07/21 news

Tigre Metalico will be out at least a month after suffering a significant head wound in Pachucha, according to Ovaciones. In the third fall of a tercera tag match with Dr. Kalini and versus Super Comando and Colimillo Blanco, Metalico was tossed out of the ring, and his head hit the concrete. It sounds like he was bleeding quite heavily (to the point where they had to take his mask off because it was full of blood), and he was taken to the hospital, where he spent the night. They want him to spend a month recovering before he gets back in the ring.

IWRG (THU) 07/21 Lineup [IWRG]
1) Conder Negro vs Forastero II
2) Rey De Corazones & Ultramega vs Rey Estruendo & Macho II
3) Gallo Tapatio Jr., Marco River, Star Boy vs Dr. Cerebro, Cerebro Negro, Fantasma de la Opera
4) Veneno vs Cyborg [IWRG IC MW]
5) Electro, Negro Casas, Axxel vs Black Tiger, Scorpio Jr., Bestia Salvaje
Is it just me, or is it weird Negro would team up with El Hijo del Santo’s disgruntled nephew?

IWRG (SUN) 07/24 Lineup [IWRG]
1) Cat Man vs Kako Dan
2) Panterita & Frizer vs Super Colt & Fantasma de la Opera
3) Marco Rivera, Rey de Corazones, Ultra Mega vs Gigolo American, the Hornet, Andy Barrow
4) Matrix, Avisman, Fantasma Jr. vs Cerebro Negro, Cyborg, Black Terry
Odd rudo team there; Cyborg’s fighting one member of the Corp for a belt on Thursday and teaming with one on Sunday
5) Heavy Metal, Felino, Suicida vs Scorpio Jr., Dr. Cerebro, Veneno

AAA (FRI) 07/29 Ciudad Madero Convention Center Lineup/TV Taping [ova]
1) Albrije (w/Cuije), Pimpinela, Cinthia Moreno vs Monsther (w/Chucky), Sexy Francis, Diabolica
2) Psicosis II vs Histeria [MEX MW]
3) Picudo vs Zumbido vs Oriental vs Antifaz vs Cuervo vs Incognito, where the loser advances to the next match
Guess we were took quick to write Zumbido out.
4) Match 3 Loser vs Octagoncito vs Mascartia Sagrada vs Parkita vs Mini Psicosis vs Jerrito Estrada vs Rocky Marvin [CAGE OF DEATH]
The normal sized loser from Match 3 fights the minis, and last one out loses his hair or his mask. Weird, and I bet it’ll be weirder when we hear about the finishes.
5) La Parka II, Octagon, Shocker, Luzbel vs Ciberntico, Abismo Negro, Tinieblas Jr., Chessman

Ovaciones does go into slightly more detail about why this 07/29 show is no longer the Verando de Escandalo event, though it’s storyline driven: the current feuds haven’t been heated enough to get anyone to hair or mask on the line, so there’s no point in having such as how yet. There’s also a tease about Pena having been in Japan and made some deals with promotions to have them appear on future AAA shows; in KrisZ update yesterday, he specifically mentions Dragon Gate, and that’d be consistent with the otherwise random CIMA appearance at TripleMania.

Ovaciones floats a new VdE date as sometime in September.

Issue #28 of elhalconnet is up. There are interviews with Pierroth and another one with Ultimo, Tarzan Boy answers the questionnaire, plus the usual show reports.