Month: December 2005

No Ovaciones news today. CMLL.com hasn’t updated either, so all I’ve got is results and lineups – not that many this week.

ONAC (FRI) 12/23 Auditorio de Tijuana Results [KrisZ]
1) Dementor b Cinico and TJ Crazy
2) X-Storm, Black Spider DQ Angel Negro, Animaniac
3) Thunderbird b Bino Gambino [EWF International]
4) Infierno, Venum Black DQ Arandu, TJ Boy
5) Super Crazy, Nicho b Crazy Boy, Chuck Palumbo

AAA (MON) 12/26 Salon Ixtalhuaca Lineup [Box Y Lucha]
3) Chiva Rayada I & Chiva Rayada II vs Rabia & el Norteno
4) Vatos Locos vs the Black Family
5) La Parka AAA & Mascara Sagrada vs Abismo Negro & Chessman

CMLL (MON) 12/26 Arena Puebla Lineup [Box Y Lucha]
1) ?, ?, ? vs ?, ?, ?
2) ?, ?, ? vs ?, ?, ?
3) Mini Olimpico, the Tiger, Ultimo Dragoncito vs Mini Damian, Mini Halloween, Toro Bill
4) Dos Caras Jr., Brazo de Plata, ? vs Scorpio Jr., Pierroth, el Hijo del Pierroth
5) Mistico, Ultimo Dragon, Negro Casas vs Hector Garza, Averno, Mephisto

CMLL (TUE) 12/27 Arena Coliseo Lineup [Box Y Lucha]
1) Shockercito & Mini Fantasy vs Fire & Sombrita
2) Trueno, Dagner, Leono vs Ramstein, Flecha, Zayko
3) Tony Rivera, Pantera, Crazy Boy vs Arkangel, Loco Max, Apocalipsis
4) Lizmark, Felino, Volador vs Pierroth, Hijo de Pierroth, Okumura
5) Dr. Wagner Jr., Negro Casas, Heavy Metal vs Universo 2000, Rey Bucanero, Olimpico

CMLL (TUE) 12/27 Arena Aficion Lineup [box y lucha]
1) Freezer & Piloto Suicida vs Hijo de Medics & Hidroman
2) Turbo & Tiny Boy vs Cerebro Negro & Taro
3) Maximo & Super Comando vs Volador Jr. & ?
4) Hijo del Santo & La Mascara vs Hector Garza & Mr. Aguila

CMLL (TUE) 12/27 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara Lineup [cmll]
1) Virgo vs Furia Nazi [10min]
2) Golden vs Fraile de la Muerte [10min]
3) Idolo vs Mr. Power [15min]
4) Mr. Niebla & Rayman vs Neutron & Sagrado vs Mr. Aguila & Toxico vs Emilio Charles Jr. & Bestia Salvaje
5) Ring Mendoza vs Malefico vs Lider vs Asesino Negro [hair]

indy (WED) 12/28 Gimnasio Bimbo, Veracruz Lineup [KrisZ?]
1) ? vs ?
2) el Payasito vs el Mendiguito
3) Tormento Chino, Acero Jr., Relampago Cadena Jr. vs Captian, Captian Jr., Rencor Latino II
4) Mini Electroshock, Mini Rey Galactico vs Mini Oriental, Mini Rocker
5) Lady Apache, El Apache vs Lady Mohicana, El Mohicano

AAA (THU) 12/29 Auditorio Carlos Serdan, Veracruz Lineup [Box Y Lucha]
1) Killer & Tiger Boy vs Kid Dragon & Cirujano Jr.
2) Caballero Imperial, Black Baby, Rocko Marvin vs Guerrillero Camboyano, Matrix, Furia
3) Huracan Ramirez, Hijo de Huracan Ramirez, Sangre Y Fuego, Ferrari Jr. vs Dr. Crimen, Practicante, Quimico, Silver Star
4) Hijo de Abinal, el Angel, Conquistador vs May FLowers, Polvo de Estrellas, Buitre
5) Vampiro, La Parka Jr., Intocable vs Abismo Negro, Pirata Morgan, Chessman

CMLL (FRI) 12/30 Arena Coliseo Lineup [Box Y Lucha]
1) Mini Olimpico & Bracito de Oro vs Mini Halloween & Mini Damian 666
2) Tony Rivera, Leono, Starman vs Super Comando, Artillero, Caligula
3) Marcela, India Sioux, Sahori vs Amapola, La Nazi, Hiroka
4) Mr. Niebla, Brazo de Plata, Lizmark vs Averno, Terrible, Hijo de Pierroth
5) Rayo de Jalisco, Dr. Wagner Jr., Dos Caras Sr. vs Universo 2000, Pierroth, Mascara Ano 2000

CMLL (SUN) 01/01 Arena Coliseo Lineup [Box Y Lucha]
1) Espiritu Maligno & Karisma vs Polvora & Vaquero
2) Kronos, Sensi, Crazy Boy vs Apocalipsis, Mesala, Caligula
3) Virus, Pantera, Teaxno Jr. vs Nitro, Dr. X, Loco Max
4) Felino, Volador Jr., Maximo vs Terrible, Okumura, Sangre Azteca
5) Mistico, Negro Casas, Heavy Metal vs Pierroth, Rey Bucanero, Olimpico

indy (SUN) 01/01 Coliseo Coacalco Lineup [Box Y Lucha]
1) Caudillo, Codigo, Black Shu vs Coraje, Agukla Guerrera, Benny Black
2) As De Oros, Mr. Potro, Storm vs Rudy Garduno, Huizar, Ave Nocturna
3) Hijo del Diablo, Rey de Corazones, Justiciero Jr. vs Negro Navarro, Shu el Guerrero, Black Terry
4) Tony Rivera vs el Magnifico
5) Brazo de Plata & Rey Bucanero vs Justiciero & Olimpico

CMLL (SUN) 01/01 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara Lineup [CMLL}
1) Celestial vs Flama
2) Idolo & Exterminador vs Guero Loc & Fraile de la Muerte
3) Metro vs Mr. Trueno [Occidente MIDDLE]
4) Dos Caras Jr., Brazo de Oro, Neutron vs Mr. Aguila, Bestia Salvaje, Malefico
5) La Mascara, Hijo del Santo vs Blue Panther & Tarzan Boy

Ovaciones didn’t update and Sunday’s a slow news day anyway.

KrisZ reports that Tajiri stated that he hopes to return to action in Japan soon, but he first plans in returning to Mexico in February 2006. I believe that’ll be highly awesome.

The current return date to Arena Mexico is 01/20, but that’s always subject to change.

While the Saturday GALA episode was as expected, they showed a different AAA episode (aired after but taped before TripleMania.) If they don’t do a make up, next week is your last chance to see Perro/Mistico.

Perhaps more content later. Been working a lot on behind scenes things the last couple of weeks.

CMLL (FRI) 12/23 Arena Coliseo Results [ova]
1) Rayo Tapatío I, Rayo Tapatío II b Vaquero, Polvora
2) Leono, Crazy Boy, Kronos b Apocalipsis, Ramstein, Mesala
3) Okumura, el Hijo del Pierroth, Dr. X b Stuka Jr., Tigre Blanco, Tigre Metálico
4) Apolo Dantés, Máscara Año 2000, Universo 2000 b Último Dragón, Mr. Niebla, Sagrado
5) Atlantis, Último Guerrero, Rey Bucanero b el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Héctor Garza, Terrible

Perro tried to pin Atlantis with feet on the rope, but Ultimo low blowed him. YAY.

IWRG (THU) 12/22 Arena Naucalpan Results [ova]
1) Panterita ? Zayer
2) Veneno, Dr. Cerebro, Cerebro Negro ? Okumura, Kaleth, Pirata Morgan Jr.
3) Scorpio Jr. b Heavy Metal [IWRG Heavy]
4) Ultra Mega L Felino and Pierroth and Stuka Jr. and Mephisto [cage, losers advance]
5) Némesis L Nitro and Pantera and Sagrado and Matrix [cage, losers advance]
6) Némesis b Ultra Mega [mask, cage]

CMLL (WED) 12/21 Auditorio Miguel Barragan de San Luis Potosi Results [KrisZ]
1) Kronos & Spiderman vs Escandalo & Maniaco
2) Blue Panther, Dos Caras Jr., Volador Jr. b Damian 666, Hijo del Pierroth, Olimpico
3) Brazo de Plata, Head Hunter I, Head Hunter II b Mascara Ano 2000, Pierroth, Universo 2000
4) Dr. Wagner Jr., Hijo del Santo, Mascara Sagrada b Perro Aguayo Jr., Mr. Aguila, Hector Garza

CMLL (THU) 12/22 Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca Results [KrisZ]
1) Luis Cirio, Tony Cirio b Eddy Cruz, El Griego
2) Amapola, Lady Warrior b India Sioux, Sahori
3) La Mascara, Maximo, Volador Jr. DQ Black Dragon, Dr. X, Sangre Aztece
4) Tigre Blanco, Mistico, Máscara Sagrada, Dr. Wagner Jr. b Atlantis, Averno, Damián 666, Olímpico

What aired on GdR:

12/16 MEX: Satánico, Felino, Sagrado b el Hijo del Pierroth, Okumura, Ohara
12/18 COL: Atlantis, Último Guerrero, Olímpico b Mistico, Negro Casas, Último Dragón

Which isn’t what they previewed last week, and means they are showing matches on both GdR and the GALA show, at least this week. They only mentioned Mistico for next week – that’ll be the match versus Atlantis taking place tomorrow.

In an interview with Mileno, Rey Mysterio Jr. says he’s planning on wrestling for three more years, provided he and his family are finically set at that time. (The article also says Rey performs in front off an average of 15,000 people a show, so don’t hold anyone to any part of it.) Mysterio wanted to promote and do more with his CMLL appearances (which happened more because of Rey wanting to do it than CMLL wanted him), but CMLL owner Alonso wouldn’t meet with him.

That’d be nearly 20 years for Mysterio. I suspect he’ll be doing a lot of media, leading up to the WWE Mexico shows.

Guerrero del Ring (no relation to the show) have set up their own forum

Note: site’s been acting goofy today. Hopefully it’s good now, but since I didn’t actually do anything to fix it this time or last time, don’t be shocked if it’s gone again.

So, I finally found a good picture of the Barrio Boys (Angel de Futuro, the guy in the mask, posted a whole bunch of AAA pics on Box Y Lucha), but now I can’t figure out who’s who. Help? (Click on it for a bigger picture.)

CMLL (THU) 12/22 Arena Puebla Results
1) Toro Bill, Toro Bill Jr. b Asturiano, Blue Center
2) Mini Brazo de Oro, Pentagoncito b Mascarita Sagrada, Octagoncito
3) Mr. Mexico, Loco Max, Skandalo b Batman, Spiderman, Flash I
4) Head Hunter I, Brazo de Plata b Mascara Ano 2000, Terrible, Emilio Charles Jr.
5) Hijo del Santo, LA Park b Mr. Aguila, Hector Garza

CMLL (THU) 12/22 Arena Qureretaro Lineup [elmartinete.com]
1) X-Men vs Money Pack
2) Principe Valiente Jr. & Ursus vs Perro del Ring & Lince
3) Marcela vs Amapola [CMLL WOMEN]
4) Villanos vs Brazos [super libre]
5) Averno & Mephisto vs Mistico & La Mascara [CMLL TAG]

Not sure which Villanos and which Brazos are in that match.

Ovaciones focuses on tonight’s first Friday Arena Coliseo show of the offseason. I can’t even remember what’s on the card.

CMLL (FRI) 12/23 Arena Coliseo
1) Rayo Tapatío I, Rayo Tapatío II vs Vaquero, Polvora
2) Leono, Crazy Boy, Kronos vs Apocalipsis, Ramstein, Mesala
3) Stuka Jr., Tigre Blanco, Tigre Metálico vs Okumura, el Hijo del Pierroth, Dr. X
4) Último Dragón, Mr. Niebla, Sagrado vs Apolo Dantés, Máscara Año 2000, Universo 2000
5) Atlantis, Último Guerrero, Rey Bucanero vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Héctor Garza, Terrible

Lots of talk about how the Perros/GdA feud will be a focus of 2006 (which is probably not good news for actual tecnicos! Look at poor Ultimo Dragon there.)

Atlantis vs Mistico is signed for Sunday, but I think we already mentioned that. They’re promising a big show for 01/06/06, which is el Dia de Reyes, a holiday I knew nothing about till five minutes ago.

Halcon reaches issue #50 this week; it’s a shorter TOC, but I got a lot of the interviews. Inside:
– Pictures from Safari and Sangre on tour in NJPW
– Interview with Sangre Azteca, talking about his recent tours with NJ. Sangre says Safari’s injury was to his elbow. Sangre’s not sure exactly how he got this gig: when Chono, Simon Inoki and Kuroneko came to Mexico this past summer, they worked out some wrestlers to test them, and Sangre participated there, and then later he and Koreano trained with Tanahashi and Nakamura, so he figures they must have saw something good in him. Wrestling in Japan has allowed him to move up to the semimains in Arena Coliseo, gotten him some more press, and grown as a person. Sangre is planning to take much of the rest of the month off to recover, but hopes to go after La Mascara’s Mexican Welterweight championship next year, as well as battle Satanico.
– Arena Mexico recap.
– Q&A with Pantera. He runs a glass business when he’s not wrestling. He took his name from a girls basketball team in Aguascalientes.
– Notes. The highest prices seats sold out for the WWE 01/19 show in three hours. LA Park claims his mask match is delayed not because Black Tiger III broke his nose, but because Black Tiger is scaredy cat.
– Interview with Sensei – he’s from Cuernavca. He was born in Mexico, but trained in a (unnamed) martial art from youth, spent some time in Kyoto, and was a big fan of Kato Kung Lee. Sensei explains he wears a mask because he is actually a Ninja! He’s training with Satanico now, and hopes to combine martial arts and lucha libre better than anyone’s done it. (That doesn’t seem like a hard thing to overcome.) Sensei says he’s been wrestling for five years, but lists his debut as June 2005 with no clue about his previous gimmick. This first night with this gimmick, he took the wrong mask to the commission to get checked out, so he had to wrestle with that one. He’s hoping he gets booked more in 2006. Sensei wishes us all Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year in Japanesse.
– Aciccion Luchistica column. He chalks up Averno & Mephisto’s win to influence from Satan. I knew I forget to figure in something.

Today, I discovered elmartinete.com – I’ve been there before, but the main site is comedy which doesn’t translate well. The forums are useful, though: What does backyard garbage wrestling look like in Mexico? Much the same, but with more masks. Using a empty 24 Coke box folded is indeed awesome.

CMLL.com has video clips of La Campana, Guerrero Special, and Palanca a los Barzos, as to educate everyone as to what they are. Apparently the Guerrero Special isn’t the move I though it was? They’re also linking to http://www.luchalibrecmll.com, so I guess it’s at least semi-offical.

AAA (SAT) 12/17 Plaza de Toros, Chilpancingo, Guerrero Results [ova]
1) Mascartia Sagrada, Prince, Octagoncito b Mini Abismo Negro, Jerrito Estrada, Mini Chessman
2) Super Fly, el Costeno, Decnnis DQ Escoria, Cuervo, Ozz
3) Zumbido b Hijo del Fantasma [MEX MID, SF]
4) Chessman, Charly Manson, Cassandro b Televisa Deportes, Pimpinela Escarlata, Electro Shock
5) La Parka II, Intocable, Zorro vs Shocker, Alan Stone, Zumbido
6) Cibernetico DQ Vampiro

The ovaciones report doesn’t even mention the 5th match. Cassandro, the same one who’s worked in Lucha Va Voom and elsewhere in the US, debuted as an LLL member. The Psicosis II/Histeria semifinal match is scheduled to happen sometime in first two weeks of January. Lots of run-ins and blood in the main event.

AAA (TUE) 12/20 Arena Juba de Reynosa Results [KrisZ]
1) Batman, La Mole, Rocker Boy b Black Star, Luminoso, Misterio Negro
2) Chamaco Ortiz b El Dantes [mask, hair]
3) Estrella Dorado Jr. & La Parkita b Corazon de Barrio & Mini Psicosis
4) Zorro b Pirata Morgan [UWA LH]
5) Latin Lover & Tinieblas Jr. b Antifaz del Norte & Hator

CMLL (TUE) 12/20 Arena Aficion Results [ova]
1) Turbo, Piloto Suicida b Hijo de Medic’s, Hidroman
2) Skayde, Tony Boy b Cerebro Negro, Taro
3) Volador Jr., ? b Super Comando, Hombre
4) El Hijo Del Santo, La Máscara DQ Héctor Garza, Mr. Águila

Besides the Arena Aficion results, there’s a preview for the 10 Masks On The Line IWRG cage/tournament tonight. It’s two matches of 5, with the two losers advancing to face each other with their masks on the line.

Group A: Hijo de Pierroth, Ultra Mega, Stuka Jr., Mephisto, Felino
Group B: Nitro, Panther, Sagrado, Nemesis, Matrix

I don’t believe it’s going to be any of more CMLL-is names (though that’d be quite a story.) Nemesis is one third of the Riders of the Apocalypse trio with Pirata Morgan Jr. and Kaleth, and the fact that they’ve actually done something with him probably means he’s worth too much to lose here. Matrix and Ultra Mega are both IWRG regulars, and I expect it’ll be one of them – I’m betting on Ultra Mega, but I have no good reason.

After this show, the Sunday show will be the season ending show for IWRG. They’ll be off till, uh, next Sunday, just only taking Thursday off. Doesn’t seem like a big deal to me, but they make it sound like it is, so maybe I’m missing something.

In the Box Y Lucha forum, Dark Atlantis has posted links to many ’92-ish CMLL themes.

Misc lineups below.

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