Mesias out for three months, Rey Misterio, Busca de Un Idolo, Hijo del Ninja

CMLL (MON) 04/23/2012 Arena Puebla [El Sol de Puebla, Porra Fresa]
1) Asturiano, Black Tiger, Lestat b Espiritu Maligno, Fuerza Chicana, Sauron
Tecnicos took 2/3. Rudos thought they had the third fall won, but Lestat snuck in a pinfall on captain Chicana.
2) Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior b Bam Bam, Fantasy, Pequeño Halcón
Rudos took falls 1/3
3) Fuego, Hijo del Fantasma, Sagrado b Cancerbero, Hijo del Signo, Raziel
Tecnicos took 2/3.
4) Black Warrior, Blue Panther, La Sombra b Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpion, Último Guerrero
Dragon Rojo still appears to be hurt. Tecnicos took 2/3. Escorpion and Warrior continued their feud. Sombra moonsaulted Rojo for the win, then asked for a title match.
5) Volador Jr. b La Máscara
Volador took 1/3. Tirantes prevented him from attacking Mascara before the match. Volador took the first with a backcracker, Mascara won the second on a casita (with a possible slow count), and Volador won the third with the spanish fly. Best match of the night.

That singles match sounds a lot like their Guadalajara match. I hope Dragon Rojo is feeling better really quick – back to back nights of title matches with Sombra (an athletically demanding match) and Diamante Azul & Blue Panther (a physically pounding match) are a lot to ask of anyone in any shape.

Mesias will be out three months after surgery on his arm this past Monday. They’re crediting Perro Aguayo Jr.’s attack with a chair back in Pachuca (04/01). Mesias was still wrestling up to Sunday night, so it must’ve been something he could work thru to an extent, though may be not long term or as well as he’d like. It was three weeks between the injury angle and the surgery, which suggests AAA didn’t know exactly how bad it’d be but wanted to cover their bases. That’d also explain why Perro challenge Mesias to a title match at TripleMania, which wouldn’t seem possible now.

The Observer did mention last AAA was considering moving back TripleMania to July. AAA would’ve known Mesias would not be healthy for the normal June date at that point and may have wanted to wait to do the show until July, but this would mean late July at the soonest. Pushing TripleMania back would also stack up the rest of the year; that show, Verano de Escandalo, Heroes Inmortales and Guerra de Titanes would be squeezed together in about four months. Last year’s schedule was less audacious and AAA still downplayed one of the shows to build the others. If AAA tried to do all four big shows in the second half of the year, they’ll probably end up with two big shows and two slightly bigger than usual TV tapings.

If Mesias is not back for TripleMania, whenever that turns out to be, the main events have to shuffle again. Perro Aguayo Jr. has no logical opponent, unless they drop the Teddy Hart feud and put Jack with Perro for the hair match after all.

The AAA title seems a bit cursed at the moment, or at least weakened from where it was a couple years ago. Mesias will have a long time between defenses following a Jarrett reign notable for the long gaps in appearances (and creatively unsatisfying defenses.) Jarrett won the title from Zorro, who seemed to fall off a cliff as soon as he won the belt. Zorro won the belt from Wagner, who’s title matches were build around an unending amount of interference spots from Silver King’s guys and voice recordings from beyond the grave. Wagner won it from Electroshock, who himself won the title by beating a guy who wasn’t even champion. This is not a stellar run.

Rey Misterio Jr. has been suspended by WWE for violating their drug policy for the second time. Second time in their policy means a 60 day suspension, and the third time is automatic termination. Just off the top of my head, I can’t think of anyone who’s gotten that third strike in WWE. Jeff Hardy got two strikes and left WWE before he would’ve gotten a third (and there’s some discussion if he’d go back to zero if he ever came back.) Chris Masters had two strikes, left the company, went to rehab, and had no problems his second run. Misterio’s first violation was back in 2009, when he claimed it was a mix-up with the doctor over some knee medication.

I’d expect the same sort of story this time. If Misterio ever left WWE, for whatever reason, everyone assumes he’d end up back with AAA. I’m not as sure about that; he’d probably have some relationship with AAA, but I’d assume Misterio would have a ton of other wrestling promotions and non-wrestling business people offering him money and opportunities; Rey could easily be the US version of Hijo del Santo, at a much higher level. (And much more so than Mistico.) I’m sure he’d work some big AAA shows, but he’d have better options than working in Mexico full time.

The new En Busca de Un Idolo C3 show will actually just be part of the current show. I’m not sure how that will affect the current broadcast. Two lightning matches are about as long as one regular three falls match, and C3’s supposedly airing all four Busca matches each week. That would only leave time for the top other two matches on a normal week to air (this coming week, it’d cut out Mini Reyes del Aire!) I am not convinced this is actually what’s going to happen, because the explanations keep changing, and we won’t really know until shows start airing next weekend.

At the conclusion of his Bachelor-type dating reality show, Hijo del Ninja unmasked himself. He’s Humberto Garza (III?), 19 years old. The show had promised he’d unmask at the end of the series, so he did. Seems a fair tradeoff for a months long show promoting him. Also, it’s Monterrey.

Apparently, a CMLL edecan has been fired for not signing some release to A&E (? for the Luchador show? not sure) and people are upset about it. The people being upset about her being gone part I’m pretty sure about, more upset than when luchadors go missing. I have no idea what would be in a contract for such a TV show that would cause someone to refuse to sign it, but as long as this paragraph is mostly thin speculation, let me guess that it meant she couldn’t appear on any other network and it wouldn’t make much sense for her to sign it. These girls aren’t supporting themselves based on being edecanes alone.

LuchaWorld has Alfredo on Dos Leyendas and KrisZ’s news update.

Links

• A press conference in Japan was held for the 05/19 Lucha Fan Fest. SamuraiTV taped the press conference – maybe they’ll get a tape of the show?
• Tiger says it’s a dream to main event a big Arena Mexico show, but it’d be a double dream to win a world championship.
• La Parka, Octagon, Cibernetico, and Perro Aguayo appear on the Mexican version of Family Feud this weekend. Good to see the arch enemies can get along when it comes to guessing how many people out of 100 answered questions in a certain way.

CMLL (MON) 04/23/2012 Arena Puebla [El Sol de Puebla, Porra Fresa]
1) Asturiano, Black Tiger, Lestat b Espiritu Maligno, Fuerza Chicana, Sauron
Tecnicos took 2/3. Rudos thought they had the third fall won, but Lestat snuck in a pinfall on captain Chicana.
2) Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior b Bam Bam, Fantasy, Pequeño Halcón
Rudos took falls 1/3
3) Fuego, Hijo del Fantasma, Sagrado b Cancerbero, Hijo del Signo, Raziel
Tecnicos took 2/3.
4) Black Warrior, Blue Panther, La Sombra b Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpion, Último Guerrero
Dragon Rojo still appears to be hurt. Tecnicos took 2/3. Escorpion and Warrior continued their feud. Sombra moonsaulted Rojo for the win, then asked for a title match.
5) Volador Jr. b La Máscara
Volador took 1/3. Tirantes prevented him from attacking Mascara before the match. Volador took the first with a backcracker, Mascara won the second on a casita (with a possible slow count), and Volador won the third with the spanish fly. Best match of the night.