Month: October 2009

Mexico, Park wins mask, Hijo del Santo rips AAA/CMLL, Hijo de Rey Misterio

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CMLL (FRI) 10/30 Arena Mexico [SuperLuchas, Cesar]
1) Ángel Azteca Jr., Astro Boy, Sensei b Durango Kid, Escorpion, Semental
2) Máximo, Sagrado, Stuka Jr. b Euforia, Pólvora, Virus
3) Valiente b Dragon Rojo Jr. [MEX WELTER]
4) Misterioso II, Terrible, Texano Jr. b Blue Panther, Máscara Dorada, Toscano
5) Brazo de Plata, Héctor Garza, Shocker b Naito, Ray Mendoza Jr., Yujiro

Attendance was down, blamed on a afternoon/evening long rain storm.

Porky got the pin on Mendoza for the win in the main event. Cesar notes Porky looked out of shape. I am shocked!

Valiente/Dragon Rojo sounds good; they got 18 minutes.

Huracan Ramirez was honored in between the top two matches. Axxel was not there, because he was wagering his mask in Monterrey…

indy (FRI) 10/30 Monumental Monterrey [EdR]
4) Matematico Jr. L LA Park, Máscara Año 2000 Jr., el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Axel, Tinieblas Jr., Hijo del Cien Caras, Anibal [cage]

Mask match is different from what it was originally announced. Park, hurting during the match, took Matematico’s mask. No real name listed yet.

In Record (reposted by SuperLuchas) El Hijo del Santo rips both CMLL and AAA. Santo says AAA promised him the moon and the stars, but left after TripleMania when it was clear they weren’t going to pay him what he thought he deserved. Santo’s angry with CMLL, feeling they’re riding his coattails in Europe, but running shows with promoters who have so little knowledge of wrestling that they’re ruining it for everyone else. The last time he was in France, while he was doing press conference, people for CMLL were in the crowd, handing out info on their own shows. Santo think Perros del Mal may do a better job, but thinks neither CMLL or AAA will figure out how to take advantage of the television of they have until Televisa finally kicks them off the network. So, yea, he’s not going back to AAA or CMLL any time soon.

CMLL’s advertising Arena Puebla tickets now available on Ticketmaster. They’re not on the ticketmaster website, at least when I checked. This is exactly what Santo is ranting about.

Fuego en el Ring hears Hijo de Rey Misterio is training with CMLL in Mexico City, and debuting in the next few weeks. That’s probably the best move he could make right now – if he wants to more than than a Rey Misterio tribute band, joining CMLL and working a bit more frequently would help.

Kcidis writes about Oro.

R de Rudo profiles Nando el Muneco.

No lineups.

10/30 AAA TV Results (Poza Rica)

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AAA TV (FRI) 10/30 Gimansio Miguel Hidalgo, Poza Rica, Veracruz [AAA]
1) Relampago & Tribal b American Rebelde & Jesse
2) Crazy Boy, Decnnis, Gato Eveready b Rió Bravo, Tigre Cota, Tito Santana
3) Rain, Sexy Star, Teddy Hart b Fabi Apache, Gran Apache, Mari Apache
4) Joe Lider, Mantra, Nicho el Millionario b Laredo Kid, Octagón, Súper Fly
5) Alex Koslov, Teddy Hart, Zorro b Marco Corleone, Pimpinela Escarlata, Rocky Romero
6) Dr. Wagner Jr., Electroshock, Último Gladiador b El Mesías, Extreme Tiger, La Parka Jr.

2009 AAA TV Chart
Projected Air Date (#912)
Mexico: 11/08
US: 11/21

Not a lot going on here. In undercard matches, Tribal pinned Rebelde, Decnnis pinned Rio Bravo

Sexi Star was the mystery women in the tercera. Hopefully that means the Legion gave her belt back. It definitely means that whole angle was a waste of time and a dumb way to overshadow a big moment in a long running feud, either way. Teddy pinned Mari in that match.

No details on Mantra.

In between 3 & 4, Konnan challenged Cibernetico to a street fight. For reasons not made clear, Teddy replaced Konnan in the semimain. Zorro, officially back in the Legion, submitted Rocky.

Before the main event, Wagner said Mesias could get a title shot if he won. Mesias had Wagner pinned with the F5 (as named by AAA), but Gladiador broke the pin. Electroshock gave Gladiador a cutter, and Wagner finished him with the Wagner Driver. Joaquin Roldan turned up to tell Wagner he would have a match (vs someone) at Guerra de Titanes. OK. Edit: AAA’s Twitter says Roldan actually made it Wagner/Mesias. AGAIN.

Next taping is who knows. The Acapulco taping is canceled.

Hair match in Monterrey, Pierroth tribute show in Cuernavaca, previews, France

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PIERROTH (THU) 10/29 Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca [Dark Atlantis, dr_landru]
1) Cometa b Fuego
2) Comodin & Flama DQ Nahualt & Raksas
3) Pequeño Damian 666, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Universo 2000, Pierrothito b Leopardito, Orito, Pequeño Olímpico, Platita
4) Black Spirit, Canelo Casas, Guerrero Maya Jr., Turbo b Black Thunder, Hijo del Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000 Jr., Septiembre Negro
5) LA Park, Nosferatu, Oriental, Toscano b Fuerza Guerrera, Head Hunter I, Pierroth Jr. (2009), Veneno

In between the top two matches, La Nazi and Pierroth’s daughter brought out Pierroth himself. He was in a wheelchair, but was able to thank the fans and his fellow wrestlers (youtube video.) Leobrado Magadan was there as a host, many of the other wrestlers were in the ring to support Pierroth, and Veneno appeared to sing the Puerto Rico anthem as they presented a Pierroth mask to the new Pierroth. Who then got fouled and lost in the main event. I can’t have read that right, that make no sense.

Next show here is 11/19, with Toscano challenging Texano for the NWA LH title.

indy (TUE) 10/27 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [RFC
1) Ciber Payaso & Solovino b Bello Rubi & Black Poison
2) Furor, Koko Viper, Lover Boy b Aguila Extrema, Angel Dorado Jr., Gato Fantasma
3) Hijo de Cein Caras, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Rey Sagitario b Coliseo 200, Gato Volador, Hijo del Ninja
4) Memo Valle b Silver Star and Pierko el Boricua [FILL LH]
5) Difunto II L Potro Jr. and Tigre Universitario and Charles Lucero [hair]

Difunto lost his hair to Potro Jr.

Previews of tonight’s CMLL show
– SuperLuchas
– ESTO (focusing on Valiente/Dragon)
– MedioTiempo has Brazo de Plata promising to demostrate “real lucha libre”, with all holds and moves. Uh huh.
– OEM.
– Preview of Japan vs Mexico – oh, wait, that’s FIFA U17 soccer in Nigera, which will take place this afternoon. Might give Naito & Yujiro something to talk about later tonight.

The lineup is based around Porky’s first Arena Mexico match since May 19, 2006. It’s actually his first Arena Mexico main event since June of 2004, which was Porky, Canek, and Rayo de Jalisco vs Apolo Dantes, Dr. Wagner Jr. and Okumura. (!!) It’s the undercard that’s more interesting. Rojo/Valiente could be good (or it could completely fall apart; those two can literally be hit or miss.)

ESTO has the only preview of tonight’s AAA taping in Poza Rica. We still know nothing at all about Mantra. There’s at least a 25% shot it’s a mispelling for someone on the roster, right?

Speaking about the title match, Valiente says the deciding factor will be fitness. Valiente says his #1 priority is to retain his title, but he’s also going to try to give a great show for the public. HOORAY. I hope they win the Best Match Of The Night bonus. Which would require one actually existing, so CMLL needs to get on that. After this match, Valiente plans to take the world title from Averno, and then take Sangre Azteca’s mask. It’s good to have dreams.

Ultimo Guerrero wants you to know he only lost to Strong Man and Mistico this week because he’s totally hurt, and whoever wins the war is the real winner.

CMLL’s finally talking about the upcoming tour of France. Luchadores mentioned as going over are Sangre Azteca, Hijo del Fantasma, Stuka Jr., Valiente, Sagrado, Marcela, Hiroka, Dragon Rojo Jr., Misterioso Jr., and Nitro. That should be some good matches. They’ll be gone from 11/13 to 11/29, which means CMLL will have some people getting moved up into higher spots than usual. There are plans for tours in 2010 and 2011. For this trip, the CMLL wrestlers will be working at a wrestling school in Nanteree, France with the students there, and they hope to work out an exchange program. Tickets for the shows themselves, only 3 mentioned, will be from 30 to 50 Euros ($44.41 to $74.03 US, 578.49 MEX to 964.14 MEX). All info on the tour is at efm-fr.com

AAA is going to Six Flags Mexico on November 14 & 15, taping for both TV shows. Not sure if it’s just going to be vignettes like Ras de Lona or if they’re taping full shows.

Rio Bravo explains the dual Rio Brav situation: he decided he would not be working with AAA (for personal reasons, and also because he wasn’t getting enough work – not sure why he had personal reasons.) Fransico Cantu, the Monterrey promoter for AAA, sent someone else as Rio Bravo to AAA in his place. (So maybe AAA didn’t know they were getting a new Rio Bravo?) The original claims he should still own the name, though he does note Cantu is the one who gave it to him in the first place. He’s protesting this to the local commission.

Mauro Corinti has A Fighters Life, a 6 minute lucha libre documentary.

Kindergatern students were treated with a Santo film festival.

Cronicas y Leyendas looks back at PN News and Lola Gonzalez. Slightly different looks.

CMLL (SAT) 12/19 Arena Monterrey [RFC]
1) Pequeño Damian 666 & Pierrothito vs Mascarita Dorada & Shockercito
2) Stuka Jr. & Valiente vs Dragon Rojo Jr. & Sangre Azteca
3) Blue Panther, La Sombra, Máximo vs Misterioso II, Terrible, Texano
4) Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto vs Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas
5) Héctor Garza, Místico, Shocker vs Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero

First time they’ll be back since last December’s show.

Dragon Rojo, AAA video game, UG, mostly just notes

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Dragon Rojo has a plan to beat Valiente for the title: Valiente tires fast, so he’s going to fight at a high rate to tire him out. I think this might’ve worked better with a previous year’s version of Valiente, but we’ll see. What I really want is the interview with Sangre Azteca about his partner/protege getting a shot at his title before Sangre gets a chance to win it back.

Matuk has video of the AAA demo showed off last week. There is that Zombie Clown footage (under that name) and he looks really good. Not so sure about the collision detection, or the 10 second countout. Pepe Casas is very visible as the tecnico ref. Watch as the power goes out part way thru the interview, but they keep plugging along anyway.

Fuego en el Ring has an interview with Ultimo Guerrero, who sounds as though he still expects CMLL to run a Gran Prix tournament to close the year. I wonder if they’re still doing the Leyenda de Plata. UG says he has plans for the Guerrero, but they’re waiting for Bucanero to get healthy.

During a typical “wrestler teaches TV host some moves” segment, Martha Villalboos supposedly hurt the host’s right arm. The host – Alicia Machado – is a former Miss Universe of some note and scandal. Haven’t seen the clip, but I’d guess this was stunt.

Box Y Lucha has interviews with Delta and Diamante about their starts and one with Ultimo Dragoncito and his father, who’s even more badly burnt than Dragoncito. It’s quite an intense picture, you may want to skip it. Dragoncito was told he’d have to be out three months, but is pushing himself to get back in 2. Villano III talks about a fan sneaking into the locker room.

ESTO has an interview with long time CMLL Photographer Rosalio Vera. Beside the 101 Llaves y Lances book, another book of his photographs is supposed to come out next year.

El Siglo de Torreon totally uses the luchawiki for it’s then and now of photos of Ephesto. Which reminds me, we need an updated photo of Ephesto.

Segunda Caida is mostly disappointing with IWRG 07/30/09

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

CMLL (TUE) 11/03 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Idolo & Meteoro vs Acertijo & Relampago Azul
2) Astaroth & Hierro vs Drago & Malefico
3) Gallo & Neutrón vs Asesino Negro & Máscara Mágica
4) Blue Panther, La Máscara, Toscano vs Atlantis, Satánico, Último Guerrero
5) Héctor Garza vs Terrible

Also, Sunday’s show here – the one with Mistico vs Ultimo Guerrero – is $1 for kids.

10/31-11/01 Lucha Times

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This week is confusing. And probably wrong. So the usual.

AAA-US: into the post HdI tapings, with the Xalapa taping that’s been seen a bunch in Mexico.

52MX: no carry over, so we start fresh – guessing Tuareg and Poder Mexica turn up here.

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CMLL-MEX: Televisa’s site lists this as a 2h30m slot, and AAA with a 3h30m slot. I find this doubtful. Just assume top 3 and move on.

AAA-MEX: it should be the Leon taping, but if they skip the Cuernavaca show, they’ve skipped the setup for the next two months. Gotta be that Cuernavaca taping. Odd that it’s Thursday by the time most of you will read this, and AAA hasn’t even rolled out the force majure explanation for the rerun last week.

CMLL-FSE: Women and Porky? I’m giving Alan the Porky/V5 feud, a cruel thing to do to a nice person. Strangely, this is on Sunday morning at 9 AM; World Series games are changing a few things here…

AAA-FSE: like this show, which is listed as a new one, airs at 11 pm on Saturday. They have new matches to air – maybe the Wagner and Apache ones?

C3 (SAT): top 4, including Mistico/UG and Avernos/No Limit Villanos. You know, if they’re going to do this trio for six more weeks, please give me one match with Naito and Yujiro as Villano Roku and Villano Shichi.

C3 (SUN): special noon show to air the Yujiro/Warrior match. (Wonder what this will mean for the eventual Negro/Mistico airing.) It’s 2 hours, and there were four matches who didn’t air on TDN, easy enough.

Puebla: listed as a 4pm start again. Good week to leave the main event out.

Monterrey: Alex/Teddy vs Jack/Rocky, plus a FILL title match and a hair match.

Japan vs Hell, Garza/Terrible, AAA

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indy (FRI) 10/23 Wild West Ballroom, El Paso, Texas
1) Principle RBD DRAW Drako
2) Metro & Pequeno Suicida b Duke & Hermes Jr.
3) Black Panther & Maquina 45 Jr. b Peluchin Maldad & Scorpio Jr.
4) Crazy Boy 32, Muneco Infernal, Takeda DQ Cinta De Oro, Rocky Star, Tigre Sagrado
5) Casandro, El Hijo Del Santo, Mr. Leo b Bestia II, Bestia Jr., Mystico

Finally! This is the show where Santo was awarded a plaque for hitting 27 years of wrestling. You may have seen photos looking around. DQ in the semimain was for Takeda taking off his own mask and throwing it to Cintia de Oro

CMLL (TUE) 10/27 Arena Mexico [ALAN, ESTO]
1) Apocalipsis & Ramstein b Delta & Trueno
2) Leono, Metálico, Tony Rivera b Calígula, Hooligan, Méssala
3) Dr. X, Skándalo, Vangelis b Fabián el Gitano, Flash, Rouge
4) Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto DQ Naito, Ray Mendoza Jr., Yujiro
5) La Máscara, Místico, Volador Jr. b Atlantis, Heavy Metal, Último Guerrero

No Limit Villanos lost in straight falls, getting DQed in the second for pulling Averno’s match. They appear to be building up Naito vs Mephisto for Mephisto’s (take a guess) NWA World Welterweight Championship.

CMLL (TUE) 10/27 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Fuego en el Ring
1) El Divino & Meteoro b Relampago Azul & Skaxy
2) Angelo & Magnum b Ebola & Malefico
3) Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno b Astaroth & Metal Blanco
4) Hijo del Fantasma, Sagrado, Toscano b Felino, Negro Casas, Shigeo Okumura
5) Héctor Garza & Shocker DQ Terrible & Texano Jr.

Terrible fouled Garza. Okumura replaced Black Warrior, who has predictably disappeared from the face of the earth since losing to Yujiro. The music group Banda el Recodo were watching the show, and threw masks to the fans to promote their upcoming shows.

Yesterday, AAA posted an article designed primarily to antagonize others. (They’ve clearly been reading this blog too long.) Responding to last Friday’s Perros press conference, the articles claims AAA holds the rights to characters who’ve left; specifically Alebrije, Histeria, and Psicosis in this article. The Histeria and Psicosis info is nothing new, just pointing out that the men with the identities now are not the originals (Super Crazy & Nicho) and so can’t really claim to have created the character. The bit about Alebrije is a bit different, with El Mexicano (said to be part of the programming department) explaining how Pena created the look, but Alebrije wanted absolutely nothing to do with it at first. You could sort of see his point, because he was Mascara Sagrada at the time, and that seems like a safer bet. AAA’s point is Alebrije shouldn’t claim to own something he wanted nothing to do with.

All the like/dislike, mean/not-mean stuff really doesn’t matter. If AAA has a piece of paper proving they own the character, they do. They probably do, but who knows with Antonio Pena.

Did I miss something, or is the last line in this note about AAA wrestlers at a movie premiere the first time they’ve mentioned AAA’s movie won’t be out until next year?

Ras de Lona #69 has Sombra, Stuka, and Dragon Rojo talking about their trip to Monaco. Poor Misterioso. Somehow, Porky doesn’t show up until after the meal. Also, Fantasma mentions he speaks English and French and can understand a little Italian. That’s impressive, but it makes me wonder who was the translator for the Sombra/Dorada/Terrible/Ephesto crew. Neither of the tecnicos would’ve been out of (whatever the equivalent of) high school by the time they started wrestling, so they probably weren’t picking up extra languages on the side. Maybe Terrible?

The Gladiadores has video interviews with Dr. Wagner Jr. and Flor Metalica, plus video from the Perros press conference. There’s also a bio of the Huracan Ramriez (Daniel Garcia).

Mascara Dorada and Sombra, visited children in the hospital.

An article on the Arena Juba show with Santo/Demon says they’ll now be in a bull terrier match. Looks like Latin Lover is off the card.

Paraiso de la Lucha Libre has photos from a toy/clothing drive for children hosted by Crazy Star and attended by many indy luchadors.

Kcidis illustrates Ultimo Guerrero getting run over by Strong Man. Kcidis notes Ultimo Guerrero was eventually able to beat Liger, but he’s not beat Strong Man. To me, that clearly means Strong Man > Jushin Liger.

CMLL (MON) 11/02 Arena Puebla
1) Aguila Guerrera, Espiritu Maligno, Sauron vs Black Tiger, Blue Center, SWAT
2) Molotov, Sensei, Trueno vs Durango Kid, Puma King, Tercer Kid
3) Ángel de Oro, Ángel de Plata, Rouge vs Loco Max, Nitro, Virus
4) Brazo de Plata, Hijo del Fantasma, Sagrado vs Felino, Misterioso II, Mr. Niebla
5) Terrible & Texano Jr. vs La Sombra & Volador Jr. [CMLL TAG]

Tercer Kid?