CMLL (TUE) 02/22/2011 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Fuego en el Ring]
1) Metatrón b Evola
2) Astro Boy & Leono b Drago & Exterminador
3) Black Metal & Palacio Negro DQ Hooligan & Skándalo
Hooligan & Skandalo were strong in this match, but earned the DQ by tossing Metal out of the ring onto Negro. That’s a super rare DQ, and rarer still outside of Mexico City.
4) Sangre Azteca, Stuka Jr., Valiente DQ Rey Bucanero, Shigeo Okumura, Yoshihashi
Rey Bucanero fouled Sangre Azteca right in front of the refs for a DQ.
5) Terrible, Texano, Volador Jr. b Hijo del Fantasma, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada
Volador crushed Sombra with a Canadian Destroyer to take the win.
Today is Press Conferencemania!
The CMLL one takes places at noon (all times central.) The big item is the Dos Leyendas date and main event. They’ve set up a number of feuds as possible main events. In order of most hyped:
- Texano & Terrible vs Maximo & Super Porky
- Averno vs Mascara Dorada
- Mephisto vs Hijo del Fantamsa
- Sangre Azteca vs Polvora or Misterioso or Dragon Rojo
Virus/Demus seems to be contained to Tuesdays. Rush/Texano and Volador/Panther or Porky seem to have gone to the side for now. I’m not sure if any one of those is strong enough headline a show with increased ticket prices alone – Averno/Dorada or Mephisto/Fantasma for a title does not work, and I’m not sure if the fans care enough about the tecnicos to accept a mask match. Texano/Terrible vs Maximo/Porky as a main event with no strong semimain would be cynical and depressing.
CMLL has other items to discuss. There will be hype for the National Tournament finals. Maybe talk about some of pending notable matches this upcoming week (Demus/Virus, Cancerberos/MexTriosChamps, Inquisidor/Metal Blanco!) Mr. Niebla’s return will be announced, and it’s likely he won’t be the only one. Black Warrior may return at any time. Hijo del Lizmark was suppose to be on AAA’s taping Saturday, and it’s possible he may have used that to get a deal here. CMLL still hasn’t announced the winners of their 2010 awards, maybe that’ll start to happen.
WWE is holding a press conference at 2:30 pm in Mexico City. They’ve got four shows in May to promote, and they’ll probably just focus on hyping the names. They may announce a TV taping, though I feel doubtful about that.
And very little of any of this will be focused on by the end of the day, because Mistico will dominate the conversation once more. It’s been over four weeks since he signed with WWE (ESTO just caught on), and he should make that deal public at their press conference. WWE wants to make it clear that they’ve signed THE Mistico, so expect them to do everything legally possible to let you know it’s the same guy who beat Black Warrior in Arena Mexico. I keep thinking back to a skit very early in LA Park’s CMLL run, where he transformed from his old outfit and name to his new duds, and I expect the same here. Will they have a new name and mask for him? Will CMLL criticize him, or even mention him at all? We’ll find out in a few hours.
Perro Aguayo Jr. tells Mi Lucha Libre that he wants a hair vs mask match with Dr. Wagner, and that they had actually agreed to one in CMLL before they both left.
LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.
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CMLL (MON) 02/28/2011 Arena Puebla
1) Asturiano, Milenium, Stigma vs Fuerza Chicana, King Jaguar, Siki Osama
2) Dalys la Caribeña, Dark Angel, Luna Mágica vs Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sujei, Zeuxis
3) Arkángel de la Muerte, Loco Max, Skándalo vs Cancerbero, Escorpion, Raziel
4) Ángel de Oro, Diamante, Rush vs Euforia, Pólvora, Virus [MEX TRIOS]
5) Máscara Dorada vs Averno
Hey, it’s that match again.
I know Rush just picked up another title, but I can’t see that group of tecnicos losing to that group of rudos. Angel de Oro & Rush are being programming very strongly. CMLL can’t remember they broke up Euforia and Nosferatu months ago. This is just a first defense.
Loco Max vs Escorpion up to a tercera! Because there’s a women’s match, but hey.
Arena Puebla has run big shows for it’s second March show the last few years
2008/03/10 – Garza/Mistico vs Averno/Mephisto [CMLL TAG]
2009/03/06 – minis cage match (friday)
2010/03/15 – Bam Bam/Violencia [hair]
2011/03/14 – Loco Max vs Escorpion?