08/11-12 lucha times

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This isn’t lucha, but if I have this right

– TV Azteca now airs SmackDown at 11:30 pm on Friday night.
– Televisa’s airing of WWE RAW is now Sunday afternoon (directly after AAA!), a six day delay
Seems like they’ve lost the interest of the network, and this would seem to make it tougher to draw in Mexico next time they come in (still not announced.)

=== CMLL ===

Galavision/Televisa: Mistico! This is an easy call. Probably as the main event, regardless of how it was taped.

FOX: which leavs the tag team title match for this show.

C3: Diamante Azul/Titan/Valiente vs Avernos + Cancerberos vs Tuareg

52MX: Tiffany vs Marcela and other matches you might seen. They may need to edit the hair match to fit in the time, which could help.

GDL: maybe back?

Terra: Averno vs Sombra

=== Other ===

AAA: Infernal Rockers, minis, Chessman, Octagon & Ultimo Gladiador vs Elegido, Extreme Tiger, La Parka

ACM: More Chicanas?

Niebla & Maximo, Mascara 2000 Jr.’s first unmasked match

CMLL (TUE) 08/07/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Fuego en el Ring]
1) Azteca de Oro & El Divino b Relampago Azul & Thunder Boy
2) Èvola & Ráfaga b Soberano Jr. & Starman
3) Artillero & Súper Comando b Javier Cruz Jr. & Sky Kid
4) Nosferatu, Pólvora, Sangre Azteca b Black Metal, Leo, Smaker
Nosferatu replaced Raziel. Azteca yanked Smaker’s mask and rolled him up for the win, then took Black Metal’s mask for good measure.
5) Mr. Niebla & Volador Jr. b La Máscara & Máximo
Niebla & Volador managed not to fight this time. Niebla kissed Maximo, Maximo fainted, Niebla pinned him for the win. This sets up a singles match next week

AAA (TUE) 08/07/2012 Arena Aficion [Estrellas del Ring, HidalgoSport]
1) Alejandro I b Kid Jaguar
2) Crazy Rock & Golden Magic b Pandemonium & Samot
3) Mari Apache & Sexy Lady b Fabi Apache & Lolita
4) Maldito Jr., Texano, Toscano b Cerebro Negro, Drago, Súper Fly
5) Máscara Año 2000 & Máscara Año 2000 Jr. b Dr. Wagner Jr. & Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.
More blood. Mascaras took 1/3. Sr. was eliminated in the third fall, but snuck back in to foul Dr. Wagner Jr., and Mascara Jr. covered him for the win

Crowd looked pretty close to full. There’s also an interview with Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. If Angel Omar Reyes Franco is not his real name, no one seems to know what it really is; the Wrestling Observer Newsletter says Mascara Ano 2000 Sr. was telling people (both wrestlers and the office) that Junior was really his son.

Recent Attendances (as reported by the WON)
08/03 CMLL (Mistico debut): 12, 600
08/04 CMLL in Neza (Mistico debut): 1,100 – highlights
08/05 AAA (TripleMania): 21,000
08/05 CMLL (Tiffany vs Marcela): 3,300
08/06 CMLL in Leon (Mistico debut): “less than half a house” (capacity is 5,240) – Mistico used his armscissors for the win here.
Rob mentioned on Twitter that last night’s CMLL show in Morelia might have been canceled.

Sombra suggests Sombra vs Averno, mask vs hair, as the main event of the Anniversary show. No one ever suggests a match that doesn’t involve them.

Kcidis draws Sangremania, which doesn’t have anything to do with the Sangre Chicana family shows in Monterrey of late.

Eric at Segunda Caida looks for Pirata Morgan matches, ends up encountering 2012 Veneno.

A feature on CMLL mascots!

MaskMania has pictures and thoughts on Volador vs Prince Devitt 2.

Lucha Libre in Japan

08/09 NOAH: Super Crazy [O] b Yoshinobu Kanemaru [X] and Katsuhiko Nakajima
First show of a three week stint (with less shows near the end of it.) Crazy is getting a GHC Junior Heavyweight championship shot vs Yoshinobu on the 25th.

NOAH also announced the teams for it’s September junior tag tournament. They include Super Crazy & Ricky Marvin, and also the South American team of Kaiser (Peru’s LWA, which some NOAH guys just visited) and Gaston Mateo (Chile’s XNL, where Super Crazy still holds a title.)