Month: January 2012

CMLL (FRI) 01/06/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL]
1) Camaleón & Leono b Bobby Zavala & Disturbio
2) Arkángel de la Muerte, Nitro, Skándalo b Ángel Azteca Jr., Pegasso, Rey Cometa
3) Euforia, Misterioso Jr., Shigeo Okumura b Stuka Jr., Titán, Triton
Rudos took 2/3. Titan & Triton lose again, though not directly their fault. Euforia snuck in a foul on Stuka and dropped him with the Euforica Special.
4) Pólvora b Sagrado [lightning]
Polvora won via anti-air dropkick in 9:14
5) Atlantis, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpion, Último Guerrero
Tecnicos took 2/3, with an Atlantida on Dragon Rojo and a moonsault on Rey Escorpion.
6) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush DQ Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas
Niebla fouled Rush for the DQ. Trio Senscaion is still undefeated.

This should air next week on Galavision/Televisa when they resume normal shows.

Other News

The King, who also wrestled as Black Charly, passed away last month. He was another Laguna born wrestler who made it to the  UWA wrestler in the early 1990s

Alebrije/Kraneo says Cuije is still going to be with him, but you’ll have to be there Sunday to find out his new look & name.

Porra Fresa begins it’s look back at 2011 with the foreigners and the women. The foreigner who appeared most in Arena Puebla was Yoshihashi, and the woman was Luna Magica. That seems a bit mean.

DTU & IWL will run a combo show on 02/18. Press conference on Wednesday to announce foreign talent.

Lucha Libe in Japan

01/17 AJPW: Ozz (O), Cuervo, Black Bushi b Kenzo Suzuki, Kaz Hayashi, Hiroshi Yamato [X]

NJPW is hosting a fan club party with CMLL and NJPW wrestlersd when they’re in for the tour. Just the CMLL rudos – Mephisto, Volador, Okumura and Misterioso – so the tecnicos must be hanging out with other people.

Veneno returns to SMASH on their02/19 show, teaming with Kenzo Suzuki. They never teamed in Japan, but were on opposite sides of Mexico vs Japan matches when the Dragon Gate guys were coming into IWRG (and teasing Dragon Gate Mexico.)

Links

• Stuka, Angel de Plata, Guerrero Maya, Delta and Horuz
• A book about the history of lucha libre movies
• Segunda Caida

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 01/13/2012 Arena Mexico

1) Aereo & Pequeño Halcón vs Mercurio & Pequeño Universo 2000
2) Hombre Bala Jr. vs Disturbio [lightning]
3) Dalis la Caribeña, Dark Angel, Marcela vs Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Zeuxis
4) Stuka Jr., Titán, Triton vs Euforia, Misterioso Jr., Shigeo Okumura
5) Atlantis, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
6) La Máscara, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada vs Mr. Águila, Psicosis, Volador Jr.

Really strong lineup. This is the first time the Golden Generacion trios has teamed in Arena Mexico since they lost the titles, and versus a fun rudo team. Psicosis appears to be totally correct about not having to change his name.

Semimain matches the national champs versus the world champs in what should also be pretty good.

Special is a rematch from this past week, likely focusing more on Stuka & Euforia.

Even the women’s match is pretty strong. It and the champs versus champ match should air on Fox, while the other two would normally be Televisa/Galavision matches.

Lightning match is likely a followup to Hombre Bala’s win, but it’s also the biggest chance for Disturbio yet (outside of first round Gran Alternativa exists.)

Minis are just the low men on the totem pole. They have something in Mercurio. I don’t know what they do with it, but he should be a rudo of note in the next couple of years.

IWRG (THU) 01/05/2012 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), The Gladiatores]
1) Pacto Negro b Astro de Plata
2) Chucky, Mini Espectro de Ultratumba, Mini Mascara Ano 2000 b Aguilita Solitaria, Bracito de Oro, Mini Super Brazo
3) Centurión, Dinamic Black, Tritón b Alan Extreme, Carta Brava Jr., Imposible
Tecnicos took 2/3.
4) Apolo Estrada Jr., Canis Lupus, Eterno b Chico Che, Golden Magic, Multifacético
Chico Che had problems with his team, though they managed to last three falls.
5) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown DQ Cien Caras Jr., Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Máscara Año 2000 Jr.
Both teams gave presents to some kids, including a bike. Capos were annoyed the tenicos were showinv them up in their home arena by giving out gifts and attacked. They took the first, Clowns took the second. Monster pinned Mascara Jr. in the third, Mascara Jr. returned to pull Monster’s mask to set up a Cien Caras pin, but the refs caught on and DQed the Capos.

This show will air Sunday on TVC Deportes.

Other News

Tonight’s Arena Mexico show features Peste Negra taking their shot against the undefeated Trio Sensacion. Atlantis, just back from Japan, picks up the Atlatnida vs Guerreros feud in the semimain.

Chessman, Monster Clown, and Murder Clown visited kids in the hospital for Three Kings day.

Rob has videos from late September and early October ’96 AAA.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Links

• Juvi says things.
• Perro Aguayo Jr. wants to fill arena, so it’s a good thing he’s sticking with 2,000 size ones once every three weeks.
• Fishman and Hijo de Fishman visited Japan.
• American Sexy Flor hopes to make it to CMLL.
• Lucha POP is bringing in Sami Callahan and Samurai del Sol for the February show. Whatever happened to the January show in Berwyn?

Lineups

AULL (FRI) 01/06/2012 Arena Lopez Mateos [Box Y Lucha 3059]
1) ? vs ??
2) Rey Kristal, Super Panda, Tortuguillo Ninja vs Buitre, Cat Metal, Pequeno Demonio
3) Epitafio, Leviathan, Samuel vs Hombre sin Rostro, Kilvan, Ronny Ventura
4) Chucho el Roto, Iron Love, Terry 2000 vs Cerebro Maligno, Herejía, Sádico
5) Robin Maravilla, Rocky Santana, Yakuza vs Coco Amarillo, Coco Azul, Coco Rojo

IWRG (SUN) 01/08/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Rolling Boy vs Súper Black
2) Centurión & Eragón vs Imposible & Pacto Negro
3) Dinamic Black, Golden Magic, Multifacético vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Carta Brava Jr., Eterno
4) Tony Rivera, Trauma I, Trauma II, Ultramán Jr. vs Chico Che, Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
5) Angelico, Héctor Garza, Veneno vs Cien Caras Jr., Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Máscara Año 2000 Jr.

Veneno & Angelico back, as previously mentioned. Chico Che must’ve made a New Year’s Resolution to be more of a rudo.

CMLL (MON) 01/02/2012 Arena Puebla [Porra Fresa]
1) Espiritu Maligno, Policeman, Siki Ozama Jr. b Blue Center, Milenium, Stigma
Rudos take 2/3.
2) Lluvia, Luna Mágica, Marcela b La Seductora, Tiffany, Zeuxis
Tecnicas take 1/3.
3) Diamante, Sagrado, Sangre Azteca b Ephesto, Shigeo Okumura, Vangelis
Tecnicos take 2/3.
4) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Rush b Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Bucanero, Terrible
Terrible and Rush still feuding. Tecnicos take 1/3.
5) La Máscara b Volador Jr. [NWA MIDDLE]
Volador turned down a Mascara handshake to start the match. Volador took the first with a backracker, Mascara took the second with the campana, and again in the third after a long great battle.

CMLL (TUE) 01/03/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Fuego en el Ring]
1) Èvola & Metalik b Esfinge & Virgo
2) Pequeño Nitro & Pequeño Warrior b Meteoro & Último Dragoncito
straight falls
3) Fuego b Malefico
one fall match
4) Olímpico & Psicosis b Metro & Sangre Azteca
Rudos took 2/3, after Metro hit Sangre Azteca by mistake. Sangre and Psicosis feuded.
5) Hijo del Fantasma, Máximo, Rush b Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas, Pólvora
Zacarias was with the rudos. Rudos took 1/3, Niebla sneaking in a foul on Maximo to set up next week’s match.

Other News

CMLL set out a press release confirming the Histeria/Alebrije to Morphosis/Kraneo name changes. There’s a picture at the link; Kraneo is wearing a half Alebrije/half Kraneo mask. Still no mention of Cuije. The story they’re going with is these two are so dedicated to the Invasion, they’ve come up with new characters to put new energy into their work. Right. I’d assume this was also something taped for Ras de Lona, which no one will ever see (until it airs on Guerreros del Ring, maybe.)

Meanwhile, Psicosis say he won’t be changing his name, because his lawsuit situation is slightly different than Alebrije & Histeria, and he’ll have his name until he retires. That seems unlikely, but we’ll go with it. Psicosis, asked about El Consejo, says those guys are making a mistake – it’s much better in CMLL than AAA and the indies. As bad as the economic situation is in CMLL right now, Psicosis feels it’s worse elsewhere, and it’s very tough being in AAA and the indies. Psicosis’ current goal is to get the trios titles back.

XMW says it’s bringing in XL (Chile) and Dick Togo (planet Earth) for it’s next show, sometime in February. That would mean either Togo is hanging around for a while, or he’s coming back in a few weeks. Hope other people use him as well.

LyC has a commercial for it’s next show, a note about today’s Olympic wrestling training, and interviews with Genocida (teaming with his retired father in the upcoming tag tournament), Mini Big Neurosis (who does not want to be a mini), and Kratoz (who says all wrestlers need to be well rounded – also, spelled his name differently than I’d seen before.)

Lucha Libre in Japan

Silueta must be headed back to REINA, because she’s on the REINA 01/15 show. She’s got a REINA IJ title defense versus “Saya”.

Links

• Marco Corleone on random Mexican game show.
• WagnerMania interviews Perro Aguayo Jr. and the head of AULL about their 2012 plans.
• Lucha POP posted video of Fenix & Angelico vs Shiima Xion & Dark Dragon from July
• Ohtani’s Jacket watches the Black Terry & Negro Navarro vs Traumas match from the August Lucha POP show.
• DJ Spectro looks back at Kung Fu.
• El Diario has a bio of Sangre Latina

Lineups

AULL (SAT) 01/14/2012 Arena Lopez Mateos
1) Lince X & Sol de Oriente vs Karma & Spider Boy
2) Celestial, Cósmico, Rey Cristal vs Mini Talisman, Mr. Aguilita, Pequeno Demonio
3) Chik Tormenta, Keira, Vanely vs Felina Metalica, La Vaquerita, Yuki Star
4) Daga, Eterno, Flamita vs Sádico, Trauma I, Trauma II
5) Atlantis, Blue Panther, Solar I vs Felino, Negro Navarro, Último Guerrero

BT Jr. mentioned this card on twitter (@BLACKTERRY) – top two matches look interesting. I really don’t know how it’s going to work when Ultimo Guerrero wants to do two 3 minutes falls to start, because Negro & Solar aren’t done with their fist bit in that time.