Day: August 3, 2008

JRC (SUN) 07/27 Arena Aragon [SuperLuchas #275]
1) Vengador b Mostros
2) Angel Ambeintal b Canelo Juaresz
3) Mr. Zad & Verdugo b Angel Ambiental & Estrella de Plata
4) Epidemia & Heavy Boy b Canelo Juarez & Mr. Boy
5) Mini Cuchillo b Panterita [mask]

This one’s complicated. Panterita is not the IWRG one, but a one local to this arena. He said his name is Manual de Jesus Arenas Santos and had been wrestling for 27 years. After the match, the original Cuchillo hit the ring and claimed Mini Cuchillo had been using that name for years without permission. I have no idea if that’s meant to be an angle. Mr. Boy is said to be Bam Bam’s brother.

IWRG (THU) 07/31 Arena Naucalpan [SuperLuchas #275]
1) Eragon b Dinamita Kid
2) Miss Gaviota & Star Boy b Anubis & Judas el Traidor
3) Enigmatica & Linda Star b Flor Metalica & Lady Warrior
4) Aeroman, Fenix, Freelance b Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Fantasma de la Ópera
5) Dr. Wagner Jr., Multifacético, Pantera b Monsther, Scorpio Jr., Zumbido

Wagner fouled Scorpio for the win. Despite not winning the match or even beating him directly in a fall, Dr. Cerebro wants a shot at Freelance’s Lightweight title. Can’t hurt to ask, I guess.

CMLL (SUN) 08/03 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [mt]
4) Misterioso II, Sangre Azteca, Satánico b La Sombra, Máximo, Valiente
5) Negro Casas b Blue Panther

Negro jumped Panther before the whistle, beat him to win the first fall, beat him up as the second fall started, but Panther made a comeback and got the armbar to tie it up. Third fall was back and forth, and Negro used the ropes on a pin to take it.

Sangre beat Sombra and got himself a NWA World Welterweight Title match next week. Unification? (No.)

SuperLuchas talked with Perro’s doctor, who said they had to reconstruction a broken bicep tendon. The doctor says here that 3 months is the minimum and it all depends on how the tendon heals. Notimex is sticking to the three months return date (putting Perro back in November), but CMLL’s website is now saying Perro will be out (no less than) four months.

Speaking of CMLL, there’s not much to say about their new website – it’s the exact same website it’s always been, just with a little more flash on the front page and a different style sheet. You can paint the house whatever color you want, it’s still the same house with the same rooms and piping.

Notimex has Panther and V5 agreeing to mask match, though no one’s signed anything yet.

This Tuesday is a Fan Appreciation Day, with any ticket for 30 pesos. This seemed to work well last time, and CMLL.com says they’ll be doing it for the first Tuesday of every month. (That’d be 09/02, 10/07, 11/03, and 12/02 this year.)

The DF Box Y Lucha commission being in the news for any reason gives Arturo Rivera the opening to rip it for being pro-CMLL, and he’s not passing that sort of chance up. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed this, but Arturo Rivera is not a fan of CMLL and the people who run it. You know, I don’t know where this oh so exciting blogging life will take me, but if I one day end up with a column in a major newspaper that I can use to primarily to air grudges and attack opponents, it’d be pretty awesome.

On Saturday, Rey and UG beat the teams of Sonjay Dutt & Petey Williams and Kaz & Jay Lethal in a triangle tag match. SuperLuchas says they did the same match the previous night.

Lineups:

IWRG (THU) 08/07 Arena Naucalpan
1) Fenix, Miss Gaviota, Zatura vs Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
2) Aeroman, Centauro, Freelance vs Cerebro Negro, Ciclon Negro, Dr. Cerebro
3) Fuerza Guerrera, Scorpio Jr., Zumbido vs Corazón de Barrio, Hator, Multifacético

This is the Hator/Corazon de Barrio appearances previous mentioned. They’re working a Martha Villalobos show while in Mexico State.

CMLL (SUN) 08/10 Arena Coliseo
1) Rayo Tapatío I & Rayo Tapatío II vs Apocalipsis & Ramstein
2) Lady Apache, Luna Mágica, Marcela vs Amapola, La Nazi, Medussa
3) Bam Bam, Tzuki, Último Dragoncito vs Pequeño Damian 666, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior
4) La Máscara, Sagrado, Valiente vs Ephesto, Mephisto, Texano
5) Dos Caras Jr., Marco Corelone, Shocker vs Black Warrior, Lizmark Jr., Rey Bucanero

Minis working third is a good sign. A much better sign than my TiVo, which seems to have ate the FSE episode with the title match on it.

IWRG (SUN) 08/10 Arena Naucalpan
1) Eragon & Yack vs ? & Anubis
2) Gemelo Fantastico I & Gemelo Fantastico II vs Judas el Traidor & Rockero del Diablo
3) Aeroman, Fenix, Freelance vs Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
4) Lady Rabbit & Linda Star vs La Chola & Rossy Moreno
5) Centuaro, Super Astro, Ultramán Jr. vs Dr. Cerebro, Fuerza Guerrera, Monsther
6) Dr. Wagner Jr. & Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs Máscara Año 2000 & Mascara Ano 2000 Jr.

Must be thrilling for the Oficials, Freelance and the others to work one match below a Lady Rabbit/Linda Star tag team.

Relevos Incredible from Friday night, via lawagnermania.com

AAA TV (THU) 07/31 Gimnasio Agustin Millan, Toluca, Estado de Mexico [ulises perro del mal, AAA: 1, 3, 4, 5, *, 6]
1) Mini Charly Manson b Jerrito Estrada [AAA MINI, torneo]
2) Estrellita & Sexy Star b La Diabólica & La Hechicera
3) Cinthia Moreno & Oriental DQ Gran Apache & Mari Apache
4) Killer Clown, Psycho Clown, Zombie Clown b el Ángel, Gato Eveready, Super Porky
5) Jack Evans & Teddy Hart b Crazy Boy & Ultimo Gladiador
6) El Elegido, Gronda II, La Parka Jr. b Electro Shock, Head Hunter I, Kenzo Suzuki

2008 AAA TV Chart
Projected Air Date (#848)
US: 08/30
Mexico: 08/10

Nothing much notable about the main except Gronda looks more demon like and has furry boots now. Gronda beat Electro for the win, so they seem to want to do something with him (at least for one night.) Konnan and Roldan talked the usual talk before the match – the website says Konnan was “expelled again”, which says all that needs to be about the meaningfulness of these suspension angles so far.

Ultimo Gladiador was hurt by a Teddy Hart move in the semimain. Mexican Powers have lost a lot lately, and those extreme stables (HF2 included) are all drifting aimlessly at the moment. I’d expect they’ll end up in another hardcore match at Verano, but they’ve done zero so far since TripleMania except just random matchups.

Clowns keep on winning, Porky keeps on losing. Clowns are listed as winning 171, so their win streak has massively slowed down. The AAA note says the AAA record is 175 (which they appear to have just made up.) Perhaps they’re now only going to count TV wins, because 175 has to be an angle, not something they get credited for off screen. One would hope this means they’ve got everything between now at Verano booked out, so they know the Circus has exactly four more TV matches before announcing this number.

On the third try, the Morenos finally beat the Apaches. (I think Oriental fouled Apache and faked his own foul instead of just covering.) Based on going 1-1 in direct matchups, the Morenos want (and will get) a title shot. They clearly were going to do this match all along, it just reads as a very strange path to it. Morenos attacked the Apaches after the match, Fabi made the save, and challenged the Morenos to either a Mixed Tag title match of a Reina de Reinas title match. Or maybe both, with a female to be named (Ayako?). This’ll sort itself out soon.

After many months of close battles, Estrellita finally lost to one of her tops via wardrobe malfunction. She borrowed a t-shirt to finish the match.

Mini Charly Manson is the fifth wreslter to win the a first round match up, joining Mascarita Sagrada 2007, Mini Abismo Negro, Octagoncito, and Atomic Boy. That’s 4 tecnicos and 1 rudo, so perhaps Mini Charly will now be reset to the rudo side (at least for one match), and Mini Kenzo Suzuki has a fine shot of winning in their debut. The final of tournament will also take place at Verano de Escandalo – maybe they’ll do a six mini elimination match? We know nothing about this tournament besides these opening matches.

Counting them up, we’ve got 3 or 4 (Heavyweight, Minis, Reina de Reinas and/or Mixed Tag) title matches already planned for Verano de Escandalo.

FWIW, I’m counting just one more taping to be announced between the last one mention on TV (Monterrey, which would air on 09/07) and Verano de Escandalo (which takes place on 09/14 – come to think of it, they could air it live and just do a filler TV show if they wanted to. They probably don’t.)