Month: February 2016

IWRG (SUN) 02/28/2016 Arena Naucalpan [IWRG]
1) Galaxy & Kanon b Acero & Power Bull
2) Dragón Fly & Freyser b Nimrod (Costa Rica) & Picudo Jr.
Nimrod’s debut. He’s the Costa Rican luchador of the same name (and seemingly not the Nimrod who was here a couple years ago.)
3) Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro, Eterno b Danny Casas, Diablo Jr. I, El Hijo del Diablo
Eterno replaced Negro Navarro
4) Mr. Águila, Trauma I, Trauma II b Negro Navarro, Súper Nova, Veneno
Negro Navarro replaced Dos Caras (who did not make it back from Puerto Rico in time.)
5) Heddi Karaoui b Solar I [IWRG IC MIDDLE]
First defense. Wasn’t listed as a title match, but ended up being one, and a one fall match. Second match of the night for the 59 year old Solar, who wrestled in Arena Mexico earlier.

I guess they forgot to list the title match on the poster? I dunno. 50 year old luchadors wrestling twice in one night seems like a bad idea in general.

Add to the list of well attended show this weekend: AAA’s show in Ciudad Juarez, which looks full or close to it.

Super Crazy talks about his big win, and Felino his big loss. The result makes a lot of sense in the big picture: if you’re going to do something where the indie guys are supposed to be on the same level as the CMLL ones, the indie guys need to get a big win. (At the same time, it shows Elite still is working with a decent amount of money if they’re able to give Felino a payoff big enough for a hair loss.) I still think they should’ve run this on the first Wednesday to get people to the new day, though I’d guess it probably drew better being on a Sunday.

Llaves y Candados has highlights of the Rush/Cibernetico/Konnan Big match. The finish is just Cibernetico & Rush beating up Konnan Big until the ref called a DQ (maybe for the shove too.) Just prior to that, Rush nails Konnan Big with a dropkick; Konnan Big says he has a fractured nose. He’s back

Caristico returns to Arena Puebla – in an actual match this time, not a surprise run-in as he did last week. Tonight’s main event is Atlantis, Caristico and Mistico taking on Euforia, Rey Bucanero, and Ultimo Guerrero. They’re probably not having a singles match next week – Princesa Sugehit and Zeuxis meet in a lightning match which seems more likely to set up a title match given Zeuxis’ impending absence – but the main event focus will be on UG & Caristico. Semimain has the fun trio of Dragon Lee, Stuka, Titan versus the sometimes fun Hijos del Infienro. Espiritu Maligno and Rey Samuray are in the segunda, but so is Arkangel.

The show starts at 9pm CT and will be streamted from CMLL.com and CMLL’s YouTube channel.

Segunda Caida reviews the Blue Panther & Negro Casas versus Solar & Black Terry match.

LuchaRama says they plan on presenting another marathon show on the last Sunday of December. If you look at a calendar, that’s December 25th, so I wonder if they’ve looked at a calendar. This weekend’s show was originally scheduled from December last year.

This week’s Box Y Lucha has bald Felino on the cover, which is a good turn around.

The Ciudad Juarez museum is hoping to open by the end of March.

Ayako Hamada thanks the fans for their support in her match against Marcela.

Lineups

IWRG (WED) 03/02/2016 Arena Naucalpan
1) Adrenalina vs Ángel De La Muerte II
2) Black Dragón & Osiris vs Fire Man & Galaxy
3) Blue Monsther, Crisis Boy, Zatura vs Acero, Picudo Jr., Troll
4) Alas de Acero, Aramis, Atomic Star, Dragón Fly, Freyser, Kanon, Power Bull, Violencia Jr. vs Black Mercury, El Resplandor, Gemelo Fantástico I, Gemelo Fantástico II, Iron Kid, Príncipe Pantera, Príncipe Pantera Jr.,Psycho Kid [Copa Higher Power]
Gym FILL vs Gym Toluca, rematch from last week
5) Leo, Mike, Rafy vs Factor, Rayan, Spector

Ninja Turtles main event!

Zatura is back again, or the name is being recycled again. IWRG can’t decide if his partner is Criss Boy or Crisis Boy.

CMLL (SAT) 03/05/2016 Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala vs Camorra
2) Robin vs Espanto Jr.
3) Magnus vs Raziel
4) Lluvia vs Reyna Isis
5) Esfinge vs Sagrado
6) Fujin & Raijin vs Blue Panther Jr. & Fuego
7) Ángel de Oro, Atlantis, Mistico vs Gran Guerrero, Terrible, Último Guerrero

Fujin & Raijin’s Coliseo debut. Magnus/Raziel had issues months ago in Arena Puebla.

CMLL (SUN) 03/06/2016 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Johnny Dinamo vs Guerrero de la Muerte
2) Metatrón & Reycko vs Gran Kenut & Relámpago
3) El Divino, Mágico, Vaquero Jr. vs Espectrúm, Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno
rematch
4) Gallo, Magnum, Nautilius vs El Chakal, Joker, Ráfaga
5) Blue Panther Jr., Omar Brunetti, Oro Jr. vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Furia Roja, Puma

Espectrum/Vaquero is probably the 03/20 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas main event at this building.

No card for next Sunday in Arena Mexico yet.

CMLL (SAT) 02/27/2016 Arena Coliseo [CMLL]
1) Último Dragóncito b Pequeño Universo 2000
2) Magnus b Apocalipsis
3) Flyer DQ Akuma
Akuma was DQed for excessive violence, still got the Canadian Destroyer in.
4) Oro Jr. DQ Hijo del Signo
Signo unmasked Oro Jr. for the DQ.
5) Nitro b Leono
Leono replaced Soberano sometime during the week (poster was up at the arenas but change didn’t make it online.) Nitro won with La Roca.
6) Guerrero Maya Jr. & The Panther b Puma & Tiger [Arena Coliseo TAG]
Tecnicos took 1/3 to retrain, with Maya beating Puma with Sacrifico Maya for the win. Second defense. Money thrown in.
7) Atlantis, Blue Panther, Máscara Dorada b Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero

The two match feud for the tag titles has been said to be very good. Maya & Panther being champions makes sense for the inevitable Fuijin/Rajin challenge.

CMLL ELITE (SUN) 02/28/2016 Arena México [CMLL]
1) Cinthia Moreno & Rossy Moreno b Lluvia & Muñeca De Plata
Muneca was seriously injured and taken the hospital, but returned to the building by the end of the show.
2) Eléctrico © b Príncipe Diamante [MEX LIGHT]
Electrico took 1/3 to keep the title. Second defense, first in 18 months.
3) Golden Magic & Metaleón b Argos & Karonte Jr.
Straight falls. Team Karonte were DQed in the first for throwing Golden Magic over the top rope. Karonte Jr. left on a stretcher after a Spanish Fly to the floor
4) Blue Panther & Negro Casas b Black Terry & Solar I
Casas pinned Solar. Money thrown in.
5) Carístico, Máscara Dorada, Mistico DQ La Máscara, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr.
Tecnicos took 2/3, the last when Caristico blocked a foul from Mascara and threw his mask to him for the DQ.
6) Súper Crazy b Felino [hair]
Crazy took 2/3. Tiger interfered to help his father in the third but it wasn’t enough.

Super Crazy/Felino is already on YouTube. Super Crazy says he wants to unmasked Tiger next. Hey, dream big.

It was a good weekend for crowds at shows. The Elite crowd seems better than usual. The Shocker/Pato Soria show drew well. Full results here, Estrellas del Ring has video of what turned out to be a three way main event. Arena Neza drew well for Perros defeating Psycho Clown in a cage (a trophy, no masks or hair on the line.) Arena Coliseo Monterrey drew well for Cibernetico vs Rush vs Konnan Big (with Konnan Big winning by DQ.) The LuchaRama show seems to have gone well – Black Terry Jr. has highlights of Centviron/Latigo versus Mr. Leo/Metaleon.

Hijo de Dos Caras beat Ray Gonzalez in WWC with help from Konnan, so that feud must be going on. Rey Mysterio Jr. beat Mr. 450 in a non title match, and he’s returning to challenge for the title at some point too.

The full length F1/AAA commercial is now on YouTube.

LuchaWorld has KrisZ’s news update.

Super Libre had Cosmos and Super Estrellas as in studio guests.

Crazy Star talks about her career in lucha and her fascination with death.

There’s a proposal for a Blue Demon statue in Mexico City.

CMLL (FRI) 02/26/2016 Arena México [CMLL, thecubsfan, Yahoo! Deportes]
1) Demus 3:16 & Pierrothito b Astral & Stukita
14:04. Rudos took 2/3.
2) Fujin, Raijin, Skándalo b Blue Panther Jr., The Panther, Tritón
15:48. Rudos took 2/3.
3) Ángel de Oro, Dragón Lee, Stuka Jr. b Boby Z, Kamaitachi, Okumura
14:29. Tecnicos took 2/3, including Dragon Lee beating Kamaitachi in the third fall.
4) Dalys b Marcela [lightning]
8:06. Dalys pinned Marcela while holding onto the ropes.
5) Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas b Mistico, Súper Parka, Volador Jr.
5:52. Rudos took 2/3. Negro Casas gave Super Parka a martinete (or at least attempted to), Volador tried to do the same to Casas, Tirantes broke it up, and Volador attacked him for the DQ. Parka was strechered out (maybe out of CMLL for the time being) and Volador angirly vowed to get revenge on Casas. Super Crazy came out afterwards to go back and forth with Felino about their hair match on Sunday.
6) Marco Corleone, Máscara Dorada, Máximo Sexy DQ La Máscara, Rush, Vangellys
8:53. Tecnicos won in straight falls. Rush fouled Maximo in the first, then Maximo faked a foul in the second.

Third match was the best match on the show, though they tried to do a good job of building up the big Homenaje a Dos Leyendas matches on the rest of the show. The martinete spot looked poor.

In Tijuana, Rey Misterio Heredero defeated Nicho in the main event trios match, setting up a ladder match between the two. Nicho earlier suggested he’d quit if the newest Misterio beat him. Konnan previous said Nicho’s looking to get knee surgery at some point.

This week’s AAA TV reveals AAA has a new taping on 03/11 in Naucalpan. That replaces Tampico on the schedule and takes care of the missing TV weeks. The lineup for that show should be announced shortly. AAA is also hyping an announcement/partnership today with MexicoGP, an auto race held in the fall.

Tonight’s Arena Coliseo show has Guerrero Maya Jr. & the Panther against Tiger & Puma for the Arena Coliseo Tag Team championship. Tiger & Puma talk about the match here. A title change is possible; maybe the biggest reason there wouldn’t be is Fuijin and Rajin are clearly getting a shot at some point.

The LuchaRama shows have started by the time you read this, but the show is a marathon so you’ll still have plenty of matches to check it out. The full scheduled card is here.

Pro Wrestling Revolution also has a $10 iPPV/$15 iPPV+VOD tonight at 9pm, with Silver King & Juventud Guerrera.

Arena Neza has a Perros del Mal/Psycho Circus cage match tonight. The show is being billed at a Perro Aguayo Jr. tribute.

Black Fire told DTU that his learned the style is different in England after his first match there, but there are plenty of people willing to help him adjust. Black Fire will be back in Germany on April 2nd, taking on Axel Dieter in WXW.

Aerostart has been added to WrestleCon.

Pentagon talks up his chances of winning in the Rey de Reyes block in Toluca, while Texano talks about the main event bull terrier match.

Plantilla Deportiva has interviews with Rush and Gran Apache.

Lineup

CMLL (FRI) 03/04/2016 Arena México
1) Hombre Bala Jr. & Súper Halcón Jr. vs El Cuatrero & Sansón
2) La Vaquerita, Marcela, Princesa Sugehit vs Amapola, Dalys, Tiffany
3) Esfinge, Titán, Tritón vs Ephesto, Mephisto, Virus
4) Marco Corleone, Máximo Sexy, Último Guerrero vs La Máscara, Rey Escorpión, Rush [Relevos Increíbles]
5) Kamaitachi © vs Dragón Lee [CMLL SL]
6) Atlantis, Máscara Dorada, Volador Jr. vs Cavernario, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas

If Volador actually has a surprise, next week is probably the time for them to appear.

There was no announcement of Kamaitachi/Dragon Lee on last night’s show, but it’s nice to see it happening. Not sure Dragon Lee is winning it back; with all the matches building to Homenaje a Dos Leyendas last week, it’s possible the finish is more of the same.

Rey Escorpion is back, just in time to be Thunder’s replacement again.

Guessing the women’s title match is next week.