(SuperLuchas) WWE will announce they’re moving to Televisa on 09/09. Obviously, this will start a domino effect; I doubt AAA is going anywhere but things sure seem to have been sketchy between CMLL and Televisa already. I don’t think this is going to change things tommorow, but next time you’re looking at video feeds, perhaps you should see if there’s a TV Azteca one handy.
ENESMA (FRI) 08/15 Arena Neza [the Gladiatores]
1) Bracito de Plata & Coquito Negro DQ Mascarita Sagrada & Voladorcito
2) Insecto, Principe Celeste, Sobre Dosis vs Luis Cirio, Manny Cirio, Tony Cirio
3) Black Thunder, Cazador, Skayde b Black Spirit, Metal Boy, Turbo
4) Kung Fu Jr., Principe Azteca, Soberano Jr. b King Haku, Macabro, Semental
5) Enfermo Jr., Gran Markus, Hijo de Gran Markus b Canek Jr., Dos Caras Sr., Huracan Ramirez
6) El Hijo del Solitario, Mil Mascaras, Tinieblas Jr. b Cien Caras Jr., El Dandy, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000
ENESMA already has TV, and this show was taped. The return of ENESMA – who’s last scheduled show was June 2005 – is so random, I think this happened in the opposite fashion. AYM Sports probably wanted an hour of lucha libre, probably could get Mil themselves, and started calling around to see who’d be willing to put on a show. I have no proof of this, but it makes more sense than ENESMA magically appearing after three years and miraculously getting at TV deal.
The third match was a lot of Turbo and Skayde. Don’t know what’ll make air.
Arena Neza has gone back to be an independent building. (Poor Ramstein.) No one seems to stick with the building long term. I’ve heard good things about the fans there, but never about the building and area itself (remember, this was the arena that was being used for drug money laundering by the owner back in the early part of the decade.) People keep trying here, so it must be attractive enough to try but not rewarding enough to stay.
CMLL (MON) 08/18 Arena Puebla [hugo999 & CHICAHEAVY @ box y lucha]
1) Asturiano, SWAT, Toro Bill Jr. b Aguila Guerrera, Espiritu Maligno, Karisma
2) Bronco III, Semental, Siki Ozama b Ángel Azteca Jr., Black Tiger, Hijo del Faraon
3) Grey Shadow, Mictlán, Sagrado b Ephesto, Misterioso II, Sangre Azteca
4) Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas, Rey Bucanero b Dr. Wagner Jr., Marco Corelone, Shocker
5) Blue Panther b Último Guerrero
AAA (MON) 08/18 Arena Cuatro Caminos de Nuevo Laredo [el manana: main, semimain]
1) Alan Stone, El Elegido, Pimpinela Escarlata vs Escorpion Negro Jr., Rio Bravo, Tito Santana II
2) Jack Evans & Teddy Hart b Crazy Boy & Ultimo Gladiador
3) Antifaz, Electro Shock, Escoria b Chessman, Cibernetico, La Parka Jr.
Electroshock made Chessman give up, and the two agreed to a hair match for September 1st here. I am still skeptical of that being a TV taping.
indy (MON) 08/18 Palenque Expomex, Nuevo Laredo [superluchas]
1) Estrella Universal & Sobredosis b ? & ??
2) Hiroka & Mima Shimoda b Diana la Cazadora & India Sioux
3) Black Terry, Negro Navarro, Shu el Guerrero b Solar I, Super Astro, Ultraman
4) Canibal Samoano, Joey Mercury, Puma b Averno, Mephisto, Terrible
5) Héctor Garza, LA Park, Volador Jr. b Chris Masters, King Haku, Rob Conway
Most matches, especially the 2nd and 4th, were said to be bad. Third was the best on the show.
CMLL (TUE) 08/19 Arena Mexico [ESTO]
1) Rayo Tapatío I & Trueno ?? Pólvora & Zayco
2) Bam Bam, Mascarita Dorada, Pequeño Olímpico b Pequeno Universo 2000, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior
3) Ángel Azteca Jr., Axel, Hijo del Faraon ?? Bronco III, Dr. X, Skandalo
4) Grey Shadow, Máscara Púrpura, Volador Jr. b Ephesto, Misterioso II, Vangelis
5) Averno, Mephisto, Villano IV DQ Black Warrior, Sangre Azteca, Último Guerrero
V4 replaced V5, but it made no difference – Ultimo ripped off his mask, challenged him for a mask match at the anniversary show. V4 said yes, but also said yes, he wants a match with Atlantis to avenge his brother, so I don’t buy it too much.
Besides being bald, Bam Bam got hurt in his match.
Luchando Libre previews the women’s relevos increidbles.
SuperLuchas has one two three posts about CMLL in Spain. Sounds like ticket prices were an issue, but then you could probably get away with high ticket prices if everyone wasn’t flooding Spain with shows.
LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s Tuesday lucha report, and one two three four five six entries of Robert’s lucha writeups.
Wrestling Observer’s FSE recap.
In rockyson‘s pictures, there doesn’t seem to be a single person who’s in the bleachers. The floor is full, but you don’t run in a place with bleachers if you’re content only filling the floor.
TuTv’s “Lucha Libre Bajo Las Estrellas” won 2nd place in NAMIC’s Excellence In Multi-Cultural Marketing Awards. I have not heard of anything in the last sentence before it turned up on Google and wonder what it would be.
While trying to find out more about that, I stumbled upon this blog history of lucha libre in the Dominican Republic. It’s your usual one post and never again blog, but it’s a very long history piece with lots of photos.