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A few Reforma important stories, all reposted on el Martiente by Jazzo:
– Tigre Blanco is out a least a month, and maybe for good. His loss of memory after Tuesday’s injury lasted for six hours and kept him in the hospital for two days. The doctors diagnsised him with cerebral oedema (brain swelling) and have put him on complete rest. This is the third time he’s lost consciousness like this; he’d been out for 15 minutes once and 30 another time, and he sounds very worried about how it’s getting worse. Tigre says he’s going to wait to decide if he’ll return.
– Toscano spoke about his suspension. Nothing is said about leaving CMLL, and instead Toscano talks about how much he wants back in. Toscano has not been told how long his suspension is, but he’s running out of money and has a family support, so he’s a bit worried. He’s sorry for missing the Arena Mexico show and hopes going to the press doesn’t get him in more trouble.
– Black Warrior talks about teaming with Olimpico and doens’t mention anything about leaving CMLL. Olimpico and Warrior are preparing hard to win the tournament, and would be okay with a title match versus Atlantis & UG, because the titles would be in good hands either way.
RFC says Morishima and Marafuji will be working in Arena Coliseo Monterrey on 02/03, as part of their AAA stint. He also mentions an article in Luchas 2000 this week, where an unnamed family member is thinking about jumping to AAA because of the lack of oppurtinty in CMLL. Astro Boy would be the logical assumption, but he just worked in Coliseo this past Tuesday. There does seem to be plenty of Dr. Karonte’s floating around, though I haven’t seem them lately.
Ovaciones’ main article is a lot of previously mentioned news bits. They do expand on the “Mr. Niebla, leader of the Vipers” headline from Box y Lucha, saying Abismo Negro wanted to strike out on his own for a while. Hopefully, this includes Abismo changing the opening of his music so it no longer talks about him being in the Vipers (or LLL.)
We’re also supposed to be going with the idea that the new Clowns have already won 16 matches in a row. Actually, when you consider it was a month between TV tapings, it’s not totally implausible. Or maybe we’re supposed to pretend these are the same clowns as before and forget their loss?
indy (SUN) 01/20 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [rfc]
1) Baby Fox & Rey Imagen vs Criminal & Invasor
2) Dranser & Scravos vs Androide & Yaco
3) Aguila Extrema & Virtual X vs Dr. Cianruo & Euforia (Monterrey) [lumberjack]
4) Iorn, La Momia, Principe Diamante vs Ramses, Rio Bravo, Tito Santana II
5) Charly Manson & Pimpinela Escarlata vs Antifaz del Norte & Electro Shock
CMLL (SUN) 01/13 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [cmll]
1) Thunder Boy b Milenio
2) Extermiandor & Valentin Mayo b Ebola & Estrella de Jalisco
3) Metal Blanco, Metalik, Metatron vs Danger (Guadalajara), El Egipcio, Infierno
4) Angel Blanco Jr., Sangre Azteca, Texano Jr. b La Máscara, Leono, Tony Rivera
5) Atlantis & Último Guerrero b Rayman & Sagrado [CMLL TAG]
I went over the main event earlier in the week, but CMLL’s posted full results for the first time in months. In the segunda, Depredador snuck into foul Ebola while Mayo distracted the ref, then dragged Exterminador on top.
CMLL (TUE) 01/15 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [cmll]
1) Estrella de Jalisco b Fraile de la Muerte
2) Destroyer b Virgo
3) Guerrero Samuari b Guero Loco
4) Magnum & Oro II b Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno
5) Mr. Águila & Texano Jr. b Rayman & Sagrado
6) Malefico, Máscara Mágica, Toxico DQ Leon Blanco, Leono, Tony Rivera
Malefico fouled Tony without the referee seeing it, in the third fall. Leono did see it and fouled Malefico, but of course the referees saw that one.
CMLL (MON) 01/21 Arena Puebla
1) Forajido & SWAT vs Ares & Fuerza Chicana
2) Asturiano, Legionario, Lestat vs Cerebro Negro, Espiritu Maligno, Negro Navarro
3) Luna Magica, Marcela, Yeska vs Amapola, Hiroka, Mima Shimoda
4) Blue Panther, Heavy Metal, Marco Corelone vs Atlantis, Sangre Azteca, Último Guerrero
5) La Sombra, Místico, Rey Bucanero vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
Latin Lover’s side of the AAA royalties issues. He’s still a couple weeks away from decided if he’s going to Argentina.
The AP wrote about the lucha libre promotion in San Antonio. There’s a Piloto Suicida there too, which I think makes four different guys (Laguna, Baja California, Los Angeles/FMLL) active right now using that name. Or one guy who really gets around.
Lucha Shows In The US, Next Weekend
FMLL (SAT) 01/26 Congress Theatre, Chicago, Illinois
1) Dr. Wagner Jr. & Tarzan Boy vs LA Park & Rey Misterio Sr.
also scheduled to appear: Principe Franky, Samuari, Bazooka, Agula del America, Tigre Oriental, Great Malaky, El Reo, Fusion, el Tigre, Impact, Pentagon del Infierno, Angel del Muerte
FMLL (FRI) 01/25 Clara Street Sports Complex, Cudahy, California
1) Dr. Wagner Jr. & Tarzan Boy vs LA Park & Rey Misterio Sr.
also scheduled to appear: Huracan Ramirez, Rosa Slavaje, Sahmmu, Piloto Suicida, Acero Dorado, Chiva USA, El Jaguar del Oro, El Bionico, Ylka, Sombra Infenral, Poder Infernal, Alas de Oro
More info at FMLL.net and a bunch of other sites they mention on the flyer.
LLII (SUN) 01/27 Show Palace, Oceanside, CA
1) China Fox vs Mexus
2) Ruby Gradenia & Socal Crazy vs Matt Twizted & Quimera
3) Phoenix Star & Zokre vs Guerrero de Sangre & Nemesis (LA)
4) Mr. Tempest vs Pandillero II
5) Chilango & Volador Jr. vs Durango Kid & Silver King
Address is here. Doors open at 2, show starts at 3.
Favorite thread of the day: Alvin @ el Martinete wants to know why el Caverneria has lost it’s effectiveness, since it not only never works in big matches and usually the person who applies it ends up losing. My theory is people usually apply caverneria when they’re on autopilot, tired at the end of big match, and it’s a sign that they’re not thinking things thru too well. No one wins with it because they use only in that moment of that match, they don’t work to master the hold. Old school holds can still work, but you’ve got to know it as well as La Mascara knows La Campana.
(and now I’m going to badly translate this.)