Month: April 2014

eMdlLL (SUN) 04/06/2014 Expo Reforma, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal [Estrellas del RIng (12-16), Kaiser Sports (assorted)]
6) Audaz, Black Shadow Jr., Huracan Ramirez b Heavy Metal, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Scorpio Jr.
Replaced a Anteus, El Falcón, El Halcon, Super Brazo vs El Guerrero, Scorpio Jr., Vangellys, Zumbido
7) Engendro Jr., Fresero Jr., Guerrero b el Halcon, Heavy Metal Jr., Pantera Jr.
Replaced a Mascara/Maximo/Porky vs Felino/Metal/Negro Casas trios. First mention of a Heavy Metal Jr.
8) Black Terry & Shu el Guerrero b Brazo de Platino & Brazo de Platino Jr. and Kahoz & Rambo
Listed as Los Brazos vs Los Temearios vs Kahoz & Rambo, with Brazo de Platinos replacing the scheduled Brazos. Main event of show 2.
9) Mini Psicois & Tony Aguirre b Jet & Mini May Flowers
Replaced Stukita, Último Dragoncito vs El Panterita, Zafiro (IWRG)
10) Aguila Solitaria, Aristóteles, Pantera b el Ángel, Fuerza Guerrera, Hijo de Pirata Morgan
11) Gran Cochisse, Huracan Ramirez, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Villano III DQ Cien Caras, El Engendro, Máscara Año 2000, Universo 2000
Main event of show 3. Rudo side was supposed to be the Espectro/Morgan/Satanico Infernales (who are mentioned as being there), ended up the Dinamitas + Engendero, with Huracan Ramirez added to the other show. Cien fouled Rayo.
12) Ayako Hamada, Lady Apache, Lola Gonzalez b Miss Janeth, Rossy Moreno, Tania
Lady Apache flipped sides to replace Reyna Gallegos. Miss Janeth replaced her, and Ayako replaced Vicky Carranza.
13) Cesar Dantes & Solar I b Negro Navarro & Super Astro
Cesar Dantes replaced Blue Panther.
14) Romano Garcia L Gallego, Rocky Santana, Marabunta [hair]
It was Marbunta versus the Diabolicos, only they turned on each other and Marabunta beat Romano for his hair.
15) Blue Demon Jr., Jennifer Blake, Villano IV b Ayako Hamada, Fenix (AAA), Gran Hamada
Main event of show 4. Ayako and Jennifer added to the match, Fenix replaced Canek.

In another sign Meixcan fans don’t seem to care as much about no-shows as other fans, none of the the recaps I’ve read for these has even mentioned half the card didn’t show up. That would seem to be a big thing elsewhere. AAA wrestlers did turn up for the main event (and I’m not certain if Heavy Metal is also supposed to be with AAA, which could possibly be part of the problem.)

IWRG (SUN) 04/06/2014 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (Flickr), IWRG]
1) Anubis Black, Hijo De La Bestia, Picudo Jr. b Galaxy, Látigo, Metaleon
2) Chico Che, Diva Salvaje, Dr. Cerebro DQ Broken Clown, Dave The Clown, Rothen Clown [lumberjack strap]
DQ not specified.
3) Alan Extreme, Máscara Púrpura, Veneno b Danny Casas, Trauma I, Trauma II
Danny Casas replaced Hijo de Mascara Ano 2000. Trauma II feuded with Veneno.
4) Relámpago, Súper Nova, Toscano b Eterno, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Tony Casanova
Hijo de Mascara Ano 2000 replaced Damian 666, but Casanova did make his debut this time. Rudos took 1/3, Mascara yanking Nova’s mask and Casanova pinning him for the win.
5) Black Terry b Tony Rivera [hair]
Orion & Alan Extreme were seconds. Tony took the first fall after Orion hit Terry with a cookie sheet on a dive. Tony and Orion tied Terry to the ropes int he second fall, and Tony faked a foul later on, but Terry kept it together to win the fall with backcracker. Alan took out Orion with a tope in the third while Terry & Rivera brawled. Orion threw flour in the ref’s face to distract him, Tony fouled Terry and tried a suplex, but Terry reversed it to a small package for the win. Tony argued but did get his hair shaved.

Terry wins the feud going back to last summer. Tony Rivera’s been fun here.

Porra Fresa previews tonight’s Puebla card. I’m figuring Volador keeps his title over Negro Casas, but it’s not a given.

Blue Demon Jr. says Chessman is not that good. I guess I’m supposed to be excited to see Demon face someone who’s not that good.

Ohtani’s Jacket reviews more Charles Lucero matches.

Lucha Libre in Japan

Mascara Dorada is working openers on the NJPW Taiwan shows on 04/12 and 04/13. I remembered this was happening, but I forgot it was happening this week.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 04/13/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Reycko vs Relampago Azul
2) Explosivo & William Rock vs Acertijo & Furia Nazi
3) Black Metal, Brillante, Javier Cruz Jr. vs Évola, Exterminador, Mugroso Vago
4) Fuego, Gallo, Smaker vs Demonio Maya, Kamaitachi, Shigeo Okumura
5) Mistico & Rey Cometa vs Averno & Cavernario

Main event should be interesting. Fuego is the middlweight championship here, forgot about that too until I saw it on the poster.

eMdlLL (SAT) 04/05/2014 Expo Reforma, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring (1), Estrellas del Ring (2), Estrellas del Ring (3), Estrellas del Ring (4)]
1) Arquero, Aullido, Brazo De Oro Jr., Brazo de Plata Jr., Fresero Jr. b Dr. Cerebro, Hijo del Villano III, Kaving, Kortiz, Villano III Jr.
Villano kids (and Cerberos) beat Alvardo kids.
2) Lady Apache, Lola Gonzalez, Vicky Carranza b Miss Janeth, Rossy Moreno, Tania
Lady Apache replaced Reyna Gallegos, with Miss Janeth replacing Apache on the other side.
3) Coco Azul, Coco Rojo, Coco Verde b Kahoz, Rambo, Ultimo Rebelde
Ultimo Rebelde replaced Cuchillo.
4) Cachorro Mendoza, Máscara Sagrada, Volador Jr. b El Engendro, Scorpio Jr., Zumbido
main event of show 1. Volador replaced his son (or was meant to originally be listed), Cachorro Mendoza replaced La Mascara, Engendro replaced Vangellys.
5) Hanaoka b Douki
Douki was strechered out.
6) Ayako Hamada, La Magnifica, Muñeca De Plata b Big Mama, Paloma Rouse, Yuka
Lots of switching sides, and Muneca de Plata & La Magnifica replaced Black Fury & Marcela
7) Black Shadow Jr., Dr. Cerebro, Huracan Ramirez b Audaz, Barba Negra, Negro Navarro
Audaz & Barba Negra replaced Anteus & Pierroth. Blue Panther, Maximo, and Super Porky were replaced by Dr. Cerbero, Black Shadow, and Huracan Ramriez.
8) Blue Demon Jr., Gran Hamada, Último Dragón DQ Canek, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Villano IV
main event of show 2. Ultimo Dragon replaced Averno. Hijo del Pirata Morgan replaced Okumura. DQ not specified. Canek & V4 challenged Demon & Hamada.
9) Gallego, Rocky Santana, Romano Garcia b Marabunta, Marabunta Jr., Roy Reyes
Marabunta Sr. bleed a lot.
10) Audaz, El Falcón, Jaque Mate Jr. b Arafath, El Guerrero, Fresero Jr.
Audaz & Jaque Mate replaced El Halcon & Super Brazo, Fresero Jr. replaced Scorpio Jr.
11) Kendo, Solar I, Super Astro b Barba Negra, Bizarro, Sepultura
Sepultura, Bizarro, Barba Negra replaced Felino, Heavy Metal, and Negro Casas.
12) Villano III & Villano IV b Brazo de Platino & Pantera and Black Terry & Shu el Guerrero
listed as Brazos vs Villanos vs Temerarios in a tag tournament. Brazo de Platino & Pantera became the Brazo team. main event of show 3
13) Dragon Steel, Dunkel, Latigo Negro Jr., Tsunami b Hijo del Villano III, Kaving, Kortiz, Villano III Jr.
Supposed to be Arkangel vs Villano vs Dinamita trainees, ended up Dunkel School vs Villanos
14) Cesar Dantes, El Engendro, Jaque Mate b Aguila Solitaria, Aristóteles, Pantera
Engendro replaced Gladiador.
15) Espectro Jr., Pirata Morgan, Satánico b Cachorro Mendoza, Gran Cochisse, Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal replaced Arkangel.
16) Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Villano III, Villano IV b Cien Caras, Máscara Año 2000, Universo 2000
Was listed as Rayo & Universo vs MascaraY2K & Niebla, but lots of changes. Main event of show 4.

I’m not sure if you caught on, but all the CMLL guys pulled out (and somehow Ultimo Rebelde filled in? I guess he got lost.) Not sure what happened there, probably not good. This was day 1 of the 2 day marathon.

CMLL (SUN) 04/06/2014 Arena Coliseo [CMLL, LuchaWorld, Terra]
***71st Anniversary Show***
1) Arkángel de la Muerte, Cavernario, Tiger b Rey Cometa, Sagrado, Stuka Jr.
Stuka replaced Fuego (doubled booked in Oaxaca.) Rudos took 2/3.
2) Blue Panther, Máximo, Super Porky b Rey Bucanero, Rey Escorpión, Terrible
Tecnicos took 2/3. In the last fall, ReyBuc submitted Panther to the fujiwara, Porky dove onto Terrible, Maximo kiss of death’d ReyBuc, and the rudos all attacked Maximo when he was about to beat Escorpion for the DQ. They teased Escorpion/Maximo, but ending could be the start of the cage match.
3) La Sombra, Mistico, Valiente b Averno, Dragón Rojo Jr., Ephesto
Mephisto was announced, but replaced by Dragon Rojo Jr. on Monday. Rudos took 2/3. Long trios match, probably best match on the show. Averno escaped La Mistica and beat Mistico clean with Devil’s Wings. Post match built up Tuesday’s title match.
4) Atlantis b Mr. Niebla
Niebla ambushed Atlantis with a trash can, but Atlantis came back to take the first fall with a casadora cradle. Niebla won the second with a top rope splash. Atlantis won a long third fall with a huracanrana. Better than their last singles match.
5) Pequeño Halcón L Eléctrico, Astral, Stukita, Acero, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Nitro, Pierrothito, Último Dragoncito, Fantasy [mask, cage]
Minis were kept in the cage for about five minutes. Escape order: Acero, Stukita, Fantasy, Ultimo Dragoncito (four tecnicos out first, leaving it three tecncios versus three rudos), Pequeno Nitro, Pequeno Olimpico, Electrico, Pierrothito leaving Pequeno Halcon and Astral as the final two. Halcon & Astral went about 4 minutes before Astral beat Halcon for the win. Halcon was revealed to be Rogelio Espinoza Lopez, 33 years old, from Torreon. He brought his father (Halcon Suriano) in the ring for a hug.

Not near last year’s show, but better than it looked on paper. Cage match had some good moments, Atlantis & Niebla was better than the last time and they tried hard in the third match. Nothing must see if you were watching something else and it still feels kind of a let down for an Anniversary show. A minis cage match with no build up didn’t seem to anything special for the turnout, so I’m probably not the only one who wasn’t excited by the lineup.

CMLL (SUN) 04/06/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [@acogdl]
1) Jocker b Marvel
Debut for Marvel, return for Jocker.
2) Satara b Índigo
3) El Yaqui b El Ídolo
4) Leo b Esfinge, Sky Kid, El Divino, Javier Cruz Jr., Explosivo, Espectrum, Sádico, Évola, Acertijo, Mugroso Vago, Furia Nazi [cibernetico]
Debut for Mugroso Vago. Torneo Cibernetico de Idolos Tapatios. Teams (after battle royal) were Explosivo, Espectrum, Divino, Javier Cruz Jr., Furia Nazi, Sky Kid vs Sadico, Leo, Acertijo, Evola, Esfinge, Murgoso Vago. Acertijo (Sky Kid), Explosivo (Sadico – Explosivo strechered), Furia Nazi (Esfinge), Sadico (Javier Cruz Jr.), Sky Kid (Mugroso Vago), Esfinge (Espectrum), Divino (Evola), Evola (Espectrum – Evola stretched), Espectrum (Leo), Javier Cruz Jr. (sneak foul by Murgoso Vago), leaving teammates Leo & Murgoso Vago to finish it. Leo got the win.
5) Mr. Águila, Ripper, Shocker b Gallo, Máscara Dorada, Volador Jr.
Gallo replaced Rush. Rudos took 2/3, Ripper beating Gallo.

Leo gets a make up win after losing his hair, unsure why he lost his hair in the first place. All I know is finally Ripper found someone on his level to feud with. (Gallo would still crush him in Guadalajara.)

LuchaWorld has a recap of Rey de Reyes and KrisZ’s news update.

Super Libre had interviews with Frayle de la Muerte, Makabre, and Seven Thunder.

Eric R reviews 03/15 Lucha Azteca.

Toscano & the Panteras beat Blue Danger & the Villanos in Arena Queretaro. Toscano is everywhere.

Rey Misterio Jr. was disappointed to hear Sin Cara never wanted to learn English, thought he should’ve tried harder in WWE.  Rey seems genuinely disappointed Sin Cara didn’t work out, which makes him much different than most people in WWE (who didn’t like him because, in part, they thought he was a threat to Rey.)

The Gladiatores interviews Los Aristotles.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 04/13/2014 Arena Coliseo
1) Fantasy & Último Dragoncito vs Pequeño Violencia & Pequeño Warrior
2) Hombre Bala Jr., Star Jr., Starman vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Nitro, Sangre Azteca
3) Lady Afrodita, Marcela, Silueta vs La Seductora, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit
4) Delta vs Tiger [lightning]
5) Diamante Azul, La Máscara, Titán vs Euforia, Pierroth, Último Guerrero
6) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Valiente vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora, Rey Escorpión

It’s the Pierroth return you really didn’t want. The Starman/Star Jr. team up to confuse everyone.

CMLL (FRI) 04/04/2014 Arena México [CMLL, Terra]
1) Kamaitachi, Sangre Azteca, Shigeo Okumura b Magnus, Sensei, Starman
Rudos took 1/3.
2) Dalys, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit b Goya Kong, Lluvia, Silueta
Rudas took 2/3.
3) Dragon Lee b Soberano Jr. [En Busca de un Idolo]
Dragon Rojo was the guest first judge. Dragon Lee defeated Soberano Jr. in 5:56 via spider (second rope) German suplex. Dragon Lee Dragon Lee received judges scores of 8, 7, 7, 2 (Tirantes) for a total of 24. Soberano Jr. received judges scores of 7, 8, 7, 1 for a total of 23
4) Cachorro b Star Jr. [En Busca de un Idolo]
Cachorro b Star Jr. [En Busca de un Idolo] (6:07) via leg trap armbar. Star Jr. received judges scores of 7, 6, 6, 4 for a total of 23. Cachorro received judges scores of 8, 6, 7, 5 for a total of 26.
5) Máscara Dorada, Mistico, Volador Jr. b Kráneo, Morphosis, Ripper
Tecnicos took 1/3, Volador defeating Ripper.
6) Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas, Shocker b Atlantis, La Máscara, Rush
Rudos took 1/3. Casas said he will soon be celebrating Rush losing his hair.

The two En Busca de un Idolo matches were OK, with the second one the better match but everyone looking very new. The website says fan voting will open up on Tuesday.

Attendance seemed considerably down from previous weeks.

LuchaWorld has the latest LuchaWorld podcast.

Sin Cara appears in Arena Juba de Reynosa on 05/11.

CMLL preview for next Friday.

Segunda Caida reviews 2010/2011 Black Terry matches.

Pierrothito wants Astral’s mask.

Lineups

IWRG (WED) 04/09/2014 Arena Naucalpan
1) Vampiro Metálico vs Electro Boy
2) Alfa & Omega vs Fulgor I & Fulgor II
3) Astro Rey Jr., Chico Che, Diva Salvaje vs Araña de Plata, Picudo Jr., Zurdog
4) Dr. Cerebro, Dragón Celestial, Golden Magic vs Apolo Estrada Jr., Oficial 911, Spartan [lumberjack]
5) Alan Extreme, Relámpago, Veneno vs Danny Casas, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan

A show! Poster lists this as March. Segunda could be fun.

CMLL (FRI) 04/11/2014 Arena México
1) Bengala & Robin vs Akuma & Disturbio
2) Astral, Eléctrico, Pequeño Halcón vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito
3) Fuego, Sagrado, Tritón vs Boby Zavala, Misterioso Jr., Puma
4) Súper Halcón Jr. vs Cavernario [En Busca de un Idolo]
5) Hechicero vs Guerrero Negro Jr. [En Busca de un Idolo]
6) Blue Panther, Diamante Azul, Valiente vs Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Vangellys
7) Máximo, Negro Casas, Volador Jr. vs La Sombra, Rey Escorpión, Rush [Relevos Increíbles]

CMLL’s three big feuds in one match. If they’re running any of these for the Arena Mexico Anniversary show, they should get to it soon.

Today’s Arena Mexico starts off the En Busca de un Idolo tournament. We still don’t know how if anything else has been changing with the tournament, since the website remains only pictures of the press conference. The biggest question is the fan voting; the vote totals have been heavily inflated by the same people voting mutliple times (like, thousands of times.) There’s a variety of methods CMLL could use to limit stuff the ballot and make the contest more fair, but they’d end up with a much reduced final vote total. The vote totals are so out of line with expectations they really shouldn’t be taken seriously by anyone with a decent understanding of the internet, but the people high up in CMLL (and who may be in charge of this) aren’t said to have a great grasp of the internet. CMLL’s prior point system has meant the fan voting is twice as important as the decisions, so whatever CMLL ends up doing with the voting is as important to En Busca de un Idolo as any of the matches.

Matches should still be fun. The tournament kicks off with Cachorro versus Star Junior and Soberano Junior versus Dragon Lee, two matches of young high flyers that should end tonight’s Terra broadcast. The actual main event tonight is Atlantis, Rush & La Mascara versus Negro Casas, Shocker and Mr. Niebla, where Rush feuds might take a back seat to building up Atlantis & Mr. Niebla. The Estetas del Aire also team up a week after losing the trios titles, facing the Invasors.

Tonight’s the last CMLL on Terra stream which starts an hour late if you’ve already done the daylight savings time switch. Terra website has gone thru a redesign and the link for the shows might not be in the usual place; this seems like it might be the live link for later.

This week’s Wrestling Observer says AAA believes Sin Cara will be under a no compete until around June 26, and they’d sign him at that point. I’m missing something, because it’s not like AAA’s been afraid to put Sin Cara on their TV already – why wait until June if you’re putting him on TV in February when he’s still under contract to WWE? (And why put him on TV in February if you can’t use him until the end of June? Unless Sin Cara wasn’t totally honest with his contract status, which is not impossible the way this story is going.) Maybe it’ll just be four months of teasing something to happen before it finally does, which would actually be faster than usual for AAA. AAA’s preview of the Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera show mentions The Mystery Guy, which builds expectations he’ll be showing up next weekend in some capacity.

CMLL’s preview of Sunday’s show notes that Okumura has lost the only two cage matches in the history of Arena Coliseo. It’s going to be tough for him to lose this Sunday in a minis match, but I have faith in him.

On today’s MLW Radio Extra, Konnan’s asked about the top five guys working for him at the moment and picks (in no particular order) Fenix, Pentagon Jr., Steve Pain, Faby Apache, and Mesias.

LuchaWorld has a recap of this week’s Tercera Caida.

Star Fire, who won the WWS multiwoman match to get a shot at the Stardom championship, says that match will take place on the next Lucha Fan Fest. She’s facing the winner of a 04/29 match between Alpha Female and champion Io Shirai, so I guess Io Shirai is coming back to Mexico.

There’s a story on Facebook that Lolita has disappeared from lucha libre because she’s pregnant.

Mamba declares herself the present and future of exoticos.

The Villanos Hall of Fame ceremony is said to be airing on Green TV tonight at 11pm. I had no idea there was a Green TV. (It’s a half hour show that’s probably just showing a couple minutes of clips.)