Most unhelpful teaser ever: IWRG’s Thursday card featured new champions!
IWRG (THU) 07/19 Arena Naucalpan
1) Misterio Verde & Tortugillo Ninja b Macho II & Rockero del Diablo
2) 911, AK47, Fierro b Kai, Sasaki, Yamato [EdM TRIOS]
3) Black Terry DQ Fantasma de la Ópera [IWRG IC WELTER]
4) Cyborg, Kraneo, Xibalva b Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Suicida [IWRG IC TRIOS]
5) Hijo del Cien Caras & Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. b Hijo del Solitario & Pierroth [IWRG IC TAG]
Hijo del Solitario replaced Hijo de Pierroth in the main event, and perhaps that was the difference. Probably not.
The new IWRG IC Trios police officers are the Escuadron de la Muerte, as opposed to the police officers who won the Estadio de Mexico trios titles in the segunda who are the Oficiales. No one’s cleared up that Mexico State trios title confusion yet.
Fantasma lost his title via DQ thanks to something Yamato did – I think he just alerted the ref to the shenanigans.
CMLL (FRI) 07/20 Arena Mexico
1) Moltov & Sensei vs Apocalipsis & Ramstein
2) India Sioux, Luna Magica, Marcela vs La Nazi, Medusa, Rosa Negra
3) Felino, Mascara Purpura, Maximo vs Misterioso II, Satanico, Virus
4) La Mascara, La Sombra, Marco Corelone vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
5) Blue Panther, Dos Caras Jr., Volador Jr. vs Damain 666, Hector Garza, Terrible
6) Mistico & Negro Casas vs Dr. Wagner Jr. & Ultimo Guerrero [CMLL TAG]
Arena Mexico preview: NotiMex, ESTO, Ovaciones. ESTO also interviews Sombra, and they explain that the name is supposed to be a reference to Oro. A Mistico/Oro hyrbird, that’s no pressure at all. They’ve got a recap of Tuesday’s hair match as well. ESTO branches out from CMLL coverage as well, interviewing Krator (who’s starting in IWRG – weirdly, this interview is listed as from Brazil) and picks up a La Paz AAA spot show preview from another paper in it’s network.
CMLL (THU) 07/19 Feria de Durango [El Siglo de Durango]
1) Andy Rock & Estelaris b Chilango (Durango) & Nocturno
2) Camaleon, Gran Mysterio, Milenium b Guerrero Inca, Mulato, Oso Negro
3) Alacran Asesino, Espacial, Negro Sosa b Angel de Oro, Cabllero Negro, Psycko
4) Groon XXX, Mascara Sagrada, Rayman b Angel Blanco Jr., Cien Caras Jr., Texano Jr.
This is the show that followed these guys visiting the cancer ward.
AAA (WED) 07/18 Auditorio Miguel Barragan de San Luis Potosi [Sol de SLP]
4) Cinthia Moreno & Oriental b Miss Janeth & Zumbido [AAA MIXED TAG]
5) Alan Stone, Head Hunter I, Mesias b Antifaz, Gronda II, Intocable
Antifaz replaced La Parka Jr. The change was announced, and refunds were offered (so they learned from Mistico!), but there still were a couple of angry trouble makers in the crowd according to the paper. Antifaz turned on Intocable to cost the tecnicos the match. Miss Janeth replaced Tiffany – doesn’t confirm anything, but does work along with those rumors about Tiffany – and somehow the rudos cheated in such a manner, they won the match but the local comissioner and the promoter came out to overturn the decision. Oriental got stretchered out after the match, which may have had to do with the finish.
AAA (FRI) 07/27 Plaza de Estrellas
1) La Parkita & Martha Villalobos vs La Hechicera & Mini Abismo Negro
2) Crazy Boy & Joe Lider vs Chris Stone & Histeria
3) Billy Boy, Brazo de Plata Jr., Super Porky vs Gran Apache, Super Calo, Zumbido
This is a company party/15 year plaque dedication/small anniversary show. AAA lists “Friday”, which could mean today or next week. I’m guessing. Good to know Chris Stone is employed by the company. Calo is listed as Calo here – and look, Chris and unmasked Calo at the same place as the same time. This would seem to indicate they’re different people.
FCW has a nice new website, with pics from the show last weekend and video from before the cage match.
Ovaciones interviews Veneno, who claims the people are demanding he turn tecnico. I would like to meet these people. Veneno also talks about his side job designing gear. Veneno gives out his cell phone number too, which is not the way I’d go. I don’t think I’m going to put Veneno’s phone number on the internet forever and ever, so you’ll have to go Ovaciones before the page disappears tonight.
(Comic Book Resources) “Lucha Libre”, a comic book about five LA men who decide to take back their neighborhood by putting on masks, will debut from Image Comics in September. The series has apparently been running in Europe for a while, but this’ll be it’s US debut. It looks good.
Milenio Torroen writes about a 900 piece lucha libre exhibition at the 2007 Gomez Palacio fair.
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From an interview with Dr. X…
“Ahorita cuando luchamos Nitro y yo, que es mi compadre, subimos como “Los Guerreros del Desierto”, así nos queremos poner.”
They have a tag team name!!!
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This is a company party/15 year plaque dedication/small anniversary show. AAA lists “Friday”, which could mean today or next week. I’m guessing. Good to know Chris Stone is employed by the company. Calo is listed as Calo here – and look, Chris and unmasked Calo at the same place as the same time. This would seem to indicate they’re different people.
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From the pics at the AAAManiaXV blog, I guess it’s a Calo Jr.
2) 911, AK47, Fierro b Kai, Sasaki, Yamato [EdM TRIOS]
3) Black Terry DQ Fantasma de la Ópera [IWRG IC WELTER]
4) Cyborg, Kraneo, Xibalva b Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Suicida [IWRG IC TRIOS]
5) Hijo del Cien Caras & Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. b Hijo del Solitario & Pierroth [IWRG IC TAG]
This is what TVC aired yesterday. Before I forget about this, I’ll write it down just to keep it somewhere…
Since Piloto Negro has the JPW or something like that title, I shouldn’t be complaining about the Japanese wave challenging for the EdoMex title, but they had a weak match with “los audaces” in Mty and this Oficiales are a lesser team, no way they could put a championship match and they soon resorted to using chairshots and stuff… oh well, the CMLL tag titles match was not that different so…
Fantasma de la Opera vs Black Terry should have been better, they surely could work mat but… Terry gassed out, he knew it, Fantasma knew it, the commentary guys knew it and the crowd knew it… End of first fall had Terry apparently trying a Nudo Lagunero but he better laid on his side to the mat and waited for Fantasma to figure out that was it… second fall was just Fantasma hitting a leglock and giving Terry a few more minutes of rest… and the third fall had Terry using a leglock and spending like 2 or 3 minutes there… then a ref bump, Yamato distracting Opera, Terry hitting a couple of crackers and scoring the match, not the DQ ending mentioned.
Semi had Ultraman instead of El Suicida. Ultraman is barely over or at the same level than Chivas in AAA but they put him in the semi here with their “top group”. They did an ending of pulling the ref before the 3 count, but he actually hit the mat, they went on nonetheless and Escuadron took this by cheating.
Main event had the guys trying, but, come on, it was Soli, Pierroth, and Dinafakes, and of course, the ending was not that clean, but probably the cleanest of the night considering the other matches.
In short, if you are looking for some old school lucha type of promotion, IWRG didn’t deliver at all, this was supposed to be a “Night of the Champions” but used the same format as your run of the mill shows.
The Lucha LIbre comics have also spawned a series of Designer Toys, check them out here: http://www.muttpop.com
As for the comics, I have the Luchadores 5 preview and it rocks!!