Day: March 5, 2013

Sangre Nueva, Fiebre Amarilla, Puebla lucha tryout results

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Tonight is part 2 of the Sangre Nueva tournament. Participants are Super Halcon, Sensei, Robin, Genesis, Oro Jr. Disturbio, Zayco, Guerrero Negro, Taurus, and Inquisidor (though that preview leaves out Oro.) Winner faces Soberano, so a rudo would be more likely, and Disturbio or Taurus would figure to have the best chance. I am still rooting for Zayco for no good reason.

CMLL made two slight changes to this week’s lineups: Kraneo replaces Black Warrior tonight and Sangre Azteca replaces Olimpico on Sunday.

Fiebre Amarilla are thrilled to be Arena Coliseo Tag Team champions, despite the unfortunate belts.  Okumura says this is the beginning, and it’ll be no different when the opponents are Stuka & Rey Cometa. Namajague declared this the beginning of a new Japanese empire, which they’ll build on the ruin of the Azteca empire. That article notes Stuka & Fuego held the belts “over three years.” Five years is definitely over three.

56 luchadors tried out for licensing in Puebla, and 24 were accepted. That sounds like a real test! No names given, just test identification numbers. If you have the right number, you’ve got 20 days to get your medical tests submitted. If you failed, you can apply for a temporary permit and retry again for free in August. (Which doesn’t seem to say much for the meaning of tests.)

Ultimo Guerrero, Mascara Dorada, Angel de Oro, Dragon Rojo, Amapola and Marcela are headed to Ciudad Juarez next Saturday. Ultimo Guerrero seems booked out to spot shows far away from Mexico City every weekend lately.

CMLL Gaceta, which is giving away 2 tickets to next Friday’s show, has a quote from Stuka about being honored to wrestle in a big H2L match. The ending of the article suggests the final card will not be announced until next Friday.

Estrellas del Ring has a text interview with IWRG’s Seiya (from Puebla) and a video interview with Iron Fly.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Links

Lineups

IWRG (SUN) 03/10/2013 Arena Naucalpan
1) ? vs ??
2) Galaxy & Serpiente de Oro vs Fulgore & Imposible
3) Centvrión, Chico Che, Freelance vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman, Cerebro Negro
4) Dinamic Black, Dr. Cerebro, el Ángel vs Canis Lupus, Carta Brava Jr., Oficial 911
5) Electroshock, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan vs Cien Caras Jr., Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Máscara Año 2000 Jr.

They can cut to commercial during the main event on this one.

03/17 AAA TV Lineup (Monterrey) – Rey de Reyes 2013

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rdr2013AAA TV (SUN) 03/17/2013 Plaza de Toros La Monumental, Monterrey
***Rey de Reyes, 2013***
1) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Devil Rocker, Machine Rocker, Soul Rocker
2) ? vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Cibernético, Electroshock, Silver King, Toscano [Rey de Reyes, semifinal]
3) El Mesías vs Heavy Metal, La Parka, Parka Negra, Octagón, Pentagón Jr. [Rey de Reyes, semifinal]
4) LA Park vs Jack Evans, ?, Psicosis, Drago, Chessman [Rey de Reyes, semifinal]
5) Juventud Guerrera vs Daga, Fénix, Crazy Boy [AAA FUSION, final]
vacant title
6) Fabi Apache vs Mari Apache, Taya Valkyrie, LuFisto [Reina De Reinas, final]
vacant title
7) Texano Jr. vs Blue Demon Jr. [AAA HEAVY]
Texano Jr. is champion. Third defense (first announced prior to the show)
8) Group 1 Winner vs Group 2 Winner, Group 3 Winner [Rey de Reyes, final]

Air Date:  03/30, 04/06 and maybe 04/13

A conversation on Twitter Direct Messages earlier. (Read BOTTOM to TOP.)

dm

(How weird is it that I talk to myself? Maybe I’m really Jhon Crazy.)

There are actually reasons to announce surprise luchadors: you may not know if they’re actually going to be there. My hunch is the first mystery person is a foreign guy to come in – a three way final of Jeff Jarrett vs Mesias vs LA Park would make a lot of sense –  but they may not be locked down. (If Jarrett IS locked down, they probably should be advertising it, but they didn’t in December either.) The second mystery guy looks like someone to fight Jack Evans, which seems like the return of Teddy Hart but you never know with that man.

Octagon Jr. is not on the card. Over on Samuray del Sol’s calendar, this date is now listed as

Lucha Libre Triple AAA (Rey de Reyes) “Octagon JR” (Not Comfirmed Programming Issues TBD)

I’m sad this hasn’t worked out. Either Heavy Metal or Octagon are probably in his spot.

AAA posted a video interview with Blue Demon, talking about his title match. I’d expect the Demon challenge bit to air this weekend, in some format.

Eight matches, when they’re only airing 2 (or a third heavily edited match) seems like it’s 3 weeks of national TV: one week of the 3 group matches, second week of the Fusion/Reina tournaments, and a third week of the Rey de Reyes final and the Texano/Demon title match. Even if the Demon title match was announced late as far as trying to build it on TV to sell tickets, it’s still going to be pushed for weeks on TV before it airs.

There’s no story really built to a climax here outside of the Demon/Texano match (and we’re making an assumption it’s a one match and done situation.) The two existing tournaments were set up by a tournament on a different show – a show never advertised or even acknowledged as existing on the AAA Sin Limite show, and maybe those matches are actually planned to only be aired on Fusion. The Clowns & Rockers have interacted this year, but are basically the same place we left them at Guerra de Titanes. The Rey de Reyes groups reflect ongoing feuds, which is often how they’re done, but everything is just killing time.

That’s not to say AAA hasn’t done anything the last few months.  The Roldans feud, and the end of La Sociedad, has been a slight focus of main Televisa show and a bigger part of the UTDN 2 hour version. It’s not really reflected at all in this card; not just in no match involving the Roldans, but that Konnan and Dorian were running things for the rudos but the rudos don’t seem that much worse off with their protectors gone. There had to be a reason they ran that big firing angle in a random taping in the middle of February, a stretch of time they weren’t really working on any stories, but that reason isn’t obvious yet. (Even the idea that they Dorian & Konnan were going to be busy with the US promotion doesn’t make sense, since both still appear to be at every taping.) Maybe there’s an explanation on this show.

03/02-03 lucha videos

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IWRG did not air last week on AYM Sports, but this week’s episode did air on Latin American Sports, a network I receive. Well, all but 15 important seconds.

YouTube Playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYyNnOBGWP7TiPJUlcsQo4kB1W8YVYetx&feature=view_all

03/02 WWC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/5okza3
03/03 WWC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/nrkud7

03/03 Sobre el Ring: http://www.sendspace.com/file/g8y433 – guests include Jack, Carta Brava Jr., and Dinamic Black

AAA on UTDN: 2013-02-24 – all posted last week, but now in better quality
taped 2013-02-03 @ Palenque de la Feria, Pachuca, Hidalgo
1) Dinastía, Mascarita Sagrada, Octagoncito vs Mini Abismo Negro, Mini Histeria, Mini Psicosis
http://www.sendspace.com/file/pp6r3s
taped 1998-03-01 @ Toreo de Cuatro Caminos
2) Octagón vs Latin Lover, Perro Aguayo Sr., Cibernético in a AAA’s Rey de Reyes Tournament tournament final match
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4zkic9
taped 2013-02-03 @ Palenque de la Feria, Pachuca, Hidalgo
3) Fabi Apache, La Jarochita, Lolita vs Jennifer Blake, Mari Apache, Taya Valkyrie
http://www.sendspace.com/file/521tmz
AAA vs La Sociedad recap. Starts with a recaps of things the Foreign Legion – a totally different faction, we’ve been told many times – did to AAA, and then delves into important and relevant matters like La Sociedad turning on Zorro, Decnnis being put in the Maniacos, La Parka’s rudo turn and Octagon vs Joaquin Roldan
http://www.sendspace.com/file/w3ef4x
4) Cibernético, El Mesías, La Parka vs Chessman, Parka Negra, Texano
same as national

 

AAA on Televisa: 2013-03-02
taped 2013-02-18 @ Lienzo Charro Ignacio León Ornelas, Irapuato
Intros
http://sendspace.com/file/ls7mgp
Roldan family discussion
http://www.sendspace.com/file/8n572u
1) Argenis & Flamita vs Argos & Último Gladiador
http://sendspace.com/file/uize2z
2) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Máscara Año 2000 Jr., Texano Jr., Toscano for the AAA World Trios Championship
http://www.sendspace.com/file/p908d3

CMLL Guadalajara: 2013-03-02
http://www.sendspace.com/file/anvk50
taped 2013-02-26 @ Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Astral, Fantasy, Último Dragoncito vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qyvgdw
2) Hijo del Fantasma, Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. vs Namajague, Rey Escorpión, Shigeo Okumura
http://www.sendspace.com/file/pt7uro
3) Máximo, Shocker, Thunder vs Averno, Mephisto, Terrible
http://www.sendspace.com/file/e6cr3d

CMLL Guerreros del Ring on 52MX: 2013-03-02
http://www.sendspace.com/file/63nflu
taped 2013-02-24 @ Arena Coliseo
1) Dalis la Caribeña, Dark Angel, Estrellita vs Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5opk52
2) Fuego, Máximo, Stuka Jr. vs Namajague, Niebla Roja, Shigeo Okumura
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qht4wx
3) Atlantis, La Sombra, Mistico vs Averno, Rey Escorpión, Volador Jr.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h5v8s3

CMLL on CadenaTres: 2013-03-02
taped 2013-02-26 @ Arena Mexico
Intro
http://sendspace.com/file/vwxjnf
1) Génesis & Robin vs Camorra & Guerrero Negro Jr.
http://sendspace.com/file/hd4cnm
2) Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Nitro, Skándalo
http://sendspace.com/file/67yq92
3) Camaleón vs Stigma, Soberano Jr., Höruz, Hombre Bala Jr., Akuma, Espanto Jr., Herodes Jr., Cholo, Bobby Zavala [Sangre Nueva, sf]
http://sendspace.com/file/04m93h
History Capsule
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bmc6bo
Stellar Moments
http://sendspace.com/file/xm1bop
4) Diamante Azul, Super Porky, Valiente vs Kráneo, Morphosis, Psicosis
http://sendspace.com/file/51x0ne
Ending
http://sendspace.com/file/6nw0oo

CMLL on Fox Sports (Mexico): 2013-03-02
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vc8e18
taped 2013-02-22 @ Arena Mexico
Intro
http://www.sendspace.com/file/z8t5no
1) Pegasso, Starman, Tritón vs Hooligan, Nitro, Skándalo
http://www.sendspace.com/file/7t59um
2) Marco Corleone, Rush, Shocker vs Mr. Niebla, Terrible, Último Guerrero
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vvbn8d

CMLL on Televisa: 2013-03-02
http://www.sendspace.com/file/e5x0k8
taped 2013-02-22 @ Arena Mexico
1) La Máscara vs Averno in a lightning match
http://www.sendspace.com/file/rhu3l6
2) Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. vs Misterioso Jr., Namajague, Shigeo Okumura
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9lilp0
3) Ángel de Oro, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada vs Mr. Águila, Psicosis, Volador Jr.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/sjy8hq

Noches de Coliseo: 2013-03-03

https://mega.co.nz/#!Ns4hWIDZ!IBXV6E9IrhK1GGY9BQu72x4hI5N7Zsiwtb4vRR7xGmo

taped 2013-02-05 @ Arena Coliseo Monterrey
1) Chico Latino & Kaientai vs Dralion & Ninja Jr.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/atz2bf
taped 2013-02-24 @ Arena Coliseo Monterrey
2) Gato Fantasma vs Desafio
http://www.sendspace.com/file/x82dtr
3) Galactar, Koko Viper, Mongol Chino Jr. vs Erick Ortiz, Kuman Jr., Perfil
http://www.sendspace.com/file/fhnolc
4) Principe de Oro, Relámpago (Coahuila), Rey Hechicero vs Diluvio Negro II, Hijo de Espanto II, Mongol Chino
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1w4pt6

IWRG Zona XXI: 2013-03-03
https://mega.co.nz/#!BlhWiRIA!MdpWIzuZES3XO49lb8ygdhhE1P48o6gH7X65pwsaHco
taped 2013-03-03 @ Arena Naucalpan
Intro
http://www.sendspace.com/file/m6v18y
1) Alan Extreme & Mr. Leo vs Avisman & Imposible  – joined in progress
http://www.sendspace.com/file/aiur97
2) Chico Che, Dinamic Black, Saruman vs Dave The Clown, Niko, Rothen Clown
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zzm4tu
3) Centvrión, Dr. Cerebro, Pantera vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Eita, Tomahawk
http://www.sendspace.com/file/8k8lhk
4) Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Super Astro, Veneno vs Eterno, Scorpio, X-Fly
http://www.sendspace.com/file/elp5dm
5) Trauma II vs Oficial 911, el Ángel in a losers advance match
http://www.sendspace.com/file/sn3svd
6) el Ángel vs Trauma II, mask vs mask – note: FINISH IS NOT SHOWN. I left the commercial break in.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/hron9d
ending
http://www.sendspace.com/file/s7uuxt

AAA on Televisa (Regional): 2013-03-03
taped 2013-02-18 @ Lienzo Charro Ignacio León Ornelas, Irapuato
(national matches were had no additional material)
taped 2011-03-18 @ Plaza de Toros Monumental Aguascalientes
2) Gran Apache, Mari Apache, Octagoncito, Pimpinela Escarlata vs Hijo del Tirantes, Mini Histeria, Sexy Star, Yuriko
aired, will post UTDN version next week
A Fondo – Konnan, Dorian and others talking about the La Sociedad feud
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5hlhck
taped 2013-02-18 @ Lienzo Charro Ignacio León Ornelas, Irapuato
3) Atomic Boy, Fabi Apache, Pasion Kristal vs Black Mamba, Gran Apache, Mari Apache
aired, will post UTDN version next week