Month: March 2004

They did set up a new Terrible push – he turned on Mascara Magica and Shocker, leaving the Guapos. Guess they’ll have actually get around to getting that new member. Here’s the results from last Friday’s show, assuming I’m reading right.

– Ultimo Dragoncito/Tzuki d. Espectrito/mini Pierroth
– Lightning Match: Neutron d. Sangre Azteca
– Rivera/Tigre Blanco/Texano Jr d. Holligan/Nitro/Arkangel
– Super Crazy/Zumbido/Violencia d. Virus/Volador Jr./Alan Stone (rudos challenged for a Mexico Trios shot)
– Olimpico/Mephisto/Averno d. Felino/Satanico/Negro Casas (Olimpico fouled Felino and ripped at his mask)
– Canek/Shocker/Mascara Magica d. Terrible/Ultimo Guerrero/Rey Bucanero (Terrible DQed for a low blow)

Feuding with Felino is a step up over Safari. Olimpico’s new gear has subbed tecnico white for rudo black.

The Canek match actually didn’t air in Mexico, so we won’t be getting that turn. That does mean a pretty tercera match did air.

This week’s card:

No major new stories this week, outside the Terrible turn. And…well, read the Arena Mexico’s card.

– Canek/Shocker/Mascara Magica vs Terrible/Rey Bucanero/Ultimo Guerrero
– Rayo De Jalisco/Atlantis/Mr. Niebla vs Dr. Wagner/Tarzan Boy/Olimpico
– Sagrado/Tony Rivera/Virus vs Violencia/Zumbido/Super Crazy
– Tigre Blanco/Pantera/Neutron vs Dr. X/Holligan/Loco Max
– Astro Boy/Sombre De Plata vs Super Comando/Flecha

Yep, he’s unfired/unsuspended again.

No major matches elsewhere in CMLL-land. Arena Coliseo’s Guapo match of the week is Alan Stone/Tigre Metalico/Leono vs Sangre Azteca/Misterioso II/Espiritu, but I’m not sure if it’s part of the tournament they were running. I added a Guapos U 2004 page, to keep them all straight for my sake.

Reports from Atlanta say the Santo/Parka Gary Juster show was really good. Cameras were present, so have hope it may make tape somewhere.

Lucha times Wednesday, and hopefully another TV by then.

I saw the first half of yesterday’s show at my friend’s house. Lucha’s only an hour now? Remember the three hour Tuesday Night blocks?

–We open with a sub-Nitro Girls dance routine.

—Tarzan Boy (not fired this week) does a little bit to open the show. His hair is still growing in and he looks even more obnoxious with short hair.

–As God as my witness, I thought Eric Bischoff was doing commercials for Galavision. Turns out it’s just a guy named Javier Romero. The resemblence is freaky.

–TB chats with Mephisto and Averno backstage. The ex-Infernales have dumped their old ring gear and now wear generic red and black outfits (Mephisto = Red and Averno = Black). They look like Jerry Lawler’s knights or somone you’d see fighting Ranger Ross on a Clash of the Champions.

—Tarzan Boy (c) & Mephisto & Averno vs. Atlantis (c) & Volador & Super Porky

Primera Caida: Porky wears these hideous dreadlocks down to ringside. The rudos jump the tecnicos and the beatdown is on. Some okay double teams make this a bit more interesting than usual. Volador gets pinned after a TB top rope dropkick, and Porky is done after Tarzan drops the big leg, dude.

Segunda Caida: We miss the tecnico comeback because the camera is focused on the ring girl. Volador gets Averno with a sunset flip and Porky squashes Mephisto for the fall.

Tercera Caida: Lots of Volador to open things up, and he looks sharp. He hits a bee-you-tee-full Asai Moonsault, and Porky chips in with a dive of his own (once he gets the rudos attention, which takes forever). That leaves Tarzan and Atlantis in the ring, and TB gets the shockingly clean pinfall by blocking a rollup.

Afterwards he challenges Atlantis for the Tohoku title, or whatever the hell belt Atlantis has. Solid enough match with a nice clean finish, although a bit on the short side.

That’d be the one from three weeks ago. I’m getting closer – I’ll at least be down to three after tomorrow. Maybe I’ll wake up early and do another one? Nah.

Anyway, this episode wasn’t much as far as wrestling. Infernales would be fine if it was a temporary thing but we know it’s not. As Mr. Excitable Boy said (in a link on tOA that I can’t find now), Park looked great, but there just wasn’t much to work with here.

Haven’t seen Arena Mexico results yet.

Although I’m sure this was made clear to me, I didn’t realize the mini-poster I got with the OMLL tape wasn’t the lineup for the OMLL. This is going to be a challenge – a fun one, but a long one. I may work up a match list (if only so people can point out that I don’t know who’s who before I post something) and split it into a smaller recaps.

Next update Monday-ish?

#117, featuring a good Mexican Trios Title match and a blink-length mask/mask, is now up.

True story: I put off doing the mask/mask twice because I didn’t want to go into it tired, then it turned out to a five minute breeze.

While I’d love to get another recap done to cut this tremendous lag down, I think I may watch OMLL next. We’ll see.

Lucha Times is updated too. Robert says the Tag Team title rematch did not air this past week in Mexico, so I’ve taken it off the preiew. The original match aired on WrestlingChannelUK this past week and was said to be cut up not so good.

I’m still surprised the Capos didn’t win. I guess that means that the Universo/Perro Sr. match isn’t right around the corner after all.

The other thing to take out of that hair/hair match is that CMLL is high on Terrible. I mean, it’s apparently they’ve loved him since he was part of Guapos U and came from nowhere to win, and getting the hair win over Bestia in the Cage of Death last year just confirmed that. But this is a situation where they could’ve slotted someone a bigger name in to get the win with Perro Jr. (and usually do), and he got another big win instead.

The Terrible push takes another step on Friday, when a strange main event headlines Arena Mexico. Here’s the whole card:
– Canek/Shocker/Mascara Magica vs Ultimo Guerrero/Rey Bucanero/Terrible.
– Satanico/Negro Casas/Felino vs Olimpico/Averno/Mepshito
– Volador Jr./Alan Stone/Virus vs Violencia/Zumbido/Super Crazy.
– Lightning Match: Neutro vs Sangre Azteca
– Tony Rivera/Tigre Blanco/Texano Jr. vs Arkangel/Nitro/Holligan
– Tsuki/Ultimo Dragoncito vs Espectrito/Pierrothito

The hype writer doesn’t know why Terrible is facing off with his friends and teaming with his enemies, but does note this the first time they’ve met since he’s been a Guapo. With the Guapos due to add another member, I’m thinking this sets the stage for Terrible to be spun off from the group.

Looks like the weekly Lighting Match is their new way to spotlight the undercard guys each week. With no Capos or Boricuas, this looks to be one of the more consistently good cards, if lacking a surely stellar match.

In other action, Coliseo’s Tuesday show features another Guapos U trios match: Texano Jr/Lestar/Brazo De Oro Jr. vs Chris Stone/Karisma/Maximo. Winners move on to face previous winners Misterioso II/Lobo Vikingo/Koreano for a shot at the Mexican Trios Titles. Guadalajara had a big card on Sunday, with another of the Guapos/Taliban hair/hair match and a 12 Man SL-ish Cibernetico, but I haven’t seen results for it yet.

Box y Lucha says that Shocker showed up to the title match with the mini-Guapo midget, and LA Park entered with a Michael Jackson impersonator. Pick which one distresses you more.

Next Update: Wednesday-ish.

The results from the big 3/19 CMLL show (from KrisZ):

1. La Alianza (Hooligan/Ramstein/Sangre Azteca) beat Astro Boy/Neutron/Zetta
2. 10:00 Lightning Match: Tigre Blanco defeated NOSAWA
3. Brazo de Plata/Negro Casas/Sagrado beat Averno/Fuerza Guerrera/Mephisto by DQ
4. Mexican National Trios Titles: Felino/Safari/Volador Jr. defeated Olimpico/Super Crazy/Zumbido to retain their titles.
5. CMLL Tag Titles: Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero beat L.A. Par-K & Shocker to regain their titles
6. Caballeras contra Caballeras: Perro Aguayo Jr. & Damian el Terrible defeated Cien Caras & Mascara Ano Dos Mil

They would be Ultimo and Bucky’s third go-round with the tag titles, as they ended Shocker and PARK’s two month run. Fun fact: they’ve held those belts for 35 of the past 44 months, which I think constitutes a stranglehold.

A big win for the youngsters over the veterans in the main event (according to the translation of CMLL.com, “they were surprised by the eyetooth of his young twigs”). It’s the fourth time Mascara has lost his hair and the third for Caras.

In other news, 52 year old Canek will be making his return on the 26th. You gotta love lucha sometimes.