Lucha Times

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I was thinking the other day about the time gap on CMLL shows. I know there’s plenty of good matches in the queue. I also know there are some lame matches, and the delay is stretching on forever. At this point, I’d prefer skipping them all rather than dealing with the delay longer. I could easily pick and choose tapes of what I wanted to see (and I’d still be okay with it if I can’t.)

If you’re like me, and the delay is annoying you just as much, then AAA turning back up is the worst news possible. When they’ve stopped airing CMLL in the past, they’ve just kept the tapes neatly ordered up, and picked up from where they left off. (That’s the origin of this delay – from picking up after lucha stopped airing on Gala, and from picking up after the AAA-only section.)

In AAA’s case, they did skip a taping from what we’ve last seen. Wacky theory: they didn’t receive the tape (or any tape) as scheduled last time they were airing AAA, so that’s why they switched back. We’re actually picking up within a week of the expected CMLL show, not any close to being current. If Alfredo’s listings are complete, we will (somehow) be moving faster thru time with AAA, since there’s about one taping a month. Based off those tape listings, I’ve created an Yet To Air – AAA list of it’s own, so you can plan out how things will go, if they stick with AAA.

Saturday: Split feed, but only the West Coast feed is affected. Weird group of matches; you’ve got Shocker’s match off a TNA PPV, a match from last week’s Triplemania, highlights of a match from last YEAR’s TripleMania, a trios match with the tecnicos all working under dual identities, and Nicho last match with the company as they swap Histeria in his place for the identity feud with Psicosis II.

Sunday: Perro Aguayo Sr in a hair match! Yea.

10/20 news

IWRG (THU) 10/20 Arena Naucalpan Lineup [iwrg]
1) Mr. Libra vs Rey Estruendo
2) Panterita & Ultra Mega vs Carta Brava & Super Colt
3) Stripers (Tony Rivera, Star Boy, Marco Rivera) vs Los Guerreros (Nitro, Dr. X, Loco Max)
4) Suicida, Fantasma Jr. Matrix, vs Okumura, Masada, Veneno
5) Casas Family (Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Felino) vs Blue Demon Jr., Head Hunter I, Enterrador 2000

IWRG (SUN) 10/23 Arena Naucalpan Lineup [iwrg]
1) Freezby vs Conde Negro
2) Kit Tiger & Gallo de Jalisco vs Paramedico & Super Colt
3) Kato Kung Lee, Kung Fu Jr., Aquiles vs Cyborg, Xibalva, Black Jaguar
4) Veneno, Dr. Cerebro, Cerebro Negro vs Enterrador 2000, Masada, Okumura
5) Heavy Metal, Mascara Sagrada, Suicida vs Head Hunter I, Scorpio Jr., Bestia Salvaje

CMLL (THU) 10/20 Arena Neza Lineup [ova]
1) ?
2) ?
3) La Mascara & Volador Jr. vs Averno & Mephisto
4) Damian 666, Halloween, Satanico vs Tarzan Boy, Rey Bucanero, Emilio Charles Jr.
This is not going to go well for Satanico. This lineup doesn’t match at all with the List of Appearing guys Box Y Lucha had at the beginning of the week.

Ovaciones also goes over the lineups for Leyenda de Plata (no change – the final is going to be a 2/3 falls match instead of a single fall) and tonight’s Hijo de Santo 23rd anniversary show (no mention of Panther being out.) Instead of it being a 4 v 8 match, the rudo side will split in half and face each other for the right to fight Santo and his crew.

Halcon Net #41 is up. Inside
– Lots of No Mercy coverage; more than some US sites might have done. This happens when you’ve got a Mexican winning the Cruiserweight Title and another challenging for the World Title.
– Interview with Justiciero. I’m not familiar with him; he’s on the To Do list for Lucha Wiki profiles (till now!)
– Highpoint of the usual crazy Te Das column is describing Dark Angel as “Canadian chocolate.” I have no idea what that means, but it sounds good.
– Arena Mexico recap is good for the flying Mistico pictures alone.
– Sombre de Plata Q&A. His favorite drink is Orange Juice. Use this information wisely.
– LLF recap.
– The poster isn’t up! Tragedy.
– Interview with indy wrestler Storm
– Column saying Ricky Marvin wouldn’t be as successful if he stayed in Mexico full time, because he’d be stuck waiting for an opportunity.

KrisZ says Angel won that AAA 8 man cibernetico for the MEX MW – but it was only another qualifying match for the actual title match. Whatever.