Month: June 2013

what we know about the TripleMania iPPV failure

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Not a lot yet. The issue is supposedly going to be addressed as the press conference happening after the show (right as you read this.) It’s unclear why nothing could be explained during the show.

The uStream was listed as offline for most of the first hour it was supposed to be on, then “Live” without every actually showing a picture. AAA twice mentioned there were problems and they were working on them, then mentioned there’d be that press conference to explain it. It wasn’t immediately obvious they meant a press conference after the show.

 

None of this was mentioned on the uStream themselves page itself. Instead, this message was put up, blaming uStream from the problem. No explanation of what would happen next was listed on the uStream page and AAA stopped updating the situation on their Twitter after the message was posted.

Roberto Figuera, who was at TripleMania and has a business relationship with AAA, posted this message on Twitter

That says the show will reair on Wednesday at 8 pm. AAA themselves have said nothing about this.

AAA handled this horribly. Not having the stream up is disastrous. AAA also has talked a lot about how important social media is for them, and they completely fell down there. AAA did not acknowledge there was a problem until 15-20 minutes after the show started, they did not keep people updated, they did offer a remedy, and they made people wait for information from other sources to find out what went on.

Plenty of other wrestling companies have used uStream without having this happen. Plenty of other people were able to use the internet in Arena Ciudad de Mexico. Only AAA had this problem, and their shifting of the blame seems duplicitous at best. It’s also beside the point – the only thing people watching that window wanted to see was TripleMania or some info about when they might see TripleMania. AAA gave an excuse instead, and not even hint about when they might get to see what they paid for.

iPPV revenue is tiny portion of the revenue for this show. If they had 200 buys for a show with no promotion outside of Mexico, and no promotion on their TV as an iPPV, that would’ve been a grand success. AAA still sold conventional PPVs (which dropped off during opener but was fine for the rest of the show) and still appear to have sold most of the tickets in the building.  Still, iPPV buyers were either the strongest fans AAA has or casual fans from other places AAA hopes to be running soon, and AAA has left those fans feeling robbed. Those aren’t the fans who are going to support you going forward.

If AAA ever does another iPPV, I would advise not buying it. Go to a show if you can, but don’t trust that AAA can handle something like this.

Honestly, I’m about as furious about how they handled the feed not working as about the feed itself. It’s unacceptable for a fly by night indy promotion, much less a promotion that claims to be major league.

I’ll update this if/when any more information is posted.

Update: 

Dorian Roldan’s addressed the situation on Twitter

http://twitter.com/dorianroldan/status/346489116596244483

http://twitter.com/dorianroldan/status/346489450752245761

http://twitter.com/dorianroldan/status/346489784815992832

Dorian apologizes for the problem. He puts the blame on uStream. He says refunds are already being processed and the show will be posted on AAA’s website tomorrow as a make good.

Assuming the refunds actually turn up in full, that’s a good first step. It doesn’t make up the time people spent trying to watch a show they couldn’t see, or missing out on the experience of watching a show live. It’s enough to stop people from hounding you about this problem for the rest of time, but it doesn’t totally make up for the experience. I’d still say not to buy an AAA iPPV in the future until they have a strong track record.

TripleMania XXI (and CMLL Dia del Padre) coverage – Estetas del Aire champions

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IMPORTANT: TripleMania’s iPPV has not worked at all. There is no word when (or if) it will be up.

Welcome to live coverage of AAA and CMLL’s major shows on today.

TripleMania XXI (El Hijo del Perro Aguayo vs Cibernetico) kicks off at 6:30 pm Central Time and should last about 4 hours.

CMLL’s weekly Sunday show, held this week in Arena Mexico, starts at 5:00 pm Central Time and will last about 2 hours and 15 minutes. Live coverage will begin with that show.

The most detailed discussion of the show will be in the chat, posted below. Results will also be posted on this page and sporadically on Twitter.

AAA’s TripleMania can be purchased on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/aaaluchalibre for $15, as well as thru Sky PPV in Mexico. Please note: anyone asking for or sharing feeds of the event may be banned from the chat.

AAA TV (SUN) 06/g16/2013 Arena Ciudad de Mexico
***TripleMania XXI***
1) Dinastía, El Elegido, Faby Apache, Pimpinela Escarlata b Mamba, Mini Abismo Negro, Silver King, Taya Valkyrie
2) Heavy Metal b Chessman [#1 Contenders, AAA HEAVY]
Metal pinned Chessman with a casita.
3) Crazy Boy & Joe Lider b Angélico & Jack Evans and Drago & Fénix and Daga & Psicosis and Mr. E & Sexy B [AAA TAG]
championships are vacant. Winners will . Mr. E & Sexy B are from WWL, and beat Angelico & Jack. Drago & Fenix beat them. Lider & Crazy beat Perros del Mal. Crazy Boy gave Drago a piledriver for the win. Mexican Powers became 11th champions. Vampiro presented them with the belts, which brought out Konnan for an argument and a teased match between them.
4) Jeff Jarrett, Matt Morgan, Monster Pain b Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown
Jarrett won and Marisela and Karen feuded.
5) Texano Jr. b Heavy Metal [AAA HEAVY]
Texano Jr. beat Metal, making his sixth defense.
6) Blue Demon Jr. b El Mesías [AAA LA]
Hugo Savinovich seconded Mesias. Axel seconded Demon. Clean match which the crowd didn’t like. Blue Demon Jr. won the title. LA Park made a surprise appearance, announcing he was leaving AAA (he’d already left), handing Blue Demon the title and talking up both men. They all hugged.
7) Dr. Wagner Jr., Electroshock, La Parka, Octagón b Canek, Máscara Año 2000, Universo 2000, Villano IV
Goyito Perez was with Octagon but never a factor. Goyito Perez did not appear on the show. Dorian Roldan was with the legends and interfering often, though it wasn’t clear they wanted his help at the end. Wagner beat Universo.
8) el Hijo del Perro Aguayo b Cibernético [hair]
tons of interference and blood. Cibernetico had Perro pinned, but the ref was down and the back up didn’t arrive in time. Perro came back to win with the double stomp. He dedicated the win to Hector Garza and his family (Garza was also honored before the match.) Cibernetico was shaved clean.

CMLL’s show can be seen for free on terra.mx. You’ll want to switch to the Bajo feed – the other feeds are lagging many minutes behind (and probably buffering for even longer.)

CMLL (SUN) 06/16/2013 Arena Mexico
1) Metatrón & Sensei b Akuma & Zayco
Tecnicos took 1/3.
2) Molotov, Soberano Jr., Stigma b Apocalipsis, Espanto Jr., Inquisidor
Tecnicos took 2/3, Molotov pinning Inquisidor (though it sure looked like a double pin to me.)
3) Dalis la Caribeña b Dark Angel, Lluvia, Estrellita, Goya Kong, Tiffany, Princesa Sugheit, La Comandante, Zeuxis, La Seductora [cibernetico]
Dark Angel replaces Silueta. Eliminations went Zeuxis (Dalis), Lluvia (Seductora), Comandante (Goya), Estrellita (Tiffany), Seductora (Dark Angel), Goya Kong (Tiffany & Princesa Sugheit), Tiffany (Dark Angel), Dark Angel (Sugheit), Sugheit (Dallys casita.)
4) La Máscara, Rush, Titán b Kráneo, Mr. Águila, Psicosis
Rush destroyed Mr. Aguila with dropkciks in this match, then dropped him on his head with a Rush Driver. Rush put his foot on Aguila’s face while yelling him at for an apuesta match.
5) Máscara Dorada, Mistico, Valiente b Euforia, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero [CMLL TRIOS, final]
Tecnicos took 1/3 in a good match, with a La Mistica on Ultimo Guerrero to win it. Estetas become 25th champion.

Chat is below

2013 TripleMania predictions

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coverage of Sunday’s shows starts at 5pm CT, and TripleMania itself will start at 6:30pm CT.

It’s odd to have a TripleMania without a mystery person announced. Maybe one or two will still show up.

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Rush causes trouble, Bushiroad, TxT

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photo by CMLL

CMLL (FRI) 06/14/2013 Arena Mexico [CMLL]
1) Leono & Robin b Camorra & Herodes Jr.
2) Hijo del Signo, Hooligan, Skándalo b Metálico, Pegasso, Starman
Signo & Metalico continue to feud. Signo top rope splashed Metalico for the win.
3) Bushiroad, Guerrero Maya Jr., Tritón b Boby Zavala, Namajague, Puma
Bushiroad’s debut here. Tecnicos appeared to win in straight falls (video died in the middle.)
4) Dragón Rojo Jr. b Rey Cometa [lightning]
Dragon Rojo won the Dragon Bomb in a match that started good but Rojo looked very shaky after taking Cometa’s second dive (a tornillo).
5) Negro Casas, Stuka Jr., Valiente b Fuego, Vangellys, Virus [En Busca de un Idolo]
Very good match. Rush & Terrible were in their team’s corners. Fuego and Negro got along with their unusual partners, and both teams maintained unity for the match. Team Virus took falls 1/3 to win the match. Vangellys beat Stuka with a northern lights suplex, and Virus beat Valiente with a Gori Bomb for the win. Rush attacked Negro immediately after the match was over, and Terrible made the save for the opposing trainer. Rush stormed off, and Stuka & Valiente seemed upset with Negro.
6) Máximo, Rush, Shocker DQ Mr. Águila, Rey Bucanero, Rey Escorpión
Straight falls. Rudos were DQed for excessive violence after the match, then Maximo snuck in a foul on Rey Escorpion for the win. Crowd was not happy with Rush, who stormed off for a second time the night while everyone else was making challenges.
7) Atlantis, La Sombra, Titán b Pierroth, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr.
No details, but it appeared Sombra & Atlantis unmasked their rivals during the match and Pierroth was left taking Titan’s moves. Sombra and Atlantis beat Volador and UG in the end.

En Busca de un Idolo match is definitely worth watching Tuesday if you missed it live. The Terra feed went live during entrances for the Tuesday match, so more than half aired.

Todo  el Todo held a press conference Friday, because the day you want to try to get attention for your indy group is three days before the biggest show of the year. Anyway, the women didn’t get along and Zumbi said his youth would be enough to beat Demon & Santo. Santo did not agree. Hijo del Santo also appeared at a new Santo exhibition.

Links

Lineups

IWRG (THU) 06/20/2013 Arena Naucalpan
1) Fulgor vs Sky Ángel
2) Ángel Del Amor & Saruman vs Imposible & Picudo Jr.
3) Centvrión, Golden Magic, Veneno vs Canis Lupus, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
4) Chico Che, Trauma I, Trauma II vs Decnnis, el Ángel, Scorpio Jr.
5) Oficial 911 vs Dinamic Black [IWRG Rey del Ring]
Oficial 911 is champion, first defense.

Dinamic Black going for another title.

CMLL (FRI) 06/21/2013 Arena Mexico
1) Sensei & Soberano Jr. vs Akuma & Apocalipsis
2) Dalis la Caribeña, Dark Angel, Marcela vs Amapola, La Seductora, Princesa Blanca
3) Diamante, Rey Cometa, Tritón vs Niebla Roja, Olímpico, Psicosis
4) Fuego vs Vangelis [En Busca de un Idolo]
5) Valiente vs Stuka Jr. [En Busca de un Idolo]
6) Blue Panther, Rush, Super Porky vs Averno, Negro Casas, Rey Escorpión
7) La Sombra, Máximo, Shocker vs Mr. Águila, Terrible, Volador Jr.

Hair match challenges and Sombra/Volador continue.

06/14 AAA Sin Limite TV Results (Leon)

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photo by Black Terry Jr.

AAA TV (FRI) 06/14/2013 Domo de la Feria de Leon [AAA, Black Terry Jr. (flickr)]
1) Lucky Boy & Niño de Ébano b Mamba & Yuriko
Two man Spanish Fly on Yuriko for the win.
2) El Apache, Mary Apache, Mini Abismo Negro b Atomic Boy, La Jarochita, Octagoncito
Halloween distracted the referee to set up an Apache pulling Atomic Boy’s mask.
3) Angélico, Drago, Jack Evans b Carta Brava Jr., Eterno, Steve Pain
Drago submitted the debutting Steve Pain in what was said to be a very good match.
4) Daga, Halloween, Psicosis b Escoria, Espíritu, Ozz
Ozz beat Daga with the Darketa, then asked for a title shot. Daga said Ozz wasn’t in his class, so not shot.
5) Dizzy & Electroshock b Máscara Año 2000 Jr. & Silver King
Dizzy replaced Heavy Metal, with the explanation that Heavy Metal had not been cleared to wrestle. (Maybe Texano or someone attacked him earlier?) Metal still came out mid match to help the tecnicos win.
6) Chessman, Texano Jr., Villano IV b Canek, El Mesías, La Parka
Canek turned on the tecnicos to ally with Villano IV.

Air Date: 06/22 & 06/29

I’m not sure what to make of the Heavy Metal injury story. He had a shoulder taped (and his ribs, but that might have been to keep his arm to his side.) I am unsure if this was supposed to be an injury from something backstage that was not shown, or if this is follow up to something we won’t see until TripleMania, or if this might prohibit him from wrestling on TripleMania. I guess we find out tomorrow.

I am more sure what to make of the main event – the AAA vs Legends storyline will keep going (and maybe be the focus of the Fusion brand, since that’s the group that needs people, La Parka is in that group, and the indy guys wouldn’t be assigned to either brand?)

It seems like AAA was closer to Escoria getting another shot at the cruiserweight title, so Ozz asking for a shot is out of left field. Probably would be fun.

Next taping is Sunday! And after that I’m much less sure.