Month: December 2014

CMLL (SUN) 11/30/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Domingo Familiares CMLL]
1) El Brillante & El Tapatío b El Piraña & Relampago Azul
Originally a Tapatio/Azul singles match.
2) Dr. Frezeer vs Índigo
Indigo replaced El Chacal.
3) Omar Brunetti & Virgo b El Chacal & Furia Nazi
El Chacal replaced Sadico. Omar replaced Leo.
4) Demonio Maya b Exterminador
5) Dragon Lee, Gallo, Máscara Dorada b Jocker, Mr. Águila, Olímpico
Tecnicos took 2/3
6) Euforia b Ángel de Oro
Euforia took 1/3, the last sneaking in a foul.

Euforia beat the champ, will be getting a title shot maybe never. (Why did Euforia win anyway?)

CMLL (MON) 12/01/2014 Arena Puebla [Periodico Enfoque, Periodico Enfoque (fotos)]
1) Asturiano, Black Tiger, Sensei b Artillero, Guerrero Espacial, Súper Comando
2) Lestat, Oro Jr., The Panther b Metálico, Policeman, Toro Bill Jr.
Lestat back from a two year retirement. Pictures show he’s got a new mask.
3) Misterioso Jr., Pierroth, Sagrado b Ángel de Oro, Stuka Jr., Tigre Rojo Jr.
4) Mephisto © b Valiente [MEX LH]
Great match. Mephisto’s tenth defense, fourth over Valiente. Seconds were Sagrado and Oro Jr.
5) La Máscara, Máximo, Volador Jr. b Bárbaro Cavernario, Negro Casas, Shocker
Maximo won the match (and/or Mascara & Volador didn’t screw it up) by messing with Shocker and Negro Casas.

Lestat being back is a bit suspicious given the type of feuds in this building but he was good fun before and hopefully still is.

Today’s CMLL show has a Barbaro Cavernario, Hechicero, Casas vs Delta, Maya, Dorada main event trios which could be excellent and may continue the Maya/Cavernario feud. The undercard has had some changes (Goya Kong replaces Lluvia and Bala & Halcon replace Oro & The Panther) but still looks good; the hat put together a random nice Tuesday show. Guadalajara has a Rey Cometa/Sagrado match and Euforia/UG/Thunder vs Atlantis/Volador/Maximo

CMLL’s usual Monday changes also switched around Sunday’s Coliseo DF card. Oro replaced Magnus in the segunda, Marcela replaced the injured Estrellita in the women’s match and Sangre Azteca replaced Okumura in the fourth.

La Mascara is top of CMLL’s top 10. Sagrado is #10.

Rob has a music video of 08/05/14 CMLL.

LuchaWorld has this week’s Poste r-Mania and KrisZ’s news update.

Local government officials says AAA will return to Tuxtla Guiterrez in 2015 after the big turnout for the two shows this year.

The Guardian has the latest profile of Cassandro. Amused by the luchadora billed as a 14 year old who’s a 15 year vet. Cassandro says here he plans to wrestle for three to five more years.

Black Terry Jr. has highlights of Hechicero/Cavernario vs Veneno/Negro Navarro from the CaraLuchas show.

Princesa Maya won the LLF title.

Toxin Boy is going to be out three months after doing something dumb that didn’t go viral.

A lucha libre show in California raised money for a 14 year old fighting cancer.

A Texas police officer who used to be an indy lucha libre lucahdor.

Lucha Libre in Japan

12/02 NJPW: Tetsuya Naito & La Sombra [O] b Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI [X] [World 1 TAG]

That’s a CMLL luchador winning a (semi)important main event on a NJPW show, so weird. The win gives Sombra & Naito 8 points, joining two other teams with that total. (They’ve beat once and lost the other, so tie breakers are fairly confusing.) Sombra & Naito are off of the tournament tomorrow – they’ve got an atomicos instead – and have one more match left. I’ll try to figure out possibilities tomorrow.

Lineups

indy (FRI) 12/05/2014 Arena Coliseo San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí
1) Aries, Extreme Power, Gentrix, Mini Star, Super Viento vs Aranita Jr., Dariuz, Lobo Rojo, Mascara Negro, Signo Negro
2) Aero Extreme, Alas De Nagel, Black Tauro, Halcon Potosino, Quijote vs Demonio I, Flaman, Monstruo De Oz, Perro Andre, Tito Zumaya
3) Angel Real, Herdero, Rey Flechador, Super Star Jr., Yedra vs Augila Blanc, Black Ventura, Crazy King, Creazy Power, Mr. T
4) B. Extreme Jr., Black Maravilla, C. Castro, Extreme Fly vs Danys Boy, Galeno, Sr. Dante, Star Boy
5) Bogar, Charly Guerrero, El Divino, Rey Fuego vs Galaxia 79, Mensajero, Tigre Boy, Tigre del Ring
6) Alex Guajardo vs Galaxy (Querétaro), Furia Salvaje, Lince Infernal [? EXTREMO]

Billed as the final ever lucha libre show in the building. Seems odd they’d be bringing in guys from Queretaro for a random title match to close it out, but the undercard stuffed with a million people feels like the end of an era show.

CMLL (MON) 12/08/2014 Arena Puebla
1) Asturiano & Meyer vs Disturbio & Inquisidor
2) Lestat, Magnus, Sensei vs Akrón, Hijo del Signo, Policeman
3) Dragon Lee, Stigma, The Panther vs Cancerbero, Hombre sin Nombre, Raziel
4) Dragón Rojo Jr., Máscara Dorada, Volador Jr. vs Ephesto, Mephisto, Pólvora
5) La Máscara, Marco Corleone, Máximo vs Negro Casas, Shocker, Último Guerrero

Maybe Maximo vs Casas or Shocker coming up here? Tercera could be fun though it’s weird looking at that match and knowing Stigma is the only one going to Japan.

DTU (FRI) 12/19/2014 Autolavado VM, Tulancingo, VM
1) ? vs ??
trainees
2) King Lion & Meteoro vs ? & Corazon Latino and Galaxy & Star Boy
3) ? & Kalibus vs Amo de la Noche & Talaxys and Génesis & Principe De La Noche
4) Aero Power, Angel Azul, Ferrari Ultimo Gen vs Hacker & Príncipe Halcón
3 vs 2
5) Vengador vs Artikus, Gremlin, Lanzeloth
6) Black Fire & Slayer Pack vs Joven Maravilla & Maremoto Jr. and Cotty Santiago & Low Rider
7) Drastik Boy vs Rocky Lobo
8) Ángel o Demonio & Paranoiko vs Crazy Boy & Ovett
9) Cíclope, Crazy King, Miedo Extreme vs Aero Boy, Jhonky, Violento Jack
10) Jimmy, Kevin, Tony vs El Chat, El Junior, El Nene [hair]

Main event is the Nerds vs Malkariados hair vs hair match. The poster says there will be only one winner, which doesn’t really explain how many losers there will be. Tag team tournament final is on a nother show apparently.

IWRG (SUN) 11/30/2014 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (Flickr), The Gladiatores]
1) Centvrión, Dragón Celestial, Metaleon b Diva Salvaje, Estrella Divina, Miss Gaviota
Centvrion returns (first match here since April) with a win.
2) Leo, Mike, Rafy, Teelo b Apolo Estrada Jr., Avisman, Danny Casas, Imposible
Another win for the Ninja Turtles.
3) Rayan, Trauma II, Universo 2000 Jr. b Dr. Cerebro, Emperador Azteca, Relámpago
4) Oficial 911 & Oficial AK47 © NC Canis Lupus & Eterno [IWRG IC TAG]
Scheduled to be a rematch for the titles, but Oficial AK47 did not show and match did not occur. Titles were declared vacant.
5) Danny Casas & Oficial 911 DQ Canis Lupus & Eterno
Replacement match. Bloody match with Canis and Eterno going after 911. Danny fouled 911 (circumstances unclear), the referee thought Eterno did it and gave the match to Casas & 911.
6) Chicano, Hijo de Máscara Año 2000, Veneno b Golden Magic, Súper Nova, Toscano
Veneno and Toscano feuded and bled. Straight falls for the rudos, Toscano beating Veneno.

Trying a different way of illustrating forfeited matches. That finish suggests they still plan to keep the Oficials/Eterno/Lupus feud going, but they probably just did the match they were planning on doing and any rethinking won’t come until later.

Veneno turning on Toscano and beating him in two falls suggests Arena Naucalpan is going to find out how many people will turn out for a Toscano hair match in 2014.

LyC (SUN) 11/30/2014 Arena Coliseo Monterrey [@MrIguana (1), @MrIguana (2), @MrIguana (3), @MrIguana (4), @MrIguana (5)]
1) Chamaco Gurrola & Tequilita b Mini Hator & Pequeno Difunto
2) Kaientai L Halcon Real, Demenzía, Medico Infernal, Memo Valles, Face Man, Gato Fantasma, Aguila Azteca [hair]
Kaietani lost his hair to Medico Infernal.
3) El Ninja, Ninja Jr., Ultimo Ninja b Hijo Del Mongol Chino, Mongol Chino, Mongol Chino Jr.
4) Hijo de LA Park b El Pulpo, Angel Blanco Jr., Silver Star, Temblor, Tigre Universitario, Antifaz del Norte [UMLL CHAMP, #1 Contenders]
Hijo de LA Park beat Antifaz (not originally in the match) to win the title shot at some future day.
5) LA Park b Dr. Wagner Jr., El Hijo del Solitario
Parka beat Solitario with help from Wagner.

This was originally the Mil Mascaras show before plans changed. The Park/Wagner/Solitario match didn’t seem to draw well from the few pictures that have turned up.

Valiente challenges Mephisto for the Mexican Light Heavyweight Championship for the fourth time tonight in Puebla. It seems unlikely he’d finally get the win in Puebla but there’s no reason he can’t.

 

NJPW launched their njpwworld service earlier this morning for about $9USD. It’s solely NJPW stuff – my CMLL theory didn’t pan out – but there are some luchador matches in NJPW. (Two Solar matches from 1981 sound like good ideas.) The live airings mention the two FantasticaMania Korakuen Hall shows as airing live, and those are usually the big shows of the tournament. The NJPWWorld system has access to the TV Asahi broadcasts, which were only a few of the shows last year. I wonder if SamuraiTV will still be broadcasting the other shows, and if that means they’ll be available thru niconico.

Carta Brava (not-AAA version) took Mike Segura’s hair in a cage match on Sunday in Arena Lopez Mateos.

+LuchaTV has interviews from Super Fly and Aerostar. Also, Alberto del Rio talking briefly about CM Punk and Ricardo Rodriguez talking about coming to AAA and leaving WWE.

LuchaWorld writes about Sunday’s UIPW show with Negro Casas.

Segunda Caida reviewed Black Metal and Cavernario’s trip to Puebla.

SuperLuchas #537 has Brock Lesnar and Alberto del Rio covers.

An interview with Chamaco Valaguez; it reads like he’s working as a butcher and a taxi driver now.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 12/07/2014 Arena Coliseo
1) Eléctrico & Fantasy vs Pequeño Universo 2000 & Pierrothito
2) Magnus, Soberano Jr., Star Jr. vs Cholo, Hijo del Signo, Ramstein
3) Dark Angel, Estrellita, Princesa Sugehit vs Amapola, La Comandante, Tiffany
4) Ángel de Oro, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Hombre sin Nombre, Kamaitachi, Okumura
5) Atlantis, Dragón Rojo Jr., La Máscara vs Gran Guerrero, Niebla Roja, Pólvora
6) Marco Corleone vs Terrible

Terrible hasn’t defended the title in a year, Terrible is about six months away from having the longest ever heavyweight reign, there’s no reason this isn’t a title match, this isn’t a title match. I dunno.

Estrellita is out for a while, still booked on to next week’s show. I dunno.

Sobreano, Star, Cholo and Ramstein are all back together in the segunda. This is a real thing.

CMLL (SUN) 12/07/2014 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Explosivo vs Relampago Azul
2) El Tapatío & Índigo vs Chakal & Furia Nazi
3) El Divino & Virgo vs Demonio Maya & Sádico
4) Esfinge, Exterminador, Omar Brunetti vs Bárbaro Cavernario, Jocker, Maléfico
5) Gallo, Máscara Dorada, Valiente vs Olímpico, Pierroth, Sagrado

A show.