GdR #51, #52, #53, #54, #55

My records say I haven’t posted a GdR since November 4th? I don’t think that’s right, but what else do I got. I was going to do a bit where I posted a recap a night, but I couldn’t decide if I wanted to go oldest to newest or newest to oldest…so I’m just posting them all.

#51 (11/11): Good opener, Ogun in the main event.
#52 (11/18): Bad women’s match, bad main event
#53 (11/25): Belove average opener, fun though not great main event
#54 (12/02): average opener, fun though not great main
#55 (12/10): below average opener, okay main event

No great shows. I’ll post all the AAA recaps I’ve got sitting around tomorrow, maybe.

12/15 AAA TV lineup

AAA TV (FRI) 12/15 Plaza de Toros de Chilpancingo Lineup
1) Mascarita Divina, Mascarita Sagrada AAA, Octagoncito vs Mini Abismo Negro, Mini Charly Manson, Mini Chessman
2) Rey Cometa, Super Fly vs El Angel, Laredo Kid and Alliens, El Apache and May Flowers, Pimpinela [AAA TAG, qf, torneo]
3) Crazy Boy, Joe Lider, Juventud Guerrera vs Taiji Ishimori, Naomichi Marafuji, Oriental
4) ?, Abismo Negro, Antifaz, Histeria vs Cuervo, Espiritu, Ozz, Scoria
5) Gronda II, La Parka Jr., Octagon vs Charly Manson, Chessman, Cibernetico

Ishimori and Marafuji (just listed by their last name on AAA’s site) are NOAH guys who have no idea what they’re in for. Mystery guy in the 4th is the newest Viper. Hell Brothers are already rudos.

We’re at the point where the AAA TAG tournament makes absolutely no sense, by the way. What I’ve figured out so far is here. My notes have Pimpi and May being out, having already lost to Alebrije and el Brazo. Perhaps I’ve gotten that wrong, that happens a lot more than I’d like. However, there’s no way both the Cometa/Fly and Alliens/Apache teams should still be alive, seeing as they faced each other first round. Alan Stone & Zumbido should be in the tournament instead of one of those teams. Either there’s a typo or maybe Zumbido is MIA?

12/08 Guerra de Titanes results

Bumped because AAA’s updated their site!

AAA TV (FRI) 12/08 Centro de Convenciones de Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas Results [KrisZ]
1) Billy Boy, Fabi Apache, Mascarita Sagrada, Pimpinela Escarlata b Gran Apache, Mini Abismo Negro, Polvo de Estrellas, Rossy Moreno
2) Abismo Negro, Antifaz, Charly Manson, Histeria b Alebrije, Angel, Elegido, Laredo Kid
3) Cuervo, Ozz, Scoria b Crazy Boy, Joe Lider, Psicosis II
4) Brazo de Plata Jr. L Scorpio Jr. and Alan Stone and Intocable [hair, bull terrier]
5) Elix Skipper, Head Hunter I, Hotusff Hernandez DQ Alebrije, La Parka Jr., Octagon
6) Cibernetico b Muerte Cibernetica [coffin]

Notes

Main event was a coffin match, with Konnan as special ref. Everyone ran in and used weapons. Banderas was bleeding by the time he went into the coffin.

Head Hunter I, a large intimidating man, faked a foul to win the match for his team. YAY BOOKING.

The four way match used “last guy NOT to touch all six corners loses his hair.” Alan escaped first, then Intocable, and Scorpio low blowed Porky to stop him. Scorpio wins, and Porky has his son (Brazo de Plata Jr.) shave his head.

Muerte showed up to help the rest of the sect against the Mexican Powers. Crazy Boy took a barbed wire bump.

Abismo gave Laredo Kid a black hammer to win the segunda. Charly Manson officially left the Vipers for the Hell Brothers after the match.

Gran Apache offered to return his grandson Marvin to Fabi and Billy Boy if they won the match. He cheated and is still champion of Marvin.

Next taping is 12/15, and that’s the next post.

12/11: CMLL Vip, Teleton

CMLL VIP (SAT) 12/09 Monumental Monterrey Results [lomejordeluchalibre]
1) Corazon Adicto DRAW Dr. Cianuro
2) Orientale I, Orientale II b Dralion, Morvius
3) Diana la Cazadora, Dark Angel b La Bruja, La Nazi
4) Super Raton, Super Pinocho Jr., Super Muneco Jr. b Llamarada, Leono, Oro II
5) Hijo de Rey Misterio, Rey Misterio, La Mascara b Pierroth, Pierroth Jr., Alex Koslov
6) Mistico, Blue Panther, Sagrado b Nicho, Averno, Mephisto

2000 people in a 11000 person arena, according to the report.

Let me explain the Teleton matches bit in once place, so it’s easier for me to recall later:

Around 1pm on Saturday, CMLL and AAA both had matches.
– Dos Caras Jr., Shocker, Heavy Metal b Atlantis, Ultimo Guerrero, Olimpico
– Abismo Negro, Chessman, Charly Manson b La Parka Jr., Intocable, Head Hunter I (who had to be filling in for someone)

After the matches, they proposed the two winning teams would face off – but only if the people watching at home would donate 4,000,000 pesos ($367633 US) in the next half hour. They went over four million, so the match was on: Dos, Shocker and Metal vs Abismo, Chessman, Charly. (It’s been noted that all the CMLL guys had once been in AAA.) Shocker and Abismo were captains.

In the one fall match, Heavy Metal pinned Charly Manson with a ‘rana, but then Chessman beat Heavy Metal. The next pinfall would be the deciding one, and Dos took himself and Chessman out of the picture with a dive. Abismo and Shocker got into a tapatia, leaned back, and both sets of shoulders were down for the three count. It was a double pin draw, though both sides complained and vowed revenge.

Sports newspaper Esto has announced it’ll start covering lucha libre. YAY INFORMATION. As a person not living in the US, it’s pretty mindboggling that a newspaper would decide to start to cover wrestling. I’m not complaining.

There’s wire articles about the teleton match in many places – Vanguarida and mundo hispano are two

Latin Lover has had some falling out with the producers of the Solo para Mujers shows and won’t be appearing with them any more. However, he’ll still be doing his other show and just signed a seven year exclusive contract with Televisa, so he’ll probably be doing okay. They’re going to start filming on a lucha movie early next year. (tabascao hoy)

A blog entry on Milenio talks about piracy in lucha libre, mostly with Rayo de Jalisco Jr. If I’m not mistaken, Rayo claims Rayman – the wrestler who El Hijo de Rayo de Jalisco Jr. till the name had to be changed – was someone who is not family and was pirating the name. That can’t be right – there’s gotta be confusion somewhere here.

Paper Magazines
Luchas 2000 #247 has Rey Misterio Jr. recovering from his knee surgery, and hype for one hair match with results for another
Luchas 2000 Special #16 says goodbye to Lizmark.
Super Luchas #191 features AAA stars with indy stars from a recent spot show.

Internet Magazines
El Halcon #81 has interviews with Rey Bucanero, Hijo del Diablo, as well as results from Queretaro, Gimnasio Nuevo Leon, and the CMLL Vip show
the Gladiatores #21 has results form Naucalpan, Tijuana, Neza and another Villalobos show.

12/10 Arena Coliseo results

CMLL (SUN) 12/10 Arena Coliseo Results [alvin]
1) Molotov, Super Nova b Polvora, Vaquero
2) Stuka Jr., Tony Rivera, Valiente b Dr. X, Mr. Mexico, Zayco
3) Hiroka, La Nazi, Rosa Negra b Dark Angel, India Sioux, Marcela
4) Alex Koslov, Eclipse, Sangre Azteca b Felino, La Mascara, Mictlan
5) Mistico, Ohara, Ultimo Dragon DRAW Kenzo Suzuki, Olimpico, Tarzan Boy

It sounds like the main event finish was screwed up – referees lost track of the captains, and ruled it a draw when just secondary people in the match had got a pin. Olimpico and Mistico amused themselves with challenges. After the semimain, Sangre Azteca challenged La Mascara to a Mexican Welterweight Title match, and Mascara accepted, though that’s not listed on any lineup as of yet.

Alvin’s the man for even finding out who they’re doing for the Guy Who Lost The Mask next week. (Mr. Mexico.) I think the feature is dumb and would like to have, I dunno, more wrestling, but I do like the idea of doing people who’ve had many names. If they spent a segment on each of Black Warrior’s mask, they could have a three hour special.