Day: December 11, 2007

12/11: Puebla, lineups

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CMLL (MON) 12/10 Arena Puebla [hugo999]
1) King Jaguar & SWAT b Espiritu Maligno & Toro Bill Jr.
2) Black Terry, Blade, Siki Osama Jr. b Asturiano, Centella de Oro, the Tigre
3) Atomo, Mascarita Dorada, Último Dragón b Pequeño Black Warrior, Pequeño Violencia, Pierrothito
4) Dos Caras Jr., Heavy Metal, Rey Bucanero b Damián 666, Mr. Águila, Texano Jr.
5) Héctor Garza, Misterioso II, Terrible b LA Park, Negro Casas, Volador Jr.

Apparently there was a Toryumon Gym show on Sunday at Arena Mexico. Who knew? Looks like Atlantis defended the NWA LH title over Ultimo Dragon. Full results may turn up from Japanese sources later on.

Some lineups this week:

IWRG (THU) 12/13 Arena Nauclapan
1) Tortugillo Ninja II & Tortuguillo Ninja I vs Judas el Traidor & Nemesis IWRG
2) La Parkita, Pequeno Kato, Pequeno Volador vs Bracito de Plata, Espectrito I, Pentagoncito
3) Fantasma de la Ópera, Multifacetico, Ultraman Jr. vs Cerebro Negro, Oficial Fierro, Septiembre Negro II
4) Bogeman, Pantera, Veneno vs Kalimari, Masada, Yamamoto
5) Felino, Heavy Metal, Negro Casas vs Hijo del Cien Caras, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr., Pierroth

Okay, who’s Yamamoto and Kalimari? Naofumi Yamamoto? Yamato misspelled? I assume this is the usual Masada.

Interstingly, el Hijo del Santo is here on 12/20.

IWRG (SUN) 12/16 Arena Naucalpan
1) Halcon Salvaje vs Judas El Traidor
2) Gemelo Fantastico I & Gemelo Fantastico II vs Tortuguillo Ninja I & Tortuguillo Ninja II
3) Freelance, Golem, Multifacetico vs Capitan Muerte, Hijo de Mascara Ano 2000, Pumam King
4) Negro Navarro, Ultraman, Ultraman Jr. vs Kalimari, Masada, Yamamoto
5) Black Terry vs Fantasma de la Ópera [hair, IWRG IC WELTER]

Title change, I presume.

CMLL (SUN) 12/16 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Virgo vs Guero Loco
2) Estrella de Jalisco & Nube Roja vs Fraile de la Muerte & Impostor
3) La Sombra, Metal Blanco, Metalik vs Euforia, Malefico, Toxico
4) Blue Panther & Shocker vs Averno & Black Warrior
5) Brazo de Oro vs Emilio Charles Jr., Gallo, Mach I, Brazo de Platino, Ebola, Exterminador, Depredador (Guadalajara) [cage, hair, mask]

Ehhhh.

Guerreros del Ring #117 has bald Warrior and Bucanero

Noti AAA Blog posted photos of Guerra de Titanes.

La Parka Jr. out 3 months, Cibernetico out 4 months

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Arturo Rivera, in between talking much about the Teleton, mentions La Parka Jr. will be out three months and Cibernetico will be out four months.

Let’s recap
– Perro Aguayo is out at least two weeks (and, as Superluchas notes, is unlikely to return during the holidays)
– Mistico’s out for at least a month
– La Parka Jr., out
– Cibernetico, out

That’s the top 4 regular working tecnicos draws in Mexico, gone all at the same time for extended abscenes. (Perro’s a rudo, but close enough.) Who does that leave on top? Santo and Latin Lover aren’t working a regular schedule (at least yet.) Wagner and Park are just about to be regulars so I wouldn’t count them either. I guess Mesias may be a tecnico by the end of the week, but he’s not sticking around. Shocker? Konnan? Charly Manson? Chessman? Negro Casas? Octagon? Corelone? Elegido? Dos Jr.? Super Porky? Leono? Maybe not Leono.

This seems to be a bigger problem for AAA, even putting aside the length of absence. CMLL pushes a bunch of guys near the top, which hasn’t helped drawing of late but does allow them to deal with attrition better. AAA’s put everything into Cibernetico and Mesias. They weren’t the only guys pushed, but they were pushed so far and above everyone else that it’s a big drop off from there. La Parka Jr. was the only exception, thought that seemed more to be years of momentum and not anything particular they’ve done with him in the last 18 months.

CMLL will just run trios with the Guerreros and High Society and the high flying tecnicos and the other Perros and the old vets. They’ll draw 5,000 for Friday shows, under 2,000 for the other shows, shrug their shoulders and kill the time till they feel like ramping things up again. Pretty much the same thing they would’ve done with Perro and Mistico, actually.

AAA, I have no idea what they do. We all kinda figured it’d be a Konnan-centric winter into spring with Mesias in Puerto Rico, but he’s got to feud with someone. I guess we’ll just get Cibernetico talking and Charly and Chessman wrestling for him on the TV shows (which also isn’t much different than usual), but I don’t think there’s an easy fix for spot shows.