or not:
At least as of yesterday, WWE was still expecting Mistico to wrestle in San Jose tomorrow night. It is expected CMLL officials will try and notify border authorities to not allow him in the country.
– wo.com
Good thing they haven’t finished the wall!
This is the story AAA’s going with:
Their standings
12 Crazy Boy & Joe Lider
12 Cuervo & Ozz
09 Super Fly & Rey Cometa/Pegasso – that’s -3 from what I have
09 Alan Stone & Zumbido
06 Espiritu & Scoria – that’s +3 from what I have
03 Antifaz & Histeria
03 Alebrije & El Brazo
03 Charly Manson & Pirata Morgan
03 Chris Stone & Hator
03 Mascara Divina & Oriental
03 El Angel, Laredo Kid
03 Alliens, Gran Apache
03 Juventud Guerrera & Psicosis II
03 May Flowers, Pimpinela Escarlata
03 Alan & Decnis
00 El Elegido & Intocable
Hmmm….
02/16/2007 Pegasso & Super Fly b Espiritu & Scoria
01/20/2007 EspÃritu & Scoria b Pegasso & Super Fly
So did I screw up one of those? YES. It still wouldn’t explain why they had it twice, but AAA’s obviously under the impression that one of these went the other way. KrisZ has both of these finishes the same way, so I don’t think it’s me. Oddly enough, the next match I’ve got to recap is that 01/20 one, so – maybe there’s a secret DQ I’ll find?
end game
Read that blurb at the end of the AAA page yourself, but it sounds like to me that there’s no more than one final match at the end, and maybe only that if there’s a tie a top the standings.
CMLL (SUN) 02/25 Arena Coliseo [ovacopmes]
1) Polvora & Vaquero b Molotov & Sombra de Plata
2) Caligula, Hooligan, Messala b Danger, Starman, Stuka Jr.
3) Leono, Sagrado, Virus DQ Arkangel, Mogur, Nitro
4) Alex Koslov, Heavy Metal, Rey Bucanero b Damian 666, Halloween, Mr. Aguila
5) Black Warrior, Olimpico, Ultimo Guerrero b Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Lizmark Jr.
Leono faked a foul from Mogur to draw the DQ. Ultimo got Wagner clean in the main event.
indy (SUN) 02/25 Arena Solidaridad [lemejordelucha]
1) Aguila, Hunter Jr., Norteno Jr. b Mini Gato Volador, Mini Venum, Mni Hator
2) Dranzer, Eclipse (Monterrey), Escrabod b Black Soul, Coco Rayaho, Mitsunori
3) Diluvio Negro I, Eros 69, Monje Negro b Apolo Estrada, Diluvio Negro I, Estrella Dorada Jr.
4) Diluvio Negro II b Silver King [UWA JLH]
5) Gato Volador b Vaquero Romo [hair]
6) Atlantis, Blue Demon Jr., Marco Corleone b La Park, Negro Casas, Shocker
Cerebro Negro won the IWRG Welterweight Championship in the main event relevos incredible on Sunday, which is incredible because he wasn’t supposed to be in this match. So he won a hair and a title in a week.
Jesus Perez Rodriguez, a lucha and boxing promoter in Aguascalientes for the last 65 years, passed away on 02/23. He was 91. (El Sol Del Centro)
Mundo De Hoy articles about VIP:
– mask match announcement, promoters explain they want to work with everyone and just happen to not have CMLL guys this time. They also explain how they’re much better wrestling than WWE.
– Super Muneco vows to retire if he loses his mask. That ain’t happening. Super Muneco explains how the feud started in AAA – Coco Rojo won the first 175 matches, and then Super Muneco won one.
– Coco Rojo does not make that same vow. He’s (saying he’s) 39 and figures he could wrestler to 45 or 50. Coco Rojo sets this up as a battle between the 90s (him) vs the 80s (Muneco), which I don’t know is a good thing for ’07.
Both the participants were asked about the WWE; there seems to be an idea that they’re in competition with those WWE shows despite being two weeks before them.
El Salvador.com has a story about the small lucha scene in San Salvador – basically, one arena with weekly shows. There’s another article briefly discussing the history of lucha libre in San Salvador, talking a lot about local wrestler Rayman – he’s either Max Linares or suspiciously claims the same background as the original Rayo de Jalisco.
Magazines
– Luchas 2000 357 has Marco and Alex as smilin’ tecnicos
– Super Luchas 201 teases Mistico/Perro
– Box Y Lucha 2807 teases Mistico/Perro
Univision is settling a fine with FCC over not broadcasting the required amount of children’s programming for a stretch (they put kids in a telenovela instead). Taking care of this fine will allow the Univision sale to be completed, so it’s another domino falling.
AAA TV (FRI) 02/23 Auditorio Jose Maria Arteaga, Queretaro
1) Estrellita, Mascarita Divina, Pimpinela Escarlta, Rey Cometa b Kaoma Jr., Mini Charly Manson, Polvo de Estrellas, Tiffany
2) Alan Stone & Zumbido b Charly Manson & Pirata Morgan [AAA TAG, torneo]
3) Cuervo & Ozz b Alebrije & Brazo [torneo, AAA TAG]
4) Crazy Boy, Joe Lider, Psicosis b Black Bufalo, Josh Raymond, Nate Webb
5) Fuerza Guerrera, Pirata Morgan, Sangre Chicana b Intocable, Octagon, Zorro
6) Charly Manson, Chessman, Cibernetico b Abismo Negro, Antifaz, Histeria, Mr. Niebla
Yes, 3 beat 4 (and Charly and Pirata worked twice.) El Elegido did help out the Hell Brothers in the main event, and the Hell Brothers repaid him by beating him up. If it was someone other than Elegido, I might be appalled.
Consgrados cheated to win the the semimain. Fuerza and Pirata challenged for a shot at the tag team titles – I guess it’s about time for La Parka and Octagon’s annual defense of those Mexican Titles. Seriously, though, Pirata loses in a tag team match as part of a tag team tournament not 90 minutes before, and is demanding a shot another tag belt? Couldn’t they have had Chicana in the team? (I guess not if Fuerza’s meant to win it.)
Josh Raymond is US midwest indy wrestler Josh Abercrombie – Josh Raymond is the name he uses in MTV’s WSX promotion, and he and Nate Webb were working as their Trailer Park Boys gimmick from that group. (This opens the door to Vampiro/WSX/AAA speculation – though it’s equally likely Banderas or someone else recommended them.) I’m not sure there was an actual finish in that match – Psicosis had Bufalo beat, Head Hunter I and the Dark Family ran in, and chaos broke out. Psicosis ended up laying out Bufalo, and he might be done for the time being.
Gonna have to make a list of everyone who’s ever been in this Foreign Legion at some point. It’s a small army by now.
UPDATED STANDINGS (chart)
P M
12 4 Super Fly & Rey Cometa/Pegasso*
12 4 Crazy Boy & Joe Lider
12 4 Cuervo & Ozz
9 4 Alan Stone & Zumbido*
3 2 Antifaz & Histeria
3 3 Alebrije & El Brazo
3 3 Charly Manson & Pirata Morgan
3 3 Chris Stone & Hator
3 3 Mascara Divina & Oriental
3 3 El Angel, Laredo Kid
3 3 Alliens, Gran Apache
3 3 Juventud Guerrera & Psicosis II
3 4 Espiritu & Scoria*
3 4 May Flowers, Pimpinela Escarlata
3 4 Alan & Decnis*
0 1 El Elegido & Intocable
AAA’s recap notes that Cuervo & Ozz have 12 points, so either they’ve actually been keeping count, or they’ve been looking here. I endorse either options. SADLY, they also say “only the Mexican Powers also have that number” – maybe we’re meant to count the modified Fuerza Aerea team as two different ones? That ain’t happening.
You know, if AAA doesn’t know that Pegasso & Super Fly have 12 points, that probably means they’re still unaware they’ve repeated a match. On the other hand, if it was just a web guy typo, they ought to have Alan & Zumbido win at the next way taping just to force the 4 way tie at 12, and end it there (unbalanced and all), and run a 4 way to decide it. I’d be fine with that.
Next: 03/03, 03/10, and I still don’t have any confirmation on the Rey de Reyes lineup.
Ovaciones reports Blue Demon Jr. and Rayo de Jalisco Jr. will be back in CMLL for some shows in April.
The latest twist on Mistico in San Jose on Tuesday is Rosalio Garcia, who is Mistico’s best friend and traveling partner, was quoted this morning in “El Reforma,” a Mexican newspaper, saying Mistico can’t go to WWE because his visa papers aren’t in order and because he’s booked on Tuesday night in Pachuca. I was told this booking was made by the CMLL office before Mistico told the office he was going to San Jose, so we’ll see. We haven’t heard anything saying he won’t be in San Jose from the WWE side.
El Reforma’s site is for subscribers only, far as I can tell, so no link. People miss the main event of Arena Aficion all the time, so that’s not exactly binding.
VIP (SUN) 03/10 Salon 21, DF
1) King Fish, Caramelo, Supernino vs Furia, La Mosca, Black Heart
2) Axel, Vangelz vs Shu el Guerrero, Lapida
3) Mano Negro, Solar I vs Black Terry, Negro Navarro
4) Coco Rojo vs Super Muenco [mask]
No CMLL wrestlers this time.
Hijo de Rey Mistero beat Inferno in the Tijuana multiway mask match on Friday.
CMLL (SUN) 02/11 Arena Xalapa [the gladiatoes]
1) Cerpado & Noturno b Maquina Infernal & Super Zero
2) Gabriel o Gabriela & Ojo de Halcon b Galactico & Rey Garfio
3) Cosmos, Samuray, Skayde b Eslabon Perdido, Laserman, Perro Mocho
4) Villano IV & Villano V b Mano Negra & Shu the Guerrera
5) El Dandy & Latin Lover b Perro Aguayo Jr. & Pierroth Jr.
CMLL (FRI) 02/16 Arena Neza Lineup [the gladiatores]
1) Mohicano I, Angel Negro b Chacmol, Piel Roja
2) Sahori & LUna Magica vs Amapola, Rosa Negra
3) Maximo, Texano Jr. b Ephesto, Okumura
4) Shocker, Dos Caras Jr., Xtasis b Damian 6666, Halloween, Terrible
5) Mistico, Dr. Wagner b Black Warrior, Olimpico
CMLL (SUN) 02/18 Arena Neza [the gladiatores]
1) Dark Devil & Sella b Asesino del Futuro & Dr. Trauma
2) Luis Cirio & Tony Cirio b Mohicano I & Mohicano II
3) Hermano Muerte I & Hermano Muerte II b Angel Negro & Warrior Steel
4) Hooligan, Ramstein, Skandalo b Rayo Tapaito II, Starman, Trueno
5) Blue Panther, Shocker, Starman DQ Eclipse, Marco Corleone, Ultimo Guerrero
Ramstein fouled Rayo to get the pin in the semimain. Marco, still a rudo here at this point, fouled Shocker for the DQ in the main.
CMLL (SAT) 02/17 Plaza de Toros El Cortijo [the gladiatores]
1) Arkanos & Okawa b Black Lancer & Tragedia
2) Blackman Jr. & Skayde b Cerebro Negro & Rey Lobo
3) Batman, Super Muneco, Super Pinocho DQ Coco Blanco, Coco Rojo, Coco Verde
4) La Mascara & Rey Bucanero vs Pierroth Jr. & Terrible
5) Blue Demon Jr., Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr. DQ Atlantis, Olimpico, Ultimo Guerrero
Ultimo fouled Demon and got caught in the main event. Coco Rojo fouled Super Muneco again. Rey Lobo and Cerebro Negro fell apart as a team, Negro costing the match and Rey Lobo beating him after and demanding a mask/hair match.
AAA Villalobos (SAT) 02/17 Plaza de Toros [the gladiaotes]
1) Mascara Magnifica & Super Mascara b Cirujano Loco & Dragon Boy
2) Lady Warrior, Mini Demonio Cibernetico, Super Loco b Buena Nina, La Pulga, Ricochet
3) Huracan Ramirez, Martha Villalobos, Mascarita de Oro Y Plata b Ilumninado, La Dibolica, Mini Arkangel
4) Billy Boy, Decnnis, Mascara de Oro Y Plata b May Flowers, Pequena Lulu, Polvo de Estrellas
5) Intocable, Octagon, Vangellis DQ Abismo Negro, Johnny Villalobos, Scorpio Jr.
Abismo fouled Intocable in the main.
AULL (SUN) 02/18 Arena Lopez Mateos [the gladiatores]
1) Solado de Diablo I & Solado de Dibalo II b Black Zoom & Pequeno Rebelde
2) Furia Guerrera, Heavy Boy, Kilvan b Gato Karateca, Rodan X Jr., Yakuza
3) Mr. Potro, Puma King, Regional b Jose Caporal, Kid Tiger, Sol de Oriente
4) Rey Krimen, Sepulturero I, Sepulturero II DQ Gallo Tapado Jr., Robin Maravilla, Terry 2000
5) La Mascara, Mictlan, Ultimo Gladiador b Atlantis, Sadico, Sangre Azteca
Still focusing on the Terry 2000/Killer Family feud, with Terry 2000 getting caught here trying a revenge foul.
Accion
CMLL: Main event trios – Lots and lots of Miktico highlights, and then Hector and Mr. Aguila hitting big moves to win.
AAA: Hell Brothers vs Nicho/Head Hunter I/Black Bufalo – Foreign Legion goofy and a Chessman tope. Pepe Casas is checking Copetes, down in the corner, when Cibernetico fouls Nicho and Charly gets the pin.
La Parka Jr. is totally in the right. I’m sure I’m supposed to be thinking he’s in the wrong here, so that’s not good.
Worst set of tag matches yet? The rudo/rudo and tecnico/tecnico match ups didn’t work at all because they matches has no flow without the usual setup. And the Barrio Boys aren’t good – at least the non-Billy Boy ones here.
Opener was good. Semimain was a 15 minute match to build a feud between a wrestler and a referee, so…
