09/17-18 lucha times

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Leo Riano tweeted that CMLL and AAA’s main shows would be one hour on Saturday’s for the foreseeable future. (Naturally, it’s still listed as 2 hours in the US, and they will not air AAA in the extra hour.) This is not going to help either companies, though I think AAA will end up shedding more meaningful matches (they run more meaningful ones and have less other TV to dump it.)

AAA has 3 TV tapings (Silao, Puebla, and Leon) and at least 4 weeks to fill before Heroes Inmortales airs. Part 2 of Toluca probably won’t air since they showed clips of the early matches in the show closing package, but I’m not quite sure which gets two weeks.

(There probably will be a post tomorrow before TV, but not absolutely sure.)

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52MX: bit of an issue, since they have 3 matches to hype and only room for two. My guess is the women’s title match and the Sombra/Volador setup air, since they’ve already shown the minis for three straight weeks.

LATV: Rey Bucanero vs Felino, and Shocker’s unexpected farewell (for 30 days?)

TF: maybe a new episode? Maybe.

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CMLL: the Universal Tournament, Block B. And if it’s anything like last week (which it will be), you can safely skip this.

AAA: to be totally accurate, AAA is cut down to 50 minutes this week. That’s not going to go well. Top 2 is standard practice, but the semimian has no angle and some undercard stuff does, so maybe a switch.

FOX: Metro/Sagrado/Valiente vs Euforia/Raziel/Vangelis + Peste Negra vs TRT

C3: build for the Mex Trios match, and UG vs Atlantis in trios.

Mega6: swing match is Astral/Bam Bam vs Pierrothito/Demus to set up the title match next week. Grab bag semifinal/main event.

Puebla: 90 minute show this week, for whoever watches it. Generacion Dorada vs Tanahashi/Niebla/Casas

ACM: main event from last week’s hardcore show?

Perros: not sure if this the 09/10 taping in Mexico State where results never turned up, or if they’ll skip to the Arena Lopez Mateos taping.

IWRG: maybe tonight’s special Friday night show?

Sombra is Universal champion, Atlantis/UG, IWL

CMLL (FRI) 09/16/2011 Arena Mexico
1) Apocalipsis & Hooligan b Höruz & Trueno
Rudos took 1/3. Trueno was hurt on a headscissors to the outside, striking his head on the floor. He did not loose consciousness but was taken to a hospital for observation.
2) Delta, Metro, Stuka Jr. b Cancerbero, Misterioso Jr., Virus
tecnicos took 2/3 for the win.
3) Rey Bucanero DQ MáximoFelinoRushTexanoBlue PantherNegro CasasTerrible [cibernetico]
Teams were Texano/Felino/Negro/Rush vs Panther/Terrible/Maximo/Bucanero. Elimiantion were Texano (Maximo kiss), Blue Panther (Felino/Negro), Terrible (Rush), Rush (Bucanero), Maximo (Felino?), Felino (Bucanero), and Negro when Felino ran back into attack Rey Bucanero. TRT beat up Negro, Felino adn Zacarias after the match.
4) Atlantis, Héctor Garza, Jushin Lyger DQ Mr. Águila, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr.
Rudos took 1, tecnicos took 2, and UG fouled Atlantis in the third. They agreed to a singles match next week.
5) La Sombra b Averno [CMLL Universal, final]
Maximo and Volador were the seconds, and Volador might have gotten involved a little before the end. Averno took the first, Sombra the second, and Sombra the third fall (backdrop out of a super Devil’s Wings and a corner moonsault into a moonsault) to win the tournament.

Other News

Rob looks back at the last decade of CMLL DF apuesta matches and picks up some surprising patterns.  The research is worth checking yourself, but an important conclusion is CMLL typically does more apuesta matches when times are slow, except they haven’t been doing them this year.

Go Fight Live lists the IWL iPPV, up for on demand on Sunday, as their Saturday show. This includes the AAA wrestlers, who they previously said could not appear on iPPV. I dunno, but I’m probably not paying for an Electrocshock/Karoui match. Just can’t do it.

Konnan told a sports news program that the main event of Heroes Inmoratles will be the Perros vs the Psycho Clowns in a cage, for the third time in the last five major AAA shows.

Jushin Lyger wants to challenge for the trios title, and either one of the world light heavyweight titles (Lyger vs RUSH.)

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