04/12.5: lineups, CAN52

Let me tell you: garlic bagels = bad idea. I think I may be a vampire.

CMLL (TUE) 04/15 Arena Mexico
1) Rayo Tapatío I & Rayo Tapatío II vs Pólvora & Zayco
2) Luna Mágica, Princesa Blanca, Sahori vs Amapola, La Nazi, La Seductora
3) Metálico, Starman, Tigre Blanco vs Arkangel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Skandalo
4) Heavy Metal, Hijo del Fantasma, Volador Jr. vs Damián 666, Mr. Águila, Texano Jr.
5) La Máscara, Místico, Negro Casas vs Black Warrior, Misterioso II, Rey Bucanero

Los Tigres, reunited.

CMLL (FRI) 04/18 Arena Mexico
1) Starman & Trueno vs Calígula & Méssala
2) Fabián el Gitano, Máximo, Stuka Jr. vs Diamante Negro, Euforia, Nosferatu
3) Alex Koslov, Heavy Metal, Negro Casas vs Atlantis, Black Warrior, Toscano
4) Blue Panther, Marco Corelone, Shocker vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Terrible, Villano V
5) Héctor Garza & Místico vs Averno & Mephisto [CMLL TAG]

Title match is as suspected. The titles obviously make more sense with Averno & Mephisto, but Hector losing them just after losing his hair would seem to finish him here for the time being.

CMLL GdR on CAN52 #125 has
04/04 Mexico: Máscara Púrpura, Stuka Jr., Súper Nova b Loco Max, Ohara, Shigeo Okumura
04/07 Coliseo: Dos Caras Jr., Místico, Shocker DQ Atlantis, Toscano, Último Guerrero

04/12: Mexico, Toryumon

CMLL (FRI) 04/11 Arena Mexico [superluchas, ovaciones, luchando libre, ESTO]
1) Ángel Azteca Jr. & Metálico b Artillero & Súper Comando
2) Diamante Negro, Euforia, Nosferatu b Flash, Stuka Jr., Súper Nova
3) Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara, Valiente b Ephesto, Misterioso II, Sangre Azteca
4) Blue Panther, Heavy Metal, Negro Casas DQ Terrible, Texano Jr., Villano V
5) Averno, el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Mephisto b Héctor Garza, Marco Corelone, Místico

Top two matches were both two fall sweeps. Mistico’s mask was bloodied and ripped up during the first fall, and he took the pinfall after a triple powerbomb. Mistico went to the back to get a new mask, but that wasn’t enough to turn the match around this time. Averno & Mephisto got clean pins on Mistico & Garza, including Averno giving Mistico a second rope Devil’s Wings. Tag title challenges were made after the match.

Leon Negro, Estrella Blanca, Tony Lopez, Saeta Azteca, and Manuel Robles appeared before the main event for a short tribute.

Casas Brothers beat the Perros in the first fall of the semimain. V5 got Blue Panther to submit in the second fall, but wouldn’t let go of his hold and shoved down the ref for the excessive DQ.

Hijo de Fantasma looked a little nervous, but the reviews are generally positive. Ovaciones gives him credit for having his own style.

Stuka Jr. was strechered out after being beat by the Infernales.

Toryumon (SUN) 05/11 Arena Mexico
1) Saisuke Hanaoka & Satoshi Kajiwara vs Dr. Karonte Jr. & Negro Navarro
2) Dark Angel & Fuka vs Hiroka & Mima Shimoda
3) Hiromi Horiguchi, Ohara, Shigeo Okumura vs Brazo de Oro, La Máscara, Máximo
4) Katsuhiko Nakajima & Ryuji Yamaguchi vs Dr. X & Nitro
5) Marco Corelone vs Alex Koslov, Texano Jr., Amigo Suzuki, Hijo del Fantasma, Súper Nova, Astro Boy
6) Toshiya Matsuzaki vs Pequeño Damian 666 [hair]
7) Animal & Kensuke Sasaki vs Damián 666 & Terrible
8) Místico, Tatsumi Fujinami, Último Dragón vs Atlantis, Rene Dupree, Último Guerrero

Rene Dupree? Animal? Fujinama, Dragon, Sasaki, Alex, Marco make 7, so either Ohara or Okumura make the Gran Prix team or maybe Animal or Fujinama is only wrestling once that weekend.

Matsuzaki and Mini Damian had a draw in a title match the last time out to set up this hair match. There’s a yet to be announced match with people from the LA Dojo.

Arturo Rivera kinda sort explains what happened in Toluca.

Ovaciones says the music group Elásticos has created a theme for Atlantis as part of his 25th Anniversary celebration. I presume it’s the Atlantida song on their mySpace page.

Ovaciones also briefly profiles Scanner, a student of Shu el Guerrero. He’s a welterweight at 170cm, and is making his debut at Arena Libertad.

Back with lineups soon.

04/10 AAA TV Results (Toluca)

Previous: 03/09 (Texcoco), 03/16 (Monterrey, Rey de Reyes), 04/05 (Torreon)

AAA TV (THU) 04/10 Gimnasio Agustin Milian [MT]
1) Argenis, el Ángel, Gato Eveready b Operativo, Picudo, Toxico AAA
2) Nygma, Polvo de Esterllas, Yuriko b Casandro, Pasion Cristal, Pimpinela Escarlata
3) Extreme Tiger & Halloween b Joe Lider & Juventud Guerrera
4) Histeria, Mr. Niebla, Psicosis II b Abismo Negro, Charly Manson, Chessman
5) Escoria, Mesias, Ozz DQ Electro Shock, Kenzo Suzuki, Zorro

Projected air date (#832)
Mexico: 04/20
US: 05/10

Mesias was denied his revenge on the Legion by Cibernetico running in. Ciber attacked Mesias before attacking Zorro, so the DQ goes that way. Three was feuding continues.

The story of the night was the semimain, where Abismo Negro refused to work with Charly Manson or Super Porky (replaced Chessman.) Vipers pinned Porky 3 on 1 thanks to Abismo.

Immediately after the match, a camera backstage found Abismo Negro tied up in the locker room. Absimo freed himself, ran to the ring, and got into a fight with the Abismo who had wrestled (who is actually the debuting Black Abyss – a clone, as suspected.) Black Abyss fouled Abismo Negro to get the better of him this time. Abismo Negro accused Mr. Niebla of this evil plan, but Mr. Niebla claimed to know nothing. Insert joke here.

Tijuana/MPs battle involved ladders and chairs. Crazy Boy returned to help out his partners, who lost anyway.

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