Day: May 13, 2013

Piratas defeat Navarros, a different time limit draw

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IWRG (SUN) 05/12/2013 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), The Gladiatores]
1) Dragón Celestial & Fulgor b Galaxie & Seiya
2) Imposible & Picudo Jr. b Diva Salvaje & Miss Gaviota
Picudo gave Gaviota a back cracker in the third.
3) Alan Extreme, Apolo Estrada, Canis Lupus COR Centvrión, Freyser, Golden Magic
Rudos all did dives in the third fall, and Canis Lupus was the only one of the six to make it back in!
4) Danny Casas, Niko, Súper Nova b Chico Che, Dinamic Black, Tony Rivera
Tony Rivera’s first match here since October. Niko (and Fandango) replaced Eterno. Rudos took 1/3, Nova pinning Dinamic Black using the ropes to pin him. Nova feuded with Dinamic Black during the match and challenged him for a (double) title match.
5) Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan, Toscano b Negro Navarro, Trauma I, Trauma II
Negro Navarro submitted Pirata in the second, Toscano & Hijo de Pirata beat the Traumas in the second, and Pirata Morgan surprised Negro with a hold to beat him in the third. Both fathers exchanged challenges for the IWRG trios (Piratas) and tag (Negro/Trauma I) titles.

I had this on my TV while I was working on other stuff last night. LAS ended up airing 2/3/4, then cut away to a rerun instead of the main event, then cut back to ending after the main event. It was a new way to be strange. I wonder what (or if) the ‘TV networks forcing AAA to do exclusive wrestlers’ affects the AAA guys who appear on IWRG TV.

Super Nova and Dinamic Black were basically having their own match for large stretches of the semifinal. Tony Rivera seemed to be in a crazed mood, or maybe that was just his Tony Gym shirt.

CMLL LLA (SUN) 05/12/2013 Gimnasio Nuevo Leon [LuchaMania Monterrey]
1) Gato Fantasma & Sky b Pedro Navajas & Vudu
2) Bengali, Difunto I, Difunto II b Golden Boy, Rey Demonio Jr., Silencio
Difunto I snuck in a foul on Golden Boy.
3) Monje Negro Jr., Potro Jr., Tigre Universitario b Angel Dorado Jr., Charles Lucero, Máscara Púrpura
Tiger pinned Lucero. They feuded.
4) Atlantis & Máximo b Averno & Último Guerrero
Tecnicos won clean. Atlantis (30 years) was honored before the match, and there was a moment of applause for Hector Garza (not present.)
5) Mistico TLDRAW La Sombra, Volador Jr. [LLA AZTECA]
Mistico came in as champion. Match was announced as a 30 minute time limit, with both Sombra & Volador unhappy about it since there had been no time limit in previous matches when they held this hot potato title. Sure enough, this went to a time limit draw. Luchadors asked for extra time, but the promoter would not budge. The commission announced that a time limit draw meant the title was vacant (?!?!). The luchadors then asked if they could continue the match without it being a title match, the commission gave them OK, and it turned into a hardcore match until they just stopped.

That sure reads like they wanted the belt off Mistico but weren’t allowed to have him lose. Only Ultimo Guerrero gets to do that. No, wait, Averno too. I guess it’s more important to protect a guy in a building you run 3 times a year than the ones you run twice a week.

Black Terry Jr. also has photos of an outdoor show with CMLL and independent luchadors on Sunday.

Carlito vs Shelton Benjamin headlines a show in Sonora on 05/19.

Rico Rodriguez hypes up his match with Super Crazy.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 05/19/2013 Arena Mexico
1) Bengala & Fresbee vs Herodes Jr. & Ramstein
2) Aereo, Bam Bam, Shockercito vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior
3) Fuego, Hijo del Fantasma, Hombre Bala Jr. vs Misterioso Jr., Puma, Virus
4) Delta vs Pólvora [lightning]
5) Atlantis, Blue Panther, Super Porky vs Boby Zavala, Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión
6) Máscara Dorada, Mistico, Valiente vs Negro Casas, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero

Valiente is going to have a busy May and June. Dorada goes for win #2 in a row!

Zavala gets another semimain. Polvora should be concerned.

Bam Bam hasn’t been seen in 3 months, which might have to do with his behavior in his last match.

CMLL (SUN) 05/19/2013 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Brillante & Meteoro vs El Piraña & Thunder Boy
2) Azteca de Oro & El Divino vs Demonio Rojo & Évola
3) El Hippie, Esfinge, Halcón de Plata vs Demonio Maya, Exterminador, Sádico
4) Ángel de Oro, Sagrado, Smaker vs Maléfico, Shigeo Okumura, Shinsuke Nakamura
5) Diamante Azul vs Mephisto

The Smaker/Nakamura match you’ve been waiting to see!

05/12 AAA TV Results (Durango)

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AAA TV (SUN) 05/12/2013 Plaza de Toros, Durango, Durango [Lucha Libre AAA]
1) Lucky Boy & Niño de Ébano b Carta Brava Jr. & Dr. Cerebro
No Freelance or Segura. Two Spanish Flys from Maxima Velocidad for the win.
2) El Apache, Eterno, Mamba b Aerostar, Atomic Boy, Axel
Axel’s debut in AAA (though he was in AAA as Goldman way back in 1993.) Apache beat Atomic Boy with a top rope powerbomb. Daga made fun of Axel after the match.
3) Argos, Chessman, Halloween b Angélico, Drago, Jack Evans
Chessman beat Drago with a top rope legdrop. Rolling with the momentum of such a big win, Chessman challenged Texano for a title shot. Texano again said Heavy Metal is washed up as a luchador, so no title match for Heavy Metal. Texano ruled Chessman was a quality luchador who give him a good fight, and so accepted Chessman’s challenge.
4) Silver King, Texano Jr., Villano IV b Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown
Villano IV snuck in a foul on Psycho Clown. Villano IV declared he and his brothers were the best trio that has ever existed in the history of wrestling. La Parka (not the Clowns, who are champions here) appeared to disagree and proposed an AAA Legends vs Villano’s team.
5) Daga, el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Psicosis b Escoria, La Parka, Ozz
As with all Perro matches, an unannounced no disqualification match. Perro said this result would repeat at TripleMania.

Air Date: let’s say 05/18 and 05/25, sounds plausible, though some matches will also air on Fusion so maybe just one week.

The rudos won every match, though sometimes Lucky & Nino are tecnicos and sometimes they’re tecnicos (and you can’t really tell which way it in any match, so maybe I should’ve just made everyone there black.)

What we’ve got for TripleMania so far

  • Cibernetico vs Perro Aguayo Jr. [hair]
  • Texano Jr. (c) vs Chessman [AAA HEAVY] – this would actually be very interesting. It can’t actually be happening. Heavy Metal and Chessman are on opposite sides of a trios match at the next taping which be the next chapter here. Mesias & Blue Demon might be involved in this match too, or might be in their own match.
  • Daga (c) vs Axel [AAA CRUISER] – possibly a multi-man match by the time they’re done, because they’ve always done multiman match
  • Villanos vs AAA Legends of La Parka, Octagon, Whoever Else  – the recap says “independents”, which might mean someone else besides Villano V. More likely he has a third last match ever.  Maybe the Psycho Circus involved? They’re facing Consejo again in Tampico
  • Atomic Boy vs El Apache [mask vs hair] – they’ve dragged it out for this long

That leaves room for 2 or 3 matches. No hints about TNA or other outside involvement. Probably a Relevos AAA to get women and minis and exoticos on the card, since they all have no feuds. Maybe the Blue Demon Legacy Title? There’s a lot of different ways they could ‘add’ on a lot of extra people, no way of knowing which way they’ll go.

There’s missing a match that’s going to be a sure great match. Both Perro & Cibernetico and Atomic Boy & Apache look to be bloody memorable spectacles, but there’s no match that just has two or four or six really good wrestlers against each other – like the Fusion match at Rey de Reyes – , and AAA definitely has those luchadors. I assume they’ll be adding more people to the Cruiserweight match, but that hasn’t worked out well in the past. Maybe Demon and Mesias will be split out into it’s own match so Mesias can try for that great TripleMania match, as he usual does.

Upcoming tapings:
Friday in Puebla
05/24 in Tampico – probably the cut off for stuff airing in any meaningful way before TripleMania
05/30 in Toluca – semi-lame duck taping?
06/16 in TripleMania – getting close to a month away!