taped 03/28 and 03/30, aired 04/05
Yea, somehow I’m still on THESE. Things happens, what can I say. One of Goddess better performances yet! The bar is low, I know. I can’t really explain why, but I find myself rooting for her. (She’s cute, sure doesn’t hurt.)
Main event is below. I didn’t really dig it it – it felt like the last fall went on forever to showcase Park and Dos when the point of the match was V/Panther.
In case you missed it below, Mr. Niebla is returning to CMLL. CMLL’s confirmed this on their website. His first scheduled match is on Sunday, but I’d figure CMLL would have him walk out and wave on Friday just to prove he’s there and not at TripleMania.
This isn’t a real big deal for that show – would it have happened if the Abismo/Niebla direct mask match was still on? that would’ve been interesting – but it does cost AAA an upper mid level rudo whom they’ve put in a lot of effort in rebuilding the last 18 months. Niebla’s career was nosediving in CMLL due to his own personal issues to the point of CMLL kicking him out of the promotion. AAA helped him get back towards the guy thought enough of to take Shocker’s mask.
AAA can easily put Histeria or Antifaz in the trios match at TripleMania, but where do the Vipers go from here? Abismo’s MIA, taking away their feud. Mr. Niebla’s gone, taking away the reason for that feud. Do they get a new target, or do they become rudderless like the Guapos, the Air Force and (what’s left of) the Stones? It shouldn’t be hard to pair them up with someone, but if Abismo’s not going to be back for a while, will AAA have interest in pushing a group where Psicosis II might be the most important guy? They broke up the Vipers last time that happened.
The other note in Alexis’ post was Sunday’s show will be Arena Mexico. I know it’s Father Day, but it’s an odd time to do yet another big show. (Don’t forget, on top of everyone else, IWRG is doing their own cage mask match on Thursday.) Despite not actually being in Arena Coliseo, the Arena Coliseo tag team tournament goes on.
CMLL (SUN) 06/08 Arena Coliseo [KrisZ]
1) Catedratico & Soberano b Corsario & Hechicreo
2) Mascarita Dorada, Pequeno Ninja, Tzuki b Nino de Acero, Pequeño Violencia, Pierrothito
3) Axel, Mictlán, Stuka Jr. b Caifan Rockero I, Ohara, Shigeo Okumura
4) Felino, Negro Casas, Volador Jr. b Damián 666, Misterioso II, Mr. Águila
5) Blue Panther, Héctor Garza, Marco Corelone b Terrible, Texano Jr., Villano V
Arena Cuatro Camino is an unlucky place to wrestle lately. RFC says Laredo suffered a fractured leg while wrestling Scoria. Just like Charly, it’s a reoccurance of a previous injury – Laredo hurt the leg last year at the Pena Memorial show and was out for many months. It sounds as bad this time.
CMLL (SUN) 06/15 Arena Coliseo
1) Sombra de Plata & Starman vs Ramstein & Zayco
2) Mascarita Dorada, Pequeno Ninja, Shockercito vs Nino de Acero, Pequeño Violencia, Pierrothito
3) Leono & Tony Rivera vs Ángel Azteca Jr. & Máscara Púrpura and Rayo Tapatío I & Rayo Tapatío II and Metálico & Metalik and Arkangel de la Muerte & Hooligan and Calígula & Méssala and Artillero & Súper Comando and Euforia & Nosferatu [Coliseo TAG, torneo]
4) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [Coliseo TAG, torneo, quarterfinal]
5) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [Coliseo TAG, torneo, quarterfinal]
6) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [Coliseo TAG, torneo, quarterfinal]
7) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [Coliseo TAG, torneo, quarterfinal]
8) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [Coliseo TAG, torneo, semifinal]
9) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [Coliseo TAG, torneo, semifinal]
10) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [Coliseo TAG, torneo, final]
11) Heavy Metal, Marco Corelone, Volador Jr. vs Misterioso II, Olimpico, Rey Bucanero
12) Dr. Wagner Jr., Héctor Garza, Místico vs Atlantis, Mr. Niebla, Último Guerrero
Top two matches are changed around from what’s been announced previously. Zayco replaces Apocalipsis, who was hurt last Friday. Best case for TV is one show gets the entire tournament (this week and next) and the other gets the top two matches.
Arturo Rivera’s Ovaciones column hopes CMLL doesn’t screw up the deal with TNA. I think Arturo filed his column early to make the flight to NY. Also, Super Nova goes to Spain next week for a couple months.
indy (SUN) 06/15 Palenque de la Feria Saltillo [vanguardia]
1) Escuadron de la Muerte vs Fuerza Nuclean, Principe Azul, Samurai
2) La Pakita & Mascrita Sagrada vs Mini Electroshock & Mini Hator
3) Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000, Universo 2000 vs Corazón de Barrio, Relampago, Super Parka
4) Blue Demon Jr. & El Hijo Del Santo vs Dr. Wagner Jr. & Hator
I’m thinking Wagner is smart enough to no-show that one.
CMLL posted video of Friday’s tercera in 1, 2, 3, 4 parts.
Box Y Lucha 2874 has two covers, one with each lineup.
Box Y Lucha posted one of their bursts of content. All videos from the TripleMania confrence.
– Apaches discussing the hair matches
– Ricky Marvin and Crazy Boy on Ricky Marvin
– Mesias about winning at TripleMania. He’s 0-2 so far.
– Zorro about the title match
– Prez Roldan talks about the internet broadcast. It’s going to be video on demand (whatever esmas’s version of YouTube is), though Roldan says here he’s not sure when it’ll go up.
Notimex also talks to Gran Apache, who blames this whole mess on Billy Boy as usual. Fabi’s the black sheep of the family , so as much as he loves both his daughters, it’s for the best that Mari takes her hair. Gran Apache admits he’s not sure who’s going to win.
CMLL (SAT) 06/14 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [rfc]
1) Angel del Silencio vs Rey Pantera
2) Atomo & Gato Fantasma vs Azteca Warrior & Dark War
3) Cosmos & Turbina vs Memo Valles & Sky
4) Orquidea Negra & Silver Star vs Black Diamond & Potro Jr.
5) Místico & Stuka Jr. vs Averno & Virus
CMLL (SUN) 06/15 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [cmll]
1) Carlo Roggi & Novato vs Milenio & Valentin Mayo
2) Idolo & Oro II vs Depredador (Guadalajara) & Fraile de la Muerte
3) Magnum, Metatron, Nube Roja vs Exterminador, Güero Loco, Super Maquina
4) Casanova vs Cien Caras Jr.
5) Gallo, La Máscara, La Sombra vs Black Warrior, Mephisto, Sangre Azteca
6) Blue Panther & Dos Caras Jr. vs Villano IV & Villano V
A couple of the villanos for a new ABC Family live action super hero show are mexican wrestlers with a huge ray gun. Hey, now I know where Abismo Negro (and Mano Negra) disappeared to. Alternate joke: must’ve been a lot of work for the costume designer to come up with those masks.
Based on the insane trouble I had just to post stuff this morning, I know I’m making the right move moving entirely to WordPress. I did decide to 99% of the work in the background, and I figured out how to do without messing up anything here. The site won’t switch over to the new code until Tuesday – so the issues during TripleMania/Jucio Final aren’t new ones – but you can watch me work on the new look in bursts over at the test site.
