IWL, Avisman shaved, CMLL TV, Amapola in Japan

IWL (SAT) 09/17/2011 Centros de Convenciones, Tlanepantla [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), IWL, R de Rudo]
1) Principe Infernal & Terremoto b Aztlan & Zurdog
10’37”
2) Okuzono b Sádico, Samurai del Sol, Dance Boy [KBW HEAVY]
Samurai beat Dance Boy via Dragon Cutter, Okuzaon & Sadico pinned Samurai, and Okuzono pinned Sadico with a martinete. 7’07”
3) Centinela & Ojo Diabolico Jr. b Chacal Negro & Misterio Negro
10’34”
4) Big Mama & Juan el Ranchero b Aresenal & Chik Tormenta
7′ 17″ Big Mama wants a shot at Chik’s LLF Title.
5) Serval NC Tribal, Aborto, Epidemia [XLAW WELTER]
17’07” Serval pinned Aborto with a brainbuster, Tribal beat Epidemia with a top rope legdrop, and match was stopped after Low Rider and Mad Man Pondo attacked both Serval & Tribal
6) Electroshock b Heddi Karaoui, Último Gladiador
Ultimo Gladiador was randomly added to the match. He helped Electroshock beat Heddi, then Electroshock beat him for the win in 12’16”
7) Daga b Sucidia, Craig Classic [IWL JR]
Classic beat Suicida, Daga beat Suicida in 12’25”
8) Silencio, Skayde, Turbo b Black Thunder, Kansuke, King Metal
9’43”
9) Balls Mahoney & Low Rider b Extreme Tiger & Jack Evans and Freelance & Tony Rivera and Naruto & Zumbido [#1 Contenders, IWL TAG]
single fall to a finish in 11’22”. Scorpion & Zumbido (Guapos back together?) attacked Tony Rivera. They get a shot at Bestia & X-Fly.
10) Ángel o Demonio b Mad Man Pondo, Fantasma de la Ópera, Cerebero Negro, León Rojo, Sepulturero I, Epitafio, Ovett, Big Memo, Perico, Cerebro Maligno, Alfred Dino, Heavy Boy[hardcore, royal rumble]
ATM vs Porros. Order of entrance: Dino, Heavy, Memo, Maligno, Ovett, Negro, Perico, Epitafio, Sepulturero, Leon, Opera, Angel, Pondo. Order of elimination: Heavy Boy [by Dino & Memo], Alfredo Dino [by Cerebros], Perico [Epitafio, Sepulturero, Cerebro Negro], Big Memo [same], Ovett [same], Epitafio [Leon Rojo], Sepulturero [Leon Rojo], Leon Rojo [Opera & Negro], Cerebro Negro [Angel], Fantamsa de la Ppera [Angel], Pondo [Angel] in 27’43”. A lot of blood.
11) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown b Beast the Clown, Doink, Giant Clown
14’08”. Doink’s partners turned on him, which was explained by a promo on the screen from Doink (Matt Osborne) revealing the other Doink as a fake.

The Friday show was a lot of matches and a lot of setup for this one.

IWRG (FRI) 09/16/2011 Arena Naucalpan [Estrellas del Ring, The Gladiatores]
1) Alan Extreme, Centurión, Dark Devil, Imposible, Keshin Black, Saruman, Tritón b Extreme Boy, Impulso, Kamuz, Obscuro, Ojo de Tigre Jr., Vaquero Rocanrolero, Wotan [Copa Higher Power]
IWRG Gym vs Ojo de Tigre Gym (who show up in Coliseo Coalaco.) Home team won, Saruman took the cup, beating Impulso
2) Apolo Estrada Jr., El Hijo del Diablo, Picudo Jr. b Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro [lumberjack strap]
Picudo, who wears the UK flag on his gear, is the newest member of the Gringos.
3) Bestia 666, Carta Brava Jr., Fresero Jr. b Centurión, Dinamic Black, Golden Magic
Fresero Jr.(/Freyser) replaced Semental and Centurion worked twice to replace Argos. Carta Brava beat Golden Magic (with his feet on the ropes) and challenged for a title shot.
4) Avisman L Rossy Moreno, Hijo de LA Park, Polvo de Estrellas, Multifacético, Ludark Shaitan, King Drako, Sexy Lady, Yuriko, Diva Salvaje [cage]
Escape order, after ten minutes: King Drako, Diva Salvaje, Polvo de Esrellas, Ludark, Yuriko. At that point, Hijo del Diablo entered the cage to help out his friend, but Avisman left at the same time. Diablo tried to climb right back out, but Rossy Moreno hit him and left. Park did a dive from the cage and left, leaving Multifacetico and Diablo…but Avisman came back in to help. They beat up Multifacetico and tried to leave, but Multifacetico stopped Avisman, then beat him out of the cage. It’s Avisman’s second hair loss in 3 months.

Next FIL challenge is the DTU Academy on 10/04. I hope the whole team just gets DQed one after another.

CMLL (SUN) 09/18 Arena Mexico [CMLL, La Caterdral]
1) Leono, Metatrón, Starman b Bobby Zavala, Disturbio, Inquisidor
Starman’s team won 1/3.
2) Ángel de Plata, Guerrero Maya Jr., Sangre Azteca b Arkángel de la Muerte, Skándalo, Yoshihashi
Guerrero Maya’s team won 1/3, taking the final fall with his usual Rayo de Jalisco styled reverse tope.
3) Pólvora, Rey Bucanero, Terrible b Black Warrior, Delta, Hijo del Fantasma
Black Warrior was upset at his teammates prior to the loss, which led into…
4) Demus 3:16 b Pequeño Warrior [hair]
Black Warrior seconded his mini. Demus was stuck with Polvora. Warrior took fall 1, Demus used a piledriver to win the second, and Demus took the third when Warrior kept picking Demus up instead of going for the three.
5) Dragón Rojo Jr., Mr. Niebla, Último Guerrero DQ Atlantis, Blue Panther, Valiente
straight fall win by DQ. UG fouled Atlantis, Atlantis pulled UG’s mask, ref only saw the mask off and DQed Atlantis.
6) La Sombra b Volador Jr. [NWA WELTER]
Volador beat Sombra with a frontcracker/backcracker combo in the first fall, Sombra suplexed Volador to win the second, then got him with his own guillotine legdrop to win the third.

Other News

CMLL’s interviewer Tania mentioned on Twitter she would not be back on TV until after the NFL season ends (January.) That would seem to mean CMLL is only getting 1 hour shows on Televisa for the rest of the year. It’s probably the same with AAA.

SuperLuchas #431 has Sin Cara vs Sin Cara. Inside, there’s a column by one of their people in Guadalajara, who was says he’s been banned from their Arena Coliseo on order of Paco Alonso, and it sounds like their luchadors have been warned not to talk to him.

Luchas 2000 #588 has a diagram of the CMLL hair feuds. This may be more interesting than the match. The chart does (accidentally?) point out how the Mr. Aguila/Maximo feud is just jammed in to make up the numbers. Also, besides Bucanero/Felino, people would be much happier of the match was just Negro Casas vs Blue Panther. When did Rush and Felino feud?

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Lucha Libre in Japan

REINA 09/18 (via their website and painful translation)
2) Matsumoto b Dama De Hierro (14:29)
3) Aki Kambayashi b Lady Afrodita (7:30)
4) Manami Toyota [O] & Yuimko Hotta b Comandante & Seuxis [X] (19:35)
5) Amapola b Ayumi Kurihara [CMLL WOMEN]
1# Ayumi won via mecedora (4:39)
2# Amapola won via motocicleta (2:08)
3# Amapola won via Devil’s Wings (9:21)

Didn’t seem like a next challenge stepped forward. If there’s any more Mexican (or Puerto Rician!) participation on these shows, I may have to start putting them in the luchadb.

(via Purolove.com)

Zero1 09/17: 5) Ikuto Hidaka, Takafumi Ito & Kaijin Habu Otoko [O] b Super Crazy, Takuya Sugawara [X] & Robby Heart (13:42)

AJPW 09/17: Ozz [O], Cuervo, Black Bushi b Kenzo, Soshun, Bushi [X] (13:10) – Ozz Driver
AJPW 09/18: Kenzo [O], Soshun, Kaz Hayashi b Ozz, Cuervo, Black Bushi [X] (10:26)

Links

• A new lucha libre comic, free to download.
• Porra Fresa disputes X-Fly’s claim that the Perros would help CMLL sell out Arena Mexico.
• El Martinete points out the old Mistico Verdad Y Fama interview from some years back is now on YouTube.

Lineup

CMLL (FRI) 09/23/2011 Arena Mexico
1) Dark Angel & Marcela vs Princesa Blanca & Princesa Sugheit
2) La Máscara vs Valiente, Stuka Jr., Volador Jr., Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Metal Blanco, Palacio Negro, Pólvora, Shigeo Okumura, Puma King, Tiger [Leyenda de Plata, semifinal]
3) Jushin Lyger, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada vsAverno, Dragón Rojo Jr., Mephisto
4) Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas vs Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Texano
5) Atlantis vs Último Guerrero [super libre]

It’s been a long time since they’ve had a no DQ match. I wouldn’t expect blood (in fact, I would be shocked if there was blood or chair shots or anything like that), but a foul that’s not called a DQ.

Lyger is teaming with the two guys he’s feuded with, here and in Japan. Hmmmm.

It looks like the Leyenda de Plata theme might be younger luchadors…or that might just be who’s left when all the older ones are in other matches. Volador & Mascara stick out as favorites, but it wouldn’t be too hard to sneak thru a surprise.

CMLL (SUN) 09/25/2011 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) ? vs ?
2) Magnum & Thunder Boy vs In Memoriam & Ráfaga
3) El Alteño & Hierro vs Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno
4) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Palacio Negro vs Cancerbero, Euforia, Raziel
5) Ángel de Oro, Hijo del Fantasma, Máscara Dorada vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto

That’s two straight weeks of Dorada vs Avernos.