What happened? Valiente defeated Hechicero to win their very short feud. The normal C3 feed wasn’t working and I missed the opener.
What was good? Puma & Tiger did fun Puma & Tiger things despite having not great opponents. I think I liked Hechicero/Valiente more than most, though it wasn’t what it might have been a few years ago.
Where can I watch? What I got is on YouTube. Links with each match.
Recapped: 08/26-27/2015 Read More
CMLL (TUE) 10/06/2015 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara[CMLL]
1) Furia Roja & Ráfaga b León Blanco & Neutrón
2) Lluvia, Marcela, Skadi b Dalys, La Comandante, La Seductora
3) Blue Panther Jr., Pegasso, The Panther b Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus
Pegasso replaced Fuego
4) Kráneo, Olímpico, Ripper b Ángel de Oro, Magnum, Stuka Jr.
Magnum replaced Super Porky.
5) La Máscara, Marco Corleone, Volador Jr. b Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas, Shocker
Tecnicos took 2/3. Volador & La Mascara defeated Negro Casas & Shocker to set up a tag title match next week.
There’s no particular explanation of why Volador & La Mascara are friends now.
IWRG (WED) 10/07/2015 Arena Naucalpan [Black Terry Jr. (Flickr), Estrellas del Ring, The Gladiatores]
1) Guerrero 2000 & Vampiro Metálico b Blue Metal & Chicanito
2) Blue Monsther, Enigma, Shadow Boy b Galaxy, Matrix Jr., Power Bull
3) Alas de Acero b Aramis, Vardeus, Adrenalina, Atomic Star
Adrenalina was hurt in the match
4) Acero, Demetrio El Gladiador, Hip Hop Man b Aeroman, Freyser, Kanon
5) Mega, Omega (2002), Super Mega, Ultra Mega DQ Comando Delta, Comando Gama, Comando Stone, Rayan
Comando Delta got away with a martinete on Delta, but Stone got caught fouled Mega. Each team challenged each other for Castillo del Terror.
A lot of mask match challenges on these shows between the stars and it’s the Comandos and the Megas in the match instead. That’ll probably be fun (though less so if Rayan loses.) These Wednesday shows are probably hidden FILL shows with the retro feud being the draw instead of a Copa Higher Power but close enough for me.
TuriLuchas bus service to Arena Coliseo will begin this Saturday. That joins the Friday and Tuesday trips. The press release mentions future plans to expand to Arena Puebla as well.
AAA has photos from their Antonio Pena memorial service.
Guerrero Negro Jr. has recovered enough to talk to police. That seems good. The police says Guerrero Negro kept changing the story of why he got shot. That seems not good. They explained this as Guerrero Negro Jr. being still hurt (mentally and physically) enough not to remember what happened right, though obviously there could be other reasons. Guerrero Negro Jr. said he did not know who shot him, but the second link says three witnesses identified him as Javier “el Mecanico”. Never a good thing to be a shot, probably worse to be shot by a guy who has a public nickname.
LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.
Highlights of the RIOT debut show.
+LuchaTV has highlights of Cielito versus Angel Blanco. Cielito’s mask is a slightly modified Magnifico one.
Apolo Valdes talks about the positive experience of going to an indy show.
Hechicero talks about his career with ESTO. He says that when he gets burned when practices the fire trick at home but it always goes fine when he does it at the arenas.
Disturbio versus Hijo del Diablo has been added to the 10/25 Chilanga Mask show in Coacalco.
El Marquez lost his mask to Apolo Estrada Jr. in Chilpancingo. That was the show which listed Black Warrior in his first match in quite a while; Black Terry moved up from the undercard to replace him.
Brujo Maya took Picudo‘s hair on the Leyendas show in Queretaro. Fantasma crashed and burned on a dive in his title defense against Mr. Jack. He continued to a double pin draw.
There’s a Caifan & Charles Lucero vs Dr. Cerbero & Guerrero Maya match in Monterrey this Sunday.
Lineup
IWRG (SUN) 10/11/2015 Arena Naucalpan
1) Hip Hop Man © vs Tortuga Leo [AIWA ARGENTINA CRUISER]
second defense
2) Imposible © vs Hijo del Pantera [IWRG IC Light]
Imposible 10th defense
3) Apolo Estrada Jr. & El Hijo del Diablo © vs Canis Lupus & Trauma I [IWRG IC TAG]
first defense
4) Golden Magic © vs Trauma II [IWRG JUNIORS]
first defense
5) Hijo De Dos Caras © vs Máscara Año 2000 Jr. [IWRG IC HEAVY]
sixth defense
Annual champions carnival deal. A lot of people making challenges in IWRG, but only the main event seems to be built up at all. (And even then, as I’ll continue to note, they just had X-Fly win a giant battle royal to earn that shot for himself.) I think the main event is a title match at least; the poster doesn’t really list as one.
What happened? Villano IV cheated to beat Psycho Clown in Villano III’s final matches. The Hell Brothers kept the trios match in a three way cage match.
What was good? My ability to give a dry recap of the events in the previous paragraph without mocking how bad much of it was. I guess this was the lesser half of the show, but it’s tough to pick a good half.
Where can I watch? It’s all around YouTube, including AAA’s channel.
Recapped: 08/27/2015
What happened? Revolucionarios actually beat the Guerreros, though it was mostly due to UG costing himself the match. Sombra’s suddenly feuding with Atlantis, which surely can’t be going anywhere.
What was good? the main event was fun live, TV didn’t totally capture it.
Where can I watch? Links are all below.
Recapped: 08/25/2012 Read More
CMLL (TUE) 10/06/2015 Arena México [CMLL]
1) Leono & Sensei vs Akuma & Cholo
2) Arkángel de la Muerte, Canelo Casas, Nitro b Magnus, Starman, Súper Halcón Jr.
3) Astral b Pequeño Violencia [lightning]
Astral won in 9:45
4) Reyna Isis, Tiffany, Zeuxis b Estrellita, La Vaquerita, Princesa Sugehit
5) Disturbio, Rey Bucanero, Terrible b Blue Panther, Esfinge, Rey Cometa
6) Dragon Lee, La Sombra, Titán DQ Boby Zavala, Mephisto, Último Guerrero
Sombra replaced Rush on Monday (which makes more sense based on last week’s finish.) Tecnicos took 2/3. Dragon Lee beat Mephisto in the second fall, Mephisto pulled Dragon Lee’s mask in the third. This set up a singles match next week.
Mephisto matches have not been as interesting the last few years, but he’s still a good guy for a crazy high flyer to face and no one is crazier than Dragon Lee. It could work.
I’m okay with CMLL not putting up the lightning match this week. I’m okay with CMLL not putting up most of this show.
AAA posted the UTDN (long) version of this week’s TV show, which the Cibernetico, Hijo del Fantasma, Texano Jr. versus La Parka, Monsther Clown, Murder Clown match. The show is listed as complete, so the three way tag from that show probably isn’t airing and they’ll be starting to air Heroes Inmortales this weekend after all.
CMLL Informa will have Ultimo Guerrero and Block B of the CMLL Universal tournament among others. There’s a good chance they’ll have Ultimo Guerrero on four straight weeks.
CMLL has an article on Lestat versus Molotov. I was there for the start of Sombra/Atlantis mask and totally didn’t believe they were actually going to have a mask match a month later. I almost was in the building for the start of this feud too – maybe Molotov turned while we were still buying tickets – and I wouldn’t believe they would have a mask match a few weeks later either. CMLL is increasingly strange.
CMLL will give discounts to fans who dress in thematic outfits for the Dia Los Muerte shows.
+LuchaTV has highlights of the Todo x el Todo main event from Monday. The building is too dark for me to tell if there was actually a decent crowd. Am.com.mx gives the attendance as 5,000. I’m skeptical of that number; we have capacity as 5,240 but they definitely cut off part of the arena for the entrance and the seats we could see weren’t full. The main event didn’t start until midnight, which is after everyone’s bed time and probably why the news reports about the show are only coming up today. Santo struck me as old much more than last we saw him.
No update on Guerrero Negro Junior. A columnist writes about Guerrero’s parents – his father was a wrestler for EMLL but his alcoholism hurt his career – and mentions Guerrero Negro Jr. had just opened a gym.
Atlatnis told Diario de Mexico that his retirement is not too far away, maybe just a couple years. Daniel Bryan better get his release quick. Atlantis also implies he has no interested in a retirement tour – one day, he’ll just finish a match, grab the mic, say “I’m retiring”, and then disappear completely. This is the same way I plan on going.
Diva Salvaje vs Demasiado vs Juana la Loca has been added to the 10/25 Coliseo Coacalco show.
Mr. Niebla will be on the 10/17 Cara Lucha show. That’s an odd combination of luchador and promotion, but he’ll probably bring some fans.
There’s a Mr. Aguila & Volador Jr. vs Rush & La Sombra tag match in El Paso on 10/24.
TuriLuchas is saying they’ll start running Saturday trips to Arena Coliseo. Arena Mexico is not hard to get to but Arena Coliseo is a bit harder; it’s definitely more expensive to go on the bus but that’s not a bad idea.
Hijo de Dos Caras is listed as wrestling on the 10/17 WXW (Germany) show for some reason. They’ve got a show the next day so he’s probably in for that too.
Fenix talks about his career, say he’d like to have a mask versus hair match with Mesias.
Segunda Caida reviews Shocker vs Hector Garza
Los Cholitas are headed to Madrid.
Lineup
CMLL (TUE) 10/13/2015 Arena México
1) Flyer & Sensei vs Cholo & Espanto Jr.
2) Astral, Eléctrico, Fantasy vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico
3) Lluvia, Princesa Sugehit, Skadi vs La Seductora, Reyna Isis, Zeuxis
4) Delta, Fuego, Tritón vs Disturbio, Hechicero, Okumura
5) Rey Cometa, Super Porky, Titán vs Cavernario, Felino, Mr. Niebla
6) Dragon Lee vs Mephisto
The problem with Titan (and Cometa and Cavernario) moving up is they’re running into people who don’t work as well with them moving down. Fourth match should be good.
CMLL (TUE) 10/13/2015 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Explosivo & Metatrón vs Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno
2) Gallo, Robin, Stigma vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Canelo Casas, Maléfico
3) Blue Panther Jr., Pegasso, Starman vs Misterioso Jr., Pierroth, Sagrado
4) Gran Guerrero, Kráneo, Último Guerrero vs Boby Zavala, Dragón Rojo Jr., Thunder
5) Negro Casas & Shocker © vs La Máscara & Volador Jr. [CMLL TAG]
Shocker & Negro Casas 8th defense, 7 against at least one member of Los Ingobernables.
It’s surprising anyone cares about the Ingobernables feuds given how poorly they’re used. Mascara and Volador will probably get along for most of the match and then fall apart by the end, as they have for two straight years go on.
Speaking of bad ideas CMLL can’t let go of, Thunder’s back. This is not a good card.
DTU (FRI) 10/30/2015 Coliseo Fraternidad, Veracruz, Veracruz
1) ?, ??, ??? vs ????, ?????, ??????
names too small to read
2) Erwin & Irving vs Masizito & Porrito
Irving & Erwin are Chiki Nerds
3) Flyer Boy, Junior, Perro Negro Jr. vs Kid Lobo, Kronos, Maremoto Jr.
4) Joven Maravilla & Lady Maravilla vs Abadon & Zuzu Divine and Principe Dorada and Gio El Malkriado
5) Jimmy, Kevin, Tony vs Aero Power, Anarquia, Hijo De Butire
6) Rocky Lobo vs Ángel del Misterio, Septimo Dragon, Lanzeloth, Chica Ye-Ye
7) Ángel o Demonio & Ovett vs Black Baby & Sepulutra
8) Cíclope & Miedo Extremo vs Black Fire & Pesadilla and Atila & Tiburon
First of the three show DTU tour; the others cards may be out by the time you read this. Whoever came up with “Erwin and Irving” deserves a gold star.
The first week of TripleMania! (It didn’t do well.)