CMLL early week results, Titan/BOSJ, Tonalli

CMLL

CMLL (MON) 05/15/2023 Arena Puebla [El Sol de Puebla, Porra Fresa]
1) Dreyco & Mercurio b Angelito & Rayo Metálico
2) Fuego, Neón, Valiente Jr. b Hijo del Perverso, Perverso, Prayer
3) La Magnifica, Sanely, Skadi b La Catalina, Reyna Isis, Stephanie Vaquer Facebook video (posted by )
La Magnifica replaced Princesa Sugehit
4) Atlantis Jr., Soberano Jr., Volador Jr. b Averno, Mephisto, Templario Facebook video (posted by )
5) Místico b Bárbaro Cavernario Facebook video (posted by )

It sounded like attendance was up for the Mistico singles match.

CMLL (TUE) 05/16/2023 Arena México [CMLL]
1) Pequeño Magía b Minos [lightningCONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
2) Metálica, Olympia, Tiffany b La Guerrera, La Magnifica, La Maligna CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Rudas took 2/3
3) Pegasso, Rey Samuray, Stigma b El Coyote, Luciferno, Okumura CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Luciferno replaced Povlora on Tuesday morning. Tecnicos took 2/3.
4) Virus b El Audaz [lightningCONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Switched from a lightning match to a standard singles match a few hours before the show. Virus took 2/3.
5) Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado b Blue Panther, Star Black, Volcano CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Malditos took 2/3.
6) Esfinge, Valiente, Volador Jr. b Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Yota CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Esfinge baet Angel de Oro in falls 2/3 to set up a title match.

Virus/Audaz was alright. Virus seems in good spirits for the NJPW sohw. Audaz wrestles like someone who has had a significant injury and had to tone down his style after returning to the ring, but I don’t know of any injury. He’s got to find some way to stand out more than he’s doing now.

I’ll go over the Guadalajara results on Friday. The news there is they’re talking about restarting regular Sunday shows again. No start date was mentioned. The last time this came up, it turned out to be just one show.

Titán picked up his third win in the Best of Super Juniors on Tuesday, defeating Ryusuke Taguchi. Three wins is usually the mark for Titán in the BOSJ. He’s ended up with 6 points in three different tournaments, only getting to 8 points last year. The glass half full way of looking at this is he’s poised for a breakthrough. The glass half empty one is Titán may be out of wins already. He’ll have wrestled Mike Bailey by the time most of you read this.

CMLL (SAT) 05/20/2023 Arena Coliseo
1) Fantasy, Shockercito, Último Dragóncito vs Full Metal, Pequeño Polvora, Pequeño Violencia
2) Astral, Diamond, Eléctrico vs Apocalipsis, Cholo, Disturbio
3) Crixus vs Okumura [lightning]
4) Magnus, Rugido, Volcano vs Esfinge, Kráneo, Star Black
5) Dragón Rojo Jr., Stuka Jr., Yota vs Euforia, Mephisto, Niebla Roja
6) Soberano Jr. vs Ángel de Oro

The main event seems fun. Sure a lot of rudos booked.

Box y Lucha 3551 has Atlantis as the top image.

AAA

A new taping has emerged

AAA TV (THU) 05/25/2023 Feria Santa Rita, Chihuahua, Chihuahua
1) Arkángel Divino, Drago Kid, Último Maldito vs Genio del Aire, Kamik-C, Skalibur (Baja California)
2) Dalys & Sexy Star vs Chik Tormenta & Maravilla
3) Aerostar, Arez, Octagón Jr. vs Parka Negra, Psicosis, Villano III Jr.
4) Myzteziz & Zorro vs Argenis & Gringo Loco
5) Mr. Iguana & Willie Mack vs Emperador Azteca & Toscano
6) Psycho Clown vs Sam Adonis [flag]

This lineup has been floating around for a while. It had TV taping logos but it’s a Thursday show with a not especially strong group of names (Emperador Azteca is working the semi-main?) that I wasn’t 100% sure it was a real show. No idea why it took until 9 days before the show to get confirmed by AAA. Note that match three is the first time Arez and Psicosis will have wrestled since the Vipers broke up with Arez one year ago.

Match four follows up on Myzteziz/Argenis (so Myzteziz is getting beat.)

These shows look to be airing June 24 and July 1st. A month between taping and airing is about normal for AAA this year outside TripleMania. Those dates also take AAA to one week before TripleMania Tijuana. They’ll probably air one episode from the Puebla taping first.

IWRG

Thursday’s show is a Lucha Libre Boom one, announced a while back.

IWRG , LLB (THU) 05/18/2023 Arena Naucalpan
1) Crazy Clown, El Reptil, Hijo de Súper Brazo, Sparta vs Gato Eveready, Gravedad Cero, Power Bull, Príncipe Centauro
2) Hijo De Brazo De Platino & Sangre Suicida vs Demencia & Soria
3) Oro Blanco, Steve Manson, Voltio vs Eurus, Rey Azteca Jr., Súper Boy
4) Fantasy, Mike Segura, Pantera vs Carta Brava Jr. (LLB), Cerebro Negro, Fantasma de la Ópera
5) Puma & Tonalli vs Lunatik Xtreme & Ovett Jr. and Brazo Celestial & Brazo De Oro Jr.
6) Hijo de LA Park & LA Park Jr. vs Hijo del Alebrije & Hijo del Pirata Morgan
7) Pirata Morgan vs LA Park vs DMT Azul

This should air on Mas Lucha live. LA Park in the main event means a likely full house.

The Tonalli mystery may be solved; he’s not going to CMLL at the moment. Tonalli appears on an upcoming trio of RGR cards (Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas) with a whole bunch of AAA wrestlers. That’s a no-no for CMLL wrestlers, so he picked those dates over CMLL at some point. Not sure if that’s no Tonalli for now or forever. Tonalli’s a guy AAA should look at if he’s now going to be available to them, though I can’t imagine they’d get around to doing anything with him.

Other News

Big Lucha says they’ll only be airing shows on their own channel starting with the 05/26 Ecatepec show, which means no more Mas Lucha. Big Lucha did their own production earlier on, which was alright, not at the general level of Mas Lucha, but that was before this current era of Mas Lucha shooting every show with a malfunctioning floor cam. The bar has been lowered.

Rey Fenix vs Gringo Loco airs on ROH’s Honor Club this Thursday.

Defy has Hijo del Vikingo, Ultimo Dragon and Juventud Guerrera on 10/13 in Yakima, Washignton. It’s a big building they’re running from “Primolucha.”

lucha libre match roundup, lots of 2023 weeks

I’ve caught up on Box y Lucha purchases, I did a (probably not deep enough) look through recent luchawiki changes, and I’ve got all the recent posters. The next items on my ongoing project list are catching up on these posts, sorting through the 3000+ outstanding videos that need to be added to the database or coming up with an original idea. Making a list of arbitrary ratings it is.

Doing a dozen of these posts seems really annoying. I’m going to just end up listing the best matches from each week. I’m not watching as much this year for the same reasons that have led me to this slipping off schedule; I just haven’t found the time and haven’t been as interested to force it to happen. Maybe some info is better than nothing.

week of 02/24

rating matches TV Show taped
great Brillante Jr., Gran Jefe, Hijo de Stuka Jr., Misterio Blanco, Misterio Negro, Rey Insólito vs Futuro, Max Star, Neón, Príncipe, Tonalli, Vegas [Torneo de Escuelas] and in a tournament semifinal match 20230224cmll_match4Brillante Jr., Gran Jefe, Hijo de Stuka Jr., Insólito (Laguna), Misterio Blanco, Misterio Negro vs Futuro, Max Star, Neón, Príncipe, Tonalli, Vegas [Torneo de Escuelas] and in a tournament semifinal match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - TORNEO DE ESCUELAS / CDMX VS COMARCA LAGUNERA / ARENA MEXICO / 24-02-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO / 24 DE FEBRERO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Tonalli vence a Brillante Jr. y le da el pase a la final a la Escuela de la CDMX (posted by mluchatv) Tonalli derrota a Brillante Jr, con lo que posiciona a la escuela de la CDMX en la siguiente etapa (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-02-24 2023-02-24
great El Desperado, Místico, Soberano Jr. vs Douki, Hechicero, Templario NJPW World: 2023-02-26 2023-02-26
great Capitán Suicida vs Último Guerrero NJPW World: 2023-02-27 2023-02-27
great Volador Jr. vs Templario NJPW World: 2023-02-27 2023-02-27
great Titán vs Soberano Jr. for the CMLL World Welterweight Championship NJPW World: 2023-02-27 2023-02-27
great Soberano Jr. vs Hechicero NJPW World: 2023-02-28 2023-02-28
great Místico vs Atlantis Jr. NJPW World: 2023-02-28 2023-02-28
good La Jarochita, Lluvia, Princesa Sugehit vs Reyna Isis, Stephanie Vaquer, Zeuxis 20230224cmll_match2La Jarochita, Lluvia, Princesa Sugehit vs Reyna Isis, Stephanie Vaquer, Zeuxis.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO / 24 DE FEBRERO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Zeuxis, Stephanie Vaquer y Reyna I. derrotan a Las Indomables y Princesa Sugehit (posted by mluchatv) CMLL-LLUVIA-JAROCHITA-PRINCESA SUGEHIT VS ZEUXIS-REYNA ISIS-STEPHANIE VAQUER/ARENA MEXICO / 24-02-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Con trampa de Zeuxis, S. Vaquer lleva al conteo de tres a P. Sugehit para dar el triunfo a su tercia (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-02-24 2023-02-24
good Virus vs Blue Panther [Torneo de Escuelas] and in a lightning match 20230224cmll_match3Virus vs Blue Panther [Torneo de Escuelas] and in a lightning match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - MATCH RELÁMPAGO DE MAESTROS / BLUE PANTHER VS VIRUS / ARENA MEXICO / 24-02-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO / 24 DE FEBRERO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | ¡La CDMX se anota una caída! Virus vence a Blue Panther! (posted by mluchatv) Deteniendo el reloj en 9:06, el pequeño gran maestro Virus derrota al maestro lagunero Blue Panther (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-02-24 2023-02-24
good Ángel de Oro, Gran Guerrero, Niebla Roja vs Averno, Euforia, Mephisto 20230224cmll_match5Ángel de Oro, Gran Guerrero, Niebla Roja vs Averno, Euforia, Mephisto.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL | Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja y Gran Guerrero vencen a Euforia, Averno y Mephisto (posted by mluchatv) Niebla Roja, Ángel de Oro y Gran Guerrero derrotan en una recia batalla a Averno, Mephisto y Euforia (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-02-24 2023-02-24
good El Desperado, Místico, Soberano Jr. vs Douki, Hechicero, Yoshinobu Kanemaru NJPW World: 2023-02-24 2023-02-24
good Dulce Gardenia & Rey Cometa vs Bushi & Titán in a tournament semifinal match NJPW World: 2023-02-24 2023-02-24
good Magia Blanca & Volador Jr. vs Atlantis Jr. & Último Guerrero in a tournament semifinal match NJPW World: 2023-02-24 2023-02-24
good Psycho Clown vs BandidoAbismo Negro Jr.Komander in a AAA’s Rey de Reyes Tournament match and in a tournament semifinal match 20230205aaa_match4Psycho Clown vs Bandido, Abismo Negro Jr., Komander in a AAA's Rey de Reyes Tournament match and in a tournament semifinal match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) REY DE REYES 2023 Parte 1 | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) AAA on Space: 2023-02-25 2023-02-05
good Bárbaro Cavernario, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi vs Master Wato, Okumura, YOH NJPW World: 2023-02-26 2023-02-26
good Dulce Gardenia & Rey Cometa vs Magia Blanca & Volador Jr. [3rd place] NJPW World: 2023-02-26 2023-02-26
good Atlantis Jr. & Último Guerrero vs Bushi & Titán in a tournament final match NJPW World: 2023-02-26 2023-02-26
good Bárbaro Cavernario, El Desperado, Ryusuke Taguchi vs Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito NJPW World: 2023-02-27 2023-02-27
good Dulce Gardenia, Magia Blanca, Místico vs Atlantis Jr., Hechicero, Okumura NJPW World: 2023-02-27 2023-02-27
good Tiger Mask vs Hijo del Villano III NJPW World: 2023-02-28 2023-02-28
good Dulce Gardenia vs Okumura NJPW World: 2023-02-28 2023-02-28
good Bárbaro Cavernario, Master Wato, Último Guerrero vs El Desperado, Templario, Volador Jr. in a relevos increíbles match NJPW World: 2023-02-28 2023-02-28

This was the end of FantasticaMania, a genuinely good tour with a few standout matches. We’re going to be fortunate if there’s a better stretch of CMLL this year, given the Torneo de Escuelas going on at the same time.

week of March 3rd

rating matches TV Show taped
great Futuro, Historico, Max Star, Neón, Tonalli, Vegas vs Adrenalina, Ángel Rebelde, Crixus, Explosivo, Fantástico, Vaquero Jr. [Torneo de Escuelas] and in a tournament final match ¡Ganó la Escuela Tapatía! ¡Ángel Rebelde vence a Tonalli, quién sale en camilla! (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) 20230303cmll_match4Futuro, Historico, Max Star, Neón, Tonalli, Vegas vs Adrenalina, Ángel Rebelde, Crixus, Explosivo, Fantástico, Vaquero Jr. [Torneo de Escuelas] and in a tournament final match.mkv (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - FINAL TORNEO DE ESCUELAS / GUADALAJARA VS CDMX / ARENA MEXICO / 03-03-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO / 3 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | ¡La escuela de Guadalajara se lleva el Torneo de Escuelas 2023! (posted by mluchatv) Jalisco vence a CDMX, gran ganador de torneos de escuelas del CMLL: Ángel Rebelde sobre Tonalli (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-03 2023-03-03
good Virus vs Satánico in a lightning match 20230303cmll_match3Virus vs Satánico in a lightning match.mkv (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO / 3 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Maestros: Satánico Vs Virus empatan en el Torneo de Escuelas del CMLL en la Monumental Arena México (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-03 2023-03-03
good Eterno Alcander, Mr. Iguana, Niño Hamburguesa vs Kuukai, La Parka Negra, Nishikawa 20230205aaa_match2Eterno Alcander, Mr. Iguana, Niño Hamburguesa vs Kuukai, La Parka Negra, Nishikawa.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) REY DE REYES 2023 Parte 2 | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) AAA on Space: 2023-03-04 2023-02-05
good Chik Tormenta vs Sexy StarLady ShaniDalysLa Hiedra [Reina de Reinas torneo] 20230205aaa_match7Chik Tormenta vs Sexy Star, Lady Shani, Dalys, La Hiedra [Reina de Reinas torneo].mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) REY DE REYES 2023 Parte 2 | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) AAA on Space: 2023-03-04 2023-02-05
good Sam Adonis vs PaganoHijo Del VikingoBandido in a AAA’s Rey de Reyes Tournament match 20230205aaa_match8Sam Adonis vs Pagano, Hijo Del Vikingo, Bandido in a AAA's Rey de Reyes Tournament match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) REY DE REYES 2023 Parte 2 | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) AAA on Space: 2023-03-04 2023-02-05
good Angelito, Kaligua, Pequeño Magía vs Full Metal, Minos, Pequeño Polvora CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Mini Sky Team: Angelito, Kaligua y Pequeño Magia Vs Pequeño Pólvora, Minos y Full Metal (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL YouTube: 2023-03-07 2023-03-07

I think I liked Rey de Reyes more than most (by most that implies more than like 12 people talked about it, which I’m not sure is correctly.) The Torneo de Escuelas final was a lot of fun.

week of March 10th

rating matches TV Show taped
good Lluvia vs Stephanie Vaquer in a lightning match 20230310cmll_match4Lluvia vs Stephanie Vaquer in a lightning match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - MATCH RELÁMPAGO / LLUVIA VS STEPHANIE VAQUER / ARENA MEXICO / 10-03-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO / 10 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-10 2023-03-10
good Místico vs Atlantis Jr. in a lightning match 20230310cmll_match6Místico vs Atlantis Jr. in a lightning match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - MATCH RELÁMPAGO / MÍSTICO VS ATLANTIS JR. / ARENA MEXICO / 10-03-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR DE ARENA MEXICO / 10 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-10 2023-03-10

Now it’s getting a bit quieter. Lluvia/Vaquer is the match I pushed people to watch before she shows up in NJPW Strong, not sure if anyone does. It’s a new “Titan-test”; you can use the name pronunciation to see who’s done at least the bare minimum work.

week of March 17th

rating matches TV Show taped
great Ángel de Oro vs OráculoVolador Jr.Rocky Romero for the hair ¡Sin azúcar! Volador Jr. se lleva la cabellera de quien más lo ha humillado en toda su carrera... (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) 20230317cmll_match6Ángel de Oro vs Oráculo, Volador Jr., Rocky Romero for the hair.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CABELLERA VS. CABELLERA !!! (posted by Desde las cuerdas con Mariano) CMLL - HOMENAJE A DOS LEYENDAS / 17 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL-CUADRANGULAR DE CABELLERAS-ORÁCULO-ÁNGEL DE ORO-ROCKY ROMERO-VOLADOR JR./ARENA MEXICO/17-03-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CUADRANGULAR DE CABELLERAS !!! (posted by Desde las cuerdas con Mariano) Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: ¡Así fue como Volador Jr. venció a Rocky Romero para ganarle su cabellera! (posted by mluchatv) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-17 2023-03-17
great Christopher Daniels, Johnny Caballero, Sam Adonis vs Laredo Kid, Pentagón Jr., Taurus [Lucha Libre World Cup Men] and in a tournament final match AAA PPV: 2023-03-19 2023-03-19
great Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Dark Panther in a lightning match CMLL | Guerrero Maya Jr. y Dark Panther empatan en match relámpago (posted by mluchatv) CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2023-03-21 2023-03-21
good Hera vs MetálicaStephanie VaquerReyna IsisZeuxisAmapolaMarcelaPrincesa SugehitLa JarochitaLluviaLa CatalinaSumie SakaiSanelyValkiria [Copa Irma Gonzalez] ¡Momento de gloria: doña Irma entrega la Copa Irma González a Princesa Sugehit! (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) 20230317cmll_match4Hera vs Metálica, Stephanie Vaquer, Reyna Isis, Zeuxis, Amapola, Marcela, Princesa Sugehit, La Jarochita, Lluvia, La Catalina, Sumie Sakai, Sanely, Valkiria [Copa Irma Gonzalez].mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - 1A COPA IRMA GONZÁLEZ / ARENA MEXICO / 17-03-2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - HOMENAJE A DOS LEYENDAS / 17 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) PRIMER TORNEO POR LA COPA IRMA GONZALEZ !!! (posted by Desde las cuerdas con Mariano) PRINCESA SUGEHIT VS, REYNA ISIS !!! (posted by Desde las cuerdas con Mariano) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-17 2023-03-17
good Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Místico vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Niebla Roja, Templario 20230317cmll_match5Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., Místico vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Niebla Roja, Templario.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-17 2023-03-17
good Aerostar & Aramis vs Antifaz del Norte & Parka Negra 20230211aaa_match3Aerostar & Aramis vs Antifaz del Norte & Parka Negra.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CAMPO MILITAR Parte 2 SEDENA | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) AAA on Space: 2023-03-18 2023-02-11
good Christopher Daniels, Johnny Caballero, Sam Adonis vs Kuukai, La Estrella, Nishikawa [Lucha Libre World Cup Men] and in a tournament quarterfinal match 20230319aaa_match3Christopher Daniels, Johnny Caballero, Sam Adonis vs Kuukai, La Estrella, Nishikawa [Lucha Libre World Cup Men] and in a tournament quarterfinal match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) LUCHA LIBRE WORLD CUP 2023 Parte 1 | Lucha Libre AAA (posted by luchalibreaaatv) AAA PPV: 2023-03-19 2023-03-19
good Josh Alexander, Pco, Vampiro vs Heddi Karaoui, Joe Hendry, Thomas Latimer [Lucha Libre World Cup Men] and in a tournament quarterfinal match 20230319aaa_match4Josh Alexander, Pco, Vampiro vs Heddi Karaoui, Joe Hendry, Thomas Latimer [Lucha Libre World Cup Men] and in a tournament quarterfinal match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) LUCHA LIBRE WORLD CUP 2023 Parte 1 | Lucha Libre AAA (posted by luchalibreaaatv) AAA PPV: 2023-03-19 2023-03-19
good Deonna Purrazzo, Jordynne Grace, Kamille vs Dalys, Natalia Markova, Taya [Lucha Libre World Cup Women] and in a tournament semifinal match LUCHA LIBRE WORLD CUP 2023 Parte 2 | Lucha Libre AAA (posted by luchalibreaaatv) AAA PPV: 2023-03-19 2023-03-19
good Deonna Purrazzo, Jordynne Grace, Kamille vs Flammer, La Hiedra, Sexy Star [Lucha Libre World Cup Women] and in a tournament final match AAA PPV: 2023-03-19 2023-03-19
good Acero & Aéreo vs Full Metal & Pequeño Polvora  (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Aéreo y Acero derrotan a Full Metal y Pequeño Pólvora (posted by mluchatv) CMLL YouTube: 2023-03-21 2023-03-21
good Brillante Jr., Neón, Valiente Jr. vs Raider, Tonalli, Vaquero Jr. CMLL | Neón, Brillante Jr. y Valiente Jr. superan a Tonalli, Raider y Vaquero Jr. (posted by mluchatv) CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL YouTube: 2023-03-21 2023-03-21

Both the World Cup and H2L finals feel overrated after the fact, or maybe it’s just that they were good but they could’ve/should’ve been better. They’re stuck in the middle ground of doing what they set out to do when they happened but I’m not going to be grabbing people to go watch at the end of the year.

week of March 24th

rating matches TV Show taped
great Magia Blanca © vs Rey Cometa for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship 20230324cmll_match3Magia Blanca © vs Rey Cometa for the Mexican National Welterweight Championship.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - CAMPEONATO NACIONAL WELTER / REY COMETA VS MAGIA BLANCA /ARENA MEXICO/24-03-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 17 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Magia Blanca retiene el Campeonato Nacional Welter ante Rey Cometa (posted by mluchatv) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-24 2023-03-24
great Euforia, Hechicero, Mephisto © vs Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr., Último Guerrero for the CMLL World Trios Championship 20230324cmll_match6Euforia, Hechicero, Mephisto © vs Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr., Último Guerrero for the CMLL World Trios Championship.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE TRIOS/LOS GUERREROS LAGUNEROS VS LOS INFERNALES /ARENA MEXICO/24-03-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 17 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Los Infernales retienen el Campeonato Mundial de Tríos ante Los Guerreros (posted by mluchatv) Mephisto y Euforia ponen fuera a G Guerrero y Stuka Jr, mientras Hechicero rinde a Último Guerrero (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-24 2023-03-24
good Atlantis Jr., Soberano Jr., Titán vs Bárbaro Cavernario, Niebla Roja, Yota 20230324cmll_match4Atlantis Jr., Soberano Jr., Titán vs Bárbaro Cavernario, Niebla Roja, Yota.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 17 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - YOTA - NIEBLA ROJA - B. CAVERNARIO VS TITÁN - SOBERANO JR. -ATLANTIS JR.ARENA MEXICO/24-03-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Soberano Jr., Atlantis Jr. y Titán vencen a Yota, Bárbaro Cavernario y Niebla Roja (posted by mluchatv) Soberano Jr., Atlantis Jr. y Titán triunfan ante Bárbaro Cavernario, Niebla Roja y Yota (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-24 2023-03-24
good Volador Jr. vs Templario in a lightning match 20230324cmll_match5Volador Jr. vs Templario in a lightning match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 17 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Volador Jr. derrota en match relámpago a Templario (posted by mluchatv) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-24 2023-03-24

Both the CMLL title matches felt better than H2L the week before in the moment.

week of March 31st

rating matches TV Show taped
good Angelito, Kaligua, Pequeño Magía vs Full Metal, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito ¡La afición enardece con estos grandes lances de Angelito, Pequeño Magia y Kaligua! (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) 20230331cmll_match1Angelito, Kaligua, Pequeño Magía vs Full Metal, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) Angelito, Pequeño Magia y Kaligua derrotaron a los rudísimos P. OlÍmpico, P. Pierroth y Full Metal (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 31 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | El Pequeño Sky Team vence a Pequeño Pierroth, Pequeño Olímpico y Full Metal (posted by mluchatv) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-31 2023-03-31
good Fuego vs Raider in a lightning match ¡El Fuego arrasa en el Match Relámpago! ❤️‍ (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) 20230331cmll_match2Fuego vs Raider in a lightning match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - MATCH RELÁMPAGO / RAIDER VS FUEGO /ARENA MÉXICO/31-03-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 31 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Fuego vence a Raider en match relámpago (posted by mluchatv) Fuego se lleva la victoria en el Match Relámpago al derrotar a Raider en un espectacular mano a mano (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-31 2023-03-31
good Esfinge, Fugaz, Star Black vs Capitán Suicida, El Audaz, Panterita del Ring Jr. ¡Así sellaron el triunfo Capitán Suicida, Panterita del Ring Jr. y El Audaz! (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) #CMLL| Esfinge, Fugaz y Star Black son derrotados por Audaz, Capitán Suicida y Panterita del Ring Jr (posted by mluchatv) 20230331cmll_match3Esfinge, Fugaz, Star Black vs Capitán Suicida, El Audaz, Panterita del Ring Jr..mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - LA FUERZA TAPATIA VS EL AUDAZ - CAP. SUICIDA - PANTERITA DEL RING JR. / ARENA MÉXICO/31-03-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 31 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Panterita del Ring Jr., Capitán Suicida y El Audaz derrotan a Star Black, Esfinge y Fugaz (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-31 2023-03-31
good Místico, Soberano Jr., Volador Jr. vs Ángel de Oro, Dragón Rojo Jr., Stuka Jr. ¡Gran respuesta del público ante el triunfo de Místico, Volador Jr. y Soberano Jr.! (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) 20230331cmll_match6Místico, Soberano Jr., Volador Jr. vs Ángel de Oro, Dragón Rojo Jr., Stuka Jr..mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 31 DE MARZO DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Místico, Volador Jr. y Soberano Jr. vencen a Ángel de Oro, Dragon Rojo Jr. y Stuka Jr. (posted by mluchatv) CMLL-DRAGÓN ROJO JR.-STUKA JR.-ÁNGEL DE ORO VS SOBERANO JR.-VOLADOR JR.-MÍSTICO/A. MÉXICO/31-03-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Místico y la Mística dan el triunfo a Volador Jr y Soberano Jr ante Á. de Oro, D. Rojo Jr y Stuka Jr (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-03-31 2023-03-31
good Kamille © vs Flammer [NWA WOMEN] 20230304aaa_match7Kamille © vs Flammer [NWA WOMEN].mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) AAA on Space: 2023-04-01 2023-03-04
good Shockercito & Último Dragóncito vs Mercurio & Minos 80 Aniversario Arena Coliseo: Shockercito y Último Dragoncito derrotan a Minos y Mercurio (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL 80 ANIVERSARIO DE LA ARENA COLISEO COLISEO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Facebook video (posted by ) CMLL YouTube: 2023-04-03 2023-04-01
good La Jarochita, Lluvia, Princesa Sugehit vs La Catalina, Stephanie Vaquer, Zeuxis 80 Aniversario Arena Coliseo Jarochita, Lluvia y P.Sugehit derrotan a La Catalina, S.Vaquer y Zeuxis (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL 80 ANIVERSARIO DE LA ARENA COLISEO COLISEO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Facebook video (posted by ) CMLL YouTube: 2023-04-03 2023-04-01
good Rey Samuray vs CrixusÁngel RebeldeMax StarTonalliBrillante Jr.Hijo de Stuka Jr.Vaquero Jr.MultyNeón [Torneo Nueva Generacion] 80 Aniversario Arena Coliseo: Eliminatoria Torneo Nueva Generación CMLL (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL 80 ANIVERSARIO DE LA ARENA COLISEO COLISEO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Facebook video (posted by ) CMLL YouTube: 2023-04-03 2023-04-01
good Galaxy vs Full Metal in a lightning match CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Full Metal derrota a Galaxy, llevándose la primera lucha de los martes de Arena México (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL YouTube: 2023-04-04 2023-04-04

My memory is Kamille/Flammer was the only match from that NWA/AAA show worth your time but I don’t have my notes. The Arena Coliseo Anniversary cibernetico was not as good as the Torneo de Escuelas one, though Max Star really shined in it.

week of April 7th

rating matches TV Show taped
great Panterita del Ring Jr., Templario, Titán vs Ángel de Oro, Dragón Rojo Jr., Niebla Roja in a relevos increíbles match 20230407cmll_match4Panterita del Ring Jr., Templario, Titán vs Ángel de Oro, Dragón Rojo Jr., Niebla Roja in a relevos increíbles match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 7 DE ABRIL DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Titán, Panterita del Ring Jr. y Templario vencen a Dragón Rojo Jr., Ángel de Oro y NieblaRoja (posted by mluchatv) CMLL-DRAGÓN R. JR.-NIEBLA R.-ÁNGEL DE ORO VS PANTERITA DEL RING JR-TEMPLARIO-TITÁN/A. MÉXICO/7-04-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Panterita del Ring Jr., Titán y Templario derrotan a los Ingobernables Chávez, y Dragón Rojo Jr. (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-04-07 2023-04-07
great Místico vs Atlantis Jr.Rocky Romero for the CMLL Universal Championship and in a tournament semifinal match 20230407cmll_match6Místico vs Atlantis Jr., Rocky Romero for the CMLL Universal Championship and in a tournament semifinal match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) Atlantis Jr. es el finalista por el Campeonato Universal quien derrota a Místico y Rocky Romero (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL - ROCKY ROMERO VS ATLANTIS JR. VS MÍSTICO /ARENA MÉXICO /07 - 04 - 23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 7 DE ABRIL DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Atlantis Jr. es el primer finalista del Campeonato Universal venciendo a Místico y R.R. (posted by mluchatv) CMLL iPPV: 2023-04-07 2023-04-07
good Pegasso, Rey Samuray, Stigma vs Dulce Gardenia, Espíritu Negro, Rey Cometa 20230407cmll_match3Pegasso, Rey Samuray, Stigma vs Dulce Gardenia, Espíritu Negro, Rey Cometa.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - LA FUERZA POBLANA VS DULCES ATRAPASUEÑOS /ARENA MÉXICO /07 - 04 - 23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 7 DE ABRIL DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Los Dulces Atrapasueños derrotan a La Fuerza Poblana (posted by mluchatv) Dulce Gardenia le da el triunfo a Rey Cometa y Espíritu Negro ante Rey Samuray, Pegasso y Stigma (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-04-07 2023-04-07
good Volador Jr. vs Gran Guerrero in a lightning match 20230407cmll_match5Volador Jr. vs Gran Guerrero in a lightning match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) 9:12 minutos de Match Relámpago que Volador Jr culmina llevando en toque de espaldas a Gran Guerrero (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 7 DE ABRIL DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Volador Jr. vence en match relámpago a Gran Guerrero (posted by mluchatv) CMLL iPPV: 2023-04-07 2023-04-07

This week had a good Friday night show and not much else. This is the start of no relevant AAA TV.

week of April 14th

rating matches TV Show taped
great Blue Demon Jr. & DMT Azul vs LA Park & Rush [Guerra de Rivalidades] and in a tournament quarterfinal match 20230416aaa_match6Blue Demon Jr. & DMT Azul vs LA Park & Rush [Guerra de Rivalidades] and in a tournament quarterfinal match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) PARK y RUSH vs DMT y BLUE DEMON | TRIPLEMANÍA XXXI | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) TRIPLEMANÍA XXXI Monterrey | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) AAA PPV: 2023-04-16 2023-04-16
great Hijo Del Vikingo © vs Rich SwannShane StricklandKomander for the AAA Mega Championship 20230416aaa_match7Hijo Del Vikingo © vs Rich Swann, Shane Strickland, Komander for the AAA Mega Championship.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) TRIPLEMANÍA XXXI Monterrey | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) VIKINGO vs KOMANDER vs SWANN vs STRICKLAND | TRIPLEMANÍA XXXI (posted by luchalibreaaatv) AAA PPV: 2023-04-16 2023-04-16
good Místico, Titán, Volador Jr. vs Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr., Último Guerrero ¡La Mística! Místico, Volador Jr. y Titán derrotan a Último Guerrero, Stuka Jr. y Gran Guerrero (posted by mluchatv) ¡Último Guerrero no resiste la Mística y la victoria es para Volador Jr., Místico y Titán! (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) 20230414cmll_match4Místico, Titán, Volador Jr. vs Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr., Último Guerrero.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - LOS GUERREROS LAGUNEROS VS VOLADOR JR. - TITÁN - MÍSTICO / ARENA MÉXICO / 14-04-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 14 DE ABRIL DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Místico, Titán y Volador Jr. derrotan a Último Guerrero, Gran Guerrero y Stuka Jr. (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-04-14 2023-04-14
good Ángel de Oro vs TemplarioPanterita del Ring Jr.SagradoFugazEsfingeMagia BlancaDulce GardeniaRey CometaEspíritu Negro for the CMLL Universal Championship and in a tournament semifinal match ¡Doloroso y fulminante castigo para Panterita del Ring Jr.! (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) 20230414cmll_match5Ángel de Oro vs Templario, Panterita del Ring Jr., Sagrado, Fugaz, Esfinge, Magia Blanca, Dulce Gardenia, Rey Cometa, Espíritu Negro for the CMLL Universal Championship and in a tournament semifinal match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - 2A. FASE DEL CAPEÓN UNIVERSAL / PARTICIPAN LOS CAMPEONES NACIONALES /ARENA MÉXICO/14-04-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 14 DE ABRIL DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Templario derrota en extraordinaria final a Panterita del Ring Jr (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) Templario es el segundo finalista al Campeonato Universal tras vencer al Panterita del Ring Jr. (posted by mluchatv) CMLL iPPV: 2023-04-14 2023-04-14
good Argenis vs Myzteziz Jr. for the mask 20230416aaa_match5Argenis vs Myzteziz Jr. for the mask.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) ARGENIS vs MYZTEZIZ | ¡MÁSCARA VS MÁSCARA! en TRIPLEMANÍA XXXI (posted by luchalibreaaatv) TRIPLEMANÍA XXXI Monterrey | Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (posted by luchalibreaaatv) AAA PPV: 2023-04-16 2023-04-16

I liked the AAA four way but also it was clearly the least impressive of the many big Vikingo matches in that period of time. Good for Argenis/Myzteziz is maybe generous.

week of April 21st

rating matches TV Show taped
great Panterita del Ring Jr. vs Templario in a lightning match 20230421cmll_match3Panterita del Ring Jr. vs Templario in a lightning match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - MATCH RELÁMPAGO / TEMPLARIO VS PANTERITA DEL RING JR. / ARENA MÉXICO / 21-04-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 21 DE ABRIL DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Panterita del Ring Jr. y Templario empatan en match relámpago (posted by mluchatv) CMLL iPPV: 2023-04-21 2023-04-21
good Místico, Stuka Jr., Último Guerrero vs Atlantis Jr., Averno, Volador Jr. in a relevos increíbles match 20230421cmll_match4Místico, Stuka Jr., Último Guerrero vs Atlantis Jr., Averno, Volador Jr. in a relevos increíbles match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - AVERNO-VOLADOR JR.-ATLANTIS JR. VS STUKA JR.-ÚLTIMO GUERRERO-MÍSTICO/ARENA MÉXICO /21-04-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL - VIERNES ESPECTACULAR / 21 DE ABRIL DE 2023 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Místico, Último Guerrero y Stuka Jr. derrotaron a Volador Jr., Averno y Atlantis Jr. (posted by mluchatv) CMLL iPPV: 2023-04-21 2023-04-21
good Valiente Jr. vs Neón in a lightning match 20230409cmll_match2Valiente Jr. vs Neón in a lightning match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL on TV Mexiquense: 2023-04-21 2023-04-09

Templario/Panterita del Ring is the closest to an Excellent in this batch. Valiente and Neon is just lots of highspots but fun highspots.

week of April 28th

rating matches TV Show taped
good Capitán Suicida, Neón, Valiente Jr. vs Magia Blanca, Magnus, Rugido 20230428cmll_match2Capitán Suicida, Neón, Valiente Jr. vs Magia Blanca, Magnus, Rugido.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL | Magnus, Magia Blanca y Rugido derrotan a Neón, Valiente Jr. y Capitán Suicida (posted by mluchatv) Rugido, Magia Blanca y Magnus se imponen ante Neón, Valiente Jr. y Capitán Suicida, (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-04-28 2023-04-28
good Princesa Sugehit © vs Zeuxis for the CMLL World Women’s Championship 20230428cmll_match3Princesa Sugehit © vs Zeuxis for the CMLL World Women's Championship.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL FEMENIL / ZEUXIS VS PRINCESA SUGEHIT / ARENA MÉXICO / 28-04-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Princesa Sugehit derrota a Zeuxis y retiene el Campeonato Mundial Femenil del CMLL (posted by mluchatv) Princesa Sugehit logra retener el Campeonato Mundial Femenil del CMLL ANTE Zeuxis (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-04-28 2023-04-28
good Atlantis Jr. vs TemplarioDragón Rojo Jr. for the CMLL Universal Championship and in a tournament final match ¡Campeón! Dragón Rojo Jr. el gran ganador del Campeonato Universal del CMLL (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) 20230428cmll_match6Atlantis Jr. vs Templario, Dragón Rojo Jr. for the CMLL Universal Championship and in a tournament final match.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL - FINAL DEL CAMPEONATO UNIVERSAL/ATLANTIS JR. VS TEMPLARIO VS DRAGÓN ROJO JR./A.MÉXICO/28-04-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Dragón Rojo Jr. se corona como Campeón Universal 2023 derrotando a Templario (posted by mluchatv) CMLL iPPV: 2023-04-28 2023-04-28
good Kaligua & Pequeño Magía vs Full Metal & Mercurio 20230416cmll_match1Kaligua & Pequeño Magía vs Full Metal & Mercurio.mp4 (posted by luchablog vault (Google Drive)) CMLL on TV Mexiquense: 2023-04-28 2023-04-16
good Forneo vs Black Skayde FORNEO VS BLACK SKAYDE EN BIG LUCHAS (posted by hector godfrey) LIVE (posted by mluchatv) Mas Lucha Various: 2023-04-29 2023-04-29

Nothing a must see but a batch of enjoyable matches.

week of May 5th

rating matches TV Show taped
great Soberano Jr. vs Averno CMLL - MANO A MANO / AVERNO VS SOBERANO JR. /ARENA MÉXICO/05-05-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL: Soberano Jr. venció a Averno en mano a mano (posted by mluchatv) Soberano Jr Vs Averno en match relámpago en el CMLL (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-05-05 2023-05-05
good Hombre Bala Jr. vs Zandokan Jr. in a lightning match Hombre Bala Jr Vs Zandokan Jr en match relámpago al estilo CMLL (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-05-05 2023-05-05
good Atlantis Jr., Místico, Templario vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Panterita del Ring Jr., Titán in a relevos increíbles match CMLL-PANTERITA DEL RING JR-TITÁN-DRAGÓN ROJO JR VS TEMPLARIO-ATLANTIS JR-MÍSTICO/A. MÉXICO/05-05-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL: Templario, Místico y Atlantis Jr. derrotan a Dragón Rojo Jr., Titán y Panterita del Ring Jr. (posted by mluchatv) Lucha estelar CMLL Atlantis Jr, Místico y Templario Vs Titán, Dragón Rojo Jr y Panterita del Ring Jr (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL iPPV: 2023-05-05 2023-05-05
good Galaxy vs Mercurio in a lightning match CMLL: Mercurio vence a Galaxy en Match Relámpago (posted by mluchatv) CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Mercurio Vs Galaxy Pequeños estrellas frente a frente en la Arena México (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL YouTube: 2023-05-09 2023-05-09

 

Soberano/Averno was a proof of Averno as one of the best wrestlers in Mexico (who doesn’t wrestle much.)

Templario takes Dragon Rojo’s title, Yota’s quest for double titles denied, Atlantis 40th Anniversary plans

My posting schedule will be irregular for the rest of the week. Or even more than it already has been.

CMLL

CMLL (FRI) 05/12/2023 Arena México [AS, CMLL, Estrellas del RingKaiser SportsR de RudoThe GladiatoresThe Gladiatores, thecubsfan]
1) Micro Gemelo Diablo I, Micro Gemelo Diablo II, Micro Sagrado b Átomo, Chamuel, Periquito Sacaryas ¡Espectacular final a cargo de los Micro Malditos! (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) CMLL | Los Micro Malditos del Ring vencen a Chamuel, Zacarías y Átomo (posted by mluchatv) Los Micro Malditos Vs Chamuel, Átomo y Perico Zacarias (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre)
11:31.
2) Reyna Isis, Stephanie Vaquer, Zeuxis b Amapola, La Jarochita, Skadi ¡Súper lance de Reyna Isis y qué manera de rendir a Jarochita por parte de Zeuxis (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) CMLL | Zeuxis, Stephanie Vaquer y Reyna I. vencen a Jarochita, Amapola y Skadi (posted by mluchatv) Templario Vs Dragón Rojo Jr. Lucha de campeonato (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre)
11:06. Amapola replaced Princesa Sugehit (and late, Sugehit indicated she’d still be on this show a couple of hours prior.) Zeuxis beat Jarochita.
3) Magia Blanca b Fugaz [lightning¡El Match termina en empate entre Magia Blanca y Fugaz! ¡Kemonito abre camino con una plancha! (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) CMLL | ¡Sin un ganador! Fugaz y Magia Blanca empatan en match relámpago (posted by mluchatv) Magia Blanca Vs Fugaz en match relámpago en la Arena México (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre)
10:00. time limit draw (though there was a clock malfunction.) Fugaz was closer to winning at the end and asked for a MEX WELTER title match next week. Magia Blanca accepted.
4) Atlantis Jr., Esfinge, Panterita del Ring Jr. b Euforia, Hechicero, Mephisto  (posted by riotlucha) ¡Atlantis Jr., Panterita del Ring Jr. y Esfinge vencieron a Euforia, Hechicero y Mephisto! (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) CMLL - EUFORIA-HECHICERO-MEPHISTO VS ESFINGE-PANTERITA DEL RING JR-ATLANTIS JR/ARENA MÉXICO/12-05-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) Los Infernales Vs Atlantis Jr., Panterita del Ring Jr. y Esfinge. Arena México (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre)
11:44.
5) Dragón Rojo Jr. © b Templario [CMLL MIDDLE¡Hay nuevo Campeón Mundial Medio del CMLL! (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) CMLL - CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL MEDIO / TEMPLARIO VS DRAGÓN ROJO JR. /ARENA MÉXICO/12-05-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | ¡Templario es el nuevo Campeón Mundial Medio al vencer a Dragón Rojo Jr.! (posted by mluchatv) Templario Vs Dragón Rojo Jr. Lucha de campeonato (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre)
10:45. Dragon Rojo falls on his second defense. Templario is the 22nd champion, first person to hold both this title and the MEX MIDDLE at the same time. (Normally, this means he’d have to vacate the MEX MIDDLE title.) Dragon Rojo went for a foul, Templario avoided it, unmasked him and cradles him for the win. Mask match challenges for the Aniversario followed.
6) Místico, Soberano Jr., Volador Jr. b Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr., Último Guerrero CMLL - LOS GIERREROS LAGUNEROS VS SOBERANO JR. - VOLADOR JR. - MÍSTICO /ARENA MÉXICO/12-05-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL | Místico, Volador Jr. y Soberano Jr. vencen a Los Guerreros Laguneros (posted by mluchatv) Dos grandes lances de Volador Jr. y Soberano Jr. trazan el camino para vencer a Los Guerrerod (posted by Revista BOX Y LUCHA) Místico, Soberano Jr. y Volador Jr. Vs Los Guerreros Laguneros (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre)
11:59

Dragon Rojo/Templario was the best version of the match they’ve had so far, except for Templario hitting the ropes on his Sasuke Splash finish. It’s still missing the spark to feel like an Anniversary main event. They’re going through the motions of a big feud, it just doesn’t feel that way.

Templario is the first person to hold both the CMLL and Mexican National Middleweight championship because (in part) that national title had been an AAA title for most of the last thirty years. It left CMLL with Octagon, and came back when Octagon left AAA. In theory, there’s a tournament for the title coming up now.

The rest of the show was easy good stuff. A pleasant if unmemorable watch. Soberano and Ultimo Guerrero are still not allowed to make contact. Fugaz had an OK night but a lot of crowd support; the crowd didn’t seem especially numerous but it was especially loud through the show.

CMLL (SAT) 05/13/2023 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha, CMLL, Mas Lucha]
1) Shockercito & Último Dragóncito b Full Metal & Pequeño Polvora CMLL: Último Dragoncito y Shockercito derrotan a Full Metal y Pequeño Pólvora (posted by mluchatv) Facebook video (posted by )
2) La Vaquerita, Sanely, Skadi b Amapola, Hera, Olympia CMLL: Skady, Sanely y Vaquerita vencen en una lucha de Amazonas a Hera, Olimpia y Amapola (posted by ) Facebook video (posted by )
3) Ángel Rebelde b Difunto [lightningCMLL: Ángel Rebelde se impuso a Difunto en un match relámpago (posted by ) Facebook video (posted by )
4) Espíritu Negro, Hombre Bala Jr., Rey Cometa b El Coyote, Okumura, Pólvora Facebook video (posted by )
5) Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado b Guerrero Maya Jr., Pegasso, Stigma CMLL: El Sagrado y Los Gemelos Diablo derrotan a Guerrero Maya Jr, Stigma y Pegasso (posted by ) Facebook video (posted by )
Diablos pulled a switch to win
6) Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero b Místico, Panterita del Ring Jr., Soberano Jr. Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja y Último Guerrero derrotan a Místico, Panterita del Ring Jr, y Soberano Jr (posted by ) Facebook video (posted by )
Angel de Oro unmasked Soberano and pinned him for the win, setting up a singles match between the two.

Angel de Oro/Soberano sounds like a fun match we won’t see.

CMLL (SUN) 05/14/2023 Arena México [CMLL]
1) Angelito, Kaligua, Pequeño Magía b Minos, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito
2) Astral b Oro Jr. [lightning]
3) Futuro, Max Star, Vegas b Pegasso, Rey Samuray, Stigma
4) Kráneo, Rugido, Zandokan Jr. b Capitán Suicida, Fuego, Volcano
5) Atlantis, Valiente, Volador Jr. b Averno, Hechicero, Templario
6) Gran Guerrero © b Yota [CMLL HEAVY]
2nd defense

I watched all of the third day of NJPW’s BOSJ tournament. Yota came up during Titan’s match – but only as wondering if Titan knew if Yota was actually joining LIJ. This heavyweight title match never came up and was never promoted by NJPW, which seemed like a clear indicator it wasn’t part of the story NJPW is telling. It would’ve been a cool story to go the other way. Oh well.

CMLL (TUE) 05/16/2023 Arena México
1) Pequeño Magía vs Minos [lightning]
2) La Guerrera, La Magnifica, La Maligna vs Metálica, Olympia, Tiffany
3) Pegasso, Rey Samuray, Stigma vs El Coyote, Okumura, Pólvora
4) El Audaz vs Virus [lightning]
5) Blue Panther, Star Black, Volcano vs Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado
6) Esfinge, Valiente, Volador Jr. vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Yota

Audaz/Virus was set up last week. I guess Audaz is a warm-up for ZSJ and Bad Dude Titto.

CMLL (FRI) 05/19/2023 Arena México
1) Robin, Sangre Imperial, Valiente Jr. vs Difunto, Dr. Karonte I, Zandokan Jr.
2) Magia Blanca © vs Fugaz [MEX WELTER]
third defense
3) Dark Panther, Guerrero Maya Jr., Star Jr. vs Espanto Jr., Felino Jr., Misterioso Jr.
4) Stuka Jr. vs Euforia [lightning]
5) Místico vs Volador Jr.Atlantis Jr.Dragón Rojo Jr.Soberano Jr.AvernoPanterita del Ring Jr.Hijo del Villano III [Copa Jr. VIP, semifinal]
final two advance

The theme here seems to be an all second (or great) generation show. Some of the “second-generation” wrestlers are actually worked relations (Guerrero Maya Jr., Misterioso Jr., Dragon Rojo Jr..) but are close enough. It’s a final two advance to next week so everyone is going to be annoyed at the end of the night as always. This does not seem like an important tournament and pretty much any two wrestlers could avance. Well, maybe not Hijo del Villano III.

Stuka/Euforia sounds fun but a different match than it would’ve been two years ago. Star Jr. has been out six months after getting hurt in the Rey del Inframundo tournament; it’s good to get him back. Magia Blanca has a grandfather who wrestled but we don’t know his father’s wrestling name (if he did wrestle?) He’ll probably keep his title.

On Saturday, the Benito Juarez’s mayor celebrated Atlantis for his upcoming 40th anniversary. They held it at a swimming pool, with divers doing dives in Atlantis masks. Atlantis’ offcial fan club was part of the presentation, as was Daniel Aceves. A pickleball court will be named in his honor this upcoming Friday, and the mayor is holding an Atlantis drawing contest for children. The mayor’s office announced that CMLL will celebrate Atlantis in June and July at their arenas. Atlantis says he doesn’t have a retirement date and thinks he might wrestle for twenty or twenty-five more years. (He was not being serious.)

Titan is 2-1 in the Best of Super Juniors, losing to Taiji Ishimori and defeating KUSHIDA since I last checked in. (Somehow, he’s the only 2-1 wrestler in his block.) He faces Taguchi Tuesday morning, then Mike Bailey and Lio Rush the following two days. Those matches will likely decide if he’s a real contender this situation.

Difunto has talked about being trained by his father (Monje Cavernario) in the past, but the situation is a little more complicated than that. In a Mother’s day interview, Difunto says his parents (wrestlers Monje Cavernario and La Mestiza) separated when they were five, and he had no contact with his father. His mother would work during the week and still wrestle on the weekends, which meant young Difunto was left alone for days and just wandered the streets. That is a tough life. Difunto talked to his father when he decided to become a wrestler and that’s when their relationship (re)started.

AAA

AAA turned 31 today. They posted a graphic with various wrestlers, current and present. Some current people are not pictured and so there will be drama over a random graphic.

AAA TV returned this week. The opening four way had lots of spots. The idea was to build the show around the Vipers: destroying the opener people, defeating Psycho Circus, and defeating Perros del Mal. This would be good if anything more would happen with the Vipers soon. AAA TV is very far behind reality so I can already see nothing is happening with the Vipers. I don’t want to talk about it anymore.

Latigo and Jack Cartwheel now are feuding as part of AAA’s apparent goal to link up everyone with a rival.

AAA had a spot show in Martinez de la Torres, Veracruz on Saturday. It rained so much that the outdoor arena was flooded. The show went on anyway. Vikingo, Myzteziz and Komander had a lot of fun in the water. Yes, they probably shouldn’t have done what they did but it seemed like they have a memory and the fans got to see something special.

Konnan was a guest on Wrestling Observer Radio today. The one news item here is Konnan talks about AAA working with “billionaires”, who are love AAA’s vision, are going to upgrade AAA’s production and bring in big name celebrities for big money. On his own podcast, Konnan previously talked about AAA working with “the people who own F1” for a reality show. The people who own F1 are billionaires, Liberty Media, but I’m not sure if those are the people involved. (It’s been those to me elsewhere that it’s not those billionaires, but I can’t confirm who it actually is.) Knowing the name of people investing money into a major wrestling promotion would be great. No follow-up question was asked. It was just something Konnan said. Everyone moved on to the next topic.

This is consistent with most Konnan outside interviews. No one’s much interested in talking to “AAA head of creative” Konnan, because they don’t care about AAA outside of maybe one TripleMania a year. They’re bringing on “podcast host” Konnan on and wanted to ask that person questions about the same AEW/WWE topics he talks about for most of his podcast. The AAA questions were for people who don’t have much interest in watching AAA for people who do not watch AAA. Can the Taya, Penta, Fenix crew still work AAA? (Yes, but dates are more limited. No one seemed aware Penta works AAA regularly.) How is the AAA and AEW relationship? (Back on good terms after they worked through the FTR/Dragon Lee situation?) When will there be more AAA English commentary? (Konnan wants Joe & Larry to be there every single show, believes it hasn’t happened due to budget cuts, and believes the policy is changing soon.) Who are the big stars who may be going big stars in the US [instead of this show the hosts are not watching]? (Jack Carthweel, an unnamed wrestler who’s getting an old AAA gimmick soon, and an unnamed woman who can do flying moves debuting soon.) Did you want to do Omega/Vikingo first? (Yes, and he told us he might be a free agent on the day of TripleMania Monterrey so he wouldn’t be available, but we don’t think any of our fans watched it in AEW and it’ll still be new to them.)

The lack of product knowledge shines through on non-AAA questions, like when Konnan is critical of AEW for putting on Japanese wrestlers without video packages to introductions. No one knows to push back about AAA putting on a deluge of foreign wrestlers – Strickland/Swann at TripleMania Monterrey, everyone at the World is a Vampire show, everyone at Lucha Libre World Cup – without a TV video package for any of them. Is that an issue of AAA resources? Is that just a market difference? Did it end up mattering for AAA? Never asked. Again, it’s Konnan the podcast host on so boxing talk and discussing AEW booking strategies is more interesting to everyone participating. AAA just doesn’t really stack up in importance. The show ends with plugs for Konnan’s podcast and Konnan’s Twitter account, and no mention of where and how you might see TripleMania.

TripleMania Tijuana is going to sell itself on Kenny Omega versus Hijo del Vikingo. TripleMania Mexico City is going to sell itself by being the Mexico City TripleMania and thus the one AAA show a year that matters. The rest, I dunno. I want Larry (who may be reading this) and Joe (no idea) to get to go to every AAA show and get paid for it and I don’t really care if it’s a good idea for AAA or not. It’s not my money and it would make my life better. (I am a rare person to be asking for more Larry Dallas in my life.) At the same time, if AAA can’t be bothered to promote themselves to the Wrestling Observer audience – the primarly English-speaking wrestling audience that’ll get behind a foreign promotion – than I’m not really sure there’s a lot of point in investing in that English-speaking internet audience.

Aeroqueen is my guess on the mystery flying woman, for what it’s worth.

IWRG

IWRG (SUN) 05/14/2023 Arena Naucalpan [IWRG, Mas Lucha]
1) Kenji b Golden Power LIVE🔴 | Gran Final del REY DEL RING 2023: Hijo del Pirata Morgan (C) vs Hijo de Canis Lupus (posted by mluchatv)
2) Lolita & Satania b Candy Swing & Sagitarius LIVE🔴 | Gran Final del REY DEL RING 2023: Hijo del Pirata Morgan (C) vs Hijo de Canis Lupus (posted by mluchatv)
3) Aster Boy & Éxtasis b Axel Carter & Saime Shan LIVE🔴 | Gran Final del REY DEL RING 2023: Hijo del Pirata Morgan (C) vs Hijo de Canis Lupus (posted by mluchatv)
4) Gran Pandemónium, Hijo de Pandemónium, Pandemónium Jr. b Karaoui, Nosaki, Shocko LIVE🔴 | Gran Final del REY DEL RING 2023: Hijo del Pirata Morgan (C) vs Hijo de Canis Lupus (posted by mluchatv)
5) Elemental, Heavy Metal, Rocky Casas b Hell Boy, Tonalli, Travis Banks LIVE🔴 | Gran Final del REY DEL RING 2023: Hijo del Pirata Morgan (C) vs Hijo de Canis Lupus (posted by mluchatv)
more Casas/Hell Boy challenges.
6) Hijo de Canis Lupus b Hijo del Pirata Morgan [IWRG Rey del RingLIVE🔴 | Gran Final del REY DEL RING 2023: Hijo del Pirata Morgan (C) vs Hijo de Canis Lupus (posted by mluchatv)
Pirata falls on his 5th defense.

I had this on as video wallpaper while working on other things Sunday. The crowd seemed up and the guys in the main event were working hard (maybe too hard.)

I still don’t know what the Tonalli deal but CMLL pulling Ultimo Guerrero (the implied reason for the match between the two not happening) doesn’t sound promising.

Satania says she and her sister Amazonika are headed to Ivory Coast for shows from June 1st to the 4th. She says they got the spot from Heddi Karaoui, and wrestlers from France, Brazil, the US, Canada, and Lebanon will be attending the show. There is a poster for it on Karoui’s Facebook page.

Other Notes

Andrade is among many names advertised as appearing on a June 15th card in Arena Olimpico Laguna. He’s listed as a “special invitee”; it’s believed he’s probably not wrestling. I’m not sure of a return date from his shoulder injury; his social media posts suggest it’s still months down the line.

Box y Lucha reports Guatemala luchador Corsario I/Ivan Babalu passed away earlier this month. He appears to have been active in the 80s.

Dragon Rojo/Templario title match tonight, AAA TV returns, Tonalli/UG

CMLL

CMLL (FRI) 05/12/2023 Arena México
1) Micro Gemelo Diablo I, Micro Gemelo Diablo II, Micro Sagrado vs Átomo, Chamuel, Periquito Sacaryas
2) La Jarochita, Princesa Sugehit, Skadi vs Reyna Isis, Stephanie Vaquer, Zeuxis
3) Magia Blanca vs Fugaz [lightning]
4) Atlantis Jr., Esfinge, Panterita del Ring Jr. vs Euforia, Hechicero, Mephisto
5) Dragón Rojo Jr. © vs Templario [CMLL MIDDLE]
second defense
6) Místico, Soberano Jr., Volador Jr. vs Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr., Último Guerrero

The main event should be fun. It also should be interesting, as Soberano and Ultimo Guerrero are back in the same match for the first time since January. Ultimo Guerrero and Soberano seemed to be under a secret prohibition from interacting during the match in that last match and previous ones in 2022 – when one came in the ring, the other one seemed to be on orders to stay out. (CMLL’s never acknowledged it; most people covering the shows ignored it – which means it’s probably a situation that everyone’s heard about but are dissuaded from acknowledging.) UG & Soberano are booked together in this main event and also the one on Saturday, so maybe things are back to normal. Can’t even be sure with lucha libre.

I lean towards Dragon Rojo retaining his title to make it seem like Templario is even in more danger. (Templario is also already national middleweight champions, and double singles champions of the same division are rare.) This sort of defense is what CMLL often does as part of selling people on a mask match, though I don’t think this feud is hot enough to make it work. What we’ve seen hasn’t been good enough. This is a difference between the presumed big CMLL and AAA matches. I don’t think there’s a thing AAA can do to convince fans Sam Adonis has a chance to unmask Psycho Clown, but I do believe the wrestlers can do enough to make the match feel like it’s going to be special anyway. I’m not confident Dragon Rojo and Templario can do the same, though I guess this is the chance to prove otherwise.

The bigger curiosity about the title match isn’t who has the belt at the end of the night, but why the match is happening now. This feels like something CMLL would do to put the final touches on the Aniversario main event in August, or maybe July. It’s May 12. I know things about May 12th. One thing I know about May 12th is it doesn’t happen in August. Maybe it’s CMLL just getting their work done early because they’ve got months of tournaments to take up time. (Copa Junior starts next week.) Maybe CMLL, in a round number year, wants to announce the date much earlier than usual and it would help to have a set match go with it. The dream – and something that has “hole card on the river” low odds – is CMLL is making this Dragon Rojo/Templario match way before the Aniversario show because it’s also happening way before the Aniverasrio show and another (better) match will be happening then.

Match 4 could be fun. The lightning match has a chance to setup a title match either way. (It’s the Claudio/Fenix match from AEW, except not quite that.) The show is on PPV as always. It’ll go up on YouTube on 05/18 05/28 as always.

CMLL (SUN) 05/14/2023 Arena México
1) Angelito, Kaligua, Pequeño Magía vs Minos, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito
2) Astral vs Oro Jr. [lightning]
3) Pegasso, Rey Samuray, Stigma vs Futuro, Max Star, Vegas
4) Capitán Suicida, Fuego, Volcano vs Kráneo, Rugido, Zandokan Jr.
5) Atlantis, Valiente, Volador Jr. vs Averno, Hechicero, Templario
6) Gran Guerrero © vs Yota [CMLL HEAVY]
2nd defense

Half of this show will air on May 26th. Other matches may air the next day, or on a TV show I can’t get, or not at all entirely. Guerrero/Yota will probably be among those airing on May 26th but there’s no certainty to it. Yota said on Informa that he wants to be active in both CMLL and NJPW at the same time. I don’t think that’s happening and I’d be surprised if he won the title on Sunday.

CMLL (MON) 05/15/2023 Arena Puebla
1) Angelito & Rayo Metálico vs Dreyco & Mercurio
2) Fuego, Neón, Valiente Jr. vs Hijo del Perverso, Perverso, Prayer
3) Princesa Sugehit, Sanely, Skadi vs La Catalina, Reyna Isis, Stephanie Vaquer
4) Atlantis Jr., Soberano Jr., Volador Jr. vs Averno, Mephisto, Templario
5) Místico vs Bárbaro Cavernario

Caveranrio has been causing problems for Mistico for the last few weeks.

CMLL (TUE) 05/16/2023 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Luminoso, Mortis, Quca vs Black Boy, Thunder Boy, Yaky Boy
2) Estrella de Jalisco I, Estrella de Jalisco II, Último Ángel vs Obelisk, Raven, Temerario
3) Gallero, Hombre Bala Jr., Robin vs Barboza, Draego, Persa
4) Brillante Jr., Guerrero Maya Jr., Pólvora vs Leo, Omar Brunetti, Vaquero Jr.
5) Akuma, Dark Magic, Espanto Jr. vs Adrenalina, Explosivo, Fantástico
6) Místico & Panterita del Ring Jr. vs Averno & Soberano Jr.

More Soberano big-brothering Panterita in the main event.

On Informa, Virus, Cavernario and Stephanie Vaquer talked about their appearance on the 05/21 NJPW Strong show. The Informa segments seem quicker in the past so there’s not a lot to say. Cavernario noted this was his 8th show or tour with NJPW, and felt like he really learned a lot in his first few. Virus wants to prove to Zack Sabre Jr. and everyone that there are good mat wrestlers in Mexico too. (That’s the general theme; it’s more about proving CMLL has good wrestlers too more than the outcomes.) Stephanie Vaquer says she always trains hard in case an opportunity comes and has worked even harder after hearing about the tournament. She’s looking forward to wrestling Mercedes Moné and then doesn’t know who she’d face in the final (she named Momo Kohgo but blanked on “the one from AEW”.)

Averno still wants Mistico’s mask. This is such an easy match, something that seems obviously profitable. It is impossible CMLL hasn’t just done it. If I manage to last forty more years, I’ll still be confused CMLL just hasn’t booked that match.

Hijo del Villano III still doesn’t like Atlantis Jr.

Titan won his opening match against TJP in NJPW’s BOSJ this morning. This was a free show; their match starts at about 1h38m. Titan wrestlers Taiji Ishmori early tomorrow morning.

Marcela and Skadi did interviews around Mother’s day. Marcela hasn’t wrestled since mid-March; she mentions here she had a right knee operation.

Sexy Sol (Rocio Elizabeth) talks about being a luchadora and a mom to a 9 year old.

Nitro is returning to France’s APC promotion to teach lucha libre from July 3 to 10th. This was an annual thing until the pandemic.

AAA

AAA has a new TV episode Saturday! It’s a taping that’s been in the can (in the external hard drive?) for 35 days but new content is still new content. They’ve announced the matches

  • Mini Vikingo vs Fulgor vs Baby Extreme vs Jack Cartwheel
  • Dave the Clown, Murder Clown, Panic Clown vs Chik Tormetna, Latigo, Psicosis
  • Damian 666, Pentagon Jr., Nicho el Millonario vs Abismo Negro Jr., Cibernetico, Taurus

This show takes place before TripleMania Monterrey. Not sure how they’ll handle it.

MedioTiempo has an interview with La Infernal and Villano III Jr. for mother’s day; that’s the AAA son, when she had previously been doing interviews with the CMLL son. They noted it was the first time they did an interview together. La Infernal was 23 years younger than Villano III when they got married and says she gave up her wrestling career because she just liked being a mother more. She said she told her sons she’d come back for just two years (and she did end up doing just about two years, though it never seemed like a plan.)

IWRG

IWRG (THU) 05/11/2023 Arena Naucalpan [IWRG, Mas Lucha]
1) Kenji b Águila Oriental LIVE🔴 | TONALLI vs EL ELEMENTAL + La llegada de los extranjeros a IWRG (posted by mluchatv)
2) Aero Queen & Sagitarius b Estrellita Lagunera & Kali LIVE🔴 | TONALLI vs EL ELEMENTAL + La llegada de los extranjeros a IWRG (posted by mluchatv)
Estrellita Lagunera & Kaly replaced Dehyna and Satania.
3) Éxtasis, Noisy Boy, Spider Fly b Águila Roja, Mr. Mike, Rey Aztaroth LIVE🔴 | TONALLI vs EL ELEMENTAL + La llegada de los extranjeros a IWRG (posted by mluchatv)
4) León Dorado & Mr. Leo DQ Cerebro Negro & Cerebro Negro Jr. LIVE🔴 | TONALLI vs EL ELEMENTAL + La llegada de los extranjeros a IWRG (posted by mluchatv)
Cerbero Negro unmaked Leon Dorado for the DQ.
5) Tonalli b Elemental LIVE🔴 | TONALLI vs EL ELEMENTAL + La llegada de los extranjeros a IWRG (posted by mluchatv)
Tonalli will face Ultimo Guerrero on Sunday.
6) Hell Boy, Hijo de Canis Lupus, Travis Banks b Axel Carter, Saime Shan, Shocko LIVE🔴 | TONALLI vs EL ELEMENTAL + La llegada de los extranjeros a IWRG (posted by mluchatv)

Match 3 was said to be good, match 5 good but maybe not as good as expected.

IWRG (SUN) 05/14/2023 Arena Naucalpan
1) Kenji vs Golden Power
2) Jhon Tito & Mr. Leo vs Axel Carter & Saime Shan
3) Gran Pandemónium, Hijo de Pandemónium, Pandemónium Jr. vs Karaoui, Nosaki, Shocko
4) Hell Boy & Puma de Oro vs Heavy Metal & Rocky Casas
5) Tonalli vs Último Guerrero
6) Hijo del Pirata Morgan vs Hijo de Canis Lupus [IWRG Rey del Ring]
5th defense

This is a free Mas Lucha show. Tonalli/Ultimo Guerrero is the big news. I’m still confused as to what the deal is with Tonalli. It sticks out that Tonalli hasn’t wrestled in three weeks (since the start of the Aramis feud) and hasn’t wrestled in Arnea Mexico since March 21st. Maybe something happened and he’s not in with CMLL at the moment? That’s just a guess.

Whenever “Axel” is listed on the IWRG card, I must remember to adjust the name so it doesn’t go in the luchadb as a match for “Axxel, El Nieto del Santo.” (He’s still wrestling sparingly.) I wonder if this UK Axel knows of the Mexico Axel. UK Axel probably has no control of how he’s being listed on IWRG cards.

Other News

LuchaWorld has this week’s Poster-Mania.

On Thursday, Mas Lucha announced they’d soon be posting GLEAT shows. They deleted the tweet a few hours later. I have no idea what happened. Mas Lucha

 

Pegasso wins Cinco de Mayo, Audaz/Virus, Soberano/Panterita?

There’s really not much going on right now.

CMLL

CMLL (MON) 05/08/2023 Arena Puebla [El Sol del Puebla, Porra Fresa]
1) Mercurio & Pequeño Violencia b Astro & Rayo Metálico
Astro replaced Fantasy
2) Apocalipsis, Cholo, Disturbio b Hijo del Perverso, King Jaguar, Rey Apocalipsis
3) La Catalina, Reyna Isis, Stephanie Vaquer b La Jarochita, Princesa Sugehit, Sanely Facebook video (posted by )
4) Pegasso b Rey SamurayMilleniumHijo de Centella RojaAsturianoPrayerPerversoEspíritu MalignoMultyDark Soul [Torneo Cinco de Mayo] Facebook video (posted by )
first version of what’s meant to be an annual tournament. Pegasso beat Multy and Prayer to win. Pegasso celebrated with the fans after the show.
5) Atlantis, Guerrero Maya Jr., Místico, Stigma DQ Bárbaro Cavernario, Dragón Rojo Jr., Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr. Facebook video (posted by )
straight falls, the last when Cavernario fouled Mistico

I assume they’re setting up Cavernario/Mistico next week but it’s not specifically promised.

CMLL (TUE) 05/09/2023 Arena México [CMLL, Kaiser Sports]
1) Mercurio b Galaxy [lightningCMLL: Mercurio vence a Galaxy en Match Relámpago (posted by mluchatv) CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
2) Cachorro, Eléctrico, Robin b Dr. Karonte I, Dr. Karonte II, Raider CMLL: Raider y Los Doctores Karonte I y II derrotan a Cachorro, Eléctrico y Robin (posted by mluchatv) CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Cachorro replaced Diamond on Monday, then Raider replaced Enfermero Jr. later in the day.
3) Fuego, Hombre Bala Jr., Valiente Jr. b Akuma, Dark Magic, Espanto Jr. CMLL: Hombre Bala Jr., Fuego y Valiente Jr. vencen con a Espanto Jr., Akuma y Dark Magic (posted by mluchatv) CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
4) Misterioso Jr. b Magnus [lightningCONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
5) Dark Panther, El Audaz, Star Black b Cancerbero, Luciferno, Virus CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
straight falls, Virus beating Audaz with a maybe foul to set up a singles match between the two.
6) Ángel de Oro, Bárbaro Cavernario, Niebla Roja b Atlantis, Blue Panther, Valiente CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE PRESENTA FUNCION DE MARTES DE ARENA MEXICO CON STREAMING GRATUITO (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL)
Najee Harris of the Pitsburgh Steelers appeared with Atlantis before the match.

A skippable show; maybe the opener was the best match. The Tuesday shows effort has dipped.

Najee Harris of the Pittsburgh Steelers came to the ring with Atlantis, and visited CMLL wrestlers earlier. He was in town promoting the NFL. Milenio has an article on his day at Arena Mexico.

CMLL (TUE) 05/09/2023 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Dulce Kitty, Náutica, Sexy Sol b Atenea, Nexy, Valkiria  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial )
2) Micro Gemelo Diablo I, Micro Gemelo Diablo II, Micro Sagrado b Átomo, Chamuel, Periquito Sacaryas  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
3) Leo, Omar Brunetti, Vaquero Jr. b Demonio Maya, Principe Daniel, Xelhua  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
Guadalajara debut of Xelhua
4) Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado b Ángel Negro (Laguna), Arlequín, La Fashion  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
5) Furia Roja & Guerrero de la Muerte b Felino & Felino Jr.  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
6) Euforia & Soberano Jr. b Panterita del Ring & Panterita del Ring Jr.  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
Soberano Jr. shoved Panterita into the referee, fouled Panterita and unmasked him.

A Soberano/Panterita singles match sounds great but Soberano does not give his max effort on these Guadalajara shows. He has a lot of fun and is entertaining, he’s just not working full speed.

The 06/27 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara anniversary show will include a tribute to Satanico for his 50th anniversary.

CMLL (SAT) 05/13/2023 Arena Coliseo
1) Shockercito & Último Dragóncito vs Full Metal & Pequeño Polvora
2) La Vaquerita, Sanely, Skadi vs Amapola, Hera, Olympia
3) Ángel Rebelde vs Difunto [lightning]
4) Espíritu Negro, Hombre Bala Jr., Rey Cometa vs El Coyote, Okumura, Pólvora
5) Guerrero Maya Jr., Pegasso, Stigma vs Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado
6) Místico, Panterita del Ring Jr., Soberano Jr. vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero

Panterita del Ring Jr. and Soberano are enemies on Tuesdays, friends on Saturday.

CMLL Informa has Barbaro Cavernario, Templario, Stephanie Vaquer, Virus, Yota, Panterita del Ring Jr., Pegasso, and the Cholo, Apocalipsis, Disturbio trio. There’s going to be a discussion of (ex) Sasha Banks on a CMLL program and that’s otherwordly. Yota will probably be there to talk about the Sunday title match – no lineup out yet, oddly. NJPW hasn’t hyped that CMLL title match, which leds me to believe it’s more likely not part of some master NJPW plan at this point.

Averno hyped Copa Junior VIP, said he started his career as Rencor Latino hoping that it would hide his family identity and he’d be able to prove himself good or bad on his own. These days, he wants to raise the name of his father Renato Ruiz.

Box y Lucha 3550 has Templario and Dark Silueta on the cover. The Silueta interview is useful: she was told her recovery from knee surgery would take 8 or 9 months, so that’s a June or July return. She’s hoping to beat that. Silueta was originally hurt in August; she believed (and still seems to believe) that it wasn’t a major injury and she just needed a couple of weeks off to recover. She also really wanted to be part of all CMLL had plan for women that October, but knee went out again on October 7th and that was that. Silueta says she’s talked to the commission about the Mexican National Women’s championship and they’ve said they won’t take the title away from her due to injury.

Titan talked about the BOSJ; he said it’s more important to learn and make the crowd happy than results. That’s what someone who expects to get 6 points would say, but I think Titan honestly means it. He’s already in Japan. The tournament kicks off early Friday morning. Titan wrestles TJP in the opener, one of his bigger matches of the run. It’ll be 9 matches in 12 days (plus playoffs, if by some chance he makes it that far.)

AAA

Octagon Jr., Myzteziz Jr,. and Kahn-Del-Mal did press in Morelia to promote the May 20th taping. They teased a Villano III Jr. vs Octagon Jr. mask match; Octagon Jr. truly has adopted the gimmick because he’s in a mask feud that doesn’t seem like it’ll ever end.

The NWA has a 24 team Crocket Cup tournament scheduled for June 3rd and 4th. AAA will have two teams in the tournament: Octagon Jr. & Myzteziz Jr. and Toxin & Arez. (La Rebelion, who are pretty much AAA regulars, will also participte.) I believe there was a point where Arez was asked to stop teaming with the Vipers in the US to stay consistent with the AAA storylines. It appears that has been dropped – I mean, the request looks dropped, who knows about the angle. These shows air on FITE for $25 each (Saturday, Sunday) or $45 for both.

The taping after Morelia is June 18th in Puebla. That’s about a month later; it’s going to be a quiet few months for AAA and then a really busy few weeks. AAA usually announces lineups about a month ahead of time, so we might see that lineup next week.

IWRG

IWRG (THU) 05/11/2023 Arena Naucalpan
1) Águila Oriental vs Kenji
2) Aero Queen & Sagitarius vs Dehyna & Satania
3) Éxtasis, Noisy Boy, Spider Fly vs Águila Roja, Mr. Mike, Rey Aztaroth
4) León Dorado & Mr. Leo vs Cerebro Negro & Cerebro Negro Jr.
5) Tonalli vs Elemental
6) Hell Boy, Hijo de Canis Lupus, Travis Banks vs Axel Carter, Saime Shan, Shocko

Axel Carter & Saime Shan are UK wrestlers – given the history on the other side, I hope they’re not here to escape some issue.

Elemental gets a real test – both in terms of being in a spot to have a good match and finding out how much people care about him. I’m fairly certain there’s some bitterness about how Elemental and the others left Big Lucha, but those Big Lucha people probably should be rooting for them to do well as proof their concept works.

Other News

Emperador Azteca, Flamtia, Bendito and Galeno del Mal are headed back to GLEAT on June 7th.

Laredo Kid is headed to Belgium on 05/27.

Dragon/Templario next Friday, Yota challenges for heavyweight championship (a different one), Rey del Ring

CMLL

CMLL (FRI) 05/05/2023 Arena México [Adrenalina, CMLL, ContrareplicaKaiser SportsR de RudoThe GladiatoresThe Gladiatores (videos), thecubsfan]
1) Astral, Neón, Valiente Jr. b Apocalipsis, Cholo, Disturbio Astral, Valiente Jr y Neón lesionado vencen a Cholo, Apocalipsis y Disturbio en el CMLL (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre)
7:55.
2) Hombre Bala Jr. b Zandokan Jr. [lightningHombre Bala Jr Vs Zandokan Jr en match relámpago al estilo CMLL (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre)
7:29.
3) Espíritu Negro, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa b Akuma, Dark Magic, Espanto Jr. CMLL: Rey Cometa, Guerrero Maya Jr y Espíritu Negro Vs Akuma, Espanto Jr y Dark Magic (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre)
13:43. Guerrero Maya replaced Dulce Gardenia on Thursday.
4) Esfinge, Fugaz, Star Black b Ángel de Oro, Bárbaro Cavernario, Yota CMLL - Arena México: Esfinge, Star Black y Fugaz Vs Yota, Bárbaro Cavernario y Ángel de Oro (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre) CMLL - FUGAZ - STAR BLACK - ESFINGE VS YOTA - B. CAVERNARIO - ÁNGEL DE ORO /ARENA MÉXICO/05-05-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL: Hombre Bala Jr. derrotó a Zandokan Jr. en Match Relámpago (posted by mluchatv)
12:52. Yota returned to Japan and challenged for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, then returned to Mexico as if nothing had happened. (CMLL referred to him going to Japan but didn’t dwell on it; he lost to Fugaz in the thrid pin.)
5) Soberano Jr. b Averno CMLL - MANO A MANO / AVERNO VS SOBERANO JR. /ARENA MÉXICO/05-05-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL: Soberano Jr. venció a Averno en mano a mano (posted by mluchatv) Soberano Jr Vs Averno en match relámpago en el CMLL (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre)
6) Atlantis Jr., Místico, Templario b Dragón Rojo Jr., Panterita del Ring Jr., Titán [Relevos IncreíblesCMLL-PANTERITA DEL RING JR-TITÁN-DRAGÓN ROJO JR VS TEMPLARIO-ATLANTIS JR-MÍSTICO/A. MÉXICO/05-05-23 (posted by VideosOficialesCMLL) CMLL: Templario, Místico y Atlantis Jr. derrotan a Dragón Rojo Jr., Titán y Panterita del Ring Jr. (posted by mluchatv) Lucha estelar CMLL Atlantis Jr, Místico y Templario Vs Titán, Dragón Rojo Jr y Panterita del Ring Jr (posted by La Tijera Lucha Libre)
9:27. Straight falls, Templario beating Dragon Rojo (eventually) to set up a title match next week

Soberano/Averno is worth going out of your way to see. The main event wasn’t much. Dragon Rojo/Templario had less chemistry than usual, struggling at the finish. I guess next week is one more chance to make it feel special but I wouldn’t bet on it. (Soberano being pulled back into the issue on Saturday is a more promising sign.) Not a lot here else of note, outside of Yota just being back in CMLL doing usual excursion things.

CMLL (SAT) 05/06/2023 Arena Coliseo [CMLL]
1) Mercurio, Pequeño Violencia, Pierrothito b Acero, Angelito, Pequeño Magía
2) Raider b Enfermero Jr. [lightning]
3) Amapola & Tiffany b Maligna & Skadi
4) El Coyote, Okumura, Pólvora b Difunto, Kráneo, Zandokan Jr.
Team Polvora is now officially Los Chacales del Ring.
5) Ángel de Oro, Dragón Rojo Jr., Niebla Roja b Guerrero Maya Jr., Soberano Jr., Star Black
Dragon Rojo unmasked Soberano after the win
6) Volador Jr. b Euforia

The main event was one fall, which is atypical for Arena Coliseo main event singles match. Euforia had a busy Sunday in front of him, maybe that’s part of it.

CMLL (SUN) 05/07/2023 Arena México [CMLL]
1) Cachorro b Retro [lightning]
2) Hera & Tiffany b La Guerrera & La Magnifica
3) Diamond, Leono, Sangre Imperial b Grako, Inquisidor, Nitro
Leono replaced Flyer on Saturday.
4) Pegasso, Rey Samuray, Stigma b Futuro, Max Star, Vegas
5) Hechicero, Mephisto, Rey Bucanero b Blue Panther, Panterita del Ring, Valiente
Rey Bucanero replaced Euforia on Thursday.
6) Bárbaro Cavernario, Titán, Yota b Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr., Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
Yota beat Gran Guerrero and challenged him for the CMLL Heavyweight championship

Yota going for the title gives some reasoning for his otherwise peculiar route back to Mexico. It’s a real toss-up as to what’s going to happen there. Yota has been fun but positioned as roster filler CMLL during his trips. CMLL didn’t treat him any differently coming back from Japan on Friday. The normal bit is the NJPW excursion loses a big match to finish up, then goes back to NJPW to make a big return. That’s happened a bit out of order this time around, but you can count on CMLL doing whatever they were planning on doing no matter what else was happening. The counterpoint is CMLL had the Universal tournament a few weeks ago and won’t need to have the heavyweight champion around for a while, so they could do NJPW a big favor by giving Yota a belt before his IWGP challenge without harming themselves. CMLL could make Yota heavyweight champion if they wanted to, I just have no idea if anyone but people on social media care all that much. At least it’s an interesting Sunday match.

Yota’s Spanish promos need a bit of work; you can see Cavernario coming in to take over for him before he switches to English.

The real news is the second match forces people to consider if Leono or Flyer is the better wrestler.

CMLL , JABIL (SUN) 05/07/2023 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [thecubsfan]
1) Avispón Negro Jr., Bello Antuan, Eclipse Jr. b Obelisk, Raven, Temerario  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial )
2) Dulce Kitty, Náutica, Sexy Sol b Atenea, Nexy, Valkiria  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
3) Bobby Black & Estrella de Jalisco II b Bestia Negra & Ponzoña Jr.  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
4) Micro Gemelo Diablo I, Micro Gemelo Diablo II, Micro Sagrado b Átomo, Chamuel, Perico Zacarías  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
5) Furia Roja, Guerrero de la Muerte, Ráfaga b Leo, Omar Brunetti, Vaquero Jr.  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
6) Ángel Negro, Arlequín, La Fashion b Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
7) Euforia & Soberano Jr. b Felino & Felino Jr.  (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)

CMLL , JABIL , 2 (SUN) 05/07/2023 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [thecubsfan]
1) Celeste, Eclipse Jr., Mágico b Jabalí, Ponzoña Jr., Rumbero 📍Arena Coliseo GDL 🗓️ Domingo 07 Mayo‘23, JABIL, 2 Función. (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
2) Dulce Kitty, Náutica, Sexy Sol vs Atenea, Nexy, Vaklyria 📍Arena Coliseo GDL 🗓️ Domingo 07 Mayo‘23, JABIL, 2 Función. (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
3) Micro Gemelo Diablo I, Micro Gemelo Diablo II, Micro Sagrado b Átomo, Chamuel, Periquito Sacaryas 📍Arena Coliseo GDL 🗓️ Domingo 07 Mayo‘23, JABIL, 2 Función. (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
4) Adrenalina, Explosivo, Fantástico b Barboza, Draego, Persa 📍Arena Coliseo GDL 🗓️ Domingo 07 Mayo‘23, JABIL, 2 Función. (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
5) Ángel Negro (Laguna), Arlequín, La Fashion b Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado 📍Arena Coliseo GDL 🗓️ Domingo 07 Mayo‘23, JABIL, 2 Función. (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial)
6) Felino & Felino Jr. b Euforia & Soberano Jr. 📍Arena Coliseo GDL 🗓️ Domingo 07 Mayo‘23, JABIL, 2 Función. (posted by Martes de Glamour Oficial )

Another two sponsored shows in Guadalajara.

The building also announced it will hold it’s 64th Anniversary show on June 27th. I don’t have a sense of what exactly will main event that, or if there even will be a special main event.

Today’s Puebla show has their Cinco de Mayo tournament and a rematch main event from last week (where Cavernario & Gran Guerrero got DQed against Atlantis & Cavernario.) Nothing stands out on Tuesday either.

CMLL (FRI) 05/12/2023 Arena México
1) Micro Gemelo Diablo I, Micro Gemelo Diablo II, Micro Sagrado vs Átomo, Chamuel, Periquito Sacaryas
2) La Jarochita, Princesa Sugehit, Skadi vs Reyna Isis, Stephanie Vaquer, Zeuxis
3) Magia Blanca vs Fugaz [lightning]
4) Atlantis Jr., Esfinge, Panterita del Ring Jr. vs Euforia, Hechicero, Mephisto
5) Dragón Rojo Jr. © vs Templario [CMLL MIDDLE]
second defense
6) Místico, Soberano Jr., Volador Jr. vs Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr., Último Guerrero

Not a show worth throwing a party for, but 4 and 6 should be good. The women and micros are back on a Friday.

NJPW posted a Stephanie Vaquer interview to promote their NJPW Strong Women’s tournament on May 21st. It didn’t click until watching the video, but Vaquer is the first (“la primera”) CMLL women’s wrestler to be booked to wrestle on a NJPW show. I recall La Comandante seconded people on a FantasticaMania show when she was already in Japan for a REINA show and there’s been a couple of Japanese-based CMLL women’s champions who’ve made similar cameos, but no one’s ever wrestled on one of those shows.

Hijo del Villano III talked about being in the Copa Junior VIP for the first time.

AAA

The final week of the Lucha Libre World Cup had a few wrap-up vignettes

  • Kamille & Deonna did a promo on how it was obvious they’d win all along and vaguely challenged everyone
    • this felt like AAA asked them to film a promo but didn’t give them any direction
  • Sexy Star thanked Las Toxicas for not betraying her during the tournament, and La Hiedra issued challenges for a match with Dalys and Las Toxicas challenging for the trios titles
    • that’s going to be a tough one at the moment
  • Laredo Kid, Pentagon Jr. and Taurus talked about their win
  • Alberto and Thomas Lattimer brawled backstage
    • but AAA didn’t have anyone to break it up so they sort of had to just stop when Konnan yelled at them.

Those videos may turn up on social media later; the Alberto one went up just as I wa sgoing to post them.

They’re finally on to new footage next week.

AAA also had vignettes that don’t appear to have aired on TV but were instead posted on social media.

I’m sure we’ll see this Penta stalker at some point but it’s strange how AAA constantly books singles feuds and doesn’t actually book singles matches. Maybe that’ll change with so many shows in a short period of time this summer but it’s hard to care about any of this stuff at the moment. AAA TV feels like it’s drifted to what CMLL Informa was for a lot of time, with pitches or the starts of various feuds but nothing ever progresses. AAA is trying to reach various fanbases but they’re not servicing “people who watch their TV show on a weekly basis to see stories that have a beginning, middle and end in a timely fashion” all that much.

Konnan followed up on some of the Dorian Roldan podcast comments on his own podcast. He implied the Univision deal didn’t happen because AAA felt they deserved a better deal than Univision was offering. They’re in talks with the “venture capital behind F1” (Liberty Media?) to do the reality show Dorain mentioned, which could end up on Netflix or elsewhere.

Hijo del Vikingo will appear on the June 9th Northeast Wrestling show in Waterbury, Connecticut. That booking sticks out to me because most of the US indie work Vikingo has had caters to people who are very online, and Northeast Wrestling seems more into booking who are US TV stars. Maybe Vikingo is one now.

IWRG

IWRG (SUN) 05/07/2023 Arena Naucalpan [Mas Lucha Premium]
1) Rey Aztaroth & Rey Halcón b Baby Star & Fussion KICKOFF (posted by mluchatv)
2) Spider Fly b Águila Roja [IWRG IC LightKICKOFF (posted by mluchatv)
3rd defense
3) Tonalli © b Aramis [IWRG IC WELTER]
3rd defense
4) Hijo del Pirata Morgan won the Rey del Ring
Hijo de Canis Lupus defeated Hell Boy to win, challenges Hijo del Pirata Morgan out.

Aramis vs Tonalli got good reviews. The first two matches are up for free on Mas Lucha’s channel.

I didn’t watch this show so I don’t have all 30 names; neither IWRG or Mas Lucha reported them. I did skip through last year’s Rey del Ring (posted for free this weekend) to add a few missing names to results. It waas good for remembering people and things in IWRG that totally don’t exist a year later. I forgot Old School was a thing.

The 04/30 IWRG show didn’t go up on IWRG or Mas Lucha’s website, but it is on the InterneTV Deportes YouTube channel.

Other News

Comedian Lalo Elizarrarás ran another show built around him returning to the ring under his Tlaloc name. He wrestled Mr. Iguana back in 2020. He wrestled Fresero Jr. this time around. Fresero Jr. had been critical of Adrian Marcelo’s participation with AAA, so there was a ready story for him facing another celebrity. The Iguana match was a fun thing, the Fresero Jr. match ended with Tlaloc loaded into an ambulance and stretchered away as part of an angle. There’s probably another match coming.

DMT Azul won the vacant The Crash Heavyweight championship. He did not get a belt. The previous champion is LA Park and so he may still have it. The Crash always vacates their championships – working with and then not with AAA tends to do that. The last time thus belt was vacant, Hijo del Vikingo met Cinta de Oro at an airport parking garage to hand the belt over. I do not believe LA Park will be doing that.

Gary Will’s Wrestling Title History book, the foundation of most every wrestling title history listing on the internet, is now available for free on the internet archive.