Day: December 26, 2010

CMLL (SUN) 12/26 Arena Mexico [CMLL, Cesar]
1) Freesbe & Tigre Blanco b Artillero & Súper Comando
2) Aereo, Mascarita Dorada, Último Dragoncito b Mercurio, Pequeño Universo 2000, Pequeño Warrior
3) Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus b Ángel Azteca, Ángel de Plata, Guerrero Maya Jr. [MEX TRIOS, quarterfinal, #1 Contenders]
4) Ángel de Oro, Diamante, Rush b Durango Kid, Puma King, Tiger Kid [#1 Contenders, MEX TRIOS, quarterfinal]
5) Ángel de Oro, Diamante, Rush b Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus [#1 Contenders, MEX TRIOS, semifinal]
6) Ephesto, Mephisto, Sangre Azteca b Arkángel de la Muerte, Máximo, Metro
7) Místico, Rotoporky, Toscano b Averno, Negro Casas, Último Guerrero

Usual finish to the main event.

Arkangel replaced Fuego. That went well until Maximo kissed Arkangel by mistake, and Arkangel turned on his team. No sign of the Sangre Azteca turn.

As expected, Rush’s team won. He appeared to suffer a reoccurrance of his chronic shoulder dislocations in the first match, but still finished with the win. Not much was made of it outside of CMLL’s Twitter, so perhaps it wasn’t too serious after all. Fans were cheering the Cancerbero after the main event.

If Rush, Angel de Oro, and Diamante win next week, and they’re the heavy favorites, then the title match will be The Guy Who Won The Poll versus The Two Guys Who Did Not Win The Poll But Are Basically Doing Just As Well. Cesar has a longer piece pointing out how this tournament is really not helping to elevate anyone.

Mercurio has already appeared in GDL and Puebla, but this was his DF debut. I thought he looked like a good prospect on GDL.

Black Terry Jr. has photos from tonight’s Arena Naucalpan show. Pollo lost his mask to Comando Negro. He gave his name as José Andrade, from Gomez Palacio, 18 years a wrestler. Jose Andrade is also the real name of Brillante Sr., father of Sombra. He’s also from Gomez Palacio. This is all probably not a coincidence! “His father was wrestling as a giant chicken” is the only possible reason not to vote for Sombra as wrestler of the year.

Edit: @billzero figured out this is actually former AAA wrestler Kevin, who’s Brillante Sr.’s brother.

Links

• DJ Spectro looks back at Tamba
• Profile of Sinola luchador El Ranchero.
• Cesar looks at Fresbee and Mercurio‘s finishers.

CMLL (SAT) 12/25 Arena Mexico [CMLL, Cesar, SuperLuchas]
1) Horus & Robin b Bronco & Inquisidor
2) Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior b Eléctrico, Fantasy, Shockercito
3) Hijo del Fantasma, Sagrado, Valiente DQ Ephesto, Mephisto, Sangre Azteca
4) Dragón Rojo Jr. DQ Averno [Copa Jr., final]
5) Blue Panther, La Máscara, Místico b Atlantis, Terrible, Texano Jr.

Sounds and looked like a good turnout for a holiday show.

Some changes in match order and participation here. Copa Junior was announced as the main event, but turned out to be the semimain. Main event was totally unnoteworthy – Mistica on Atlantis – so it didn’t need to the main event.

Maybe someone decided the finish to the tournament was too underwhelming to be the main event. It was certainly too underwhelming for the end of a twenty man tournament. It was three fall match with each taking an early fall. Finish saw the ref go down, Dragon Rojo foul Averno, the ref being distracted from the pin, Averno fouling Dragon Rojo, and the ref seeing that foul. Dragon was able to get pinfall wins over Mascara, Sombra and Volador, but not Averno in the final?

It’s very possible they’ll be back against each other next week, because CMLL’s announced Rey del Aires for next Saturday. It’s nice they remembered to run it for 2011, but we would not expect it to make TV anywhere (except maybe TFN a year or  two from now?)

Mephsito pulled off Fantasma’s mask for the DQ.

Warrior returned with facepaint to replace his mask.

Tirantes returned as referee on this show.

CMLL (SAT) 12/25 Arena Neza [Black Terry Jr.]
1) Pavor & Zeiya b Kiva & Leopardo Negro
2) Black Terry, Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro b Guerrero Negro, Mike Segura, Veneno
3) Hermano Muerte III L Dr. X, Cocolores, Puma King, Skándalo, Delta, Neza Kid, Nitro, Coco Blanco, Dralion, Starman, Tiger Kid, Carta Brava [cage, mask]
4) Averno & Místico b Dragón Rojo Jr. & Mephisto

Averno & Mephisto fought just like in the recent GDL match. Dragon Rojo celebrated his Copa win by losing to La Mistica.

Tiger turned on Puma in a cage match again. Maybe they’re just going to do that in every cage match. Final three were Cocolores, Dr. X, and Hermano Muerte III. Hermano Muerte II tried to stop Cocolores from leaving, but the Payaso eventually snuck by to escape. Hermano Muerte III was exhausted in his fight with D.r X, and fell to a nudo. Hermano Muerte III is Juan Cárdenas Romero, 15 years a wrestler, from DF.

Veneno turned on his teammates in the segunda.

Link(s)

• DTU has more video from it’s last show.

CMLL hasn’t put up their lineup for next Friday yet.