All of Mexico moves to Daylight Savings Time starting early Sunday. Friday night’s Terra show and any streams on Tuesday Saturday are still an hour off, but everything returns to ‘normal’ starting with Sunday’s Terra show.
== AAA ==
AAA-Televisa: The taping from Ciudad Victoria just this past week. I’m going to guess the even matches this week, the odds next week.
== CMLL ==
FOX: Sombra vs Volador and the trios title match.
52MX: Niebla/Atlantis and Leo/Camorra build up. I wonder if they’ll show anything of the minis match; they never show the openers here, but that’s sort of the main event the next day. You probably shouldn’t try to draw based on feuds you’re putting in the opener, but what do I know.
C3: Mistico/Averno build up, some good trios.
TVC Deportes (Puebla): Volador vs Mephisto. I’ve just realized how many singles matches Volador’s already had in this building this year (it’ll be four on Monday, which is weird for a full year.) No start time currently listed; TVCD schedule makers do not appear to be acknowledging the existence of Sunday at this point.
Lucha Azteca: Dos Leyendas. Kind of interested in how they end up editing this. Azteca has about 7 minutes less of TV time than Fox Sports. Dalys/Marcela went about 10 minutes and is easy to cut, but that means about 3 minutes has to be added back other places. Maybe other matches have a little more to them?
Terra Friday: En Busca de un Idolo! Maybe they’ll finish putting up the website by then? Also, Magnus Contra Ghost Squirrel.
Terra Sunday: Minis cage match, Atlantis vs Mr. Niebla. People on Twitter thinking I’m weird for writing about CMLL while some other show if going on. Given those two main events, those people are probably right.
Terra Tuesday: En Buca de un Idolo on this show too! (This is the Hechicero show.) The Terra matches did not air on C3 last year, though the cibernetico did.
== Other ==
IWRG-AYM Sports: Piratas/Eterno vs Trauams/Canis
Noches de Coliseo: Villanos vs Lucero/Universatio, Traumas vs Diluvio Negro/Silver Star
IWRG (WED) 04/02/2014Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (Flickr), IWRG]
1) Seiya b Fulgor II
2) Atomic Star & Electro Boy b Hip Hop Man & Látigo
3) Centvrión, Emperador Azteca, Metaleon b Hijo De La Bestia, Rayan, Spartan Dragon Celestial replaced Emperador Azteca, who appeared with a cast around his elbow.
4) Freyser, Oficial 911, Oficial AK47 DQ Chico Che, Golden Magic, Máscara Púrpura Golden Magic replaced Nino Hamburugesa. Rudos took 1/3, the last when both Golden Magic and 911 faked fouls and the referee ruled it for the rudos.
5) Eterno, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan b Canis Lupus, Trauma I, Trauma II No Tony Casanova or Damian, said to be due to plane problems. Hijo del Pirata and Pirata Jr. teamed with Eterno, and they took 1/3.
I hope Nino Hamburguesa was just double booked, because he really shouldn’t be missing shows. Rather see Golden Magic anyway.
The original Pierroth was at Arena Mexico Tuesday, leading to a bit where Pierrothito vowed to not lose his Pierroth mask on Friday. It’s been unclear what the relationship has been between CMLL & Pierroth since the start of Comandante Pierroth (who hasn’t been around in a little while.) Hopefully that was some way of paying the original Pierroth (who’s never completely recovered from his his stroke) by leasing out the name, but I’d also kind of hope they’d pay him even if they didn’t use the name.
Blue Demon Jr. is unhappy Adidas used a Rey Misterio mask to influence the Mexican National Team’s jersey, since Rey Jr. is from San Diego and not Mexican enough (according to Demon.) Demon thinks they should’ve used someone like Blue Demon.
Cavernario talks about his recent successes; he actually started in Arena Roberto Paz and has another brother named Indio.
CMLL (TUE) 04/01/2014Arena México [CMLL]
1) Bengala & Flyer b Akuma & Ramstein Ramstein was hurt.
2) Acero, Astral, Pequeño Halcón DQ Demus 3:16, Mercurio, Pequeño Olímpico Pierrothito hit Astral with his belt for the DQ, building towards Sunday’s cage match.
3) Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus b Hombre Bala Jr., Oro Jr., Súper Halcón Jr. Hombre Bala was announced as a replacement for Metalico (shoulder injury) a couple days ahead of time.
4) Hechicero b Pegasso [lightning] Hechicero won in 5:30.
5) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Stuka Jr. b Boby Zavala, Misterioso Jr., Pólvora Tecnicos took 1/3.
6) La Sombra, Mistico, Tritón b Averno, Mephisto, Puma Rudos took 2/3, Averno beating Mistico. Averno declared Mistico’s title (CMLL Welterweight) was for big boys, Mistico was unworthy, and Averno deserves the title. Mistico wants a mask vs hair match.
The last ‘normal’ show here for a while.
photo by arenacoliseogdl (instagram)
CMLL (TUE) 04/01/2014Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [@acogdl]
1) El Divino b Évola
2) Canelo Casas, Disturbio, Hijo del Signo b Black Metal, Esfinge, Metatrón Rudos took 2/3
3) Dark Angel, Estrellita, Silueta DQ La Comandante, Tiffany, Zeuxis Comandante’s first match back since a Japan trip (though she’s been at ringside for TRT matches the last few days.) Tecnicas took 1/3, the last by excessive violence DQ.
4) El Cuatrero & Titán b Black Panther & Gran Guerrero [seeding battle royal]
5) Camorra b Leo [hair] Camorra took 1/3, submitting Leo to take the hair match. Camorra is now 1-1 in apuesta matches, Leo drops to 0-2.
6) Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero b Black Panther, Blue Panther, Cachorro [semifinal]
7) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Titán b El Cuatrero, Sansón, Universo 2000 [semifinal]
8) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Titán b Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero [final]
Camorra lives for another day. Leo has no luck at all.
The Sin Cara show scheduled for Cancha German Evers was postponed due to legal problems with his name. That show was scheduled for 04/23, four days after the DF taping in Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera, so Sin Cara wouldn’t be able to use his name in AAA if that’s the truth.
The ChilangaMask stop in Tijuana has Mr. Maldito & Trauma I vs Platino II & Trauma II in an incredible partners match and a Extreme Tiger/Rey Horus/Impulso three way.
IWRG (SUN) 04/06/2014Arena Naucalpan
1) Galaxy, Látigo, Metaleon vs Anubis Black, Hijo De La Bestia, Picudo Jr.
2) Chico Che, Diva Salvaje, Dr. Cerebro vs Broken Clown, Dave The Clown, Rothen Clown [lumberjack strap]
3) Alan Extreme, Máscara Púrpura, Veneno vs Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Trauma I, Trauma II
4) Relámpago, Súper Nova, Toscano vs Damián 666, Eterno, Tony Casanova
5) Tony Rivera vs Black Terry [hair]
Finally! Tony Rivera versus Black Terry, hair versus hair, is truly the most important match happening anywhere in the world on April 6th. I hope Black Terry has a plan here since all of Neza is likely to run in and some of the usual helpful FILL guys (Golden Magic, Fulgor, Centviron) are nowhere to be found.
CMLL (MON) 04/07/2014Arena Puebla
1) Meyer, Sensei, Tigre Rojo vs Artillero, Guerrero Espacial, Súper Comando
2) Asturiano, Black Tiger, Starman vs Blue Center, Canelo Casas, Espíritu Maligno
3) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa vs Misterioso Jr., Shigeo Okumura, Skándalo
4) Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto vs Morphosis, Mr. Águila, Ripper
5) Volador Jr. vs Negro Casas [NWA WELTER] Volador is champion. Third defense.
Volador and Sombra weren’t listening to Negro Casas, but the Puebla programmer did. Casas never got a title rematch after losing this title to Mascara Dorada a couple title changes ago and consistently clowned Volador a couple months ago. Volador has never beaten Casas in a singles match (slight caveat: they’ve had two singles matches before this one.)
CMLL (SUN) 04/06/2014Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Marvel vs Jocker
2) Índigo vs Satara
3) El Ídolo vs El Yaqui
4) Esfinge vs Sky Kid, Leo, El Divino, Javier Cruz Jr., Explosivo, Espectrum, Sádico, Évola, Acertijo, Mugroso Vago, Furia Nazi [cibernetico] Torneo Cibernetico de Idolos Tapatios
5) Máscara Dorada, Rush, Volador Jr. vs Mr. Águila, Ripper, Shocker
I think CMLL needs to do a lot of things, but what I know they need to do right now is the trio of Shocker, Mr. Aguila and Mr. Niebla.
Random locals cibernetico! Guadalajara (and Puebla) needs it’s own calendar of annual events focused on their guys, maybe this can be one of them. Mugroso Vago has been spotted on the Dantes shows. There’s a Marvel who popped up in the greater Guadalajara area last June (and a much more active one in Torreon.) Both of those guys are making their debuts, while hte high amount of local luchadors on this show produces Jocker’s first appearance since December.
CMLL (TUE) 04/08/2014Arena México
1) Leono & Metatrón vs Espanto Jr. & Zayco
2) Dragon Lee, Oro Jr., Pegasso vs El Rebelde, Hooligan, Súper Comando
3) Dark Angel vs Marcela, Estrellita, Goya Kong, Lluvia, Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Tiffany, Princesa Sugheit, Dalys [cibernetico, #1 Contenders, CMLL-REINA INTL] winner gets a shot at Syuri.
4) Hechicero vs Cavernario [En Busca de un Idolo]
5) Súper Halcón Jr. vs Guerrero Negro Jr. [En Busca de un Idolo]
6) La Máscara, Rush, Stuka Jr. vs Herodes Jr., Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas
7) Mistico vs Averno [CMLL WELTER] Mistico is champion.
A busy Tuesday show – various tournaments accidentally collide! – and the second straight day with a welterweight title match. Mistico seems to be getting a title defense to ‘prove’ losing the trios titles wasn’t his fault, but this Mistico never fails to surprise so who knows how that’ll go. I’m uncertain if Syuri is meant to be a tecnica or ruda here, but I’m guessing tecnica based on how she was presented and figuring Amapola gets the match. I did just learn, from wikipedia!, that Syuri started out as Karate Girl in Hustle and she should totally use that name in CMLL. Not even kidding.
En Busca de un Idolo Tuesdays kick off, including the man from the ancient past versus the man with all the holds of the future. This tournament is fun and I’m going to write way too much about it for the next couple of months, but it’s still got problems which haven’t ever been fixed. One problem can be summed up by how much I had to put on the luchawiki page to explain just the scoring system. I don’t know how the casual fan could ever keep track of it (especially since they never list the current standings anywhere but a website.) It’s hard to follow the tournament and the other problem is it’s hard to follow the tournament – those matches will air live on Terra, but exactly when will they be airing live? “8:30ish, give or take a half hour?” You have to really want to see those matches to spend them time waiting for them to turn up.
You may want to check in early. Last year, Terra frequently turned on the stream before the En Busca de un Idolo matches started, sometimes a match or two early.
CMLL (TUE) 04/08/2014Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Smaker vs Espectrum
2) Black Metal, Esfinge, Leo vs Camorra, Disturbio, Ramstein
3) Silueta vs Zeuxis
4) Máximo, Rey Cometa, Super Porky vs Kráneo, Mr. Águila, Rey Escorpión
5) Titán, Valiente, Volador Jr. vs Gran Guerrero, Mephisto, Último Guerrero
I’m going to imagine that Apolo Dantes called up CMLL HQ and demanded hometown luchadora Silueta face her greatest rival Zeuxis on a big show he had planned on April 8th, and that’s why they’re not in the cibernetico. Otherwise, there would be no good reason.
AAA TV (SAT) 04/19/2014Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal
1) Aerostar, Jennifer Blake, Pimpinela Escarlata vs El Apache, Mamba, Taya Valkyrie
2) Angélico, Australian Suicide, Jack Evans vs Daga, Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Steve Pain
3) Drago & Faby Apache vs Pentagón Jr. & Sexy Star and Dark Cuervo & Mary Apache [AAA MIXED TAG] Faby Apache & Drago are champions.
4) Blue Demon Jr. vs Villano IV
5) Cibernético, La Parka, Psycho Clown vs el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Hijo del Fantasma, Texano Jr.
Air Date: 04/26
I had this as a double taping, because one of SLP or this show has to be a double taping to cover all three weeks of TV and SLP is already announced as five matches so it needs to be this, only how is SLP working since that would only leave them three days to go from taping to air and they never go that fast so maybe they’re just off a week? aaaaah I dunno. Maybe there will be an extra match here is what I’m saying.
This is show #2 of what was said 10 tapings in this building this year. If they’re really going to hit that number (and you should be a bit skeptical of it), AAA’s running a show in this building once a month from now on. The benefit of the DF shows for fans is AAA puts pressure on themselves to run bigger matches in Mexico City, and so they’re finally getting on with it on at least one front.
Second match should be good (though poor Angelico will be booed again), main event should not, opener should be a fine opener but the middle matches are the only ones with progress. Drago & Faby Apache won those belts in July (in a Farewell To Halloween special) and have had teams challenging them for those belts since about five minutes after the win. Nine months later, they get to defend them for the first time. This match is well overdue. Suicide is around, which seems like bad news for Our Hero Pentagon Jr., but maybe Pentagon will just destroy him earlier to play it safe.
Follow up reports on the Ciudad Victoria taping include mentions of Demon repeating his demand to be the first person to challenge the match, and Chessman stating that Demon should not get that opportunity because Demon missed Rey de Reyes. Chessman said Demon needs to prove himself worthy and specifically declared Villano IV as a more deserving challenger based on the Rey de Reyes match. That appears to be the context to the singles match. It’s not listed as #1 contenders match, but the former Todo x el Todo-ers battle to prove themselves worthy of a title shot. (This was before Chessman lost to Alan Stone, which is definitely not unplanned randomness since a skit with them aired on TV this week, before the title win – it does still seem like planned randomness though.)
Sin Cara – or “a figure which looked like Sin Cara but can’t be proven in court to be Sin Cara” – appeared at the last DF taping. It would make sense for him to appear here again, especially if his non-compete if over, but there’s not been any hint of that yet. They’re still a ways out from this show, but it’s something to keep an eye out for him.
AAA (SUN) 03/30/2014 Arena Fusion, Jardines de Morelos, Estado de México [Black Terry Jr. (Flickr), Estrellas del Ring, The Gladiatores] 1) AstroLux & Eclipse b Black Metal (EDM) & Destello Negro 2) Kilvan & Yoruba b Alex Segura Jr. & Kronoz 3) Alex Segura, Apolo Estrada Jr., Corsario Negro Jr., Drako b Black Shadow Jr., Soy Raymunda, Terremoto Negro, Zaifro Straight falls. Soy Raymunda was bloodied. 4) Fénix b Belial [AAA FUSION] Fenix is champion. Fenix won with a double knee drop. Seventh known defense (though it’s eighth by Fenix’s count – we’re probably missing one.) 5) Pentagón Jr. b Arez [? STRONG STYLE, hair] Arez is some Strong Style champion. Actual belt was a WCW World Championship replica. Pentagon won whatever it was. Match was also mask vs hair, and Arez was shaved. Money thrown in. 6) Monsther Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown b Demon Rocker, Machine Rocker, Soul Rocker [AAA TRIOS] Psycho Circus kept their trios titles. Sixth known defense.
Black Terry Jr. has highlights of Fenix vs Belial and Arez vs Pentagon Jr., which means you’ll be able to buy them thru his website. Tercera Caida – which looks like it’ll air on Thursday this week – was also shooting this show. The Estrellas del Ring recap doesn’t mention the main event as a title match, but the idea was three title matches for their third anniversary show.
CMLL (MON) 03/31/2014Arena Puebla [Periodico Enfoque]
1) Ares, Guerrero Espacial, Hechicero b Paris, Robin, Tigre Rojo Jr.
2) Blue Center, Espíritu Maligno, Pierrothito b Asturiano, Eléctrico, Último Dragoncito Rudos took 1/3, Espiritu beating Asturiano.
3) Boby Zavala b Stigma [lightning] Zavala won via powerbomb in eight minutes.
4) Kráneo, Morphosis, Mr. Águila, Olímpico, Ripper b Averno, Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Mephisto, Niebla Roja [cibernetico] Eliminator order: Gran Guerrero (Olimpico), Kraneo (Averno), Niebla Roja (Ripper), Olimpico (Euforia), Morphosis (Averno), Euforia (Mr. Aguila), Averno (Mr. Aguila), Ripper (Mephisto), Mephisto (Mr. Aguila via foul after Ripper distraction). Averno challenged for a hair/mask vs hair/mask match.
5) Mr. Niebla & Negro Casas b La Sombra & Volador Jr. Straight fall for the rudos for usual Sombra/Volador problems. Casas wanted a title match against Volador, but Volador & Sombra were preoccupied with their usual hair vs mask challenges.
I guess Mr. Aguila is kept around because people like him, but I can’t figure why he wins. (That’s the Invasors in total.) Really dumb to allow Stigma to lose here unless there’s an immediate plan for a bigger win (which there probably isn’t.)
CMLL’s preview of tonight’s show focuses on Triton, but the actual top issue is the Averno/Mistico feud. That seems a week or two away from a title match, so tonight is Mistico, Sombra and Triton versus Averno, Puma and Mephisto. In the odd planning department, Hechicero is in a lightning match right before he starts seven weeks of lightning matches.
Hombre Bala Jr. replaces Metalico tonight in Arena Mexico. Dragon Rojo Jr. returns to action by replacing Mephisto on Sunday.
Everything’s back to normal, more or less. I’ve got some stuff which aired last week, including audio for the two IWRG matches which had no sound last week.
DailyMotion took down Friday’s segunda due to a copyright claim. They didn’t touch anything else, so I’m guessing it was a music claim – it’s up there again with no entrances and the logo covered up and hasn’t been taken down. I think I could probably sneak them back onto YouTube if I just covered up the logo, but I wouldn’t want to get a usable channel taken down and I’m not sure everyone wants a third channel. (Plus, it takes much longer to get that logo on there.)
DailyMotion also took down the ability to create playlists. I have no idea why.
IWRG Zona XXI: 2014-03-23
taped 2014-03-19 @ Arena Naucalpan
2) Centvrión, Metaleon, Mr. Leo vs Douki, Freyser, Hanaoka – now with sound http://www.sendspace.com/file/fkorlf
3) Chico Che, Golden Magic, Veneno vs Broken Clown, Dave The Clown, Rothen Clown – now with sound, but JIP. http://www.sendspace.com/file/sije37
CMLL on Terra: 2014-03-28
taped 2014-03-28 @ Arena México
1) Magnus & Robin vs Akuma & Guerrero Negro Jr. http://ul.to/rmqj44v4
2) Delta, Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Boby Zavala, Misterioso Jr., Puma http://ul.to/hxjc5fqv
3) Dark Angel, Estrellita, Marcela vs Dalys, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sugheit http://ul.to/wbfe55rj
4) La Máscara, Marco Corleone, Rush vs Negro Casas, Ripper, Shocker http://ul.to/xiaat9x6
IWRG Zona XXI: 2014-03-28
taped 2014-03-26 @ Arena Naucalpan
1) Centvrión, Emperador Azteca, Metaleon vs Broken Clown, Dave The Clown, Rothen Clown http://www.sendspace.com/file/b1urxn
IWRG Zona XXI: 2014-03-30
taped 2014-03-30 @ Arena Naucalpan
1) Black Niko, Dragon Blanco, Rey Dragon vs Amarok, Mercenario De La Muerte, Ultimo Caballero http://www.sendspace.com/file/a1krjb
2) Galaxy, Seiya, Skull Metal vs Cosmos Fugaz, Muerte Infernal, Zurdog http://www.sendspace.com/file/ay210f
3) Blue Monsther, Payaso De Plata, Payaso Extreme vs Anubis Black, Atomic Star, Fulgor II http://www.sendspace.com/file/wudrld
4) Emperador Azteca, Metaleon, Mr. Leo vs Fresero Jr., Imposible, Picudo Jr. http://www.sendspace.com/file/oby2qc
5) Black Terry, Dragón Celestial, Fulgor I, Látigo, Power Bull, Sky Ángel vs Andy Boy, Ciclon Black, Haziel, Hip Hop Man, Orión, Tony Rivera [Torneo Fill XXXIII] http://www.sendspace.com/file/3562vl
