07/12 news

Really good news about Intcoable. Meltzer says a second operation was a success, and Intocable has been told he’ll be wrestling by November. That’s quite the dramatic turn around.

IWRG (THU) 07/14 Lineup [IWRG]
1) Carta Brava vs Rey Estruendo
2) Galactik & Panterita vs Paramedico & Fantasma de La Opera
3) Avisman, Ultramega, Rey de Corazones vs Pirata Morgan Jr., Nemesis, Kaleth
4) Corporativos (Dr. Cerebro & Cerebro Negro) vs Stripers (Marco Rivera & Star Boy) [IWRG IC TAG]
5) Mistico, Felino, Suicida vs Averno, Pantera, Mephisto

IWRG (SUN) 07/17 Lineup [IWRG]
1) Panterita & Black Solder vs Carta Brava & Rey Estruendo
2) Rey de Corazones & Galactik vs Fantasma De La Opera & Macho II
3) Payasos (Coco Rojo, Coco Verde, Coco Blanco) vs Black Terry, Polizon, Xibalva
4) Fantasma, Hijo del Fantasma, Fantasma Jr. vs Black Tiger, Scorpio Jr., Pantera
5) Veneno vs Cyborg [hair/hair]

Ovaciones has an interview with Atlantis – but doesn’t ask the “Hey, you got booed, how weird was that?” question. There’s doing a photo exhibition of him at the Guerrero Metro station starting next Friday, so this is to promote that and the kids show. They’ll also have a display of some of the trophies he’s won, and the masks he’s taken including Villano III.

(What’s sorta odd is the Metro site lists the exhbition as running from 07/05 to 07/28 – which means they started last Tuesday. I assume they’re just off on the Metro website.)

The Tuesday Arena Coliseo hype article is worked around an interview with Mephisto, but he doesn’t say all that much new. Averno would like another shot at Mistico, as you might expect. Mephisto offers “they’re way too new a pair – let’s see if the fans like them as a team first” as the reason the main event won’t be a title match.

As I think was mentioned before, Groond XXX debuts in Arena Coliseo on 07/24. He’s presuming he’ll face GdI.

Ovaciones also pushes a Matrix/Cyborg title match this week, so they must’ve not gotten the IWRG lineups before they went to print.

Box Y Lucha updated yesterday evening. The cover seems to affirm the speculation that Zumbido is out of AAA already. The poster is El Dandy and it’s not safe for work. It’s quite random, actually.

The website for the site appears to have changed some settings that make it really hard for you to translate the site into English; you keep getting bumped back to the main page instead. It’s not really stopping people from translating, it just takes a couple extra steps.

Inside the 2772th edition:
– Tijuana notes column. Sounds like Rey Mysterio Sr. might be taking some injury time off.
– Notes on the Blue Demon comic. They plan to make available in Japan, Spain, Central and South American and the US. It’s scheduled to be monthly.
– Interview with the children of the Black Shadow. Shadow kept his family and work completely separate, and it wasn’t until they were into their teens till they really understood what their father did for a living.
– Atlantis explains his fight with Dr. Wagner was inevitable; they couldn’t exist on the same side. Dr. Wagner broke one of Atlantis’ ribs before turning tecnico, which Atlantis hasn’t forgotten. He wants Dr. Wagner to stop teasing the mask match and sign the contract. There’s also a “who’s house? MY HOUSE” debate
– Dr. Wagner provides the counterpoint. It is indeed his house. The people love him more than Atlantis, and he only became a tecnico because the people demanded it. Wagner steers the challenge towards a UWA Title match instead of a mask/mask. Wagner claims to still be getting the hang of the tecnico thing, but he will not allow himself to be defamed.
– Interview with Rafa El Maya, who’s been refereeing for the last 22 years (currently in CMLL)
– The Box Y Lucha story is Zumbido no-showed both TV Tapings, and so, if Pena’s any smart, he’ll be cut.
– Interview with Marcela, about her start.

La Mascara defends the Mex Welterweight Title ves Magnum in Arena Coliseo Guadalajara on Sunday.