Month: August 2014

Black Terry has photos of last night’s IWRG show. No results yet.

Drastick Boy picked up the DTU Alto Impacto title from Septimo Dragon in Arena Roberto Paz championship. Tercera Caida’s Facebook said five matches got money thrown in on Sunday’s show in Irapuato.

Hector Guzman was honored on Arena Lopez Mateos’s show Sunday.

Over in Neza, Myzteziz challenged Perro, Texano & Mascara yelled at the Clowns, and Los Markus got involved for some reason.

Segunda Caida writes about Blue Panther, Black Panther y Fuerza Guerrera vs Hector Garza, El Dandy y El Hijo del Santo

Casandro is profiled in the New Yorker. It’s pretty awesome to get a long form profile in the New Yorker, but I believe every possible outlet has now down a long form story on Casandro. I have a theory that Pimpinela Escarlata is the most famous Mexican exotico in Mexico, but Casandro is the most famous Mexian exotico in the United States at this point. (Maximo is the most famous Mexican exotico in Japan, I figure.) Aereo and Magno make appearances, Hunico is very vaguely referenced (I think) and Niebla Roja’s real first name is mentioned. The writer visits a show in Arena Kalaka and a Lucha Va Voom one, which is about as opposite sides of the spectrum you can see.

Silueta and Marcela posed with NJPW’s president. Silueta teased good news for women’s wrestling. CMLL luchadors have been in Japan for REINA the same time as FantasticaMania in previous years, but their only appearances has been as valets (or helping work the merchandise stand) – might they get a match on a show in 2015?

Fresero Jr. says he has not signed a contract with AAA and has more money than Alberto del Rio. He prints his own money with his face on it, so I think this must be true.

Today’s Puebla show has Volador Jr. vs Rey Escorpion for Volador’s NWA Welterweight Championship. Volador’s almost definitely keeping the title. in a non-title match.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news report and Poster-Mania.

Fuego en el Ring catches up with Super Muneco.

Lineup

IWRG (WED) 08/27/2014 Arena Naucalpan 
1) Sky Ángel vs Capitán Muerte 
2) Galaxy & Látigo vs Anubis Black & Matrix Jr. 
3) Hip Hop Man © vs Dragón Celestial [AIWA ARGENTINA CRUISER]
First? defense for Hip Hop man. 
4) Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman, El Hijo del Diablo © vs Black Terry, Dr. Cerebro, Veneno [EdM Trios]
5th defense for the Gringos. 
5) Relámpago vs Golden Magic, Tony Rivera, Ciclon Black, Alan Extreme, Metaleon, Yakuza, Chucho el Roto [cage, hair, mask, prison fatal]

The four way tag match from last week run back, this time with the masked Chucho el Roto replacing the freshly shaved Ironia. (I guess Spider Boy had spider things to do.) The Neza Boys might be in trouble here.

I like Argentina’s Hip Hop Man retaining a title solely for Argentina.

CMLL (SUN) 08/24/2014 Arena Coliseo 
1) Magnus & Soberano Jr. b Artillero & Súper Comando 
Tecnicos took 1/3. Soberano seemed to hit his head on the mat on his match winning huracanarana, while Super Comando landed badly on Magnus’ side slam. 
2) Astral, Fantasy, Shockercito b Mercurio, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico 
Tecnicos took 2/3 in the best match of the night. 
3) Guerrero Maya Jr., Pegasso, Starman b Kamaitachi, Okumura, Skándalo 
Tecnicos took 2/3 in a match with technical difficulties. 
4) Vangellys b Delta [lightning] 
Vangellys won in 9:21 with a German suplex 
5) Ángel de Oro, Dragón Rojo Jr., Stuka Jr. b El Hombre Sin Nombre, Ephesto, Hechicero 
Tecnicos took 2/3 in a disappointing match. 
6) Euforia, Mr. Niebla, Terrible b Diamante Azul, Marco Corleone, Valiente 
Rudos took 1/3 when Euforia snuck in a foul on Diamante Azul. Slight tease of a feud between them.

First couple matches were good, and then it went downhill after the feed had problems in the third match. The show may have peaked exactly on that GIF (though the end of the match was crazy.)

CMLL (SUN) 08/24/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [@acogdl] 
1) Índigo b Furia Nazi 
2) Évola & Thunder Boy b El Brillante & Javier Cruz
Rudos took 1/3 
3) Infierno & Ráfaga b Omar Brunetti & Tritón
Rudos took 1/3, Rafaga sneaking in a foul on Triton. 
4) Maléfico © b Exterminador [OCCIDENTE LH]
Malefico is champion and kept the title by taking falls 2/3, the last via unseen foul. First defense; last three champions have fallen on their first defense. 
5) La Máscara & Super Porky b Universo 2000 & Universo 2000 Jr. and Felino & Puma and Esfinge & Magnum
father/son tag team tournament. No elimination order.

A show. Probably shouldn’t do the same foul finish in back to back matches.

Random thought: if Hijo del Santo was going to be doing a September TxT retirement show (/Nieto del Santo debut), as was the plan at one point, there probably would be promotion out for it by now. Santo did appear on a C3 talk show Friday, but no idea what he said and don’t see it posted anywhere.

Niebla Roja will be out two weeks after being injured on Diamante Azul’s suplex Friday night. He’s supposed to be out that long, anyway, but Ana notes he wants to come back early.

Latin Lover was listed on the poster for a Friday night show in Tijuana, but never had a match. He appeared in the ring before the semimain, saying he could not wrestle due to health issues – and then Villano IV hit the ring and brawled with Latin Lover. Super Brazo made the save – he and V4 were partners in the match, broke up and challenged each other – but it seemed like the set up to a return match for Lover.

The Gladiatores have reposted their 2008 interviews with Hector Guzman, who passed away earlier this weekend.

An outdoor show at the Mexico City toy museum saw Dragon Rojo & Zumbi defeat Mr. Niebla & Herodes Jr. by DQ when Niebla fouled Rojo. Herodes Jr. is still wrestling, just not in CMLL. Of note, the referee in the main event was Rafael el Maya (so maybe he’s allowed to referee CMLL guys on indy shows again, or maybe this just slipped thru?) Also, neither recap could identify Kamaitachi by name; if you’re going to indy shows, you’re probably not spending time watching CMLL midcard matches I guess.

Myzteziz beat Texano in a main event trios match in Arena Neza after Monster and Murder Clown provided a distraction. Show doesn’t seem to have sold out, though better than usual for Neza. Hermano Muerte II broke his arm in the undercard.

A profile of Negro Navarro’s lucha libre teachings – he’s running weekly 90 minute classes at two different locations – has Negro Navarro saying his classes only cost 30 pesos ($2.28 USD). I am skeptical of this absurdly low number, though Navarro explains that he doesn’t want to get rich from training but spread the knowledge to the public. Navarro also talks about people having fun while learning. Maybe it’s a different Negro Navarro? Navarro says he prefers to teach classes of 3 to 4 instead of 10 so he can do more personal instruction and Imposible and Zeuxis are mentioned as still training with him, so you may not be able to get a spot in his class. (There does seem to be a lot more than 10 pictured in the class, so still worth a try.)

AAA’s TV announced a taping for 09/19 in Veracruz, the same night as the CMLL Anniversary show.

Rob has a new Aerostar montage on YouTube.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update and a recap of TripleMania.

Segunda Caida reviews 08/16/14 Uprising: Lucha Libre

La Parka visited with Make A Wish kids.

The 50th Expo Mascaras will be held on 09/20 in the Tlalnepantla Convention Center, from 11AM to 5pM.

Lucha Libre in Japan

08/24 Stardom: Starfire beat Kaori Yoneyama [5STAR GP]
Starfire is 1-0! She’s already wildly exceeded expectations for this tournament. This tournament runs thru 09/23. There’s an October/November tag league too, and maybe she’s sticking around for that too? (She did win the WWS tag team tournament before leaving Mexico.)

Lineup

CMLL (SUN) 08/31/2014 Arena Coliseo 
1) Bengala & Robin vs Akuma & Espanto Jr. 
2) Astral, Bam Bam, Eléctrico vs Demus 3:16, Mercurio, Pequeño Olímpico 
3) Estrellita vs Dalys [lightning] 
4) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Stuka Jr. vs Boby Zavala, Felino, Misterioso Jr. 
5) La Máscara, Máximo, Super Porky vs Pólvora, Rey Bucanero, Terrible 
6) Diamante Azul, Marco Corleone, Volador Jr. vs Euforia, Mr. Niebla, Shocker

Euforia did draw a Diamante Azul program, poor him. Poor everyone.

Who is the normal one in the Brazo family right now? Porky? I’m not sure.

CMLL (SUN) 08/31/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara 
1) Dr. Frezeer vs El Yaqui 
2) Virgo vs Demonio Rojo 
3) Sky Kid & Smaker vs Acertijo & Sádico 
4) Esfinge & Exterminador vs Demonio Maya & Maléfico 
5) Tritón vs Ráfaga 
6) Dragón Rojo Jr., Máscara Dorada, Titán vs Gran Guerrero, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero

Oh, they did two straight sneak fouls because they wanted to set up Triton/Rafaga. I have no idea why they wanted to set up Rafaga/Triton.

Lucha Memes (SUN) 09/07/2014 Coliseo Coacalco, Coacalco, Estado de México 
1) Trauma I vs Trauma II, Magnifico, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 [royal rumble] 
2) Dragon Lee II & Star Jr. vs Belial & Impulso 
3) Freelance & Mike Segura vs Fly Star & Toxin Boy 
4) Marcela vs Silueta, Zeuxis, Dark Angel 
5) Black Terry & Negro Navarro vs Carisma & Zoom Driver 
6) Keira vs Arez

Full lineup for this show, which looks fun.

CMLL (FRI) 08/22/2014 Arena México 
1) Demus 3:16 & Pierrothito b Eléctrico & Último Dragoncito
Rudos took 1/3 
2) Dark Angel, La Vaquerita, Princesa Sugehit b Amapola, Dalys, La Seductora
Tecnicas took 2/3 
3) Blue Panther, Fuego, Rey Cometa DQ Misterioso Jr., Sagrado, Terrible
Tecnicos took 1/3, the last by DQ when Sagrado fouled Blue Panther. 
4) Atlantis, Máscara Dorada, Máximo b Cavernario, Euforia, Mephisto
Tecnicos took 2/3 
5) Titán & Volador Jr. b Último Guerrero, Diamante Azul, Mr. Niebla, Virus, Niebla Roja, Dragón Rojo Jr. [CMLL Universal, seeding battle royal] 
6) Último Guerrero b Mr. Niebla [CMLL Universal, 8f] 
7) Dragón Rojo Jr. b Virus [CMLL Universal, 8f] 
8) Diamante Azul (CMLL) b Niebla Roja [CMLL Universal, 8f] 
9) Volador Jr. b Titán (CMLL) [CMLL Universal, 8f] 
10) Último Guerrero b Dragón Rojo Jr. [CMLL Universal, qf] 
11) Volador Jr. b Diamante Azul (CMLL) [CMLL Universal, qf] 
12) Último Guerrero b Volador Jr. [CMLL Universal, sf] 
13) La Máscara, La Sombra, Rush DQ Negro Casas, Rey Escorpión, Shocker
Ingobernables took 1/3, Rush faking a foul from Casas in the third.

That’s chalk – the favorite won all the way thru. Ultimo Guerrero versus La Sombra is the battle to determine the first ever two time Universal champion. They’re also the only two who might some day be a three time champ, since it seems unlikely Lyger or Tanahashi are going to be back in these parts any time soon and Terrible is dropping falls to Rey Cometa. (We all love Rey Cometa but the only possible reason Terrible is champion is they needed 16 for the Universal tournament and so Diamante Azul couldn’t win it yet.)

Speaking of, Mr. Azul added to his long list of victims by sending Niebla Roja to the hospital.

No Volador in the main event = no sign yet of a significant second main event for the Anniversary show. I still don’t think it’s going to sell out and I don’t think it ever was intended to sell out – those prices at this stage of CMLL are more about trying pry as much money away from those who absolutely have to be there – but there’s going to be a rebellion if there’s not more added to the show.

Hector Guzman Chavez, founder, owner and original promoter of Arena Lopez Mateos, passed away earlier today. SuperLuchas magazine had a recent excellent article on the history of the building, which is now run by his son. They mentioned Guzman had moved to the US.

Rob has highlights of 05/30 CMLL.

Mesías says he is definitely a tecnico and is happy to be back.

Tinieblas was honored at a horror movie exhibition.

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 08/29/2014 Arena México 
1) Soberano Jr. & Star Jr. vs Disturbio & Guerrero Negro Jr. 
2) Cachorro, Dragon Lee, Pegasso vs Kamaitachi, Okumura, Puma 
3) Ángel de Oro, Blue Panther, Fuego vs Hombre Sin Nombre, Pierroth, Sagrado 
4) Máscara Dorada, Rey Cometa, Valiente vs Cavernario, Felino, Mr. Niebla 
5) Atlantis, Dragón Rojo Jr., Rush vs Negro Casas, Niebla Roja, Rey Escorpión 
6) La Sombra vs Último Guerrero [CMLL Universal, final]

Main event seems destined to bring out the least in each other, but we’ll see.

More Rush versus Negro Casas, though Rush actually has to team with tecnicos this time.

Fourth match could be very fun, will be cut to an 11 minute segment on Fox Sports 2. Which is better than the Segunda is getting. (Cachorro and Dragon Lee should be Coliseo tag champions and Delta & Maya should’ve graduated to better things to do, those titles need to be lower on the card.)

Sagrado’s going to rethink this whole rudo thing if they keep sticking him with Pierroth.