Month: March 2008

On CMLL FSE in the US, we got

03/02 Coliseo
Dark Angel, Luna Mágica, Princesa Blanca b Amapola, Medussa, Rosa Negra
Blue Panther, Dos Caras Jr., Volador Jr. b Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Sangre Azteca

Anyone else watch this? I skimmed thru it and noticed there was a fall missing. The not-live show before it ran late, so things had probably been running late all afternoon, but naturally lucha is the show they take a bite out of to catch up.

FSE/MVS also dropped the sound for the whole show. It’s not even like last time, where just the announce teams were missing – there’s absolutely no sound, as if you accidentally hit mute. (I didn’t, I checked.) The commercials are totally normal, so it’s gotta be with the show.

The Televisa show aired:
2008-03-16 Mascarita Dorada, Pequeño Olímpico, Último Dragoncito b Mr. Aguilita, Pequeño Damian 666, Pequeño Halloween
2008-03-14 Amapola, Hiroka, Princesa Sujei b Dark Angel, Goddess, Marcela
2008-03-09 Alex Koslov, La Sombra, Máximo b Damián 666, Ephesto, Texano Jr.

So Mexico’s FSE aired the 03/16 main event AND one of
– a repeat of the minis match from this week’s Televisa show
– a repeat of last week’s Mexico segunda from last week’s Televisa show
– the Coliseo opener?

I have no idea which it was.

Mocking AAA’s lack of updates gets them to update. Or it’s nice coincidence. Anyway, the news you can use is AAA’s story on Zorro’s injury. According to them, Zorro had a hurt right leg for “several weeks”, but expected to be back in the first week of April. Which may mean no TV time missed – the next taping is offically announced as April 5 – and may mean Zorro’s back but he’s very protected for a while.

The news update also has Crazy Boy returning that first week of April, and speculates Palacio de los Deportes will be the home of TripleMania (which has already been leaked.)

SoloLuchas is a new news site which looks to have a lot of potential (and as you’ll see from the links, actual news), and will hopefully realize that making it’s entrance page a flash animation is really annoying and must stop. There’s a lot of good stuff there, but I’d like it more if they had an RSS feed and didn’t break up their results one match per page.

CMLL (SUN) 03/23 Arena Coliseo [ovaciones, Sololuchas: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
1) Sensei & Trueno b Carrona & Cholo
2) Hooligan, Loco Max, Skandalo b Metálico, Starman, Súper Nova
3) Satánico, Shigeo Okumura, Virus b Fabián el Gitano, Felino, Mictlán
4) Alex Koslov, Blue Panther, Marco Corelone b Black Warrior, Ephesto, Olímpico
5) Último Guerrero b Volador Jr.

Main event went short, short, long. Volador went up top for a moonsault (I assume), but Ultimo stopped him and gave him the Guerrero Special for the pin. Volador again comes up short but hangs tough with a top rudo. Nothing else much of note.

IWRG AZTECA (SUN) 03/23 Arena Naucalpan [Sololuchas: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
1) Chico Che & Star Boy b Judas el Traidor & Nemesis IWRG
2) Fantasma de la Ópera, Filoso IWRG, Freelance b Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro [super libre]
3) Cerebro Negro, Mr. Matanza, Veneno b Centauro, Miss Gaviota, Negro Navarro
4) Multifacético b Black Terry [IWRG IC WELTER]
5) Hijo del Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr., Universo 2000 b Aeroman, el Hijo Del Anibal, Solar I, Tarzan Boy

SoloLuchas’ report says 90% of the fans were cheering for Black Terry. Oh well.

Fox News follows up on the Super Mojado story; they were expecting 200 and drew 400 and raised $4,000 for their charity show. You know, there’s a long socio-political discussion we could have right here, about the gimmick and the INS raids that preceded it, but I think I should just point you to the pictures to point out the real story here: Super Mojado teamed with Huracan Ramirez! That man is everywhere at once, it’s unbelivable. LA Times also has an article on the show, and it’s not everyday Dollar and Peso get namechecked.

Rey Misterio Jr. is running away with the Televisa Deportes awards. I wonder if he’d be allowed to show up to accept, since WWE is on MVS networks and they’re feuding with Televisa.

Rey Mistero Sr. was interviewed about WrestleManiac: “It’s not Santo and Blue Demon against zombies, with flying vampires on visible wires, but the nation will enjoy it.”

note the small amount of flame/ESTO

The FCW FMLL show last night was almost derailed by Blue Demon Jr. & El Hijo del Santo being detained by immigration. Santo says someone called immigration to alert them of Santo and Demon coming thru, but they did end up making it to the show anyway. Santo never specifies who he thinks did it, but it seems like he has someone in mind. There’s pictures of the show over on So Cal Uncensored‘s board.

SuperLuchas #256 has many pages recapping Dos Leyendas. They confirm there was no moment of applause for Bestia Salvaje, which is very disappointing. I think I understand what I believe to be the reasoning – the night was about remembering two other people and they didn’t want to take away from it – but I completely and totally disagree with it.

IWRG (SUN) 03/16 Arena Naucalpan [Superluchas #256]
1) Ambar & Bacteria b Nemesis IWRG & Taz el Feroz
2) Chico Che & Star Boy b Rey Estruendo & Rockero del Diablo
3) Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro b Fantasma de la Ópera, Filoso, Freelance
4) Capitán Muerte, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr., Ventarron b El Fantasma, Miss Gaviota, Zatura
5) Black Dragon, Multifacético, Pantera b Cerebro Negro, Cyborg, Xibalva [capitans hair]

Multifacetico took Cyborg’s hair, pinning him directly in the third fall. Toscano was replaced by Zatura.

Solar I was scheduled to replace Groon in tonight’s IWRG taping. That’s a slight difference. Ovaciones also says Shocker’s going to work here, since he’s not getting booked by CMLL much. (I read that as “suspension”, but he’s supposed to be back next week.) Did Tarzan show up tonight? Will Multifacteico’s super push include a title win? I don’t know, IWRG’s site is still down.

ELL MEX (SUN) 03/23 Chicago, IL [superluchas]
1) Rey Macahui b Medico Loco
2) Angel de la Muerte & Bazooka b Elektron & Mascara de Jade
3) Diabolico & Horoscopo b Kamikaza & Rey Fuego
4) Discovery, Principe Franky, Rayo Lazer DQ Angel de la Muerte, Dorado, Rey Azteca

I didn’t even know THIS show was going on.

ELL MEX (SAT) 03/29 Chicago, IL [superluchas]
1) Kato Kung Lee Jr. & Zuleyma vs El Dorado & La Sirentia
2) Magno & Principe Franky vs Black Fish & Mano Negra
3) Lola Gonzalez vs Xochitl Hamada [EWWL WOMEN]

This is another tribute show for Chela Salazar, who’s recovering from cancer. Locals will be added to the undercard.

Accion:

CMLL: Hector vs Perro. Hector got to kick out the double stomp before going down to Perro’s actual finisher.

AAA: Hell Brothers killing Head Hunter I, Abismo Negro and Zorro. Zorro gets destroyed, we don’t see any of Abismo’s turn, and Head Hunter is the only rudo to get offense in, just enough to set up a missed moonsault and a Cibernetico chokeslam for the ring.

CMLL (SUN) 03/30 Arena Coliseo
1) Sensei & Sombra de Plata vs Carrona & Cholo
2) Ángel Azteca Jr., Astro Boy, Neutrón vs Dr. X, Loco Max, Nitro
3) Fabián el Gitano, Leono, Tony Rivera vs Euforia, Nosferatu, Satánico
4) Alex Koslov, La Máscara, La Sombra vs Misterioso II, Olímpico, Virus
5) Blue Panther, Dos Caras Jr., LA Park vs Villano III, Villano IV, Villano V

Semimain looks good. Segunda would be fun if it airs. The rest of it…

Fox News picked up the Super Mojado gimmick. There’s a match. Gringo Loco had a Mojado shirt (complete with a stick figure swimming) at the lucha last show I remembered to go to, so I think he wins this by a week.

and it’s not like I was doing anything important. So disappointed.

Anyway, news update will be up late tonight, so late it might be Monday. Check out the Grey Shadow match from last week’s FSE if you need some content

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