Month: November 2014

CMLL (MON) 11/03/2014 Arena Puebla [Periodico Enfoque, Periodico Enfoque (fotos)]
1) Arkalis, Black Tiger, Flyer b Akuma, Fuerza Chicana, Policeman
2) Demus 3:16, Pierrothito, Saurón b Asturiano, Stukita, Último Dragoncito
Demus Driver on Asturiano, Asturiano is stretchered out.
3) Black Panther, Blue Panther, Cachorro b Hombre sin Nombre, Tiger, Virus
4) Atlantis, Marco Corleone, Volador Jr. DQ Rey Bucanero, Shocker, Terrible
Shocker pulled Atlantis’ mask for the DQ.
5) Rush b Mr. Niebla
Rush used a Corona box in the brawl. Niebla bled slightly. Rush snuck in a foul for the win. Niebla challenged for a mask vs hair match, but Rush just walked off.

Cavernario is off tonight’s card. Mephisto moves breaks up his natural team to go to the main event while Vangellys gets added to the semimain instead of teaming with his usual partners. Triton vs Raziel is the lightning match and could be a really fun match depending on how much Triton is hurting.

Diamante Azul replaces Valiente on Friday. Dragon Rojo is added to Sunday’s card, bumping Titan down a match and taking Maximo off the show. Polvora is likewise bumped down, replacing Rey Bucanero so Thunder can be in the main event. That’s a pretty iffy main event now: Dragon Rojo teaming with La Mascara & Volador (who will feud) versus Mephisto, Thunder and Gran Guerrero.

PWTorch reported Lucha Underground drew around 8,000 fans 18-49 for it’s debut episode on El Rey. The average was 48.9, which suggests there were a lot of older viewers not included in that number, though it’s not going to be an impressive number however you slice it. It was the second most watched show on the network, to a movie on Tuesday’s night – no one’s watching El Rey and all programs on that network exist as long as the people in charge of El Rey are okay with losing money on them. As mentioned before, Unimas is watched by literally a 100 times more people. That’s the place they have to do well in to succeed. Still, “8,000” is a pretty ugly looking number that they wouldn’t have wanted out if they could have stopped it.

Meanwhile, there’s an AP story about Lucha Underground.

WrestlingInc reported Rey Misterio Jr. was flown to WWE Raw last night to meet Vince McMahon, and Wrestling Observer confirmed it was to talk about Rey’s contract status. WWE writers were said to be coming up with idea for Rey while Rey was said to still want to quit. (On his podcast, Meltzer went as far as saying Rey was called to go on the Mexico tour but declined.)  WWE usually makes big decisions right after serious financial news, so perhaps their recent bad news is pushing them to finally resolve this finally.

Black Terry Jr. has highlights of Pirata Morgan vs Negro Navarro, Yoruba vs Ricky Marvin vs Tornado, the XMW vs IWRG cibernetico, and the tag team four way from that show.

CMLL’s Top 10 this week has Dia de Muertos as #1 and Goya Kong as #10. The week’s clips has highlights of the 10/31 Arena Mexico show, though LA Park isn’t shown.

LuchaWorld has Poster-Mania and the KrisZ’s news update.

The Kriminal Boys were interviewed in Diario Basta.

Psycho Clown said they’ll get their win back from the Hell Brothers.

Fenix talks about teaming with Myzteziz.

Pictures of Damian & Bestia in Cicero, Illinois.

Photos of a lucha libre artwork presentation in Tlalnepantla.

A lucha libre bar in Singapore.

There’s a Cobarde exhibit open for a few weeks in Ciudad Jaurez.

Tiger Mask & Fuego face Bushi & Mascara Dorada in the opener of Saturday’s NJPW PPV, so one of the two guys will probably get a win. Those have been very rare on this tour (though part of it’s because they’re not in the title matches and so they’ve been scarified for those who are.)

Lineup

IWRG (WED) 11/05/2014 Arena Naucalpan
1) Black Niko vs Extraño
2) Sky Ángel & Vampiro Metálico II vs Hip Hop Man & Power Bull
3) Alfa, Omega, Saruman vs Anubis Black, Araña de Plata, Atomic Star
4) Avisman, Ciclon Black, Dragón Celestial, Kenshi Kabuki vs Liderk, Rayan, Spartan, Spector
5) Golden Magic, Relámpago, Veneno vs Canis Lupus, El Hijo del Diablo, Eterno

Kenshi was acting heelish when unmsaking so it would make since for him to be on the rudo team but I have no idea what Dragon Celestial is doing there.

CMLL (MON) 11/10/2014 Arena Puebla
1) Bengala & Meyer vs Blue Center & Espiritu Negro
2) Pegasso, Star Jr., Starman vs Fuerza Chicana, King Jaguar, Toro Bill Jr.
3) Dragon Lee, Rey Cometa, Stigma vs Boby Zavala, Kamaitachi, Okumura
4) Diamante Azul, Stuka Jr., Super Porky vs Hechicero, Kráneo, Morphosis
5) Atlantis, Máscara Dorada, Valiente vs Ephesto, Mephisto, Shocker

Mascara Dorada returns (and must have a flight right after the NJPW PPV), though they seem to be setting up an Atlantis/Shocker match. Tercera looks like the best match.

IWRG (SUN) 11/02/2014 Arena Naucalpan [Estrellas del Ring]
***Castillo del Terror, 2013***
1) Araña de Plata, Oficialito, Sexy Girl b Mini Rencor, Sky Ángel, Vanely
2) Leo, Mike, Rafy, Teelo b Liderk, Rayan, Spartan, Spector
New Comando Elite lost in their debut, but it looks to be the start of a feud.
3) Grond XXX, Negro Navarro, Toscano b Eterno, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, X-Fly
Eterno replaced Demon Clown.
4) Hijo De Dos Caras © DQ Cien Caras Jr. [IWRG IC HEAVY]
Cien Caras Jr. said the match would be a 100% technical and then started cheating. Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. helped out and fouled Dos in the third fall. Cien covered and ref counted three, but the commission overturned it and called it a DQ. Second defense for Dos.
5) Kenshi Kabuki L Universo 2000 Jr., Violencia Jr., Golden Magic, Imposible, Canis Lupus, Trauma II, Metaleon, Emperador Azteca, Relámpago [cage, mask]
Violencia Jr. was the first out. Match came down to Kabuki and Golden Magic and Golden Magic escaped to leave Kabuki behind for the loss. Kabuki spoke in Spanish and unmasked as Chicano – he’s back to that name. Second straight year Golden Magic has won this match (Alan Xtreme last year.)

+LuchaTV has clips of the main even finish. Kenshi Kabuki as Chicano did not appear to be much of a secret among the IWRG regulars. By having Violencia Jr. escape first, it became pretty likely it’d be him as well.

Golden Magic has beaten King Drako in 2011, Alan Extreme in 2013 and Kenshi now in 2014 – and there’s definitely some resentment from the IWRG crowd that it’s Magic who wins so much.

Rush versus Mr. Niebla headlines tonight in Puebla. Puebla’s TV continues to move around. TVC Deportes is now airing at 8pm CT on Mondays (replacing/against Raw.)

Barbaro Cavernario snuck in a foul to beat Rey Cometa in Guadalajara last night.

The teams of Yoruba & Toxin Boy and Danger & Omega advanced in the Cara Lucha tag team tournament. Clown Corp defeated Trauma I, Trauma II and Herodes in the main event.

Holkan lost his mask in an Arena Neza cage match.

Segunda Caida reviews Smaker vs Barbaro Cavernario.

+LuchaTV interviews Ultimo Guerrero and Atlantis about LA Park and Ultimo Guerrero and Atlantis exchange challenges.

Rocky Lobo is headed to Brazil on November 15th and 16th.

ESTO has a quick interview with Taya.

La Copa profiles Hidalgo luchador Kulikitaka.

XMW (SAT) 11/01/2014 Salón Citlalli, Ecatepec de Morelos, Estado de México [Black Terry Jr. (flickr), Estrellas del Ring, The Gladiatores]
1) Dollar & Power Medieval b Flama Negra & Manimal
2) Ángel Azul & Karateka Jr. b Fly Star & Toxin Boy and Demasiado & Obscuro and Douki & Low Rider
3) Cruz Banda, Fly Metalik, Metaleon, Mixus b Anubis Black, Emperador Azteca, Fulgor II, Metaleon
4) Ludark Shaitan b Felina Metalica [FUSION KAWAI]
Felina looked nervous at times in this hardcore match.
5) Tornado (DF) b Yoruba ©, Ricky Marvin [XMW LH]
Ricky Marvin (added to the main) went for a standing moonsault on both guys but his knee clocked Yoruba in the chin. Yoruba was knocked out for minutes and had to be taken for medical help. The match continued and Marvin beat Tornado.
6) Arez © b Belial, Impulso, Fly Warrior, Fenix (AAA), Guason [PDM LH]
Arez beat Fenix to keep the title.
7) Wotan b Necro Butcher, Chuy Martinez, Hell Spawn, Core
Wotan defeated Necro in the usual insanity

Black Terry Jr. also has photos of the WWS show at the Toy Museum, where the rudas pulled the tecnica’s masks in the main event, only the tecnicas had their faces painted up for the holiday and rolled up the rudas for the win.

CMLL (SUN) 11/02/2014 Arena México
1) Astral & Eléctrico b Demus 3:16 & Mercurio
Tecnicos took 1/3
2) Dark Angel, Lluvia, Princesa Sugehit b Dallys la Caribeña, La Seductora, Zeuxis
Tecnicos took 1/3
3) Ángel de Oro, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Hombre sin Nombre, Morphosis, Olímpico
Tecnicos took 1/3
4) Marco Corleone, Máximo, Super Porky b Ephesto, Kráneo, Mephisto
Tecnicos took 2/3
5) Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas © DQ La Máscara, La Sombra, Rush [MEX TRIOS]
Peste Negra took falls 2/3 to keep the titles. Rush gave them the last fall, fouling Negro Casas right in front of the refree. 3rd defense
6) Último Guerrero b Atlantis
Ultimo Guerrero, who had been working as Mictlan all evening again, attacked Atlantis from behind. In a completely by the numbers match between the two of them, UG took falls 1/3 to get the win.

Starting with the the third match, “Mictlan”‘s warriors of the undead would come out and drag the losers to hell (a side exist.)  Probably a good idea to start with the third match and not drag off women.

The presentation was unique but I didn’t really get into the matches and was disappointed by the semimain.

CMLL (SUN)11/02/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara[@acogdl]
1) Dr. Frezzer bRelampago Azul
2) Jocker & Thunder Boy b El Divino & Javier Cruz Jr.
Rudos took 1/3.
3) Leo & Virgo bDemonio Maya & Magnum
Tecnicos took 1/3, and Maya & Magnum had issues.
4) Tritón b Mr. Trueno [lightning]
5) Bárbaro Cavernario b Rey Cometa
finish not actually listed, taking a wild guess
6) Titán & Volador Jr. b Gran Guerrero & Mr. Águila
Tecnicos took 2/3.

Maybe Cometa actually won! (He probably didn’t.) I have no idea why you’d turn Magnum or “Demonio”.

Lucha Underground posted the Johnny Mundo vs Prince Puma match online. This went up right after the first Unimas airing; perhaps they’re not allowed to post any part of the show online until it airs on their partner network. Meanwhile, a Univision story on Sexy Star includes a lot of in-ring clips from the next two episodes.

DTU announced six stops for the their 7th Anniversary tour, then said the last stop would be determined by a poll on Facebook between five other stops. In usual lucha libre booking, everyone wins and they’re going to all five additional stops – which makes it eleven shows in seventeen days.

12/04 – Arena Xalapa
12/05 – Cordoba, Veracruz
12/06 – Arena Union (Veracruz)
12/07 – Rio Blanco, Veracruz
12/13 – Arena Roberto Paz
12/14 – Gimnasio Paralimpico (Irapuato)
12/16 – Arena Aficion
12/18 – Auto Lavado VM (Tulancingo)
12/19 – Arena Queretaro
12/20 – Arena Lopez Mateos
12/21 – Nueva Arena Poza Rica

That’s a lot of shows. I hope DTU does well and doesn’t bankrupt themselves on this. That 12/07 show is the same day as Guerra de Titanes.

Meanwhile, the ChilangaMask show on 11/23 in Coliseo Coacalco is it’s final show of the year. (The December show is a Lucha Memes show.) Sagrado vs Arez has been added to the show.

CMLL’s annual bodybuilding contest is on 11/26. They haven’t mentioned in publicly yet, which is a change from the usual hype. They might have just been waiting for after this weekend’s shows.

Rob has highlights on 07/08/14 CMLL.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Super Libre had hype for Golden Tirado show.

Segunda Caida has a workrate report for Lucha Underground episode 1, a review of Lucha Azteca 09/13 and a review of Hechicero & Terry vs Navarro & Trauma II. There are a lot of good matches to buy Black Terry Jr. from the last few weeks.

Shocker talks about his career.

DJ Spectro writes about the writing career of Antonio Pena.

Lucha Libre in Japan

11/01 Wrestle-1: Alberto b Masakatsu Funaki
(Also, Hijo del Pantera’s team won!)

11/02 Dragon Gate: Flamita (c) b Jimmy Kanda [BRAVE GATE] – 6th Defense. Flamita can not be beat.

Lineup

CMLL (SUN) 11/09/2014 Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala & Leono vs Apocalipsis & Espanto Jr.
2) Astral, Bam Bam, Eléctrico vs Mercurio, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico
3) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa vs Misterioso Jr., Pierroth, Sagrado
4) Valiente vs Niebla Roja [lightning]
5) Ángel de Oro, Máximo, Super Porky vs Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Vangellys
6) La Máscara, Titán, Volador Jr. vs Gran Guerrero, Mephisto, Pólvora

Well, that main is going to go nowhere. Valiente/Roja is the best hope on the show. Minis match might be good – Mercurio & Nitro are a secret tag team going after Astral & Electrico’s secret minis tag team gold. (CMLL storylines are much better when you just make them up.)

CMLL (SUN) 11/09/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Explosivo vs El Yaqui
2) Índigo vs Demonio Rojo
3) El Brillante vs Demonio Maya
4) Exterminador, Leo, Virgo vs Magnum, Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno
5) Esfinge & Stuka Jr. vs Hechicero & Jocker
6) Diamante Azul & Rush vs Euforia & Último Guerrero

A show. Rush can lose to UG here too, I guess.

All Elite (THU) 11/13/2014 Arena Puebla
1) Flyer & Magnus vs Dinamic Black & Principe Diamante
2) Ángel de Oro, Cachorro (CMLL), Dragon Lee II vs Emperador Azteca (IWRG), Golden Magic, Metaleon
3) Atlantis & Extreme Tiger vs Hernandez & Súper Nova
4) Dr. Wagner Jr. & La Sombra vs Rush & Zumbi
5) LA Park & Volador Jr. vs Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Último Guerrero

All Elite (SAT) 11/15/2014 Arena Coliseo
1) Flyer & Magnus vs Dinamic Black & Principe Diamante
2) Ángel de Oro, Cachorro (CMLL), Dragon Lee II vs Emperador Azteca (IWRG), Golden Magic, Metaleon
3) Rush & Zumbi vs Hernandez & Súper Nova
4) LA Park & Volador Jr. vs Atlantis & Extreme Tiger
5) Dr. Wagner Jr. & La Sombra vs Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Último Guerrero

Full card for the mysterious All Elite shows. Someone’s got a lot of money behind it (and Luchas 2000 is tied up in some way.)  Chavo inclusion in the main event is both weird and probably irrelevant. LA Park would be back way ahead of schedule fi he actually wrestled on these cards.

WWA (FRI) 12/05/2014 Auditorio de Tijuana, Tijuana, Baja California
1) Black Spider, Extasis, Memo Velasquez vs Animaniac, Enfermero Jr., Maldito
2) Octagoncito (original) © vs Piratita Morgan [WWA MINI]
Lobito was the last known Minis champion in 2012. Octagoncito lost the title to the previous champion, Mascarita Plateada in 2011 but magically has the belt back
3) Datura vs Lady Apache [WWA Women]
vacant title. Last known champion was Ayako Hamada in 2003.
4) Rayman & Rey Horuz vs Bestia 666 & Damián 666 [WWA TAG]
vacant title. Rayman & Rayo Jr. were the last known champions in 2012, though there was supposed to be a tournament for them on a July show in Tijuana.
5) Casandro vs Cotton Candy, Rubi Gardenia [WWA EXOTICO]
new title
6) Súper Muñeco, Súper Pinocho, Súper Ratón © vs Arandú, Infierno, TJ Boy [WWA TRIOS]
3rd defense
7) Negro Casas vs Diamante Azul (CMLL)
8) Atlantis vs Último Guerrero

Notable for having five title matches which will make more an effect on people who keep track of title histories than anyone who actually bought the tickets (but at least Trio Fantasia are the actual champs.) Also, why do that Negro Casas?

CMLL (FRI) 10/31/2014 Arena México [CMLL]
1) Artillero & Súper Comando b Hombre Bala & Súper Halcón Jr.
2) Boby Zavala, Raziel, Virus b Dragon Lee, Pegasso, Tritón
3) Máximo, Rey Cometa, Titán b Cavernario, Felino, Hechicero
4) Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Pólvora DQ La Máscara, La Sombra, Stuka Jr.
Vangellys was originally announced (when the card was announced a week early), but replaced by Polvora seven days prior. Mascara & Sombra refused to help Stuka and eventually unmasked Euforia & Gran Guerrero for the DQ.
5) Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas, Thunder b Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Volador Jr.
Thunder defeated Atlantis, but the big news LA Park and Hijo de LA Park showing up at the end of the match. LA Park made an open challenge to anyone in CMLL; no one took him up today.
6) Último Guerrero b Rush
All rudos (and referees) were wearing body and face paint to resemble calavera (traditional Mexican skulls for this holiday) or scary masks for the occasion. A mystery man playing the role of Mictlan (leader of the undead, not the former wrestler) was commanding the “dead” wrestlers during the show – and the man was revealed to be Ultimo Guerrero before this match. UG snuck in a foul for the win. Sombra & Mascara ran out to attack UG with Gran Guerrero & Euforia making the save.

Photos of last night’s show are worth checking out. CMLL went all out with the concept (and will do so again on Sunday.) It’s a bit too perfect timing for LA Park to return to CMLL at a Dia Los Muertos show.

Main event seems to be setting up a trios title match, which lowers the odds of the Ingobernables winning the Other trios titles Sunday.

There’s more new lucha TV this week. Univsion (US)’s Republica Deportiva sports will start airing a lucha libre reality show/tournament as part of it’s normal broadcast (Sundays at 11am Eastern.) This show was taping in Arena Lopez Mateos a few weeks ago, apparently for this tournament. Many years ago, AAA did something similar for an Alas de Oro tournament. This one features indy guys, some who are unknown: Águila Solitaria, Águila Solitaria Jr., Rey Vikingo, Sangre Imperial, Radar y Tony Rivera. I have no more info than that, but will record the first show and let you know.

Rob has highlights of 07/04/14 CMLL.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update and video of Hijo del Santo & Black Shadow Jr. vs Espanto Jr. & Eskeletor.

Black Terry Jr. has highlights of Hechicero vs Black Terry.

Video of a Cassandro crowd dive in Belgium.

DTU posted the Angel de Oro vs Ovett title match and announced Ciclope & Drastick Boy vs the Dragoned de Oriente in an apuesta match for their upcoming Queretaro show.

Arena Solidardad has been renammed Arena Jose Sulaiman after the boxing official. (Although I might still keep calling it the wrong name for record keeping.)

CaraLucha has a Violento Jack & Aeroboy promo.

Cronicas y Leyendas looks back at Rene Guajardo taking Halcon de Oro’s mask.

Bio of Hidalgo luchador La Plaga

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 11/07/2014 Arena México
1) Robin & Star Jr. vs Akuma & Disturbio
2) Cachorro, Dragon Lee, Oro Jr. vs Kamaitachi, Nitro, Okumura
3) Dark Angel, La Vaquerita, Marcela vs Amapola, Dalys, La Comandante
4) Blue Panther vs Bárbaro Cavernario [lightning]
5) Máximo, Valiente, Volador Jr. vs Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas
6) La Máscara, La Sombra, Rush vs Euforia, Thunder, Último Guerrero

Main event continues the Ingobernables vs Guerreros feud.

Panther versus Cavernario looks like another good Cavernario match in a year of them. Segunda would be good if Nitro was replaced.

 

CMLL video promo.