CMLL (MON) 08/22/2011 Arena Puebla [Porra Fresa]
1) Espiritu Maligno & Siki Osama b Asturiano & Black Tiger
Rudos took 2/3.
2) Fuerza Chicana, Puma King, Tiger b Enrique Vera Jr., Lestat, Metálico
Rudos took 1/3.
3) Dark Angel, Goya Kong, Lady Apache b Amapola, La Seductora, Princesa Blanca
Tecnicas took 1/3 in Lady Apache’s return to the arena.
4) Felino, Misterioso Jr., Olímpico b Ángel de Oro, Blue Panther, Máximo
Rudos took 2/3
5) La Máscara, La Sombra, Shocker b Atlantis, Mr. Niebla, Último Guerrero
Niebla tried to keep his partners from fighting each other, but that didn’t last. UG and Atlantis fought each other multiple times. Straight fall wins for the tecnicos. Atlantis took UG’s mask after the match.
IWRG (THU) 08/25/2011 Arena Naucalpan [The Gladiatores]
1) Dragon Fly & Tritón b Gemelo Fantastico I & Gemelo Fantastico II
2) Bugambilia del Norte, Centurión, Hijo del Pantera b Comando Negro, Dark Devil, Keshin Black
Hijo de Pantera was injured on a dive. Comando Negro snuck in a foul on Bugambilia to beat him and continue that feud. Bigambilia wants a title shot.
3) Angelico, Dinamic Black, Golden Magic, Pantera DQ Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro, Oficial Spartans (corrected)
Tecnicos took 2/3, 911 fouling Pantera. Pantera demanded a rematch.
4) Black Terry, Durok, Machín b Máscara Año 2000 Jr., Ray Mendoza Jr., Trauma I
Mascara and Mendoza had issues, leading to another Temerarios win. They took 1/3.
“CMLL Anniversary Show Booking Thru The Press” Watch
Volador Jr. says he’s tired of Hector Garza talking about taking his mask and is happy to face off with him in an mask vs hair match so he could prove who’s better. Volador adds that he does not care if Ultimo Guerrero joins the match, just that Garza ends up being bald at the end of the match.
Atlantis is telling Ultimo Guerrero that if he wants a shot as his mask, get in a line, because a lot of people want that shot.
Ultimo Guerrero and Atlantis match up again in tonight’s semifinal. Garza is in the main event. Volador, as has almost always been true since May, is nowhere to be seen on the Friday night card.
Other News
Damian and Los Perros held a press conference (video) yesterday to making the stunning news that he was not actually retiring. Instead, he will stop doing extreme matches in December (which is when the electrified cage match with Supreme will take place.) He will continue wrestling normal matches indefinitely. This explanation seems more plausible, but I’d still bet Damian will wield a light tube or chair sometime in 2012. What counts as “extreme” is very much undefined.
The press conference also talked about something called “MeXPW”, which made just as much since as Damian’s retirement to me. The XPW/Perros del Mal show was promoted with that name, and the Perros explained that’s the name they’re fighting under to fight XPW. I am unsure why they would need another name. Maybe it’s a distinction of other people doing the actual promoting. The Perros said they’d be fighting XPW in Mexico and in the United States. We’ll see!
There was a press conference to hype the fourth anniversary show for the current Arena Pavillo del Norte promoter this Sunday, with local guys hyping the CMLL guys to appear on the show. One of the local guys was not-so-local Dr. X-Treme. If he’s working this show, that lineup with him working the CMLL-ish show in Arena Solidaridad also Sunday is weirdly accurate.
Kortej has the first review I’ve seen of the La Mascara vs Averno mask match. It sounds like very good (but I’m avoiding reading in great detail.) You can find out about the DVD with that show over here.
LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update and this week’s Ras de Lona.
Rob recaps some 80s lucha libre, including a very great Perro Aguayo vs Sangre Chicana hair match from 1986.
Black Terry Jr. has photos from a Tinieblas press conference.
Links
- Leono talks about his hair match vs Exterminador this Sunday, his second in his hometown of Guadalajara.
- Samurai del Sol hypes the Lucha POP show Saturday.
- An audio interview with the author of the Rubi Gardenia profile.
- Porra Fresa aruges that if Negro Navarro really was as opposed to extreme wrestling as he says on Hijo del Santo’s show, he wouldn’t still be working DTU shows.
- Scorpio Jr. has his 27th Anniversary show this weekend.
- Counting the Lights talks about last week’s CMLL show and Sangre Azteca’s pants malfunction.
- WagnerMania & Mano Y Mano interview Pirata Morgan.
- Craig Classic will be back for IWL’s anniversary show on 09/17, which is not an iPPV. They’re also teasing an ECW surprise for the show.