08/11: Mexico, lineups, TV

CMLL (FRI) 08/10 Arena Mexico [Superluchas, Galeno del Mal @ box y lucha, ESTO, Alvin @ el Martinete]
1) Bam Bam & Fantasy b Pequeño Damian 666 & Pequeño Halloween
2) Flash, Super Nova, Valiente b Arkangel de la Muerte, Nitro Neutron Nitro, Súper Comando
3) La Máscara, La Sombra, Mascara Purpura b Euforia, Nosferatu, Satánico
4) Alex Koslov, Marco Corelone, Rey Bucanero b Olímpico, Sangre Azteca, Tozcano
5) el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Héctor Garza, Lizmark Jr. b Blue Panther, Negro Casas, Volador Jr.
6) Dr. Wagner Jr. b Último Guerrero

In the third fall, Wagner went for a superplex. UG blocked it, and got the Guerrero Special. UG covered, but pulled Wagner up at 3. (NOOOOOO – in Ovaciones on Friday, Ultimo said something about how he’d rather lose by rudo-ism if he left Wagner embarrassed than winning clean, and I guess that’s the idea here, though I don’t know if that was a good idea) Ref got bumped, Ultimo fouled Wagner, Wagner sold it for a split second, then yanked Ultimo’s mask and cradled him for the win. Challenges after the match, nothing set.

Semifinal had some bizarre booking. Lizmark Jr. pinned Panther twice to win the match in two falls, but broke up attacks by Perro and Hector in the process so he could get the pin himself – so they kicked him out of the group! The heck? Not sure if Lizmark is now a tecnico or an aligned rudo or someone who’s about to lose his mask still or what.

Guerreros lost in three falls, but the only fall they won was when Corelone accidentally hit his partners with his superman dive.

Nitro was in the match! Nitro. So no one really cared all week to correct the typo.

CMLL (TUE) 08/14 Arena Coliseo
1) Rayo Tapatio I & Rayo Tapatio II vs Artillero & Super Comando
2) India Sioux, Luna Magica, Marcela vs Diosa Maya, Mima Shimoda, Rosa Negra
3) Flash, Super Nova, Valiente vs Canek Jr., Goto, Okumura
4) La Mascara, Sagrado, Sombra vs Euforia, Misterioso II, Nosferatu
5) Dr. Wagner Jr., Heavy Metal, Rey Bucanero vs Atlantis, Toscano, Ultimo Guerrero

CMLL (FRI) 08/17 Arena Mexico
1) Astro Boy & Molotov vs Apocalipsis & Ramstein
2) Dark Angel, Lady Apache, Sahori vs Amapola, Hiroka, Princesa Sujei
3) Alex Koslov, La Mascara, Volador Jr. vs Misterioso II, Texano Jr., Virus
4) Dos Caras, Dr. Wagner Jr., Marco Corelone vs Ephesto, Mephisto, Olimpico
5) Atlantis, Lizmark Jr., Ultimo Guerrero vs Hector Garza, Perro Aguayo Jr., Villano V

Guess he’s still a rudo! Would you rather have Villano V or Lizmark Jr. on your team?

CMLL CAN52 #90
08/05 Coliseo: Marcela b Amapola [MEX WOMEN]
08/05 Coliseo: Virus b Tony Rivera [hair]

CMLL FS-Mexico #53 (thanks CHUI)
08/03 Mexico: Dark Angel, Diana La Cazadora, Lady Apache b Amapola, Hiroka, Mima Shimoda
08/05 Coliseo: Atlantis, Olímpico, Tozcano b Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., Volador Jr.

08/10: Mexico Preview

No AAA taping this weekend, but the usual show in Arena Mexico.

CMLL (FRI) 08/10 Arena Mexico
1) Bam Bam & Fantasy vs Pequeno Damian 666 & Pequeno Halloween
2) Flash, Super Nova, Valiente vs Arkangel, Nitro Neutron, Super Comando
3) La Mascara, Mascara Purpura, Sombra vs Euforia, Nosferatu, Satanico
4) Olimpico, Sangre Azteca, Toscano vs Alex Koslov, Marco Corelone, Rey Bucanero
5) Hector Garza, Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Lizmark Jr. vs Blue Panther, Negro Casas, Volador Jr.
6) Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero

Big Anniversary tease is currently a Wagner/Ultimo mask match, and it doesn’t seem completely unlikely with no Mistico around. However, in today’s Ovaciones, Lizmark Jr. demands Blue Panther face him in a mask match. That’s not quite Terrible/Panther, but it still stands a chance of being terrible (and a miscarriage of justice.) Perhaps they’ll have both? Perhaps they’ll have neither.

Neutron is listed in Ovaciones and ESTO on the rudo side, so either it’s a mistake no one’s cared to correct, or they just haven’t cared to ask why.

ESTO’s article about Mistico’s injury puts the return time at more than six weeks. I’m sure he’ll rush back to make the anniversary show – he always does, and that’s exactly why this injury occurred – but they’re probably better off not expecting big things from Mistico on that anniversary show. Mistico will be in a fiber glass cast the first three weeks.

Atlantis talked a bit about his injuries to ESTO. He says he was out of it for 20-25 minutes on Sunday after being kicked in the head, and it wasn’t till he was in the hospital that he got his senses back. He’s taken the week off, except for work on direct to video movie he’s in, and does return to the ring on Sunday in Guadalajara. Atlantis mentions that he’ll soon be going on a tour in the US and Japan (the masked men tournament, right?) which will prevent him from participating on the Anniversary show. Atlantis calls Wagner a “hen.”

CMLL (THU) 08/09 Arena Isabel de Cuervanaca [Dark Atlantis @ el martiente]
1) Hooligan II & Pulsar DQ Demente & Vampiro Metalico
2) Robin & Spiderman b Carrona & Cholo
3) Sangre Azteca b Mascara Purpura, Ephesto, Astro Boy, Misterioso II, Stuka Jr., Metalico, Nitro, Flash, Loco Max, Skandalo, Loco Max [ciber]
4) Hector Garza & Perro Aguayo Jr. b Mascara Ano 2000 & Toscano

Mascara Ano 2000 filled in for Atlantis.

The Weakest Link with CMLL guys airs Sunday at 9pm on Azteca 13.

There’s an exhibition of lucha libre graffiti in Torreon. (La Opinion)

Next Sunday, there’s lucha libre at the Monterrey (California) County Fair at 6:30 pm. (link via the Californian. No names are listed. Same deal for the Oregon State Fair on August 25, though the picture of Atlantis makes me wonder if this is one of the US dates he mentioned.