Dragon Rojo keeps his title, Luciferno debuts, Lucha Underground

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Luciferono/photo by Alexis Salazar (CMLL)

CMLL (TUE) 02/03/2015 Arena México [CMLL, Yahoo! Deportes]
1) Acero & Aéreo b Mercurio & Pequeño Universo 2000
2) Arkángel de la Muerte, Canelo Casas, Disturbio b Flyer, Hombre Bala Jr., Súper Halcón Jr.
Arkangel replaced Nitro on Thursday. Rudos took 2/3.
3) Dark Angel, Estrellita, Princesa Sugehit b Dalys, Tiffany, Zeuxis
4) Fuego, Pegasso, Tritón DQ Luciferno, Morphosis, Pólvora
Pegasso replaced Rey Cometa on Thursday. Hombre sin Nombre is now known as Luciferno and pulled Triton’s mask for the DQ. Tecnicos took 2/3.
5) Bárbaro Cavernario, Gran Guerrero, Terrible b Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., La Máscara
La Mascara & Gran Guerrero replace Atlantis & Felino on Thursday
6) Dragón Rojo Jr. © b Niebla Roja [CMLL MIDDLE]
Dragon Rojo took the first fall, but lost his head and unmasked Niebla Roja to lose the second. Dragon Rojo won the match with a super powerbomb. Dragon Rojo’s 10th defense.

Main event looks good.

CMLL posted a months ago that Hombre Sin Nombre (Hooligan) was going to be known as Lucifer, than deleted it and pretended it for months before giving him a slightly different name. My uninformed guess is there were issues with rights to the names – trademarking is obviously important to them of late, but maybe more a commission thing – and maybe they tried to resolve it for a few months before giving up and trying to the slightly different name. It probably makes no difference in the long term, but the boring outfit was not helping Hombre Sin Nombre’s boring stint under that name. The mask and costuming is an improvement.

Also, if he’s going to use the Hooligan/Luciferno Clash as a finish, then everyone should stop pretending he’s not actually Hooligan and just let him do all of his Hooligan spots. Anyone who would recognize the wacky handspring as something Hooligan did have already figured this out.

Tonight’s the first Lucha Underground taped in 2015. Lucha Underground’s episodes no longer have descriptions or show titles, which is less fun for me but does ensure they won’t be accidentally spoiling things. They have announced a few of the matches already on social media

Cage has been saying “I’m a machine” so often that he might have just changed his name to make it easier for everyone to get the idea. This taping also included a Drago vs Aerostar match as well.

Also, Lucha Underground is teasing a special guest surprise on this show. El Patron Alberto’s first appearance was at this taping. His in-ring was in the hour that’s airing next week, but it’s likely a vignette was taped for him which will air tonight.

Chavo Guerrero Jr. called Lucha Underground the best wrestling show in the US.

CMLL surprisingly posted the Stuka Jr. vs Hechicero lightning match from Sunday (which replaces the usual Tuesday lightning match.) There’s also the stellar moments from a couple weeks ago and highlights from Friday’s show. Maximo is appropriately #1 on CMLL’s top 10 of the week. Titan is #10.

AAA posted this week’s TV show in full, including the opener from Naucalpan which didn’t air on Televisa.

One of the vignettes airing on the show was Cibernetico confronting Konnan over what happened at Guerra de Titanes. There’s also a text interview with Cibernetico which covers the same ground: Cibernetico says he was attacked by a mystery man which prevented him from making it to the trios title match at Guerra de Titanes. Cibernetico initially blamed Konnan for the attack until Konnan assured him he had nothing to do it. Cibernetico says the Hell Brothers have not joined La Sociedad because he doesn’t trust Konnan but they share common opponents (AAA tecnicos) at the moment. The text interview notes Cibernetico doesn’t is confusing here.

Note that live Cibernetico showed up late for the trios title match. When they aired it on TV, Cibernetico just never showed up. This feels like there was one plan, there’s now a different plan, and this just an awkward transition between the two. I’m not holding my breath on a reveal of the mystery attacker (though it’d make the most sense to be a Sociedad member after all in the end.)

Dorian Roldan said the location for Rey de Reyes will be announced on Saturday. That sounds like something was recorded for AAA TV this weekend. The show has been rumored to be in Monterrey, as in previous years.

Former AAA luchador Decnnis had emergency surgery for clot in his head (brain?) and a torn lung. The article does not mention what happened, but he’s had complications from surgery and a lot of expenses related to them. A benefit show is being held this weekend.

Black Terry Jr. has highlights of Aeroboy, Violento Jack, Mike Segura vs Black Terry, Flamita and Neza Kid from Sunday’s Arena Neza show.

+LuchaTV has a ton of new videos, including Jason Gory hyping his Chilanga Mask match and highlights of The Panther & Dragon Lee vs Aero Boy & Flamita with Aero Boy, Flamita and the CMLL guys all talking about the match. Also, Leyendas Inmoratales appears to be setting up a Mr. Jack vs Shu el Guerrero match.

Sin Cara Gym will be having a free show on Saturday at noon. It’s their second anniversary show. Last year’s show was the return to Mexico for Myzteziz, which had CMLL’s Sombra making a surprise appearance in a match with AAA wrestlers. There’s no card announced this year.

SuperLuchas looks back at Dr. Wagner vs Canek for the UWA Heavyweight title from ten years ago, a match Canek is still planning to avenge.

Zumbi introduced his new tall Brazilian tag team partner, Xandao, at a press conference. No matches were announced.

Segunda Caida watches the first Invasors match in CMLL, is quickly disappointed.

Preview of the four way on ChilangaMask anniversary show.

Lineups

CMLL (TUE) 02/10/2015 Arena México
1) Acero & Aéreo vs Pequeño Olímpico & Pequeño Universo 2000
2) Magnus, Molotov, Oro Jr. vs Hijo del Signo, Metálico, Nitro
3) Soberano Jr., Starman, Stigma vs Canelo Casas, Okumura, Sangre Azteca
4) Tritón vs Luciferno [lightning]
5) Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr., The Panther vs Misterioso Jr., Pierroth, Sagrado
6) Ángel de Oro, Dragón Rojo Jr., Volador Jr. vs Hechicero, Pólvora, Último Guerrero

Luciferno pulling Triton’s mask actually goes somewhere.

Main event is a random assortment of people. Dragon Rojo and Polvora may remember they have issues.

CMLL (TUE) 02/10/2015 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) El Divino, Metatrón, Robin vs Infierno, Ráfaga, Súper Comando
2) Dark Angel, Marcela, Silueta vs La Seductora, Tiffany, Zeuxis
3) Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr., Stuka Jr. vs Puma, Tiger, Virus
4) Valiente vs Felino
5) La Máscara, Marco Corleone, Máximo vs Rey Bucanero, Shocker, Terrible

First ever Valiente/Felino singles match. Tercera could be very good. Virus has been lightweight champion for so long that Stuka was actually eligible for a title match at one point.

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  1. Article on Decnnis mentions that he came out ok from the two surgeries, but now has hernias that need to be operated. Decnnis & his family paid for the first two operations, but now need money to pay for the hernia operations, so his wrestling friends are running a benefit show to help the family out.

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