Month: May 2008

CMLL (FRI) 05/09 Arena Mexico [ESTO]
1) Mascarita Dorada & Tzuki DQ Pequeño Warrior & Pierrothito
2) Valiente b Sagrado, La Sombra, La Máscara, Volador Jr., Máscara Púrpura, Stuka Jr., Flash, Virus, Mr. Águila, Ephesto, Misterioso II, Loco Max, Sangre Azteca, Diamante Negro, Euforia [Reyes del Aire]
3) Alex Koslov, Heavy Metal, Shocker b Black Warrior, Rey Bucanero, Toscano
4) Atlantis, Olímpico, Último Guerrero DQ Héctor Garza, Marco Corelone, Místico

Mistico had UG, but UG pulled off his own mask and Mistico got blamed. This sounds familiar.

Heavy Metal pinned Toscano clean in the third fall. Ovaciones story says Toscano used the ropes to win the one fall the rudos took.

Tatsumi Fujinama appeared was honored in between the second and third match. He’s wrestling on the Dragonmania show tomorrow.

Order of elimination: Loco Max, Stuka Jr., Virus, Flash, Diamante Negro, Mascara Purpura (who got hurt), Euforia, Ephesto, Volador & Mr. Aguila took each other out, La Mascara, Misterioso II, Sombra and finally Sangre Azteca lost to Valiente. Valiente was taken to the hospital after the show. Refoma (via Jazzo) says it was a left ankle injury. Match was said to be around 15 minutes. If the pictures are right, Valiente got a ridiculously tiny trophy for this.

Warrior yanked Dorada’s mask in the opener.

CMLL is on from 5:00 to 6:50 CT today.

Also in Reforma (via Jazzo), Mick Foley mentions becoming friends with Cinthia Moreno and Gran Apache on a tour of Japan.

Lineups

CMLL (TUE) 05/13 Arena Mexico
1) Puma King & Semental vs Súper Camaleón & Súper Tri
2) Fantasy, Mascarita Dorada, Pequeno Maximo vs Pequeño Damian 666, Pequeño Halloween, Pequeño Warrior
3) Axel, Fabián el Gitano, Felino vs Diamante Negro, Misterioso II, Virus
4) Sagrado, Shocker, Volador Jr. vs Terrible, Villano IV, Villano V
5) Blue Panther, Dos Caras Jr., Marco Corelone vs Lizmark Jr., Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero

CMLL (FRI) 05/16 Arena Mexico
1) Shockercito & Último Dragoncito vs Pequeño Violencia & Pierrothito
2) Dark Angel, Goddess, Marcela vs Amapola, Hiroka, Princesa Sujei
3) Blue Panther, La Máscara, Valiente vs Damián 666, Mr. Águila, Villano V
4) Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Shocker vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Terrible, Texano
5) Dos Caras Jr., Héctor Garza, Místico vs Atlantis, Toscano, Último Guerrero

Lizmark, Mano Negra, Ultrman and As Charro will be honored on this show and the Sunday one.

We know Toscano and Metal are in a hair match next week, and they’re in different matches here. We know there’s a tag team title rematch next week, but Averno & Mephisto aren’t even on the card, and the former champs are facing the Guerreros, not the Perros. How odd.

Is that a reward for Valiente? Doesn’t seem like one.

There’s a slightly adjusted lineup for TripleMania posted in el Maritente from Dos y Tres.

AAA TV (FRI) 06/13 Palacio de los Deportes, DF
1) Fabi Apache vs Mari Apache
2) Crazy Boy, Juventud Guerrera, Ricky Marvin vs Bryan Danielson Joe Lider, Jack Evans, Teddy Hart and Extreme Tiger, Halloween, TJ Xtreme
3) Alan Stone, Octagón, Super Porky vs Decnnis, Scorpio Jr., Zumbido
4) ?, Charly Manson, La Parka Jr. vs ?, Electro Shock, Kenzo Suzuki
5) Mr. Niebla vs Abismo Negro vs Psicosis vs Histeria vs Antifaz vs Black Abyss [mask, cage]
6) Vampiro vs Mesias [extreme]
7) Zorro vs Cibernetico [AAA HEAVY]

So we’ve got LIder for Danielson, a bit of a chance, and Abismo facing every single Viper they have handy, which actually sounds like something Abismo would accept. I don’t know that this is actually any more accurate than other lineups – there’s no telling how long it takes the magazine to make it to print, and AAA could’ve changed the lineup between then and now.

I’d say the basic format of the show is pretty confirmed if it’s in AAA’s magazine, though there may still be wrestler changes.

CMLL (THU) 05/08 Arena Neza [Reforma via Jazzo]
3) Calígula, Méssala, Valiente b Misterioso II, Okumura, Puma King
4) Alex Koslov, Blue Panther, La Mascara b Atlantis, Olímpico, Sangre Azteca

La Mascara replaced Mistico. That’s a refund situation.

CMLL (FRI) 05/09 Arena Mexico
1) Mascarita Dorada & Tzuki vs Pequeño Warrior & Pierrothito
2) Sagrado vs La Sombra, La Máscara, Volador Jr., Valiente, Máscara Púrpura, Stuka Jr., Flash, Virus, Mr. Águila, Ephesto, Misterioso II, Loco Max, Sangre Azteca, Diamante Negro, Euforia [Reyes del Aire]
3) Alex Koslov, Heavy Metal, Shocker vs Black Warrior, Rey Bucanero, Toscano
4) Héctor Garza, Marco Corelone, Místico vs Atlantis, Olímpico, Último Guerrero

There’s talk about Toscano/Metal, but the real match of interest is the Rey de Aires.

Ovaciones’ newspaper article actually made the website. Progress! It’s just a preview of the card, picking Flash, Mascara Purpura, Mr. Aguila and Diamante Negro. ESTO thinks Volador Jr. might become a three time champion.

Robert breaks this out on the DVDMB, but this is how I figure things split up.

(no chance)
Diamante Negro – nice to be here
Loco Max – maybe he can set up another three week hair match program
Euforia – not enough of a high flyer
Ephesto – here just to catch people

(low chance)
Stuka Jr. – push seems to be evaporated, but every tecnico has an outside shot
Máscara Púrpura – being dropped for Hijo del Fantasma says something
Flash – has a chance to steal the show
Misterioso II – has a bunch of unsettled rivalries with the rest of these guys – double pin?
La Máscara – needs to be reinvented as an more technical wrestler because he’s never going to outfly these guys
Sagrado – there are better choices
Virus – should stay to late to make everyone look good
Sangre Azteca – same with him

(strong chance)
Volador Jr. – surely will get near the end, but won this twice already
Valiente – really sharp
Mr. Águila – there has to be a reason while he’s here, because he’s “above” these guys
La Sombra – very strong possibility, they still seem very high on him

WWE’s Press Conference news: they’re coming back for 10 years, at least twice a year. Usually “we might do a PPV” and “we might bring in more Mexicans” stuff. Far more interesting was Super Crazy telling Reforma (via Jazzo, and apparently after the press conference) the WWE is down on Wagner because he looks too big. WWE is also down on hiring Mexicans after their experiences with Juvi and Nicho.

According to ESTO, the referees for the tag title rematch will probably be Terror Chino and Rodolfo Ruiz. Also, Atlantis (25 years of wrestling), Rey Bucanero (15 years of wrestling), Marco Corelone (best foreigner) won Golden Microphone awards in Hidalgo.

LuchandoLibre, recapping the Expo says the AAA booth was the best, has video of AULL, and DTU.

ESTO says 24,000 people came to the lucha libre expo.

(PE.com) The San Bernarido County Fair will include lucha libre wrestling (and Christian pop) this Sunday.

CMLL (MON) 05/12 Arena Puebla
1) Blue Center, Lestat, SWAT vs Aguila Guerrera, Siki Ozama 2, Zigma
2) Astro Boy, Centella de Oro, Tigre Rojo vs Karisma, Siki Ozama, Skandalo
3) Axxel, La Máscara, Stuka Jr. vs Diamante Negro, Misterioso II, Vangelis
4) Cerebro Negro vs Policeman [hair]
5) La Sombra, Shocker, Volador Jr. vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto

Policeman’s losing his hair, I think.

TheGladiatores reports on the Lucha Libre Expo:
Day 1 (Pancracio/IWRG)
Day 2 (AULL/fashion show/CMLL)
Day 3 (DTU/AAA). LuchaLibre has video from the CMLL main event.

(Reforma via Jazzo) Heavy Metal hypes up the hair match with Toscano by saying: “We have no rivalarly, I just challenged him and he accepted.” I think Emilio vs Pupura might have a more exciting hair match. Meanwhile, Damian 666 says he was surprised to be honored for his 25 years of wrestling at the lucha libre expo. Which is odd, since we all knew. He says his retirement is far away, but his family would prefer he doesn’t do any more hardcore matches so he’ll probably do few of them.

Notimex has stories on Tuesday’s Coliseo show and Averno & Mephisto‘s reaction to the title rematch being announced (spoiler: they think they will win.) Ovaciones seems to be picking up Notimex’s articles now. No new unique articles from them today.

AAA (SUN) 05/11 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [RFC]
1) Baby Fox vs Invasor
2) Diabolik & Guerrero Blanco vs Aguila Extrema & Euforia (Monterrey)
3) Estrellita & Mascarita Divina vs Mini Chessman & Poly Star
4) Casandro, Chico Calavera, Sangre Chicana vs Antifaz del Norte, Jesse, Yuriko
5) El Elegido, Pimpinela Escarlata, Super Fly vs Cuervo, Escoria, Espíritu

SuperLuchas has video and results from the 05/02 Diabolico & Horoscopo vs Rey Fuego & Kamakazee double mask vs hair match.

Shane McMahon has a press conference in Mexico, with Ric Flair, Mr. Kennedy, Mick Foley and Super Crazy also expected to be there.. There hasn’t been much talk about opening up a WWE Mexico group of late – I think it’d be a “Germany invades Russia” level idea – but that SuperLuchas post talks about the rumors. Surely most of it will be talk to push tickets and lip service about bringing in lucha talent. WWE’s pre-PPV clips seem just about soundsbites and rabid fans easily compressed into a :30 video package; there might be more news in the post conference chattering.

Or things I keep forgetting to throw in.

– CHIKARA’s Rey de Volador tournament will include Turbo. The tournament is scheduled for May 17 and May 18 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. The first round match ups are four ways, and Turbo’s two announced opponents so far are Incognito and Stupefied.

Skayde will be working matches outside the tournament, opposing Claudio Castagnoli on the first night and in trios teaming with Mike Quackenbush and a TBA partner versus Claudio, Pantera and another TBA wrestler on the second night. I’d guess the Turbo ends up in that trios match if he doesn’t advance in the tournament.

(thanks to ChikaraFans and odessasteps)

– TNA sent out a text message to it’s subscribers saying CMLL wrestlers would part of it’s World X Cup. No names were mentioned, and I have a hard time believing until the moment a CMLL wrestler steps into the ring.