Month: August 2005

I listed today’s IWRG hair/mask match wrong, apparently. Ovaciones explains the losing team of Cerebros vs Stripers faces each other, so only one person is losing their hair/mask.

There’s an interview with Octagon. He’d like to fight Fuerza for masks. Whenever it can happen is great, but he’d really enjoy at one of the big shows in the next six months, trying to sell out La Plaza de Toros Mexico (the bullring.)

Lizmark vs Garza headlines Arena Pubela on Monday

elhalconnet #30 has
– interview with Heavy Metal. Heavy got his gimmick because he was a big KISS and Led Zeppelin fan when he was growing up. AAA let him keep using the gimmick because he had done so much for the promotion. He states that he was fine with AAA and is still friends with many people there, but the one thing he really wanted to do was team with his brothers, so he left. He was working at 70% in AAA, because that’s what made sense there, but he’s trying to get up 100% for CMLL.
– Arena Mexico recap. There’s a nice picture of a whole bunch of legends in ring to promote about the Black Shadow tribute show.
– Qs with Hector Garza. His dream goal is to take the hair from Negro and Heavy Metal, and take Felino’s mask.
– LLF Results
– the 1-2-2 !Fuego! notes column wants to know how we’re supposed to spell Princesa Sugeith/Sugey’s name, which is awesome. They’ve got a Cien Caras/Cien Caras Jr. pic as well.
– Arena Solidarad results

PAR (SUN) 07/31 Arena Solidarad in Monterrey Results [halcon]
1) Corazon Adicto, Mecurio, Sangre de Leon b Yaco, Venum, Titanik
2) Aurora & Luna Magica b Tsunami & La Chacala
3) Dark Angel, Black Soul, Chucho Mar Jr. b Princesa Sugeith, Memo Valles, Coco Viper
4) Volador Jr., Caifan I & II b Mephisto, Mongol Chino, Memo Valles
5) Pierroth, Diluvio I, Super Parka b Blue Panther, Mascara Sagrada, Silver Star
In the third fall, Diluvio rolled through a Blue Panther ‘rana and grabbed the ropes.

– Monthly Rankings! I love this part.

Super Light (70KG or less)
1) Virus
2) Suicida
3) Medic’s
4) Principe Valiente
5) Sexy Dany
6) Antaris
7) Caballero Ninja
8) Cupido
9) Hidroman
10) Karisma
11) Kid Tiger

Welter (78 Kils or less)
1) La Mascara
2) Felino
3) Rey de Corazones
4) Crazy Boy
5) Dr. X
6) Misterioso II
7) Leono
8) Cerebro Negro
8) Dr. Cerebro
10) Marco Rivera
11) Rayo Tapatio I

Middleweight (87 KG or less)
1) Mistico
2) Hijo del Santo
3) Averno
4) Nitro
5) Arkangel
6) Emilio Chalres Jr.
7) Negro Casas
8) Mephisto
9) Volador Jr.
10) Black Terry
11) Texano Jr.

Nitro? I like him more than you like him but I don’t like him that much.

Light Heavyweight (97KG and less)
1) Ultimo Guerrero
2) Atlantis
3) Tarzan Boy
4) Heavy Metal
5) Olimpico
6) Pierroth
7) Rey Bucanero
8) Blue Panther
9) Halloween
10) Mascara Ano 2000
11) Pirata Morgan

Olimpico should never be ahead of Rey!

Heavyweights (97 KG and up)
1) Hijo de Lizmark
2) Hector Garza
3) Dr. Wagner Jr.
4) Dos Caras Jr.
5) Konnan
6) Mascara Sagrada
7) Universo 2000
8) Rayo de Jalisco Jr.
9) Scorpio Jr.
10) Canek
11) Brazo de Plata

Lizmark gets the boost because of the Azul win; he’s wrestler of the month.

CMLL (TUE) 08/02 Arena Coliseo Lineup [o’campo]
1) Bam Bam, Ultimo Dragoncito, Mini Olimpico b Pierrothito, Mini Violencia, Sombrita
2) Leono, StarMAN, Valiente b Jeque, Mesala, Caligula
3) Satanico, Crazy Boy, Sagrado b Hijo de Pierroth, Sangre Azteca, Arkangel
Ovaciones has this as the best match of the night.
4) Blue Panther, Black Warrior, Lizmark Sr. b Emilio Charles Jr., Averno, Mephisto
5) Lizmark Jr. b Tarzan Boy
Tarzan tried to low blow, Lizmark avoided and got the clean win.

Add Hector Garza vs Negro Casas to Sunday’s Coliseo show.

AAA is doind a tour of Central America, starting in Nicaragua on Sunday.

La Parka II beat Cibernetico to win the GWPC Championship at Arena Coliseo de Monterrey. Wasn’t that the title from Juvi’s promotion? I’d guess he doesn’t have anything to do with this change. Parka has enough meaningless titles as it is.

I’ll do a formal update on the rosters later, but you may already notice some changes I made yesterday. Gotta fine tune some things.

Ovaciones is down, yet again – but Tuesday’s normally a slow day anyway, so maybe we’re just missing the IWRG Sunday results. Lucha Insider went down about two weeks ago and I never thought to mention. So I really don’t got the news; let me post those results that were promised:

AAA (FRI) 07/29 Ciudad Madero Convention Center Lineup/TV Taping [box y lucha forum]
1) Transmetal, Infraworld, Diabolico b King Boy, Sadist, ???
2) Hombre sin Miedo, Laredo Kid, ??? b Bravo Rio, Obscuridada, Tito Santana
Not that Tito. I’m thinking Hombre sin Miedo is a comic book fan.
3) Albrije (w/Cuije), Pimpinela, Cinthia Moreno b Monsther (w/Chucky), Sexy Francis, Diabolica
4) Psicosis II CO Histeria [MEX MW]
First two falls were relatively straight, and then it broke down into AAA madness. They ended up brawling outside the building for ‘5 minutes’. When the referees finally got around to counting people out, Psicosis made it back at 19.
5) Zumbido lost in the six way, advancing to the next match. The other particpants, in order of elimination: Incognito, Cuervo, Antifaz, Picudo, Oriental. Hator tried to help out Zumbiudo, but it backfired
6) Piero lost the cage match and was shaved bald. Other particpants, in order of escape: Parkita, Octagoncito, Rocky Marvin, Mini Psicosis, Zumbido, Hator (sorta), Mascarita Sagrada, Jerrito Estrada
Piero is an LLL referee, and was not a scheduled part of the match. He showed up with Hator to help Zumbido again, after the minis decided to all team up after him. Zumbido was helped out, but the minis all came back to help the other minis leave before Piero, so the loser was a referee. Not the first time AAA’s done this, not the last time that weekend.
7) La Parka II, Octagon, Shocker, Luzbel NC? Ciberntico, Abismo Negro, Tinieblas Jr., Chessman
Tinieblas got bored of being a rudo and apparently turned tecnico. Parka and Shocker fought over who would be captain. There was theoritically a match here, but no one’s quite sure.

(SAT) 07/30 Arena Naucalpan Results “Black Shadow Tribute” [KrisZ]
There was another opening match listed on the lineup, but it’s not listed in KrisZ’s results. You’ll live.
1) Drako, Black Jaguar I & II b Super Tri, Star Moon, Baby Maravilla Baby Star
2) Bobby Lee Jr. & Rambo b Hermano Muerte Jr. & Mano Negra [Copa Shadow SEMI]
3) Brazo de Oro & Brazo de Plata Jr. b Halcon Dorado Jr. & Ultraman [Copa Shadow SEMI]
4) Gallo Tapado Jr. & Villano III b Blackman II & Matematico [Copa Shadow SEMI]
5) Blue Demon Jr., Mil Mascara, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Black Shadow II (Solar) DQ New White Wave (Angel Blanco, Enfermero Jr., Hijo del Gladiator, Dr. Wanger Jr.)
Wagner low blowed Black Shadow II. Black Shadow can’t even get a clean win on a tribute show? Canek showed up to challenge Wagner to a mask/mask match – yea, now he’ll do it.
6) Gallo Tapado Jr. & Villano III b Brazo de Oro & Brazo de Plata Jr. and Bobby Lee Jr. & Rambo [3, Copa Shadow FINAL]
Winners fought over the trophy post match.

CMLL (SUN) 07/30 Arena Lopez Mateos Results [boxylucha forum]
1) Spider Boy & Mini Ninja vs Pachuli Van & Mini Rebelde
2) La Secta Negra b Los Porros
3) Black Terry, Negro Navaro, Ira, Nick la Muerte DCO Rocky Santana, Okada, Ohara, Kameta
4) La Mascara b Sangre Azteca [MEX WW]
5) Canek & Apolo Dantes DQ Dr. Wagner Jr. & Rayo de Jalisco Jr.
Canek faked a Wagner foul.

CMLL (SUN) 07/31 Arena Coliseo Results [ova]
1) Zayco & El Payo ?? Black King & Red Man
2) Rayo Tapatio I & II & Valiente ?? Jeque, Polvora, Vaquero
3) Safari, Brazo de Oro, Metro ?? Arkangel, Dr. X, Mr. Mexico
4) Felino, Satanico, Pantera b Hijo de Pierroth, Okumura, Taguchi
5) Hijo de Lizmark, Lizmark Sr., Negro Casas b Hector Garza, Tarzan Boy, Olimpico
6) Rayo de Jalisco Jr. DQ Canek
Rayo had the win, when Hijo del Canek jumped in to break it up.

Atlantis beat Wagner in Guadalajara on Sunday. They announced the mask/mask as confirmed.

Could I complain about the G1 for a second? I know I do this often but one more time.

PuroresuFan has a recap of a Shinsuke Nakamura interview, where he talks about his plan to win the G1World competition by winning both the G1Japan and G1Mexico (which he says will happen “in September”, thus become ultimate champion over the entire world. It’s a great plan, if didn’t fly in the face of everything we’ve been told thus far by CMLL. There’s four possibilities.

1) We’re about to have a shocking revelation about Kronos’ actual identity, and his power to make August appear to be September

2) NJPW’s being very consistent about not letting it’s workers know what’s actually going on, and Nakamura is just unaware the plans were changed.

3) The slot Lizmark Jr. has and the slot La Mascara is getting are not for the G1World, but are actually just advancing them into the G1Mexico tournament, and CMLL has just not been able to properly explain this. (Maybe they’re even appearing on the post G1 Tour as a special prize.) It’s make sense of this three week lead up tournament; since G1s are heavyweight competitions, all the SL guys in these matches wouldn’t have a chance to enter without a tournament like this.

If this was correct, I’d do a whole 180 on these guys being given slots. Are they part of the Top 8 (or 16) CMLL has access to? Nah. But if they give me 4 – 6 guys who are in that Top 8, I’ve got no problem with them sticking in other people for other purposes. I’m willing to compromise.

(My other 6 heavyweights, not strictly based on the best, would be Ultimo, Perro, Garza, Rey, LA Park, and Santo if you can get him, Mistico if we’re going open weight, and Negro if all else fails. I guess Nakamura has to get one of those spots, but only we’d only worry about that sorta thing if we went 16.)

4) CMLL really screwed this up, and shouldn’t be allowed to play with others until they get their heads screwed on straight.

I’m leaning towards 4, since that’s what I’ve called from Day 1. I so hope 3 is right but I find it hard to believe until we see the card.

Okay, so the AAA results differ depending on what report you read, Ovaciones only posted the top three matches from Sunday’s show, and IWRG only has results from Thursday, so I’m going to give all those a day to sit and figure them out tomorrow.

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

CMLL (TUE) 08/02 Arena Coliseo Lineup [o’campo]
1) Bam Bam, Ultimo Dragoncito, Mini Olimpico vs Pierrothito, Mini Violencia, Sobrita
2) Leono, StarMAN, Valiente vs Jeque, Mesala, Caligula
3) Satanico, Crazy Boy, Sagrado vs Hijo de Pierroth, Sangre Azteca, Arkangel
Odd match. Crazy Boy’s CMLL debut.
4) Blue Panther, Black Warrior, Lizmark Sr. vs Emilio Charles Jr., Averno, Mephisto
5) Lizmark Jr. vs Tarzan Boy

AAA (WED) 08/03 Auditorio Teopanzolco, Cuernavaca Lineup [o’campo]
I don’t think this is a TV taping, but it’s a pretty loaded lineup.
1) Dragon Chino, Rey del Espacio vs Chavo Banda & Payaso de Bronce
2) Esterllita & Lola Gonzalez vs Tiffany & Martha Villalobos
3) Los Kumbia Kids vs La Black Family
4) Psicosis vs Histeria [MEX MW]
5) Konnan & Shocker vs Cibernetico & Chessman
Weird arrangement. I think they’re heading towards “AAA vs LLL vs Recent Jumps”, but who knows.

Also on Wednesday, n Acapulco, Mistico teams up with Hijo del Fantasma and Skayde to take on Ultimo Guerrero, Negro Navarro, Hiromi Horiguchi.

IWRG (THU) 08/04 Arena Naucalpan Lineup [o’campo]
1) Panerita vs Conde Negro
2) Kid Tiger & Antaris & Fantasma de la Opera & Kid Esrtruendo
3) Fantasma Jr., Avisman, Rey de Corazones vs Enfermero Jr., Xibalba, Black Terry
4) Negro Casas, Matrix, Suicida vs Pierroth, Bestia Salvaje, Cyborg
5) Strippers (Marco Rivera & Star BOY) vs Corporativos (Dr. Cerebro & Cerebro Negro) [hair/hair vs hair/mask]

AAA (THU) 08/04 Gimnasio Agustins Millan, Toluca, Edo De Mex [o’campo]
This is a benefit show for Intocable
1) Cynthia Moreno, Princesa Blanca, Lady Rabitt vs Tiffany, La Chola, La Hechicera
2) Los Kumbia Kids vs La Black Family
3) Octagoncito & La Parkita vs Mini Psicosis & Mini Chessman
4) Los Barrio Boys vs Los Vatos Locos
5) Konnan, Fuerza Guerrera, Pirata Morgan vs Shocker, El Zorro, Mascara Sagrada II
I guess things won’t go well when they team?

Also Thursday, in Cuernavaca, Dr. Wagner teams up with Mistico to take on Ultimo and Rey.

CONTRERAS (FRI) 08/05 Arena San Juan Pantitlan Lineup [O’Campo]
No idea who the promoter is, but the lineup is wacky.
1) Miserable vs Infinito vs Rey del Espacio vs Ricky Ricon [BULL TERRIER]
2) Raegge Boy I vs Raegge Boy II [hair/hair]
3) Octagoncito & La Parkita vs Los Payasitos
That’s fab. The only thing which could be better than minis are mini clowns!
4) Sexy Piscis vs Sexy Fracis vs Pimpinela Escarlata
5) Alan Stone, ???, ??? vs Pirta Morgan, Ghefar, ???

CMLL (FRI) 08/05 Arena Mexico Lineup [O’Campo]
1) Los Rayo Tapatios I & II vs Artillero & Ramstein
2) Maximo, Virus, Tigre Blanco vs Okumura, Taguchi, Mr. Mexico
3) Voaldor Jr., Safari, Neutron, Nitro, Dr. X, Texao Jr, Kronos, Leono [G1 GROUP B, CIBER]
4) Negro Casas, Heavy Metal, Felino vs GdI (Ultimo, Rey, Olimpico)
5) Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Hector Garza, Tarzan Boy vs Pierroth, Halloween, Damian 666
Now, this is odd, because the last time we saw FdT, these six guys were all on the same side. Pierroth’s turned since, but their appearance opposing Perro is new. Also, in means the Perro del Mal faction is basically the Trios champs, Perro, and maybe Blue Demon, and we were already calling that group Furio de Norte.

CMLL (SUN) 08/07 Arena Coliseo Lineup [O’Campo]
1) Molotov & Zetta vs Vaquero & Zayco
2) Sombra de Plata & Karisma vs Ramstein & Polvora
3) Kronos & StarMAN vs Reyes Veloz & Guerrero del Futuro
4) Tony Rivera, Metro, Texano Jr. vs Emilio Charles Jr., Averno, el Hijo de Pierroth
5) Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Black Warrior, Mascara Sagrada vs Halloween, Universo 2000, Mascara Ano 2000

In Guadalajara, Mistico, Lizmark and Blue Panther team up to face Ultimo, Tarzan, Olimpico.

IWRG (SUN) 08/09 Arena Naucalpan Lineup [O’Campo]
1) Antaris & Panterita vs Los Faorasteros I & II
2) Gallo Tapado Jr., Rey de Corazones, Aquiles vs Magnifico, Fantasma de la Opera, Super Colt
3) Cyborg vs ??? [IWRG MW]
4) Batman, Star BOY, Tony Rivera, Marco Rivera vs Scorpio Jr., Black Pentagon, Dr. Cerebro, American Gigolo
5) ??? vs ???
not exactly the most appealing main event.

Someone named “Neito de Black Shadow” is popping up on listings this week. I don’t know if he was introduced at the Black Shadow card (which I also should grab results for), but that’d be my guess.

Super Lucha’s cover is all Mistico.

Box Y Lucha #2725 is up – relatively speedy! Inside:
– Interview with Dorel Dixon, who’s retired and living in Puebla
– Ultimo Guerrero on his trip to Japan. He says he’s returning in September, but does not know yet if it’ll be mask for mask.
– an essay on ‘blood’ in wrestling.
– Interview with Gallo Tapado Jr. He hopes to make it to CMLL in ’06.
– an article alleging rudo announcer Leobardo Magada is angry that Que Monito chose Maximo over him. Must’ve been a slow day, because the next one is an interview with a Monterrey ref.
– Zumbido on his first match.