CMLL.com posted lineups for this week, and there’s some significant news coming out of them
– Arena Mexico’s main event will indeed be Black Warrior vs Mistico, and they do appear to be on the road to a mask match.
– They’ll also be running a 2006 edition of La Copa Junior, which had previously been reported (just by Dave?) as being canceled for this year. Shocker won last year, but, uh, he won’t be defending the title. The lineup
Dr. Wagner Jr. (Dr. Wagner Sr.)
Brazo de Plata (Shadito Cruz)
Dos Caras Jr. (Dos Caras Sr.)
La Mascara (Brazo De Oro)
Lizmark Jr. (Lizmark)
Heavy Metal (Pepe Casas)
Volador Jr. (“Remo Banda”)
Negro Casas (Pepe Casas)
Perro Aguayo Jr. (Perro Aguayo Sr.)
Olimpico (Roy Aguirre)
Hector Gazra (Humberto Garza)
Apolo Dantes (Alfonso Dantes)
Mascara Magica (Troyano)
Mephisto (Kahoz)
Misterioso II (Misterioso)
Averno (Rodolfo Ruiz)
It appears it’ll be one night of 15 matches instead of over three weeks as last year. That didn’t work out well at all with Leyenda de Azul last year and I would expect a short main event as a result. I don’t believe these are in bracket order or anything; they’ll probably do the battle royal seeding. I have no idea who wins – Dos? Metal? Garza? I’d be against Perro, because
– Not to completly bury the lede, but: 16 days after Perro Aguayo Jr. beat Universo 2000 for his hair, they’ll already have their first big rematch, next Sunday in Arena Coliseo. Expect cheap finishes and Universo getting his win back.
Galavision’s airing what I have listed, in case you’re wondering.
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Hector should Humberto Garza, no Jr.
The sad thing about this 16 man tournament is you SHOULD be thinking “man, how are they gonna fit all that on TV?” when in reality they will have no problem fitting those 15 matches + main event singles match into a 1 hour of TV.
Tough tourney to call. Guy with the best chance would obviously have to be Perrito but he just got a big win, does he need another? I’ll go with a final four of Wagner Jr., Misterioso II, Perrito and Dos Jr.. Poor Volador Jr…. :( Probably just gonna be used a first round squash for Apolo Dantes or Mephisto.
With the crowd being dead tired of singles matches by the time they get to Mistico/Warrior, those guys will surely run through their match in under 8 minutes. Just look at the Leyenda Azul show w/ Atlantis/Wagner.
It looks like CMLL TV in Mexico is going with 4 matches today and I wouldn’t expect Starman/Leono vs Flecha/Ramstein to air so next week on GdR will probably have the Coliseo main and the tecera. This is good b/c STUKA JR.! VIRUS! FLECHA! NITRO!
Rob
Fixed. I figure Perro will get distracted out of a win by the second round by the Capos. It won’t die.
Now that you mention it, no better time for a Cien Caras Jr. debut than the COPA JUNIOR tournament.
Rob