AAA TV (THU) 01/27 Gimnasio Agustin Milian
1) ?, Atomic Boy, Gato Eveready vs ??, Tigre Cota, Tito Santana
2) Fabi Apache, Gran Apache, Pimpinela Escarlata vs Billy Boy, Sexy Star, Yuriko
3) Aerostar & Octagón vs Chris Stone & Súper Fly
4) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Amadeus, Charly Manson, Escoria
5) Dr. Wagner Jr. & El Mesías vs Chessman & Zorro
The stirring return of Atomic Boy! Other people too but also Atomic Boy! The odd thing here is the Perros del Mal listed this date as one of their shows. Unless someone here joined up (ATOMIC BOY), there’s no Perros del Mal in matches. Maybe the Psycho Clowns should expect to see a run-in.
Wagner gets his rematch with Zorro, while Chessman and Mesias also get to appear.
The plans for the Psycho Circus after ending their winning streak looks a lot like the plans before the winning streak. Kind surprised they’re around at all, since AAA seemed only to keep them around out of obligation.
Mascarita Dorada, Meteoro, Shockercito vs In Memoriam, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Warrior: Meteoro and In Memoriam were locals as last minute replacements, and sadly did not prove themselves ready for the opportunity. This was the minis equivalent of all those women’s trios where Marcela & Amapola have a great sequence and then Lluvia and Zeuxis do not, though I think the women are generally better than this. There still were four good guys here having a good match on their own.
Máximo, Rush, Sagrado vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Héctor Garza, Taichi: Usually Maximo match of wackiness. Alright for that, though you’ve probably seen it.
IWRG (THU) 01/13 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. @ flickr, Estrellas del Ring]
1) Epidemia & Imposible b Héros & Mascarita de Oro
2) Eragon & Flama Infernal b Carta Brava Jr. & Guerrero 2000
3) Black Terry & Keshin Black b El Hijo del Diablo & Muerte Infernal [Torneo Proyeccion, quarterfinal]
4) Multifacético & Trauma I b Alan Extreme & Chico Che [Torneo Proyeccion, quarterfinal]
5) Dinamic Black & Negro Navarro b Hammer & Hijo de Pirata Morgan [Torneo Proyeccion, quarterfinal]
6) Comando Negro & Scorpio Jr. b Eterno & Veneno [Torneo Proyeccion, quarterfinal]
7) Multifacético & Trauma I b Black Terry & Keshin Black [Torneo Proyeccion, semifinal]
8) Comando Negro & Scorpio Jr. b Dinamic Black & Negro Navarro [Torneo Proyeccion, semifinal]
9) Comando Negro & Scorpio Jr. b Multifacético & Trauma I [Torneo Proyeccion, final]
The full name of the tournament was “Torneo Relámpago de Proyección a Nuevas Promesas de la Lucha Libre”, but you can just think of it as IWRG doing the Gran Alternativa bit. Comando Negro continues his winning ways. Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. was supposed to be his partner, Scorpio Jr. filled in, and they won anyway. In the final, Comando took out Multifacetico with a dive and Scorpio snuck in a foul on Trauma. They got past the Eterno/Veneno team similarly.
Black Terry challenged the Gringos for a title match after beating Diablo in the quarter final.
Tonight’s CMLL show is highlighted by Mephisto vs Hijo del Fantasma for the NWA Historic Welterweight Championship. Not really sure who’s going to win – leaning towards Fantasma winning the title about a year after he lost the CMLL version – but we’re watching more to see if they’re continuing on towards a mask match or if this will just be the end point for the time being. Main event should be a crowd pleasing comedy match and the lighting match (Dark Angel vs Princesa Sujei) might be a preview of Tuesday’s cibernetico final.
CMLL sent out PR to hype Generacion 2011. All this really has to offer is much better pictures for profiles, but three quick points
Luchas 2000 is not official CMLL PR, I guess.
Everyone seems to be from Arkangel’s current class.
Typical CMLL lack of co-ordination to also debut Metal Blanco & Palacio Negro and NOT include them in this group. They really could’ve brought the average up. (Meteoro Mercurio is also new, not sure about the last part.)
