taped 2013-10-29 @ Arena Mexico Leono & Robin vs Apocalipsis & Ramstein: not the exact same formula as the last two weeks but definitely not an improvement. Second fall turned into amateur hour and the rest of the match was no great shakes. A waste of time.
double stomp
Aéreo, Bam Bam, Último Dragoncito vs Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior: This was not a good match, but it completely got derailed by the second fall unexpected disqualification and never rebounded. Third fall was disjointed; laid out in a way to be a big finish but really never building any momentum to get there. The Warrior teased feuds of the last two weeks were completely ignored.
not a good tope, not sure why I grabbed this one
Fuego, Pegasso, Sagrado vs Boby Zavala, Sangre Azteca, Virus: Another match which really never got going before a lame result. I don’t know if there was a push for more ‘surprise’ finishes to falls, but there sure has been enough of them to drain all surprise the last month or so. Rudos did a random blend of trapping a guy inside for a hot tag, then stopping trapping for no reason, then never really letting the técnicos get hot. This was not good.
La Sombra, Máscara Dorada, Super Porky vs Morphosis, Mr. Águila, Volador Jr.: The absolutely minimum stuff possible. I think Dorada got in like 3 spots in the entire match. It was really the rudos directing the action, and directing it to be a very basic very easy match for them. Crowd was okay with it because it was Porky and Volador, but it was not really a suitable main event. Mailed in.
IWRG (THU) 11/21/2013Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), IWRG]
1) Atomic Star & Electro Boy b Seiya & Sky Ángel
2) Anubis Black, Araña de Plata, Epidemia b Emperador Azteca, Hip Hop Man, Látigo Epidemia replaced Kalim Black, Latino replaced Mr. Leo.
3) Douki b Dragón Celestial [super libre, #1 Contenders, IWRG IC Light] Douki gets a shot at Imposible
4) Golden Magic b Canis Lupus [super libre] Mask ripping and bleeding. Golden Magic asked for a mask versus mask match, not a title match.
5) Alan Extreme & Veneno b Eterno & Súper Nova and Trauma I & Trauma II Traumas used fouls to defeat Nova & Eterno. Alan & Veneno bled again but beat the Traumas to win.
Main event seems to be setting up a Traumas vs Alan/Veneno title match, but the champs have another title match to get thru first. Golden Magic versus Canis Lupus seems like it might the big December match, if there is one this year.
CMLL’s show tonight is main evented by Estetas vs Guerreros/Volador in something which could turn into a trios match, but the bigger match on the night is Negro Casas versus Rush. The two feuded during the summer leading up to a hair match which still hasn’t gotten around to occurring. It makes sense to be the year end hair match main event, and they should make it clear that’s going to happen tonight if it’s really the plan. Picking a date wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
The big mysery in the undercard is no longer a mystery. CMLL Gaceta posted a photo of Psyco Ripper. He’s Psicosis II. There’s no attempt to the previous identity in the picture, all of Psicosis’ chest and arm tattoos are visible and the only thing changed is his mask. CMLL weirdly insists this is a new person anyway. I would assume this means AAA has won it’s battle over the name (making them 3 for 3 with the Invasors) or CMLL just doesn’t want to be part of it anymore. He’ll probably continue to use “Psicosis” on non-CMLL shows.
Triton replaces Rey Cometa in the tercera. That CMLL Gaceta report mentions Cometa will be out four weeks after being hurt in Arena Mexico last Sunday. Cometa was visibly hurt in his match with Impulso in the ChilangaMask show and did seem hurt again after his dive on Sunday.
AAA tapes tonight in Aguascalientes, the last taping before Guerra de Titanes. The main event is a Perros versus Perros main event where the story appears to be no one knowing why this is happening. AAA posted an interview with Daga where he’s upset with Perro for causing this match to exist, but hasn’t actually talked to him (or Psicosis.) Someone get Daga some Telcel credits so he can make a phone call.
All the matches AAA has planned for Guerra de Titanes should be clear by the end of this taping. However, since AAA seems to be treating the December show as just extra special taping, their may not be many plans for meaningful matches. They are running a 12,000 building, so it seems like they ought to have something major but it’s a bit late in the game for that. AAA’s Twitter promoted the show this morning as “El evento que cambiará todo“; they could be exactly correct, but they haven’t created the feel of everything changing.
Psycho Clown announced all of the CMLL luchadors have been prohibited from wrestling on this weekend’s El Brazo tribute show, though they will be signing autographs. This is the reverse of the Brazo family show this summer, where all the AAA luchadors were limited to appearing (and run-ins) and the CMLL luchadors worked that show. It appears to be CMLL’s call both times – they won’t let their guys wrestle in the same ring as AAA wrestlers, even if they’re in different matches. It’s a dumb policy, especially on shows in tribute to deceased luchadors, but it’s not a new policy.
Mookieghana posted a lot of stats about the last 10 years of CMLL matches, based on my weird record keeping. The people who faced off the most were not Averno and Mistico, as much as it seemed like it for a few years.
Matematico II and Tiger Man are police officers when they’re not in the ring. They’re mentioned as brothers here, which I had not heard before. The article says there are 70 different police officers (including 10 women) who also work as luchadors.
IWRG (SUN) 11/24/2013Arena Naucalpan
1) Imposible vs Douki [IWRG IC Light] Imposible is champion. Second defense.
2) Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman, El Hijo del Diablo vs Black Terry, Bombero Infernal, Dr. Cerebro [EdM Trios] Gringos VIP are champions. First defense.
3) Trauma I & Trauma II vs Oficial AK47 & Oficial Fierro [IWRG IC TAG] Traumas are champions. Third defense
4) Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan Jr. vs Eterno, Súper Nova, X-Fly [IWRG IC TRIOS] Piratas are champions. First defense.
5) Oficial 911 vs Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 [IWRG Rey del Ring] Oficial 911 is champion. First defense.
Lot of title changes and not a lot of defenses means many of these are new champions. Main event is the best chance for a title change.
taped 2013-10-22 @ Arena Coliseo Guadalajara Black Metal, Esfinge, Leo vs Espectrum, Hooligan, Nitro: In a world where CMLL was actually bringing Leo to Mexico City soon (instead of just something invented by the announcers to kill time), why would you air a match where Leo is so bad? CMLL airs hours and hours of TV, but they also have hours and hours more – why is picking the good stuff hard? Leo did look bad, but Nitro was also not in a mood to help him out at all. Everyone else was in shouting distance of alright but nothing memorable.
no one gets destroyed like Namajague
taped 2013-10-27 @ Arena Mexico Atlantis, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Namajague, Puma, Tiger: Very good, borderline great. A really fun trios match for something only two falls and note exceedingly long.) Under the circumstances, they actually built stronger to a Namajague/Maya singles match than the actual tag match, but both are good ideas. Atlantis was surprisingly good working against Tiger and Puma and Delta were good as well. There were definitely places that could’ve been cleaned up – not sure what the German suplex near the end was supposed to be – but overall a pretty fun time.
Mistico always goes straight up on backcrackers.
Mistico, Rush, Titán vs Averno, Mephisto, Volador Jr.: Good booking for next week, although Mephisto and Titan actually had more rough spots than every other combination. Still, Titan looked very strong in the end here; someone’s working hard to make him look good. The surprise sudden turnaround is done too much (because there’s three falls), but the dropkick a seated guy off the apron bit that set it up here in the second fall is also way over exposed and never looks that good. It doesn’t seem like an easier bump, and it’s not really a more impressive one at this point.
