Month: August 2006

CMLL (TUE) 08/29 Arena Coliseo Results
1) Polvora, Vaquero b Sombra de Plata, Super Nova
2) Sensei, Texano Jr., Trueno b Apocalipsis, Ramstein, Zayco
3) Canek Jr., Dr. X, Hooligan b Pantera, Stuka Jr., Tony Rivera
4) Felino, Lizmark, Virus b Alex Koslov, Hijo de Pierroth, Hombre Sin Nombre
5) Dos Caras Jr., Heavy Metal, Rey Bucanero DQ Averno, Mephisto, Ultimo Guerrero
Averno fouled Heavy Metal. I wonder if Averno could get a great match out of him.

IWRG (SUN) 08/27 Arena Neza Results [KrisZ]
1) Bacteria, Cyborg b King Cobra, Platino
2) Ave Fenix, Cibelius, Kid Tiger b Chaco Mool, Francotirador, Hijo del Gran Markus
3) Hombre Arana, Suicida, Texano Jr. b Hijo del Diablo, Pierroth II, Puma
4) Mistico, Pantera, Sagrado b Black Warrior, Cerebro Negro, Misterioso II

16 days since AAA bothered to update it’s site. Maybe Pena was doing it himself and it was stressing him out. I know HTML makes me angry sometimes.

The Vampiro interview on Figure Four Daily is worth your $0.99.

Saturday/Sunday: The 07/28 taping from Madero. Tuco said it was just okay, Robert said – I don’t remember what Robert said. If only I didn’t have to navigate thru a thread to figure such things out.

CMLL Velocity & Heat: Matches from Arena Coliseo! I’m still lost to figuring out which goes where, and there’s not two ‘main event’ matches to split here. Looks like FSE’s show moved back a couple hours this week. (Yay for DVRs.)

Mistico thrown like a dart (magazinecmll)

Haven’t seen Tuesday Coliseo results yet.

CMLL (SUN) 08/27 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara Results
1) Metal Blanco, Metatron b Fraile de la Muerte, Valentin Mayo
2) Depredador, Destroyer, Infierno b Antrax, Idolo, Lider
Depredador fouled Antrax and got the pin; Antrax demanded a hair match for next week, and will get it.
3) India Sioux, Marcela b Hiroka, La Nazi
Marcela pinned Hiroka clean with a German, setting up a title match for next week.
4) Gallo, Maximo, Satanico b Angel Blanco Jr., Ohara, Okumura
5) Dr. Wagner Jr., Metro II, Rayman b Cien Caras Jr., Mephisto, Terrible

Sunday’s card is reshuffled compared to what was in Box Y Lucha.

CMLL (SUN) 09/03 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara Results
1) Estrella de Jalisco, Golden vs Flama, Imposter
2) Sahori, Silueta vs Atenea, Medusa
3) Gallo, Lider, Mascara Purpura vs Hombre Sin Nombre, Malefico, Mr. Trueno
4) Marcela vs Hiroka [CMLL WOMEN]
5) Hijo de Lizmark, Lizmark, Volador Jr. vs Mascara Ano 2000, Misterioso II, Universo 2000
6) Antrax vs Depredador [hair]

IWRG invaded Ovaciones’ offices yesterday. It was a bloodless takeover, except for that thing with the Head Hunters. The Futbol Nacional section will be renamed “Stuff about Veneno”, and the Futbol Internacional section will be renamed “More Stuff about Veneno.”

Anyway, the article’s a puff piece about IWRG getting big – or at least bigger than it was. They claim to be running in 7 states, though the big shows are still Naucalpan and Neza. Neza’s shows might be shifted to a Friday/Sunday schedule. They’re in talks to co-promote with Dragon Gate in Mexico in 2007. Their school, their TV show, and their wrestling recap TV show are all doing fine. The article states IWRG has 85 wrestlers contracted to it and another 45 outsiders who work there; that’s huge but not implausible in Mexico.

DGUSA has the lineup for the next Toryumon Mexico show

Toryumon Mexico (SUN) 09/10 Arena Coliseo Lineup
1) Negro Navarro, Arkangel de la Muerte vs Skayde, Brian Lee
2) Mima Shimoda, Hiroka vs India Sioux, Marcela
3) Kazuchika Okada, Rascal Matsuzaki, Oscar Hanaoka vs Joe E. Slick, Ashlam, Rip Impact
4) Hiromi Horiguchi, Okumura, Masada vs Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Platino, Passion Hasegawa
5) Hajime Ohara vs Hijo de Fantasma [NWA WELTER]
6) Ultimo Dragon, Mistico, Negro Casas vs Mark Jindrak, Alex Koslov, Kenzo Suzuki

That’s a new Brian Lee.

CMLL (WED) 08/30 Tuxtepec, Oaxaca Lineup
3) Dark Angel & Lady Apache ve Princesa Sujei, Hiroka
4) Mini Olimpico vs Mini Damian 666 [CMLL MINI]

I’d presume Mini Olimpico takes it here; if he does, it’d be the first year with two known* successful defenses since 1997. (Of course, there’s more we don’t know about.)

Artillero & Super Comando retained the Queretaro tag team titles over Ozuno & Sombra de Plata on Sunday.

Guerreros del Ring 47 takes you right into Satanico’s eyes.

I don’t know if this Blue Demon Jr. site is new or if I just forget it existed for a while, but someone posted a link to it, so I guess I might as well.

That’s a cover of some promotional materials they were using at the CMLL/Warner Brothers announcement thingy last week (I think.) I see LA Park and Ultimo Guerrero there, so I’m starting to doubt that list. Also, there’s a guy in Pierroth’s pants who appears to be jumping, so we’ve obviously left the realm of reality.

AULL (WED) 08/23 Arena Lopez Mateos Results [el pancracio]
1) Black Jaguar II, Heavy Boy b Black Fighter, Epidemia
El Pancracio has an extensive recap of this match, in case you’re a huge fan of Black Jaguar II
2) Ojo de Tigre I, Ojo de Tigre II, Ojo de Tigre Jr. b King Cobra, Misterio, Psicopata
3) Juan El Ranchero, Ogun, Rocky Santana b Krimen, Sadico, Sepulturero
4) Luna Magica, Marcela, Sahori b La Nazi, Medusa, Rosa Negra
Marcela seemed hurt after the match, after a La Nazi powerbomb.
5) Atlantis, Sangre Azteca, Terrible b Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., La Mascara
Atlantis pulled Dr. Wagner’s mask and got away with it. Sangre challenged La Mascara to a title match, and it’ll happen tommorow.

CMLL (MON) 08/28 Arena Puebla Results [hugo999]
1) Blue Center, Fenix b Ares, Mr. Rafaga
2) Asturiano, Centella de Oro, SWAT b Espiritu Maligno, Karisma, Siki Osama
3) Batman, Fabian el Gitano, the Tiger DQ Black Terry, Bobby Jack, Fuerza Chicana
4) Alex Koslov, Atlantis, Olimpico b La Mascara, Mascara Purpura, Sagrado
Koslov replaced Tarzan.
5) Hijo de Lizmark, Mistico, Rey Bucanero b Black Warrior, Eclipse, Ultimo Guerrero
Mistico beat Black Warrior

magazinecmll.com is back up, though wasn’t updated when I checked it.

El Pancracio has a long interview with Julio Cesar Rivera, who I know as the host of Guerreros del Ring. People with slightly more of a clue than I will read this interview and find out he’s currently publisher of Luchas 2000, but has worked for CMLL, AAA, PROMELL, Promo Azteca, WCW, Super Luchas and a bunch other things.

According to this article, Arena Neza was bought by a drug cartel in 2002 for money laundering purposes. The previous owners didn’t want to sell, but they were pressured into doing it. (I think it’s ‘was’, at least.) Wasn’t there a long period where shows weren’t being run at Neza? This story is about one of the key figures in the cartel, but perhaps the property was seized earlier on in the case and now someone else owns it? I don’t know.

The MLS’s LA Galaxy’s Hispanic Night is Saturday, with Lucha Libre action.

“I am a huge fan of Lucha Libre, but I am partial to Doctor Maldad,” said President and General Manager Alexi Lalas. “I look forward to an action-packed night in the ring and on the field.”

That is exactly why I would never make Alexi Lalas my GM. Anyway, card looks like
1) Genio vs Mister X & Silver Tiger
2) Infernal vs R2K & Sombra Infernal
3) Super Parka & Mascara Sagrada vs Enigma de Oro & Kayam (w/Dr. Maldad)

You may notice those opening matches don’t make any sense, but, hey, it’s an MLS team doing lucha libre. (Thank to mikeinformer)

Based on today’s release of the 09/03 AAA lineup, I can backtrack and figure out who’s advanced in AAA’s Dream Tournament. (Did we ever find out what the winner gets first winning this tournament? Way to go AAA, for not updating the website.)

Anyway, here’s what I’ve got.

Chiva I----
           |Chiva I----
Paranoica--            |
                       |-----------
Kaoma Jr.--            |           |
           |Kaoma Jr.--            |
Super Fly--                        |
                                   |
Rey Cometa-                        |
           |Rey Cometa-            |
Toxico-----            |           |
                       |-----------|
Pegaso-----            |           |
           |Apache-----            |-----------
Apache-----                        |
                                   |
Nemesis----                        |
           |Pesadilla--            |
Pesadilla--            |           |
                       |-----------
Laredo Kid-            |
           |Laredo Kid-
Mr. Condor-

Obviously, the first round losers may have been replaced, and there’s no way of knowing it at this point. Based on what Robert’s got for the 08/15 show (the cibernetico for matchups – which were already announced), I’d presume Policeman replaced Toxico in the opening match versus Rey Cometa, but I don’t know for sure.

The semifinals happen on 09/03, and there’s a three way booked for the next big card. I would presume it’s going to be Laredo, Cometa and Kaoma moving on, but that’s because I have no idea who Pesadilla is.

CMLL (SUN) 08/27 Arena Coliseo Results [ova]
1) Rayo Tapatio I, Rayo Tapatio II b Polvora, Vaquero
2) Mascara Purpura, Stuka Jr., Virus b Hooligan, Loco Max, Nitro
3) Hombre sin Nombre, Misterioso, Sangre Azteca b Sagrado, Texano Jr., Volador Jr.
4) Heavy Metal, La Mascara, Volador Jr. b Mascara Ano 2000, Pierroth, Universo 2000
Volador filled in for Negro. Since Negro’s now been out for 10 days (yet still somehow gets booked), why didn’t they have a backup here?)
5) Dos Caras Jr., Hijo de Lizmark, Mistico DQ Damian 666, Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Mr. Aguila
Perro low blowed Mistico and pulled his mask. Wash rinse repeat

IWRG (THU) 08/24 Arena Naucalpan Results [iwrg]
1) Golem b Francotirador
2) Platino, Turako b Bacteria, Paramedico
3) Ave Fenix, Kid Tiger, Tony Rivera b Black Jaguar, Black Stone, Cyborg
4) Panterita, Suicida, Texano Jr. DQ Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Nitro
Suicida replaced Sagrado. Nitro replaced Cerebros turned on Nitro and beat him up, causing the DQ. Veneno and the Head Hunters made the save.
5) Head Hunter I, Head Hunter II, Nitro, Veneno b Ogun, Pantera, Ramses, Sagrado
Nitro replaced Black Pentagon, Sagrado replaced Negro Casas. Rudos, who appear to be the newest incarnation of the Corporation, were attacked by Cerebros after the match, but 4 on 2 goes to the 4 and the Cerebros were left bleeding.

Super Luchas #176 teases Santo vs Perro and says Rey Misterio Jr. is coming back to Tijuana. Is he working a RAW show now? So confusing.

Box Y Lucha #2781 has a photo from Roberto Rangel’s funeral, and Santo beating Perro Aguayo. Poster is Perro trying to remove the mask, and Chessman delivering a superkick.

Santo posted on the Box Y Lucha board to thank the fans (and mention the cities where he’ll be wrestling this week.)

The Fox Sports Lucha Libre show was cut to 42 minutes because a (replay of a) MLS game went long and they cut out most of the first match to make up for it. No word what aired in Mexico.

Recaps
– Victor watched Fox Sports lucha show, and AAA on Galavision show.
– Jose @ F4D watched the Fox Sports show.

In this article, Super Astro talks about his giant sandwich, the Gladiador, and how it came to be.

Dark Angel is going to be working in Newfoundland, Canada, for the early part of September.

At Sunday’s Champ Car race driver Paul Tracy was seen parading around in Blue Demon mask and wearing a Quebec flag for a cape. It made sense at the time.

Not for nothing (except I really like typing that this week), it’s been 13 days since AAA’s last updated their website.

Lineup notes
– AAA tapes TV on Sunday (09/03). They’ve got the next round of the Dream Tournament listed.
– The main event of tomorrow’s CMLL Guadalajara show is Dr. Wagner Jr., Hijo de Lizmark, Metro II vs Ohara, Okumura, Terrible, which seems quite weak
– IWRG debuts someone named Dissel (or Diesel); I like how he’s teaming with Nitro.

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