Liger in Coliseo, IWRG, GDL, CMLL to France, AAA FSE & Alas de Oro

CMLL (SUN) 09/13 Arena Coliseo [CMLL]
1) Astro Boy & Molotov b Disturbio & Semental
2) Arkangel de la Muerte, Loco Max, Skándalo b Guerrero Maya Jr., Pegasso, Rey Cometa
3) Dark Angel, Lluvia, Marcela b Hiroka, Mima Shimoda, Princesa Blanca
4) Máximo, Stuka Jr., Valiente b Dragon Rojo Jr., Sangre Azteca, Shigeo Okumura
5) Jushin Liger, Tetsuya Naito, Yujiro b La Sombra, Místico, Volador Jr.

Mistico and Liger were ripping at each other’s masks here. Volador accidentally took out Sombra with a dive at the end, and Liger got away with a foul on Mistico. 2 and 0, both the same method.

Recap mentions Astro Boy is back from “a car accident that jeopardized his career”. ?????? We really don’t know 5% of what’s going on with these guys. There was a moment of applause during the show for Roberto Paz.

IWRG (SUN) 09/13 Arena Naucalpan [DJ Spectro]
1) Talisman Jr. b Menfis
2) Miss Gaviota & Star Boy b Insolito & Menfis
3) Gemelo Fantastico I, Gemelo Fantastico II, Jack b Brandon, Capitán Muerte, Gringo Loco
4) Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro b Bushi, Chico Che, Exodia [IWRG IC TRIOS]
5) Megatron, Stuka I, Trauma I DQ Fuerza Guerrera, Juventud Guerrera, Veneno

Megatron (?) replaced Ricky Cruz, who missed both IWRG shows this week. Fuerza fouled Metagtron, Stuka fouled Fuerza, only Fuerza got caught. Oficials retain the titles again.

CMLL (SUN) 09/13 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [MT, Fuego en el Ring]
0) Cometa DRAW Flyer
1) Idolo & Thunder Boy b Güero Loco & Relampago
2) Ebola & Fraile de la Muerte b Astaroth & Virgo
3) Metal Blanco & Palacio Negro b Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno
4) Flash, Máscara Dorada, Sagrado b Euforia, Misterioso II, Nosferatu
5) Atlantis, Mr. Niebla, Último Guerrero b Héctor Garza, La Máscara, Toscano

Rudos won the main clean. Astaroth and Fraile de la Muerte feuded during the match, and will have a mask match next week. Reads like there may be changes in Guadalajara – Tuesday shows canceled? (Perhaps someone is reading too much into one show being moved because of the holiday week.)

Looks like CMLL is headed to France in November. Or someone’s made a confusing website. 3 shows in 13 days is going to leave a lot time for sight seeing/drinking.

Signo lost his hair to El Dandy on a fair show in Cuernavaca this weekend. Doesn’t look like Signo lost much hair, actually.

In case you missed it, the first Lucha Libre Premier/Fox Sports show aired over the weekend, complete with a mistake in their point standings. The bigger quality control issue is AAA hasn’t appeared to mention this show since it was taped, and you probably need to promote the thing. Maybe they did on TV and I haven’t seen it, though that seems unlikely. No sign of it showing up on the US version of Fox Sports Espanol any time soon, judging by the listings. If this is really ongoing, they’ll need to be taping again probably by the 10/02-10/04 weekend.

AAA does mention they’re running the Alas de Oro tournament – previously a big mutliman elimination match on one taping – as a league format on the Solo de Futbol show, on Thursdays. I’d guess they probably taped them all at once and are spreading them out over the weeks – Alex Koslov is in it, to tell you when this was taped. Again, only airing in Mexico. This is the same show they ran the future star tournament earlier this year, so that must’ve done well for the show. Tough enough to keep track of a league format, much less a show you don’t get and where results don’t turn up and where you get as many points for the move of the match as winning the match, so I probably won’t bother, but they’ve listed the results so far:

                Matches   Wins   Move   Total
Extreme Tiger      1        1      1      4
Jack Evans         1        1      1      4
Billy Boy          1        1      0      2
Sugi               1        0      1      2
Alex Koslov        1        0      0      0
Super Fly          1        0      0      0

No matches: Aero, Laredo, Teddy, Tito. Laredo and Teddy is the announced match for this Thursday, and Aerostar & Santana make since for the following. This is supposed to go for 12 weeks, which doesn’t divide smoothly into 10 wrestlers. Perhaps everyone gets 2 matches, week 11 is a losers battle royal, and week 12 is the two highest points totals (or everyone tied there, because it’s impossible there won’t be a big tie.) I don’t know, I just know I won’t be keep tracking of it. The one big question: what was Romero doing the day they taped this?

From reading the boards, I must’ve missed a post on SuperLuchas where it was suggested Ken Kennedy (well, Ken Anderson anyway) might be the mystery person for the Pena Memorial gauntlet match. That would be such a perfectly typical selection by AAA that it sort of has to happen (even though I have no desire to see it.)

Missed this last night: Cesar’s proposed lineup for the anniversary show, based on recent performance.

Wrestlers in Morelia complain there’s a lack of infrastructure to run events or train.

Haven’t linked to an article about the Bolivian Cholitas in a while. First one I’ve seen who’s mentioned a death in the ring, though very scarce details. The author seems surprised to find lucha libre is only a part time job.

Lineups, since I forgot about these last night:

IWRG (WED) 09/16 Arena Naucalpan
1) Eragon & Star Boy vs Hijo del Signo & Talisman Jr.
2) Exodia & Pendulo vs Arlequin Amarillo & Gringo Loco
3) Arlequin Rojo vs Chico Che, Capitán Muerte, Oficial Fierro, Bushi, Jack [cage, loser advances]
4) Pirata Morgan vs Tóxico DF, Goleador, Bobby Lee Jr., Trauma I, Oficial 911 [cage, loser advances]
5) ? vs ?? [cage, hair, mask]

Usual cage match show. I keep thinking this might be the time Bushi loses, and I’m wrong every single time, so I don’t have much to say here. Though, Arlequin Rojo sure sticks out like a sore thumb. Goleador is supposed to be wrestling in the opener of the Lucha Libre Fan Fest next week, so maybe he’s safe.

CMLL (SUN) 09/20 Arena Coliseo
1) Diamante & Sensei vs Artillero & Súper Comando
2) Estrella Magica, Lluvia, Marcela vs Mima Shimoda, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sujei
3) Flash, Mictlán, Rogue vs Euforia, Tiger Kid, Virus
4) Blue Panther, Mascara Dorada, Valiente vs Atlantis, Mr. Niebla, Último Guerrero
5) Místico, Toscano, Volador Jr. vs Jushin Liger, Naito, Yujiro

I was going to make a joke last night about how Mima should declare herself a princess to complete the team theme, but it sounds like Hiroka might have beat her to it on Ras de Lona.

CMLL (SUN) 09/20 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Idolo & Nube Roja vs In Memoria & Relampago Azul
2) Angelo & Gallo vs Malefico & Rafaga
3) Astaroth vs Fraile de la Muerte [mask]
4) Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara, Metro vs Dragon Rojo Jr., Nosferatu, Sangre Azteca
5) Héctor Garza, La Sombra, Shocker vs Mephisto, Terrible, Texano Jr.

IWRG (SUN) 09/20 Arena Naucalpan
1) Dark Saint vs Rey Tempestad
2) Eragon & Star Boy vs Hijo del Signo & Menfis
3) Gemelo Fantastico I & Gemelo Fantastico II vs El Hijo del Diablo & Gringo Loco
4) Bushi, Chico Che, Freelance vs Black Terry, Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro
5) Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro vs Pirata Morgan, Sangre Chicana Jr., Veneno