Anniversary revenge, Devitt vs Dragon, TV notes

CMLL (FRI) 09/21/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLLKaiser Sports]
1) Hombre Bala Jr. & Super Halcon Jr. b Bobby Zavala & Disturbio
Referee was Edgar. Tecnicos took 2/3.
2) Raziel b Triton [lightning]
Raziel won in 7:34. Said to be a very good match.
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Goya Kong, Marcela b Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Tiffany
Tecnicas took 1/3. This time, Marcela won legally with a Michinoku Driver on Amapola. No follow up to last week’s story.
4) Hijo del Fantasma, Rey Cometa, Valiente b Niebla Roja, Puma King, Virus
Tecnicos 2/3. Cometa’s unmasked debut, beating Puma with a 450 splash and taking his mask after teh match.
5) Dragón Rojo Jr., Mr. Águila, Taichi b Blue Panther, La Sombra, Prince Devitt
Rudos take 1/3. Dragon Rojo beat Devitt with a Dragon Bomb to set up a title match last week.
6) Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Último Guerrero b La Máscara, Máximo, Rush
Rudos take 1/3. Terrible pinned Rush in a bit of revenge for last week.

Patricia Barcenas, a paraolympic bronze medalist in weightlifting, was honored during the show.

so far on TV:
el Mundo de Lucha Libre was a rerun
CMLL Fox aired Cometa/Puma and the Mexico/Japan trios
CMLL Televisa aired (and will air in the US) Rush/Terrible and the Mistico/Devitt trios
CMLL 52MX aired the top 3 from Sunday, but started late due to a prior programming going long (no problem, plenty of reruns)

AAA has now announced the Fusion TVC Deportes taping on their website. Nothing more revealed, though it does sound like a new ongoing show and not a one off or anything like that. They write “Nueva Era” a lot. Televisa should not have any rights on an AAA show on TVC Deportes, so AAA will be free to market this show internationally however they’d like. If an AAA TV show is airing in the US any time soon, it’ll be this taping.

Today is a Quien Pinta Por La Corona weekend. AAA is in Campeche today for evaluations, with a show tomorrow.

CMLL says a “Road To The 80th Anniversary” feature will start this week on Cadena3. So CMLL can do short pieces, just not about their current wrestlers.

Croncias Y Leyendas asks who was more popular: Octagon or Mistico? (Mistico.)

LuchaWorld has a new edition of the LuchaWorld podcast

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 09/28/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Leono & Metálico vs Taurus & Zayco
2) Fantasy, Niño de Acero, Shockercito vs Mercurio, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior
3) Blue Panther, Máscara Dorada, Rey Cometa vs Puma King, Sangre Azteca, Vangelis
4) Máximo vs Taichi [lightning]
5) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Mistico vs Euforia, Rey Escorpión, Último Guerrero
6) Prince Devitt vs Dragón Rojo Jr. [NWA MIDDLE]
Devitt is champion.

Devitt will try for his third defense, first in Mexico. I expect Devitt to retain. Dragon Rojo is still CMLL Middleweight champ, so he’ll go home with a belt regardless.

Ultimo Guerrero & Rey Escorpion are teaming again, so perhaps that storyline can restart after being put aside for thelast couple weeks. In fact, it’ll be interesting to see who Dragon Rojo’s second is for the title match.

Maximo & Taichi is a rematch of their hair match.

Mascara Dorada returns from Mexico to join in the Cometa/Puma King feud. Averno returns to…enjoy a nice evening at home, I guess.

Opener is Taurus’ debut, the last of the Gen12 guys to debut in Mexico City.

LLA (SUN) 09/30/2012 Gimansio Neuvo Leon
1) Gato Fantasma & Peewee vs Pedro Navajas & Vudu
2) Golden Boy, Rey Demonio Jr., Silencio vs Angel Dorado Jr., Potro Jr., Sky
3) Mascara Puprura, Rey Hechicero, Tigre Unviersitario vs Bengali, Difunto I, Monje Negro Jr.
4) Máximo & Super Porky vs Felino & Mr. Niebla
5) Último Guerrero vs MisticoAtlantis [LLA AZTECA]
Ultimo Guerrero is the champ.

No one has ever successfully defended this title. If that continues, there’s a Mistico goes home with his first title. Atlantis seems much more likely.

indy (SUN) 10/14/2012 Arena Lopez Mateos
1) ? vs ??
2) ? vs ??
3) Esther Moreno & Rossy Moreno vs Keira & La Vaquerita
4) Mr. Potro vs Epitafio [AULL HEAVY]
Mr. Potro is champ
5) Eterno, Oriental, Super Crazy vs Negro Navarro, Trauma I, Trauma II
6) Dr. Wagner Jr. & Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Canek & Canek Jr.

Billed as Super Crazy’s return from Japan, and the first time for Wagner/son vs Canek/son. 100% chance Canek brings up the UWA title before the night is over.

IWRG, CMLL anniversary, Mil Macaras, AAA & TVC Deportes

photo by Black Terry Jr.

IWRG (THU) 09/20/2012 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), The Gladiatores]
1) Epidemia b Johnny Rivera
2) Freelance & Saruman b Eita & Imposible
Tecnicos took 1/3. Eita and Freelance have a slight feud.
3) Centvrión, Dinamic Black, La Cobra b Carta Brava Jr., Chicano, Fishman Jr.
Chicano hurt his shoulder in the first fall and sat out the rest. Tecnicos took 1/3, the last when a mystery man came out and hit Carta Brava to set up a Cobra pinfall. Both sides were confused by the run-in. The mystery man revealed himself to be IWL’s Carta Brava. Both Carta Bravas fought until the refs broke them up.
4) Alan Extreme, Black Terry, Súper Nova b Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
Black Terry’s trio took 2/3. In the third, Fiero and Nova dived out of the week. Alan went for his own dive, but the oficial just moved out of the way and Alan Extreme crashed and burned. Referees checked on Alan. Terry was angry, fouled 911, and got away with it for the win.
5) Cien Caras Jr., Trauma I, Trauma II b Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Negro Navarro [Relevos Increíbles]
No one was happy to fight their usual friends. Trauma I’s team won straight falls. In the last, Negro had Cien pinned, Cien reversed the cradle, and Mascara helped his cousin (but his enemy in this match) hold Navarro down for 3. The usual sides fought after the match.

CMLL is pushing today as the actual anniversary (lower case) of CMLL,  noting an Irishman (Ciclon Mackey) appeared on the first show, and an Irishman will be on today’s show. The show is a much lower wattage show than last week, with both big feuds meeting in trios tonight. Semimain should continue the Dragon/Devitt feud.

Mil Mascaras, in hyping his match with Hijo del Solitario explains he’s in the United States all the time lecturing at universities. He’s also defending his championship all time, including in Nigeria. He’s not planning on retiring any time soon.

AAA’s TVC Deportes show is called Fusion. Not sure why it was taken down if they have a poster floating around. Maybe we’re still waiting for AAA to talk about it. Lineup was previous discussed here.

The LWF shows in Colombia, mentioned a lot on this week’s AAA TV, are now officially postponed for last Saturday and this Saturday. The promotion is blaming a new law, which is at least a novel excuse. The third show for next weekend is still on, for the moment.

Taichi says he’s not going home until he gets 10,000 followers. Everyone follow Taichi. Or maybe we can just pitch in $26?

Rob has the Top 5 Spots of the Week

Links

Lucha Libre in Japan

09/22 NJPW (Tokyo Game Show): Felino, Mascara Dorada [O], Tomoaki Honma, Tiger Mask IV & Jushin Thunder Liger b Super Strong Machine Aztec [X], Averno, Jado, YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano

CMLL announced Leon, the REINA International Champion, will be coming to Mexico on October 10. She faces Silueta this Sunday in a champion vs champion match with neither belt on the line.

 

09/22-23 lucha times

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AYM Sports actually lists the IWRG show for Sunday!. Well, a “lucha libre” show, and starting at 6:30 pm CT, a half hour earlier than listed. And it’s not on the US listings at all. We’ll find out on Sunday.

If it’s accurate, that means there will be two live shows from the great Mexico City area going head to head. All fifty us who could watch either will be mightly conflicted.

In more random news, the Galavision repeat is back on Saturday/Sunday overnight.

=== CMLL ===

Galavision/Televisa: Rush/Terrible as we know, and probably not much else. Leaves time for more commericals!

FOX: Puma King/Rey Cometa and probably Mistico/Devitt/Atlantis vs Ultimo Guerrero/Dragon Rojo/Negro Casas

52MX: The tag title match, and more Devitt/Dragon Rojo

C3: Mephisto/Ephesto/Misterioso vs Tiger/Atlantis/Mistico.

GDL: the Olimpico vs Diamante match you’ve been asked for. (And if you have, please reveal yourself.)

EstrellaTV (Puebla): who knows

Terra: Azul/Marco/Devitt vs Bucanero/Terrible/Volador main evnets.

=== Other ===

AAA: onto the expo! Electroshock & Vampiro face Chessman & Ultimo Gladiador, and Cibernetico & Dr. Wagner Jr. take on Perro Aguayo Jr. & Halloween. Regional matches include the TV debut of Samurai del Sol, Dinastia, and a Consejo vs Psycho Circus trios title match

IWRG-TVC Deportes: the show going on right now, with the Navarros on opposite sides of a relevos increibles match.

IWRG-AYM Sports: the show going on Sunday, with a relevos suicidas. That’s not a bad debut show.

ACM: maybe last week’s taping, featuring Antifaz, Hator, and Super Parka vs Neurosis, Humberto Garza and Zorro