Mascara Dorada keeps his title, Dragon Rojo/Lyger, Panther/Negro, AAA TV

CMLL (FRI) 11/04/2011 Arena Mexico [CMLL, La Catedral]
1) Metálico & Molotov b Rayo Tapatío I & Rayo Tapatío II
Tecnicos took 2/3. Metailco and a Rayo eliminated each other on a double pin spot, and Molotov later cradled the other Rayo while he was arguing a two count.
2) Virus b Dragon Lee [lightning]
Dragon Lee dominated the match, but Virus still beat him for the win, winning in 7:04.
3) Ángel de Oro, Blue Panther, Metro b Negro Casas, Pólvora, Rey Escorpion
Straight falls for a rudo-ish Blue Panther, who snuck in a foul on Negro in the second for the win.
4) Felino, Mr. Águila, Volador Jr. b Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Texano
La Comandante is back accompanying her troops. Volador has been dressed up as the Joker all week. Team evil flying people took falls 1/3, Felino pinning Bucanero after the flying elbow drop.
5) Máscara Dorada b Mephisto [CMLL WELTER]
Dragon Lee was his Dorada’s second. Kahoz, Mephisto’s father, seconded him. Rambo was the DF commissioner, so two-thirds of that trio were back together. Averno and Saul Sanchez, a Pan Am games gold medal winning synchronized diver, also accompanied Mephisto. Mephisto won a super quick first fall via powerbomb, Mascara Dorada won a slightly longer second with a flip into a Toyota roll, and then escaped the Devil’s Wings to put on an armbar for the win. Said to be very good.
6) Dragón Rojo Jr., Mr. Niebla, Último Guerrero b Atlantis, Jushin Lyger, Shocker
Dragon Rojo and Jushin Lyger feuded throughtout the match. Rudos took 1/3, Rojo submitting Lyger with his cavernaria.

Septiembre Negro’s passing was mentioned. They continue to air vignettes for the mystery new wrestler coming soon.

Attendance looks better than last week, but still not good.

Other News

Quick reminder: daylight savings time is in effect in many parts of Mexico, though not in the US. This means webfeeds (and TV networks that air in both countries) are running one hour later than usual. This has troubled me greatly already this week – La Luchas was never actually on any time it was listed, and Ras de Lona either got shifted to another hour or pre-empted by another soccer game – so just keep it in mind.

AAA says that while the their show is returning to it’s main Televisa national broadcast spot on Saturdays, they’ll also be continuing the regional syndication “indefinitely.” That means that, in many places, they’ll have the two hour show going heads up with the commercial-rific forty five minute show. Not sure if this means they’ll have two different edits of the show, or if they’ll have about an hour of very little edited footage on the longer show, and then the same 35 minutes of very clipped up stuff on both shows. We’ll have a better idea after this week, but I’m sure the regional show is the one you’d like to see

Bestia 666 is the first luchador to acknowledge having tried out for WWE last month. Bestia says he’s taking a deal if offered, with the full support of his family and Perro Jr., though it sounds like they’re more likely to keep him in mind and see how far he progresses in the next year. Bestia confirms he was recommended by Rey Misterio Jr., and says they liked his wrestling and his ability to speak English.

El Economista compares the business of CMLL & AAA. There’s not a lot of new info, it’s basically just repeating what the press people tell them without any additional research, but the press people do spin things in interesting ways. AAA hypes up the level of production for the TV shows and PPVs; CMLL focuses on live events and talks as if El Luchador is their only TV show. AAA explains it doesn’ t matter if they made any money on the video game or film, because people will be playing the video game 15 to 20 years later and films are timeless. Uh huh.

There is a fact chart at the end, which says CMLL employs 136 wrestlers and AAA 100. If you take out the Japanese people passing thru (and the indy people still on the list from Arkangel’ s show), and add the couple of girls out on loan to REINA, the CMLL roster here is actually only 1 or 2 off. Missing a lot more people on the AAA side. They list “events per year” as 260 for CMLL and 1000 for AAA, but they’re comparing the CMLL shows they run themselves to any show in the world that brings in AAA. An apples to apples comparison is either 260 to 5 (AAA only runs the major shows totally themselves) or around 1000 to 1000. This year, I’ve counted 421 shows for CMLL and 315 for AAA, though I’m sure I’m missing a lot of both.

If you buy a ticket to the 11/25 Arena Mexico show, you’ll be able to get into the bodybuilding contest the day before for free.

Dinamic Black talks about winning the IWRG lightweight title and defeating Comando Negro. Dinamic Black notes Comando Negro was invincible in 2011. Not so much of late. At least IWRG finally got someone who (appeared) done with the promotion to come back to lose their title. Eterno also talks to Estrellas del Ring about his title win.

El Hijo del Santo thinks he should fight Hijo del Solitario and Angel Blanco Jr. in a three way mask match. He should probably talk to the booker about that, next time he sees him in the mirror.

Links

• Lucha Libre USA has posted Blue Demon Jr. vs Tatanka on their YouTube page.
• Black Terry Jr. has photos of the Todos x el Toros show.
• Segunda Caida reviews a Pirata Morgan match including the late Blue Demon Sr.
• The Ozz & Cuervo AJPW Tag Title win is on YouTube

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 11/11/2011 Arena Mexico
1) Leono & Soberano Jr. vs Rayo Tapatío I & Rayo Tapatío II
2) Dark Angel, Estrellita, Lady Apache vs La Comandante, La Seductora, Tiffany
3) Fuego vs Euforia [lightning]
4) Metro, Sangre Azteca, Stuka Jr. vs Misterioso Jr., Pólvora, Rey Escorpion
5) Blue Panther, Shocker, Super Porky vs Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas
6) Atlantis, Jushin Lyger, La Sombra vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Último Guerrero, Volador Jr.

Dragon Rojo vs Lyger seems to be a running issue. Title match coming up?

More Panther/Negro.

That’s Tiffany’s first match since July, out due to her chronic shoulder injury. (She may be the one person I’m missing, now that I see her.) What a nice match for her to return with – her rivals Estrellita and Lady Apache both there to fight.