Rush & Mascara feud in Guadalajara, AAA iPPV details, CMLL Gran Prix

CMLL (TUE) 05/24/2016 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Martes de Glamour]
1) Frezzer & Neutrón b Demonio Rojo & Mr. Apolo
Mr. Apolo replaced Chakal. Tecnicos took 1/3.
2) Canelo Casas, Hijo del Signo, Metálico b Flyer, Hombre Bala Jr., Starman
Rudos took 1/3.
3) Blue Panther Jr., The Panther, Vaquero Jr. b El Cuatrero, Sansón, Skándalo
Vaquero replaced Gallo. Tecnicos took 2/3.
4) Blue Panther, Diamante Azul, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Bobby Z, Hechicero, Vangellys
Diamante Azul replaced Super Porky. Tecnicos took 2/3. Money thrown in.
5) La Máscara, Shocker, Terrible DQ Máscara Dorada, Rush, Titán
Rudos took 1/3. Rush & Mascara feuded, Rush unmasked Mascara for the DQ.

Rush as a tecnico makes no sense, but Rush hanging out with an oddly rudo-ish Dorada & Titan would be interesting. Too bad it’s only happening Guadalajara.

IWRG (WED) 05/25/2016 Arena Naucalpan [+LuchaTV, The Gladiatores]
1) Aramis b Adrenalina
2) Dragón Fly & Omega b Enigma & Rocket
First Enigma match since November.
3) Factor, Spartan, Spector b Astro, Geo, Zatura
Debut for Geo.
4) Emperador Azteca, Freelance, Hijo del Alebrije b Apolo Estrada Jr., Eterno, Rayan
Apolo & Eterno attacked Rayan after the loss, which caused the other three Comando Elite to rush out of the save. Insoportables said they’d have a new member to have a 4v4 match.
5) Cerebro Negro © b Trauma II [IWRG IC WELTER]
first defense

Main event sounds like it went well.

AAA announced details of the Lucha World Cup iPPV: both shows will be offered in a package for 250 Mexican Pesos or $25 USD. ($25 is a fair price for two shows, but it’s nearly twice as much as the peso price.) There will be English and Spanish announcing. The show will start to be available for sale tomorrow on AAA’s website. It’s not clear if you’ll be able to just buy one show for a lower price, but we’ll probably know that tomorrow

AAA’s schedule next week is going to be strenuous. Postponing the taping Pachuca taping two days makes sense (and Pachuca did make the final so they would’ve got killed), but it also means AAA is running three tapings in six days plus probably doing a lot of press and just general herding around foreigners from place to place.

CMLL says their World Cup International Gran Prix will take place in July, with representatives from Japan, Canada, the Isla of Tonga, New Zealand and the US. In NJPW, Tama Tonga & his brother Tanga Roa (ex-WWE Camacho) are billed from Tonga. Bad Luck Fale is also billed from Tonga, but is originally from New Zealand, as is Jay White. Canada, US and Japan could be anyone, including Raijin & Fujin. What’s strange is the title of the piece says Italy is involved (Marco), but the body of it does not mention Italy.

Diamante Azul was interviewed on CMLL Informa, and said to be the first member of the Mexico team. There will be a press conference to announce more about this tournament on Wednesday, within a day of when AAA is doing press for the Lucha World Cup. (This could not be more obvious.)

Azul also said he’d be around for five before going back to France, and plans on becoming a French citizen. Diamante Azul always says he’s wrestling and training people in France, but I’m never able to find any results of him wrestling there.

LuchaWorld has the latest Lucha Report news update.

AAW announced Aerostar will face AR Fox on their 06/17 show. That joins the Drago versus Chris Hero match on that show. It should be a pretty good show.

AULL announced everyone has mandatory practice every other Saturday. That’s a hard day for mandatory practice.

Quick AyTV interview with Mascara Dorada.

Next Saturday in Houston has a Martinez show with Aerostar & Laredo Kid vs Flamtia & Ultimo Ninja.

Lineups

IWRG (SUN) 05/29/2016 Arena Naucalpan
1) Dragón Fly vs Galaxy
2) Enigma & Hip Hop Man vs Astro & Geo
Hip Hop Man & Enigma were listed on both sides of the match in the poster. Box y Lucha has Astro & Geo.
3) Freelance & Pantera I vs Diablo Jr. & Imposible and Apolo Estrada Jr. & Eterno and Cerebro Negro & Dr. Cerebro
4) Dinamic Black, Hijo De Dos Caras, Ultramán Jr. vs Fuerza Guerrera, Golden Magic, Trauma I
5) Danny Casas, Demon Clown, Trauma I vs Canis Lupus, Mr. Electro, Toscano

This isn’t the Demon Clown/Mr. Electro match threatened in the Box Y Lucha listing, but it’s still a challenging main event. Demon Clown was around for a week back in January. Assuming IWRG has a direction, always a bad assumption, it feels like there’s a cage match coming.