03/02 Lucha Wiki notes

Besides the upgrade mentioned earlier this week, there’s been some other slight changes

– I figured out how to change around the navigation bar. Gone are the Community Portal pages we hadn’t been using, in come the main categories for the bios and the moves (by far the two biggest categories.) I don’t want to make the list too long, but if there’s another page that should be included on the nav bar, think about it and let me know.

– all the categories now list the first 500 entries, so the Mexican Bios aren’t split up on two pages now and such. There’s no way in the system to make that sort of change, so I just looked thru the code till I found a way to change the system. I’ll have to remember to redo this next time we upgrade.

– there was a short period where no one could upload files, and that’s fixed. Anonymous editing was on for a while, but I’ve turned that back off.

I’ve been working thru to add more championship information the last week or so; they’re among the most wanted pages. I believe I have all the current CMLL championships listed now, with the exception of the Light Weight title (which may just be a NJPW-LA belt now and I’m not totally sure who has it.) If you’ve got a moment, take a look at one of those championship pages and let me know if they’re too busy or if the in-line defenses make it hard to follow.

Otherwise, if you’ve there are things in the wiki that interest you, go ahead and add or edit them. And if you happen to be a luchador yourself, maybe you can your own bio.

03/02 news: Dos Legends Lineup, results, notes

CMLL (FRI) 03/17 Arena Mexico Lineup [ova]
1) Stuka Jr., Tigre Blanco, Tigre Metalico vs Loco Max, Nitro, Dr. X
2) Dark Angel, India Sioux, Marcela vs Amapola, Hiroka, Prinesea Sujei
3) Dos Caras Jr., Ultimo Dragon, Hijo de Lizmark vs Mr. Aguila, Terrible, Damian 666
4) LA Park, Dr. Wagner, Blue Panther vs Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Atlantis
5) Mistico, Negro Casas, Heavy Metal vs Olimpico, Averno, Mephisto
6) el Hijo del Perro Aguayo vs Universo 2000 [hair]

They’re doing the contract signing today in Arena Mexico.

CMLL (TUE) 02/28 Arena Queretaro Results [latin deadman]
1) Sarna b Caballero Aguila
2) Ozuno, Ursus b Neurosis, Startroom
3) Fantasy, Último Dragoncito b Mini Damian 666, Mini Halloween
4) Máximo, Sagrado b Arkangel de la Muerte, Misterioso II
5) Damián 666, Mr. Águila, Terrible b Black Warrior, Blue Panther, Mistico
Bloody match – Mistico got two masks ripped up. Mistico had La Mistica on Aguila but the ref was distracted. Aguila escaped, low blowed him. Mistico and Aguila agreed to a singles match in two weeks.

CMLL (THU) 03/02 Arena Neza Lineup
4) Astro Boy, Explosivo, Mr. Incredible vs Vaquero, Flecha, Polvora
5) Felino, Negro Casas, Volador Jr vs Olimpico, Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy

The Assassins of Hell, Averno & Mephisto, retained the tag belts over La Mascara & Volador Jr. yesterday in Arena Aficion.

You can’t buy tickets to Saturady’s Toryumon show – they’re not selling them to the public. I believe this was the same deal last year for the Arena Mexico show, and you had to get them by contacting Super Luchas and other magazines.

Diana La Cazadora is recovered from her accident and is scheduled to return to Arena Mexico 03/24 and 03/31. (el martinete)

Recall how Latin Lover was in Mexico’s version of Dancing With The Stars? If you scroll far down this article, you’ll find out that Savio Vega is currently in Puerto Rico’s version.

The crazy lady wrestler serial killer was in court yesterday. I think they were trying to figure out if she was too crazy to go to jail.

CMLL #206

02/25, taped 08/26

Took me a little bit longer than I figured. The main trios was pretty fun.

You know, they made the decision to change anniversary main events prior to this week, but if they were even still considering it, Wagner’s price would’ve doubled during the course of the show. He was crazy insane over, and it’s be crazy insane for him to lose his mask to anyone, much less Atlantis at this point.

Edit: Been thinking about it a bit, and I may have underrated the match a point or two. If I was trying to pick one recent match to sell someone on the Lucha Libre style of wrestling, this would be ahead of Mistico/Atlantis no doubt. It’s not the most important match and it doesn’t cover everything, but I think it’s a perfect represenation of whatever era of lucha libre we’re current in.

03/01 Lucha Times

Lots of split feeds and time changes this week. If the only think you tape is the overnight 3AM lucha airing, you’re fine. Otherwise, check my listings or check your listings.

Saturday: They weren’t going to air the next CMLL episode at any rate – it was a three hour episode and they were skipping them. Didn’t think they were going to skip four more, but the episode Gala previews is clearly the episode taped 10/07/2005.

Pretty odd how it works out that all the Tanahashi/Nakamura stuff gets skipped (I don’t think conspiracy and I’m sure NJPW would be annoyed if they know/care).

The person who just watches the show isn’t going to be completely confused about the Atlantis turn – the last match that aired with him had him on the rudo side in the parajes incredible match, and that was basically teasing the new setup.

Technically, it’s nicer to be five weeks closer, but going from 25 weeks to 20 weeks behind doesn’t really feel like it’s any more current. It is a step in the right direction.

Show starts 3PM East (most people) and 5pm Pacific (few who get the west coast feed)

Sunday: This is a tournament show, so you know how that goes. I presume Vuelta will jump ahead just like the Saturday show when it reaches that point but, for the moment, Sunday’s chronologically farther behind Saturday than it has been for quite a while.

West Coast feed is a couple hours later than usual.

GdR on 51MX: No airing on Saturday – it’s pre-empted for an Acapulco Tennis event. It’s on the normal time on Sunday.

If we’re sticking with the second Arena Mexico match and the Sunday main event, the Mexico match doesn’t look great, but Blue Panther’s on TV, so yay for that.

Perro vs Universo for hair on 03/17

Cutting and pasting in case CMLL.com rethinks it and takes it down.

No hay plazo que no se cumpla y será la magna función de Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: Salvador Lutteroth y El Santo, del próximo 17 de marzo en la Arena México cuando se enfrenten cabellera contra cabellera el Hijo del Perro y Universo 2000, batalla que será el platillo principal de un cartel de seis luchas estelares. En las próximas horas se dará a conocer toda la información.

That means Universo 2000 will meet el Hijo del Perro Aguayo on 03/17 – the annual Dos Leyendas show. The card will have six matches, and it sounds like we may get it complete before the week is over.

slightly less major TV: I’m looking at Gala’s preview right now, and they’re going to skip five weeks of TV (which includes the Atlantis turn, the three way hair match, and all of Nakamura and Tanahashi’s appearances.) More later.