Ingobernabales win in CMLL, Secta join Cibernetico in Elite, Dorada farewell match

CMLL (FRI)11/04/2016 Arena México [CMLL, ESTO, MT, thecubsfan, Yahoo! Deportes]
1) Astral & Stukita b Mercurio & Pequeño Nitro
15:40. tecnicos won 1/3
2) Okumura, Pólvora, Virus b Blue Panther Jr., Esfinge, Pegasso
16:33. Rudos took 2/3. Esfinge was being checked on at the finish.
3) Bobby Z, Dragón Rojo Jr., Terrible b Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr.
13:43. Rudos took 1/3.
4) Dalys © b Marcela [CMLL WOMEN]
13:39. Dalys kept the title in her sixth defense.
5) Atlantis, Dragón Lee, Mistico b Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto
10:28. Tecnicos took 2/3.
6) Marco Corleone, Máximo Sexy, Volador Jr. b La Máscara, Pierroth, Rush [Relevos Increíbles]
7:09. straight falls. An eliminated La Mascara snuck in to foul Volador.

Show started good and didn’t end good. Dalys/Marcela was fine. Main event was really just an angle.

The Guerreros (Ultimo Guerrero, Euforia, Niebla Roja) take on Mistico, Volador, Caristico in the main event of Saturday’s Arena Coliseo show. Terrible and Diamante Azul meet in a singles match following last week’s results. This will air on Fox Deportes maybe in mid January.

ELITE (FRI) 11/04/2016 Gimnasio Agustín Millán, Toluca, Estado de México [@juanser1312, +LuchaTV, R de Rudo]
1) Muñeca De Plata & Rossy Moreno b Baronessa & Diosa Quetzal
2) Eterno, Fresero Jr., Imposible b Alas De Plata, Ciclón Ramírez Jr., Estudiante (Baja California)
money thrown in
3) Octagón & Xtreme Tiger b Fuerza Guerrera & Mr. Águila
Flamita was originally advertised, but replaced by Mr. Aguila
4) Cibernético b Carístico [Liga Elite]
Ozz & Espiritu debuted, helping Cibernetico win.
5) Blue Demon Jr. & Bobby Lashley b Mr. Electro & Silver King
Mr. Electro was the mystery luchador (replacing Strong Man.) Lashley won in his return.
6) Rey Escorpión DRAW LA Park [Liga Elite]
Both men hit the referee, and there was no finish as a result.

The most dangerous job to have at the moment is referee for Elite. They routinely get destroyed (so the luchadors can get out of doing a finish.) Ozz retired for a while after leaving AAA, and it seemed like Espiritu (who mostly wrestles in Leon) got him back out of retirement to work some indies shows. It makes sense Cibernetico would pull them in here.  You’d think AAA would own their names, but I don’t recall seeing a trademark application on them. I have no idea which of the three Alas de Platas that is. Everyone lists his partner as “Estudiante”, but Estudiante started wrestling in the mid 80s (with a young Negro Casas!) so it’ll still probably turn out to be Estudiante Jr., his son. Baronessa does a GI Joe Baroness gimmick.

DTU runs Sunday night in Salon Citali, with Revolucionarios Polvora & Dragon Rojo Jr. challenging Pesadilla & Rocky Lobo for the DTU NEXO (tag) titles.

This week’s Lucha Underground shows are happening in San Diego as a slowly work my way thru this post. Attendance looks very good, as it was last week. Hopefully Cricket is happy with them; we haven’t seen any indication from their side. ESPN 975 in Houston did a story about the shows there; the explanation of Garza Jr. working the shows is “we’re thinking about using him, this was a tryout.”

Euforia is staying in Japan an extra week after FantasticaMania; he’s advertised on the 01/29 or the 01/29 Fukumen Mania show. CMLL also confirmed NJPW’s announcement of a seventh FantasticaMania show.

Powerbomb.TV announced they’d be including footage from RIOT and indies filmed by Carxyus and Black Terry Jr. when they go live this fall. That’ll give the VOD service access to a variety of Mexico City area indy promotions. It will not include Lucha Memes/Chairo/ChilangaMask – they have their own deal going.

The Panther was the first out in his ROH six way on Friday night. Misterioso’s team lost the trios match to open the show. (If you’re thinking about getting a ROH VOD strictly for the CMLL guys, it sounds like you’re better off with night one – though night two sounds like it had at least one outstanding non-CMLL match.)

CMLL writes about Hechicero becoming champion.

There’s a lucha libre licensing exam in Mexico City on 11/26

Sorpresa es Lucha talked about Rey Fenix, Hechicero and more.

LuchaWorld has the latest edition of the podcast.

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 11/11/2016 Arena México
1) Flyer & Magnus vs Akuma & Espanto Jr.
2) Soberano Jr., Star Jr., Stigma vs Okumura, Sangre Azteca, Skándalo
3) Fuego, Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Hechicero, Pólvora
4) Carístico vs Mephisto [lightning]
5) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Máscara Dorada vs Cavernario, Felino, Negro Casas
6) Marco Corleone, Máximo Sexy, Volador Jr. vs La Máscara, Pierroth, Rush and Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero

I believe the last 9 person match in Arena Mexico was the 9 man cage match on June 17, 2015. Which was really an eight person feud with Mistico added because Mistico was so over. It’s that long because CMLL doesn’t really do three way trios matches, and probably won’t do one either – often this works like a trios tournament with one team getting a bye and facing the winner of the first two teams.

Dark Angel’s farewell got a lot attention by CMLL, rightfully deserved attention, but maybe not the same for Mascara Dorada. Dorada’s still going to wrestle while Dark Angel retired, and maybe you stop promoting people who are leaving to join another promotion when it’s the third person in about a year’s time. Still, it feels like something being done with so little ceremony that you wouldn’t know this is it unless you follow along closely. On the other hand, Dorada is getting the match he specifically asked for, so he’s probably not nearly as concerned about this. Really, I was appalled by Mascara Dorada not even being in the video preview for next week, which is among the stupider things to be appalled by.

We don’t know if Caristico is on Elite next week, but at least he’s booked here early enough to make it. Fuego returns from Japan in the tercera, which should be good. Magnus lives.