CMLL (TUE) 05/26/2015 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [CMLL]
1) Exterminador & Rey Trueno b Frezzer & Virgo
Rey Trueno replaced Joker. Rudos took 2/3.
2) Flash II, Hombre Bala Jr., Súper Halcón Jr. b Artillero, Maléfico, Súper Comando
Flash II replaced Flash I.
3) Okumura, Sangre Azteca, Virus b Fuego, Magnus, The Panther
4) Super Porky, Titán, Valiente b Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora, Rey Escorpión
5) Atlantis, La Máscara, Volador Jr. DQ Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Vangellys
Terrible fouled Atlantis.
CMLL Informa announced the teams for En Busca de un Idolo
Team Negro Casas: Delta, Canelo Casas, Blue Panther Jr., Guerrero Maya Jr.
Team Virus: Esfinge, Flyer, Disturbio, Bobby Zavala
The idea they were pushing is Negro Casas has a tougher draw, since he has the son of a rival, two established guys who may not take advice and his own nephew. Flyer, Disturbio and Zavala are currently already in Virus’ training class.
The teams structure seems pointless from the outside. Originally, the participants only fought luchadors on the other team in the first round, but the expanded field means everyone fights everyone else regardless of the team and about half of the matches are internal team fights. (The most sensible option would be something closer to En Busca de un Idolo, where each contender has a veteran mentor, but that maybe too hard to coordinate.) The concept is these luchadors will be training with the mentors, but we’re always only told that, never see it, and rarely see any signs of it.
They also interviews Zeuxis, who said she’d be back from injury the second week of June.
NJPW covered Naito joining the Ingobernables, wondering if it might affect his actions in NJPW. Running an angle for Japan with Naito and Sombra points to Sombra coming over to NJPW soon, probably for the G1. (It’s just as interesting that Rush wasn’t there, though he could’ve just been otherwise busy – or maybe the security guard wouldn’t let him in.) NJPW World also put up a section for Naito’s adventures in Mexico, so it’s likely other matches will be posted while he’s in CMLL.
CaraLucha held a press conference yesterday for their anniversary show Saturday. A Flamita video promo aired, warning Volador that he wasn’t the same kid he saw training in CMLL, growing a lot in his tour to Japan. Volador mocked this, saying he’d hadn’t seen more than 3 minutes of Flamita when he was training CMLL and while Flamita is good, Volador is better. Hechiero said he didn’t expect his match with Rush to a mat battle and was ready to prove to Rush he can do more than trade holds (a reference to a comment Rush made during Hechicero’s En Busca de un Idolo season.) Wasson and Aramis talked about their Bestiario final – will a guy in Joker makeup win a young stars tournament this week? They also had participants in the four faction apuesta match, with Yoruba saying fans shouldn’t be so sure one of the unmasked guys is losing their hair and no one being sure how the match is supposed to work.
In hype for Saturday’s ChilangaMask show, the Gemelo Fantasticos call the Traumas clowns. Those two teams had a hard hitting rivalry back in IWRG years ago, which got out of control at least once.
ChilangaMask also announced an all maestros trios match, with Judas, Jeque and Avisman versus Negro Navarro, Black Terry, Solar, on 06/21.
AAA’s preview of the trios title match at Verano de Escandalo lists the Electroshock, Hijo del Pirata Morgan, ??? (Kronoz unless something’s changed) trio as Holocausto. That name has been floating around for a while – it showed up in the Observer a while back – but hasn’t yet been used on TV much if at all.
Funcion Estelar has an interview with Ninja Turtle Leo, talking about his title match this Sunday with Imposible. He’s doesn’t have a plan to win yet, because Imposible can attack many different ways. Near the end of the interview, Leo admits he and the rest of the turtles were not happy with these characters, thinking they wouldn’t last. Instead, the fans got into it right away and they’ve established themselves. Leo likes being a children’s hero, saying it’s fabulous when the kids ask for a picture or an autograph or a hug.
Ripper vows to win the CMLL Light Heavyweight championship from Angel de Oro for Puebla, because Puebla deserves a winner. I wonder if the Arena Puebla crowd will end up supporting the local.
+LuchaTV has highlights of the Lucha Fan Fest: the Ninja Turtles in action, Dos Caras, Io Shairi, Vanely vs Brazo de Plata, Mayu Iwatani and Diosa Atenea and Mil Mascaras, Atlantis, Octagon vs Canek, Ultimo Guerrero and Fuerza Guerrera.
LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.
Highlight videos of Rey Astral and Komander, who are working that dark match on Saturday.
SuperLuchas looks back at Lobo Negro, who passed away 25 years ago yesterday and Andre el Gigante in Mexico in 1982.
Segunda Caida reviews the En Busca de un Idolo cibernetico.
Voices of Wrestling reviews this week’s Lucha Underground.
Apolo Valdes rated the Lucha World Cup 8.5 out of 10, hopes ACH, Galloway, Masamune, Hardy and Mundo return to Mexico.
Highlights of Tzuki & Pierrothito in action from Cicero last weekend.
There will be a lucha film festival in London on July 8, as an addition to the Santo/Cassandro shows there. They’ll be showing films with both of them.
Good/Great/Excellent matches
Lucha Underground: 2015-04-29
taped 2015-02-21 @ Lucha Underground Temple, Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California
Prince Puma vs Drago [LU CHAMP] – great
CMLL on CadenaTres: 2015-04-25
taped 2015-04-21 @ Arena México
Hombre Bala Jr. vs Disturbio : [good]
CMLL on Fox Sports (Mexico): 2015-04-25
taped 2015-04-10 @ Arena México
Titan vs Polvora in a lightning match: [good]
Shows Watched But Nothing Worthwhile
AAA on Televisa: 2015-04-25
CMLL Guerreros del Ring on 52MX: 2015-04-25
Matches To Watch Later
AULL TV: 2015-04-26
Leviatham © vs Terry 2000 for the AULL Light Heavyweight Championship – picked almost at random
Johnny Mundo beat Aerostar (6:33, fin de mundo) [good]
Prince Puma beat Hernandez (12:45, 630 senton), keeps Lucha Underground Championship [good]
Mil Muertes beat Fenix (9:12, Flatliner) in a death match [great]
Black Lotus reached the Lucha Underground Temple, but was cut off from going inside by Chavo Guerrero Jr. He convinced her to take his assistance and not go after Matanza just yet. That was the last we saw of him, but later events would prove Chavo and Dragon Azteca correct.
Mundo fought more aggressively, keeping Aerostar and pounding him repeatedly. His confidence was higher than before. Aerostar fought well and pushed Mundo, similar to his matches with Havoc & Angelico, but Mundo won in the end again.
Vampiro sat down with Sexy Star for an interview. It was less confrontational and more informational than his recent ones: Sexy Star is not scared of Pentagon Jr. and had no problem accepting a rematch for next week, even though Dario Cueto has made it a submission match. Sexy Star has not heard from Super Fly since his arm was broken by Pentagon, but believes he’s rehabbing for a return.
Hernandez versus Puma saw Puma survive a lot of tough shots, and get in a cheap shot with a chair thanks to a Konnan distraction. The match continued for many minutes after, with Puma missing one 630 senton but landing one when he got another chance. They got a lot of time and the match didn’t drag. There were other title matches which were better, but Hernandez was fine here. He doesn’t seem like the easiest guy to work with (the senton where he landed full on Puma seemed unfun) but he fulfilled his role here.
Mil Muertes sported a new look, all black, including black pants. He was accompanied by Catrina and some Disciples, though it’s less clear if they’re his disciples or hers. All four stayed out of the way during the match, though the announcers made special note of them repeatedly circling the ring counter clockwise, believing it had some meaning. Mil Muertes didn’t really need the help. Catrina told the truth, Mil is back stronger than ever, no selling dives and destroying Fenix. Fenix got in a few hope moments, but less so than Grave Consequences. The rules of this death match were no DQ, no count, pinfall or submission in the ring, referee instructed not to stop the match unless it’s absolutely necessary. Mil Muertes took advantage of the lack of DQs to nail Fenix with a few chairs shots in between gigantic chokeslams and other moves. Mil carried a limp Fenix all the way up the stairs and towards the overhand near the announcers. Mil first teased throwing Fenix off the overhand, then instead powerbombed thru the ceiling of the room (closet?), sending Fenix down out of view. In a first, Lucha Underground took a break, then came back with replays of what had just occurred. The Disciples broke down the locked door to the room where Fenix had fallen, carried him back to the ring, and Muertes finished Fenix off with a brutal flatliner.
After the credits, the Crew were seen meeting with Dario, upset they had let him down and demanding a sacrifice. Cortez and Cisco betrayed Bael. They forced him against the cage, where the monster Matanza (off screen) destroyed Bael, shooting blood onto the faces of Cortez and Cisco, as well onto Dario’s shirt. The remaining Crew members appeared shaken by what had just happened.
That was something. This was an episode of TV that could only be a Lucha Underground episode of TV becuase – from start to deadly end – no other wrestling should could possibly pull that off. And no one else would think to try. Johnny Mundo versus Aerostar in a wrestling match would be the most astounding thing on most TV shows. This one had a guy being murdered by a monster.
The spoiler reports for the rest of the season just had Mr. Cisco & Cortez Castro in the Crew, which always seemed weird. Was there a split up? Did B-Boy have some other commitment? It made a lot more sense when they aired the vignette of Dario introducing The Crew to Matanza, but even than I couldn’t possible imagine it. It certainly was the best devouring of a human I’ve seen on a wrestling show.
This show had matches too! And all pretty good. Johnny Mundo continues to have reliably entertaining matches against midcard guys, and meshed better against Aerostar than it would’ve figured. This match, much like last week’s promo, was about introducing newly rudo Johnny Mundo, but Aerostar got a lot and both men came out of it looking good.
Prince Puma and Hernandez exceeded expectation. It was a lot of Prince Puma doing crazy things, Hernandez getting him in trouble with a lot of power moves, and Puma making a comeback again. Just letting Puma do highlight reel stuff is entertaining enough. Hernandez worked well with him, and they had a quite a few nice near falls.
Mil Muertes didn’t squash Fenix, but it was a calculated destruction designed to showcase Muertes as stronger than ever. The stunt fall to the floor looked spectacular and Muertes came off like a monster. Though not as much a monster as that last guy. Grave Consequences was the better match but this was a good sequel.
This would’ve been a good effort in matches under any circumstance. This wasn’t any circumstance: this episode and the next three week were all done in the immediate hours after Hijo del Perro Aguayo passed away. It’s amazing they were able to pull it together like they did.
10 episodes left.
