Day: December 1, 2008

CMLL (SUN) 12/07 Arena Mexico
1) Hijo del Faraon & Tony Rivera vs Apocalipsis & Holligan
2) Pequeño Damian 666, Pequeño Halloween, Pequeño Warrior vs Nino de Acero, Pequeno Ninja, Pequeño Olímpico
3) Mascara Dorada, Máximo, Valiente vs Felino, Heavy Metal, Sangre Azteca
4) La Sombra vs Ephesto [NWA WELTER]
5) Blue Panther, Dos Caras Jr., Toscano vs Black Warrior, Misterioso II, Ultimo Guerrero
6) Héctor Garza & Místico vs Averno & Mephisto [CMLL TAG]

This is really the year end show, just five days early so they can run it again Perro’s debut show. I can’t imagine they’ll do anything noteworthy on the Friday after doing this (and the Mictlan/Loco Max show on Tuesday.) Much like the Perro show, I can’t imagine them actually making money on it but the idea is to be the story of the day. There’s no bigger non-mask match they can do than that main event – everyone knows the Hounds could actually win the tag team titles, not the same for the singles matches.

The Jauria de Terror have been so dominate in the Sunday lead up matches here (last week’s finish was not a DQ, but a win a for the rudos, so that means they’re coming in with three straight weeks of wins) that I don’t see a title change in either spot here. Tecnico wins to send everyone home happy, probably.

Do not ask me to explain why UG and Panther are now on opposite sides. They’ve done such a poor job of telling whatever story they’re trying to tell there – really, everything involving Ultimo Guerrero partners and feuds have been so inconsistently and random, I hope it’s obvious enough to all to learn something from it. Pick a direction and stick with it in 2009, please.

I’m guessing Ephesto is not under 172 pounds, but we actually don’t have a weight for him on the wiki. The odds are low on that.

Dos being here means he’s not on the Perros show. I’d presume CMLL specifically pulled him for this, and that he picked CMLL means to me that he’s going to be working CMLL still in January. I’ve been wrong on that before. Tony Rivera working the opener clinches whatever was briefly on with him and IWRG is now back off.

They even brought in segunda/tercera guys to work the opener. Poor Artillero & Super Comando.

Would it have really upset anyone if Stuka & Flash just said “Okay, we’ll give you the title match in TWO weeks, since there’s no Arena Coliseo match show next week.” I mean, there’s no need to do two more weeks of build but that’s where we’re headed.

CMLL (SUN) 11/30 Arena Coliseo
1) Astro Boy & Romano b Carrona & Semental
2) Fabián el Gitano, Hijo del Faraon, Tony Rivera DQ Loco Max, Nitro, Skandalo
3) Flash, Máscara Púrpura, Stuka Jr. vs Euforia, Nosferatu, Shigeo Okumura
4) Terrible, Texano Jr., Villano V b Hijo del Fantasma, Toscano, Valiente
5) Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto b Héctor Garza, La Sombra, Místico

Averno beat Mistico! Let’s have a parade! Not here, it’s snowing. In Ovaciones yesterday, they were making a deal of all three tecnicos have titles (Garza and Mistico are the tag champs, Mistico has the billion other titles, Sombra is the NWA Welter champ), but it didn’t seem to be a big deal to me because no one cares about the belts. Now, we’re all supposed to care about the belts: Averno & Mephisto finally get another shot at the tag team titles, and Sombra accepted Ephesto’s challenge for the NWA belt. Recap says they COULD happen next Sunday, which would require some shuffling. I’m sure it depends on the advance for the Perros show.

Whenever they do the NWA title match, it’d be the first CMLL “NWA” title defense in Mexico City since the NWA started promoting here. Considering how often those belts are defended, that doesn’t mean all that much.

Valiente replaced Dos. I’ve given up trying to figure out what anything means with him.

Before the semimain, El Nazi (Ignacio Gomez Ruiz, not La Nazi) was remembred with a moment of applause. I had no idea he passed away.

Greatest part ever: tercera match description begins with “for the upteenth time, Euforia and Nosferatu defeated the lawful Arena Coliseo champions Stuka and Flash.” Alexis is as out of patience of this feud as I am. Naturally, this means the tecnicos demanded a mask vs mask match and refused to put the belts on the line. What jerks.

Just after I wrote him off, Tony Rivera returns to fill on for Leono. Not sure how the rudos earned their foul.

CMLL (SUN) 11/30 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [MT]
1) Quazar & Samurai b Azazel & Relampago Azul
2) Thunder Boy & Virgo b Milenio & Neno
3) Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno b Magnum & Nube Roja
4) Pequeno Ninja & Último Dragoncito b Mini Halloween & Pequeño Damian 666
5) Black Warrior, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas b Blue Panther, Gallo, Shocker

A tremendous day of accidents. Gallo needed a stretcher after a dive on Black Warrior, Niebla missed on catching Shocker after a dive (when Niebla got hit with a beer), and a fan apparently forget to put their brake on after parking, causing the car to roll thru a busy street, over a median, and into a telephone booth without hitting any other car. That collision was still loud enough to hear inside the arena.

AAA results are up, but I’m going to wait for the offical ones. The recap on el martinete is intersting (building 40% full; Dark Family joining the Legion as the big angle, no Vamp or DGM) but there are some finishes I’m not sure of.

SuperLuchas #168 has Super Crazy. Mr. Reyes has photos of him wrestling at Arena Azteca Budokan over the weekend, as scheduled. It looks like he’s working as an indepdent for the moment, as long as his name/WWE fame holds value.

CMLL (MON) 12/01 Arena Puebla
1) Akira & King Jaguar vs Fuerza Chicana & Zigma
2) Black Tiger (Puebla), Lestat, Tigre Rojo vs Ares, Espiritu Maligno, Siki Ozama
3) Dark Angel, India Sioux, Lluiva vs Hiroka, Princesa Sujei, Yeska
4) La Sombra, Mascara Dorada, Toscano vs Averno, Mephisto, Terrible
5) Místico, Shocker, Volador Jr. vs Atlantis, Negro Casas, Último Guerrero

CMLL just posted the full lineup today.

DTU (SAT) 12/13 Defile Extremo, Tulancingo, Hidalgo
1) BLack Master vs Flamita, Dinastia
2) Konamy vs Gato Eveready
3) Crazy Boy vs Money Pack, Dance Boy, Drastik Boy, Demente Xtreme, Hormiga, King Cobra, Black Fire, Muerte Bucanera, Demoledor, Aguila Misteirosa
4) Paranokio vs Toxico AAA
5) Aeroboy vs Furor, Talaxys
6) Ragde vs Freelance [DTU]
7) Ultimo Gladiador vs Pesadilla, Super Mega
8) Violento Jack vs Extreme Tiger

This is the one year anniversary show. For DTU (and like) shows, just assume everything is on hardcore rules so I don’t have to keep typing it. Gato Eveready can’t even get out of the segundas on DTU!

Luchaworld has Robert on the Toryumon show from 04/06/06 and 06/03/06 Toryumon, and the one RXLL show.