CMLL WMC (SUN) 08/18/2013 Deportivo SME Villa Coapa, Mexico City [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), R de Rudo]
1) Kick Dragon, Mormo, Tanque Infernal b Galáctico, Magnetico, Sky Fly 
2) Ares (Aficion), Camorra, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Rey Bucanero b Big Boy, Íkaro, Sensei, Stukita
Rey Bucanero & Hijo del Pirata replaced Antar. Stukita was added to the tecnico side.
3) Keira, Princesa Blanca, Star Fire b Crazy Star (F), Davinha, La Vaquerita
Davinha and Crazy Star had problems, leading to their loss.
4) Cerebro Negro & Dr. Cerebro b Trauma I & Trauma II and Eterno & Súper Nova
Team of Belial and Tornado were announced but didn’t appear. Traumas eliminated Eterno & Super Nova, Trauma I destroying Super Nova’s knee again. Cerberos beat Trauma II with a foul.
5) Sagrado, Skándalo, Último Guerrero, Virus DQ Averno, Boby Zavala, Hijo del Lizmark, Pirata Morgan
Pirata Morgan, Lizmark and Bobby Zavala replaced Puma, Bucanero, and Tiger on Averno’s side, Virus & Skandalo replaced Felino & Nitro on the other side. Straight falls, Pirata fouling UG in the second.
The Trauma attack on Super Nova’s knee follows similar attacks in Arena Naucalpan. Texano Jr. says Super Nova will have surgery today, which is probably for that knee. (Today’s messages indicates all went okay.) Eterno & X-Fly winning the tag team titles instead of usual tag team of Eterno & Super Nova indicates someone knew this absence was coming, but it’s obvious setting up Super Nova coming back for revenge. No report of how long he’ll be out (though the tag team change again suggest it may be a while.)
AAA’s changed next Friday’s main event. Same participants, but it’s now a cage match. Not a cage of death, nothing is on the line. La Secta must have a big win if they’re to be taken seriously. Climbing out of a cage slightly ahead of someone else is not something fans usually see as a big win. (Neither is a finish where a guy gets fouled and hit by a weapon or otherwise totally cheated before losing, so it’s not just the cage.) A cage match where one of the tecnicos gets stuck behind and destroyed by the rudos before losing can be an impressive win. The easiest impressive win is someone in La Secta beating someone on the Mesias/Perro/Cibernetico side clean, but this change seems to imply there’s some difficulty in making that happen.
In other Plans Change news, the Arena Lopez Mateos CMLL Anniversary preview tag match – Sombra/Volador vs Ultimo Guerrero/Atlantis – is off and now there will just be two trios match for each feud. La Mascara & Mascara Dorada have been added to the card. I presume this is CMLL putting it’s foot down and not wanting anyone to run that tag match before they do.
CFan Deportes believes the poster for Friday’s Universal show indicates the first round matchups for the CMLL Universal tournament. This would be a break from traditional illogical seeding battle royals, but CMLL has not otherwise shown signs of stopping that dumb tradition. If the article is right, the first round matchups would be Mistico vs Averno, Terrible vs Mascara Dorada, Rush vs Rey Escorpion and Polvora vs La Mascara. Those do sound reasonable, and would set up the most likely Terrible vs Rush block final.
El Hijo del Santo’s column starts of talking about how young luchadors eventually need to be moved up to the big matches if they want to fully grow as luchadors. It’s actually a setup for a bio of (the 50s) el Gladiador, who had great ability but problems outside the ring and was eventually shot dead in a bar fight. Santo briefly mentions Saruman, Imposible, Horuz, Heddi Karoui and Zumbi as having the possibility to be big if put in bigger matches.
LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update and a list of luchadors in the PWI 500.
Rob has highlights of 02/08/13 CMLL.
Lucha Libre in Japan
Violento Jack won his first round match in the Pain Limit Deathmatch tournament, defeating HIROKI earlier today. He faces Minoru Fujita in a ladder death match tomorrow.
Links
Kcidis has support banners for Atlantis and Volador.
Sombra is preparing hard to keep his mask.
Fantasma de la Opera, promoting the Pierroth vs Diamante Azul card in Durango, says the CMLL wrestlers will go all out to please the people at the show.
Angel Dorados wanted to prove Monterrey wrestling is not all silliness.
Gallo Tapado Jr. says the Mexican fans demanded he return.
R de Rudo interviews Calle 13.
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