Month: January 2011

IWRG (SUN) 01/23/2011 Arena Naucalpan [Estrellas del Ring, Al Filo del Ring, Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Mi Lucha Libre, Mi Lucha Libre (2)]
1) Dinamic Black b Keshin Black
2) Kamilión & Sexy Lady b La Hechicera & Ludark Shaitan
a poor match
3) Comando Negro, Gran Apache, Masada b Cerebro Negro, Multifacético, Negro Navarro
Comando Negro beat Dr. Cerbero and challenged him to a title match next week.
4) Ángel Mortal b Black Terry  [hair]
Gran Apache did not wrestle, but helped Angel Mortal as a second. Negro Navarro, Dr. Cerbero & El Brazo (?) all tried to counter Gran Apache, but Angel Mortal won the third fall with a hand on the rope. A commissioner ordered a restart, and Angel Mortal again used the ropes to get the pin. Terry got his head shaved anyway.
5) Bestia 666, Damián 666, X-Fly b Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
Damian 666 beat 911 clean to set up a title match next week.

Black Terry video:
Tercera: fall 1, fall 2, fall 3
Semimain: fall 1, fall 2, fall 3, fall 4

Fun fact: Cerebro Negro’s IWRG lightweight title is the only IWRG singles title still in the promotion.

Welterweight: CIMA (something happened here, I think)
Super Welterweight: Mistico
Middleweight: Negro Casas
Heavyweight: Silver King (much more interested in wearing it in promos than defending it)
Women’s: Amapola

The Americas Light Heavyweight championship seems to have matriculated back to Negro Navarro and Solar to justify their draws, so they don’t have that one to play with either. I bet we see IWRG create a light heavyweight title this year.

CMLL (SUN) 01/23/2011 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Fuego en el Ring]
1) Acertijo b El Divino
2) Hierro & Leono b Camorra & Infierno
3) Meteoro, Último Dragoncito, Virgo b Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior, Pierrothito
Virgo replaced Mini Maximo. Not sure why I’m bringing this up here, but no sign of Perico on this card. The rudos were about to take the match when Virgo surprised Pierrothito with an armbar for the upset.
4) Misterioso Jr. & Sagrado b Felino & Gallo [Relevos Increíbles]
Felino and Gallo could not work together, Felino finally fouling Gallo for a straight fall loss. The two agreed to a title rematch next week.
5) Blue Panther, Rotoporky, Toscano b Ephesto, Mephisto, Rey Bucanero
Rudos took the first, tecnicos the last two

FWIW, a Box Y Lucha poster says Sexi Star was at Friday’s Arena Mexico show (in addition to Tuesday’s), watching from the back section of the seats. And I bet she thought Polvora vs Sangre Azteca was horrible too. AAA doesn’t have her listed anywhere tomorrow, so maybe she can tweet her thoughts on Marcela vs Amapola?

Links

• MaskMania starts it’s look at each of the NJPW/CMLL matches with Taichi and Maximo

NJPW CMLL (SUN) 01/23/2011 Korakuen Hall [Strong Style Spirit, Sportsnavi]
***Fantastica Mania, 2011***
Attendance: 2005
1) Gedo & Jado b Danshoku Dino & Máximo
Jado submitted Dino
2) Gigante Bernard, Jushin Liger, Karl Anderson b Atlantis, Dragón Rojo Jr., Taichi
Bernard pinned Taichi
3) La Máscara, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada b Shigeo Okumura, Tetsuya Naito, Yujiro Takahashi [CMLL TRIOS]
3 falls under captain’s rules, which seemed to confuse the fans. Sombra/Dorada and No Limit split the first two falls, and captain Mascara got the campana on Okumura in the third
4) Tiger Mask IV b Tomohiro Ishii [hair]
Ishii got his hair cut in the ring, but then went after Tiger’s mask after the match
5) Místico b Averno
3 falls, said to be a very good match
6) Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi b Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi [IWGP JR TAG]
Title change. Devitt & Taguchi both now have two belts.

Both shows were great success at the box office (seating capacity is 1,800, so I don’t know where the extra 205 got in here), so they’ll clearly be doing this again next year as long as both companies remain on good terms. There really wasn’t much said going forward this year with feuds; obviously there’s title defenses (and possible spots in the CMLL Universal Tournament) for Taguchi and Lyger but no dates or even seasons for those. It seemed like these shows might end up with Sombra & Dorada getting next in line for the IWGP Junior Tag Team titles, but TAKA Michinoku and Nosawa made a post match challenge instead. Mistico & Averno talked about a NWA (Historic) Middlweight Title match in Japan, though they could string that out for another year without blinking. Both shows will air on Samurai TV, though I’m not sure of the dates.

Cesar says the tour was a success for CMLL just to get worldwide exposure. It sounds like La Mascara may have gotten sick before this tour but worked out the rest of the way.

CMLL (SUN) 01/23/2011 Arena Coliseo [CMLL, Cesar]
1) Bengala & Trueno b Artillero & Súper Comando
2) Astral, Bam Bam, Fantasy b Mercurio, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico
3) Ángel Azteca Jr., Metálico, Skándalo b Arkángel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Nitro
straight falls. Skandalo replaced Angel de Plata, but refused to fight his usual teammates.
4) Terrible, Texano, Vangelis b Ángel de Oro, Stuka Jr., Valiente
Stuka replaced Fantasma.
5) Negro Casas, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr. b El Alebrije, Olímpico, Psicosis
Ultimo Guerrero got Alebrije with a Guerrero Special

Bad stretch for the Invasors.

I’ll have full recaps tomorrow, but Black Terry lost his hair to Angel Mortal and the Oficials lost to the Perros (IWRG policy of losing every feud to outsiders in full effect) and the Guadalajara results should be here soon.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Links

• Porra Fresa previews tomorrow’s Arena Puebla show.
• Mistico has joined a literacy program.
• The R de Rudo podcast had Chika Tormetna & Kamilion as guests.
• GALLI posted video from their show last weekend.
• SuperLuchas #398 has pictures from the first day of CMLL/NJPW, plus some nice features on Vagabundo

That SuperLuchas also had a (blurred) photo of Sexi Star at Tuesday’s Arena Mexico show. Maybe she just really wanted to see the Women’s Cibernetico. I would not be surprised if luchadors from one group end up in the crowd for another’s group’s show, it’s probably more notable that someone pointed it out. Sexi Star hasn’t been too shy about teasing going somewhere else and then quickly proclaiming her undying love to AAA.

Lineup

CMLL (SUN) 01/30/2011 Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala & Robin vs Disturbio & Zayco
2) Fabián el Gitano, Metálico, Metatrón vs Bronco, Demus 3:16, Inquisidor
3) Bam Bam, Mascarita Dorada, Shockercito vs Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior, Pierrothito
4) Metro, Rush, Toscano vs Ephesto, Shigeo Okumura, Yoshihashi
5) Blue Panther, Brazo de Plata, La Máscara vs Atlantis, Negro Casas, Volador Jr.

Yoshihasi has been unbanned! Minis match should be fun.

CMLL (SUN) 01/30/2011 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) El Divino & Virgo vs Evola & Quca
2) Black Metal & Starman vs Camorra & León Blanco
3) Fuego, Stuka Jr., Valiente vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Euforia, Skándalo
4) Hijo del Fantasma, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Héctor Garza, Último Guerrero

Mascara Dorada listed as if he’s going to keep wrestling.

IWRG (THU) 01/27/2011 Arena Naucalpan
1) Epidemia vs Centurión
2) Dinamic Black & Hijo del Pantera vs Carta Brava Jr. & Imposible
3) Alan Extreme, Chico Che, Saruman vs Maldito Jr., Masada, Samot
4) el Ángel, Tony Rivera, Trauma I vs Avisman, Destroyer, El Hijo del Diablo
5) Multifacético, Pantera, Pimpinela Escarlata vs Bestia 666, Pirata Morgan, Último Gladiador

Seemed like we were supposed to get Cerebros vs Gringos here, but no that match and Gringo Loco is nowhere to be seen again. Destroyer is a new name, and Masada is a random return. I guess Alan Extreme is a now a tecnico.

IWRG (SUN) 01/30/2011 Arena Naucalpan
1) Lolita & Sexy Lady vs Lily Figther & Ludark
2) Dinamic Black, Freelance, Multifacético vs Hammer, Magnifico, Masada
3) Dr. Cerebro vs Comando Negro [IWRG IC Light]
4) Hijo de Pirata Morgan & Pirata Morgan vs El Brazo & Veneno [IWRG IC TAG]
5) Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro vs Bestia 666, Damián 666, X-Fly [IWRG IC TRIOS]

Loaded show. Can Dr. Cerbero stop Comando Negro’s streak? Would Brazo and Veneno be the weirdest team ever? Will X-Fly be a four belt champ?

CMLL (FRI) 01/21/2011 Arena Mexico [MT, SuperLuchas, Fuego en el Ring, CMLL, Cesar]
1) Leono & Molotov b Disturbio & Zayco
2) Ángel Azteca Jr., Dragon Lee, Rey Cometa b Hijo del Signo, Loco Max, Skándalo
3) Delta, Diamante, Metro b Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus
4) Pólvora DQ Sangre Azteca [lightning]
Polvora fouled Sangre with a Fuerza knee lift, but didn’t pull it off well.
5) Blue Panther, Rush, Valiente b Mephisto, Terrible, Texano
Rush and Texano fought here, even after the bell, teasing a feud
6) Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr. DQ Héctor Garza, Olímpico, Psicosis
Volador fouled Psicosis and was getting away with it for the pin. Olimpico had also pulled Ultimo Guerrero’s mask, and did the world’s worst job of hiding it. He accidentally tossed the mask in front of the ref, who called the DQ

Not a show of progress.

NJPW CMLL (SAT) 01/22/2011 Korakuen Hall [SuperLuchas, Strong Style Spirit, Mask Mania]
***Fantastica Mania, 2011***
Attendance: 1800
1) Taichi b Máximo
Taichi got his win back.
2) Ryusuke Taguchi b Máscara Dorada [CMLL WELTER]
Title change! Taguchi is the Dorada’s injury may have caught up with him here; match went 11 minutes, which is a bit short. Dorada has lost two of his titles in a short time and puts a third on the line tomorrow.
3) Jushin Liger b La Sombra [CMLL MIDDLE]
Clean win title defense for brainbuster. This is probably not the end for these two quite yet.
4) Atlantis & Shigeo Okumura b Gigante Bernard & Karl Anderson [IWGP TAG]
Okumura lost to Anderson’s Stun Gun. Atlantis reported to be alive and well
5) Dragón Rojo Jr. & Tomohiro Ishii b La Máscara & Tiger Mask IV
no idea why this was the semimain. Dragon pinned La Mascara. Mascara had a bad night, so much that the crowd was laughing at him and Taichi took to Twitter to defend him.
6) Averno, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tetsuya Naito b Hiroshi Tanahashi, Místico, Prince Devitt
Surprise Averno pinfall on Mistico here to set up tomorrow’s singles match. (Odd they didn’t do that with Tiger Mask.)

CMLL losing all three title matches is a hard way to make people interested in CMLL luchadors. They’ve got to be holding onto the trios titles tomorrow. A sell out, with another one expected tomorrow. Cesar points out the title change means Taguchi and probably Devitt are headed to Mexico sometime this year.

Before the show, the CMLL guys were on a hour long wrestling talk TV show hyping the event.

Sunday’s show is noon local time, 9pm Mexico City time. Probably should have results before the end of ACM.

Ras de Lona had interviews with Magnus & Super Halcon Jr., so at some point they might actually debut. Lots of hype for the NJPW shows; they all did interviews from the Mexico City airport on their way out, except Sombra didn’t have his mask, so he talked while wearing Mistico’s Spiderman mask. Averno didn’t have his mask either, but just did his promo facing away from the camera. In Mexico based stuff, there was a lot of discussion of the brass knuckles bit from last Friday.

They’ll be announcing the second legend in Dos Leyendas next week. Enrique Niesta says it’s Angel Blanco.

Links

• Mi Lucha Libre catches up to Mini Abismo Negro, who says we haven’t been seeing him because he’s got a lot of (unspecified) injuries and will be undergoing surgery soon.
• CrackSports catches up with legendary luchador Dory Dixon. He’s a fan of water.
• Ohtani’s Jacket catches up with Negro Navarro.
• Puma King wants to join his father as champion in Guadalajara.
• Damian says his team’s win over the Psycho Circus was not cheating, because they decide the rules
• AAA looks back at Gringos Locos.
• Cesar notes moves from Dragon Lee, Euforia and Molotov
• Video of the Cholitas on a San Paulo, Brazil show.
• AAA’s Psycho Circus dancing. I thought AAA luchadors didn’t dance

Lineup

CMLL (TUE) 01/25/2011 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Nube Roja vs In Memoriam
2) Astro Boy & Magnum vs Ángel del Mal & Semental
3) Dark Angel, Goya Kong, Silueta vs La Seductora, Princesa Sujei, Zeuxis
4) Mr. Trueno vs Puma King [OCCIDENTE MIDDLE]
5) Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara, Máximo vs Terrible, Texano, Volador Jr.

Title match makes (Teleformula) TV! If there was a second men’s trios (or pairs) match on the card, it probably wouldn’t. Mr. Trueno’s held that title since 12/30/2008, with 2 known defenses. Puma is the slight favorite.

CMLL (FRI) 01/28/2011 Arena Mexico
1) Cholo & Mortiz vs Tigre Blanco & Trueno
2) Goya Kong, Lluvia, Luna Mágica vs Estrellita, La Comandante, Tiffany
3) Eléctrico vs Astral [lightning]
4) Ángel de Oro, Sagrado, Stuka Jr. vs Misterioso II, Pólvora, Sangre Azteca
5) Máximo, Rush, Toscano vs Terrible, Texano, Volador Jr.
6) Averno, Mephisto, Negro Casas vs Hijo del Fantasma, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada

Ras de Lona had the top two matches as
La Mascara, Toscano, Rush vs Volador, Terrible, Texano
Mistico, La Sombra, Blue Panther vs Averno, Mephisto, Negro Casas

This is better, because Mephisto/Fantasma gets to continue. Rush/Texano does not seem like a one week issue too. Doubtful Dorada will be making this show, because he hasn’t made any in Mexico. Fourth match is a great waste of everyone’s time, but maybe there will finally be a resolution. Minis lightning match is probably just getting two tecnicos in there after they had two rudos this week.

IWRG (THU) 01/20/2011 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Mi Lucha Libre]
1) Imposible b Keshin Black
2) Eterno & Hammer b Dinamic Black & Miss Gaviota
3) Chico Che, Freelance, Saruman b Alan Extreme, Maldito Jr., Samot
4) Avisman, Bombero Infernal, El Hijo del Diablo b Black Terry, Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro
5) Comando Negro, Scorpio Jr., Último Gladiador b Multifacético, Pimpinela Escarlata, Trauma I

Alan Extreme and his teammates kept having problems leading to their loss.  Samot & Maldito Jr. turned on him post match, and the tecnicos (Saruman first) made the save.

Black Terry bled, but still beat Diablo with his feet on the ropes. Bombero Infernal replaced Gringo Loco, who should be back in time for a title match next week.

More Comando Negro/Multifacetico feuding. Gladiador snuck in a foul on Pimpi for the win.

CMLL’s first of two shows in Japan will take place tomorrow, though it’ll actually have happened by the next news update. Bell time is 16:30 local, which is 1:30 AM Mexico City time. Sunday is a noon show, which means it’ll be happening at 9 pm DF time. I’ll have results here eventually, but I recommend Strong Style Spirit and Purolove‘s coverage of the shows from a NJPW perspective. The two matches to watch tonight, as far as figuring out where things are going next, are the Taguchi/Dorada and Sombra/Liger matches. If Dorada’s expected to be off for a long time after this, we’d see in the match and in an unexpected title change. Sombra/Liger is the one title match on the tour with with no clear consensus on the finish. I still think Liger will hold on to keep the feud going, but there are ways to do with Sombra winning the title back in CMLL.

There’s also an Arena Mexico show. Yep.

El Vagabundo, Jose Luis Garcia, passed away early Thursday. He was a star of the late 70s and 80s, a hobo luchador. DJ Spectro has the most detailed obit. Box Y Lucha has some photos and a thread, and SuperLuchas has video of a promo and part of a match.

SuperLuchas notes the El Hijo del Medico Aseisno WWE signing that everyone’s been asking about the last few days. It looked like the poster on SuperLuchas didn’t realize this was actually reported in SuperLucha magazine until someone came along and edited it. It’s a good magazine, they really should check it out! Anyway, as far I as I can figure, this Medico Asesino (and there are a few) was working Toryumon shows in 2009 and 2010, and started to pop up in IWL shows late in the year. Ultimo Dragon’s school attracts people from all over the world (Angelico), so it’s not even especially clear this is a Mexican. SuperLuchas lists his teachers as Lizmark, el Dandy, Hijo del Solitario and Arkangel, quite the collection and indications he’s spent time in Acapulco and in CMLL’s training school. It’s almost certainly someone who can speak English or WWE would not have bothered.

AAA posted a teaser article for the two mystery men in the opener on the 01/22 taping. I’m assuming the pictures are meant to be the luchadors, and the guy on the left is wearing an Ultimo Dragon outfit or something like it. For what it’s worth, we haven’t seen Dragoncito in CMLL in almost a couple weeks, though he’s booked for GDL this Sunday. The guy in the right is a more nondescript. I’m hoping it’s Rio Bravo III.

Octagon says Super Fly ran like a girl last time they met, and promises to strike some sense into the child. (That’s going around in AAA!) Super Fly says Octagon is finished. Someone should let Super Fly know that Octagon still has a title belt.

Surropa’s officially licensed CMLL shirts are now up. There’s a Black Warrior shirt, so these designs are either old or the project has been in the works for quite sometime. There’s some nice designs: the Volador one came out well, and I’m debating the Ultimo Guerrero one.

Crazy Boy will be out two months due to a knee injury from a dive gone bad. He’ll still be at the DTU show, on crutches.

Fuego en el Ring catches up with Gran Cochise, following up on his exit from CMLL. Cochise says Satanico told him CMLL wanted to cut back from two trainers to one, and so Cochise was let go. Cochise doesn’t blame Satanico, because he knows the direction came from Mexico. He enjoyed worked for Paco Alonso and Chavo Lutteroth and hopes to work for CMLL again (and not poison the water for his children.) He’s working with Arena Roberto Paz now.

Links

• Mi Lucha Libre has a video interview of Perro Aguayo Jr.
• Chica Tormenta talks about her entry in lucha libre. It reads like she’s on the equivalent of the AAA Street Team at the moment.
• Pictures from the Lucha Libre USA house show in San Martin on Thursday. Or the first three matches, anyway.
• Volador wants to face Sombra for his mask at Dos Leyendas, then Mistico at Anniversary. It’s good to dream.
• Prometo says Volador, Mistico and other CMLL wrestlers wearing comic book homage outfits is very bad taste and pathetic.
• Interview with lucha artist El Tezca. His site is on blogspot.
• AAA confirms Amadeus’ Facebook is authentic, but not Polvo’s Twitter. Hmm. They may just be ignoring me again.
• The Lucha Libre Expo shows resume the first weekend of February. The original Coco Azul, Ojo Diabolico Jr., is in the Especial.
• Is CMLL getting back on the air in France?

Lineups

AAA UWE (WED) 02/02/2011 Arena Lopez Mateos
1) Héros & Panda Lee vs Ronny Ventura & Super Mascara
2) Aerostar, Argenis, Gato Eveready, Súper Fly vs Epitafio, Herejia, Robin Maravilla, Sadico
3) Fuerza Guerrera & Juventud Guerrera vs Aeroboy & Violento Jack and Villano III & Villano IV and Chucho el Roto & Iron Love and Scorpio Jr. & Zumbido and Murder Clown & Psycho Clown and Coco Azul & Coco Rojo and Cien Caras Jr. & Máscara Año 2000 Jr. [UWE TAG, semifinal]

The winner of this show is meant to face the winner of the tournament on the last show, Ultimo Guerrero & Atlantis. That presents some very obvious problems for a few of the teams. The Villanos would make the most sense as the winner.

I wonder what possibly will happen in the match where rudo Super Fly is teaming with his ex-friends.