News To Come?: Luchando Libre talks about Abismo Negro being off the TripleMania card. They mention they’ve heard the reason, but haven’t had it confirmed and prefer not to say anything out of respect for Abismo and AAA, and it’s very possible Abismo (or the cage match) may yet be added to the show. I dunno.
CMLL (SUN) 06/01 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [MT]
6) Alex Koslov, Heavy Metal, Shocker b Mephisto, Mr. Águila, Toscano
Yes, Toscano did show up for a match. YAY. Rudos took the first, tecnicos took the second, Mephisto had a pin on Shocker in the third but the ref was busy, and Shocker rolled him up for the win.
Accion was very soccer heavy. No lucha highlights.
Ovaciones coverage is a lot of previewing: tonight’s IWRG show, tonight’s CMLL show, Tuesday’s CMLL show, this block of teams in the trios tourament and the final card for TripleMania.
Ultimo Guerrero talked to Notimex. He’s getting a work visa all worked out, yay for not traveling illegally. UG says he wishes he had a larger team (like, bigger guys), but then he’s kinda also unfamiliar with who he’s going to fight here. Either UG gets some tapes or I’m no longer supporting him for team captain. UG takes a moment to also challenge Blue Panther, the Villanos and Negro Casas for matches.
Blue Demon speaks very vaguely about NWA Mexico, as “Santo, and other independent wrestlers.”
SuperLuchas has, at last count, four different posts talking about Mexico’s Cablevision dropping CAN52 (which is a much bigger deal there as their only WWE carrier than it is for our one hour of CMLL.) As it turns out, Cablevision is owned by Televisa, and CAN52 is just a pawn in a bigger MVS/Televisa dispute. It does come back to the GdR show – if the station can’t get picked up enough to be profitable, it’ll be toast sooner or later.
Lineups, with a lot of help from the latest SuperLuchas
CMLL (MON) 06/02 Arena Puebla
1) King Jaguar, SWAT, Toro Bill Jr. vs Aguila Guerrera, Ares, Espiritu Maligno
2) Cetnella de Oro, el Tigre, Toro Bill vs Karsima, Negro Navarro, Policeman
3) Flash, Máscara Púrpura, Máximo, Stuka Jr., Súper Nova vs Arkangel de la Muerte, Dr. X, Euforia, Hooligan, Nosferatu [ciber]
4) el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Terrible, Texano Jr. vs Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero
5) Mephisto vs La Sombra [NWA WELTER]
Huh. (Shrug.) ‘kay!
IWRG (THU) 06/05 Arena Nauclapan
1) Avisman & Halcon 2000 vs Black Thunder & Judas el Tradior
2) Josseline & Lady Rabbit vs Dama de Negro & Flor Metalica
3) Marco Rivera, Miss Gaviota, Star Boy vs Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Karloff Lagarde Jr.
4) Fantasma de la Ópera, Freelance, Multifacético vs Black Terry, el Hijo del Pierroth, Masada
5) Hijo del Cien Caras, Mascara Ano 2000 Jr., Ricky Cruzz vs ?, El Dandy, Solar I
IT BEGINS. At least the first women’s match isn’t one for the title, that’s always dumb. And it’s sort of makeup for the tecnica team there not getting their annual AAA TV appearance of being in the Reina de Reinas battle royal. Do you think Masada will be very confused when the Hijo de Pierroth teams with this time is a differnet guy than the one from last time he was around, or will he just shrug it off?
IWRG (SUN) 06/08 Arena Nauclapan
1) Eragon vs Venom
2) Miss Gavitora & Rey de Corazones vs Trauma I & Trauma II
3) Freelance, Marco Rivera, Star Boy vs El Dandy, Septiembre Negro, Veneno
4) Black Terry vs Fuerza Guerrera
5) Blue Demon Jr., el Hijo Del Anibal, Multifacético vs el Hijo del Pierroth, Máscara Año 2000, Ricky Cruz
The angle for the singles match is Terry helped Fuerza beat Multifacetico for his belt, but Fuerza was unhappy to get such help.
CMLL (SUN) 06/08 Arena Coliseo
1) Catedratico & Soberano vs Corsario & Hechicreo
2) Mascarita Dorada, Pequeno Ninja, Tzuki vs Nino de Acero, Pequeño Violencia, Pierrothito
3) Axel, Mictlán, Stuka Jr. vs Caifan Rockero I, Ohara, Shigeo Okumura
4) Felino, La Sombra, Volador Jr. vs Damián 666, Misterioso II, Mr. Águila
5) Blue Panther, Héctor Garza, Marco Corelone vs Terrible, Texano Jr., Villano V
This is clearly a case where CMLL made a point of telling us the guys in the opener were debuting, so we don’t just assume they’re being bumped off for an added match during the week. They’re probably just here for one week before they get spread out into the regular novatos rotation – who all must be busy doing something else, or we wouldn’t be getting rookie on rookie action.
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The Body Channel replaces Canal 52MX. MVS is running their own pay tv service MASTV and they are supposed to be starting Dish Mexico this year. They are also selling some of their radio stations to pay for the investment. This is a bigger blow to WWE, especially in Mexico City where it’s mostly Cablevision and SKY.
Ultimo Guerrero must be mistaken. He got his work papers last year. I remember because the “Dojo” stated so on various websites.