Day: May 19, 2008

AAA #825

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taped 02/23, aired 03/22

Yay, recaps. From two months ago. No one complained about missing them but they’re back anyway. The problem, of course, is I wrote most of these two weeks ago.

This was the “captains advance to Rey de Reyes” show. The Night Queens/Fuerza Aerea match was good and the Vipers/Stones match had it’s moments.

(also: download)

The main event made was completely confusing and made no sense. Much of it seemed to be Konnan’s fault. And then I don’t know if it’s just how it looked on TV, but Extreme Tigre’s moonsault off the light standard seemed hurried for no reason. He didn’t hang up there long for the fans to anticipate what he was doing, or for Alebrije to set himself. They’ve really cut down on doing those sort of stunts (and crowd brawling) compared to last year, so it did stick out memorably a bit more.

05/19: Charly out for at least six weeks, Coliseo, Monterrey

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Toscano & Mistico, CMLL

(RFC) Charly Manson fractured his leg in Reynosa. He’s going to need plates put in today, and will be out of action six to eight weeks. Chessman was also hurt in the match, so it’s not fun to be a Hell Brother right now.

CMLL (SUN) 05/18 Arena Coliseo [ovaciones]
5) Alex Koslov, Héctor Garza, Místico b Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero

Alex and Rey are apparently feuding, and Alex is getting a shot at the CMLL Light Heavyweight title on Sunday.

CMLL (SUN) 05/18 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [RFC]
1) Angel del Silencio & Atomo (Monterrey) b Dark War & Gemelo Muerte
2) Black Diamond, Dranser, Scravos b Dralion, Furor, Orquidea Negra
3) Hijo del Trueno & Mongol Chino DRAW Caifan Rockero I & Potro Jr.
4) Solar I & Super Astro DRAW Negro Navarro & Shu el Guerrero
5) Heavy Metal & LA Park b Averno & Toscano

Shu el Guerrero got stretchered out, and it still was a draw.

(El_Blue @ El Martinete) Dos Y Tres #4 has Niebla on the cover, and hints that Latin Lover will be appearing at TripleMania. (Neither Intocable nor Elegido is on the rumored lineup so far, which is the only way Latin would appear.)

On the other hand, it also has a Fuerza Guerrera poster and he’s been gone for a while. This is what I mean when I talk about long turnaround times to print these, so the lineups and hints may be out of date. The next TV taping is tonight, so maybe we’ll find some more out and we’ll see how they start to handle Charly’s injury.

Box Y Lucha interviews Goddess. Actually, it’s Shocker interviewing Goddess in English, and everything translated in the subtitles.

North County Times writes about Oscar Juarez, the promoter of LLII in Oceanside, California. (Their website is http://www.myspace.com/luchamaslucha.) Every non-Mexican article talking about lucha libre references Nacho Libre, which is disappointing in a the fashion.