taped 06/29, aired 07/13 – yay, 100
The AC Tag Title match was pretty good. It wasn’t MOTYC, but for where these guys are in their careers, they ought to be pretty happy with it. It did fall apart at the end of the third fall with Flash’s injury (that dive sequence didn’t look right, and the announcers brushing over the non-elimination when that was a plot point in the fall before stuck out), but they did a lot better with the time given than a lot of other CMLL showcase matches.
Don’t have much time today, so I’m zooming thru this and hoping I didn’t miss anything big.
IWRG (SUN) 07/20 Arena Naucalpan [Sololuchas via KrisZ]
1) Destello & Eragon b Comando Gama & Judas el Traidor
2) Crazy Star & Enigmatica b Fugitiva & Tormenta
3) Black Terry, Oficial 911, Oficial Fierro b Coco Verde, Cocochips, Cocolores
4) Negro Navarro, Septiembre el Terrorista, Veneno b Centauro, Cinclon Gonzalez, Super Astro
5) Multifacético, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Super Calo b El Hijo del Solitario, Hijo del Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000
Rayo and Solitario teased a never-going-to-happen mask match.
Semirelated: Hablando de Catch posted photos from inside Arena Naucalpan.
Some additional notes from the AAA taping, from their own results:
– Zorro wanted to wrestle, but could not provide proof he was cleared to wrestle, so Roldan banned him.
– Super Porky is sad because he’s lost so much lately. (He’s lost 3 matches in a row. Eh.)
– No mention of how many wins the Psycho Circus is at now, but they’re still undefeated.
Segments were 5 minutes each, which sounds unreasonable long. It may have just been for the first few eliminations. Match went:
Start: Mesias and La Parka
Ozz entered
Black Abyss entered
Black Abyss went out by La Parka
Alan Stone entered
Joe Lider entered
Ozz went out by La Parka
Zorro made his entrance, was not allowed to wrestle, and Konnan hit the ring
Konnan threw out everyone but Mesais, but this didn’t count for some reason and so everyone came back in
Kenzo and Head Hunter entered together
Alan and Lider got Head Hunter out
Mesais got Alan out
Kenzo “german suplexed Joe Lider out of the ring”
Parka got Kenzo
Chessman entered
Mesias yanked Parka’s mask enroute to throwing him out
Chessman threw out Mesias to win the match.
AAA also reposted it’s calender section, including lineups with all the events. There’s probably something interesting in here if I had time to look – later? (The RSS links? STILL DO NOT WORK.)
This week’s Figure Four Weekly says Friday’s Arena Mexico show – I don’t know if you remember, but it’s the one with Perro and Wagner in the main event – drew a disappointing 14,500. Who do you want to blame? Or should you just wait until this upcoming Friday’s attendance and get some more evidence?
Don’t worry, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. says he’s coming back to Arena Mexico in October. I remember him giving out return dates before which didn’t happen, so wait to panic. It would figure to have some bring back the legends show in the new couple of months. Rayo did miss the Lucha Libre London/Spain tour, which may or may not be connected.
(Solowrestling via SuperLuchas) The poster – visible on the SuperLuchas link only for me – for the CMLL Spain tour is pretty cool. The roster info, not so totally accurate but it doesn’t matter.
Oaxacan artists talk about work they’ve done for the 75th Annivesray, which will be displayed in Arena Mexico starting in August.
Box Y Lucha #2880 has Perro pinning Wagner, with the headline asking if he’ll join the Perros. There’s articles talking about a couple past Gran Alternativa winners – Misterioso II talks about being a success (need to change the wiki!*), Tigre Blanco is accused of not being one.
*- No, don’t really
Cesar @ Box Y Luchas says Shocker may be turning rudo again.
Today’s Video: DTU posted video from it’s Lucha Libre Expo Main Event: Crazy Boy/Generico & Joe Lider/Shiima Xion. Other DTU wrestlers do interviews.
SuperLuchas also has a post on Lucha Libre in Peru that I need to take a closer look at when I have time. If someone ever wanted an easy, singluar way to contribute to the luchawiki, adding information about lucha libre in other Latin American counties whenever it pops up here would work. It’s in the Things I Mean To Do But Never Do pile.
Ovaciones isn’t working for me today. I think it’s them, unless someone’s been downgrading Adobe Flash on my computers without telling me.
at the least of lucha libre origin. I listed this way back after the last honorees were announced, but the latest Observer mentions the latest round of ballots are out.
– Rey Misterio Jr. (in the US/Canada group)
– Atlantis
– Hector Garza
– Konnan
– Karloff Lagarde Sr.
– Blue Panther
– Vampiro
– Villano III
– Dr. Wagner Sr.
– Paco Alonso (as a promoter)
– Dr. Alfonso Morales (as an announcer)
CMLL’s promoter came one vote short last year. Konnan was 4 short, Villano III was 7, Karloff Lagarde was 9.
Others still on the ballot who wrestled in Mexico: Owen Hart, Chris Jericho, Jerry Lothario, Sabu, and there’s a remove election involving Chris Benoit. Winners are announced by mid August.
It’s not necessarily who I’d pick, but I suspect both Alonso and Konnan get in this year. The timing of the election is unfortunate – Panther would’ve got a bump if they voted on these things right after he won a mask in the main event of the 74th anniversary show, and he may end up doing the same on the 75th. But maybe it’s better not to be caught up in the moment.