04/03: IWRG, Puebla, Luchas 2000, Monterrey

IWRG (SUN) 04/01 Arena Naucalpan
1) Vampiro Metalico b Celestial
2) Kid Tiger & Puma King b Trauma I & Trauma II
3) Astro Boy, Suicida, Turbo b Black Thunder, Dr. Karonte Jr., Fantasma de la Ópera
4) Black Terry, Hijo de Cien Caras, Masada b Esfinge, Negro Navarro, Yamato
5) Dr. Wagner Jr. & Máscara Sagrada b Damián 666 & Halloween

No Perro; he way way overbooked this day. No Rayman either, and much of the undercard was shuffled and changed. Yamato and Masada feuded. The recap was a little surprised that Japanese people would fight each other. Suicida and Fantamsa agreed to a title match.

They’re taking Thursday off for Good Friday (?), so the next show is Sunday.

IWRG (SUN) 04/08 Arena Naucalpan
1) Puma King vs Black Stone
2) Antaris, Freelance, Turbo vs Trauma I, Trauma II, Vampiro Metalico
3) Kai & Yamato vs Masada & Okumura
4) Fantasma de la Opera vs Suicida [IWRG IC WELTER]
5) Alex Koslov, Electroshock, Marco Corelone vs Damian 666, Halloween, Hijo de Cien Caras

CMLL (MON) 04/02 Arena Puebla
1) Forajido & Super Star b Fuerza Tiger & Muecielago
2) Espiritu Maligno, Toro Bill, Toro Bill Jr. b Ares, Fuerza Chicana, Furia Chicana
3) Arkangel de la Muerte, Loco Max, Ohara, Shigeo Okumura b Coco Blanco, Coco Rojo, Coco Verde, Leono
4) Felino, Heavy Metal, La Máscara b Ephesto, Mephisto, Terrible
5) Alex Koslov, Lizmark Jr., Shocker DQ Atlantis, Máscara Año 2000, Último Guerrero

Shocker filled in for Marco, so he does still know how to get to Arena Puebla. Rudo fans chanted at him to go back to AAA. Loco Max snuck in a foul on Coco Rojo in the tercera, and there were challenges for a hair match.

indy (SUN) 04/01 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [RFC]
1) Black Nazi & Tequilita b Larry Miranda Jr. & Mini Payaso Zero
2) Borrico & Burrito b Erin Snake & Marrullero
3) La Kalaka & Sky b Guerrero Griego & Master Boy
4) Aero Boy, Aracnido, Silver Star b Al Barone, Ejecutor, Vudu
5) Casanova & Konan King b Humberto Garza Jr. & Super Konan
6) Golden Boy L Konnan King and El Hijo del Solitario and el Hijo Del Anibal [hair]

Konnan King beat Golden Boy.

indy (TUE) 04/03 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [rfc]
1) Toro Blanco vs Corazon Adicto
2) Sky vs Loco Tormenta
3) Potro Jr. vs Ejecutor
4) Konan King vs Super Konnan
5) Casanova vs Golden Boy

In Tabasco, the Acuario promotion is suspending activity, claiming the local commission, the building owners, and the other local promotion are working together to make it impossible for them to run shows without losing a bunch of money. At least they figured this out and stopped running shows.

indy (MON) 04/02 Auditorio Municipal de Tampico [El Sol de Tampico]
1) Corsario Blanco, Impulso, Loco Castillo b Arana Malgina I, Arana Maligna II, Disturbio
2) Caricia, La Chamagol, La Parkita b Calaquita, Lady Warrior, Lalo El Exotico
3) El Bronco, Hijo de Anibal, Huracan Ramirez b Coco Blanco, Coco Rojo, Coco Verde
4) Groon XXX, Hijo del Santo, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. DQ Blue Demon Jr., Hijo de Anibal, Ice Killer

Hijo de Cien Caras, Cien Caras Jr., and Angel Blanco Jr. were MIA from this card. The newspaper report says they were pulled due to the Santo/CMLL fall out. I’m thinking those three aren’t being booked by CMLL, but would like to be.

LUCHAS 2000 (SAT) 05/05 Arena Mexico [Santo Rey]
1) Cerebro Negro vs Danger, Extreme Tiger, Flash, Freelance, Leono, Mascara Purpura, Mictlan, Super Nova, Texano Jr., Valiente, Virus [ciber]
2) Hijo de Rey Misterio & Rey Misterio Sr. vs Stuka I & Stuka Jr. and Misterioso II & Misterioso Sr. and Volador Jr. & Volador Sr. [torneo]
3) Hijo de Mascara 2000 & Mascara 2000 vs Hijo de Lizmark & Lizmark Sr. and Cien Caras & Hijo de Cien Caras and Rayman & Rayo de Jalisco [torneo]
4) Villano III vs ? [hair]

This is the annual Luchas 2000 show, though they’ve been held at Arena Coliseo previously. I’m not completely sure if that’s supposed to be two different tournaments, or one combined one. It’s a father/son thing, though in some cases that’s not true – the Stukas are brothers, one much younger than other. Hijo de Mascara 2000 is a new (fake?) son of Mascara Ano 2000, not the one who’s been in IWRG. Rayman and Rayo teaming together is interesting – you think it’s possible it’s a new Rayman?

Not sure what the deal is with the main event, if someone’s losing their way in to that spot or what.

Is Dragon still running on the 12th? That’d be back to back three show weekends.

Paco Alonso in Luchas 2000 interview

Cesar @ Box Y Lucha’s forum is great man. He transcribed many of the comments made by CMLL’s Paco Alonso in the latest Luchas 2000, all regarding the fallout with Santo. I encourage you to read them for yourself, as well as the people responding to them, but here’s some of the highlights:

– Paco blames the fallout totally on Santo, naturally. Alonso explains the only thing he ever required of Santo was to not work for the competition (who he refuses to name), and since Santo worked for AAA twice (on 12/05/06 in Puebla is one of them, Monterrey’s the other), he can’t work with CMLL. It’s one or the other.

Later on, Alonso says it was about Santo’s pay request. Alonso says everyone recieves good money, all dependent on where on the card they work, and everyone’s doing well. He’s not going to break that scale for Santo, by paying him more.

Alonso feels Santo is getting bad advice and hasn’t had a problem with him to this point.

– While the Dos Leyenda show will now honor a different wrestler each year – Black Shadow, Mil Mascaras, and Perro Aguayo are thrown out as possible future names – there will be no change to the Leyenda de Plata (which may happen in a couple of months.) CMLL has trademarked both names and will go to court to keep them.

– Alonso states a couple of times that El Santo is a legend, and El Hijo del Santo is a quality wrestler who has a legend’s name.

– Alonso says Mistico is a better draw than Santo, and other wrestlers receive far less than normal with Santo because his cost is so high.

– Mistico didn’t go to WWE and stayed with CMLL because Mistico has a “unshakable moral structure” and a greatful person for all CMLL has done for him. (That’s being Mistico’s reason is questionable at best, but the bigger point is if you get pushed by CMLL and leave, you’re an morally corrput ungrateful lost soul.)

This disagreement seems all about how much Santo gets paid per show, (and, relatedly, how much CMLL pays everyone else), and it sounds like it’d be immediatly over if they could agree on a number. As much as he backhands Santo here, if he simply didn’t want Santo at that price, he just wouldn’t use him and that’d be that. Things like isolating him from the CMLL workers and allied arenas, and continuing to use the Leyenda de Plata with him are Paco Alonso’s ways of forcing Santo make a deal before he loses more.

Or maybe Paco Alonso is just a vindictive dude. There’s a bit of evidence there. I hope he’s not mad at me!

If this was happening in the US, I’m sure there’d be some sort of legal fight over the Leyenda de Plata tournament name. Not sure about Mexico.

off topic: I’d like to point everyone towards a Luchas 2000 page or website or something so you can buy the issue with this interview (and more), but – they don’t have one. Come to think of it, you can’t actually buy Box Y Lucha on Box Y Lucha’s site or buy Super Luchas on Super Lucha’s site (and Guerrero del Ring’s message board seem to be have been close for a long time) – that seems to somewhat defeat the point of having a website that’s promoting the magazine.