zumbi b Chucho el Roto, Daga, Iron Love
25:28. Tecnicos took 1/3, Trauma II beating Iron Love for the win. Chucho was strechered out.
4) Negro Navarro b Solar I [FLLM MASTER]
17:28. Negro Navarro defeated Solar I to win the championship, taking falls 2/3. Money thrown in.
5) LA Park b Dr. Wagner Jr. and Canek
Lots of mic work before the match, with Park and Canek talking about working together. 26:08. Canek fouled Dr. Wagner ‘on instinct’, then shoved down the referee and declared that as long as he was on his feet, he couldn’t have actually lost. A new referee took over, but was knocked down. Wagner got the visual pin, but Park fouled him and got away with it for the win.

IWRG (SUN) 12/02/2012 Arena Naucalpan [DJ Spectro, Estrellas del Ring, IWRG]
1) Mini Ozz, Mini Psicosis, Piratita Morgan Jr. b Mini Batista, Mini Rey Cometa, Mini Super Astro
Mini Ozz replaced Mini Espiritu. Comic mini match in the style pre-Mascara Sagrada .
2) Alan Extreme, Carta Brava Jr., Eita b Avisman, Cerebro Negro, Dinamic Black
Avisman replaced Centvrion, who was otherwise busy this weekend.
3) Rayan & Spartan b Oficial AK47 & Oficial Fierro
Spartan beat Factor. No ring announcer or music for this match.
4) Bestia 666, Canis Lupus, Damián 666 b el Ángel, Trauma I, Trauma II
Traumas and Angel had problems, and are now feuding again.
5) Factor L Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Oficial 911 [cage, mask, Prison Fatal]
Luchadors were stuck in for five minutes, then had to climb to the top of the cage to get their key, then climb back down to unlock their chains from the cage, then climb out once more to escape. Pirata and Mascara escaped, Pirata actually helping Mascara fend off the various police. All the other Oficials and Comandos came in, fought, then all tried to leave. Factor was distracted and didn’t realize 911 had tied one of the chains around his leg, trapping him and leaving him the loser. Fator is Cesar Caballero, no other info given. Spectro says he Factor was one of the Megas.

The DTU show in Xalapa featured the ring breaking in the semfinal.

SuperLuchas notes there’s an independent Pentagon Jr. It probably has nothing to do with the AAA one, who’s design matches the just debuted Octagon Jr. For what it’s worth, as a follow up to the previous post, I’m being told Mortiz and Taboo are not either of the new characters.

Dr. Wagner Jr. is now listed as one of the characters in the WashaWasha/Tinieblas video game (still mostly unfunded). This would mean AAA (Wagner) vs CMLL (Porky) would take place in a video game, and Dr. Wagner would be part of a second lucha libre video game claiming to be the first ever lucha libre game.

DJ Spectro, now on Facebook, recaps the mask/hair/title matches of the month.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update and Alfredo on the latest new CMLL star.

Links

• Alan Stone, said to be leaving AAA, worked an AAA Zacatecas spot show Saturday night.
• Canek wants a mask match with LA Park and Dr. Wagner Jr.  I want 27 hours in the day.
• The Traumas feel 2012 was a good year for the Traumas.
• Proyeccion Luchistica interviews referee As Negro.
• Solar talks retirement.
• AAA luchadors thanked the Ciudad Madero mayor for his support.

Lucha Libre In Japan (or not)

There’s no participation on the annual 01/04 NJPW Tokyo Dome show, their biggest show of the year. It’s the first time CMLL hasn’t been on that card since 2008.

Tama Tonga is on the Tokyo Dome card, but not on the last tour of the year for Japan. He should be around Mexico for a little bit longer. Namajague is not the Tokyo Dome show, so his stay looks to be continuing at least until the FantasticaMania shows later in January and perhaps longer.

Lineups

IWRG (THU) 12/06/2012 Arena Naucalapn
1) Johnny Rivera vs Araña de Plata Jr.
2) Galaxy & Saruman vs Epidemia & Imposible
3) Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, La Cobra vs Alan Extreme, Eita, Eterno
4) el Ángel, Trauma I, Trauma II vs Canis Lupus, Oficial 911, Oficial AK47
5) Bestia 666, Damián 666, Fuerza Guerrera vs Black Terry, Negro Navarro, Pirata Morgan

IWRG is taking Thursday 12/27 off for the holidays (not sure about Sunday shows), so the Fuerza vs Terry match they’re setting up here is probably 12/20.

Angel and the Traumas just can’t get away from each other! Neither can the Cerebros!

NGX (SAT) 12/01/2012 Edificio de la Gran Logia [LuchaMania Monterrey]
***NGX 10th Anniversary Show***
1) Murder Angel b Optimus and Slade and Vertigo and Neurosis
2) Lord Byron & Xtreme Dragon b Bestia 666 & Sick Boy and Aeroboy & Violento Jack
3) Cachorro Zapata b Rey Hechicero
Money thrown in the match. Zapata announced his retirement from lucha libre after the match.
4) Extreme Tiger b Dralion, Erick Snake [NGX XTREMO]
Xtreme Tiger is the champ and kept the title by beating Snake with a 450 splash.
5) Joe Lider b Kaientai [mask, hair]
Kaientai was unmasked as Jose Ignacio Rodriguez Cisneros. Said to be another good match.
6) Damián 666 b Supreme
Damian tore off a part of the skin on his arm, and fire and syringes came back into play.

CMLL (SUN) 12/02/2012 Arena Coliseo [CMLL, CMLL Gaceta, Yahoo! Deportes]
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.

I’ll have full IWRG and AAA results after the official ones go up, but you can see what I pieced together below.

A full recap of the Arena Lopez Mateos show hasn’t turned up yet. In the three way main event, LA Park won by foul to Dr. Wagner Jr. after Canek was earlier DQed for a foul. Earlier, Negro Navarro beat Solar for the FLLM Master championship. Attendance looked very strong for this show, one of the best Arena Lopez Mateos turn outs of the year.

Rob has highlights of Perros del Mal 03/01/11 and CMLL 11/13/12.

Bill has highlights of 12/15/2011 Todos x El Todos.

Lucha Libre in Japan

12/02 NJPW: YOSHI-HASHI [O] & Jado b Diamante Azul [X] & Rush

Well, that’s embarrassing. Azul looked bad in the match, especially the finish. Japanese promotions will usually job out foreign wrestlers who come in and look bad, and Azul lost a lot and might have earned the results he got. Hopefully he’ll learn something from this.

Links 

• Ricky Marvin is participating in Torneo Latino Americana, scheduled to take place in February in Brazil, Peru and Chile.
• El Hijo del Santo says AAA & CMLL can’t get rid of him.
• Simply Luscious is returning to LLF for their year end show.
• Lucha y Tinta Libre writes about the events of the weekend.
• A photo slideshow  of the 11/23 CMLL show.