Month: March 2014

CMLL (MON) 03/17/2014 Arena Puebla [Cinco Radio, Periodico Enfoque]
1) Akrón & El Rebelde b Meyer & Paris
2) Asturiano, Leono, Robin DQ Blue Center, Espíritu Maligno, King Jaguar
Espiritu Negro DQed for fouling Asturiano
3) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Stigma b Kamaitachi, Puma, Tiger
Kamaitaichi was hurt after a Guerrero Maya move. Stigma beat Puma.
4) Diamante Azul, Titán, Valiente b Euforia, Kráneo, Ripper
Euforia had problems with his partners, which led to the Invasors attacking him after the match. Euforia declared the Invasors were not welcome in CMLL and challenged them to a match next week.
5) Atlantis, Máscara Dorada, Volador Jr. DQ Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
Mephisto fouled Volador. Volador offers a title match to get Mephisto one on one. Mephisto did not accept, but it sounds like it will happen next week anyway.

Mephisto/Volador will be alright, but much more intrigued for Euforia based feuds. And there are more of those this year, for whatever reason. Euforia versus Kraneo is quite the battle for heavyweight supremacy.

Terra’s posted a preview for Sunday (that says at Arena Mexico in the body, but it’s at Arena Coliseo) but has said nothing for Monday.

“Luchadora”, a documentary about Luna Magica, is a movie project on Kickstarter.The preview says it’s about Luna balancing her lucha libre career and her personal life, including trying to get custody of her child. The people behind the project say the movie has been filmed and are looking for $10, 500 in post-production costs. They’ve collected $7,215, and have 15 days to get the rest if the project is going to be funded. That’s pretty far along. This is not new ground, there was a luchadora centeric film project just last year, but it sounds interesting and I’ve just tossed in some money.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update and the latest LuchaWorld podcast with theories on La Parka winning the Rey de Reyes and Sin Cara’s disavowed bookings from last month.

DJ Spectro says Fabuloso Blondy was the first person to have an special entrance at Arena Mexico. Wasn’t one of the Espectros “buried” underneath the ground and rose from the floor to enter the ring once?

Mary Apache beat La Sadica in Monterrey to set up a LLF title match in the future.

Also, Dulce Kanela learns never to go for a third moonsault in an apuesta match.

Federal I (Leonardo Pérez Flores, 42, 15 years a wrestler from Naucalpan) and Federal II (Juan García Hernández, 30, 10 years a wrestler from Naucalpan) lost their masks to De Luto IV & De Luto Jr. in Pachuca.

A boxing promoter in Campeche says he’d run lucha libre and boxing events every two weeks if the local government would lower the tax on such events.

Toryumon Mexico (SUN) 03/16/2014 Sala de Armas Magdalena Mixhuca, Ciudad México, Distrito Federal [The Gladiatores]
1) Douki & Hanaoka b Íkaro & Príncipe Azteca
2) Demus 3:16 & Pequeño Nitro b Astral & Eléctrico
3) Akuma, Nitro, Yoruba b Hombre Bala Jr., Super Ciudadano, Súper Halcón Jr.
Nitro replaced Hooligan.
4) Arkángel de la Muerte & Olímpico b Brazo de Plata & La Máscara
An Isis distraction set up a foul on La Mascara for the rudo win.
5) Último Dragón b Rey Bucanero [PWF JH NWA IJ?]
Ultimo Dragon is champion. This was the All Japan (PWF) junior heavyweight championship, not the NWA one he’s previously defended here. This was announced as a PWF Junior Heavywight Championship, but the belt in the photos is the NWA International Junior Championship. Seconds were Arkangel and Principe Azteca. Bucanero pulled Dragon’s mask for the DQ, Bucanero won the second. Both luchadors accidentally hit referee Rafael el Maya in the third knocking him out, Olimpico & Arkangel ran in to attack Dragon, Brazo de Plata ‘ran’ them off, and replacement referee Babe Richard took over as Dragon submitted Rey Bucanero for the win. Third defense.

The Observer said this would be taped for Japan TV, for some reason. Next show should be the annual DragonMania show at Arena Mexico, probably 05/10.

IWRG (SUN) 03/16/2014 Arena Naucalpan [Estrellas del Ring, The Gladiatores]
***Guerra de Golfo, 2014***
1) Hip Hop Man & Látigo b Aztlán & Hanaoka
Aztlan replaced MS1 Jr.
2) Chico Che, Emperador Azteca, La Magnifica b Dowki, Hanaoka, Imposible
Hanaoka replaced Sadica, so it was 3 men vs 2 men & 1 La Magnifica. Emperador Azteca wants a shot at Imposible’s title. Imposible asked a fan, who said no. So, no.
3) Súper Nova b Trauma II [IWRG JUNIORS]
Trauma II falls on third defense, Super Nova wins the title.
4) Tony Rivera L Veneno, El Hijo del Diablo, Trauma I, Toscano, Golden Magic [cage, loser advances]
Order of escape was Trauma I, Toscano, Golden Magic, Diablo and Veneno, leaving Tony Rivera to advance.
5) Oficial AK47 L Black Terry, Apolo Estrada Jr., Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Relámpago, Skayde [cage, loser advances]
Order of escape started Apolo, Skayde, Hijo de Mascara. Terry & Official tied Relampago’s mask to the ropes to trap him, but he just unmasked himself, covered himself with his shirt, and left. Tony Rivera tried to help AK47 so Terry would lose, but it backfired and AK47 lost instead.
6) Tony Rivera b Oficial AK47 [cage, hair]
Tony tied AK47’s boot to the ropes and climbed out for the win. Oficial AK-47’s second hair loss in just over three months. Tony claims this is his 57th hair match win.

CMLL.com interviewed former apuesta victims of Shocker for their predictions on his match with Rush. Mascara Ano 2000, who lost his hair to Shocker in Puebla in 2003, says he hopes Shocker gives Rush a fight even if he doesn’t win. Rey Bucanero said Shocker is his most hated rival, but he’s got to beat Rush in Arena Mexico. Rambo said he just wants to see the match, which is good since that may be his job on Friday. Scorpio Jr. wants Shocker to hold high the name of the Guapos and shave Rush. No word what Yoshi-Hashi thinks of all of this.

Terra usually puts up a short article on Mondays previewing the Friday and Sunday CMLL shows. If CMLL and Terra are planning on streaming the entire show, they’ll make it clear in that article.

Rayo de Jalisco, Rayman and All Carrillo defeated Hijo del Solitario, Angel Blanco Jr. and Cien Caras Jr. by DQ (foul) in the main event of a legends show in Arena Jalisco.

Mascara Dorada defeated Rey Bucanero in a trios match in Couzmel (on Sunday, maybe?) when Bucanero fouled Dorada. The article says they drew 800, which doesn’t sound like a lot, but the promoters sounded happy and planned on bringing in more guys soon.

Ricky Marvin missed the WXW shows in Germany over the weekend, saying his passport expired. He was in NOAH in January, so that must’ve been pretty recent (and you’d think someone would’ve pointed it out when he was using a nearly expired passport.)

LuchaWorld has this week’s PosterMania.

Rey Escorpion still doesn’t like Maximo, still wants to take his hair.

CMLL’s final Cien Caras promo video, talking about his mask match with Rayo de Jalisco.

Porra Fresa preview of tonight’s Arena Puebla show, an Avernos vs Volador/Dorada/Atlantis rematch main event.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 03/23/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Índigo vs Relampago Azul
2) William Rock vs Ángel del Mal
3) El Divino & Virgo vs Demonio Rojo & Évola
4) Smaker vs Espectrum
5) Black Metal, León Blanco, Sky Kid vs Acertijo, Demonio Maya, Maléfico
6) Black Panther, Blue Panther, Cachorro vs Puma, Tiger, Vangellys

Vangellys, better Casas than Canelo?