Day: October 15, 2009

10/17-18 Lucha Times

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If you’re reading this on Facebook, HELLO. Someone’s ripping of my RSS feed. It’s kinda lame! You should unfriend this person! Let’s all hit the Report Page link and see what happens!

Also, the other guy who’s posting these on a newsboard without even giving me a link, please correct yourself before I remember what site it is I’m talking about.

box. I’m not sure if you can tell, but I’m still sick. And bored with it.

I wasn’t going to put Perros del Mal on the chart, because I have no idea what to do with it. I figured I don’t know what to do with most of this anyway, and I still guess. Here’s what we know: Perros del Mal says they’re on 4TV at 9 pm on Saturday. No one else has said that. That’s about it. We don’t even know how long the show is!

AAA-US: If I’ve got this right, it’s the AAA Heavyweight Title, the AAA Cruiserweight Title, and the end of Groon XXX in AAA. Also, the new AAA production. I think I’m not going to get done watching this past week’s AAA yet so I don’t have to have an opinion on this yes.

52MX: Panther/Shocker/Strong MAN vs Guerreros/Niebla plus exciting Leono action

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CMLL: starts at 4, only 45 minutes. Thought they might skip the hair match anyway, and that gives them the oppurtinty. Maybe just the lightihg match and the Mistico trios.

FOX-CMLL: Pesta Negra/Sangre vs Mascara/Mascara/Sagrada, plus minis

FOX-AAA: nothing this weekend, which saves them effort of the (required?) rerun. If they’re showing a new one every other week, that makes the last show from the first taping airs next week, and they’ve got to actually tape a new show soon.

AAA was advertising tapings for 10/23 (DF) and 10/30 (Veracruz? mind is blanking, so I may have screwed a date too) this past week on their TV in addition the two they’ve already announced. That’d put them very far ahead on tapings. I’m betting the 10/23 show is either a spot show with extra promotion, or the next Lucha Libre Premiere taping. There’s no Ticketmaster listing, or anything on AAA.com about it yet, but I suppose we’ll find out soon.

C3: Blanca vs Apache and other stuff. Has Escorpion’s already made TV more in CMLL than AAA?

Perros: Ok, if I’m running this show, Perro Junior and the main event has to air on the first show, has to air. But then what do you do with the other match? One of the opening card matches (which might not grab people) or one of the other top 3 matches (which doesn’t leave you much for week 2)? Or are their multiple matches? Or are their a week 2? 48 hours out, and we don’t know.

One thing I don’t know – does 4TV have a web feed? It’s never come up before.

Puebla: uh…no segunda. Which leave locals, minis, cibernetico, Strong Man/Mistico/Sombra

Monterrey: I am never right.

AAA #905 (09/26) – Verano de Escandalo, part 2

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taped 08/21/2009

Joe Lider & Nicho el Millionario vs El Elegido & Gronda II in a hardcore rules match – predictably useless. Magically how Gronda II wrestled the match as normal, then was a monster after the match. One more time for the gif:

protip: hook the arm
protip: hook the arm

I’m thinking Groon might give us a few more before his TV appearances are over.

Charly Manson vs Chessman in a street fight match (and part 2) – or, a death match. If that’s your thing, I think this might have actually been your thing. It’s not my thing.

Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Cibernético, El Mesías in a cage match for the AAA World Heavyweight Championship (and part 2)- better flaunting of the dumb rules here – Cibernetico climbing out of the cage, only to be told he’s can’t win at this point (and arguing it!), or Mesias and Wagner sitting on top of the cage and fighting, even though the rules of AAA cage escape means one or the other should’ve been awarded the match that point. Of all the things to take from the US, I wish they’d started with “you must get both feet on the floor to win”.

As noted in the comments, this match was better with Cibernetico in it. I believe that automatically disqualified Dr. Wagner from winning wrestler of the year. He and Mesias appeared to work the last half of the match as if to win a contest for least interesting match possible. If Wagner just stood back and let him go, would Mesias continue to climb the same corner of the cage, right by the WagnerManiacs, and get knocked down by the third time, for the rest of eternity? This seemed to last half as long as eternity.

Blanca retains, contract signing for 12 man match match

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CMLL (TUE) 10/13 Arena Mexico [CMLL, ESTO, mt]
1) Rayo Tapatío II & Trueno b Camorra & Zayco
2) Delta, Metálico, Sensei b Bronco, Escorpion, Puma King
3) Princesa Blanca b Lady Apache [MEX WOMEN]
4) Máximo, Rouge, Toscano b Euforia, Shigeo Okumura, Virus
5) Mephisto, Terrible, Texano Jr. b La Sombra, Máscara Dorada, Volador Jr.

Blanca took falls 2 and 3 to retain. Doesn’t appear to be much in the way of story notes at this show. Or fans.

(Thanks to CMLL for bolding the winners, so I can be less dumb. Anyone else notice that not only is Fuego en el Ring covering Puebla, but suddenly so is CMLL’s website?)

Yujiro is excited for tomorrow’s main event, so he can win a hair just like Naito did.

The press conference for the 12 man mask match was not even held in the nice press conference area. (SuperLuchas also has photos.) That does seem about right for this crew. Wrestlers will be required to stay in the cage for 10 minutes, at least until they change their mind on Sunday.

Euforia has no idea if the Infernales are supposed to still be together. He’s assuming they are until CMLL tells him different, but they’re not telling him much and he hasn’t talked to Nosferatu much lately. That’s CMLL booking right there.

ESTO has an interview with the Psycho Circus, which is much the same as the most recent interview with the AAA site.

Blue Demon Jr. has an article on ESPN (and ESPNDeportes) that’s good in parts, but a bit rambling. I think it’s because it’s actually not really as much an article, but pulled from a video interview they were doing; it would explain why he goes from topic to topic. In one part, he talks about the bad business in Mexico, and blames it too much lucha on TV and the Mexico-based promotions not doing a good enough job.

Though it seems like the Mexican Powers are dead with Ultimo Gladiador joining Wagner’s group, Crazy Boy does is not letting a little thing like never being on TV stopping him from announcing plans for a new group, with young wrestlers.

Hablando de Catch has tons of photos of Arena Aficion.

Express Online profiles local (Ciudada Victoria) tag team champions Rocker Boy and Comando Extremo.

El Hijo del Santo is in Paris, promoting his new comic book.

A local wrestler on a Zacatecas show today is listed with the name “Teacher Sex“.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.