CMLL (FRI) 08/26/2011 Arena Mexico [CMLL, Record]
1) Apocalipsis & Bronco b Camaleón & Enrique Vera Jr.
2) Arkángel de la Muerte, Nitro, Skándalo b Ángel Azteca Jr., Ángel de Plata, Hombre Bala Jr.
Skandalo’s return from injury. They took 2/3, Hombre Bala costing his team the match in the third.
3) Dragon Lee, Sangre Azteca, Stuka Jr. b Nosferatu, Shigeo Okumura, Virus
Tecnicos took 1/3.
4) Hijo del Fantasma b Misterioso Jr. [lightning]
Misterioso tried for his Gori Special, but Fantamsa turned it into a rana for the win.
5) Atlantis, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpion, Último Guerrero
Delta took the first. Dragon Rojo and Guerrero Maya ripped each other’s masks in the second. So did Ultimo Guerrero and Atlantis did the same. Atlantis & Maya submitted UG and Dragon for the win. Atlantis challenged for a Atlantis/Maya vs Guerrero/Dragon tag title match for next week, and the Guerreros accepted.
6) Héctor Garza, La Sombra, Shocker DQ Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Texano
Rudos fouled Shocker for the DQ. Shocker & Garza challenged TRT to a hair match. Bucanero declined.
More people making charges means the anniversary show is more likely to be a cage match. Or maybe even a non-apuesta match.
Other News
The latest on Sin Cara/Mistico/Hunico is it was definitely Hunico who wrestled under the mask on Tuesday and appeared on SmackDown! Mistico met with WWE officials and left before the end of the show, which is not a good sign for him. However, Hunico had to do his match (or parts of it) three times before WWE was happy with it, which is not a good sign for him either. As of when I write this, Mistico has not been released from WWE, and it’s not implausible that he could still end up as Sin Cara given the way they keep changing their minds, or they could still be doing the Sin Cara I/Sin Cara II bit and just didn’t want to put the first one back on TV until it was time for the reveal (logically next week.) We’re still in the “who knows!” segment of this story.
I think the lesson here is WWE should’ve signed Rey Cometa as Sin Cara. I’m going with that as the lesson anyway, try to stop me.
Tonight’s the second Lucha POP show. La Vaquerita talks about how she accidentally ended up with that name and her title match on that show with Record. Other matches include Traumas vs Terry/Navarro and Extreme Tigre/Fenix vs Dark Dragon/Samurai del Sol.
The Tinieblas press conference earlier this week was to announce a new Tinieblas store in Mexico City. It’ll have the usual assortment of masks and merchandise.
Looks like the Perros del Mal vs XPW show will air starting next Thursday.
CMLL Gaceta says Nosfertau was gone due to injury (which is odd, since he was still working shows with his dad about once a month) and wants to join his old friend Euforia in los Cancerberos. That’s a real storyline now, hooray.
Ras de Lona confirmed Seuxis is in Japan until November. Also, Felino was challenging Rey Bucanero (and bringing up his win over Panther) a lot. He’s going to avenge Zacarias! Bucanero said he’d be Felino in a lightning match. Zacarias made it clear that he was the biggest start of the group. Of course!
Rob writes about why Hunico will not succeed as Sin Cara.
Links
- Chessman talks about his days as a Cruz Azul futbol player.
- Martin Karadagian died twenty years ago today.
- Sexy Polvora is teaching Zumba (not Zumbi) classes
- Ministro de la Muerte complains that La Laguna rookies are getting licensed way too quickly.
- Kcidis draws a LA Park vs La Parka meeting.
Lineups
CMLL (FRI) 09/02/2011 Arena Mexico
1) Ángel Azteca Jr. & Molotov vs Bobby Zavala & Disturbio
2) Dragon Lee, Pegasso, Rey Cometa vs Misterioso II, Shigeo Okumura, Yoshihashi
3) Blue Panther, La Máscara, Rush vs Felino, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Negro Casas
4) Volador Jr. vs Máscara Dorada [lightning]
5) La Sombra vs Héctor Garza, Diamante, Ángel de Oro, Mephisto, Pólvora, Rey Bucanero, Ephesto [CMLL Universal, semifinal]
6) Dragón Rojo Jr. & Último Guerrero vs Atlantis & Guerrero Maya Jr. [CMLL TAG]
Guerrero Maya Jr. first’s Friday night match of the year was a segunda, teaming with Fuego & Magnus vs Dr. X, Loco Max, and Tiger Kid. Guerrero Maya Jr.’s second Friday night match was teaming and losing with Maximo in the first round of the Gran Alternativa. Guerrero Maya Jr.’s third Friday night match was losing to Hijo del Signo in a lightning match. The last four-five months have been very good for Guerrero Maya Jr.! Now, he just has to overcome CMLL being very clear that Dragon Rojo & Ultimo Guerrero are meant to top Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero’s title defense record.
I don’t think they’re going to do 13 matches in one night, so the Universal tournament must now be a cibernetico instead of singles matches. I’d complain, but the ciberneticos have been much better lately.
That leaves Virus, Averno, La Mascara, Mascara Dorada, Rush, Lyger and Dragon/UG (if they’re still champs) as the 09/09 block. That also means the Universal final would be on 09/16. You know, they’ve done title matches as anniversary main events before…
They flew Tanahashi over to be in tercera. Fine! They need to bring back skits just for Tanahashi and Zacarias interacting.