GdR #37

taped 07/30, aired 08/05

Just okay; fair enough women’s trios [1], and the main event was a fine 8 minute encounter, but it was an 8 minute match. [2]

For the lack of anytime better to state the obvious, I’ll do it here: while I’m looking forward to India Sioux vs Medusa from a rooting interest [3], I’m completely uncertain about it as a wrestling contest. I believe we’ll one day have “India Sioux, pretty good worker”, but that day has yet to arrive [4]. In the little we’ve seen of Medusa [5], she hasn’t shown that sort of potential, and the two don’t seem to have any special chemistry to carry them thru a singles encounter.

On paper, India Sioux vs Medusa is the most worriesome singles match CMLL’s thrown out in this [6] run of women’s wrestling, and it has a chance of being distressingly bad. I’m gonna to cling to the ideas of them having a week [7] to work on the match, and that we were similiarly worried about Marcela vs Hiroka and a miracle happened.

(notes)
1 – though they’ve had better
2 – you may note that’s less than women got
3 – and I’ll try to play it down from here on out, because that sort of thing comes off as seriously creepy on the internet
4 – and given her level of experience, shouldn’t be expected soon.
5 – though you could see much more than you wanted to here
6 – now year+!
7 – or more; they’ve been setting up this match for a month, or whenever the Fox Sports Espanol deal was signed

08/07: Coliseo, Guadalajara results

CMLL (SUN) 08/06 Arena Coliseo Results
1) Caballero Blanco I, Caballero Blanco II ?? Renegado, Zombie
2) Bam Bam, Pequeno Olimpico, Tzuki b Fire, Mr. Aguilita, Sombrita
3) Dark Angel, India Sioux, Marecla b La Nazi, Medusa, Princesa Sujei
India and Medusa agreed to a mask match next week. YAY!
4) Damian 666, Mr. Aguila, Terrible b Sagrado, Satancio, Volador Jr.
5) Dr. Wagner, Hijo de Lizmark, Rey Bucanero b Mascara Ano 2000, Pierroth, Ultimo Guerrero
6) Mistico, Negro Casas b Atlantis, Olimpico [CMLL TAG]

Sunday Coliseo getting a cibernetico AND a mask match – I think that confirms FSE is getting the same GdR taping.

CMLL (SUN) 08/06 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara Results [
Gilillo @ el Martinete
]
1) Exerminador, Metal Blanco b Fraile de la Muerte, Rey Trueno
2) Depredador, Valentin Mayo b Antrax, Estrella de Jalisco
3) Angel Blanco Jr., Cien Caras Jr., Magnum b Leon Blanco, Mascara Purpura, Stuka Jr.
4) Idolo DQ Destroyer [lightning]
5) Blue Panther, Maximo, Texano Jr. b Black Warrior, Emilio Charles Jr., Toxico
6) Universo 2000 b Dos Caras Jr. [CMLL HEAVY]
ref took a bump off Dos’ German Suplex, Universo snuck in a low blow and got the win. The fan who wrote this up was shocking and angered that the commission would allow such cheating. (Really, though, Universo should beat Dos clean at this point.)

Magazines
Super Lucha #173 has a cover Santo, Mistico, and Dark Angel. Scroll down to the second page to see what a full Arena Mexico looks like.
Super Lucha Grafico #16 focuses on Great American Bash.
Luchas 2000 #329

Articles
the UK Indepedent runs the usual (generic) lucha libre introduction piece.
– The Corvallis Gazette-Times has a story about the author going to their first lucha show after seeing Nacho Libre. I *think* I just won an argument!

Martha Villalobos chats with Box Y Lucha tomorrow at 2PM.

Box Y Lucha hasn’t release full lineups, but I’ve got the main ones are listed for this week. I’ve discussed the CMLL stuff of note already.

AAA’s announced 3 TV tapings for next week, which includes two Mexican Atomicos title matches (both Dark Family vs Mexipowers) and a tournament of undercarders where the winner gets his ‘dream’; oddly, they seem to have a seeing battle royal on the first show, but have already announced tournament matches for the next two shows. I think wrestling may be fake! Also, the Allthe GWPC title seems to be back and anything going on with Cibernetico isn’t apparently by the lineups.