Day: October 4, 2007

10/05-07 Lucha Times

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AAA-US: This is the mysterious 09/09 taping, where results never showed up and only three matches from the show aired on TV. That’s 1:30 of programming – Gala is listing this as 3 full hours. Usually, the show will appear as aired in Mexico and there will be some unannounced filler programming, but there’s always the outside chance of unaired stuff I guess.

FSE-US: Final buildup of Emilio/Purpura, and we see if Hooligan can carry 5 men at once. If Hooligan/Okumura/Skandalo vs Leono/Fabian el Gitano/Ogun is good, Hooligan would be wrestler of the year. I’m thinking Hooligan will not be wrestler of the year. Show airs later than usual.

CAN52-US: My guess is this show gets the tournament, and maybe a match from the PPV since the women’s match is in the right spot.

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FSE-MEX: Women’s trios, High Fliers vs Japan+Satanico

AAA-MEX: what’s left from VdE and what else is around

CMLL: only 90 minutes, so maybe 2.5 of the top three.

CMLL CAN52 GdR #96

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CMLL CAN52 Guerreros del Ring #96, taped 09/16, aired on 09/22

The India Sioux outside the ring bit was the best one ever. Almost the whole family in masks helped, having a guy from the other promotion make a secret cameo was also cool, but it just came off more intersting than the previous ones. Maybe it WAS just everyone in masks.

Luna Magica is very into doing advanced dives. She’s not good at them, but she’s very into trying them. I don’t know where I’m going with this, so let me move on to the next paragraph.

The main event was interesting to me (for the UG/Atlantis stuff – the fans were far more into Wagner/Mistico.) Crowd totally turned on Mistico after Wagner was pinned clean, which everyone should’ve seen coming by now. You’d think they’d make it work by having Atlantis foul Wagner and Mistico unknowingly get the pin, but this wasn’t thought out like that.

Wagner being upset is no surprise; he’s hearing these huge crowd wanting to cheer him as the top guy, and there’s no chance CMLL will go with it. The thing is, if he jumps to AAA, does that reaction come with him? There’s a percentage of cheers he’s getting for being Dr. Wagner Jr., but there’s another percentage who are cheering for him because he’s the guy who’s not Mistico. Wagner’s still going to be over, but I don’t know if it can be the same. (That, and can he believe AAA will push him ahead of Cibernetico and Mesias? Wagner’s gotta be silently rooting for Park/Santo to be huge enough to open a third option.)

10/04: Cage video, Neza, Stuka, Villanos running

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Mr. Reyes @ box y lucha posted video of the Anniversary cage match.

Yesterday, when I was posting lineups, I did a double check on the ACM lineup for this Sunday. AAA’s been running the building on that day, so it was strange to see a local main event program carried over from the NICE Tuesday show, with no sign of talent being brought in. Turns out it’s no random occurrence and Arena Coliseo Monterrey has stopped running AAA shows (again) (rafasilva @ box y lucha) The local promoter says he was losing money on the shows, and AAA says they’re going to look for another building again. AAA’s appeared to send lesser talent to Monterrey for the last month – I wonder if that was cost cutting to try and make a profit or AAA getting out a bit early.

Is ACM drawing well for the NICE shows? It hasn’t sounded the way of late, and I wonder if it’s more the scotched ground of previously stunt booking which poisoned the audiences now. (And so their solution will be going back to more stunt booking, for sure.)

CMLL (THU) 09/27 Arena Neza [Heri99]
1) Ministro de la Muerte & Super Camaleon b Bacteria & Bufalo
2) Gitano & Mr. Aguilita b Celestial & Mini Olimpico
3) Caligula & Messala b Molotov & Sombra de Plata
4) Astro Boy, Mascara Purpura, Starman b Artillero, Dr. X, Nosferatu
5) Atlantis, Olimpico, Ultimo Guerrero b Dr. Wagner, La Mascara, Valiente

Gitano continues to get the better of Mini Olimpico. Artillero filled in for Super Comando – fair exchange! – Dr. X replaced Euforia and Valiente instead of Rey Bucanero.

Ovaciones today interviews Stuka Jr., who talks about his career and his aims. He’d like to win a Welterweight title, which means Sangre Azteca (possible) or Averno (impossible! maybe.) There’s also a brief bit with Octagoncito, talking about being one of Pena’s original minis. Mostly, Stuka would like to keep moving up the cards and wouldn’t mind proving himself as a rudo. Stuka Jr. confirms Stuka I is his older brother, not his father.

SuperLuchas explains the confusion over who wants to face El Hijo del Santo for his mask – it’s supposed to be LA Park and that’s clearly the idea you get when you read the article, but it mistakenly included a photo of La Parka Jr. and that’s what caused the problems. It’s the original versus Santo.

An article on Milenio writes about how it felt to be at the CMLL Anniversary show. My favorite part is how he doesn’t mention Lizmark Jr.’s names, because “the loser does not deserve to be remembered.”

Villano IV and Villano V are going to run in the Nike 10K (6.2 miles). This blows my mind, not to least to mention IV’s coming off knee surgery.

MedioTiempo writes about CMLL anniversaries coming up soon: Blue Panther hits 29 years of wrestling on Monday, Damian reaches 25 years on 10/13 and Emilio turns 50 on 10/12. 50 years young, he hasn’t been wrestling for 50 years (yet.) The same site is running a text message contest to win AAA Pena Tribute show tickets, though it’s probably by the time you’re reading this.

IWRG (THU) 10/04 Arena Naucalpan [SPOK619 @ Satanico’s Mansion]
1) Golem & Samba vs ? & Judas el Traidor
2) La Parkita & Mascarita Sagrada vs Bracito de Plata & Pentagoncito
3) Fantasma de la Opera, Filoso, Kato Kung Lee vs Black Terry, Enfermero Jr., Yamato
4) Bogeman, Negro Casas, Negro Navarro vs Electroshock, Villano III, Villano V

CMLL (SUN) 10/07 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Carlo Roggi & Estrella de Jalisco vs Azazel & Guero Loco
2) Antrax & Evola vs Depredador & Exterminador
3) Infierno & Mr. Trueno vs Metatron & Oro II
4) El Gallo & Leon Blanco vs Malefico & Pierroth
5) Rey Bucanero, Sagrado, Shocker vs Hijo de Lizmark, Misterioso II, Universo 2000

CMLL (TUE) 10/09 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Quazar vs Virgo
2) El Idolo vs Valentin Mayo
3) Machi vs Egipcio
4) Nube Roja & Oro II vs Danger (Guadalajara) & Infierno
5) Magnum & Rayman vs Angel Blanco & Toxico
6) El Gallo, Negro Casas, Shocker vs Cien Caras Jr., Sangre Azteca, Toscano

Super Amigos is reviewed in the Washington Post. They’re disappointed, feeling the movie has trouble keeping it’s focus. A 2006 documentary on Irma Gonzalez was part of a Mexico City film festival.

Lucha libre wrestlers will be involved in Mexico City four day Dia de Muertos celebration, though the articles don’t specific who or how.

El Diario de Chihhuahua previews the AAA Pena Tribute show. No new info, though they illustrate the article with a random boxing image.

Lucha Times should be up tonight. Another recap is set to post at 4PM CST.