taped 2013-05-10 @ Arena Mexico
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Month: June 2013
AAA TripleMania iPPV Q&A
What are the important things to know?
AAA TripleMania will air on uStream on June 16th. The show starts at 6:30 pm CT and will around 4 hours. It will cost $14.95 (USD). You can order the show here, and the complete lineup is available here. The show will be broadcast in Spanish only.
Who can order this iPPV?
As far as we can tell, everyone. There will be no region restriction.
AAA has said TripleMania would also be on conventional PPV broadcast via Sky Mexico PPV for those who have access, and are expecting some sort of announcement from Sky about it today. AAA also mentioned the show being available in movie theatres, but there are no details about that.
Will the show be available on demand?
YES. AAA announced on Tuesday that the show would be available to rewatch until July 5th.
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Fuego & Stuka En Busca de un Idolo, Mercurio vs Bam Bam, SuperLuchas returning?
CMLL (TUE) 06/11/2013 Arena Mexico [CMLL]
1) Höruz & Oro Jr. b Guerrero Negro Jr. & Ramstein
2) Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito b Astral, Eléctrico, Fantasy
3) Delta, Diamante, Hijo del Fantasma b Cancerbero, Nosferatu, Raziel
4) Fuego b Misterioso Jr. [En Busca de un Idolo]
Fuego submitted Misterioso with an armbar. Fuego scored a 9/8/8/8 for a 33. Misterioso scored 5/1/2/7 for a 15, and made a show of reading CMLL Magazine instead of listening to the judges.
5) Stuka Jr. b Sangre Azteca [En Busca de un Idolo]
Stuka was hurt coming in – Brazo de Plata later said it was a knee, a shoulder and a foot – and seemed to get more hurt after a dive and was badly limping by he end of the match. Still, he won and the judges gave him credit for his professionalism. Stuka scored a 10/10/9/10 for a 39. Sangre scored a 32.
6) La Máscara, Super Porky, Thunder DQ Gran Guerrero, Mr. Niebla, Terrible
Straight falls, Niebla unmasked La Mascara.
7) Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto b Máscara Dorada, Mistico, Valiente
Averno beat Mascara Dorada.
Main event seemed to start an Averno & Mascara Dorada feud, which will be fun, but it’s the team in the final of the trios tournament losing to a team that’s not in the tournament. It looks like Ephesto is right, and his trio is the best trio, but that makes having championship belts really dumb. Maybe this means the Guerreros are winning on Sunday, but there’s no connection from here to there.
Fuego is 12 behind Hijo del Fantasma for 4th place according to CMLL’s standings. He’s 23 points ahead in the poll. That will narrow, but probably not. Finals four should be announced Friday.
CMLL’s site called this the first 10 Tirantes has given out in the two seasons of this show. Tirantes gave out 2 10s to Euforia last year, 1 to Titan.
Average judges score
Brazo de Plata: 7.4
Ultimo Guerrero (& Shocker & Felino): 6.3
Tony Salazar: 5.5
Tirantes: 4.4
CMLL (TUE) 06/11/2013 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [@acogdl]
1) Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno b Leo & Virgo
Trueno took 2/3.
2) Black Metal & Smaker b Artillero & Súper Comando
Tecnicos took 1/3.
3) Mercurio, Pequeño Violencia, Pequeño Warrior b Acero, Bam Bam, Último Dragoncito
Mercurio replaced Demus 3:16. Rudos took the first, tecnicso the second, and Mercurio snuck in a foul on Bam Bam. This sets up a hair match for next week.
4) Rush b Euforia
Rush took 2/3, the last with the Rush Driver.
5) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, La Sombra b Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora, Rey Escorpión
Tecnicos took 2/3.
Really disappointed there’s no GDL TV now; Mercurio versus Bam Bam looked like a very fun idea in their limited Mexico City interactions the last two weeks. Mercurio being a fill-in suggests Bam Bam is going to lose his hair, but Mercurio winning week 1 suggests Bam Bam is going to keep his hair. Result hazy, ask again later.
AAA Fusion airs tonight at 8pm, with the last couple of matches from Tultitlan. Tercera Caida follows.
A teaser for SuperLuchas 504 was posted a few times this morning. SuperLuchas magazine hasn’t published since March 21st and the suggestion then was it would take new ownership for them to continue.
The three luchadors in the megachampionship match continue to argue among themselves.
Titan says his favorite match in the BOSJ was against Jushin LIger and he hopes to get his title back from Averno.
Blue Panther will be honored by Durango Congress for his achievements in sports on June 28th.
Frequent traveler LA Park does not like security checks.
Terra will have a video interview with Hijo del Santo tomorrow.
An article about Tigre del Ring winning the CELL championship mentions Chicano suffered a fractured skull.
DJ Spectro looks back at Guerreros del Ring magazine and El Rostro.
Masada is trying to raise money for knee surgery.
Lineups
Toryumon Mexico (SAT) 06/15/2013 Arena Mexico
***DragonMania XIII***
1) ? vs ??
2) ? vs ??
3) ? vs ??
4) ? vs ??
5) ? vs ??
6) Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Platino, Máximo vs ??, Loco Max, Otokozakari
7) Atlantis, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Último Dragón vs ?, Ohara, Último Guerrero
Partial lineup here. There’s a woman’s match and minis match (and 3 other matches.) An Ultimo Dragon comic book project is coming to Kickstarter soon.
IWRG (SUN) 06/16/2013 Arena Naucalpan
1) Galaxy & Sky Ángel vs Fulgor I & Power Bull
2) Acero, Ángel Del Amor, Seiya vs Cerebro Negro, Imposible, Zafiro (DF)
3) Centvrión, Chico Che, Golden Magic vs Factor, Rayan, Spartan
4) Dinamic Black, Trauma I, Trauma II vs Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
5) Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 & Hijo de Pirata Morgan vs Dr. Cerebro & X-Fly [Relevos Increíbles]
This is not taped for TV – until plans change again. There’s a Zafiro in Xalapa and the one in long ago AAA, but I think this is a new IWRG guy.
CMLL (MON) 06/17/2013 Arena Puebla
1) Génesis & Milenium vs Saurón & Zayco
2) Leono, Robin, Tigre Rojo vs Cholo, Espíritu Maligno, Inquisidor
3) Fuego, Sagrado, Stigma vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus
4) Blue Panther, Delta, Hijo del Fantasma vs Kráneo, Morphosis, Psicosis
5) Máscara Dorada, Mistico, Valiente vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
Genesis is back – but working the opener while the Puebla guys get moved up.
IWL, Atlantis vs Ultimo Guerrero, final 1st round matches of En Busca de un Idolo, Goyito Perez, Parka Negra
AAA IWL (SAT) 06/08/2013 Atras del Teatro, Atizapan de Zaragoza, Estado de Mexico [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), R de Rudo]
2) Atomic Star, Payaso Carroña, Payaso Terror, Peirko b Infierno Kid Jr., Ojo Diabólico Jr., Sepulturero I, Último Vampiro and Ángel Del Amor, Chucho el Roto, Iron Love, Yakuza and Centinela, Quimico, Samael, Tormento
Perico moonsaulted Samael and Centinela
3) Oficial AK47, Pantera I, Slash, Suicida b Camikaze, Freelance, Super Boing, Super Pascual
Super Boing, Super Pascual, and Camikaze are Las Frutas. AK-47 beat Super Boing.
4) Fresero Jr., Lolita, Ninja de Fuego b Pasion Kristal, Pentagón Jr., Sexy Lady
Pentagon beat Fresero
5) Ludark Shaitan b Crazy Mary [Copa Femenil Extrema IWL]
expected hardcore match.
6) Carta Brava I, Cerebro Negro, Fantasma de la Ópera b Cíclope, Niko, Pagano and Epitafio, Leviatham, Rocky Santana and Scorpio Jr., Tony Rivera, Zumbudo and Black Terry, Dinamic Black, Dr. Cerebro and Drastik Boy, Paranoiko, Super Mega and Eterno, Súper Nova, X-Fly and Argenis, Drago, Fénix
Ultimo Gladiador replaced Super Nova. Ciclope was the mystery luchador on his team. Preshow press conference had built up the AULL/IWL rivarlry, and team IWL won.
7) Monster Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown b Ángel o Demonio, León Rojo, Ovett [IWL TRIOS]
Clowns won the trios titles back with a distraction from Rocky Santana
The opener, who’s names I’m sure of so no listed here, was the only match to get money thrown in. Luchador count: 62! There looks to be so many people standing on the apron during the 4 way atomicos, I don’t know how anyone saw the match. Outdoor arena looked about a 1/4 full (and also looked like it would be a great venue if full.) Ludark’s match is on her YouTube channel. The entire show looks to have been taped for TVC Deportes.
CMLL (MON) 06/10/2013 Arena Puebla [El Popular]
1) Ares, Espíritu Maligno, Saurón b Águila Egipcia, Meyer, Tigre Rojo Jr.
Aguila Egipcia’s debut here.
2) Hombre Bala, Stigma, Super Halcon b Arkángel de la Muerte, Disturbio, Nitro
3) Blue Panther, Fuego, Sagrado DQ Morphosis, Olímpico, Vangelis
Morphosis fouled Blue Panther. Fuego listed as wrestling again.
4) Diamante Azul, La Sombra, Máscara Dorada b Mr. Niebla, Pierroth, Terrible
Diamante Azul replaced Shocker, Terrible replaced Gran Guerrero. Pierroth’s debut (under that name; last here in July 2003 under his last name.) Azul beat Niebla with the German suplex.
5) Atlantis b Último Guerrero
Atlantis took fall won with a rana, Ultimo Guerrero took second with a powerbomb with his feet on the ropes. UG tried to use the Atlantida in the third, but Atlantis escaped and beat him.
Popular lists Fuego as working this show, but then they had him working last week’s show and it turned out to be Stigma instead. This is important because Fuego’s scheduled to wrestle tonight in the final night of the first round of the En Busca de un Idolo, in a classic “win and get a lot of votes and get some favorable reviews and make sure they never fix their scoring typo” situation.
Fuego is 65 points behind Fantasma based on CMLL’s standings. It should be 67, but they’ve embarssingly never fixed a wrong score. As of the moment, Fuego would get 28 points more than Fantasma from the poll, which leaves Fuego with 38 points to pick up tonight. It turns out Fuego has averaged 18 points from the judges, and that and 20 points from a win would give exactly the number he needs. The trailing people in the polls have gotten more points than they earned most every week, so Fuego probably needs to get closer to 24 to feel any safe. Fuego faces Misterioso tonight and as bad as Misterioso has done for himself, his opponents have averaged 25 points from the judges so far. That would be plenty.
And yet, we don’t know if Fuego is actually okay. He’ll probably fight because luchadors are crazy people who fight when they should not – which is the same reason I’d assume Stuka and Mistico will also be on tonight’s card – but there’s a chance for mass chaos here.
CMLL Gaceta has a preview of tonight’s show, where the Avernos are dismissive of the Estetas and the entire concept of championships. “We do not need the trios titles to know we’re the best team in world”, says Ephesto. Perhaps they’re slightly bitter they were left out.
Parka Negra said on Twitter he was in a car accident with Super Parka. Actually, he says “I finally awoke from a car accident”, which sounds not good at all, but he says he’s okay.
AAA announced mexican born UFC fighter Erik “Goyito” Perez will second Octagon at TripleMania. AAA’s been working on this since Perez mentioned he was a fan of Octagon growing up and wore an Octagon inspired mask to the octagon for a UFC fight. (It appears he also generally likes lucha libre; he posted photos with Volador Jr. and Volador Sr. a couple weeks ago.) I would expect Perez does something that’ll can be used as a highlight elsewhere, and that AAA will want to stay close to Perez and MMA as time goes on.
The lucha show over the weekend in New York with Blue Demon, Bestia, Damian, and Extreme Tiger among others drew poorly and many wrestlers did not get paid. It’s different promoters, but there seems to be a bad track record with New York based lucha libre promotions.
LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update, including results from Cancun. Thunder worked the show. Los Colisenos says the Thunder Facebook linked to last week is a fake account, though frustratingly in a fashion where no one could have known what he was talking about.
Texano reassures the world that Texano will not be losing his title at TripleMania. I feel better.
Apolo Valdes mentioned this year’s Lucha Libre Expo will be November 8-10th. Probably more coming tomorrow.
Lineups
CMLL (SUN) 06/16/2013 Arena Mexico
1) Metatrón & Sensei vs Akuma & Zayco
2) Molotov, Soberano Jr., Stigma vs Apocalipsis, Espanto Jr., Inquisidor
3) Dark Angel vs Lluvia, Estrellita, Goya Kong, Dalis la Caribeña, Tiffany, Princesa Sugheit, La Comandante, Zeuxis, La Seductora [cibernetico]
Dark Angel replaces Silueta
4) La Máscara, Rush, Titán vs Kráneo, Mr. Águila, Psicosis
5) Máscara Dorada, Mistico, Valiente vs Euforia, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero [CMLL TRIOS, final]
Final of an eight team tournament. Winner becomes 25th champions.
This tournament seems set up for Estetas del Aire winning to popularize them as the great new team – but are you really going to be able to popularize a CMLL trio on the day of TripleMania?
It’s great Dark Angel is back, but that match also needed Silueta and like three more. Oh well. I still haven’t gotten to the matches with Lluvia yet, maybe she’s awesome now.
CMLL (SUN) 06/16/2013 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Idolo & Javier Cruz vs Satara & Thunder Boy
2) Esfinge, León Blanco, Virgo vs Espectrum, Infierno, Ráfaga
3) Azteca de Oro & Sky Kid vs Demonio Rojo & Sádico and El Hippie & Leo and Évola & Exterminador
listed as Full Ring de Parejas
4) Luna Mágica vs Princesa Blanca [lightning]
5) Bárbaro Cavernario, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas vs Hijo del Fantasma, Rey Cometa, Tritón
“Full Ring de Parejas” has not been previously done, may be a four way tag.
Satara is from the Dantes Lucha Factory.
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