IWRG (SUN) 05/04 Arena Naucalpan [SuperLuchas #263]
1) Chico Che, Gallo Tapatio Jr., Miss Gaviota b Anubis, Judas el Traidor, Rey Estruendo
2) Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro DQ Coco Verde, Cocohips, Cocolores
3) Cerebro Negro & Dr. Cerebro b Fantasma de la Opera & Multifacetico
4) Arlquein, Demony, Enterrador 2000 b Centauro, Ultramán Jr., Zatura
5) el Hijo del Pierroth, Fuerza Guerrera, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. b El Fantasma, Fantasma Jr., Solar I
They set up a Fuerza/Fantasma Jr. mask match in the main event. That’s one not happening. Enterrador 2000 tried wrestling the match with his mask on, but the commission stopped the match in the second fall to make him take it off. Fantasma de la Opera and Multifacetico did not get along in their match, and FdlO wants a shot at Multifacetico’s title as well. That line is getting long.
IWRG (THU) 05/08 Arena Naucalpan [SuperLuchas #263]
1) Avisman b Comando Gama
2) Trauma I & Trauma II b Centello & Jack
3) Black Terry, El Hijo del Diablo, Quarterback b Avisman, Chico Che, Kazuki
4) Aeroman, Fantasma de la Ópera, Multifacético b Arlequin, Demony, Veneno
5) Fuerza Guerrera, Hijo de Cien Caras, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. DQ Dr. Wagner Jr., El Dandy, Silver King
Hijo de Cien tried to martinete Wagner, Dandy made the save, and Wagner gave the martinete to Hijo de Cien.
Semimain had a bizarre finish. Multifacetico and Fantasma de la Opera didn’t get along again, and Arlequin decided to take advantage by switching his mask with Fantasma de la Opera. I don’t know how his plan was supposed to work, but it failed – Multifacetico ended up pinning the Arlequin-masked FdlO, and somehow this counted.
Dragonmania (SUN) 05/11 Arena Mexico
0) Durango Kid, Steve Pain, Thunder Wolf b Chilango, Laberinto, Principe Orion
1) Arkangel de la Muerte & Negro Navarro b Daisuke Hanaoka & Satoshi Kajiwara
2) Hiroka & Mima Shimoda b Fuka & Sahori
3) Hiromi Horiguchi, Ohara, Shigeo Okumura b Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Platino, La Máscara
4) Katsuhiko Nakajima & Miyakawa b Dr. X & Nitro
5) Alex Koslov b Amigo Suzuki, Astro Boy, Hijo del Fantasma, Loco Max, Marco Corelone, Olimpico, Super Nova, Texano Jr. [Dragon Scramble]
6) Pequeño Damian 666 b Toshiya Matsuzaki [hair]
7) Animal & Kensuke Sasaki b Damián 666 & Terrible [UWA TAG]
8) Atlantis, Rene Dupree, Último Guerrero b Místico, Tatsumi Fujinami, Último Dragón
Yes, Animal & Kensuske Sasaki (as Power Warrior) won the UWA Tag Team Titles, which are currently being defended in Japan’s El Dorado promotion. This was a vacant title match, and they did have a rep of the old UWA out to proclaim this as the official championship, picking up from the end of the LLI promotion in ’95. (All reigns since then have to be reclassified as disputed.) The belts being used match the belt Dr. Wagner Jr. uses for the UWA Heavyweight Championship, and those are the only two belts that was passes for the current UWA considers authentic.
Don’t spend too much time thinking about this, because I’m sure we’ll never see these tag team belts again.
I’ve been spending too much time paying attention to El Dorado this weekend, but that’s a PS3 joke for another post elsewhere. Anyway, the most inexplicable thing is not the last minute add of a title to a match for no reason, but it’s bringing in Tatsumi Fujinama just to have him be on the losing side of the match. In fact, even of the ways the rudos could win that’d make sense – Atlantis or UG screwing with Mistico, UG beating Dragon to continue their never ending feud, Rene Dupree doing something to explain his existence in this match – Atlantis beat Dragon with a half crab. This was indeed an Ultimo Dragon show.
Yay for Alex (winning a battle royal) and Mini Damian. Sahori replaced Dark Angel because CMLL decided to book her elsewhere.
This week’s SuperLuchas also has an interview with Oriental, where he’s disappointed about not getting anything for AAA lately and threatens to jump to…WWE. (It’s phrased non-confrontational, but that’s the clear idea.) But what he’d really like to do is work for both.
In related news, the Gladiatores has an interview with Rossy Moreno, who says she’s done with AAA. The hair match with Estrellita was apparently her swan song and she’s going independent. I see lots of matches with Lola Gonzalez and Xochitl Hamada in her future. If you don’t watch the interview for the news, watch it for the swank Matematico t-shirt.
Today’s Ovaciones has Villano V saying he’d like to take Blue Panther’s mask, but he’s most focused on embarrassing him. That’s cold.
Lineups of note
IWRG (THU) 05/15 Arena Nauclapan
1) Avisman vs Halcon 2000
2) Kazuki & Super Destello vs Black Thunder & Judas el Traidor
3) Chico Che, Freelance, Turbo vs Black Terry, Cerebro Negro, Hijo del Espanto
4) Aeroman, Blue Dragon, Multifacético vs Demony, Septiembre Negro II, Veneno
5) Hijo del Cien Caras, LA Park, Máscara Año 2000 vs Dr. Wagner Jr., El Dandy, Silver King
Will Turbo wrestle this week? Hijo de Cien Caras is coming back from the piledriver quick.
CMLL (SUN) 05/18 Arena Coliseo
1) Molotov & Trueno vs Artillero & Zayco
2) Goddess, Luna Mágica, Marcela vs Hiroka, La Seductora, Rosa Negra
3) Flash, Máscara Púrpura, Metálico vs Bronco III, Diamante Negro, Skandalo
4) Axxel, La Máscara, La Sombra vs Ephesto, Misterioso II, Vangelis
5) Alex Koslov, Héctor Garza, Místico vs Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero
IWRG (SUN) 05/18 Arena Naucalpan
1) Avisman vs Quarterback
2) Freelance, Gemelo Fantastico I, Gemelo Fantastico II vs Hijo del Espanto, Judas el Traidor, Karloff Lagarde Jr.
3) Aeroman, Marco Rivera, Ultramán Jr. vs Ciclon Negro, El Hijo del Diablo, Veneno
4) ? vs ?? [1, IWRG WELTER]
5) El Dandy, el Hijo Del Anibal, Multifacético vs El Hijo del Solitario, Fuerza Guerrera, Máscara Año 2000