08/09: New Trios Champs on Monday?, Laguna, Monterrey

CMLL (MON) 08/13 Arena Puebla [goat @ box y lucha]
1) Damian 666, Halloween, Mr. Aguila vs Sagrado, Sombra, Volador Jr. [MEX TRIOS]

This seems like Halloween working one last match to lose the titles. I hope that’s what’s happening, it’d be amusing to have the Mistico Replacement Squad as team champs.

AAA (MON) 08/06 Cancha de Futbol Rap, Nuevo Laredo [El Manana
3) Hombre Sin Miedo, La Fiera, Sangre Chicana Jr. b Histeria, Mr. Niebla, Viper 2007
4) Brazo de Plata, El Brazo, Laredo Kid DQ Alan Stone, Scorpio Jr., Zumbido

El Brazo replaced La Parka Jr.

indy (THU) 08/09 Arena Olimpico Laguna de Gomez Palacio [siglo de torreon
1) Escriba Jr. & King Azteca vs Insolito & Zaracatan
2) El Tackle & Espcial vs El Fuego & Pequeno Star
3) Angel de Oro & Chaneque vs Guerrero Inca & Moro Jr.
4) Difunto I, Difunto II, Espanto V vs Piloto Sucida, Sexy Piscis, Stuka I

They have a new site: http://www.arenaolimpicolaguna.com/.

indy (TUE) 08/07 Arena Coliseo Monterrey
1) JL & Mr. Flecha b Aguila Azteca & Codigo Rojo
2) Black Thunder & Chuy Escobedo Jr. b Angel Negro & Mortifero
3) Arcangel (Monterrey) & Hijo del Trueno b Black Nazi & La Furia
4) Corazon Adicito, Sika, Sky b Ejecutor, Guerrero Griego, Mr. Cuervo
5) Golden Boy, Principe Franky, Vudu b Bam Bam, Black Diamond, Pancho Tequila
6) Lola b Karo

AAA (SUN) 08/12 Arena Coliseo Monterrey
1) Candy, Dranser, Panterita del Ring II vs Bandida, Euforia (Monterrey), Invasor
2) Aguila Extrema, Guerrero Blanco, Iron vs Mercurio, Monje Negro Jr., Virtual X
3) ?, Octagoncito, the Mummy vs La Parkita, Rey Infernal, Sangre Chicana
4) Alebrije & Mascara Divina vs Alan Stone & Scorpio Jr.
5) Cibernetico & Parka vs Scoria & X-Pac

08/04: Mexico, Halloween, Lineups, GdR

CMLL (FRI) 08/03 Arena Mexico [ESTO, Ova, Galeno del Mal @ box y lucha, Doom @ El Martiente, superluchas]
1) Pequeno Violencia & Pierrothito b Shockercito & Tzuki
2) Dark Angel, Diana la Cazadora, Lady APache b Amapola, Hiroka, Mima Shimoda
3) Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto b Heavy Metal, Sombra, Stuka Jr.
4) Alex Koslov, Dr. Wagner Jr., Volador Jr. DQ Atlantis, Sangre Azteca, Ultimo Guerrero
5) Hector Garza, Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Lizmark Jr. b Blue Panther, Mistico, Negro Casas

Main event is as expected, with Perro fouling and pinning Mistico for the win. Panther got his mask yanked off post match. They’re pushing Panther vs Lizmark.

Semimain sounds like it had a mess of a finish. Depending on which report you read, it was either a two fall win for the tecnicos with the rudos being DQed in the first fall excessive violence, or a three fall win for the tecnicos with Ultimo yanking Wanger’s mask. It sounds like not everyone (in the ring) was clear on the first fall finish, and it caused chaos. Wagner and Ultimo made challenges post match.

Sombra did not have a good night.

Ovaciones confirms the rumor floating around message boards – Halloween’s gone from the Perros (and CMLL) for now. Not sure what/if this means about the Mexican Trios titles. For it’s part, CMLL mentions Perro is looking for TWO new members of their group.

CMLL (TUE) 08/07 Arena Coliseo
1) Shockercito & Tzuki vs Pequeno Violencia & Pierrothito
2) Astro Boy, Molotov, Trueno vs Arkangel, Loco Max, Nitro
3) Mictlan, Stuka Jr., Super Nova vs Nosferatu, Okumura, Skandalo
4) Alex Koslov, Felino, Maximo vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
5) Dos Caras Jr., Heavy Metal, Volador Jr. vs Damian 666, Mr. Aguila, Terrible

So Damian’s still around.

CMLL (FRI) 08/10 Arena Mexico
1) Bam Bam & Fantasy vs Pequeno Damian 666 & Pequeno Halloween
2) Flash, Super Nova, Valiente vs Arkangel, Nitro, Super Comando
3) La Mascara, Mascara Purpura, Sombra vs Euforia, Nosferatu, Satanico
4) Olimpico, Sangre Azteca, Toscano vs Alex Koslov, Marco Corelone, Rey Bucanero
5) Hector Garza, Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Lizmark Jr. vs Blue Panther, Mistico, Negro Casas
6) Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero

CMLL CAN52 #89 has
07/29 Coliseo: Amapola, La Nazi, Princesa Sujei b Dark Angel, Diana La Cazdora, Marcela
07/29 Coliseo: Misterioso II, Sangre Azteca, Virus b La Máscara, La Sombra, Tony Rivera
Outside the ring: Dos Caras Jr.

That’s odd.

CMLL is still listed as from 3pm to 6:15pm CST.

06/18: Puebla, Lineups

CMLL (MON) 06/18 Arena Puebla [hugo999]
1) Fuerza Chicana, Furia Chicana, Karissman b Blue Center, King Jaguar, Zigma
2) Black Terry, Kraken, Siki Osama Jr. b Centella de Oro, Legionario, Mr. Rafaga
3) Lady Apache, Luna Magica, Marcela b Amapola, Hiroka, Mima Shimoda
4) Sangre Azteca, Terrible, Ultimo Guerrero b Blue Panther, Marco Corelone, Sagrado
5) Damian 666, Halloween, Mr. Aguila b Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Volador JR. [MEX TRIOS]

Terrible replaced Black Warrior, who still seems to be missing. No details on the main event. I think Ultimo fouled Marco for the pin in the semimain, if I’m reading this right.

El Salavador has an obit for Caballero Rojo

La Voz de La Frontera previews a Mexicali show by talking up Dr. Wagner Jr.’s feuds with Atlantis, Black Warrior and Damian 666. Huh.

Blue Demon Jr. was on a panel, talking about the importance of physical education in school.

Box Y Lucha 2823 has Perro winning the reality show. Ehhhh. It’s been nice to see Blue Demon Jr. all the sudden become a Perro del Mal member when it gets him on TV.

Some lineups after the break, including Jeque’s Big Match (Take 2)

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06/15: Villano IV’s injury, Mexico preview, Puebla

Villanos are in Ovaciones, but it’s ESTO who finally gets word on Villano IV’s injury. He’s hoping to be back in less than six months. They’ve changed the card, Villano III replacing Halloween (who could be hurt again – or he could just be getting the night off.)

Villano IV’s injury would seem to derail whatever program they had in mind here. Honestly, they had to bring in the Villanos to lose their masks to the Guerreros, because I don’t understand why you’d give them spots on the card for any other reason right now. (CMLL does do stuff for random reasons, so I may just not understand.) They could still do a singles match with someone vs V, but a tag feud with Villano’s III hair on the line won’t work since he just lost it (and doesn’t have much to start with.) They could have the Villanos recruit a replacement member from CMLL, but that doesn’t seem like CMLL. I think this one might just drift off into the land of forgotten angles, but we’ll get a better read on it tonight.

CMLL (FRI) 06/15 Arena Mexico
1) Bam Bam & Mini Fantasy vs Fire & Mini Mr. Aguila
2) Leono, Mictlan, Valiente vs Goto, Okumura, Virus
3) La Sombra, Mascara Purpura, Maximo vs Ephesto, Olimpico, Sangre Azteca
4) Damian 666, Villano III, Villano V vs Atlantis, Tozcano, Ultimo Guerrero
5) Blue Panther, Mistico, Negro Casas vs Hector Garza, Mr. Aguila, Terrible

General ESTO preview. Notimex’s preview went up Monday for whatever reason.

ESTO previews Sunday’s show.

CMLL (MON) 06/18 Arena Puebla [hugo999]
1) Blue Center, King Jaguar, Zigma vs Fuerza Chicana, Furia Chicana, Karissman
2) Black Terry, Kraken, Siki Osama Jr. vs Centella de Oro, Legionario, Tigre Rojo
3) Lady Apache, Luna Magica, Marcela vs Amapola, Hiroka, Mima Shimoda
4) Blue Panther, Marco Corelone, Sagrado vs Black Warrior, Sangre Azteca, Ultimo Guerrero
5) Damian 666, Halloween, Mr. Aguila vs Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Volador JR. [MEX TRIOS]

Figure on champions retaining.

IWRG’s website is back up! Not updated and half working, but baby steps.

Dr. Alfonso Morales is interviewed in El Sol de Tijuana about boxing.

06/12: Puebla, Hamadas, Lineups

CMLL (MON) 06/11 Arena Puebla [hugo999 @ box y lucha]
1) Forajido, Super Star, SWAT b Aguila Guerrera, Ares, Siki Ozama Jr.
2) Centella de Oro, Legionario, the Tiger CO Espiritu Malgino, Karissma, Toro Bill Jr.
3) La Sombra, Super Nova, Valiente b Dr. X, Negro Navarro, Nitro
4) Alex Koslov, Marco Corelone, Rey Bucanero b Atlantis, Averno, Mephisto
5) Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Volador Jr. b Damián 666, Halloween, Mr. Águila

Tecnicos won the main event in straight falls and want a shot at the Mexican Trios titles. Espiritu Maligno was hurt on a dive by the Tiger, which ended the match. Tiger kept attacking him as he was being carted off, which restarted a brawl with the rudos.

Madrea @ El Martiente has pictures of the AAA Merida taping on Sunday, though they’re still not up yet and not as much on results. He notes the building was full, but a lot seemed to be there only for Latin Lover. (So, that’s 8 comments at least.) Juvi didn’t wrestle, due to some sort of arm injury and Cuije was using a walker – maybe these things will make sense after hearing about the previous taping.

La Presna talks about Ayako Hamada debuting in AAA over the weekend, as well as “Angela from TNA”. (???) Gran Hamada is also starting with the promotion, and the article teases a Mixed Title title challenge.

Some fans were critical of Los Cinco Magnificos because Perro’s opposition seemed more talented, but lost on votes. Perro Aguayo Jr. defended his win, saying his team was the best.

Box Y Lucha #2822 has Mistico winning the LdP. Nice action photo too.

El Halcon #92 is up, with interviews with Maximo, Lady Apache and Tzuki.

The San Diego county fair will have (unspecified) lucha libre on Saturday and Sunday. According to the website, there’s two shows on each day, free with admission to the fair.

This article about marketing towards Hispanics includes a photo of Blue Demon Jr. throwing out the first pitch at a Dodgers game. Weird. (thanks to mikeinformer.)

Selected lineups below. Figure out the latest random Japanese youngster who’s wrestling in IWRG.

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04/29: quick Coliseo results, AAA TV notes, Accion, FSE

As it is the big show of the week, CMLL posted an update tonight with Sunday’s major results.
– Halloween, Damian and Mr. Aguila are the Mexican National Trios Champions. Texano cemented his turn to the rudo side here, and Maximo was sent to the hospital. The tecs had held it since October 05 (though it had pretty much been forgotten since last year). This is Halloween and Damian’s second reign as champions; they were stripped as champions last time when Nicho picked another booking over a scheduled defense. Aguila holds both a CMLL and Mexican Trios belt

– Mistico beat Black Warrior to become the 84th NWA World Middleweight Champion. It’s second time holding the belt, having lost it to Warrior 50 weeks ago. Mistico is now a quadruple champion.

Ovaciones has partial results from AAA’s TV taping. Following the Vipers allying with the Sect last week, Zorro unmasked (with a completely new look – but one fitting of a guy who was stuck under a mask for about a year; there’s a photo on the Satanico’s Mansion board, but it’s down at the oment) and forged a partnership between the AAA tecnicos and the Hell Brothers. I think this is just the two forces agreeing to get long, though others have read this as Zorro and Parka joining the Hell Brothers.

Accion

CMLL: Wagner/Msitico/Sagrado vs Perro/Terrible/Damian. Sagrado got more highlights than Mistico, which is odd. We didn’t see what led up to the finish, but the implication is Mistico took another clean pin from Perro.

AAA: Tinieblas/Zorro/Elegido/Octagon vs Vipers from Veracruz. Mesias runs into interfere, but Zorro wins clean anyway. The Sect stares from the entrance.

CMLL on FSE has
04/22 Coliseo: Diana la Cazadora, Marcela, Sahori b Amapola, Diosa Maya, Princesa Sujei
04/22 Coliseo: Damian 666, Halloween, Mr. Aguila b Maximo, Sagrado, Texano Jr.