Month: April 2008

I’m otherwise occupied today, so I’ve got Tuesday’s results for you now, and I’ll be posting the FSE/CAN52 recaps one per hour till I’m all caught up there. If there’s more news that breaks, I’ll get to it when I can but go ahead and talk about it in the comments.

CMLL (TUE) 04/01 Arena Mexico
1) Artillero & Súper Comando b Súper Camaleón & Súper Tri
2) Arkangel de la Muerte, Dr. X, Hooligan b Astro Boy, Leono, Tigre Blanco
3) Fabian el Gitano, Mictlán, Tony Rivera DQ Euforia, Nosferatu, Vangelis
4) Heavy Metal, La Máscara, La Sombra b Olímpico, Sangre Azteca, Universo 2000
5) Damián 666, Mr. Águila, Terrible b Héctor Garza, Shocker, Volador Jr.

Terrible fouled Garza and pinned him, which is a bit of a surprise.

In the tercera, Fabian replaced Flash. Vangelis led his team to a straight falls loss, getting DQed for excessive rudoness in the second fall. Santo debuted the same way, and that ends any comparison of Vangelis and Santo.

Tigre Blanco returned to replace Trueno, in his first known back since taking time off to deal with head issues. Becaus he’s a replacment (and they may have already know Fabian was subbing for Flash), I wonder if it was a last minute thing and perhaps not indicative of a planned return. Hopefully some more info will turn up about his status.

CMLL (TUE) 04/01 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Quazar b Thunder Boy
2) Ebola vs Virgo
3) Lider DQ Asesino Negro
4) Vaquero b Metatron
5) Pierrothito b Ultimo Dragoncito
6) Axxel, Gallo, Máximo DQ Malefico, Misterioso II, Toxico
7) Alex Koslov & Marco Corelone b Black Warrior & Texano Jr.

Black Warrior replaced Rey in the main event. Tecs won clean. Misterioso fouled Gallo in the semimain. Dragoncito replaced Tzuki and hopefully didn’t KO himself on an Asai moonsault, like the last time I can recall him facing Pierrothito in a singles match. Vaquero beat Metatron clean. Lider knocked down the ref by accident and faked a low blow on purpose. It all worked for him.

CMLL (SUN) 04/06 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Palacio Negro vs Novato
2) Valentin Mayo vs Thunder Boy
3) Metatron & Virgo vs Fraile de la Muerte & Guero Loco
4) Flash, Máscara Púrpura, Metalik vs Depredador (Guadalajara), Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno
5) Metal Blanco vs Vaquero [mask, hair]
6) La Sombra, Rayman, Sagrado vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto

There’s the apuesta match they’ve been setting up. Sagrado and Rayman are still the local tag team champs, I wonder if the main event is setting up something.

CMLL (TUE) 04/08 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Milenio vs Relampago
2) Idolo vs Guero Loco
3) Nube Roja vs Asesino Negro
4) Thunder Boy vs Vaquero
5) El Gallo vs Mr. Trueno
6) Casanova & Leon Blanco vs Infierno & Super Maquina
7) Grey Shadow, Místico, Último Dragón vs Atlantis, Toscano, Último Guerrero

Maybe Vaquero being booked for this show is a positive sign! Probably not.

Ovaciones confirms TripleMania will take place on June 13 (Friday) in Palacio de los Deportes. This is what Marco Rivera back on the 19th.

Arena Coliseo (DF) turns 65 years old today. I’m surprised they didn’t run a big show for the occasion. Maybe we’ll get one later this month. Ovaciones writes about the biggest match (Black Shadow vs El Santo on November 7, 1952) and the two deaths (Sangre India on December 25, 1979, and Oro on October 23, 1993.)

This comment got stuck in the comment filter, but it’s got a link to the original “Wagner’s going to WWE” article. I can believe he talked to Super Crazy who talked to Vince McMahon, I can’t quite believe anything can come off it, and the suggested idea that he’d work both US and Mexico is clear sign this isn’t far along if any of it happening at all. It’s a non story at this point.

In his weekday column, Arturo Rivera notes the many tecnicos and not so many rudos in AAA. Also, it sounds like the AAA wrestlers are going quizzed on their wrestling abilities by Gran Apache and Pepe Casas. They need to put that on PPV. Arturo seemingly honestly unable to comprehend why management might have issues with some of the wrestling is the best part.

SuperLuchas #257 has Park vs UG and Panther vs V5. Next week is their WM issue.

SuperLuchas’s also posted one two posts on the Chela Salazar show. Playing ‘which guy is taking pictures for the website’ was a fun game to play during intermissions. They got all the wrestlers names (instead of relying what they had written on the gear), so they’re much more professional than I.

Reading thru them, I’m reminded how pointless “Black Fish” really is. The guy I don’t have a problem with, but the name change is kinda pointless. Everyone announces him and puts him on his poster as “the guy who used to be Fishman Jr., Black Fish, the son of Fishman”. The only place he’s Black Fish is in the record books. I guess it works if Fishman is happy, but Black Fish really just got a new look and the old identity.

BTW, the blue tarp you see in the background is a wall divider. On the other side of it is an indoor soccer field, which had games going on for at least the first half of the show.

King of Kings (SAT) 03/22 San Pedro Sporta Arena, San Pedro, Belize [SERGIO_TAPIA]
1) Halconcito Dorado b Guerrero Galactico
2) Torinito b Angel del misterio
3) Astro Flash & Caballero Galactico b Angel Apocalispis & Tigre Pardo
4) Monje Loco & Neurosis b Gato Nocturno & Sombra Azul Jr.

King of Kings (SUN) 03/23 San Pedro Sporta Arena, San Pedro, Belize [SERGIO_TAPIA]
1) Halconcito Dorado b Angel del Misterio
2) Torinto b Guerrero Galacito
3) Astro Flash b Angel del Apocalispis
4) Caballero Galactico, Gato Nucturno, Sombra Azul Jr. b Monje Loco, Neurosis, Tigre Pardo [CENTRO AMERICA TRIOS]

Lots of pictures at the link. As was mentioned in the story last week, these were mostly fly ins.

IWRG (THU) 03/27 Arena Naucalpan [Super Luchas #257]
1) Nemesis IWRG & Rockero del Diablo b Avisman & Chico Che
2) Mascarita Sagrada (original) & Voladorcito b Payasito Negro & Pentagoncito
3) Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro b Coco Verde, Cocolores, Miss Gaviota
4) Aeroman, Multifacético, Negro Navarro b El Hijo del Diablo, Veneno, Ventarron Negro
5) Dos Caras, el Hijo Del Anibal, El Hijo del Solitario b Hijo del Cien Caras, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr., Septiembre Negro II

Dos replaced Toscano. Anibal and Solitario want another title shot.

AAA (MON) 03/31 Domo de la Feria de Leon [am.com.mx]
3) Killer Clown, Psycho Clown, Zombie Clown b Alan Stone, Chris Stone, Super Calo
4) Charly Manson, Chessman, Cibernetico b Espíritu, Kenzo Suzuki, Mesias

Kenzo replaced Zorro.

AAA (TUE) 04/01 Arena Juba [RFC]
1) Puno de Serpiente & Rey Patriota vs El Bufalo & Guerrero Estrellas
2) Dark Angel (Male) & Sangre de Leon vs Hijo del Zara & La Bestia
3) Al Cruaz, Beny Ruiz Jr., Bronco (Monterrey) vs Intachable I, Intachable II, Intachable III
4) Estrella Dorado Jr. & Magnifico vs Imagen I & Imagen II
5) El Elegido & Mascarita Sagrada vs Juventud Guerrera & Mini Abismo Negro

IWRG (THU) 04/03 Arena Naucalpan [Super Luchas #257]
1) Armbar vs Comando Gama
2) Gemelo Fantastico I, Gemelo Fantastico II, Miss Gaviots vs Payaso Carrona, Payaso Miedo, Payaso Terror
3) Aeroman, Multifacético, Zatura vs Black Terry, Capian Muerte, El Hijo del Diablo
4) el Hijo Del Anibal, El Hijo del Solitario, Pantera vs Mr. Matanaza, Septiembre Negro II, Veneno
5) Dos Caras Sr., Groon XXX, Negro Navarraoo vs Hijo del Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000, Ventarron Negro

CMLL (THU) 04/03 Arena Neza [Dr_landru]
1) Kid Tiger & Sensei vs Pólvora & Vaquero
2) Artillero & Súper Comando vs Calígula & Méssala
3) La Máscara, Máximo, Stuka Jr. vs Arkangel de la Muerte, Guerrero Infernal, Skandalo
4) Dr. Wagner Jr., Shocker, Volador Jr. vs Atlantis, Olímpico, Último Guerrero

IWRG (SUN) 04/06 Arena Naucalpan [Super Luchas #257]
1) Avisman & Star Boy vs Nemesis IWRG & Rockero del Diablo
2) Chico Che, Fantasma de la Ópera, Freelance vs Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
3) Masada, Veneno, Ventarron Negro vs Aeroman, Multifacético, Zatura
4) el Hijo Del Anibal, El Hijo del Solitario, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs ?, Hijo del Cien Caras, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr.

Ovaciones says the mystery person will be LA Park, working as a rudo here (while still a tecnico in CMLL.)

AULL (WED) 04/09 Arena Lopez Mateos [Super Luchas #257]
1) Mascarita Oriental & Nino de Fuego vs Black Star & Zayruz
2) Caramelo, Piscopata, Super Nino vs Cerebro Maligno, Epitafio, Herejia
3) Chucho el Roro, Epidermia, Robin Maravilla vs Dr. Cerebro, ESepulturero, Rey Krimen
4) Sadico vs Terry 2000 [AULL LIGHT]
5) Dr. Wagner Jr., Groon XXX, Solar I vs Canek, Negro Navarro, Universo 2000

AAA (FRI) 04/25 Arena Azteca Budokan
1) Alan Stone, Chris Stone, Super Calo vs Decnnis, Scorpio Jr., Zumbido
2) Rossy Moreno vs Estrellita [hair, cage]
3) Zorro vs Cibernetico, Mesias [electric cage]

They’re promoting this as the first hair match between women in the history of this building.

El Santo and El Hijo del Santo are getting postage stamps. The Mexican Post Office is making six stamps (3 for each). They do not say when they’ll be released, but they’ll also be releasing a colectors edition with the stamps, envelopes, a brief bio and a mask.

CMLL (SUN) 03/30 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Milenio b Novato
2) Valentin Mayo b Thunder Boy
3) Casanova & Oro II b Fraile de la Muerte & Guero Loco
4) Metal Blanco & Metalik DQ Depredador & Vaquero
5) Mascarita Dorada & Tzuki b Pequeño Damian 666 & Pierrothito
6) Averno, Mephisto, Terrible b Grey Shadow, Marco Corelone, Sagrado

I went over the top two yesterday. Vaquero got DQed for fouling Metal Blanco in the fourth match. Vaquero shouldn’t be investing any money in haircuts.

indy (SUN) 03/30 Arena Xalapa [escualoasesino]
1) Nino Malo b Zafiro (Veracruz)
2) Century 2000 & Nimbus b Bat Boy & Black Jack
3) Enigma, Kato, Kid Dragon, Tormenta b Blue Angel, Cancerbero Jr., Shun Ly, Trueno Infernal
4) Angel del Misterio, Batman, Cyborg (Veracruz), Junior b Acero, Kronos (Veracruz), Relampago Cadena, Tormento Chino
5) Apolo Segovia, Black Baby, Matrix, Triple X b Apolo, Misterio de Plata, Rey Egipto, Sangre y Fuego
6) Matematico Jr. b Hijo del Buitre [mask]

Hijo del Butire is Javier Flores.

indy (THU) 04/03 Arena Olimpico Laguna de Gomez Palacio []El Siglo de Torreon]
1) Cadet de la Atlantida I & Cadet de la Atlantida II vs El Sadico (Laguna) & Venum (Laguna)
2) Rey Fobia & Scriba Jr. vs Moro Jr. & Pequeno Cometa
3) Brillante I, Sexy Piscis, Stuka I vs Mensjero de la Muerte, Mr. Guerrero, Scriaba
4) Difunto I & Difunto II vs Piloto Negro & Piloto Suicida

Besides the lineup, there’s a passionate takedown of local referees, commissions, and promoters for killing lucha by not exerting any control over the referees (who might as well be wrestlers for all their participation) and the matches. And then the article switched to noting only 20% of the local wrestlers have gotten licensed so far, which actually seems up.

indy (SUN) 04/06 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [RFC]
1) Aguila Extrema & Virutal X vs Euforia (Monterrey) & Iron Extreme
2) Mascarita Sagrada 2007 & Mini Dizzy vs Mascartia de la Muerte & Mini Histeria
3) Billy Boy & Fabi Apache vs Gran Apache & Mari Apache
4) ?, La Momia, Pimpinela Escarlata vs ?, Antifaz del Norte, Psicosis II
5) Abismo Negro, Joe Lider, Ultimo Gladiador vs Killer Clown, Psycho Clown, Zombie Clown

Goddess appears to have changed her gear. Yay.

According to SuperLuchas, Vangelis is in CMLL (today) in hopes of beating Mistico and winning his title back. It’s good to dream. I should have more from them tomorrow.

Small time wrestler and big time serial killer Maraviejtas was sentenced to 759 years in jail for her 11 confirmed murders (and other assorted crimes.) Mexican law caps that at 50 years, which doesn’t make any sense to me.