Quick results
Colibiri beat Silencioso to win the CROC lightweight title on Christmas Day in Arena Aficion. I have no idea what CROC stands for. Silencioso held the title at least back to 2009.
On the same day in Tijuana, Extassis took Tony Casanova’s hair and Hijo de Rey Misterio I (the first one) won a mystery championship and joined the Perros del Mal.
Not much more than results from the IWL Christmas show, but Groon XXX replaced Rayo in the main event. Groon’s only turned up very rarely since his injury on the Perros del Mal show in 2010.
Other News
Tomorrow is Dia de la Innocents. I’m not posting any joke stories, but if you read something that sounds funny (peculiar) on other sites, maybe it’s meant to be funny (hilarious).
At last update, Valiente was doing better but still under observation.
Rush says he’ll win the heavyweight title because he feeds on hatred. That’s what makes him a great rudo.
Ovaciones says the IWRG return to TV Azteca may happen in 2012. That’s a carrot on a stick story.
The Daily Mail has an article about Mexican women leaving the household and becoming luchadoras to make ends meet. This is kind of a story created out of thin air and not actually news.
It’s the time of year to start my favorite annual story: the lucha commission of Torreon (Laguna) announcing all luchadors have to get their license renewed. This is followed in a month by an article saying early licensing is almost over, and then by one noting almost no one’s actually gotten a license and everyone expressing total surprise this has happened (again).
LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.
Lucha Libre (Titles) in Japan
Let’s see if I get this right. Ayumi has two title defenses scheduled in Japan.
01/03 UNION (branch of DDT) @ Korakuen Hall: Ayumi (c) vs Cherry [CMLL WOMEN]
01/15 REINA @ (ex? Chiba Blue Field): Ayumi (c) vs Haily Hatred [CMLL WOMEN]
REINA recently bought this building from MichinokuPro and will be running there now.
Ayumi’s surely coming back to Mexico with the title sometime in 2012, but I guess it could change hands back and forth until then if CMLL’s okay with it. It could also change hands if CMLL’s not okay with it, that’s happened a couple times in Japan with their other belts. Seems unlikely though.
Links
- Ohtani’s Jacket watches La Fiera vs Jerry Estrada in a chain match. I’m jealous of someone who’s only seen good lucha chain matches.
- Estrellita is doing a Twitcam chat today at 1pm, which is hopefully sometime after I’ve posted it.
- Segunda Caida watches CMLL LATV on 12/10/11.
- R de Rudo runs thru the history of the DTU title.
- La Catedral has ten more evaluations of CMLL luchadors. I think we’ve got in his head, because this is a list that includes the likes of Bam Bam and Strong Man, and yet there’s no suggestion to turn anyone rudo.
- DJ Spectro visits an outdoor show.
Lineups
CMLL (FRI) 12/30/2011 Arena Olímpico Laguna de Gómez Palacio
1) Dany Fantom & Imperio Negro vs Camorra Jr. & Detector Jr.
2) Piloto Negro & Piloto Suicida vs Gringo Loko & Oso Negro
3) Agatha & Lady Star vs Gatubela & Piel Canela
4) Dragón Rojo Jr. & Último Guerrero vs Mr. Guerrero & V-57 [CMLL TAG]
The rudos (or at least three of them) were teamed up last Friday here, but turned on each other and set up this tag title match.
Fun fact: they’ve done listed that tag match five out of the last six weeks (and maybe the sixth week was a typo.)
IWRG (SUN) 01/01/2012 Arena Naucalpan
***IWRG 15th Anniversary***
1) Astro de Plata, Astro Rey Jr., Centurión vs ?, Gemelo Fantastico I, Gemelo Fantastico II
2) Chico Che, Dinamic Black, Saruman vs Alan Extreme, Carta Brava Jr., Comando Negro
3) Golden Magic, Trauma I, Trauma II vs Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
4) Súper Nova, Texano Jr., Ultramán Jr. vs Canis Lupus, Eterno, Máscara Año 2000 Jr.
5) Multifacético vs Apolo Estrada Jr. [hair]
Not listed on IWRG’s site, but Ovaciones posted it (or nearly all off it.) They’ve celebrated Arena Naucalpan anniversaries, but rarely IWRG one. It’s neat to good one – looking thru the records, there’s doesn’t seem to be a really clear demarcation from just being regular shows at Arena Naucalpan to being IWRG – there’s just slowly some titles (and Japanese people.)
Apolo is the favorite in the main event, I believe. 01/01 is also this blog’s anniversary. I do need a haircut, but I do not think I will be facing anyone in a match.
CMLL (SUN) 01/01/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Höruz & Molotov vs Artillero & Super Comando
2) Bam Bam, Eléctrico, Último Dragoncito vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Violencia
3) Hombre Bala Jr. & Super Halcon Jr. vs Rayo Tapatío I & Rayo Tapatío II [mask]
4) Delta, Hijo del Fantasma, Metro vs Hijo del Signo, Negro Casas, Rey Escorpion
5) Ángel de Oro, La Máscara, Máximo vs Averno, Mephisto, Mr. Niebla
6) Rush vs Terrible [CMLL HEAVY]
Title match is a rematch from seven weeks ago. That one was for the light heavyweight title, and part of the reason I figure Terrible is winning is because Rush already has a title. (Not that CMLL minds doing another tournament.) There also seems to be a reconfiguration of TRT going on. It was Terrible & Texano as the tag team and Bucanero as singles/pseudo-leader, now it’s Tiger/Bucanero as the team and Terrible as pseduo-leader/singles. Not that means much in the big picture, it’s not like Bucanero is going to be losing his singles title, but it points in Terrible’s way here. Crowd will totally be behind Terrible, no doubt.
Terrible winning would be an interesting turn of events. Many people expected Terrible to leave, and there’s been situations in other promotions where wrestlers were promised title belts if they hung around longer. Not sure that’s what’s happening here, but the timing is there. Even if that’s not the reason why, Terrible & Texano have both come out of this tag team breakup pretty well. One’s a focal point of the biggest angle in AAA, the other may be heavyweight champ in CMLL. A bit of divide and conquer.
Rayos putting their masks on the line and not getting out of the third match is awful lame; you’re hurting the importance of mask matches by putting them that low for the sake of not making other people unhappy to work lower matches. I’m sure the Rayos are losing their masks, but Halcon & Bala did not feel like the right team to win on 52MX this week.
PdM (SUN) 01/01/2012 Arena Lopez Mateos
4) Súper Nova vs Pesadilla, Peligro [PdM LH]
5) X-Fly vs Violento Jack, Aeroboy [PdM EXTREME]
6) Texano, Toscano, Zumbi vs ?, el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Halloween
Taped for TVC Deportes.
CMLL (MON) 01/02/2012 Arena Puebla
1) Blue Center, Milenium, Stigma vs Espiritu Maligno, Policeman, Siki Ozama Jr.
2) Lluvia, Luna Mágica, Marcela vs La Seductora, Tiffany, Zeuxis
3) Diamante, Sagrado, Sangre Azteca vs Ephesto, Shigeo Okumura, Vangelis
4) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Bucanero, Terrible
5) La Máscara vs Volador Jr. [NWA MIDDLE]
La Mascara is running thru rudos rather quickly.
Close to Trio Senscaion vs new TRT in the semimain.
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“CROC” means “Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos” (at least that’s how it is called by Diaro Juarez: http://www.plazajuarez.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23865 ) although that makes no sense.
CROC is Confederación Revolucionaria de Obreros y Campesinos . It is a trade union confederation that affiliates 4.5 million Mexican workers (3,600 unions) nationwide.
An this next 01/01… Happy Anniversary Luchablog! :D
Hijo de Rey Misterioso I is Hijo de Rey Misterio I correct? Interesting to see him join Perros after his wars with them in 2010.
They couldn’t even have the mask match be the Semi Main? Poor Rayos.
GOD!!
Zacarias is pequeno máximo?
I’m having an existential problem right now…
They actually bought it from K-Dojo.
First day of the year and two masks will fall, i like that i bet the rayos has the lights on them to be the losers ones, for the rush and terrible one i think is time for terrible to be more than just a back up guy i guess if he win it will be good for his career at this point, not to be under the shadow of texano or any other.
@ringo: This CROC is based in Arena Aficion – I’ve never seen the titles show up anywhere else.
@Adam: who were in MichinokuPro long ago so I’m slight – no, i’m not even slightly right. That story is weird, but every story with REINA doesn’t quite add up. Cash flow in doesn’t come close to matching the cash flow out.
I wasn’t joking when I suggested this outcome on twitter so I’ll repeat it here…
Rayos Tapatios need to shock the world and win Bala/Halcon’s masks. You do the result nobody expects to create some buzz. Bala/Halcon continue to wrestle without masks for a few weeks and eventually disappear into the abyss. Nobody notices. Why? Because they’re fucking HOMBRE BALA JR. and SUPER HALCON JR.! Nobody cares about them. Suddenly Metal Blanco and Palacio Negro return to CMLL lineups fresh off their tour of Peru *cough*. A little later in the year or whenever CMLL feels like it you have Titan/Triton return except the guys under the masks are obviously Bala/Halcon who can either improve and make the gimmick work or continue to be awful and the gimmicks can get buried in undercard hell like they deserve. As for the Rayos Tapatios? Save their masks for wrestlers with actual potential. Maybe Hijo Del Signo/Bobby Zavala or Dragon Lee/Fuego.
Just my two cents of course.
@thecubsfan:
The link was indeed an Arena Aficion report, but the Payasos and the Trio Fantasia had some matches for the CROC tag team championship in Arena Aragon in February and March. Maybe there are some promoters who want to show their support for the union in that strange way.
@Rob – I have no issue with your theory, but I can’t see CMLL doing that much with a continuous angle. I think there is something up with that match though, which is why that match is so low on the card.
Wasn’t Bala Jr. working as Monsther at first, or was that for sure his dad or another brother? Maybe he is dropping the Bala gimmick and going back to Monsther?
@Nikita: He’s gonna be the new Blue Demon…Let’s go tweet that to Blue Demon Jr. to get him all riled up again about CMLL.
My theory on the CMLL Blue Demon stuff is that it is a grandson of Sr. that is not the son of Jr.
@Nikita: Bala’s brother is the Monsther, though there’s definitely other family gimmicks Bala could use if he had to switch.