Month: June 2009

Waiting for AAA results, but the quick version is Cien Caras returned to AAA to be AAA ref for the cage match, balancing out Hijo de Tirantes. No one will see this episode before TripleMania, but they must’ve given some people a heads up; besides Box Y Lucha, Ovaciones had a story about it and there’s no way they would’ve covered a Pachuca show all on their own, or have gotten this news in the paper the next night, unless there was a tipoff.

CMLL (SUN) 06/07 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Fuego en el Ring, MT]
1) Puma King & Tiger Kid b Molotov & Trueno
2) Lady Apache, Sahori, Zeuxis b La Nazi, Magnifica, Princesa Blanca
3) Mascara Dorada, Stuka Jr., Valiente b Euforia, Nosferatu, Virus
4) Atlantis, Dos Caras Jr., Ultimo Guerrero b Blue Panther, Shocker, Volador Jr.
5) Mistico b Felino

Mistico beat Felino clean. No one talks of any challenges after the match.

Lady Apache replaced Marcela and Princesa Blanca replaced Hiroka, and I’m not sure why they weren’t on this show originally since they’re feuding and all.

CMLL (SUN) 06/07 Arena Coliseo [CMLL, Ovaciones]
1) Apocalipsis & Skandalo b Principe Valiente & Sensei
2) Dr. X, Hooligan, Loco Max b Guerrero Maya Jr., Hijo de Ultraman, Starman
3) Bam Bam, Mascarita Dorada, Pequeño Olímpico b Pequeño Damian 666, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior
4) Heavy Metal, Lizmark Jr., Misterioso II b Maximo, Mictlan, Sagrado
5) Black Warrior, Naito, Yujiro b Hector Garza, Hijo del Fantasma, La Mascara

Garza tried to sneak attack No Limit, but No Limit figured it was coming and sneaked back behind him. Ovaciones says Fantamsa and the rest of the crew won’t be back in Mexico until the 17th, so there goes the idea of doing the trios title match here next week. Still surprised they won’t  be doing anything special, but there was no direction here except for that trios title match.

Sagrado got strechered out of his match. The tecnicos in the second match lost in straight falls, and I’m still not sure if this is a new Ultraman. (I think – yes?) Skandalo filled in for Ramstein, who seems to miss a lot of shows for a guy who’s not on a lot of shows. Minis match was said to be really good.

EAW (SAT) 06/06 El Pinal, Teziutlan [LuchandoLibre]
1) Dinastia, Penumbra, Ragde b Black Fire, Drastik Boy, Pesdailla
2) Neursois, Startron, Toro b Cometa de Fuego, Dinamita Kid, Silver Dragon
3) Barba Roja, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan Jr. b Fantastik, Turbo, Voltaje
4) Ericka del Rico & John Scott b Derrick Nikerson & Girl Dynamite
5) Histeria & Psicosis II b Scorpio Jr. & Zumbido
6) El Alebrije, Intocable, La Park b Monsther, Pirata Morgan, Super Crazy

Scorpio turned on Zumbido to set up a feud. No date announced for the next show.

Box Y Lucha #2925 is a big preview of TripleMania. Magazine includes Mistico’s interview, or a new one. The new edition of Box Y Lucha TV is also up.

CMLL (MON) 06/08 Arena Puebla
1) Asturiano & SWAT vs Fuerza Chicana & Policeman
2) Astro Boy, Guerrero Maya Jr., Hijo de Ultraman vs Puma King, René Guajardo Jr., Tiger Kid
3) Bracito de Oro, Electrico, Shockercito vs Pequeño Damian 666, Pequeño Violencia, Pierrothito
4) La Sombra, Shocker, Volador Jr. vs Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas
5) Atlantis, Misterioso II, Ultimo Guerrero vs Averno, Terrible, Texano Jr.

Misterioso seems to be picking up all of Rey Buc’s bookings.

Box Y Lucha has a great bio of Chela Salazar, who passed away on Saturday after a long battle with cancer in her neck and liver. She lived in the Chicago area the in recent years, and there was a nice tribute show for her last year. The cancer had surely taken a toll on her. She didn’t seem sick (Box Y Lucha says she’d been stable for one year), but you wouldn’t have known she was a former luchadora.

Chela’s career highlights included being the part of the first match in Arena Coliseo after the city’s ban on women’s wrestling was lifted (11/21/1986, teaming with Irma Aguila and Irma Gonzalez vs Mujer Salvaje, Martha Villalobos, and Yuma), and the first woman to lose her hair in Arena Mexico, losing to Pantera Surena on July 17, 1987.

Box Y Lucha says Cien Caras returned to AAA tonight, to join the AAA side against the Legion.

indy (FRI) 06/05 Coliseo Centenario de Torreon [DJ Spectro]
1) Sexy Libra & Sexy Piscis b Bella Rubi & Dulce Paola
2) Mr. Aguilita & Pequeño Halloween b Celestial & Konami
3) Lady Warrior & Mujer Demente b Flor Metalica & Lilly Fighter
4) X-Fly L Olimpico, Damian 666, Super Porky, Super Crazy, Mr. Aguila [mask, hair, cage]
5) Dr. Wagner Jr. DRAW el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, El Hijo Del Santo

DJ Spectro says 3,500. X-Fly’s lost his hair twice this year already (and probably would’ve lost a third if not for the flu canceling the Record show.) Olimpico gets credited with the win. Main event was a Mexican indy special: Perros’s guys attacked Wagner and Santo for the non-finish.

ESPN Deportes previews TripleMania.

In Ovaciones, Cibernetico promotes the Bizarros by talking about how Konnan should honor his retirement stip, and then taking about how he doesn’t want to talk about Konnan anymore.

Fuerza cuts a much better promo in this week’s SuperLuchas. He has five points to make, helpfully numbered:
1) Konnan pretends that Anotnio Pena was a father to him, but he stole AAA’s talent to go to Promo Azteca and the US, and burned an AAA title on TV.
2) Konnan lost a retirement match, is still wrestling, so his word is nothing
3) Konnan talked fans into giving him money for his kidney transplant because he was so ppor, and yet he’s getting money from his TNA settlement
4) Konnan casts doubt onto the character of Mistico, but has far more personal scandals, including accusing on Cien Caras stealing his wife
5) Everything Konnan has has been pure crap.

Fuerza says Konnan is a selfish liar who only cares about himself, but holds no respect for himself. Fuerza really needs to be on TV just to be cutting promos. Fuerza says Konnan is getting $500,000 from TNA, which can not possibly be true.

SuperLuchas also has Dr. X’s second “what do I need to do for CMLL to push me?” interview of the year. The answer does not appear to be “more complaining to the press”, sadly.

AAA looks back at Psycho Circus‘s debut (facing much the same team they’ll be facing at TripleMania, as well as Muerte Cibernetica and Konnan‘s return to AAA. A bunch of people on that show who are long gone, of course.

Ohtani’s Jacket writes about the Puebla local match and last week’s IWRG.

Segunda Caida puts El Hijo del Santo #16 in their top of 2008 list.

LuchaWorld has Robert on CMLL TV 03/08/08 and C3 02/23/08, as well as KrisZ’s news update.

IWRG (THU) 06/11 Arena Naucalpan
1) Halcon 2000 vs Osiris
2) Galactik & Jack vs Epidemia & Heavy Boy
3) Barba Roja, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan Jr. vs Freelance, Pendulo, Trauma I
4) Zatura vs Trauma II
5) Fuerza Guerrera & Juventud Guerrera vs Black Terry & Dr. Cerebro

IWRG (SUN) 06/14 Arena Naucalpan
1) Fly Star vs Comando Negro
2) Exodia & Goleador vs Azoka & Osiris
3) Freelance, Suicida, Turbo vs Avisman, Black Thunder, Tetsuya Bushi
4) Pendulo, Trauma I, Trauma II vs Arlequin, Arlequin Rojo, Arlequin Verde
5) Angelico, Negro Navarro, Zatura vs Mascara Ano 2000 Jr., Ricky Cruzz, Veneno

AULL (WED) 06/03 Arena Lopez Mateos [DJ Spectro]
1) Epidemia & Epitafio b Mr. Potro & Yakuza
2) Esther Moreno & Rossy Moreno b La Diabolica & Vicky Carranza
3) el Signo & Negro Navarro DRAW Cachorro Mendoza & Ringo Mendoza
4) Hombre Bala, Pirata Morgan, Satanico b Enrique Vera, Villano III, Villano IV
5) Brazo de Oro, Brazo de Plata, Canek b Lizmark Sr., Mascara Ano 2000, Rayo de Jalisco Jr.

Over half full building. Hombre Bala replaced MS-1, who’s apparently not doing to well. Vera replaced Dos Caras. Build to a Rayo/Canek match in the main event.

Tonight’s lineup:

CMLL (FRI) 06/05 Arena Mexico
1) Astro Boy & Bengala vs Caligula & Messala
2) Dark Angel, Marcela, Sahori vs Amapola, La Nazi, Princesa Blanca
3) La Mascara, Metro, Sagrado vs Heavy Metal, Misterioso II, Shigeo Okumura
4) Averno vs La Sombra, Sangre Azteca, Hijo del Fantasma, Dragon Rojo Jr., Mascara Dorada, Black Warrior, Texano Jr. [CMLL UNIVERSAL, torneo]
5) Hector Garza, Shocker, Volador Jr. vs Dos Caras Jr., Naito, Yujiro

Universal talks to 6 of the 8 guys (no Fantasma or Texano.) None of them say anything that interesting – they’d all like to win, no one’s giving away strategy, only Dorada dares to suggest who he’d like to face (Negro or UG.) Ovaciones rates each competitor. They like Black Warrior as the favorite, have Sombra with a title he doesn’t actually have (read the wiki closer!) and see Dorada as the biggest underdog.

Main event continues Shocker (Hector)/Dos. Not a whole lot else here. Maybe they’ll tease Dark Angel/Amapola? Nah.

Luchando Libre looks at the possibilities of El Hijo del Santo and AAA working together.

There’s post on el Martinete saying the local advertising for the 06/20 AAA taping has Mesias vs Wagner [non title] and Teddy Hart vs Jack Evans

Rey Bucanero, after five hours of surgery, complained to Box Y Lucha about the doctor stopping the match. I think the doctor might reply “you just had five hours of surgery.”

Blue Panther talks about acupuncture with Fuego en el Ring. He gives it credit for helping him stay in the ring.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

indy (WED) 06/17 Auditorio Miguel Barragan
1) Canek, Dr. Wagner Jr., Mascara Sagrada vs Damian 666, el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Mr. Aguila

That’s interesting. Not just because it’s Wagner apparently taking more bookings after he started talking to AAA, but if Wagner wins the title at TripleMania, you’d figure he’d be in Ecatepec on the taping. Could be a change to come here, could be a sign. Dunno.

CMLL (WED) 07/01 Auditorio Migue Barragan
1) Dark Angel & Lady Apache vs Amapola & Princesa Sujei
2) Pegasso & Rey Cometa vs Dr. X & Skandalo
3) La Mascara & Maximo vs Black Warrior & Sangre Azteca
4) La Sombra, Shocker, Volador Jr. vs ?, Atlantis, Ultimo Guerrero

Fan appreciation show prices here too. Is this somehow working for them? I can’t see the math. Another show Rey’s probably missing.

Like I said on Saturday, there’s no real overwhelming favorite or impossible underdog in Block A. It would be a big surprise if Dragon Rojo or Mascara Dorada won, but it’s a exponentially more possible than when CMLL put guys like Loco Max and Stuka in the Leyenda de Plata two years ago.

Still, just to handicap the group for wagering purposes:

Strong Chances

• Averno – besides being Averno, has the bonus of being an easy match up versus tecnicos and half the rudos
• La Sombra – having him win this all would be a fine way to anger Mistico more

Outside Chances

• Sangre Azteca – his hopes of getting that match with UG seems low, but it would make CMLL champ sense to make the guy with the two national championships beat all the world champs
• Black Warrior – because he’s Black Warrior. No real other reason.

Would Mean A Huge Step Up

• Hijo del Fantasma
• Texano Jr. – the company seems high on both guys as future stars, but not enough to main event a Friday show with them now

Just Don’t Look Bad

• Dragon Rojo Jr. – probably okay for this to be a short match
• Mascara Dorada – though, if they have renewed confidence in him, could be fun to reintroduce him with a near miss

Matches Which Would Be Fun (if they got any time)*

• Averno versus most of the tecnicos
• Sombra too

* – they won’t. Or the rules will have been changed since they were announced and it’ll be a cibernetico.

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