Month: August 2016

CMLL (SUN) 08/21/2016 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Domingos Familiares]
1) Destello & Quca b Avispón Negro & Micro
Rudos took 2/3.
2) Black Sugar & Fugaz b Guerrero de la Muerte & Linterna
Tecnicos took 1/3.
3) El Divino & Explosivo b El Chakal & Espectrúm
Tecnicos took 1/3.
4) Esfinge, Kempo Dragón, Magnum b Mr. Trueno, Príncipe Kisho, Rey Trueno
Tecnicos took 2/3.
5) El Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón © b Flash II, Star Black, Vaquero Jr.[OCCIDENTE TRIOS]
Dinamitas took falls 2/3 to keep the trios titles (first defense). Last fall saw Flash II & Forastero eliminated, Cuatrero dove onto Vaquero, and Sanson & Star Black were left. Or they thought it was, but Forastero smacked Sanson with a guitar.

The guitar shot is a reference to a similar spot in the Rayo de Jalisco versus Cien Caras feud.

IWRG (SUN) 08/21/2016 Arena Naucalpan [+LuchaTV, The Gladiatores]
1) Black Dragón & Omega b Araña de Plata & Guerrero 2000
straight falls. Omega replaced Alas de Acero (double booked, couldn’t make it in time?)
2) Diosa Atenea, Miss Gaviota, Relámpago DQ Diva Salvaje, Judas el Traidor, Lilith Dark [Relevos Increíbles]
Salvaje fouled Gaviota
3) Diablo Jr. & El Hijo del Diablo b Black Terry & Cerebro Negro
Diablos won via foul. Diablo Jr. wants a title shot at Cerbero Negro, while Terry wants a rematch in super libre with Hijo del Diablo, or even a title match.
4) Herodes Jr., Imposible, Toscano b Chicano, Pantera I, Veneno
Prior to the match, Imposible surprisingly relinquished the lightweight championship. He said he feels he’s a middleweight now and wants to go after that championship. This upset Pantera I (and the fans), who had wanted a title rematch against Imposible. Imposible cheated to beat Pantera I and mask match challenges followed.
5) Hijo De Dos Caras © DQ Máscara Año 2000 Jr. [IWRG JUNIORS]
first defense. Dos took 1/3. Mascara puled the mask, got the three count, and then referee Maya figured out what had occurred and called the DQ

Imposible’s title reign ending suddenly and with no particular conclusion is a normal IWRG story. (Heddi Karoui is the middlweight champion, who knows when he’ll be around to defend his title next.) This show seems to have been skipped by AYM.

CMLL (MON) 08/22/2016 Arena Puebla [CMLL, Culticon, thecubsfan]
1) El Malayo & Fuerza Chicana b París & Rey Samuray
18:10. Rudos took 2/3.
2) Ares & Guerrero Espacial b Millennium & Robin
14:09. Rudos took 2/3.
3) Demus 3:16, Espíritu Maligno, Pierrothito b Astral, Asturiano, Eléctrico
8:28. Rudos took 1/3. Demus beat Astral and demanded a title match for next week. Astral agreed.
4) Kráneo, Morphosis, Ripper b Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto
14:09. Invasors took 1/3. Ripper snuck in a foul on Mephisto, who’s team wanted a rematch.
5) Atlantis, Dragón Lee, Rush DQ La Máscara, Shocker, Terrible
10:24. Tecnicos took 2/3. La Mascara & Dragon Lee feuded, with La Mascara unmasking Dragon Lee for the DQ.
6) Mistico b Cavernario
11:27. Mistico took 1/3, the last with La Mistica.

Today’s CMLL Arena Mexico show has Niebla Roja, Euforia, and Ultimo Guerrero against Volador, Valiente and Maximo. The preview pitches it as a another preview of the trios title match on 09/04, but it appeared they were building up a Volador/UG singles match last week and they face off again tonight.

The same CMLL preview has adjusted matches from the two matches right underneath. Super Porky was listed but will not wrestle, but at least CMLL is (slightly) acknowledging the change today. Blue Panther will take his place in the semimain, teaming with Titan & Rey Cometa against Bobby Z, Morphosis and Olimpico. This is Morphosis’ 3rd match in 4 days in CMLL. He’s had 3 total CMLL matches the rest of the year.

Stuka replaces Blue Panther in the lightning match. He’ll face Ripper in the second. Stuka’s listed as also wrestling in Guadalajara tonight and will probably be replaced by a local wrestler. Dalys, Tiffany and Zeuxis are scheduled to face Marcela, Princesa Sugehit and Lluvia in the woman’s match. Shockercito, Stukita and Fantasy take on Mercurio, Pequeno Olimpico and Pequeno Violencia. Leono and Bengala continue their dominance of Tuesday openers, facing Akuma and Artillero.

CMLL’s show airs at 7:30pm on YouTube & CMLL.com.

CMLL’s changed the text on the Rey Bucanero, Euforia, Gran Guerrero versus Super Crazy, Sharlie Rockstar, and Golden Magic from “CMLL to Liga Elite” to generic “Relevos Increibles”. I’m not sure why they’d bother with that unless there was something going on with Elite. We have no idea when (or if) Elite is running a next show, though the TV show account was posting like normal yesterday.

AAA confirmed TripleMania would be on iPPV, in both English and Spanish. The English announce team hasn’t been revealed.  The price remains $23USD, and the show is listed as starting at 6pm on Sunday.

Taya says she’ll be cornering Pentagon at TripleMania. Pentagon/Mundo should be good, but I think we’re going to be watching the match waiting to see when/if Taya betrays Pentagon. Earlier, Taya noted she was moving to the US full time on September 1st, but still plans on being part of AAA for a long time to come.

Lucha Memes posted Dragon Lee versus Freelance from this past Sunday. The ring is obviously slick from a hailstorm that passed thru – Freelance appears to be picking up hailstones as the video starts – but it’s still a pretty entertaining match. They also appeared to very well for the first show in this location; there’s not much empty space.

El Rey Network announced they’ve signed a one year First Look deal with Rey Mysterio, where they get first look at any TV projects Rey might come up with. I assume this means they’re working on something more (though that’s not necessarily the case), and that this might be a creative way for El Rey to pay Mysterio outside the normal structure (and budget) of Lucha Underground.

ILLM has a show at Salon Citalli on 09/11
1: Corsario Negro Jr. vs Gran Guerrero

Lucha Memes Chairo 5 on 09/25 in Arena Naucalpan.
1: Volador Jr. vs Rey Horuz
2: a Lucha Memes vs IWRG Torneo FILL (8v8 cibernetico). They’ll be announcing a new name each day.
IWRG: Black Dragon (7 more)
Lucha Memes: Astrolux (7 more)

DTU/Lucha Libre Boom has a show on 10/16 in Arena Naucalpan.

Kcidis draws Dragon Rojo vs Guerrero Maya Jr.

Alberto’s failed drug test gets the biggest spot on this week’s Box Y Lucha. He’s still not even floated out an explanation of what happened, as far as I know. Maybe he understandable just wants to stay off the radar at the moment. I was a bit surprised when the stories about him & Paige being a couple came out months, because I didn’t know he and his wife had divorced. Turns out Alberto had not gotten divorced and his wife might have found out at about the same time as everyone else, so now that divorce is happening. Alberto’s had a rough 12 months, though a lot of it seems of his own making.

Bugambilia says he’s in the CMLL bodybuilding contest in November. He announced this while promoting the supplements he’s using to get ready for the contest.

LA Park says he’s thinking about retiring, or maybe going away for a year or two or three and seeing if wants to come back.

Dragon Lee, in a post match interview, says he’d like to face Flamita again so people won’t say he only won because Flamita got hurt.

LuchaWorld has the latest news report & this week’s PosterMania.

Cross Armbreaker writes about Perro Aguayo vs Gran Hamada from UWF and the very disappointing Rey Bucanero versus Ultimo Guerrero match.

Lineups

IWRG (WED) 08/24/2016 Arena Naucalpan
1) Keiser Drago vs Fly Tiger
2) Cadilac & Shadow Boy vs Rosario Negro & Viajero Extremo
3) Astro, Black Dragón, Hijo del Alebrije vs Hanaoka, Skanda, Yakuza
4) Black Terry, Emperador Azteca, Veneno vs Bombero Infernal, Demonio Infernal, Judas el Traidor
5) Hip Hop Man © vs Dragón Fly [AIWA ARGENTINA CRUISER]
third (?) defense

Cadillac is a new name here. I’m familiar with the car. A wrestler of that name has been seen in Queretaro and Guanajuato – he’s in this match, somewhere.

CMLL (MON) 08/29/2016 Arena Puebla
1) Arkalis, Meyer, Robin vs Artillero, El Malayo, Espíritu Negro
2) Black Tiger, Hombre Bala Jr., Súper Halcón Jr. vs Ares, King Jaguar, Policeman
3) Astral © vs Demus 3:16 [CMLL MINI]
Astral 6th defense
4) Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto vs Kráneo, Olímpico, Ripper
5) Pierroth, Rey Escorpión, Rush vs Rey Bucanero, Shocker, Terrible
6) Dragón Lee & Volador Jr. vs La Máscara & Máscara Dorada [Relevos Increíbles]

Main event looks amazing. The Mascara Dorada countdown is on – WWE says the Cruiserweights on 09/19, but Gran Metalik was not specifically name dropped and it’s always said to longer for international guys to complete the WWE signing process – but for now, he’ll team with his old Golden Generation partner in one of the last build up matches prior to the Anniversary. Semimiain is Los Ingobernables. Fourth match is the rematch, third is the title match. Second match is back to Ares/Black Tiger, and also would be Super Halcon’s first appearance after being out with an injury for the last four months.

Chilanga Mask (SUN) 08/21/2016 Coliseo Coacalco, Coacalco, Estado de México [+LuchaTV, Black Terry Jr. (Flickr), Estrellas del Ring]
1) Aramis b Psycho Kid, Novasonic, Hijo Del Ángel, Hijo del Alebrije, Kronoz, Terremoto Negro, Dragón Fly
Aramis beat Psycho Kid.
2) Jeque b Roberto Paz Jr.
3) Dorado Jr. & Mr. Leo b Chicano & Fulgor I and Fulgor II & Sangre Dorada JR.
Fulgor II was hurt.
4) Black Terry DRAW Wotan
crowd wanted one more fall, but the commission said no.
5) Xtreme Tiger b Laredo Kid
No Jason Kincaid in the match, though he was present. Tiger won a good match.
6) Mr. Maldito & The Platino DQ Bobby Z & Sagrado
7) Solar I b Caifan Rockero III
8) Dave Crist & Jason Gory b Aken & Impulso
Aken & Impulso want a hair rematch.
9) Juventud Guerrera b Terrible

I’m low on details for both these shows, unfortunately. I couldn’t even figure out if Juvi/Terrible happened until I saw the video was posted to YouTube. (Card order is very wrong.)  Kincaid was there, so I’m guessing he was sick or hurt – he mentioned he’d like to come back and try again someday. This group is running only once every few months, so we may not see them again until well into autumn.

Black Terry Jr. has highlights of Wotam vs Black Terry and Laredo Kid vs Extreme Tiger.

Lucha Memes (SUN) 08/21/2016 Atlantico Club, Cuauhtémoc, Distrito Federal [+LuchaTV]
1) Rey Cometa b Mike Segura
Very good.
2) Dragón Lee b Freelance
Very good match, money thrown in.
3) Keira b Lady Maravilla, La Magnifica
4) Arez b Zafiro (Chihuahua)
Zafiro was stretchered out
5) Virus b Alberto Dos Rios
good match
6) Alas de Acero, Aramis, Iron Kid b Kaligua Jr., Lunatic Fly, Lunatic Xtreme
good match

This show got more positive reviews, but reviews in general of either show were sparse. Not sure if video is going to turn up anyway. Lucha Memes said Alberto will be working on their shows in the DF area for the next year. Their next show is the 09/25 Chairo show.

Today Puebla show is highlights by a Mistico versus Cavernario main event. It’s a first ever singles match between the two. Mistico’s looked great this year and Cavernario is one of the better rudos CMLL has, so this has the makings of one of the better singles matches possible.

The semimain is another Anniversario preview, where Dragon Lee teams with his brother Rush and Atlantis against La Mascara, Shocker and Terrible. The teased La Mascara/Shocker partnership hasn’t been brought up in weeks, but they’re allies tonight.

Two undercard matches might set up a match next week or down the line. Astral, Asturiano, Electrico face Demus, Espiritu and Pierrothito in a rematch from last week, which could set up another rare minis title match. The national trios champions, Hijos del Infierno, face Invasors Kraneo, Morphosis and Ripper in an odd rudo/rudo clash in the fourth match. Mephisto and company are already scheduled to defend their titles Sunday in Arena Mexico, and title matches on back to back days would be strange for CMLL, so perhaps it’s the minis match that’s more likely amount to something.

The first two matches are tag matches with mostly locals. Ares, unmasked last week, teams with Guerrero Espacial against Millennium & Robin in the second match. Paris & Rey Samuray face el Malayo & Fuerza Chicana in the opener.

Cult Icon also previews the show. As normal, the show airs at 9pm on CMLL.com/YouTube.

Just as I hit post, AAA officially announced the TripleMania iPPV. It’s still $23.

The Season Pass for Lucha Underground Season 3 is up on iTunes. It’s $40 for 40 HD episodes, $10 cheaper for SD. That’s actually cheaper than Season 1 ($45 for 39 episodes.) The preview for the season mentions Dario is released from prison (and clarifies that it was for Mr. Cisco’s murder), so the ending vignette for the final episode doesn’t appear to have meant much immediately.

KrisZ points out Hijo de Wagner announced he’d be out a month with a knee ligament sprain. He’s looked pretty good on Elite (and Medico Asesino has looked like the guy with a knee injury.)

CultIcon writes about Promo Azteca.

Diamante Azul is announced for a December tour of Pakistan. He mentioned this on an Informa appearance a while back.

CMLL (SAT) 08/20/2016 Arena Coliseo [CMLL]
1) Shockercito & Stukita b Mercurio & Pequeño Olímpico
2) Akuma, Arkángel de la Muerte, Metálico b Magnus, Robin, Templario
Rudos took 1/3.
3) Amapola, La Comandante, Tiffany b Lluvia, Marcela, Princesa Sugehit
Rudas took 1/3.
4) Guerrero Maya Jr., Johnny Idol, Rey Cometa b Felino, Morphosis, Pólvora
Johnny Idol’s first match in the building. Tecnicos took 1/3.
5) Blue Panther, Mistico, Stuka Jr. b Mephisto, Mr. Niebla, Rey Bucanero
Mistica on Mephisto for the win. Mistico challenged for a title shot.

A show. Attendance remains slightly better than they were doing with the old format. Looks like there’s boxing next weekend, so CMLL isn’t really running any show in Mexico City themselves past Friday and Mistico is going to have to wait for that title shot.

Cara Lucha (SAT) 08/20/2016 Arena San Juan Pantitlan, Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, Estado de México [+LuchaTV, Carxyus, Kronosport]
1) Centella Atómica & Tromba b Ángel Jr. & Príncipe Aéreo
2) Kilvan, Shadow, Yoruba b Alas de Acero, Alas de Oro, Alas De Plata
money thrown in
3) Sky Man b Rayo Star © [Mucha Luchas SUPREMO]
Sky Man and Rayo Star appear to have broke up as a team; they fought after the title change and challenged to a mask match.
4) Corsario Negro Jr., Drako, Toro Negro b Andy Boy, Danger King, Látigo
Foul snuck in on Latigo for the win. Toro Negro wants a singles match with Danger.
5) Dragón Lee & El Bandido b Centvrión & Fly Warrior
Dragon Lee beat Fly Warrior, and gave credit to the indie guys for being tough but said they’ve got to get better to beat them.
6) Flamita b Xtreme Tiger
Mutual respect after the match.

That main event is already up on Facebook (I haven’t had a chance to see it, but it sounds like it was good if not great.) I missed whenever Sky Man & Rayo Star split up, I guess.

WMC (SAT) 08/20/2016 Gimansio Hercules, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal [+LuchaTV, Black Terry Jr. (Flickr), Kronosport]
1) Ancla Jr., Star Warrior, Tezca b Camuflaje, Destructor De Galaxias, Sique [Copa WMC, semifinal]
2) Hércules, Oscar El Hermoso, Rey Abadón b Astaroth, Destructo De 6, Vampiro (Local) [Copa WMC, semifinal]
3) Ancla Jr., Star Warrior, Tezca b Hércules, Oscar El Hermoso, Rey Abadón [Copa WMC, final]
4) Demus 3:16 b Black Terry
Terry wanted a super libre rematch
5) Arceus, Impulso, Metaleón, Reina Dorada b Arez, Diva Salvaje, Felina Metálica, Terremoto Negro
Impulso & Arceus replaced Obscura & Zoy Raymunda
6) La Jarochita, Marcela, Zafiro (Chihuahua) b Diosa Quetzal, Keira, Paloma Rouse
Zafiro & Diosa Quetzal were added to the match.
7) Sagrado b Freelance [super libre]
8) Ancla, Corsario Negro, Drako b Alan Extreme & Yoruba [captain hair, hair]
Billed as 3v4 with Drako & Wasson’s hair on the line. No Wasson or Guerrero Mixtico (so 3v2), and Alan lost his hair instead. Yoruba wanted revenge.
9) Fly Metalik L Fly Warrior, Fly Star, Mr. Leo, Centurion, Látigo [mask]
Mr. Leo replaced Toxin. Fly Warrior took Fly Metalik’s mask. Fly Metalik is Carlos Olvera, 21, 6 years a luchador.

I’m not 100% sure who was in the semimain still, just that Alan loses his hair a lot. Metalik was the expected loser in the main event, as he’s wrestling less of late.

Elite (SUN) 08/21/2016 Arena México [+LuchaTV, Plantilla Deportiva]
1) Estrellita & Lluvia b Keira & Muñeca De Plata
2) Decnnis, Fresero Jr., Zumbido b El Bandido, Emperador Azteca, Metaleón
Zumbido’s return to Arena Mexico and Decnnis’ debut. Match had errors, and Emperador Azteca was hurt after a first fall move by Fresero Jr.
3) Blue Panther b Argos
Argos replaced Black Terry.
4) Rey Escorpión & Sharlie Rockstar b Golden Magic & Valiente
5) Dragón Lee b Flamita
short good match, truncated when Flamita suffered an arm injury. Flamita was stretchered out after the Dragon Driver.
6) Bárbaro Cavernario, Felino, Mr. Niebla b Máximo, Súper Crazy, Xtreme Tiger
Mr. Niebla snuck in a foul on Maximo.

Neither singles match seems to have gone exactly as planned. Black Terry indicated that he was planning on working all three shows (Chilanga, Elite, IWRG), so something must’ve happened. He made two, got the IWRG, and it may just not been possible to do three. All the indie shows seemed decently attended, but I’m not sure this over-saturation of a weekend was a great idea for everyone. The attendance looks OK in the photos, but they’re not of the full arena.

I’m going hold off on the Lucha Memes and ChilangaMask results in hopes more details will turn up. It looks like Jason Kincaid came to Mexico and was at the show, but he’s not mentioned in the results (injury? illness?) and the Terrible/Juvy match is missing from the results (but there were so many +LuchaTV posts that I could’ve just missed it somehow.)

Volador, Caristico and Titan defeated Ultimo Guerrero, Euforia, Gran Guerrero on the Super J show early Sunday morning my time. The match was good and they got plenty of time; NJPW’s site erroneously lists it as a 5 minute match, but it appeared to be 15. Volador got a special solo entrance, beat Gran Guerrero for the win and, after winning the tournament, Kushida himself seemed to offer Volador a title match whenever he wanted it. Volador beat Kushida in the Elite tournament a couple months ago and the title match is probably happening at some point.

Soon after the show ended, Michinoku Pro announced Caristico was the mystery Mexican star for the upcoming masked man tournament. It’ll run from September 16th to September 18th, he’ll face Samba (a masked man billed as from Rio in the first round), and this was the same tournament Argos was previously announced in. Argos faces Revolucion (a masked Cuban), and was probably a package deal to get Caristico. Caristico didn’t have a big role on the NJPW show and was definitely meant to be second fiddle to Volador, where they could’ve stuck in any other CMLL tecnico and gotten the same effect (though maybe not the long playing to the crowd after the match.) I wonder it was simply NJPW wanting to get Carisitco’s first match back in Japan on their show before Michinoku Pro brought him in. The CMLL guys were pretty over and there was value in having him there.

Pentagon Jr. won the PCW Heavyweight Championship this weekend, addind it to the AAA Latin Americas championship, Mucha Luchas Atlanta Championship, AAW Heavyweight Championship, Perros del Mal Light Heavyweight Championship – so he’s a five  (Penta-) champion.

The main event of ColiseoMania will be Moose, Willie Mack, Teddy Hart vs Blue Demon Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr., and Garza Jr., according to Garza. The Rest of the World/Mexico bit will get over, but it seems like a waste to bring in those guys to work against Blue Demon Jr. (and Wagner, to a lesser extent.)

This week’s AAA TV show is up.

An Ivelisse promo for Lucha Underground Season 3

Super Libre had taped interviews with Dragon Lee, Tiger and Rey Escorpion.

Cult Icon writes about Paco Alonso.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 08/28/2016 Arena México
1) Bengala & Robin vs Canelo Casas & Espanto Jr.
2) Hombre Bala Jr., Oro Jr., Star Jr. vs El Cuatrero, Sansón, Skándalo
3) Blue Panther, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa vs Puma, Tiger, Virus
4) Dragón Lee, Valiente, Volador Jr. vs Euforia, Negro Casas, Último Guerrero
5) Máximo Sexy vs Mr. Niebla
6) Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto © vs Ángel de Oro, Atlantis, Stuka Jr. [MEX TRIOS]
6th defense

Elite said they were back for all the Sundays, and it turned out to be one Sunday. I’m a little concerned. This leaves them with no TV for 09/03. At the same time, Niebla/Maximo was clearly set up on today’s Elite show, so they knew this handoff was happening. The aprons still said “Todos Los Domingos” tonight, for what it’s worth.

In their place, CMLL’s thrown together a loaded card that just happens to be going on at the same time as TripleMania. Those names working fourth from the top suggest they’re trying to run against AAA, but I’m not sure what affect it’ll have if they don’t promote beyond their website (and past history suggests both shows will do fine in this situation.)

Mr. Niebla versus Maximo is a first time in Arena Mexico match – they did it a couple times in Guadalajara in 2012, and they’ve been opponents (and partners) roughly a million times. The trios challengers have only teamed together once in Arena Mexico, so it makes a lot of sense they’re getting a shot.

CMLL (SUN) 08/28/2016 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Micro vs Destello
2) El Alteño & Javier Cruz Jr. vs Destructor & Gitano
3) Sky Kid & Smaker vs Relámpago & Thunder Boy
4) El Divino, León Blanco, Randy vs Furia Roja, Maléfico, Ráfaga
5) Frezzer, Mágico, Nautilius vs Joker, Mosco X Fly, Sádico

X-Fly is making an occasional appearance. Joker & Sadico are champions.