taped 2014-03-29 @ Parque de Beisbol Praxedis Balboa, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas
Blake headstand DDT
Faby Apache, Jennifer Blake, La Jarochita vs Mary Apache, Sexy Star, Taya Valkyrie: This was going good early, got a little silly with the técnicas having a 3 on 6 disadvantage (Hijo del Tirantes deciding he was a rudo this week, Cuervo and Pentagon Jr. both interfering) and had a rough finish. Faby clearly got hurt landing on the spinning DDT she gave to Pentagon Jr. and they had to improvise a finish. It was a finish, it was not a good one, and kind of left Drago making a save when there was nothing going because everyone was actually worried about Faby. (Hijo del Tirantes did seem too concerned about keeping character during all of this.) I’d like to see them have another shot at this. Faby’s injury looked pretty severe, especially for something nothing was said about after the fact.
breaking all sorts of body parts
Angélico, Australian Suicide, Jack Evans vs Dark Cuervo, Dark Scoria, Dark Spíritu: One of those long builds to a hot tag which still gets no particular reaction from the crowd. They will never give this up. Secta got a lot of time to do stuff, didn’t really do much with it. Match itself wasn’t memorable, but it was one more quality win than the Secta got during last fall’s push. Nice save by Espiritu on Angelico’s dive. Jack & Angelico’s new tag team move was nice.
Fantasma all out tope
Monsther Clown, Murder Clown, Psycho Clown vs Hijo del Fantasma, Pentagón Jr., Texano Jr.: The prematch video package set this up as a Psycho Clown/Texano direct confrontation, but it was generally a house show main event with a tacked on win for Psycho Clown (after Texano had him clearly beat, an odd way to build up someone for a title match.) It turns out that it’s not too hard for Psycho Clown to beat Texano when he’s not actually trying to do it. Also, apparently the rules this week is that anyone can just run in on any matches and it’s all cool, because no interference was called for a DQ (and no one even bothered to do a ref distraction this time.) Tirantes worked as rudo in this match, but didn’t called the DQ when it would’ve helped the rudos, and then is apparently so dumb as to not see who he’s counting. It’s the usual logic breakdowns. AAA’s preference is to get the reaction from a rudo referee over having their matches consistently make sense, and it makes for a frustrating show if you’re paying attention and/or sober watching it. (Hey, why did Pentagon Jr. and Cuervo suddenly have no more problems at the end of the show? Because it was easy to do it that way.)
IWRG (WED) 04/23/2014Arena Naucalpan [The Gladiatores]
1) Látigo b Zurdog
2) Hip Hop Man & Kaling Black b Alfa & Omega
3) Dr. Cerebro & Golden Magic b Picudo Jr. & Ray Cruz Ray Cruz (?) replaced Tony Casanova
4) Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 b Hijo de Pirata Morgan Mascara asked for a shot at Pirata’s IWRG middleweight championship.
5) Hijo del Lizmark & Toscano DRAW Eterno & Pirata Morgan Toscano & Lizmark took the first, Eterno & Pirata Morgan took the second, Toscano submitted Eterno, PIrata beat Toscano, and Lizmark & Pirata beat them.
There’s a Ray Cruz who wrestled in the 90s, and this guy looked like he could’ve been wrestling in the 80s.
After the match, Daga announced he was the new leader of the Anarquia group. The old leader, Juventud Guerrera, is gone again over the same issues of other guys complaining he’s too selfish in the ring.
I’m going to guess Juvi is back yet again by October 1st. You?
Interview hyping Sunday’s MaskedMania show. And another one here! And audio interview here, where Kevin explains the headaches caused by Extreme Rising shows being canceled and uses a metaphor based on the Little Nemo. That’s almost worth the $10 already.
Brief Sin Cara interview hyping a 05/03 Arena Pavillon del Norte match. That’s the third match with Averno, I believe.
LA Park, holding his dogs on a leash and cutting a promo.
Lineup
IWRG (SUN) 04/27/2014Arena Naucalpan
1) Dragón Blanco & Sky Ángel vs Power Bull & Skull Metal Skull Metal’s regular show debut.
2) Alfa & Omega vs Ciclon Black & Kaling Black
3) Ángel Del Amor, Látigo, Metaleon vs Anubis Black, Imposible, Picudo Jr.
4) Astro Rey Jr., Diva Salvaje, Dr. Cerebro vs Guerrero Mixtico, Hip Hop Man, Tony Rivera
5) Hijo De Dos Caras, Relámpago, Veneno vs Apolo Estrada, El Hijo del Diablo, Eterno
I know Veneno has powerful divine karate, but there’s no way the rudos should lose that main event. They should be disappointed in themselves if they can’t defeat that tecnico trio.
DTU (SAT) 05/17/2014Arena Roberto Paz, Guadalajara, Jalisco 1) ? vs ??, ??? trainees match 2) Castigador, Galaxy, Vengador vs Andy Aguilar, Black Golden, Power Boy 3) Jimmy, Kevin, Tony vs Artikus, El Lacandón, Lanzeloth Tony, Kevin and Jimmy are Los Nerds, debuting here. 4) Crazy King & Miedo Extremo vs Chica Ye-Ye & Kalibus and Energy & Gremlin 5) Draego vs Drastik Boy, Rey Celestial, Aero Xtreme 6) Demente Extreme vs Alex Romano, Jhonky, Dance Boy, Slayer Pack, Apocalipsis 7) Príncipe Halcón vs Ángel del Misterio, Black Fire, Rocky Lobo, Tony Rodriguez 8) Shane Strickland vs Jinzo, Septimo Dragon, Flamita, Kaleth, Pesadilla 9) Ángel o Demonio vs Shiryu Dragon, Crazy Boy, Roberto Paz 10) Ovett vs Violento Jack, Cíclope [DTU] Ovett is champion
It was so weird for Shiryu Dragon to tell Super Libre how he thinks the extreme style is over done right before a DTU show was coming in. There is more variety to DTU than their has been at other points – match 3, 7, and 8 stick out as more about flips than tubes – but those are two straight bloody messes to end the show.
Great/Excellent matches
CMLL on Fox Sports (Mexico): 2014-04-05
taped 2014-03-28 @ Arena México Volador Jr. vs La Sombra: GREAT
Shows Watched But Nothing Made The List
AAA on Televisa: 2014-04-05
CMLL Guerreros del Ring on 52MX: 2014-04-05
CMLL on CadenaTres: 2014-04-05
Matches To Watch Later
Got nothing. I appear to be recapping the Terra stuff with the TV show which includes the rest of the matches from that taping, if I remember to do that.
CMLL (TUE) 04/22/2014Arena México [@drluchajr, @tkd_117, CMLL]
1) Cholo & Inquisidor b Bengala & Robin
2) Mercurio, Pequeño Warrior, Pierrothito b Angelito, Fantasy, Stukita
3) Dark Angel, Goya Kong, Syuri b Amapola, La Seductora, Mima Shimoda Mima Shimoda replaced Zeuxis. This was here first match in the building since June (which was for Toryumon Mexico; first match in CMLL since May.)
4) Soberano Jr. b Hechicero [En Busca de un Idolo] Maximo was guest judge, while Dragon Rojo continued to fill in for Shocker. Soberano J.r with a heel hold in 7:39. Soberano Jr. scored 9, 8, 7, 4. Hechicero scored a 9, 8, 7, 8
5) Súper Halcón Jr. b Star Jr. [En Busca de un Idolo] Super Halcon won with a moonsault in 6:47. Super Halcon scored 7, 6, 7 and 2. Star Jr. scored a 8, 7, 7, 5.
6) Marco Corleone, Stuka Jr., Tritón b Terrible, Tiger, Vangellys
7) Atlantis, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Gran Guerrero, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero Tecnicos took 2/3, Delta & Maya beating Gran Guerrero & Niebla Roja.
I have not seen this show yet, but the Soberano/Hechicero match sounded good on Twitter. Hechicero should be up more than 50 points on the second place if the poll numbers work out the way they have. That puts him on a pace clinch first place before the final week of this competition.
CMLL (TUE) 04/22/2014Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [@acogdl]
1) El Divino & Virgo b Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno Truenos took 1/3.
2) Magnus & Stigma b Acertijo & Sádico Tecnicos took 1/3.
3) Arkángel de la Muerte, Kamaitachi, Shigeo Okumura b Gallo, Pegasso, Rey Cometa Rudos took 1/3, Arkangel fouling Gallo and getting way with it. Arkangel demanded a rematch for the FULL Championship.
4) Black Panther, Diamante Azul, Sagrado b Mr. Águila, Ráfaga, Ripper Tecnicos took 2/3.
5) Blue Panther, La Sombra, Valiente b Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto Tecnicos took 2/3. Mephisto pulled Valiente’s mask for the DQ in the second, Valiente submitted him in the third. Valiente challenged Mephisto to a title match next week.
Main event guys got their title match, not so much for Arkangel/Gallo.
Footage of the AYM cameraman getting taken out in IWRG. In true AYM form, they never switched or showed a replay from his camera, so he was knocked out filming a match for no particular reason. It’s also a really a run of the mill roll out of the ring that gets the camera person, something he was watching the entire way, something he should’ve easily escaped. It was almost like a ref bump, but it didn’t factor into the match anyway – Super Nova and Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. just did their dive spot on that side of the ring anyway.
Tercera Caida has a new short interview channel on YouTube, +LuchaTV. They’ve posted interviews with Blue Demon (re: Chessman) and Satanico and Dandy talking about their match this weekend. Tercera Caida airs tonight at 9.
CMLL (TUE) 04/29/2014Arena México
1) Bengala & Magnus vs Apocalipsis & Inquisidor
2) Aéreo, Bam Bam, Stukita vs Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Universo 2000, Pequeño Warrior
3) Hombre Bala Jr., Pegasso, Stigma vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Sangre Azteca
4) Dragon Lee vs Cavernario [En Busca de un Idolo]
5) Cachorro vs Guerrero Negro Jr. [En Busca de un Idolo]
6) Fuego, Máximo, Sagrado vs Felino, Puma, Tiger
7) La Sombra, Titán, Tritón vs Boby Zavala, Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpión
Titan & Triton reunited! The Revolucionarios are the official rudo team of Kid’s Day week shows.
Neither Bam Bam nor Pequeno Universo have existed in CMLL for a while, so maybe don’t count on them appearing here.
CMLL (TUE) 04/29/2014Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Leo & Metatrón vs Infierno & Satara
2) Oro Jr. & Starman vs Demonio Rojo & Maléfico
3) La Vaquerita, Lluvia, Marcela vs Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Zeuxis
4) Diamante Azul, La Máscara, Stuka Jr. vs Ráfaga, Rey Bucanero, Vangellys
5) Mephisto vs Valiente [MEX LH] Mephisto is champion. 7th defense.
6) Mistico, Rush, Volador Jr. vs Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero
Mephisto versus Valiente should be quite a bit better than Mephisto versus Mr. Aguila. It’s unlikely to make TV but I hope it does; Valiente so rarely gets a singles title match.
Toryumon Mexico (SUN) 05/11/2014Arena México ***DragonMania*** 1) Golden Xplotion, Goshart, Leopardo vs Castor Negro, Coyote, Kilvan 2) Astral, Eléctrico, Shockercito vs Demus 3:16, Krator, Pequeño Nitro 3) Baby Star, Diosa Atenea, Mystique vs Io Shirai, Kairi Hojo, Mayu Iwayani 4) Magnus vs Brazo de Platino, Patan, Loco Max, Akuma, Grako, Latino, Chavo Lomeli, Piel Roja, Hijo del Signo, Coco Verde, Douki [dragon rumble] 5) Super Ciudadano vs Yoruba [mask, hair] 6) Akebono & Brazo de Plata vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Gran Guerrero, Rey Bucanero 7) Último Dragón vs Tigre Ali, Rob Rage, Último Guerrero, Veneno, Prince Of Aestethic [Copa Mundial de Lucha Libre]
Usual bizarre DragonMania show. Main event gimmick is six guys from six different countries. Tigre Ali represents Iran (but appears to be from England and crossed paths with Dragon in Michounku Pro.) Rob Rage is not the WCW fellow, but someone representing US who appears to wrestle more in Canada. Prince of Aestethic is probably someone’s nicknamed; he’s listed as Canadian here, but I can’t find anyone by that name.
Tercera gives away the finish to the Io Shirai/Alpha Female title match, but I don’t think that was much of a mystery. Akebono canceled all the rest of his AJPW matches on this tour and is in the hospital with pneumonia, so he’s probably no sure thing for this show
