Day: November 6, 2011

Lucha POP tournament, Rush/Terrible, NJPW/CMLL, QPPLC

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AULL LUCHA POP (SAT) 11/05/2011 Arena Lopez Mateos [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring]
1) Black Mamba & Vanely b Angel del Misterio & Felina Metalica and Big Mama & Bugambilia del Norte
No Dashuri or Bellali, so Angel del Misterio and Felina Metailca formed a team. Metalica banged her head on the floor on a dive.
2) La Vaquerita b Yuki Star [POP FEMENIL]
Vaquerita kept her title. Keira asked for the next show. Vaquerita agreed, but it’s Keira’s last chance.
3) Centurión, Dinamic Black, Saruman b Boikot, Mr. Leo, Sublime [Discipulo de Oro, quarterfinal]
Team IWRG over Team Super Colt
4) Dante, Iron Love, Tormento b Dragon Negro, Gander, Ztizan [Discipulo de Oro, quarterfinal]
Team Santana/AULL over Team Justiciero
5) Bizarro, Kortiz, Nergo Casasola b Maiden, Sepultura, Super Calo Jr. [Discipulo de Oro, quarterfinal]
Team Villano IV over Team Greco.
6) Keira, Terremoto Negro, Triton b Maligno Negro, Rayito Mendoza, Shark Boy [Discipulo de Oro, quarterfinal]
Team Lucha POP over Team Gallego. Vaquerita replaced Sexi Star as mentor.
7) Dante, Iron Love, Tormento b Centurión, Dinamic Black, Saruman [Discipulo de Oro, semifinal]
Team AULL over Team IWRG when Iron Love stole Saruman’s mask and pinned him. Dante suffered a fractured tibia and fibula on a dive.
8) Bizarro, Kortiz, Negro Casasola b Keira, Terremoto Negro, Triton [Discipulo de Oro, semifinal]
Team Villano over Team Lucha POP. The finals were postponed until the next show due to Dante’s injury; the Villano team beat up the remaining members of the AULL team instead.
9) Zumbi b Argos and Último Gladiador
No Daga. Gladiador and Argos both beat up on Zumbi for a while and tried to settle it among themselves, but Zumbi kept stopping the referee from making the three count. Zumbi finally stole a pin on UG for the win.

Black Terry Jr. already has video up of match 3, match 4, match 6, match 7, and match 8

 

CMLL (SUN) 11/06/2011 Arena Coliseo [CMLL, La Catedral, Record]
1) Camorra & Zayco b Enrique Vera Jr. & Soberano Jr.
Rudos took 2/3.
2) Arkángel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Puma King b Ángel Azteca Jr., Höruz, Sensei
Rudos took 1/3. Mr. Cacao, watching in the crowd, got into a brawl with Arkangel, Hooligan and Skandalo (who was hanging around backstage) after the match, and lost the 3 on 1 fight.
3) Palacio Negro, Sangre Azteca, Stuka Jr. b Cancerbero, Hijo del Signo, Raziel
Tecnicos took 1/3.
4) Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Texano b Super Porky, Toscano, Valiente
Rudos took 1/3, Terrible powerbombing Rush for the deciding pin. Terrible issued a challenge for Rush’s title.
5) Averno, Mephisto, Mr. Niebla b Atlantis, Héctor Garza, Jushin Lyger
Rudos took 1/3. Atlantis had Niebla in the Atlantida, but Averno & Mephisto made the save and Niebla got the win.

I am intrigued by the idea of a Terrible/Rush match.

Other News

NJPW announced CMLL/NJPW FantasticMania would return for 2012. The shows will be January 23rd and 24th. That’s a Monday and a Tuesday, and the Tuesday show appears to be an afternoon one. I dunno, but it may mean no one misses a Friday night show for the quick trip. This is going to be a tougher sell; it’s the second year, and the two big feuds last year’s shows were built around – Mistico vs Averno and Devitt/Taguchi vs Omega/Ibushi – are likely bigger than anything they have for this year. MaskMania has a list of guys he hopes he gets to see; I want to see Peste Negra in Japan as long as Zacarias get to fly with them. There will likely be a lot of title matches, which means champions are headed over, but good luck guessing who’s going to be champions by then. This surely means CMLL participation on the 01/04 Tokyo Dome show too.

Edit: The shows are actually January 21st and January 22nd, a Saturday and Sunday.

AAA held it’s last preliminary round of the Quien Para Por La Corona talent search contest earlier today in Leon. This is the complete list of finalists, as they’ve been announced:

AAA has not published a full list yet. This is who I have.

06/18 DF: Drastik Boy, Keira, Silencio, Silver Tiger, Blazer, Daga, Freelance (Violento Jack announced as skipping directly to AAA)
07/09 Veracruz: Exorcista Jr., Hijo del Exorcista, Mini Espiritu, Samurai del Sol, Corsario de Fuego, Angel del Misterio
07/31 Guadalajara: La Mágnifica, Cometa, Tony Rodríguez, Spark, Tiger King
08/14 Acapulco: Xtreme Warrior, El Hijo de Black Silver, Príncipe Aéreo, Bryan, Brandon, Alas de Plata, Fetiche
09/04 San Luis Potosi: Aeroboy, Oro Azul, Bogar Jr., Bogar Maligno, Turbo Kid, Sangre de Dragon, Reina Azteca
10/02 Puebla: Dinastía, Violencia Jr., Barbaro I, Sexy Boy, Lucky Boy, Cóncord, Tribal
10/09 Monterrey: Gato Fantasma, Lady Puma, Demencia, Perseus, René Guajardo Jr., Kratos, Psycho
11/06 Leon: Maremoto, Chica Ya Ya, Septimo Dragon, Alrequin, El Gason

That’s a total of 51 luchadors. No word yet on what the next cut down step. This is supposed to have one male, one female and one mini winner, though there seems to only a handful of women and it’s unclear which wrestlers are being classified as mins. This list will probably change a bit by the next step, based on people being unavailable or otherwise occupied.

Not sure if Daga is still in this tournament now that he’s on TV. There’s a number of people here who would previously had some level of relationship with AAA (or have a connection thru someone else) who would probably already be on AAA shows if they had room for a larger roster. Daga’s match was TV match on YouTube a few hours ago, but is off now; the description mentioned his name was changed to “Roco”. Edit: match is now working: part 1 and part 2

SuperLuchas notices the WWS Welterweight Championship Eterno won at IWRG this Thursday wasn’t actually that belt we’ve seen before – it was an Estadio de Mexico championship belt with the letters WWS applied via marker. It means about the same much.

Lucha Libre in Japan

11/06 NJPW: Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata [O] & Wataru Inoue b  Satoshi Kojima, Strong Man & Tama Tonga [X]

11/05 AJPW: Ozz [O] & Cuervo b Kaz Hayashi [X] & Shuji Kondo [AJPW TAG] – first defense
11/06 AJPW: Ozz [O] & Cuervo b KAI & Yasufumi Nakanoueno [X]
Ozz Drivers for everyone!

Links

11/05 AAA TV Results (Ecatepc)

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AAA TV (SAT) 11/05/2011 Centro Civico de Ecatepec, EdM [AAA]
1) Argenis, Daga, Relampago b Decnnis, Tigre Cota, Tito Santana
Daga, last seen here as part of team IWRG, replaced Atomic Boy, Tiger Cota replaced Mortiz. Argenis pinned Cota for the win.

After the opener, Joaquin Roldan (w/Mesias, Electroshock, Zorro, Aerostar, Fenix) responded to Octagon and Parka’s reasons for teaming. One of Parka’s reasons had been AAA sending Ozz & Cuervo to Japan to stop them from helping him against the Bizarros, but Roldan pointed out those two had won the AJPW tag team titles. Roldan pointed out Parka could’ve teamed up with any of the other guys in the ring, but Parka refused. Joaquin says AAA will continue to be #1 with or without Parka. Konnan and Dorian came to the ring to mock the Mexican fans for doing the “You can’t see me” and counting in English.

2) Casandro, El Brazo, Pimpinela Escarlata b Nygma, Pasion Kristal, Yuriko
Casandro was announced for this match, then pulled from the match, then wrestled in the match as a surprise. El Brazo wrestled as La Braza. Casandro pinned Nygma for the win.
3) Aerostar, Fenix, Sugi San b Dark Dragon, La Parka, Súper Fly
Sugi reappeared to replace Drago. Parka dominated the tecnicos, but Aerostar got Super Fly with a ‘rana for the win. La Sociedad hit the ring after the match. Konnan talked about Antonio Pena calling Octagon and Konnan first when he decided to call AAA (which is the real story.) Konnan said Pena had promised to one day give Octagon and Konnan shares in the company, but the Roldans never lived up to the promise. Konnan stripped Super Fly of his Milicia leadership for this latest failure, and appointed Octagon as the new leader. Octagon reminded the crowd of his promise to strike back at everyone who’s done his wrong, and ordered the Milicia to destroy Super Fly. They did, utterly massacring Super Fly. Recap notes this is the same building where Super Fly took out Octagon earlier this year.
4) Chessman & Octagón b Dr. Wagner Jr. & Electroshock
LA Park interfered, setting up Chessman sneaking in a foul on Wagner, and Octagon grabbed the pin. The Milicia was out with Octagon and also getting involved in the match.
5) Damián 666 & LA Park b El Mesías & Zorro
Park beat Zorro with a powerbomb. Wagner ran out for Park after the match, Octagon ran out after him, and Zorro made the save. Zorro reaffirmed he’s part of AAA.

Mexico Air Date: 11/19?

The way I have the schedule now, the next two tapings (a week from Monday in Irapuato – which feels like it should be a Domo de la Feria in Leon show and the SLP show) will definitely air before Guerra de Titanes. Not so sure about the Pachuca taping.

Sucks to be Super Fly, but really not that much more than usual. If they actually go some place with the beatdown, that’d be good. If they don’t, Pegasso and Rey Cometa STILL need a partner.

Looks like Octagon is going to be doing the same deal as Konnan; being listed in matches and getting in offense, but using the undercards to take the beatings. If you’re going to have Octagon be a rudo, that’s probably the way it has to go. Kind of odd that Octagon was complaining about being in second matches, and he’s just been picked as leader of a second match faction.