IWRG (SUN) 09/02/2012 Arena Naucalpan [The Gladiatores]
1) Infierno Kid Jr. b Radical
straight falls
2) Centvrión & Freelance b Alan Extreme & Eita
Alan Extreme replaced the Mummy.
3) Carta Brava Jr., Chicano, Violencia Jr. b Golden Magic, La Cobra, Multifacético
Chicano’s debut as a rudo started off poorly, screwing up and being pinned by Golden Magic in the first. Chicano’s partners were suspicious of him and didn’t want to work with Chicano after that, but they rallied to win the second fall. In the third, Golden Magic pinned Violencia with a 450 splash, but Chicano surprised captain Cobra with a small package to win the match. Carta Brava Jr. welcomed ex-rival Chicano to the rudo band, and Golden magic challenged him to a mask vs hair match.
4) El Hijo del Medico Asesino, Heddi Karaoui, Oficial AK47 b Freyser, Relampago, Trauma II
Freyser is recovering from a (unspecified) injury. Rudos took 1/3, Trauma II pulled AK-47’s mask for the win.
5) Negro Navarro & Trauma I DQ Hijo de LA Park & Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. [IWRG IC TAG]
Navarros came as champ. First fall lasted 20 minutes, Navarros putting on holds and young challengers responding before the Navarros finally put them ahead. Challengers used two on ones to take the second fall. Navarros worked as rudos in the third, going after the masks. Park beat Trauma one with a piledriver variation, but Wagner was caught fouling Navarro for the DQ. Champs keep the belts. Park was understandably annoyed and started fighting with Wagner. That team is done.

Negro Casas says he’s open to giving Angel de Oro a third shot at his title near the end of the year, if they can get it to happen on a Friday. Casas would not be upset if he lost, because he knows Angel de Oro will be a great luchador and is coming on strong. Casas noted Oro was a lot less nervous than the April title match. Oro really has improved a lot in four months, it’s especially evident in all those trios matches with Mistico.

A poster on Facebook mentions Casandro and Yuriko were in the crowd on Sunday night, and heckled harshly by the rudo fans.

Last Thursday, Tercera Caida said CMLL (and the TV network) decided Volador vs Mr. Niebla from Puebla can not be shown due to excessive blood. It was enough blood to get them both suspended too. If you’ve seen Perro vs Mesias from TripleMania, you can tell AAA and Televisa do not have the same policy.

Lady Afrodita replaces Dark Angel this Tuesday in Arena Coliseo Guadalajara. It seems like Apolo Dantes would prefer to be able to advertise the people who he knows will actually be on his show.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Luchas 2000 #636 has Champion of the Universe Terrible.

Lineups

IWRG (THU) 09/06/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Johnny Rivera vs Epidemia
2) La Cobra, Relampago, Saruman vs Carta Brava, Chicano, Eita
3) Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Trauma II vs Heddi Karaoui, Oficial 911, Oficial Fierro
4) Súper Nova vs Veneno, Eterno, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Trauma I, Temerario Infernal, Oficial AK47, Hijo de Pirata Morgan [ruleta de la muerte, mask, hair]

Temerario Infernal seems too obvious, so maybe Veneno?

Saruman has been missing from months. Perhaps he got a summer job.

LMV (SAT) 09/01/2012 Arena López Mateos [Estrellas del Ring, The Gladiatores]
***Enrique Vera retirement show***
1) Estrellita & Sahori b Esther Moreno & Rossy Moreno
Esterllia and Sahori replaced Lluvia and La Hiedra.
2) Super Astro b Volador I, Huracan Ramirez Jr., Pantera, Super Brazo, Brazo de Platino, Negro Navarro, Coco Rojo, El Hijo del Diablo, Mosco de la Merced,Sangre Chicana, El Hijo de Aníbal [COPA LUCAHS 2000]
Hijo de Anibal, Mosco de le Merced and Brazo de Platino replaced Espectro II, Pirata Morgan, and Oriental. Super Astro defeated Volador to win the copa.
3) Súper Muñeco, Súper Pinocho, Súper Ratón DQ Black Terry, Scorpio Jr., Shu el Guerrero [WWA TRIOS]
Rudos attacked the tecnicos before they could do the photo. Tecnicos rallied to win 2/3, then challenged the Temerarios to a cage match on 10/06. They hyped it as side vs side rather than one person losing.
4) Sangre Chicana Jr. L Fishman Jr., Pulpo
Sangre Chicana Jr. made Pulpo bleed. Fishman took advantage of their feuding to win and escape the match. Sangre was too arrogant, and Pulpo beat him with the hold of the same name. Sangre Chicana is Andres Duran, 10 years a wrestler and 25 years old.
5) Dos Caras Sr., Enrique Vera, Mil Mascaras b Canek, El Hijo del Solitario, Villano III
Hijo del Solitario replaced Killer and was accompanied by Miss Janeth. Tecnicos took 2/3, Mil pinning Solitario and Dos on Canek. Despite the loss, Solitario challenged Mil for a shot at his title, and Mil accepted. No date said.

As much as this was billed as the end of Enrique Vera, it also looks like the trial balloon for a new legends promotion. They set up matches that this crowd might want to see, but we’ll see if they come back again in a month.

With Lluvia out and Dark Angel’s status unclear at best, it would not be a surprise to see Sahori turn back up in CMLL. It’s either that or debut someone else, and the people they’ve debuted lately have not looked ready. (What happened to Kiara?)

CMLL (SUN) 09/02/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, CMLL on Terra]
1) Camorra & Ramstein b Freesbe & Höruz
rudos took 2/3. Horuz nearly hurt imself in the third fall before Ramstein gave him the Michinkou Driver. Camorra submitted Freesbe.
2) Aereo, Fantasy, Pequeño Halcón b Mercurio, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior
Ref was Pompin. Pequeno Universo replaced Pequeno Violencia. Tecnicos took 1/3. Fantasy and Mercurio continue to feud. Mercurio pinned Fantasy in the first. Other tecnicos submitted other rudos in the second. Fantasy snuck in a foul on Mercurio in the third, then sat on him and talked at Mercurio after the match, occasionally pasuing to slap Mercurio in the face and rip his mask.
3) Delta, Fuego, Stuka Jr. b Namajague, Raziel, Virus
Referee was Bestia Negra. Raziel replaced Okumura. Rudos took 2/3. Delta defeated Virus with a reinera in the first. Delta did not look good in the extended mat section. Virus submitted Fuego and Namajague frog splashed Stuka in the second. In the third, Virus pinned Fuego, Delta dove onto Raziel, and Stuka had Namajague beat with the splash, but Okumura turned up in street clothes to distract Stuka and Namajague cradled him for the win. Okumura challenged Stuka & Fuego for an Arena Coliseo Tag Team title match. Fuego accepted and the two teams briefly brawled.
4) Estrellita b Lady Apache [lightning]
Ref was Pompin. Estrellita won via Star Cross after getting her feet up on a Lady Apache top rope splash in 8:44. Crowd did not like this outcome.
5) Blue Panther, Brazo de Plata, La Sombra b Ephesto, Euforia, Tiger
Referee is Terror Chino. Tecnicos took 2/3. Brazo de Plata replaced Diamante Azul, Tiger replaced Polvora. Monito was with the tecnicos. Sombra cradled Ephesto in the first. Rudos powerbombed Panther to take the second. Sombra landed the double moonsault on Euforia and Blue Panther put Tiger in the nudo lagunero for the win.
6) Negro Casas b Ángel de Oro [NWA WELTER]
Negro Casas, 76 kg, came in as the champ with Zacarias as second. Angel de Oro, 78 kg, had Stuka as his second. Commissioner was Jorge. Referee was Tigre Hispano. Angel de Oro took the first with the mecedora after a strong tope. Negro took the second with a casita. Both nearly got their big moves in the third, but Negro pulled out the casita for the win. Oro wouldn’t let the commission give the belt back, insisting on doing it himself. Both guys gave each other credit, but Negro’s still the champ.

No video problems this week. Iffy sound at times, but better than it has been in recent weeks.

Four subs on the night. An exceedingly high amount, though no one had to work twice, so they knew about some of them (or got people to fill in on last minute notice.) Okumura did not appear to be injured, but must’ve been if he was there and not wrestling. That match went long, which suggested the semimain absences were people running late from another show.

AAA did post Part 2 of TripleMania XX on their website, though they waited until after it aired to do it this time around. This part features the cage match, the Lider/Nicho hair match, and Perro/Mesias for the title. The Consejo/Psycho match was shown at the end of part 1 as something that would air on part 2, but is obviously pushed back for the final week.

Croncias Y Leyendas has a picture of Canek vs Hulk Hogan.

SuperLuchas #478 has El Santo, Dark Angel and Sexi Star on the cover.

Bajos Las Capuchas has magazine articles of famous Blue Demon victories.

Lucha Libre in Japan

09/02 NOAH: Ricky Marvin [O], Super Crazy & Naomichi Marufuji beat Mitsuhiro Kitamiya [X], Satoshi Kajiwara & Katsuhiko Nakajima

09/02 Michinoku Pro: Villano 5 [O], Black Tiger, The Great Zebra & El Samurai b Shiryu [X], Solar, K-ness & Shisao
Great Sasuke beat Jushin Lyger to win the masked man tournament.

CMLL (FRI) 08/31/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, CMLL Gaceta, Kaiser Sports (rest), Kaiser Sports (title)]
1) Apocalipsis & Inquisidor b Bengala & Leono
2) Demus 3:16, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico b Astral, Pequeño Halcón, Último Dragoncito
Rudos took 1/3, Demus dropping Dragoncito on his head for the win, then destroying Astral after the match. Both tecnicos were strechered out.
3) Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. b Misterioso Jr., Niebla Roja, Puma King
Guerrero Maya replaced Valiente. Tecnicos took 2/3, Cometa again pinning Puma with a casita. Cometa told Puma he’d do again in their mask match, Puma said Cometa wasn’t going to win, tecnicos stomped Puma and Cometa took hsi mask again.
4) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush b Black Warrior, Mr. Águila, Olímpico [semifinal]
Matches determined by battle royal. Corleone and Rush beat Mr. Aguila and Black Warrior to advance.
5) Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión, Último Guerrero b Felino, Negro Casas, Rey Bucanero [semifinal]
Bucanero, who had no mentioned problems with his parnters, took out UG with a dive, but Escorpion & Dragon Rojo beat the Casas brothers to advance. This was the shortest match of the 3.
6) Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión, Último Guerrero b Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush [final]
Ultimo Guerrero had Marco beat, but Escorpion pulled him off and Dragon Rojo landed a top rope splash for his own pin. Those two challenged Bufete del Amor to a trios title match while Ultimo Guerrero sadly walked to the back. Maximo invited UG to switch to the tecnico side, but UG ignored. Rush accepted the title match for his team.
7) Terrible b Hiroshi Tanahashi [final, CMLL Universal]
Seconds were Bucanero and Okumura, though both complete teams were there for the belt presentation. Tanahashi took the first with a German supex, but Tanahashi took the second and the third, surviving the frog splash in the third, to win the tournament. Crowd wasn’t in to the match early but did come around a bit by the end. Rush showed up post match to rain on Terrible’s page, but the refs wouldn’t let him get to Terrible. Terrible explained Rush just wanted attention because the only reason the fans care about Rush is Terrible. Terrible promises no mercy in two weeks. Terrible also states he almost disfigured Tanahashi’s pretty face with his slaps.

The impression I got listening last night was that Dragon Rojo & Rey Escorpion were going to choose a new third man to replace Ultimo Guerrero. That doesn’t appear to be the case, at least yet. It may be soon – either the Guerreros get it back together and win the trios titles (unlikely) or split into two different groups. Maybe UG/Euforia/Niebla Roja vs Dragon Rojo/Rey Escorpion/???, as Guerrero continues inheriting the role Satanico played before him. (I’d like Misterioso in the TBD rebel spot.)

There’s one piece of news related to those who weren’t on the show…

http://twitter.com/Juan_mephisto89/status/241739058303336448
Niebla and Volador are suspended 15 days due to their match in Puebla

Mr. Niebla and Volador had their singles match in Puebla on 08/20. Both continued to work shows until Sunday, and were pulled from Friday’s lineup a few days ago. Mije brought a chair to Volador in the second fair, which got used for spots and might have led to bleeding. (That’s what the original poster sites.) As best as I can tell, Zacarias and Mije also did not appear on Friday’s show, so it’s possible they’re also suspended. The suspensions would be over by next week’s Anniversary show, but it’s not clear if they’ll be on it anyway.

(CMLL really should announce this suspension, it would actually help what they’re going for in this feud.)

https://twitter.com/Apolodantes/status/240902198916182016
Gallo debuts in Arena Mexico on 09/11, w/ Super Halcon Jr. & Hombre Bala vs the Tuareg

Gallo’s been one of the main tecnicos in Guadalajara for years. I don’t know that he works as a generic midcard guy in Mexico City, but he deserves a shot. The other interesting thing is how far in advance CMLL books matches. It’s always been clear they’ve got lineups worked out in advance of when they’re posted (not just weeks when they’re posted a week early by mistake.) It would make no sense otherwise, luchadors would want to know as early as possible what days they have to be way out of town, which ones they need to be ready early for a long bus ride, and which ones they have off to do whatever else.

Rob has highlights of 11/15/11 Perros del Mal.

Lucha Libre in Japan

08/31 Diamond Ring: Super Crazy, Ricky Marvin [O] & Ryuji Hijikata b Katsuhiko Nakajima, Satoshi Kajiwara & Mitsuhiro Kitamiya [X]

09/01 Michinoku Pro:
Shiryu, Tigers Mask [O], Samurai, K-ness b Villano IV, Kenbai [X], Shisao, Black Tiger
Kaijin Habu Otoku b Solar [WORLD LEAGUE, QF] – bracket was changed a bit.

09/01 WNC:
Backpacker Joe [O], Yusuke Kodama & Lin Byron b El Hijo del Pantera, YO-HEY & Shinose Sanjushichi [X]
VENENO DQ Hajime Ohara – interference

Stardom has a big show on 04/29/13 and held a press conference to talk about their preparation. Dark Angel was announced as being on that show. Whatever is going on with Dark Angel and CMLL – which continues to go on this Friday – it hasn’t changed her mind about which Japanese promotions to work for at all.

If CMLL is setting the stage to fire/suspend Dark Angel when she returns, she probably can find work pretty easily elsewhere until their hold on her end. Once it did, AAA would sign Dark Angel in a half second. This is not a well thought out strategy for trying to intimidate someone in to staying, but it is for warning everyone else what will happen to them if they go against CMLL wishes.

Links

• “Viva Lucha Libre” is coming to the Long Beach Museum of Latin American Art on 09/14
• Mini Halloween is now the trainer for PWR.
• A post for the lucha show in Lebanon with Pierrothito does not actually include Pierrothito, but does include Mistico. (Looks like Argos.)
• Cronicas Y Leyendas looks back at the debut of Lobo Negro.
• Tomorrow is ColiseoMania!

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 09/07/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Höruz & Soberano Jr. vs Camorra & Inquisidor
2) Ángel Azteca Jr., Pegasso, Starman vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Nosferatu, Skándalo
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Dark Angel, Marcela vs Amapola, Lady Apache, Tiffany
Dark Angel will not be appearing.
4) Sagrado vs Euforia [lightning]
5) Black Warrior, La Máscara, Negro Casas, Valiente vs Hiroshi Tanahashi, Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Taichi [cibernetico]
6) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión, Último Guerrero [CMLL TRIOS]

Like I said above, I wouldn’t be surprised if UG isn’t in that match.

Blue Panther and Diamante Azul were among those mentioned to be in the cibernetico last night. Plans change. Tanahashi is back on NJPW shows on 09/12, so this is his last Friday show and possible his last CMLL show for the time being.

Sagrado can’t stop being in lightning matches. He’s sort of the tecnico gatekeeper, separating those we’re meant to be taking seriously (Mephisto) and those we aren’t (Polvora.)

That’s the fourth Dark Angel false advertisement. She’s supposed to be gone for two month, this is going to be annoying. Since Estrellita seems to have taken her feud with Lady Apache, she’s the most likely replacement.

IWRG (THU) 08/30/2012 Arena Naucalpan [The Gladiatores]
1) Sky Ángel COR Matrix Jr.
Matrix Jr. hurt his hip on a dive and could not continue.
2) Eita & Infierno Kid Jr. b Freelance & Serpiente de Oro
Eita pinned Freelance for the win.
3) Alan Extreme, Black Terry, Temerario Infernal b Chicano, Dinamic Black, La Cobra
Rudos took 2/3 when Chicano didn’t get along with his teammates. Chicano is a rudo going forward, and Dinamic Black challenged him to a singles match.
4) Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Pirata Morgan, Relampago b Cien Caras Jr., Comando Negro, Eterno, Heddi Karaoui
First Cerebro Negro match here in over a year. Piratas appear to be tecnicos now. Their team won 2/3 to take the match, Pirata beating Cien Caras Jr. Pirata had earlier said he wanted a Heavyweight title match if he beat Cien, and he beat him.
5) Hijo de Pirata Morgan b Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 [Rey del Ring]
only Pirata Morgan’s title is on the line. Seconds were Cien Caras Jr. & Pirata Morgan, and they interfered in the third fall. Mascara ripped at Pirata’s mask a lot too. Pirata took the first, Mascara the second. Mascara pulled Pirata’s mask and rolled him up in the third, but Pirata Sr. jumped in and argued before the count. Cien Caras Jr. argued about Pirata Sr. arguing, and Pirata Sr. used the distraction to turn over the pin. Hijo de Pirata hung on for the win to keep the title. Capos challenged Piratas to an apuesta match for the year end show in December.

Today’s CMLL show is headlined by Terrible versus Tanahasshi for the CMLL Universal Championship. Both are heavyweight champions of their company, but Tanahashi would normally be the favorite. That’s not the case at this very moment, with Terrible going in to the biggest match of his career. I’m not really not sure a win helps Terrible all that much – people know Tanahashi is supposed to be a big deal, but he hasn’t ever come across himself as one, no more so than Yujiro – but a loss would take something away from the hair match with Rush in two weeks. I’m not sure NJPW is thrilled with the idea of Tanahashi losing (and it won’t be clean if it happens), but CMLL really needs to give their own guy the win here.

Kcidis draws Terrible and Tanahashi’s big plans.

The semimainis a four way trios tournament, with no particular on the line. Volador & Mr. Niebla were scheduled on their teams and seemed destined for another battle, but both are now in the tournament. Instead, the stories seem to be about the Guerreros breakup (Ultimo teaming with the two partners he’s broken up with), and possible someone new challenging Bufete del Amor, who have run thru all their challengers so far. Puma King and Rey Cometa have one more match in the tercera.

Lluvia, missing shows the last few days, will be out 9-12 months due to knee surgery. She hurt the knee a while back, took sometime off to let it recover, and had been working with a giant knee brace but obviously struggling.

Cuervo says he’ll be teaming with Fabi Apache to take on Mari Apache & Gran Apache on 09/16 AAA TV taping in Ecatepec. That storyline seemed to get put to the side during the build to TripleMania. He’s also decided to join the Bizarros, which should make for some awkward group meetings with Billy.

Hijo del Espanto appeared on last night’s Tercera Caida, claiming he owns the right to “Espanto Jr.”, not CMLL or the new wrestler. That seems surprising, since the new Espanto Jr. is the son of the original Espanto Jr., but the original had to get permission to use that name from the family and it sounds like the new hasn’t. Still, this seems likely to play out like the Triton name issue, where the CMLL never publicly addresses the complaints of the indy guy.

Enrique Vera has a retirement show Saturday. The undercard includes a Sangre Chicana Jr. vs Fishman Jr. vs el Pulpo mask match. Pulpo, who seems like the most likely loser (though it’s no sure thing) , talks about the match.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

A show in Nuevo Laredo this weekend includes Tito Santana, and also “John Cena Jr.”

Sangre Costena lost his mask in a cage match.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 09/02/2012 Arena Puebla
1) Asturiano, Blue Center, Dinámikoo vs Fuerza Chicana, Policeman, Siki Ozama Jr.
2) Molotov, Sensei, Stigma vs Artillero, Hooligan, Súper Comando
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Luna Mágica, Marcela vs Amapola, La Comandante, Zeuxis
4) Stuka Jr. vs Pólvora [lightning]
5) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Titán vs Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Tiger
6) Rush vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

Rush vs Tanahashi completes the set of matches with Terrible vs Tanahashi tonight and Rush vs Terrible in 3 weeks. Pretty good chance they all go 1-1.

CMLL (MON) 08/27/2012 Arena Puebla [El Sol de Puebla, Porra Fresa]
1) Espiritu Maligno & King Jaguar b Black Tiger & Milenium
Rudos took 1/3.
2) Aereo, Niño de Acero, Shockercito DQ Pequeño Black Warrior, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Universo 2000
First match in Puebla for Nino de Acero since the knee injury that put him out for years. He did not seem nervous. Tecnicos took 1/3, rudos DQed for excessive violence.
3) Estrellita, Goya Kong, Marcela b Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit
Tecnicas took 1/3.
4) Shigeo Okumura b Pegasso [lightning]
Okumura won with his brainbuster. Pegasso was strechered out.
5) Blue Panther, Brazo de Plata, Valiente b Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
Tecnicos take 2/3.
6) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Rush DQ Hiroshi Tanahashi, Rey Bucanero, Terrible
Rush tried to jump Terrible, but Bucanero & Terrible got the best of him. Rudos took the first with a Tanahashi frog splash on Diamante Azul and a double armbar on Atlantis. Atlantis won the second with a Atlantida on Tanahashi. In the third, Azul pinned Terrible with a german suplex, Tanahshi beat Azul with the Sling Blade, and Tanahashi fouled Rush to avoid being beat. Rush challenged Tanahashi to a singles match in Puebla.

No Terrible/Tanahashi issues before their match this Friday. No lineup for next week yet, not sure if they’re actually doing Rush vs Tanahashi (which didn’t happen in the G1, they were in separate blocks.)

Luchadors have been regularly taken on a stretcher from Okumura and Kraneo’s brainbusters, and from other neck attack moves. No one seemed to think the Pegasso bit was out of the ordinary, but Pegasso did miss the next day’s show. Pegasso was limping noticeably last Tuesday, the actual injury could be his right knee injury flaring up again.

Attendance was way down. 20% may be optimistic. School has started and it is a 9 pm start, but it still was a huge drop off from the last month.

CMLL (TUE) 08/28/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Fuego en el Ring]
1) Sádico & Thunder Boy b El Divino & Javier Cruz Jr.
2) Leo & Soberano Jr. b Èvola & Ráfaga
3) Goya Kong, Marcela, Tiffany DQ Amapola, La Comandante, Princesa Blanca
Goya replaced Dark Angel, as expected. Tiffany replaced Lluvia, as not expected. Lluvia missed a show in Monterrey this past Sunday; maybe her knee injury is flaring up? Tiffany turned on her team for and hit ref Edgar for the DQ.
4) Smaker b Barbaro Cavernario [OCCIDENTE MIDDLE]
Decision match for vacant championship. Seconds were Leo & Evola. Barbaro got his knees up on a top rope move to take the second fall, Smaker powerbombed Barbaro for the first, then Smaker submitted Barbaro in the third. Crowd saw it as an upset, maybe because of Barbaro’s recent hair match victories.
5) Atlantis & Shocker DQ Terrible & Último Guerrero
Tecnicos took 2/3. Terrible fouled Shocker, setting up a singles match next week

Fuego has a post match interview with Barbaro. The interesting part isn’t anything the luchador says, but the interviewer strongly saying Barbaro was better than Smacker in the title match (and not quite getting the rudo to say the same.)If people really were surprised Barbaro lost, it’d mean they didn’t know Raziel was originally supposed to go the final, and there really wasn’t any point in taking him out of the match.

Las Luchas showed how Barbaro actually got to the final, picking up with Fuego laying on the ramp and looking hurt after his elimination. Barbaro and Stuka were the last two, and Stuka decimated Barbaro with a tope and was having no problem with him in the ring until Barbaro dodged a dropkick and ref Loco Estrada got hit. Stuka almost immediately got a pin, but the ref called the DQ instead.

CMLL sent out a press release hyping up Friday’s trios tournament. In one of those things that illustrate that everyone who gets these things posts them without really reading them, the teams in the press release don’t exactly match the ones CMLL announced on their website. Mr. Niebla and Volador are out of the tournament – that can’t be a concidence – and Rey Bucanero is illogically on the Peste Negra team, while Black Warrior joins the Invasor squad.

I no longer believe there’s much of a shot of CMLL doing Niebla/Volador later next month. Pulling them from the trios tournament pushed it aside, and it doesn’t actually fit into the Anniversary show right now. Terrible/Rush will be main event, Cometa/Puma will likely be fourth and, based on all the promos, Mistico is surely going to be in the semimain. They’ve just been doing basic Mistico matches since his debut; something like teaming with Atlantis and La Mascara versus Ultimo Guerrero and some rudos fits, but Volador & Niebla really do not. That would leave them in the tercera at best, , not a good place to push something that’s supposed to main event a big show.

LEGEND announced the mystery people for their top two matches on 09/30:

4) Daga, Fenix, Magnus, Turbo vs Heddi Karaoui, Kansuke, Maya Balam, Zumbi [elimination]
5) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Alex Koslov, Chris Masters, Rocky Romero

Main event should be amusing. Semimain has a wide range of people involved. Kansuke is now Dowki in IWRG, and will probably be Dowki here. Magnus, still training in CMLL gyms and soon to be on CMLL affiliated El Luchador, has been pulled from shows featuring AAA wrestlers and I would not be surprised at all if that happened again here.

Or maybe not, since Magnus is telling people on Twitter that the high attendance for Mistico’s debut was created by honoring all the tickets from the previous week and giving away 4000 more.

Meanwhile, Mistico says the crowd is about 50/50 behind him on most shows, and he’ll be a big focus of El Luchador. This is what he says about his friend Magnus:

Magnus es un buen compañero, un gran amigo que estimo muchísimo pero la verdad con este gran personaje que me acaban de otorgar pues cambio muchísimo la relación entre él y yo. Todo eso ustedes lo verán en esta serie y por eso le digo a toda la gente que lo espere muy pronto porque sé que les va a encantar y quizás después viene una tercera temporada. En esta segunda parte le eche todas las ganas para que la gente se dé cuenta de lo que en verdad era Dragon Lee. Hoy en día no se que haya pasado con Magnus, es una persona que no entiende, que no ha madurado pero igual lo quiero muchísimo y es un gran amigo.

Quick transation: Magnus has not matured but he’s still my friend and you’ll see more about us on the show.

IWRG’s Sunday card has changed. The Negro Navarro & Trauma I vs Hijo del Wagner & Hijo de LA Park match is now for the tag titles. Seems like Veneno won’t be back from Japan, because Freyser has been put in his spot in the semimian and Multifacetico takes the open spot in the tercera. Danny Casas, who had a rough time with the Traumas recently, is off the card and Oficial AK47 takes his place.

Angel Azteca Jr., missing from CMLL for the last few months, is listed on a show in Coahuila.

Mil Mascaras says he sleeps five hours a day, runs 3 to five miles, and paints. He also talks about drawing 22,000 to a mask match with El Halcon, with 10,000 more outside the building unable to get tickets.

SuperLuchas has had disturbing issues the last few weeks, so they’ve posted the last two editions online for free. Definitely worth checking out

Rob has his CMLL lucha libre TV weekend thoughts.

An update on lucha in Morelos.

Lucha Libre in Japan

(all from Puroresu Spirit)
08/30 NOAH: KENTA & Maybach Taniguchi [X] b Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin [O]
08/30 WNC:
– Hijo del Pantera [O], Backpacker Joe & Lin Byron b Takuya Kito, Yusuke Kodama & Josh O’Brien [X]
– Veneno b Hoshito Takahashi

Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin vs Hijo del Pantera & Yusuke Kodama & Dave Finlay vs Ray Mendoza Jr. (!?!?!) have been announced for 09/20 WNC show.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 09/02/2012 Arena Coliseo San Luis Potosi
1) Magico vs Bogar Jr.
2) Astral & Shockercito vs Gemelo Del Averno I & Gemelo Del Averno II
3) Dalis la Caribeña & Marcela vs Amapola & Princesa Blanca
4) Oro Azul & Sagrado vs Black Xtrem & Hijo del Signo
5) Máscara Dorada, Mistico, Valiente vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Misterioso Jr., Rey Escorpión

Mistico tour comes to SLP.