Month: April 2008

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

There a couple previews of Hijo de Fantasma. He recently earned his BA in International Relations, which sounds like a decent degree for a big career. In Ovaciones, he says his goal is to work on the 75th anniversary show, which is strangely reasonable for luchador goals.

Main event hype is about the tecnicos demanding a rematch after last week’s shenanigans. MedioTiempo reprints the notimex article twice on same page, but there’s still not much content. Mistico & Hector are still tag champs, Averno & Mephisto are due a rematch.

Other ESTO articles
– AAA plans to work at least one show a month in DF, starting with TripleMania.
– Santo is working with UNICEF.

For no discernible reason, an AP story about Maximo got picked up everywhere. It works if you pretend you never heard of exoticos before, and Maximo is a new star.

Box Y Lucha posted a bunch of interviews
– Pimpinela is interviews about his career. He started out as non-exotico wrestlers, but found fan were shouting at him that he was gay, so the promoter told him to go with it.

– La Parka Jr. protests Rey Misterio Jr. being nominated for Televisa Wrestler of the Year award, since he’s not actually Mexican after all. Parka suggests Mistico, Cibernetico or Dr. Wagner as better candidates and says Rey’s going to win easily. This is a little strange to me, because it’s recently (since the return of Konnan) felt like AAA considers Rey Jr. as one of their own who just happens to be wrestling elsewhere, but apparently that view isn’t universally held. Abismo Negro’s name never comes up in this discussion.

Parka says his left shoulder will require one more year of rehab, but he’s back in Celaya and warns he won’t be doing much.

– and there’s a Picudo one with no text, so you’ll have to watch the video to find out whatever exciting news Picudo has to say.

AAA (SUN) 04/13 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [RFC]
1) Baby Fox vs Dr. Cianuro
2) Aguila Extrema & Virtual X vs Diabolik & Euforia (Monterrey)
3) Gato Everady & Super Fly vs La Momia & Ramses
4) Ayako Hamada & Billy Boy vs Fabi Apache & Gran Apache [ri]
5) Brazo de Plata, El Alebrije, Sangre Chicana vs Antifaz del Norte, Escoria, Zumbido

CMLL (MON) 04/14 Arena Puebla
1) Asturiano, Legionario, SWAT vs Aguila Guerrera, Karisma, Mr. Rafaga
2) Lestat, the Tiger, Trueno vs Cerebro Negro, Policeman, Ramstein
3) Felino, Máscara Púrpura, Mictlán vs Diamante Negro, Ohara, Shigeo Okumura
4) Alex Koslov, Grey Shadow, Último Dragón vs Atlantis, Olímpico, Último Guerrero
5) Dr. Wagner Jr. & Héctor Garza vs Averno & Mephisto

I hope Puebla doesn’t have to pay CMLL to bring in Trueno. That would be unfair.

CMLL (TUE) 04/08 Arena Mexico
1) Molotov & Trueno b Puma King & Semental
2) Mascarita Dorada, Pequeño Olímpico, Último Dragoncito b Fire, Pequeño Black Warrior, Pierrothito
3) Mentallo, Ohara, Shigeo Okumura b Fabián el Gitano, Leono, Tony Rivera
4) Axel, Máximo, Sagrado b Olímpico, Sangre Azteca, Virus
5) Alex Koslov, Negro Casas, Shocker DQ Damián 666, Mr. Águila, Terrible

Perro were DQed in the main event for excessive violence. Axel is still winning his matches with the camel clutch.

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

Facing certain defeat, UG yanked Mistico’s mask this time. Semimain ended with one tecnico getting fouled and the other getting his mask pulled. Vaquero lost in unremarkable fashion.

CMLL (SAT) 03/29 Gimnasio de la USMA, Panama City, Panama [TodoSports: title match, everything else]
1) Thunder Boy b Tornado
2) Guason o Wasson & Mala Sangre DQ Antorcha Jr. & Kumanchu
3) Destroyer, El Tahur, Pesadilla b Cazaor, Emperador, Kalalu
4) Amapola b Princesa Blanca [CMLL WOMEN]
5) Arkangel de la Muerte, Ken-Swi, Shigeo Okumura b Celestial (Panama), Negro Casas, Sandokan

Okumura gave Celestial a martinete and rematches were vowed. I think I know where Okumura is losing his hair in ’08. This is the son of the original Sandokan.

I found these articles from the luchandolibre blog (based in Panama?), which seems good. The entry about this match wonders what happened to Amapola’s IWRG title, so they’re aces with me already.

CMLL (THU) 04/03 Arena Neza [the gladiatores]
1) Enter & Exodo b Crismar & Gotico
2) Pólvora & Vaquero b Kid Tiger & Sensei
3) Calígula & Méssala DQ Artillero & Súper Comando
4) La Máscara, Máximo, Stuka Jr. b Arkangel de la Muerte, Disturbio, Skandalo
5) Atlantis, Olímpico, Último Guerrero b Dr. Wagner Jr., Shocker, Volador Jr.

DQ in the third match was because Polvora & Vaquero ran in and attacked the armed forces. That’s money.

CMLL (SUN) 04/06 Arena Neza [the gladiatores]
1) Spartano I & Spartano II b Golden Star & Mr. Cesar
2) Súper Camaleón & Súper Tri b Angel Perverso & Ministro
3) Chac Mool & Rayo Tapatío I b Calígula & Méssala
4) Bam Bam & Mascarita Dorada b Pequeño Damian 666 & Pequeño Halloween
5) Rayo Tapatío II b Ciclon Furia [mask]

Ciclon Furia is Enrique Gonzalez Melgar, 34, 10 years a wrestler, and originally from Guatamala! Always interesting when a non-Mexican turns up.

IWRG AZTECA (SUN) 04/06 Arena Naucalpan [the Gladiatores]
1) Avisman & Star Boy b Nemesis IWRG & Rockero del Diablo
2) Black Terry, Trauma I, Trauma II b Chico Che, Fantasma de la Ópera, Freelance
3) Aeroman, Freelance, Multifacético, Zatura b Masada, Septiembre Negro II, Veneno, Ventarron Negro
4) Negro Navarro b Solar I
5) el Hijo Del Anibal, El Hijo del Solitario, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. b Hijo del Cien Caras, La Park, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr.

Hijo de Cien Caras might hurt a shoulder in the blood, brawling main event.

The Gladiatores #79 is up, not just with recaps, but a ton of interviews, ranging from Messala & Caligula to Joaquin Roldan.

CMLL (MON) 04/07 Arena Puebla [hugo999]
1) Black Terry, Negro Navarro, Policeman b Blue Center, Toro Bill Jr., Toro Bill Sr.
2) Loco Max, Nitro, Skandalo vs Máximo, Metálico, Stuka Jr.
3) Pequeño Damian 666 b Mascarita Dorada [CMLL MINI]
4) Dr. Wagner Jr., Héctor Garza, Último Dragón b Averno, Ephesto, Terrible
5) Místico b Último Guerrero

Mistico won clean. The minis match was best of the night and got money thrown in.

AAA CANTU (MON) 04/07 Arena Cuatro Caminos de Nuevo Laredo [RFC]
4) Charly Manson & Cibernetico b Kenzo Suzuki & Mesias

Zorro and Chessman missed the match, announced as out 15 days due to injuries. Of course, Zorro wrestled in Torreon and both are supped to wrestle tonight in Toluca.

Crazy Boy returned on the DTU show, the last man appearing of a locker room emptying brawl, He dived off the same ledge he got hurt on at the last DTU show, though this time he didn’t try to do a moonsault and had the whole locker room catching him.

Ovaciones talks to Hijo de Cien Caras and Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. about their success in IWRG and random never happening mask challenges to Rayo de Jalisco Jr.

(El Norte via EL_Jawa @ Satanico’s Mansion & Reforma via Jazzo) Marco Corelone says he’s heard WWE is intersted in hiring him back, via his good friend Rey Misterio Jr., but wants to stay in Mexico for the time being. He’s looking for a big match versus El Terrible.

Also, Valiente wants a one on one match with Ultimo Guerrero. That could work.

El Occidental writes about a strange lucha libre sculpture in Gudalajara.

Blue Demon and Rebecca de Alba are sponsoring 5 and 10 mile runs to benefit children with cancer. The event is on 05/25, and there’ll be a lucha libe show after the runs.

Tampico area wrestler King Boy was arrested for “obscene touching of an eight year old.”