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CMLL (FRI) 06/06 Arena Mexico [superluchas, ESTO, ovaciones, notimex]
1) Metálico & Tigre Blanco b Apocalipsis & Ramstein
2) Lady Apache, Luna Mágica, Sahori b Hiroka, Medussa, Mima Shimoda
3) Alex Koslov, Sagrado, Volador Jr. b Ephesto, Misterioso II, Mr. Águila
4) Héctor Garza, Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara b Máscara Año 2000, Olímpico, Universo 2000 [CMLL TRIOS, qf, torneo]
5) Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero b Felino, LA Park, Máximo [CMLL TRIOS, qf, torneo]
6) Héctor Garza, Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara b Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero [CMLL TRIOS, sf, torneo]
7) Heavy Metal, Marco Corelone, Negro Casas, Shocker b Damián 666, el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Terrible, Texano
Huh. I guess I need to start with an apology: if my post pointing out the most likely finish of the tournament in any way affected the outcome, then I apologize to Rey Bucanero, Atlantis and Ultimo Guerrero and hope you don’t take away my GdA fanclub membership. Also, apologizes to Sangre and Olimpico for getting you knocked off the card. Also, apologizes to Toscano, for being Toscano.
Seriously, though, check out this final matchup:
Team A: Mistico, Dos Caras Jr., Blue Panther – an all-star tecnico team that’s not a set unit (their first time teaming this year was in this tournament, they’ve only teamed once in 2007 and twice in 2006.) One member of the group, Panther, has publicly said he’s going to retire soon.
Team B: Hector Garza, Hijo del Fantasma, La Mascara – this seems to have meant to be a the Mexican Trios Challengers from Kid’s Day, but Valiente missed the tournament with an injury and Garza’s here to give the team some bigger name value. At the same time, that means Hector would never be teaming with Mascara and Fantasma if not for this tournament, and won’t be teaming with them after this tournament unless they get huge boosts up the card suddenly. This tournament isn’t just the first time Garza has teamed with the other two, it’s the first time he’s been in the ring with the other two.
This does not look like the start of a long and fruitful championship reign. This seems more like yet another set of champions who will either lose within two defenses to a rudo team (Guerreros or Villanos if Mistico’s team wins, Perros if Garza’s team) or completely forget about it with in three months. The Guerreros might have done the same thing, but they at least had a chance to make the titles mean something again, instead of being stuck in this every two years reset loop.
Going back to talking about the actual matches which occurred on this night: sweep for the forces to end the Perros del Mal. Alex got a direct win over Aguila in the tercera and the tecnicos won the main event in straight falls. Perros got DQed for excessive violence on Shocker in the 1st and Heavy beat Texano while Corelone beat Terrible in the second.
ESTO says attendance was down, blaming next week’s big show and heavy rains.
Tigre Blanco and Metalico seem to be rounding in to form just in time – CMLL.com says the Arena Coliseo Tag Team titles return next Sunday. It’ll be the first half of what appears to be a 16 team tournament. Do y’all want me to stay away from predictions this time? I don’t want to curse your favorite novatos. I could just pick Cholo’s team and everyone would be safe.
Columbiux @ SML has a bio of Catedratico Jr., one of the five wrestlers debuting on tomorrow’s Arena Coliseo DF card.
CMLL (TUE) 06/10 Arena Mexico
1) Peqeuno Maximo, Pequeno Ninja, Último Dragoncito vs Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior, Pierrothito
2) Lady Apache, Marcela, Sahori vs Hiroka, Medussa, Mima Shimoda
3) Fabián el Gitano, Mictlán, Súper Nova vs Bronco III, Nitro, Virus
4) Felino, Heavy Metal, Hijo del Fantasma vs Black Warrior, Sangre Azteca, Satánico
5) La Máscara, La Sombra, Místico vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
HMMM. La Mascara and Hijo del Fantasma are suddenly getting big pushes, putting them in positions where they’d actually team with Hector. It’d be really cynical of me to say something like “Hijo del Fantasma making it all the way to the main event is dependent on how much the DF Box Y Lucha Comission affects TripleMania.”
CMLL (FRI) 06/13 Arena Mexico [cmll]
1) Flash, Máscara Púrpura, Stuka Jr. vs Arkangel de la Muerte, Loco Max, Skandalo
2) Grey Shadow, Sagrado, Valiente vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
3) Dr. Wagner Jr., La Sombra, Volador Jr. vs Atlantis, Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero
4) Blue Panther, Dos Caras Jr., Místico vs Hector Garza, Hijo del Fantasma, La Mascara [CMLL TRIOS]
5) el Hijo del Perro Aguayo vs Damián 666, Mr. Águila, Terrible, Texano Jr., Shocker, Marco Corelone, Heavy Metal, Negro Casas, Alex Koslov [cage, hair]
OUT: Maximo, Misterioso II, Olimpico, Sangre Azteca
IN: Valiente, Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Ultimo Guerrero, Volador Jr., Grey Shadow