Month: July 2005

That’s one old title belt; Canada stopped using that flag in 1965.

Most of Ovaciones today is recaps and updates of things previously mentioned: more talk of Atlantis/Wagner, reports that Tigre Metalico, Super Comando and Terrible are healing well, and Tuesday’s Arena Coliseo lineup.

In addition, there’s an interview with Kronos. They mention a feud with Guerrero de Futuro (huh – I guess he IS new), being a long time fan of El Solitario, and pump him up as a future CMLL Heavyweight Contender (listing him as at 1.87m, or 6’1″). His mom wanted him to get an education before she’d approve of him wrestling, like a lot of parents of luchadores, so he’s trained in computer programming. I wonder if he knows anything about php? Kronos does not mention any previous identities.

IWRG (THU) 07/28 Arena Naucalpan Lineup [IWRG]
1) Panerita vs Forastero I
2) Kit Tiger & Antaris vs Macho II & Rey Estruendo
3) Gallo Tapado Jr., Avisman, Rey de Corazones, vs Pirata Morgan Jr., Nemesis, Kalet
4) Marco Rivera & Star Boy vs Dr. Cerebro, Cerebro Negro
5) Negro Casas, Dos Caras Jr., Elektro vs Black Tiger, Pierroth, Bestia Salvaje

(SAT) 07/30 Arena Naucalpan Lineup “Black Shadow Tribute [boxylucha]
Special Guests: Hurcan Ramirez, Ray de Jalisco Sr., Halcon Dorado I, Dorrell Dixon, Manual Robles, Karloff Lagrade, Dick Angelo, Coloso Colosetti
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1) Dark Scream, Apostol, Laser Boy, Excalibur vs Jupiter, Azufre, Dr. Bizarro, Cinico
2) Super Tri, Star Moon, Baby Maravilla vs Drako, Black Jaguar I & II
3) Matematico, Villano III, Ultraman, Mano Negra, Rambo, Brazo de Oro, Gallo Tapado Jr., Stuka Jr., Halcon Dorado Jr., Hermano Muerte Jr., Bobby Lee Jr., Blackman II [Shadow Cup Tournament]
4) Mill Mascaras, Blue Demon, Reyo de Jalisco Jr., Solar vs Dr. Wagner Jr., Angel Blanco Jr., Enfermero Jr., Hijo del Gladiador

IWRG (SUN) 07/31 Arena Naucalpan Lineup [IWRG]
1) Panteria vs Conde Negro
2) Antaris & Freezer vs Super Colt & Rey Estruendo
3) Coco Rojo, Coco Verde, Coco Blanco vs Gigolo Americano, the Hornet, Andy Barrow
4) Suicida, Matrix, Avisman vs Dr. Cerebro, Cerebro Negro, Fantasma de la Opera
5) Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Felino vs Bestia Salvaje, Black Pentagon, Veneno

The cover of Box Y Lucha #2724 has that picture of Tigre Metalico’s injury, plus Satanico vs Pierroth and Shocker again running into Winnie the Kid. The poster is Lizmark Jr.

The Satanico/Pierroth picture is from them getting into an argument on a talk show (Mistico, Santo, Octagon and Shocker were also there), before their hair/hair match. Pierroth also took time to yell at Dr. Morales, which is nice.

There’s an article where Lizmark talks about going to Japan, which makes sense and all, expect he says he’s going in August and he’s going with Dos Caras Jr. I don’t know if we’re talking about two different things here or what; the middle of August is when the G1Japan tournament is, but we were told before that the World part would be in Januaray. There’s also a mini-tour for junior wrestlers in the middle of August, with a lot of it unannounced, so they could fit in there – or some completely other promotion, and we’re all getting our wires crossed. Figure it out when it happens, I guess.

There’s a story on Tigre Metalico’s injury. Olimpico talk about moving up the card since he turned rudo. Hector and Pierroth snipe at each other in article. They talk to Princesa Sujei and La Nazi before their first Arena Mexico match.

CMLL (SUN) 07/24 Arena Coliseo Results [ova]
1) Polvora & Vaquero b Rayo Tapatios
2) Kronos, Tigre Blanco, Tigre Metalico b Zayco, Mesala, Guerrero del Futuro
If Zayco is Holocausto, maybe he got written out here? Dunno.
3) Felino, Brazo de Oro, Safari b Arkangel, Dr. X, Veneno
4) Hijo de Pierroth, Averno, Mephisto b Negro Casas, Black Warrior, Satanico
5) Groond XXX, Hijo de Lizmark, Rayo de Jalisco DQ Canek, Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy
The story wasn’t as much Fred’s involvement, but Rayo and Canek building a rivalry against each other. Both masks were ripped in the third fall, Rayo was busted up, and laid out with a low blow. One referee counted Canek’s fall, second referee saw the low blow and over ruled him. Canek wants a WWA Title shot, Ray wants a mask/mask match. I don’t know either is going to happen, but with Universo demasked and working more with Perro, and Wagner off with Atlantis, both guys are in need of rivals.

I’m missing IWRG’s Thursday results; I’ve got them elsewhere, I think. The big news was Cyborg beating Veneno for the title.

IWRG (SUN) 07/24 Results [ova]
1) Cat Man b Kako Dan
2) Super Colt & Fantasma de la Opera b Panterita & Frizer
3) Gigolo American, the Hornet, Andy Barrow b Marco Rivera, Rey de Corazones, Ultra Mega
4) Matrix, Avisman, Fantasma Jr. b Cerebro Negro, Cyborg, Black Terry
5) Scorpio Jr., Dr. Cerebro, Veneno b Heavy Metal, Felino, Suicida

Lineups

CMLL (MON) 07/25 Arena Puebla Lineup [ova]
1) Sombra de Plata, Molotov, Zeta vs Ares, Fuerza Tigre, Mister Raf
2) Tigre Rojo, Lestat, The Tiger vs Skandalo, Espiritu Maligno, Toro Bill Jr.
3) Lady Apache, Marcela, India Sioux vs Dark Angel, Amapola, Lady Warrior
I’d expect Lady Apache not to be there.
4) Mistico, Heavy Metal, Dr. Wagner, Dos Caras Jr. vs Blue Demon, Hector Garza, Tarzan Boy, Olimpico
It’s a good thing Tarzan’s two groups can team up like this, or he might be in trouble about his dual membership.
5) Pierroth vs Satanico [hair/hair]
The odds against Satanico aren’t exactly “beating Santo for his mask” long, but they’re still not good.

CMLL (TUE) 07/26 Arena Coliseo Lineup [CMLL]
1) Pequeno Olimpico & Bam-Bam vs Fire & Sombrita
2) Leono, Sombra de Plata, Sensei vs Ramstein, Reyes Veloz, Mogur
They should make ‘new character Segunda!’ a marketing gimmick.
3) Metro, Kronos, Stuka Jr. vs Veneno, Dr. X, Arkangel
4) Brazo de Plata, Bronco, Satanico vs Emilio Charles, Okumura, Taguchi
5) Hijo de Lizmark, Dos Caras Jr., Black Warrior vs Tarzan Boy, Pierroth, Mascara 2000

CMLL (FRI) 07/29 Arena Coliseo Lineup [CMLL]
1) Neutron & Starman vs Super Comando & Artillero
2) Dark Angel & Princesa Sujei vs La Nazi & Amapola
3) La Mascara, Virus, Maximo, Tigre Blanco, Tony Rivera, Sangre Azteca, Apocalipsis, Loco Max [G1WORLD Tournament, Block A]
4) Universo 2000, Apolo Dantes, Mascara Magica vs Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Hector Garza, Pierroth
5) Mistico, Atlantis, Blue Panther vs Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Olimpico

CMLL (SUN) 07/31 Arena Coliseo Lineup [CMLL]
1) Zarco & El Payo vs Black King & Red Man
2) Rayo Tapatio I & II & Valiente vs Jeque, Polvora, Vaquero
3) Safari, Brazo de Oro, Metro vs Arkangel, Dr. X, Mr. Mexico
4) Felino, Satanico, Pantera vs Hijo de Pierroth, Okumura, Taguchi
5) Hijo de Lizmark, Lizmark Sr., Negro Casas vs Hector Garza, Tarzan Boy, Olimpico

Elsewhere:
– Cien Caras’ retirement tour hits Huejutla on Friday, with him teaming up with MascaraY2K vs Villano III and Mr. Niebla.
– On Saturday, La Mascara defends the National Welterweight Championship against Sangre Azteca in Arena Lopez Mateos. Main is Dr. Wagner and Rayo teaming up (!) versus Canek and Apolo Dantes.
– Sunday, Atlantis and Dr. Wagner start taking their match on tour, with a singles match in Guadalajara. Undercard has LA Park and Bronco vs Universo and Canek Jr. (odd team) and Texano Jr. and Flash II vs Cien Caras Jr. and Hijo de Cien Caras.
– I haven’t seen complete IWRG lineups let, so we’ll put that off another day.

Pictures:

Super Lucha’s cover, where Ultimo Guerrero rips masks for you.
Tigre Metalico’s head wound (warning: it’s a head wound!)

CMLL (FRI) 07/22 Arena Mexico Results [O’Campo]
1) Neutron, Leono, StarMAN b Super Comando Jeque, Artillero, Flecha
2) Maximo, Metro, Virus b Sangre Azteca, Okumura, Taguchi
3) Tarzan Boy, Averno, Mephisto b Heavy Metal, Dos Caras Jr., Negro Casas
4) Universo 2000, Apolo Dantes, Mascara Magica b Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Hector Garza, Pierroth
Again, Pierroth didn’t get along with his teammates and again it cost him his match.
5) Atlantis b Dr. Wagner [NWA LH]
O’Campo says people cheered both, but booed Atlantis more. Atlantis dedicated this match to the kids, in attempt to help the situation.

In today’s Ovaciones, they confirmed the mask match is set. As far other anniversary matches, CMLL suggests Averno & Mephisto vs Negro Casas & Heavy Metal for the tag team titles, or something out of Pierroth/Perro/Universo.

The lesser big news out of Friday’s Arena Mexico show was the announcement about the G1 Tournament. The Leyenda de Azul tournament indeed was for the January G1 Tournament, so Lizmark gets one of the two Mexico spots. (Which means I was wrong, and it feels like they’re either making this up as they go, or just not telling us anything in advance so it seems like they’re making it up as they go.)

For the other spot, they’re doing a 16 person tournament over the next two weeks and a final (which makes this the 4th tournament CMLL has done this year already, but whatever). The names for this week are La Mascara, Virus, Maximo, Tigre Blanco, Tony Rivera, Sangre Azteca, Apocalipsis, and Loco Max, which makes you think it’s a junior tournament or something, but I’m figuring Dos Caras Jr. gets involved next week randomlly. For this week, they’ve got five matches on the card, so it wouldn’t surprise me if this randomlly turned into a cibernetico, even though it’s not listed that way now.

Third on the list is the quickie departure of Elektro and Lady Apache. There were problems between them and Brazo de Oro, who was once married to Lady Apache, and surely Elektro getting a bad reaction and being dropped on the card while Dark Angel seemed positioned as the top female of the group didn’t help things. They may end up back in AAA. I don’t think this is any big loss for CMLL.

They’re having another women’s match this week, but it’s quite shuffled around: Princesa Sujei makes her in-ring debut (she’s been in Hector’s corner since she showed up) teaming with Dark Angel to take on Amapola and La Nazi, making her (Mexico City?) official in-ring debut. I figure, if there’s money here, it’s in a Sujei/Angel feud, so it’s odd they’re on the same side. It’s kinda funny Sujei has probably moved from being the foil to Princesa Blanca’s to Dark Angel. Quite lateral.

AAA is running shows on 7/26 and 7/27, for ladies only, and they’re hyping exactly the guys you’d expect for a ladies show. Women who dig, say, Abismo Negro, might go home disappionted.

There’s more going on, but we’ll get to it in later in the day.

Atlantis did beat Dr. Wagner for the NWA LH Title last night in Arena Mexico.

Post match, Dr. Wagner made good on his promise, and challenged Atlantis to a mask/mask match on 09/16. That’ll be the anniversary show main event.

No immediate word if Atlantis accepted, but if he didn’t already, I presume he will soon.