Programing Notes
We’ll have live coverage of both the CMLL and AAA shows tomorrow night. The live chat can be found right here and should start around 8:30 pm CT. I’ll have live results there and on Twitter. We should have live audio from the CMLL show (via radiocmll.com) and we should have something for the AAA show as well.
I’ll be on Figure Four Daily later today previewing both shows. It’s a subscriber only show.
Results
CMLL (MON) 12/12/2011 Arena Puebla [Porra Fresa]
1) Espiritu Maligno, Fuerza Chicana, Siki Ozama Jr. b Blue Center, Tigre Rojo, Tigre Rojo Jr.
Rudos take 2/3.
2) Höruz, Leono, Metálico b Bobby Zavala, Disturbio, Hooligan
Tecnicos take 1/3. Fans liked Metalico better this week.
3) Black Warrior, Dragon Lee, Sangre Azteca b Pólvora, Shigeo Okumura, Yoshihashi
Tecnicos take 1/3.
4) Olímpico, Psicosis, Volador Jr. b Ángel de Oro, Rush, Super Porky
Super Porky replaced Toscano. Champs take falls 2/3, third straight win for them.
5) Atlantis b Mr. Niebla
Mr. Niebla and Zacarias were in Santa Claus outfits. Despite Tirantes helping the rudo, Atlantis took falls 2/3 to win.
The Arena Puebla tumblr has highlights from last week’s show.
I’m not exactly sure how the IWRG FIL vs other school shows was laid out, but both recaps mention the final came down to the Villanos and IWRG. The group of Saurman, Astro Rey, and Triton beat Negro Casasola, Bizarro and Kortiz when Black Terry fouled Negro; Villano IV and V had been interfering earlier. Black Terry and Villano IV agreed to a mask vs hair mask in the aftermath.
Black Terry Jr. has video up of a couple of the matches
3) Cadillac, Morfeo, Pegasus Kid vs Centurión, Hijo del Pantera,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSWL2DKVwmI
4) Astro Rey Jr., Saruman, Tritón vs Acero, Comando Jr., Leroy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCm3YlVnvYU
Other News
I know the Todo x el Todo show is today (not Saturday), because Dorian Roldan is trolling El Hijo del Santo on Twitter. Santo trashing AAA in a Yahoo interview stirred this up again; Santo says AAA killed the wrestling business by being too WWE like. We need more serious wrestling that includes dancing Star Wars creatures. In stuff more directly related to the show, Kaiser Sports, which seems to have stopped covering CMLL, has the participants talking up the matches in interviews. Rayo’s demanding Hijo de Cien Caras put up his mask for their next match.
Lots of coverage of Panther’s not quite suspension. Estrellas del Ring has the video of Panther apologizing about it to the commission and their decision. We did get an updated list of the current commissioners out of this: Gustavo Zavaleta (the one often seen at CMLL), Jorge Gómez Garnica (the one cited with overturning the LA Park/La Parka finish), José Luis Mendieta (Rambo), Dr. Horacio Ramírez Mercado (ringside doctor at Mexico City boxing matches), and El Fantasma. CMLL com posted video of Panther from Friday, where he did not seem quite as apologetic. R de Rudo is the only site to point out the oddness of the suspension timing. Blue Panther is now preparing for the match, but is ready for Felino to go for revenge. Blue Panther & Felino will be doing a video chat today at 5pm.
CMLL.com also has videos of Marco’s return and the trios champs declaring they’ll keep the titles (while wearing three way fused masks.)
Marco Corleone has a goal: win the CMLL Heavyweight Championship. I sure hope he gets a title match against, uh, wait, hmm, uh, I’m sure they’ll figure this out any day now.
Negro Casas, wearing a neck brace and having some glassy eyes, says he’s still rehabbing hard to make Friday’s show. He’s not sure if he’ll be cleared.
AAA is doing a lot of local press to hype up Guerra de Titanes. Not a lot to link to (when there is, it’s nothing that hasn’t been linked to before), but plenty of TV appearances and occasional parades. Estrellas del Ring posted a recap of last week’s press conference – at least there, Texano and Toscano acted like they were representatives of CMLL rather than members of Perros del Mal.
Rob has highlights of 01/14/11 CMLL, the last Friday show for Mistico.
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