CMLL (MON) 07/26 Arena Puebla [Fuego en el Ring]
1) Asturiano & Stigma b Fuerza Chicana & Toro Bill Sr.
2) Metálico, Molotov, Sensei b Durango Kid, Puma King, Tiger Kid
3) Cisne, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Warrior b Aereo, Pequeño Halcón, Último Dragoncito
4) Metro, Toscano, Valiente b Dragón Rojo Jr., Misterioso II, Yoshihashi
5) Charly Manson, Héctor Garza, Mr. Águila b Blue Panther, La Máscara, Místico
Mistico came to the ring wearing a Puebla fubtol jersey, and the rudos ripped it up. In the third, Misitco got La Mistica on Hector, but El Tirantes was in no hurry to call for the submission. Mistico got up to argue, Garza fouled him, and Tirantes coutned three.
Aereo and Stigma made their debuts here. Surprised Aereo is unmasked; he was definitely masked when they were introducing him before. There were issues in the segunda, but they were between Tiger Kid & Sensei, not between the rudo brothers.
Arena Puebla’s promoters, Manuel Robles & Benjamin Mar, talked to local paper SporTimes about their business. They say the biggest problem facing wrestling today is ticket resellers and pirated merchandise. US wrestling does not affect attendance, they say, because they offer a different special product and fans like it. They’d know better than us, but I don’t know about that. The article says Manuel Robles started in 1982, and his son Benjamin took over in 1994 after Robles had serious heart issues. They plan cards one or two weeks in advance, and make it clear that the arena is open to hosting boxing, MMA or other events, should someone be interested.
Remember the Hector Garza/Latin Lover angle which went nowhere? They’re on opposite sides of a tag match on August 19 in Cancha German Evers. It’s Latin & Toscano vs Garza & Texano on a show using a mix of ACG guys and local Mazatlan wrestlers. The show is sponsored by the National Chamber of Industry Restaurants and Food Condiments. Perhaps the first show ever sponsored by a national chamber of food condiments? Latin’s stage show starts on on August 24th and lasts for two months, so that may be the last for him in the ring for the summer.
More Expo:
- DJ Spectro has photos from his visit, video of a Celestial dive,
- Estrellas del Ring catches up with Oriental, selling merchandise at his booth
- R de Rudo posts it’s video of the Perros run in on the AAA show. Since everyone was there from the Perros show, everyone ran in on the AAA show, but I wouldn’t assume that means they’re showing up again.
On his radio show, Arturo Rivera said he also had a run in with El Hijo del Santo and his wife at the Expo.
A post on Box Y Lucha says no one working the last set of EAW shows got paid. There was no mention of their scheduled shows for the Expo, because the two leveled ring didn’t show up. These guys might be done.
AAA wonders if Chris Stone might be a rudo. No! AAA also sizes up Vampiro & Silver King as challengers to the mega title, and hypes Thursday’s semimain.
Cesar wonders whatever happened to Blue Demon’s tournaments to decide new champions?
SuperLuchas has a bio of Oaxaca’s Mini Vuelo Especial. These have been good, but I hope the person supplying them also talks about what’s going on there now at some point.
Luchas 2000 #531 has Mistico vs Psicosis, Fabian el Gitano unmasked, and Tiger Kid vs Puma King.
LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.
Lineups
IWRG (THU) 07/29 Arena Naucalpan
1) Dinamic Black vs Carta Brava
2) Gemelo Fantastico I & Gemelo Fantastico II vs Comando Negro & Magia Negra
3) Diva Salvaje & Miss Gaviota vs Maldito Jr. & Samot
4) Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro, Oficial Marshal vs Black Terry, Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro
5) Último Gladiador vs Crazy Boy, Psicosis III, Chris Stone, Espíritu, Escoria, Oficial 911, el Ángel, Trauma I, Freelance, Suicida, Chico Che [IWRG IC HEAVY, #1 Contenders]
Burying the lead. The lawlessness of the AAA invasion into IWRG clearly require more troops.
The poster is confusing, but my best guess is the winner of the main event gets a match with Silver King. Or maybe the title. Or maybe just a cup. Any IWRG guy, except maybe Angel, would be amusing versus Silver King.
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SuperLuchas didn’t have the lineup for this week’s IWRG show but they did say the main event would be a 4 corners match so I’m thinking that is 3 vs 3 vs 3 vs 3 since the teams match up perfectly. Perhaps the winning team’s captain gets a title shot or it’s a misprint and they just get a trophy as pictured.
I was also surprised to see Aereo unmasked. A guy with that kind of a name needs a mask. Also a guy with that kind of face.
I wonder what the plan for Tirantes is. The rudo ref bits are already getting annoying and ruining matches. Are we building to him getting beat up by another CMLL ref? Surely they aren’t going to have him risk his hair as a second? Who would he possibly risk it against? Quemonito’s mask? I just hope this isn’t a permanent thing…
Y’know… Anniversario is just right around the corner. We are all thinking they are building to Psicosis v. Mistico, but Tirantes could reeeeeeeeeally screw someone hard in the Universal Tournament to set up something else.