Mexicools beat Mexipowers, Castle of Terror

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LEGEND (WED) 10/31/2012 Arena Lopez Mateos [Estrellas del Ring, MT (hair), MT (rest)]
1) Conde Bartok, Magia Negra, Violento b Beda, Olimpus, Spider Boy
winning team goes by Ola Negra
2) Cerebro Maligno, Herejía, Rey Krimen b Dragosth, Gargola, Juan la Loca [lumberjack]
shortened from an atomicos
3) Big Mama b Taya Valkyire
4) Judas el Traidor & Scoot Thunder b Golden & Sicopata
5) Epitafio, Leviatham, Samael, Tormento b Hanaoka, Nihon Dragon, Samurai I, Samurai II
losing team is Japonese del Mal. No Dowki, two Samurai instead. Tormento beat Nihon.
6) Rocky Santana b Iron Love [hair]
best match of the night. Chucho el Roto and Yakuza got involved. Iron got a few visual pins before the ref was distracted by Yakuza, and Santana hit Love with a chair a couple times. Rocky got the win and the hair.
7) Juventud Guerrera, Psicosis, Super Crazy b Extreme Tiger, Joe Lider, Último Gladiador
the former Mexicools face the former Mexican Powers. Fast match. Lider and Psicosis feuded. Finish saw Juvi taking out Tiger and Psicosis on Lider, and Crazy pinned Tiger after a powerbomb for the win.

Tonight is IWRG’s annual Castle of Terror show. The main event is a cage match of the same name, where 12 masked wrestlers go in and 11 leave with their masks. I’ve put up a poll here for you take a guess, but most speculation is on one of the Comando Elite (Factor or Spartan) or Angel losing their mask tonight. The Gladiatores may have live coverage, and I’d guess they or Tercera Caida will have the result up on Twitter later tonight. Show starts at 8pm Central STANDARD Time (so 9 Central in the US.) Based on my extensive three week live viewing of IWRG, I suspect that means the cage match doesn’t start until 10:30 local.

Black Terry Jr. says the Noti AAA Facebook is fake. They had been claiming they weren’t official but had friends in the office, and they did seem to get to somethings before AAA got to them. Though that’s no big deal, still waiting to see if AAA says anything about Vampiro or Wagner this week.

I’m amused by the title belt presentation from Guadalajara on Tuesday; Bufete del Amor wore football jerseys. Rush wore 10 and Marco 23 probably because the best player on the team wears that number. Just different sports! That link also has order of elimination for the Pequeno Reyes del Aire; Warrior did beat Shockercito, just with his feet on the ropes.

CMLL Gaceta has a CMLL press release hyping up the cage match next week by fencing in them pequeno estrellas! Mercurio wants revenge on Fantasy, while Demus states he will absolutely betray Pierrothito if he gets a good shot at winning his mask.

Perros del Mal has a show! They’re running 11/17 in Tlanepantla, and hyping an ex-WWE Diva. Melina would make the most sense, but that’d probably mean they would be hyping John Morrison too (and actually naming her.) Does Taya count as an ex-WWE Diva?

Rob has his top 5 spots of the week.

Links

Lineups

IWRG (SUN) 11/04/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Impulso & Seiya vs Araña de Plata & Dragón Celestial
2) Amazona, Dinamic Black, Relampago vs Alan Extreme, Cristal, Yack
3) Cerebro Negro, Trauma I, Trauma II vs Carta Brava Jr., Oficial AK47, Tóxico
4) el Ángel, El Hijo del Solitario, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Bestia 666, Damián 666, Oficial Fierro
5) Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 & Hijo de Pirata Morgan vs Factor & Oficial 911 [Relevos Increíbles]

Good matches we may or may not see. Well, you may if you live in Mexico City (and you should comment more.) A lot of the people in the mask match are here, with (Oficial) Spartan being  a notable exception.

Solitario’s first appearance this year. Impulso is an Ojo de Tigre student.

CMLL (TUE) 11/06/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Freesbe & Robin vs Camorra & Ramstein
2) Ángel Azteca Jr., Hombre Bala Jr., Super Halcon Jr. vs Artillero, Disturbio, Súper Comando
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Dark Angel, Marcela vs La Comandante, La Seductora, Tiffany
4) Delta vs Virus [lightning]
5) Ángel de Oro, Diamante, Hijo del Fantasma vs Euforia, Olímpico, Vangelis
6) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Máscara Dorada vs Mephisto, Tama Tonga, Terrible

At some point, and assuming he stays in one piece long enough, Mistico and Mephisto are going to feud for a title, so Mephisto has to win a title. I dunno that’s happening with Mascara Dorada or here but it comes to mind because there aren’t many alternatives. Mascara Dorada and Rush are the only (male) tecnico singles belt holders, and it’s not going to be Rush. The national belts seem below both of them right now.

This looks like a new edition of everyone’s favorite lucha libre game: Will Angel Azteca Jr. actually wrestle? Your guess is as good as his.

Reyes del Atlantida win trios titles back, Bufete del Amor keep theirs, CMLL minis cage match

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CMLL (MON) 10/29 Arena Puebla [Porra Fresa]
1) Ares & Centauro de Fuego b Dinámikoo & Tigre Rojo Jr.
Rudos took 2/3, early falls went very quick.
2) Höruz b Cholo [lightning]
Cholo dominated the match, but Horuz pulled it out with an armbar.
3) Asturiano, Metálico, Molotov vs Bobby Zavala, Disturbio, Espiritu Maligno
Tecnicos took 2/3. Molotov submitted Espiritu, Metalico pinned Disturbio.
4) Dalis la Caribeña, Goya Kong, Marcela b Amapola, Mima Shimoda, Tiffany
Tecnicas took 1/3.
5) Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Tama Tonga b Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Hijo del Fantasma
Rudos took 2/3. Tonga beat Maya to win in his debut and the best match of the night Maya had to be strechered out. Delta tried to help with that, but Tonga attacked him too.
6) Atlantis, La Máscara, Mistico DQ Averno, Felino, Mephisto
Felino replaced Ephesto. Mascara pinned Averno in the first, then Mephisto pulled Mistico’s mask in the second in a disappointing match. Mistico challenged Mephisto a singles match.

Mr. Aguila/photo by CMLL

Was Ephesto hurt on Sunday and I’ve forgot about it?

CMLL (TUE) 10/30/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Metatrón b Exterminador
2) Pequeño Warrior b Shockercito and Aereo and Pequeño Halcón and Astral and Último Dragoncito and Fantasy and Demus 3:16 and Pierrothito and Mercurio and Pequeño Olímpico and Pequeño Violencia [Mini Reyes del Aire]
Pequeno Warrior won the match, which set up a cage match next week! Shockercito may have been hurt on a dive.
3) La Máscara, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada b Kráneo, Olímpico, Psicosis
4) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush b Averno, Mephisto, Tama Tonga [CMLL TRIOS]
Tama Tonga replaced Ephesto. Love Buffet came in as champs, and took falls 2/3 to keep the titles. Last week’s match was Maximo vs Averno, and this week Maximo kissed and cradled Averno to keep the titles.

Results were from radio station Canal58, which appears to be doing live PBP of Tuesday and Sunday Guadalajara shows. Satanico joined the commentators a couple times.

new/old champs
photo by CMLL

CMLL (TUE) 10/30/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, CMLL Gaceta]
1) Akuma & Camorra DQ Freesbe & Oro Jr.
Camorra fouled Freesbe
2) Artillero, Hooligan, Súper Comando b Camaleón, Pegasso, Sensei
Camaleon replaced Angel Azteca Jr. Isis was with Hooligan. Rudos took 1/3. Sensei was strechered out with a knee injury and Pegasso was hurting (as usual.)
3) Fuego, Sagrado, Triton b Arkángel de la Muerte, Cancerbero, Raziel
Tecnicos won in straight falls when Arkangel and the Cancerberos turned on each other.
4) Rey Cometa b Sangre Azteca [lightning]
Cometa won with a 450 splash in 8:10.
5) Euforia, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero b Diamante Azul, Mistico, Stuka Jr.
Rudos took 2/3, Euforia & Niebla getting the pins while Mistico dove onto Mistico.
6) Atlantis, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Black Warrior, Mr. Águila, Volador Jr. [MEX TRIOS]
Volador, Mr. Aguila, and Black Warrior came in as champs. Delta & Maya took 1, Volador took the second with a backcracker on Atlantis, and Atlantis won the match with an Atlantida on Volador (again!) Reyes del Atlantida are champions as a team for a third time, Atlantis has won the titles three times.

Shocker & Brazo de Plata beat Terrible & Dragon Rojo in Arena Queretaro. In the undercard, Amapola (replacing Tiffany) was beat by local luchador Reyna Azteca in a tag match. The Quereatro wrestler challenged for a title match.

The semi-official Noti AAA Facebook site confirmed Decnnis was leaving AAA, then took down that post, put up another post saying all the rumored people leaving AAA (Tiger, Wagner) were not true. That’s totally not confusing. In the comments of the last post, they say Wagner is joining going back to being an independent who works with AAA. (The difference there is if AAA controls his booking for non TV shows and what cut they need; someone the level of Wagner doesn’t need AAA for that.) As for Extreme Tiger, he’s scheduled to work tonight’s Halloween show in Arena Lopez Mateos, which would be an easy time for him to confirm or deny rumors.

Arena Neza’s Facebook writes Vampiro will miss this weekend’s AAA Fusion taping. Vampiro’s said the same, going on to say he’s busy with another show and AAA never told him he was on this show. Same thing happened last time Vampiro missed a taping. Mesias will take his place, which greatly improves the match. AAA hasn’t acknowledged the change yet.

Quien Pinta Por La Corona held a press conference in Guadalajara for the event there on 11/10 and 11/11. QPPLC also posted profiles of some of the finalists: Rey Maya (nephew of Canek!), Forajido (inspired by Cibernetico and Gronda), Full Back Jr. (snuck off to train with Canek), Demoledor (36 years old), and New Fire Jr.

Samuray del Sol was on Figure Four Daily yesterday (subscriber only) in a really good interview where he talked a lot about his career. His story about being in last year’s QPPLC contest was my favorite part. Samuray never actually signed up for the contest himself, Crazy Boy just invited him to come to Veracruz, then signed Samuray up without him knowing to get Samuray in front of AAA people. Samuray was under the impression the talent contest – at least by the final – was set up for Daga to win, saying AAA officials wanted him specifically to work with Daga since he could do the style Daga likes to do and Daga would look like a star.

Rob has highlights of 04/13/12 CMLL and has updated his MOTYC list.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Lucha Libre in Japan

Fabi Apache, Sexi Star, Lolita and Jennifer Blake are headed to WAVE for their AAA Reina de Reinas on 11/27. The Japanese promotion had previously announced the show, this is the first time the Mexican promotion has acknowledged it. The article is mostly talking about Fabi Apache’s training and previous time in Japan. WAVE also mentions Pimpinela and Fenix working on the show in a bonus match with CIMA, which hasn’t yet been announced by AAA.

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CMLL (TUE) 11/06/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Sky Kid & Virgo vs Èvola & Thunder Boy
2) Esfinge & Gallo vs Bárbaro Cavernario & Espectrum
3) La Máscara, La Sombra, Mistico vs Felino, Psicosis, Rey Escorpión
4) Shockercito vs Último Dragoncito, Pequeño Halcón, Aereo, Astral, Fantasy, Pierrothito, Demus 3:16, Mercurio, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior, Pequeño Violencia [cage, hair, mask]

Cage match, just not at all the one I thought. Warrior winning the Reyes del Aire means he’s a favorite to lose here.