(there’s a whole rant here, that didn’t come together as I was hoping. The actual news is before the jump, and you may be well served to move on after that.)
In today’s yesterday’s Record, Perro Aguayo Jr. attempts to quiet the doomsayers. They’re not going back to CMLL, they’re not folding, and all the blame should be on Cibernetico or Wagner for not showing up, as Perro was assured they would.
CMLL (SAT) 06/20 Auditorio Benito Juarez [WagnerMania]
1) Amapola & Princesa Blanca b Dark Angel & LLuvia
2) Flash & Stuka Jr. b Arkangel de la Muerte & Skandalo
3) La Mascara, Sagrado, Valiente b Dragon Rojo Jr., Misterioso II, Sangre Azteca
4) Negro Casas & Ultimo Guerrero b Blue Panther & Hijo del Fantasma
5) Mistico, Shocker, Volador Jr. b Atlantis, Mr. Niebla, Naito
Card got changed a little bit: Lluvia for Marcela, Naito for Dos for the usual reasons but Mascara and Misterioso were bumped down a match and Ultimo Guerrero & Niebla were swapped – maybe all to set up more direct feuds.
CMLL (SUN) 06/21 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Fuego en el Ring, MT 1, MT 2]
1) Flyer b Nocturno
2) Metatron DRAW Drago
3) Caligula & Messala b Metalico & Saturno
4) Estrella Magica, Lady Apache, Sahori b Amapola, Crazy Star, Magnifica
5) Mascara Dorada, Metro, Valiente b Misterioso II, Shigeo Okumura, Virus
6) Hector Garza, Hijo del Fantasma, Mistico b Naito, Negro Casas, Yujiro
7) La Sombra & Volador Jr. b Atlantis & Ultimo Guerrero [CMLL TAG]
Just noting the undercard results, and a lot more recaps. Saturn replaced Tigre Blanco, and they added two singles matches with locals. SuperLuchas has photos from the show, which show a very sparsely filled upper section. Then again, I have no idea what they’re drawing here normally so that could be a good crowd.
Fuego en el Ring writes “about Saturday’s ceremony and interviews Felipe Ham Lee
SuperLuchas also has photos of Perros del Mal’s broken ring, but sadly no dancing Intocable. I remember when the red ring of doom finally broke in the Congress Theatre, and they had totally rebuild it like the Perros had to here. Of course, for the Congress, this was just a normal extra long break in the action.
ESTO previews today’s Arena Mexico.
After I gave up on finding out, AAA finally notes Xtreme Tiger is a tecnico.
Kcidis has Ultimo Guerrero, Universal Champ
Did I link to the Lucha Libre Boliva blog spot before? It’s quite good.
Luchas 2000 475 has UG and Wanger with their new belts. I’ve lost the link somehow, but there’s a post on El Martinete saying Guerreros del Ring is back in business with a special this week and weekly editions starting next Monday.
LuchaWorld has Arena Coliseo Monterrey 12/09 & 12/22/07, 12/30/07 & 01/06/08 and CMLL TV 04/05/08, as well as KrisZ’s news update
AAA TV (TUE) 06/30 Auditorio Benito Juarez, Cuautitlan de Romero Rubio
1) Gato Eveready & Octagoncito vs Mini Abismo Negro & Yuriko
2) Alex Koslov & Rocky Romero vs Cuervo & Escoria
3) El Elegido & Fabi Apache vs Decnnis & Sexy Star
4) Extreme Tiger, Jack Evans, La Parka Jr. vs ?, Electro Shock, Teddy Hart
5) ?? & Mesias vs Dr. Wagner Jr. & Silver King
2009 AAA TV Chart
Projected Air Date (#895)
Mexico: 07/05
US: 07/25
Main event mystery man is clearly Cibernetico. His name doesn’t turn up in any of the spot show lineups yet, though Nygma turns up for at least one (and no other Bizarros do.)
Semi-main mystery spot could Shiima Xion or Matt Cross; since they’re opposite of Tiger, they’re being set up as teh next challenger to the cruiserweight title.
Looks like Decnnis is still on Billy Boy replacement duty. Which is good for him.
El Brazo referees the opener, so I guess that’s partially a Guapito promoted match.
CMLL (SUN) 06/21 Arena Coliseo [Ovaciones, Record]
1) Molotov & Trueno b Apocalipsis & Cholo
2) Electrico, Fantasy, Ultimo Dragoncito b Pequeño Damian 666, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior
3) Euforia, Nosferatu, Vangelis b Angel Azteca Jr., Angel de Oro, Tony Rivera
4) Black Warrior, Heavy Metal, Lizmark Jr. b La Mascara, Maximo, Mictlan
5) Blue Panther, Shocker, Toscano b Mr. Niebla, Terrible, Texano Jr.
Shocker got Niebla clean in the main event. Tecnico minis won in straight falls.
CMLL (SUN) 06/21 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Informador, El Occidente
4) Hector Garza, Hijo del Fantasma, Mistico b Naito, Negro Casas, Yujiro
5) La Sombra & Volador Jr. b Atlantis & Ultimo Guerrero [CMLL TAG]
Rudos take the first, tencicos the second. Volador got a ‘rana on UG and Sombra got a small package on Atlantis.
Occidente said “Mistico left a lot to be desired”.
IWRG (THU) 06/18 Arena Naucalpan [al filo del ring]
1) Galactik & Halcon 2000 b Comando Gama & Comando Negro
2) Azoka & Sauron b Exodia & Jack
3) Chico Che, Rigo, Trauma I b Barba Roja, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan Jr.
4) Trauma II b Zatura [IWRG IC Light]
5) Dr. Cerebro b Juventud Guerrera
Cerebro won in straight falls, and they’ll do a hair mathc on July 2nd. Better go lock some profiles. Trauma II is the new lightweight champ.
The CMLL show in Veracruz this last weekend, was hampered by bad ropes and fans set up too close to the ring. One dive ended up landing on a person in a wheelchair.
SuperLuchas says the Perros show in Guadalajara drew less than 800.
Box Y Luchas #2927 has UG as Universal Champion.
LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.
DTU (SAT) 07/11 DTU Arena, Tulancingo, Hidalgo [DTU]
1) Black Fire vs Hormiga, Muerte Bucanero, Talaxys, Amo de la Noche
2) Dinastia & Flamita vs Black Master & Drastick Boy
3) Money Pack & Ultimo Gladiador vs Dance Boy & Toxico
4) Laredo Kid & Super Fly vs Pesadilla & Ragde
5) Extreme Tiger vs Shiima Xion, Crazy Boy
So there’s one show.
CMLL (FRI) 06/19 Arena Puebla [KrisZ]
1) Mr. Rafaga & Toro Bill Sr. b Iron & Tigre Rojo
2) Apocalipsis & Zayco b Sauron & Siki Osama
3) Amapola, Crazy Star, Princesa Blanca b Estrella Magica, Lady Apache, Marcela
4) Valiente b Virus, Angel de Oro, Angel Azteca Jr., Stuka Jr., Mascara Dorada, Loco Max, Vangelis, Tiger Kid, Puma King [cibernetico]
5) Atlantis, Naito, Yujiro b Hijo del Fantasma, La Sombra, Shocker
indy (FRI) 06/19 Auditorio de Tijuana [Frontera]
5) Blue Demon Jr., La Parka Jr., Super Astro b Casandro, Damian 666, Halloween
This was the Rey Sr. benefit show. He appeared in the ring with a cane, saying he wasn’t sure if this was the last time he’d be in the ring, but he wouldn’t end up in a wheelchair.
PERROS (SAT) 06/20 Coliseo Olimpico de Universidad de Guadalajara [Reforma, MT]
1) Halloween, Mr. Aguila, Rayman b Scorpio Jr., Veneno, X-Fly
2) El Alebrije, Intocable, Super Nova NC Head Hunter I, Histeria, Psicosis II
3) Damián 666, el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Super Crazy b LA Park, Olimpico, Super Porky
A total disaster. Advertised main event was Wagner vs Perro, with Cibernetico on the undercard. With both Wagner and Ciber in Orizaba, they shuffled the card to less than interesting results. This was a Reforma anniversary show, and their article just rips the show for poor matches and worse organization. Ring broke in the second match, which took an hour to fix, and they filled the hour with Intocable doing erotic dances. Every match was a hardcore, bloody match. Rudos won the main event when they pulled Olimpico’s mask.
This is the nadir; either the Perros make an incredible turnaround comeback or they turn up in CMLL before the anniversary show. They can keep struggling, but it’s not working and it’s unlikely to change.
Couple that story with the Dos Caras Jr. story in SuperLuchas 320. Dos Jr. explains it was the fourth offer from WWE he ended up accepting, and he really wasn’t sure he’d heard back from there after rejecting the offer earlier this year. Dos didn’t get the salary he wanted, but he got enough of it and all he wanted in other aspects (name, not being treated liked a rookie), but he jumped at this one when he received it three weeks ago. Why? It was a take it or leave it offer, but also because “lucha libre is in a terrible situation. I am thinking it’s going to get better before it gets worse.” He’s going to WWE for more security.
Dos also says he wanted to turn rudo a year ago, and it was one of many things he was unhappy about even before he first started with WWE. Dos was unhappy “real wrestlers” like Hector Garza and himself were stuck below independents and foreigners, who got more benefits despite having less talent. Eventually, three months ago, CMLL called and asked if he was still interested in turning rudo, and he okayed it just because “all change is positive.”
Over the last eight days, we’ve seen Dr. Wagner join AAA fulltime. (He’s hilariously evasive about the subject in SuperLuchas.) Cibernetico also appears back full time, and both are doing it because that’s the best way for them to get a reasonable income. Dos Caras Jr. has left CMLL to WWE because that’s he feels like a top position in one of the top two companies in Mexico can’t guarantee him a secure income. And Perro and company probably just burned a major sponsor. Feels like this might be a week of turning points. Guess we’ll see.
A set of articles on the history of Arena Coliseo Guadalajara, as they held a big ceremony yesterday as part of the 50 year celebration.
MedioTiempo, La Jornada and SuperLuchas all have history articles, and the first two talk about the festitives. The building was actually read to open in 1958, but their was a worker’s strike. The first show was on June 21, 1959 with Blue Demon and Espectro vs Felipe Ham Lee & Juantia Diaz, and the later two returned to the arena for plaques to honor them. Relampago Leon, Dorrel Dixon and Mil Mascaras were added to the Walk of Fame, and others recieving awards for various reasons: Faraon, Alberto Munoz, Indio Geronimo, La Sombra, and Mascara Dorada.
Marcela explains her knee injury. She actually hurt it originally in Puebla, thought it wasn’t serious, and then it got serious after that match with Star Fire. Marcela says this is the first time she’s gotten surgery ever, but expects to be back at the end of the month.
Konnan has interviews in box y lucha and SuperLuchas. The big news: he’s going to stop talking about the Guerreras after the SuperLuchas interview, a point by point response to Fuerza’s point by point claims. The Box Y Lucha interview has Konnan says Juvi tried to kiss Randy Orton while he was in WWE. The SuperLuchas has Konnan explaining he went to a judge to overturn that retirement loss against Cien Caras because Jake Roberts interfered, and the judge agreed.
Leftovers from Friday’s Arena Mexico show: Cesar’s review, ESPN Deportes review, Ultimo Guerrero telling Record that he’s happy his name goes down in history as the first winner of the Universal title.
Leftovers from the AAA taping: Cibernetico telling Box Y Lucha he’s bringing the Bizarros with him to AAA.
Reforma has three articles about Father’s Day: Mini Warrior talks about his special needs daughter, the current Huracan Ramriez talking about working with his son and Dos Caras Jr. talks about Father’s Day being the last day with his father before moving to the US to start in WWE.
AJPW announced Super Crazy will be a part of their Junior League, which runs 07/26 and 08/07.
El Colombiano has a profile of Psicodelico – the Colombian one. He’s 60, and thinks he may retire in 3 years.
LuchaWorld has Robert on CMLL C3 03/15/08 & AAA 04/05/08 and KrisZ’s news update
AAA TV (SAT) 06/20 Plaza de Toros la Concordia de Orizaba [Salvador Rodríguez Cruz @ el martinete, AAA]
1) Malefico (Cordova), Sirus Black, Sirus Black Jr. b Black Corzo, Melgor, Pesdilla
2) Aerostar, Fabi Apache, Mari Apache b Billy Boy, Cinthia Moreno, Sexy Star
3) Crazy Boy, Extreme Tiger, Ultimo Gladiador b Decnnis, Joe Lider, Nicho el Millionario
4) Teddy Hart b Jack Evans
5) La Parka Jr., Latin Lover, Marco Corleone b Chessman, Electro Shock, Oriental
6) El Mesias NC Dr. Wagner Jr.
2009 AAA TV Chart
Projected Air Date (#894)
Mexico: 06/28
US: 07/18
Very tecnico day.
Opener is locals, not for TV.
As the (entertaining) el martinete recap points out, this show was cursed. Billy Boy took a hard powerbomb and a harder brainbuster from Mari. I bet he wishes he didn’t work this show! Also possible this may be the last we see of him for a while.
Decnnis was the loser and casualty in the tercera. Tiger gave him a super Diamond Cutter and Decnnis hurt his ribs, but continued and was pinned after a guillotine legdrop. This match was promoted as hardcore but did not turn out that way.
Teddy/Jack is described as a MOTYC marred by rudo referee shenanigans from Hijo de Tirantes. He was the difference maker, helping Teddy reverse a ‘rana for the win. Joaquin Roldan didn’t over turn the finish, but did manage to suspend Hijo de Tirantes indefintely (like Konnan.) Tirantes Sr. turned up to vow revenge for his family. We seem to be in a period of all the rudos taking their medicine for their evil acts when the Legion took over, which is a nice change of pace for the fans (and probably means even more evil is just around the corner.)
Semimain sounds like a tecnico romp. Latin got Chessman with a Code Red as Marco chokeslamed Oriental.
Wagner appeared to be close to beating Mesias in the rematch when Cibernetico returned. Cibernetico laid out Wagner (though it’s not clear if that was a DQ or the match just ended) and hugged Mesias, so I guess he’s a tecnico and Wagner is an evil outsider? I don’t see that working so well. Cibernetico also declared himself the next challenger for Wagner, and I’m not sure why Mesias would be happy with that.
Cibernetico told the press after that he’s not abandoning the Bizarros, just bringing them in to AAA. That Cibernetico came out alone, and not with the Bizzaros, probably means AAA doesn’t actually have any plans for them – AAA makes no note of them in it’s recap. How much we actually see of the Bizarros in AAA is a good baromoter to what power Cibernetico has behind the scenes at the moment. I’m guessing the answer to both is “little to none.”
Both Wagner & Cibernetico were supposed to be on the Perros card in Guadalajara while this was going on, and that show was pretty much a disaster without them. It would not be surprising if that was the end of them.
Crowd here is mentioned as 70% full.