Televisa Deportes news reported last night that AAA rudo announcer Arturo Rivera will be returning to CMLL, starting tonight. AAA’s commentary appears to be taped live at the event, so he’ll be on both television for a month. Not sure how this will end up effecting everyone else.
This tonight’s Arena Mexico card, in case you forgot.
CMLL (FRI) 10/27 Arena Mexico
1) Mini Fantasy, Shockercito vs Mini Damian 666, Mini Halloween
2) Fabian el Gitano, Leono, Texano Jr. vs Hombre sin Nombre, Okumura, Sangre Azteca
3) Blue Panther, Dr. Wagner Jr., La Mascara vs Damian 666, Halloween, Mr. Aguila
4) Felino, Heavy Metal, Negro Casas vs Averno, Hirooki Goto, Mephisto
5) Rey Bucanero, Shocker, Universo 2000 vs Hijo de Lizmark, Kenzo Suzuki, Marco Corelone [ri]
Ovaciones’s preview suggests a double turn – Shocker going tecnico (which they started towards but seemed to put the brakes on) and Lizmark Jr. going rudo (which is completely random.)
The Notimex preview focuses on Bucanero & Shocker teaming up, seeing as how Shocker took Rey’s mask. Looking at the match, those are the two guys I’d look forward to fighting above others – too bad they can’t.
Cibernetico is listed as working a show in Zocalo today, but I believe that’s a typo and it’s Muerte.
indy (FRI) 10/27 Arena Mexico San Luis Potosi Lineup
2) Sombra del Misterio vs Leopardo [bull terrier]
3) Super Light, Goblin, Brujo Cosmico Jr. vs Sabu Jr., Black Fantasy, Fuerza Maligna [lumberjack strap]
4) Rayo de Plata Jr., Muerte Sagrada, Lover Boy, Cabllero de Oro vs El Mesnajero, Tiger del Ring, Cazador, Cholo Mayor
After running agianst each other, now the two SLP shows are doing an invasion angle.
MBLW (FRI) 10/27 Arena Coliseo San Luis Potosi Lineup
1) Principe del Misterio, Nino Sin Amor vs Galeon, Sepulturero
2) Bogar, Sanguinario, Gavilan Jr. vs Principe del Futuro, Furia Azul Jr., Tigre Dragon
3) Apolo Star vs Malingo [AMERICAS WELTER]
4) Tigre Metalico, Coascao, Astro Boy vs Nitro, Gigante Warrior, Apache Blanco
And now Arenna Coliseo SLP has CMLL guys, so I’m thinking there was some backstage drama last week? I dunno. Anyway, that’s a match for a new title, I believe.
Hijo del Santo crashed a fashion show. (thanks to mikeinformer)
Ex-IWRG wrestler the Hornet is back in Canada.
An article in El Universal talks about Santo movies as cutting edge (for the time.)
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From the Notimex article:
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why is he returning to CMLL?makes no sense
If Rivera is going back to CMLL, Who’s he replacing and who’s replacing him?
I think he will be replacng Leonardo Ria
They could put a deaf mute in place of Riano and it’d be an improvement.
Reports have been wrong before, but acording to Galeno del Mal poster, it was Magadan the one out of the commentary team, although he didn’t say if Ria
If last week was really only 7,000 and tonight’s attendance was lower, according to my records it would be the lowest attended Arena Mexico show since early 2004. Who wants to bet CMLL ignores that # and keeps running a Bucanero/Universo vs Corleone/Suzuki feud? I feel so sad if they are building to a big cage match with all those guys b/c it’s such a pointless match.
It was raining pretty bad in Mexico City and that might have scared the crowd… or at least CMLL is going to think that… and most of they guys get paid on Saturday or by Tuesday so…
I also got to see the third fall of the Latin Lover/Konnan Big match… Chessman and Muerte looked a bit off, probably tired, but still, they looked as superstars thrown in an amateur show!! Konnan Big HAD TO CARRY the workload for his team!! Well, maybe Latin gased out in the first fall, hardly but a possibility…
Might be that the so-called Lucha Boom is over?
What Lucha Boom? The only reason CMLL has big houses is because of Santo and Mistico.
Business picked up with the Wagner Jr vs Canek fued in 2004, and then with the Wagner vs Atlantis tease, CMLL tried to take advantage of the good crowds to push some guys, but only Mistico and the ladies (Dark Angel) worked.
Sept-Oct was pretty bad for CMLL, or at least it looked that way, since we can not trust the attendance figures, but I remember seeing the Sept 15 show having the upper deck empty… and most of that run was to build up to Mistico’s PPV.
Besides that, Arena Coliseo MTY which is not even that big, was not a sell out with Latin Lover coming back to action after a year… in his hometown!!
AULL is drawing a few hundred guys, Coliseo is not being sold out as well… that was what I was talking about as the ‘Lucha Boom’.