Box Y Lucha’s report on Mistico vs Liger says Mistico had one eye closed shut and a loose incisor from the beating Liger gave to him. I believe this slightly less than Alex Koslov’s rally, but there is a great picture of Mistico looking dead on a stretcher. I guess this whole feud happening on the Sunday shows and in Arena Coliseo is a solid tell they’re doing the payoff in Japan; they’d surely run this in Arena Mexico if there was meant to be a big Mistico win in Mexico.
ESTO previews tonight’s show as the first show for Negro Casas without his hair. Lizmark Jr. is still listed on the semimain, even though every magazine had a story on him leaving (the Perros made sure to get it out there, probably to give people a reason to talk about them.)
Fuego en el Ring asked questions and got answers: Shocker says he was assaulted two Saturday’s ago, and that’s why he missed the anniversary show. Let’s look at the timeline:
09/12 (Saturday): Shocker gets attached
09/16 (Wednesday): Shocker wrestles in GDL, no mention of injury or even an incident
09/17 (Thursday): Shocker is pulled from the anniversary
09/18 (Friday): CMLL gives the no-explanation explanation (force majeure), instead of mentioning an injury
09/20 (Sunday): Shocker wrestles, no sign of an injury
To be fair, I’d bet there was an incident on Saturday and I bet that’s why he didn’t wrestle Friday. Just hard to believe it was an injury. There certainly could be a benign reason for missing the Anniversary show, but the odds are against it.
Related: Box Y Lucha (and also ESTO) list the Gran Alternativa lineup with Toscano in for Shocker. I guess the pain from the attack on Saturday will be back on Friday (and then fine when he wrestles on Sunday in GDL?)
AAA talks to the Psycho Circus. They explain the name change: someone else had rights to the name, and you can’t go around using a name you have no right to. (Reads like a shot at ex-AAAs and likely meant that way.) The win streak is said to be 461, and they want it clear that they’ve been top guys (and they have, off TV) but also talk about wanting tougher competition.
AAA also has a poll up about the surprise wrestler for the anniversary Pena show:
– The Animal
– Heavy Metal
– Juvi
– Ken Anderson
– Konnan
– Latin Lover
– Lizmark Jr.
– None of the above
– Vampiro Canadiense
Heavy Metal is still in CMLL (and returning tonight after an absence) unless they know something we don’t know. The Animal! AAA is hilarious.
Fuego en el Ring talks to Fraile de la Muerte about losing his mask and Astaroth about winning it. Fraile de la Muerte is Jesus Zavala, who wrestled under the name for 8 years.
Also, Blue Demon Jr..
CMLL’s YouTube has highlights from the anniversary show: part 1, part 2, part 3. The full show, or whatever of the full show gets aired, still isn’t expected to do that until October or November.
Cesar talks about Lizmark Jr. rejoining the Perros del Mal. I had totally forgotten about Lizmark being in the Perros when they were in CMLL. Didn’t they kick him out? Maybe he can go for revenge.
Box Y Lucha mentions Ringo Mendoza is hoping to have a retirement match this year (he wrestles less than some people who are retired) and Fabian el Gitano is working as a Chippendale.
El Hijo del Santo will host an event at the Durango Central Public Library, a lecture on lucha libre. Villano V is also supposed to be there – are there no vetoes on lectures? (Though it seems the Villanos have escaped those restrictions before.)
Kcidis illustrates Pesta Negra unhappy and is unhappy himself about his work getting pirated (again.)
DTU links the video of their shows on the Lucha Libre Expo.
Luchas2000 488 has Mistico and Negro Casas, and their interview with Lizmark Jr. There’s also an ad for a Perros del Mal TV taping on 10/11 in Ecatepec, though no network is mentioned.
BIX has a podcast with Cassandro and TJ Perkins from Lucha Va Voom show in New York. It sounds pretty good.