12/27: Tijuana (w/Perros), AOL, Mexico, lineups

AAA (THU) 12/25 Auditorio de Tijuana [SuperLuchas]
2) Black Abyss, Histeria, Psicosis II b Arandu, Extreme Tiger, TJ Boy
3) Joe Lider & Nicho el Millionario b Jack Evans & Teddy Hart [AAA TAG]
4) Alex Koslov, Rocky Romero, X-Pac b Chuck Palumbo, Damian 666, Konnan

Yep, that’s Damian 666 in the main event. The post has video, with most of the main event. Could mean something is going down with the Perros and AAA. Could mean Rellik just couldn’t get there and they found a local replacement. I dunno.

indy (THU) 12/25 Arena Olimpico Laguna de Gomez Palacio [El Siglo de Torreon]
1) Mini Maximo b Pentagoncito
2) Guerrero Inca b Semental
3) Euforia, Misterioso II, Mr. Guerrero b Angel de Oro, Hooligan, Scriba Jr.
4) Atlantis, Dragon Rojo Jr., Ephesto b Blue Panther, Stuka Jr., Ultimo Guerrero

In the end, Ultimo Guerrero could not stand being a tecnico any longer and turned on his partner. Same deal with Hooligan in the semimain.

CMLL (FRI) 12/26 Arena Mexico [Ovaciones, ESTO]
1) Puma King & Tiger Kid b Sensei & Trueno
2) Hiroka, Mima Shimoda, Princesa Sujei b Lady Apache, Marcela, Princesa Blanca
3) Skandalo b Angel de Oro [lightning]
4) Máscara Púrpura, Stuka Jr., Valiente b Satánico, Shigeo Okumura, Virus
5) Black Warrior, Dragon Rojo Jr., Sangre Azteca b Dos Caras Jr., Hijo del Fantasma, Sagrado
6) Averno, Terrible, Texano Jr. b La Máscara, Místico, Volador Jr.

Averno got away with a foul in third fall for the main event win. Sangre Azteca led his new team to victory the first time out. ESTO says the lightning match went 7 minutes.

Tecnicas lost in straight falls, and CMLL.com thinks it’s Marcela who’s turning ruda. Huh.

ESTO said the turnout was good, but the crowd was quiet until the main event.

Box Y Lucha posted articles…

AAA Notes Column says Arturo Rivera was in a bad car accident coming back from the last TV taping. Hope he’s doing better.
Lluvia talks about why she got into lucha libre (she’s Herodes’ niece and had been training for only 14 months before debuting)
Villano 3 talking about touring the pacific Coast

El Hijo del Santo talks about the global economic crisis.

CMLL (TUE) 12/30 Arena Mexico
1) Sombra de Plata & Trueno vs Calígula & Méssala
2) Lady Apache, Lluvia, Yezca vs La Seductora, Medussa, Princesa Sujei
3) Bam Bam, Mascarita Dorada, Último Dragoncito vs Pequeño Damian 666, Pequeño Halloween, Pequeño Warrior
4) Dos Caras Jr., Sagrado, Valiente vs Black Warrior, Dragon Rojo Jr., Sangre Azteca
5) Volador Jr. vs Último Guerrero

Main event is non-title.

CMLL (FRI) 01/02 Arena Mexico
1) Camorra & Policeman vs Astro Boy & Tony Rivera
2) Marcela, Princesa Blanca, Sahori vs Amapola, Hiroka, La Nazi
3) Ángel Azteca Jr. vs Puma King [lightning]
4) Máximo, Mictlán, Stuka Jr. vs Euforia, Nosferatu, Shigeo Okumura
5) Dragon Rojo Jr., Negro Casas, Sangre Azteca vs La Máscara, Mascara Dorada, Sagrado
6) La Sombra, Shocker, Volador Jr. vs Black Warrior, Terrible, Texano Jr.

All you need to ever know about CMLL groups is summed up right here – show #4 of Poder Mexica has them all on the card but not teaming up. What does being a group in CMLL actually mean?

Poor Sahori. Doomed!

AAA #863 (12/13)

taped 12/05

I feel like all of AAA’s booking could be summed up by Pepe Casas being fired for doing nothing in particular, Hijo de Tirantes replacing him, and Hijo de Tirantes grabbing Zorro’s cane to stop him from using it. It could be just Hijo de Tirantes fault, but it didn’t feel atypical.

Amazing that they couldn’t even have 1 complete show with Konnan being in complete control before they took that complete control away. Losing a main event after being fouled is not a major crime, it’s something that happens pretty regularly (in all promotions). Equally amazing that a promotion priding itself on pushing the young guys and giving talent a chance is centering it’s promotion around a feud that peaked around 1992.

THING I LIKED ABOUT AAA:

(fun starts 1:50 in)