Day: May 18, 2007

05/18 Mexico Preview

thecubsfan 14 Comments

(again, if you haven’t seen the headline, make sure you go down to posts to the first story of the day. Thanks.)

CMLL (FRI) 05/18 Arena Mexico
1) Mini Fantasy & Ultimo Dragonicto vs Pequeno Violencia & Pierrothito
2) Hiroka, Mima Shimoda, Princesa Sugeith vs Dark Angel, Diana la Cazadora, Marcela
3) Minoru, Takayama, Terrible vs Dos Caras Jr., Marco Corelone, Ultimo Dragon
4) Hijo de Perro Aguayo vs Negro Casas, Felino, Tarzan Boy, Mephisto, Maximo, Alex Koslov, Stuka Jr., Volador Jr., Mascara Purpura [LdP, ciber]
5) Dr. Wagner vs Atlantis

Arena Mexico previews
– ESTO: show, Leyenda de Plata
– Ovaciones
– No NotiMex! They’re slipping.

Here’s the thing, they may not know who’s winning this anymore as I write this. Obviously we need to replace Perro with someone – maybe Terrible gets bumped up and someone finds Sangre to stick him in that match – but if Mistico really as going to be in next week’s block, this seemed strongly destined for another Perro/Mistico match. There’s no other natural feud, and there’s no Ultimo’s or Rey’s or Corelone’s next week that would stand thought against Mistico. CMLL may be rethinking things at this moment, so I’m guessing as much as they are and can’t base this off any actual information.

Thanks for coming: Mascara Purpura (so he’s healthy?), Stuka Jr., (Terrible if he’s the replacement)

Guys in a holding pattern: Felino, Tarzan Boy, Mephisto

Which leaves

Maximo: only a very slim chance, because he’s actually got a feud with Texano they’d follow up first, and winning this is still a stretch for him. I could see it as a last minute decision, especially if you’ve decided a rudo has to come out of the other side.

Volador Jr.: They could finally go ALL THE WAY with him! Wait, no, that’ll never happen, scratch this one.

Alex Koslov: Winning this would also be a stretch, but they’re high on him and we’re not exactly overwhelmed with possibilites.

Negro Casas: Here’s the safe bet. He’s reliable, and they could have him work rudo next week versus Mistico if they’d like. That’s the strong point – you can have Negro win here without committing to anything for next week. The downside is Black Warrior is not in the next group, so if that’s the June money feud, it’s going to have a couple week layoff.

While I’m thinking about it, I’m going to guess Perro’s injury does NOT increase the likelyhood of Santo coming back to CMLL. The only thing that’s going to affect that situation is Santo’s willingness to change his price. CMLL will deal with having lesser houses for the rest of the year rather than give in

05/18: Parka Jr. still out, GdI one night team up, Maximo wins tournament

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(make sure you check the headline story below, if you haven’t been here this morning.)

Guess who ALSO is still out hurt? La Parka Junior! This is what I get for reading newspapers.

AAA LG (WED) 05/16 Palenque de la Feria, Celaya [El Sol del Bajio]
1) Cuervo, Escoria, Ozz b Crazy Boy, Joe Lider, Juventud Guerrera
2) Estrellita, Rey Cometa, Super Fly b Angel Mortal, Polvo de Esterllas, Rossy Moreno
3) Octagón, Super Calo, Zorro b Antifaz del Norte, Kenzo Suzuki, Muerte Cibernetica

The article does not bring up the vow that Parka would indeed wrestle on these shows. Parka did sign autographs, and ran in during the main event to help the tecnicos. Calo replaced him in the match. Rey Cometa filled in for Pimpinela, so I guess Cometa isn’t hurt. Or less hurt.

Ovaciones reports IWRG and Dragon Gate have signed an talent exhcange agreement. No details. Perhaps if IWRG’s website was up…anyway, Pentagon Black is already working in both places, so I’m not sure what this exactly means. Maybe Turbo will be an IWRG regular? Maybe Veneno will go to Japan (and will he be allowed back in Mexico if he does?) I dunno.

CMLL (THU) 05/17 Arena Isabel de Cuerbavaca [Dark Atlantis @ box y lucha]
1) Bestia Metalia & Epidema b Aspid & Cabllero de Fuego
2) Cholo & Vampiro Metalico DQ Antaris & Robin
3) Eclipse & Olimpico b Alex Koslov & Super Brazo
4) Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy, Ultimo Guerrero b Blue Demon Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Lizmark Jr. [ri]

One time GdI teamup in a relevos incredible match. Rey teased making this a permanent turn. Bad turnout for the show, though – rain was some part responsible.

CMLL (TUE) 05/15 Arena Queretaro [Knotty @ el martinete]
1) Eragon b Luminoso
2) Rayo Tapatio I & Rayo Tapatio II b Escandalo & Startron
3) Corsario & Espiritu Negro b Principe Valiente Jr. & Toro
4) Maximo b Astro Boy, Flash, Leono, Super Nova, Stuka Jr. [Trofeo Francisco Flores]
5) Blue Demon Jr. & La Mascara b Damian 666 & Mr. Aguila

Super pictures at the link, as usual. Flash replaced a hurt Valiente. I don’t dislike Maximo as much as some of you dislike Maximo and he’s clearly the biggest star in that match, but….he’s quite the odd man out in that crew. By coincidence, ESTO has a interview with Maximo. His goals include getting revenge on Texano Jr., winning the CMLL LH title, and beating Ultimo Guerrero’s mask. It’s good to dream.

CMLL (TUE) 05/29 Arena Queretaro
1) Dark Angel & Marcela vs Amapola & Princesa Sujei
2) Corsario vs Toro [hair]
3) Perro Aguayo Jr. & Terrible vs Dos Caras Jr. & Marco Corelone

Well, that’s the tentative lineup anyway.

(El Sol de Toluca)There was an AAA show advertised for Toluca on Wednesday. I had a lineup for it (though I can’t recall from where – I want to say it was listed on AAA’s site, though it’s not up there now), but apparently the local Box Y Lucha commission didn’t know, and the show didn’t take place. People did buy tickets, but there’s no promoter to get a refund from, and the commission isn’t going to help because they didn’t approve the show.

Do fans commonly know which shows have been okayed by the local commissions? I would find that surprising; this seems more like the commission distancing themselves from the problem.

Yesterday, we had a story with a person complaining about injured wrestlers not being taking care of by promoters in Monclova. Today, in the same paper, the promoter and the injured wrestlers themselves angrily responded. The promoter’s been paying the wrestler’s downside while they’re out. This really should’ve been one article and not two; I don’t know why the promoter had to track down the article writer here.

Jam! has an article about the Vampiro documentary. Read to the end for the story about Vampiro’s girlfriend at the time.

El Heraldo De Chipas has an interview with Sexi Star. The interviewer’s first question is asking what the name means, but it gets a bit more useful from there. Sexi Star says she was in boxing pre-AAA, but her mother preferred she wrestled.

In an (subscriber only) interview with Figure Four Daily, Mike Quackenbush said, in his conversations with the CMLL offices, Mistico costs $3,000 to $3,500 depending on the day, and that’s before flights or additional fees. It’d probably be significantly more for a weekend day in the US, since CMLL would want compensation for those other shows Mistico wouldn’t be making it too, Quackenbush noted.

I’ll preview the Arena Mexico show a bit later.

Perro Aguayo Jr. injured, out up to 9 months

thecubsfan 7 Comments

(oh crap)

9:15 a.m. The Son of the Aguayo Dog outside has left of ‘‘Los 5 Magníficos’’

El Hijo del Perro Aguayo no sólo estará fuera de ‘‘Los 5 Magníficos’’ sino de la lucha libre, ya que calculan que se recuperará de la lesión en su rodilla por espacio de nueve meses.

The Son of the Aguayo Dog not only will be outside “the 5 Magnificent ones” but of lucha libre, since they calculate that he will recover of the injury in his knee by space of nine months.

Sounds like a (?)CL tear. Remember, Mistico did NOT end up wrestling this week, and we still don’t know if he’ll have surgery.

CMLL is screwed.

Update: CMLL.com says Perro was hurt Thursday night and taken to the hospital on Friday. It is a ligament, but they’re saying at least 6 months. He’s done for this year.