CMLL (FRI) 12/18 Arena Mexico [SuperLuchas, ESTO]
1) Delta, Leono, Trueno b Apocalipsis, Camorra, Inquisidor
2) Arkangel de la Muerte, Loco Max, Pólvora b Molotov, Rouge, Sensei
3) Astral, Eléctrico, Mascarita Dorada, Pequeño Olímpico b Pequeño Damian 666, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Warrior, Pierrothito
4) Sagrado b Misterioso II [lightning]
5) Mr. Niebla, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero b Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara, Toscano
6) La Sombra, Místico, Volador Jr. b Mephisto, Terrible, Texano Jr.
Not much news out of this. Sounds like attendance was good, but that doesn’t mean much of a gate, with all three free tickets they gave away.
Dorada pinned Damian, not Pierrothito, in the atomicos match. No title match coming up there after all. ESTO kills the Sagrado/Misterioso, feeling all of Sagrado’s offense was cold and repetitive. Rey Bucanero got carried around on his teammates shoulders after they got the win in the semimain. Mistico & Mephisto did mask challenged after the main.
Fuego en el Ring caught up to Sangre Azteca when he was in Guadalajara, to talk about his travels to France and, like everyone else when talking to Sangre lately, ask what the deal is with Black Warrior. This time, Sangre said he’d be heading to the CMLL offices this week to get some resolution on the situation, but it sounded like a non-committal answer he gave just because there’s no real answer he could give.
Perhaps Sangre Azteca really did got to the CMLL offices, because we do finally have some resolution. To recap: Black Warrior hasn’t been seen in about two months, since shortly after losing his hair to Yujiro. The word about him since is he’s done with lucha libre and has moved on. The only problem is he was technically Mexican National Trios champ as part of Poder Mexica. Sangre Azteca & Dragon Rojo have already moved on, replacing Warrior with Misterioso, but they can’t change the titles that easy, the commission isn’t going to allow them just to change members of the champion trio. They’d have to give up the titles.
It appears that’s what happened. Starting Tuesday, there’s are elimination matches for the Mexican National Trios Championship. There is no mention about how many teams or how long the tournament will take yet – the news page doesn’t even mention the tournament – but the four teams entered so far:
- Mascara Dorada, Stuka Jr., Metro
- Cancerbros (Euforia, Virus, Polvora)
- Angels (Oro, Plata, Azteca)
- Guerreros Tuareg (Arkangel, Skandalo, Loco Max)
Mascara Dorada, Stuka Jr. and Metro have 0 previous appearances as a team. Off to a great start! The big question here is if it’s a 8 team tournament (which would indicate this is title is moving down a couple levels in importance) or a 16 one (who knows.) Guess the rest of the teams in the comments.
Blue Demon talks about a feud with Perro Jr.
In an undercard mask match at CMLL’s Arena Xalapa show, Jason La Maquina lost his mask to Caballero Ninja. Real name is Manuel Alvarez.
DJ Spectro picks his Star of 2009.
Lineups
CMLL (TUE) 12/22 Arena Mexico
1) Principe & Súper Camaleón vs Cholo & Ramstein
2) Leono, Pegasso, Rey Cometa vs Apocalipsis, Puma King, Tiger Kid
3) Arkangel de la Muerte, Loco Max, Skándalo vs Ángel Azteca, Ángel de Oro, Ángel de Plata and Euforia, Pólvora, Virus and Máscara Dorada, Metro, Stuka Jr. [MEX TRIOS, tournament]
4) Hijo del Fantasma, Shocker, Toscano vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
CMLL (FRI) 12/25 Arena Mexico
1) Delta & Trueno vs Camorra & Inquisidor
2) Lady Apache, Lluvia, Marcela vs Hiroka, La Comandante, Princesa Sujei
3) Fuego vs Sangre Azteca [lightning]
4) Mascarita Dorada, Pequeño Olímpico, Shockercito vs Pequeño Damian 666, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Warrior
5) La Máscara, Sagrado, Valiente vs Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas
6) Brazo de Plata, Místico, Volador Jr. vs Atlantis, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero
Comadante “debuts” on Sunday, so we should know if it’s a renamed La Nazi after that. Wouldn’t bet on the rudos to win on Christmas.