Day: March 13, 2011

Sombra dethrones Mephisto, Demus, Heavy Metal

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new champion (photo by CMLL)

CMLL (SUN) 03/13/2011 Arena Mexico [CMLL]
***Fan Appreciation Show, March (Sun)***
1) Camaleón & Robin b Cholo & Zayco
2) Inquisidor, Mortiz, Rayo Tapatío I, Rayo Tapatío II b Bobby Zavala, Dragon Lee, Hijo del Signo, Hombre Bala Jr. [cibernetico]
Veterans won, but not without some controversy. First two out were Zavala (Mortiz spanish fly), Hombre Bala (Rayo II), leading the rookies down 4-2. Signo & Lee eliminated Mortiz, but then Signo fell next. That left Rush’s brother versus both Tapatios and Inquisidor. Dragon Lee spectacularly eliminated Inquisidor with a SSP. Tapatios started using rudo tactics on the young tecnico, but Lee still beat Rayo I. It looked like he might get Rayo II as well, but Inquisidor got involved, and Rayo II stole Dragon Lee’s mask to set up the winning cradle.
3) Fuego, Metro, Sagrado b Dr. X, Shigeo Okumura, Yoshihashi
Rudos took the first, tecs the last two. Sagrado and Okumura continue to feud.
4) El Alebrije, Olímpico, Psicosis b Averno, Ephesto, Rey Bucanero [semifinal]
5) Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas b Terrible, Texano Jr., Volador Jr. [semifinal]
6) Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas b El Alebrije, Olímpico, Psicosis [final]
Cuije and Zacarias fought during this match. Looks like Niebla and Felino won it clean for their team.
7) La Sombra b Mephisto [NWA WELTER]
Tecnico won the first, rudo won the second, tecnico won the third. Springboard flip ‘rana (Dragonrana) for the win in about 30 minutes. New champion.

Title match will air next week on Fox Sports. This a surprising change to me – it seemed like that if Sombra was going to win a singles title, it was going to be from Jushin Lyger (or at least he’d keep trying), and if Mephisto was going to lose this belt any time soon, it’d be to Fantasma. Feels like plans have changed.

Demus feels he learned a great lesson from a great maestro who just had more experience than him. Demus says this was a hard loss, but he wants to win another tournament to go back up to the major leaguers in August and then get a rematch in August. I’m not really high on the idea of doing another torneo de ascension so soon.

Heavy Metal‘s DUI got a lot of press attention, though it’s basically the same police report with different pictures. Heavy Metal blew a .45 mg/liter, and I’m not very sure how to convert that to the unit we’re used to in the US. Metal was kept in jail for 7 hours, then an injunction was filed on his behalf to suspended the rest of the sentence. When this same thing happened with Octagon, it was very unclear if he really went back to serve the rest of his sentence. AAA’s had concerns about the shape Metal’s shown up to shows in the past, but I would guess he’s okay here if he still showed up to tonight’s show fine.

Dark Angel won the TNA Women’s Tag Team Championship tonight. Last time she won it, there was a mention of in CMLL shows but nothing more, so it makes sense to expect the same.

SuperLuchas #405 has interviews with Rey Misterio and Ultimo Guerrero. Guerrero, having a good week for saying things, says it’s up to the leaders to make decisions but he doesn’t think CMLL should do a deal with AAA. He very much parrots the company line from last week’s programming interview – everyone’s down, not just CMLL, one guy doesn’t make a difference but Mexican wrestling must be strong if WWE just took their top guy.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Links

Lineups

IWRG (THU) 03/17/2011 Arena Naucalpan
1) Dinamic Black & Saruman vs Dragon Celestial & Sky Angel
2) Eterno, Explosivo, Miss Gaviota vs Carta Brava Jr., Hammer, Magnifico
3) Multifacético, Trauma I, Veneno vs Comando Negro, Oficial 911, Oficial Fierro
4) Bestia 666, Damián 666, X-Fly vs Chris Stone, Sugi San, Último Gladiador

I dunno. This Sunday’s actual card was vastly different than the one I had here last week. More on that tomorrow.

03/13 GALLI results

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(photo by thecubsfan)

GALLI (SUN) 03/13/2011 Addison Community Center
Attendance: 175
1) Ovirload b Joey Marx
Marx is still really good. Ovirload is a masked dark skinned man, with manager JC Smallz. Marx was about to do a top rope move when Ovirload’s manager tripped him. Ovirload dropped Marx with a reverse stunner for the win. Good opener. Ovirload has the worst music, only fans of German noise bands could appreciate it.
2) G2L & Rey Fuego b Funebre & Sepultura
I’m sure I have at least two names wrong in this match; undercard was changed around quite a bit from what was listed. Fuego is a dancing flyer in the mold of Zumbi, G2L (can’t be right) is a ex-convict who’s a tecnico but still in touch with his convict roots, Sepultura was a bald man. Disjoined match – I’d look away for a second, and the other team would be in control when I looked back, for no apparent reason – but lots of action. Fuego got his trunks pulled on a sunset flip spot, but recovered to pin Sepultura on a bridging cover. 10 minuet match.
3) Ace Martino, Diego Corleone, Jack ONeil b Alex Olsen, Matt Knicks, Nikita Allanov
When Matt and Alex came bouncing out to the ring and Nikita sternly walked behind them, I was sure there was a turn coming. There was, just the wrong guy. Knicks and Josh? had a miscommunication that led to Knicks shoving Alex into the rudos attack, starting a long face in peril bit. After a lot of triple teaming and chicanery, Alex made the hot tag to Nikita. Things broke down from there. Triple stunners by the tecnicos looked to set up dives, but Matt crotched Alex on the top rope, then fouled Nikita just as he was going to get his hands on Diego. Diego covered for the win, and Knicks joined the rudos post match. About 11 minutes.
4) Bryce Benjamin, Mason Conrad, Valientino b Furia Roja, Golden Star, Guardian
Rudos represent the Underground, but Guardian has their (Bryce’s) title belt. Guardian is a lot better than the last time I’ve seen him; he was OK, now he’s quite good. Most everyone looked good in this match, built around Bryce wanting to fight Guardain but not head to head. Rudos were no match for the tecnicos near the end, tecnicos almost slaughtering them, when a ref distraction allowed Ovirload to slip and punch Guardian with knucks. Conrad picked up the pin. GALLI promoter Carlos Robles suspended all four rudos and their manager from the next show (in a couple weeks) for this vile act of cheating. 11 minutes.
5) Discovery & Mascarita Dorada b Pierrothito & Yakuza
it’s the Mascarita Dorada/Pierrothito show, it’s up to the other guys just to keep up. Discovery and Yakzua did enough. Pierrothito was not only vexed by his diminutive opponent, but by the microphone (holding it to close and breaking up every time he talked.) Probably not a lot you haven’t seen if you’ve seen these two, and not a full on crazy match, but still a very good one. First three fall match of the night, rudos taking the first, tecnicos rallying back for the second and third. Didn’t realize Dorada and Octagoncito are using the same exact cradle finish until Dorada used it here to win. Pierrothito and Dorada talked about a title vs title match after this one. About 22 minutes, including breaks.
6) 450 Hammet, Samuray del Sol, Shiima Xion b Emperador, Low Rider, Pesadilla
Low Rider & Pesadilla wore Perros del Mal shirts. Samuray had a I [heart] DTU shirt, and Xion was wearing a EXTREMO one. Another match where a lot of people looked really good. Low Rider was the standout to me, a great guy at interacting with the crowd and showing personality, besides the other excellent work. Very high on him after seeing this match. Just like the semimain, rudos took the first, tecnicos came back to win the second (maybe a too over complicated finish here), big dive train (Xion last) in the third, and all the tecnicos did 450 splashes on all rudos for the win. Funebre helped the rudos attack the tecnicos post match; Samurai’s mask was pulled off and ripped up. Tecnicos from earlier in the show made the save. Joey Marx slid face first into the ring at full speed, but his pants must’ve got caught on something, because he slid half the way out of them, mooning the crowd. Everyone in the ring just about died laughing for a moment about it, before more post match challenges. About 22 minutes, again.

bottom rope broke during intermission, thanks to kids jumping on it. Was right at the end of intermission too, which turned out to be about the middle of it. Everything was working by the time the fifth match started.

Next show is 03/27 with a tecnico vs tecnico main event of Rey Fuego & Discovery vs Samuray & Skayde (yes, that Skayde.) More at luchatv.com. Had a fun time at this show, will probably try to make it out to Addison for that one.

More blurry photos are here!