AULL (SUN) 07/31/2011 Arena Lopez Mateos [Estrellas del Ring] 1) Astro de Plata & Astro Rey b Halcon Diabolico I & Halcon Diabolico II 2) Tigre De Oro & Tigre de Plata b Cat Metal & Pequeno Demonio 3) Herejia, Judas el Traidor, Magnifico b Hombre sin Rostro, Ronny Ventura, Tormenta 4) Danny Boy, Gallo Tapado Jr., Huracan Ramirez Jr. b Espanto Jr., Rey Krimen, The Killer Jr. 5) Robin Maravilla, Rocky Santana, Yakuza b Eterno, Juventud Guerrera, Zumbi [AULL TRIOS] Faccion X teams up, loses. 6) Hijo de LA Park, Trauma I, Trauma II b Chucho el Roto, Iron Love, Sadico [AULL TRIOS, #1 Contenders] Iron Love turned on Chucho el Roto, which ends their tag team of a few years. 7) Mr. Potro b Sepulturero I [AULL HEAVY] New champ, though Kung Fu Jr. and not Sepulturero was the last champ we have on record here. 8) Robin Maravilla, Rocky Santana, Yakuza b Hijo de LA Park, Trauma I, Trauma II [AULL TRIOS] AULL team retained the titles twice.
Sunday’s show at Arena Aficion included Super Brazo teaming with possible psuedo-son Brazo Celestial and fans attacking Ludark Shaitan and Sexy Lady during their match.
08/01 NJPW: 1) La Sombra [2] b Wataru Inoue [0] (swan dive firebird splash)
(show was on PPV)
I haven’t written about the expectations for this tournament for Sombra, becuase there really aren’t much. It’d be nice if he did will and, last year, NJPW’s own super junior heavyweight did very well in this same heavyweight tournament, but that’s a NJPW guy and the rules are different for outsiders. If Sombra can get 4-6 points (2 to 3 wins out of 9 matches), that’d be perfectly acceptable. Strong Man is probably going to do the same, but it doesn’t feel like it matters as much to him. He’s still going to be Strong Man if he wins them all, loses them all, or gets hit by an asteroid. Strong Man is indestructable!
NJPW kicked off this tour by hyping it’s 10/10 show, which will include an appearance by Ultimo Guerrero. That’s the same time as the Lucha Fiesta show, which explains a bit how they were able to get him. Too soon to know the match, though they do establish UG’s heavyweight credientials by mentioning his title defense over NJPW’s Hirooki Goto and hint towards a title match here.
AAA TV (SUN) 07/31/2011 Plaza de Toros Nuevo Progresso de Guadalajara [R de Rudo] ***Verano de Escandalo, 2011***
1) Mini Monster Clown, Mini Murder Clown, Mini Psycho Clown b Mascarita Divina, Mini Charly Manson, Octagoncito Triple plancha by the Mini Clowns, who are 2-0.
2) Pimpinela Escarlata b Mari Apache and Fabi Apache and Lolita and Jennifer Blake and Mickie James and Cinthia Moreno and Sexy Star [Reina De Reinas] Mystery woman was Pimpi. Konnan got involved, but Pimpi still kissed Mickie and pinned her for the title win.
3) Drago, Electroshock, Heavy Metal b Samoa Joe, Silver Kain, Último Gladiador Jennifer Blake appears to be a Maniaca, or was just here to counter Nanyzh Rock. Electroshock got Silver with a cutter for the win.
4) Billy el Malo, Cibernético, Escoria, Tabú DQ Cuervo, Espíritu, La Parka Jr., Ozz Excessive violence DQ. Bloody match, Parka doing much of the bleeding but beating Taboo enough to get the finish over turned (though he had earlier passed on dropping him with a martinete.) That actually might be the end of Tabu. Bizarros taped the other tecnicos to the ropes, then tied Parka to a wooden cross and beat him. General crucifition.
5) Chessman b Extreme Tiger and Joe Lider and Abyss [Monsters Ball] Not for the Cruiserweight title, though there still seemed to be confusion on that point. Lider was about to beat Chessman when Nicho ran in and attacked Lider. Nicho put Lider thru a flaming table, and Chessman got the win.
6) Jeff Jarrett b Dr. Wagner Jr., LA Park [AAA HEAVY] Elimination rules. Jarrett fouled Wagner and beat him with the Stroke. Jarrett tried to convince Park to take a dive. This did not work. Masked Zorro (probably not Charly Manson) ran in, hitting Park with a guitar, and Jarrett got the win. Park was not happy with his partners. Post match, La Socidead appeared. Dorian told Marisela he could not be fired and TNA was taking over. Sociedad celebrated the title win with Park angrily watching from afar, then threatened to beat up Wagner. Mesias ran down to run them off. Park made it clear he didn’t like Wagner, didn’t like Mesias and wasn’t too fond of Jarrett or Konnan either.
7) X-Fly L Psycho Clown , Damián 666, Murder Clown, Monster Clown, Halloween [cage of death] Another very bloody match, the third of the last four. Halloween was first out, followed by Monster and Murder. Damian told X-Fly to hold Psycho for a top rope move, and Damian climbed, and climbed, and climbed right to safety. That left the heavyweight champion of Mexico and Psycho Clown, and X-Fly was the big loser on this night.
Orizaba was turned into a double taping, so this is one week later than earlier figured.
(Rob points out this is the third major show this year to include a Brazo in the main event. Maybe Robin is main eventing the anniversary show?)
Noticeably, no Perro Aguayo Jr. Perro, at least check, lived in Guadalajara and was surely available to make an appearance. AAA appears to have chosen not to give him another chance.
Without Perro, this feud is over (and not at all the way it was supposed to end.) The talk I had heard going into the match was this had been considered the end point for the Perros del Mal concept in AAA. Some of the surviving members might continue to exist in a different group, but the Perros del Mal name no longer had any value without it’s leader. The trios titles are a slight problem, but only that much because they really don’t matter to AAA.
I presume Los Perros heard the same thing, and are now looking for options. Earlier this week, a first time poster in the Box Y Lucha forum said Los Perros were negotiating with CMLL. This seemed not even credible enough to link to (there are such things!), but La Catedral adds it’s info:
Damian did talk to CMLL on behalf of his group about returning
then someone in Perros del Mal posted about the story to drum up fan support for the idea
Thread’s only gotten 3 pages, which is not a lot of support. Anyway, CMLL was interested in enough in the idea to the point where the Garza storyline was not leading to him becoming a tecnico, but bringing in Los Perros as his new back up versus the Invasors (and Volador). Garza would be leader of the group, and Perro Jr. would be off taking care of himself for a while. CMLL would get the national heavyweight championship in the bargain (X-Fly for the Universal title!), if this were all to happen.
La Catedral says “negotiations are at a standstill”, CMLL unhappy about the Perros leaking this story. La Catedral bringing more attention to the negotiation probably also doesn’t help it get done, and they admit that they’re not in favor of the move. (I expect denials all around within 48 hours.)
As a short term attention getter, I think it could work, but I think these guys are past their expiration as top draws and would be disappointed if CMLL advanced them over some of the current wrestlers. CMLL wants a spark, and there definitely was a time when these guys provided it. It’s no longer that time.
IWL (SUN) 07/31/2011 Deportivo Tlalli, Tlalnepantla, EdM [kortej] 1) Big Mama & Juan el Ranchero b Centinela & Guerrero Arlequin and Mulusco Jr. & Niño de Fuego and Caderno Punk & Matanza 88 and Black Heart & Hammer The first two teams had a match (much like the opening show), Molosco’s team won this time, and then more people got involved. Perhaps this is a running bit? This time, it was a gauntlet match. Big Mama’s team was next, beat Molosco’s team, beat the team with no names, and beat Hammer’s team. 2) Freelance, Naruto, Turbo b Kansuke, Samurai del Sol, Tribal Originally Freelance/Tribal vs Kansuke/Naruto. Kansukue has been unmasked on Toryumon shows, masked on the Lucha Future tour of UK, and unmasked here. First time limit draw, which confused the fans and was immediately made pointless when Valerie appeared to give them five more minutes. Freelance beated Kansuke. 3) Tony Rivera NC Zumbido [super libre] Bloody brawl, playing off last show’s match. Also: random run-ins by Semental & Mortiz, attacking both men for no obvious reason, until they were in turn attacked by IWL security on orders of Valerie (now 3 for 3 in appearances.) The two ‘teams’ brawled out of the arena and presumably onto the next card. Meanwhile, they didn’t book a finish for Tony Rivera vs Zumbido! 4) Cerebro Maligno, Cerebro Negro, Epitafio, Heavy Boy b El Hijo del Medico Asesino, Epidemia, Fishman Jr., Kung Fu Jr. A long, tiring match. Elimination rules. Final two were Medico Asesino & Cerbero Negro (using Cena’s music), with Fantasma sneaking into foul Asesino to help his team win. ATM promo followed. Valerie introduced X-LAW champ Serval, who was challenged by a random man for a match an undefined time. 5) Daga DRAW Suicida [IWL INTERNET] Match of the night, kortej saying it’s the best match of the two shows. 25 minutes, people saying it was worth the iPPV price alone. Still, ends on a double pinfall. Suicida asked for a rematch and would be given one. 6) Craig Classic & Oriental b Heddi Karaoui & Super Crazy Oriental & Crazy were great. Heddi & Craig were – Oriental & Crazy were great! (It sounds more on Heddi.) Classic pinned Crazy. 7) Ángel o Demonio, León Rojo, Obett, Perico b Balls Mahoney, Low Rider, Mad Man Pondo Turned into an Atomicos with a random Porro added. I’m just guessing, there were no graphics on this show. Balls replaced Necro Butcher, who is said to have had passport issues, which is something they surely would’ve known ahead of time and was not announced. Crowd was into the match. Pondo & Fantasma did powerbombs on to barbed wire tables for the win.
Go Fight Live says the show will be available for on demand viewing starting 3pm EST tomorrow. Kortej says there wasn’t the camera/production issues of the first show, but it was a long, 3:40 show.
(photo by CMLL)
CMLL (SUN) 07/31/2011 Arena Coliseo [CMLL, La Catedral]
1) Aereo & Pequeño Halcón b Mercurio & Pequeño Universo 2000 Tecnicos took 2/3.
2) Enrique Vera Jr., Super Halcon Jr., Trueno b Inquisidor, Rayo Tapatío I, Rayo Tapatío II Enrique Vera had a really low grade Captain America shield. Guess he liked the movie. This tecnico trio won 1/3, improbably.
3) Estrella Mágica, Goya Kong, Lady Apache b La Comandante, La Seductora, Princesa Blanca Lady Apache’s return. CMLL.com has been pretty pointing out that Blanca is the national women’s champion. These two threads may end up connecting. Estrella Magica continued filling in for Luna. Tecnicas took 1/3.
4) Misterioso Jr., Shigeo Okumura, Yoshihashi b Blue Panther, Metal Blanco, Valiente Misterioso snuck in a foul on Panther for the win. CMLL praises Misterioso for being a great rudo, no matter which random parnters he’s given.
5) La Máscara, Máscara Dorada, Shocker DQ El Alebrije, Héctor Garza, Volador Jr. Straight falls. Mascara had Volador in the campana, and Garza decided to break it up by pulling off La Mascara’s mask, handing it to Volador, and then alerting the referee that Volador had the mask. What a jerk! Fans were chanting for Garza to turn tecnico. No word if Volador joined in on the chant.
When the Volador/Garza match goes down, I am 100% behind Volador.
LLUSA (SAT) 07/30/2011 Hard Rock Casino, Albuquerque, NM [PWTorch] 1) PR Flyer & San Juan Kid b Diamon Face & Máscara Púrpura three guys who were mostly missing from the last ‘season’, and one guy who’s probably a MTY guy with a slightly different name. 2) Mr. Águila b El Hijo de Aníbal Anibal was built up as a tecnico, but then got angry at the ref after being rolled up for the loss. 3) Magno DQ Petey Williams Stevie Richards, a member of The Right, with Williams, ran in for the DQ. Other members John Rekon and Brewer helped, until Marco made the save. The Right offered Marco a spot, but Marco instead made a anti-racism promo (hooray!) and Rocky Romero & Super Nova turned up for a eight man brawl 4) Stevie Richards b Rocky Romero distraction by Petey to set up the win. Marco tried to make the save agian, but Kip (Billy) Gunn took him out. 5) Oriental b Chi Chi Pequeno Halloween was with Chi Chi, and was randomlly attacked by Mini Park. Oriental pinned Chi Chi in the meantime. Rebecca Reyes turned up after the match to dance with Park. OK! 6) Marco Corleone b Kip Gunn The Right interference did not work this time. More brawling between the Right and the tecnicos post match. Marco declared the four tecnicos (Romero, Nova, Magno) as The International Alliance 7) Súper Nova b Petey Williams Before the match, The Right tried to rename the promotion Professional Wrestling USA: American Warriors and ban all masked, minis and women from the promotion. A rep of the LLUSA commision said ‘no’, and set up this match and the title match to come 8) Magno b Kip Gunn Barely a match. Kip Gunn vowed to destroy Magno to make up for the loss to Marco, and told the ref to count Magno out. Magno slipped in the ring, cradled Kip, and got the three count. 9) Octagoncito & Pequeño Halloween b Mini Park II & Vladamiro the Mini Park who turned on Halloween was in fact a Fake Evil Mini Park (!!!!). The real one showed up and attacked him during this match. Halloween beat Evil Red Mini Park for the win. 10) Lizmark Jr. DQ RJ Brewer Lizmark getting his title rematch; he’d appeared earlier in the show declaring he was a fighting champ when he was champ and Brewer should do the same, and also blaming a deal with the (mostly absent) Sol group for his loss. The Right was banned from ringisde. Sol was less absent here, running in at the end to help out Lizmark. They tossed Lizmark’s cane to him, but Brewer got it and smacked Lizmark. Ref saw the cane, and called the DQ. No title change.
This taping sounds vastly entertaining. LLUSA announced Charlie Malice Jr. will debut on the next taping. Hmmmm. Not sure of the next taping (or when this might ever air, of course), but if you like to read the tea leaves, it’s interesting to note they stopped using licensed music and went to using generic themes instead.
UWE LLF (SAT) 07/30/2011 Arena Lopez Mateos [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring, The Gladiatores] 1) Chica Maravilla & Princesa de Oro b Estrella Negra & Felina Metalica Unannounced match, replacing a different tag match. 2) Chica Tormenta b La Vaquerita, Keira, Lily Fighter, Vanely, Yuki Star, Sexy Lady [#1 Contenders, LLF Juvenil] La Comadante (as La Nazi), Luna Magica, Lady Sensacion and Rudeza Infernal were all announced for thsi match but did not appear. Sexy Lady was added to the usual group of DF women. 3) Angelica & La Maligna b Princesa Maya & Princesa Quetzal Originally announced with Perla Negra & Ultravioleta, with Princesa Quetzal surprised. 4) la Bandida b Reina Azteca, Shitara, Dark Fantasy Dark Fantasy was mystery luchadora. 5) Chica Tormenta b Hija de Karonte [LLF Juvenil] Chica Tormenta won the title. 6) Ayako Hamada b Mari Apache, Lady Puma No Simply Luscious, but Mari Apache (!) and Lady Puma were added to the match. Mari & Ayako destroyed young Puma before Mari pinned her, and then Ayako pinned Mari for the win.
Estrellas del Ring has an interview with the new champ.
Sin Cara was announced for the 08/20 WWE live event. Those often change, but is a sign that at least that department thinks he’s coming back after his suspension is over.
The current talent list and tour schedule for the ex-WWE wrestlers working shows in Mexico in September and October is here. Kind of funny that people mentioned as not wanting to work AAA because of the low class arenas are listed as working buildings that are similar or worse.
CMLL in CHIKARA
3) Daizee Haze b Mima Shimoda – Mima attacked Haze after the match
5) FIST (Johnny Gargano & Chuck Taylor) b Atlantis & Rey Bucanero [DQ – Gargano fakes low blow].
Forget that thing I said about promotions CMLL people can win in. Atlantis & Rey were surprise opponents, quite possibly because of how poorly these things have worked out when they’ve been announced in the past, but hopefully this sets up better lines of communication for everyone.
Lucha Libre in Japan
07/31 Kensuke Office: (via purolove.com)
2) Aerostar b Rocky Marvin
Didn’t even know they were working this show. No sign of Jack. However, Jack & Aero did win the Technique Prize for the work in the NOAH tournament; NOAH likes to give out “sorry you didn’t win anything, but we still like you” trophies.
Sombra’s NJPW tour has probably started by the time you read this.
IWRG (THU) 08/04/2011 Arena Naucalpan
1) Dragon Fly & Sky Angel vs Dark Devil & El Imposible
2) Bugambilia del Norte, Centurión, Titan vs Comando Negro, Keshin Black, Polifacético
3) Dinamic Black, el Ángel, Golden Magic, Multifacético vs Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro, Oficial Spartans
4) Hijo de LA Park, Trauma I, Trauma II vs ?, Apolo Estrada Jr., Hijo de Pirata Morgan
Main event is not as much a mystery partner as a name accidentally left off the listing.
The semimain gives me a thought: IWRG really needs to call up AAA and ask if they can have those national atomicos titles. AAA is never going to use them again, IWRG would go nuts with them (and probably put them on AAA wrestlers.)
Titan is probably not the Titan from CMLL that I’ve got it listed as at the moment.
CMLL (SUN) 08/07/2011 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Javier Cruz Jr. vs Templario
2) El Alteño & Hierro vs Drago & León Blanco
3) Hombre Bala Jr. & Magnus vs Nitro & Rey Trueno
4) Metal Blanco, Palacio Negro, Sagrado vs Euforia, Mr. Trueno, Vangelis
5) Brazo de Plata, Rush, Toscano vs Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas
A lot of people say The Hat is the pre-eminent CMLL booking strategy. I say NAH! The strongest CMLL booking idea is booking a no-showing guy repeatedly for no apparent reason. I look forward to Toscano’s bus blockade holding up the year end show.
They finally teamed up Blanco, Negro, and Sagrado again! In the least important show of the week, possibly the Hat at work.
IWRG (SUN) 08/07/2011 Arena Naucalpan
1) Dragon Fly & Titan vs Alan Extreme & Keshin Black
2) Bugambilia del Norte & Miss Gaviota vs Carta Brava Jr. & Polifacético
3) Dinamic Black, Hammer, Veneno vs Apolo Estrada Jr., El Hijo del Diablo, Saruman
4) Argos, Black Terry, Multifacético vs Dr. Cerebro, Mortiz, Semental
5) Durok, Freeyser, Machín vs Barba Roja, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan
The guys in blue are Los Nuevo Terminators. Not exactly what was expected.
SUPER X (SUN) 08/14/2011 Canchas de Futbol Rapido de Santiago Amozoc Puebla
1) Radamantis vs Íkaro, Tornado
2) Esther Moreno & Yuki Star vs Rossy Moreno & Vanely
3) Daga, Súper Nova, Zumbi vs Eterno, Tribal, Veneno
4) Villano IV & Villano V vs Fuerza Guerrera & Rambo
5) Juventud Guerrera, Oriental, Zumbido vs Histeria II, Lizmark Sr., Super Crazy
Juvi announces news group featuring himself, Daga, Zumbi, and Eterno, to be featured in his vanity promotion. The next show for his vanity promotion features Juvi teaming with two other people, and two of the people in his new group facing the third. You know, Mexico, you can actually get people and concepts over if you don’t do moronic things. I know, for some of you, you would have to learn not to do moronic things first to test this concept, but if you work with me that much, you may find some benefits. CARD WILL BE FINE. Radamantis!
CMLL (FRI) 08/19/2011 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Astral, Eléctrico, Mascarita Dorada vs Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito
2) Marcela vs Princesa Blanca [lightning]
3) Fuego, Sagrado, Sangre Azteca vs Dr. X, Shigeo Okumura, Yoshihashi
4) Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas, Volador Jr. vs Máximo, Rush, Super Porky
5) Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto vs La Máscara, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada [CMLL TRIOS]
Main event contingent on Sombra returning home from the G1 in one piece. (It may be over by the time I get this post up.) Yoshihashi in the tercera indicates he’s still not going home, which was the result I was looking for on Monday’s apuesta match. (Your preview of Rush vs Yoshiashi: PAIN.) Dr. X vs Fuego take their feud to a new location. Marcela may have realized there’s another title she can repeatedly fail to win, we’ll see.
