Month: December 2005

CMLL (FRI) 12/09 Arena Mexico Results
1) Trueno, Valiente b Apocalipsis, Ramstein
2) Ohara, Arkángel, Okumura b Kronos, Equis, Texano Jr.
3) Dos Caras Jr., Hijo de Lizmark, Ultimo Dragon b Kenzo Suzuki, Olimpico, Mascara Ano 2000
4) Universo 2000, Tarzan Boy, Rey Bucanero b Hector Garza, Damian 666, Mr. Aguila
5) Mistico, Santo, Negro Casas, Blue Panther b Atlantis, Ultimo Guerrero, Averno, Mephisto

Main event did set up a title match; Negro Casas wants yet another shot at Averno & Mephisto’s CMLL Tag Team titles, and after he and Santo beat them clean in the final fall, that’ll be the duo who gets it. They didn’t offically announce it for next week yet, but I expect it to be there. Seems possible for a title change.

Not sure who Equis was, except for being Maximo’s replacement. Ovaciones didn’t seem to think too much of Kenzo. Halloween, in a wheelchair, neck brace and leg cast, watched the PdM match from the stage.

The big show tonight is AAA’s Guerra de Titanes show.

AAA (SAT) 12/10 Monumental Bullring Lineup
1) Rey Cometa, Laredo Kid, Hombre Sin Miedo, Principe Zafiro vs Kaoma Junior, Tito Santana, Rio Bravo, Oscuridad
2) Mascarita Sagarada, Ocatgoncito, Mascarita Sagrada Jr. vs Mini Abismo Negro, Jerrito Estrada, Mini Psicosis
3) Shika vs Chaman [hair]
4) El Apache, Tiffany vs Oriental, Cinthia Moreno and Billy Boy, Estrellita and Chessman, Diabolica [MEX MIXED TAG]
5) Intocable, Zorro, Electroshock vs Pirata Morgan, Charly Manson, Zumbido
6) Sangre Chicana vs Shocker [hair]
7) La Parka, Octagon, ??? vs Cibernetico, La Religion Cibernetica

I’m hoping at least we get names out of the sect members tonight. I expect them to more be undercard workers as goons rather than a big jump or anything like that for either sides mystery people. This should be a typical lucha 2005 big show; draws well, doesn’t seem to mean much. The Shocker hair match should be intersting, though I don’t think the outcome is in much doubt.

There’s also a CMLL cage of death hair match in Guadalajara which looks primed for Masada to lose (but we said that last month and he got away free, so who knows.)

I need to catch up on the NJPW results (Sangre and Safari started out strong and have since faded), but there’s some news outside of results; in a match versus Jado and Gedo last night, Safari suffered a serious enough injury that they had to stop the fight. No word on the nature of injury or how long it’ll keep him out yet, but with one just one more show left on the tour, they’ll probably just subsitute for him tommorow. (puroresufan.com)

Now that I’m actually watching GdR (though recap is still much later), I’ve noticed they actually are hyping a match for next week (which is “tommorow” by now) – and it’s the Arena Coliseo main event from last Sunday:

Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Negro Casas, Heavy Metal DQ Canek, Ultimo Guerrero, Olimpico

If there was a hint to the other match, I missed this. This goes against what I guessed earlier. I believe one trend has been set: those of you hoping for current TV are going to be happy, but those of you hoping for previously unseen undercard matches will be disappionted.

We’re still waiting to determine if the matches on GdR will air on regular CMLL TV, or if they’ll show other (and by default, more undercard) matches in their place. I’m thinking they’re more likely to repeat than ot, but I’m I’m interested in finding out.

and of course, nothing’s going on today. If you weren’t up at whatever time I posted the 12/08 update, it’s below, with a recap of the newest Halcon. As you can see, it’s been a big week for great pictures of undercarders.

Ovaciones today has some shocking information about Kenzo Suzuki. “He fulfilled his mission in the United States” and “Kenzo is a fighter of great quality.” This must not be the Kenzo Suzuki I’m familiar with; this Kenzo was in the WWE as well, but won the tag team titles with someone named Rine Dupuri. Anyway, Kenzo says he’s here to get revenge on Dos Caras Jr. for breaking his leg in ’03 and to generally become a legend in Mexico. While he’s got a match tonight versus Dos to accomplish goal number one, he’ll have trouble with number two, as he’s got one more show before heading back home. Kenzo says there’s a possibility of him returning in February or March if CMLL wants to continue to pay him to beat him to beat up their wrestlers. (I vote no! I don’t think I get a vote here.)

CMLL (FRI) 12/09 Arena Mexico Lineup
1) Trueno, Valiente vs Apocalipsis, Ramstein
2) Texano Jr., Maximo, Kronos vs Arkangel, Ohara, Okumura
3) Dos Caras Jr., Hijo de Lizmark, Ultimo Dragon vs Kenzo Suzuki, Olimpico, Mascara Ano 2000
4) Universo 2000, Tarzan Boy, Rey Bucanero vs Hector Garza, Damian 666, Mr. Aguila
5) Mistico, Santo, Negro Casas, Blue Panther vs Atlantis, Ultimo Guerrero, Averno, Mephisto

They’re pushing Panther/Atlantis and Mistico/Santo vs Averno/Mephisto for the tag team titles as the in-match stories for the atomico.

Guerrero del Ring #12 (the magazine) features el hijo del Perro Aguayo on the cover.

Have a nice weekend.

Unlike me, Halcon #48 is visible, on time and coherent.
– Eddie signs at the tribute show and the tour in Italy.
– Interview with Mr. Niebla. Mr. Niebla used to wrestle as Batman, you know. He doesn’t explain that, but he does give an explanation the long absence: he was out with with a lumbar disc problem that kept him out for eight months. His knees aren’t too good either. He says he wasn’t interested in going to AAA or elsewhere, because CMLL is the style he likes. Mr. Niebla explains the IWRG Mr. Niebla deal as a him leaving IWRG on bad terms (young and dumb) and it being a bit of a spite move. He won the case in court. This Mr. Niebla considers the span of time where he won the masks of IWRG Niebla and Shocker as his peak.
– Arena Mexico recap, focusing all on the main event. They’ve got pictures (using the CMLL.com photos) of more of their matches, and label the picture with Amapola and the belt as a title she won in Japan. Maybe there was a tournament there?
– Ocampo Eddie Bio, part 3, from ECW to 2003. Again, it’s good, except for quibbles: would Eddie (and Art and everyone else) have still wrestled in Mexico if the economy didn’t collapse. Even in a boom period now, I think if WCW and ECW still existed, contemporary comparables like Mistico would still find better offers outside Mexico. I could be wrong there, though, because I haven’t really thought this out. Ernesto thought out a “WCW should’ve really replaced Eddie with Konnan as lWo head after the car accident and carried that on” scenario, but I’m willing to bet the deal there is the angle was Eddie’s baby, and not anyone elses.
– Interview with Trueno! He’s from Monterrey, 25, and the son of the Trueno I, who got the name from his teacher Rolando Vera. So I guess I should be calling him Trueno II? Satanico and his dad have been his only teachers so far. He debuted on 09/04/98, though he doesn’t remember who he faced. Trueno II joined CMLL because it’s the bestest. Trueno II’s biggest rival is the sport of lucha libre itself!
– News updates say the Black Tiger vs LA Park mask match is 12/25 in Torreon – a Christmas present for us all.
– Interview with Zetta, which is valuable just because we now know how to spell his name. Trainers were Faisan, Franco Colombo, el Hijo del Gladiador – he trained for 5 (FIVE!) years. He’s a big Spiderman fan, but someone’s beat him to that gimmick, so he adopted the colors and a similar mask. He attributes the Zetta name from a tribe in India where it means “protector of the soul.” His debut match was at Arena Coliseo on 04/02/00, in the second match although eh doesn’t remember all the participants. He almost didn’t wrestle, because he’s still studying both psychology and learning the job of an athletic trainer. His current goals are to wrestle again in Japan someday, and just move up the card.
– Post of Rey Bucanero. You’ll have to turn your magazine sideways to view it correctly.
– LLF results – this was a benefit show for a women who got hurt the previous week, with men and women – but they only drew 30 people.
– Rankings! I’ll surely do more of this at a late date. Atlantis is wrestler of the month. They still list Rocky Romero as CMLL Champion, so who knows what’s going on there.
– Column. There was a match during last week’s telethon. They did an angle where it was Konnan, Shocker, La Hechicera, Jerrito Estrada versus Latin Lover all by himself, and if enough people called in to donate money, they could get Latin Lover some partners. People love Latin Lover, so he ended up with Estrellita, Octagoncito and La Parka Jr. Of note, the announcers for this match were AAA’s Arutro Rivera and CMLL’s Dr. Alfonso Morales.
– ending news covers Pierrothito’s triumphant debut match on SmackDown!
(Zetta also is a prefix meaning a Sextillion – 1 with 21 zeros.)

Halcon also posted a diaro.com.mx story about Blue Demon Jr. getting robbed. Demon mentions the hotel interfered with the investigation, refusing entry to members of the police to inspect the room.

Super Lucha #6 cover and other cover are caricature illustrations. Inside, there’s pictures of Villano III, and a group shot of Atlantis, Dr. Wagner, Lizmark Jr. and Dos Caras Jr. I’m not one to point fingers, but I think this cartoons may just be on steroids.

Hope there’s something left for tommorow. Arena Mexico preview if nothing else.