CMLL Tuesday results, LU Grave Consequences

CMLL (TUE) 11/08/2016 Arena México [CMLL, CultIcon, Yahoo! Deportes]
1) Apocalipsis & Artillero b Bengala & Sangre Imperial
debut of Sangre Imperial, a son of Sangre Chicana.
2) Estrellita, La Jarochita, Princesa Sugehit b La Comandante, La Seductora, Zeuxis
Estrellita replaced Marcela on Tuesday. Jarochita replaced Lluvia. Tecnicas took 1/3
3) Blue Panther Jr., Pegasso, The Panther DQ El Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
Dinamitas unmasked Blue Panther Jr. for the DQ.
4) Guerrero Maya Jr. b Virus [lightning]
5) Blue Panther, Drone, Titán b Felino, Niebla Roja, Ripper
Niebla Roja replaced Vangellys. Tecnicos took 2/3.
6) Dragón Lee, Mistico, Volador Jr. b Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Vangellys
Vangellys replaced Shocker. Tecnicos took 1/3.

CMLL has an article about Mascara Dorada’s farewell again, and acknowledges he’s going to “an American company” for the first time. They also confirm Euforia is hanging around Japan all the way to the 29th to work the extra show for Funkumenmania.

Tonight’s Lucha Underground is “Ready for War” , the 10th episode of the season. Matches announced

• Prince Puma versus Mil Muertes, in a Grave Consequences (3) match (video)
• Mascarita Sagrada versus Famous B, in a Believer’s Backlash match (fans bring the weapons)
• Mariposa, Marty Martinez, the Mack, Ivelisse, Jeremiah Crane vs Killshot, Dante Fox, Texano, Cage, Argenis, where the winning team gets into Aztec Warfare

Jeremiah Crane is Sami Callihan’s full name. Dante Fox is AR Fox – Killshot actually said “Dante” during their meeting a few weeks ago, but I didn’t catch it. Aztec Warfare is next week. We know Matanza is first and Drago as last, which leaves eighteen spots to be announced. It’s a much bigger roster than the first one of these and not everyone’s getting in it.

CultIcon has a preview of the show. On paper, this is one of the better shows of the season. Lucha Underground get knocked at times for being too detached from reality, but I’m completely up for something detached from reality right now.

So. That’s a decent lead into the US election. I think the lesson of yesterday is know really knows what’s going to happen. People can have beliefs and well formed theories about what’s going to happen, can believe with 99% certainty of what’s going to happen, and still different things can actually happen. We can guess what the change in president – and elsewhere in the US government – is going to mean, but we’re not going to know for sure until policies actually start to happen. All I’ve got is guesses. My guess is this will hurt the flow of wrestling back and forth across the US/Mexican border. Probably not as much a promotion like Lucha Underground, who’s working thru work visas, but those just coming thru for a week or a few months may be impacted by tougher border security. Working in the US is going to remain attractive, especially if this causes the difference between American & Mexican currency widens, but it’ll be fraught with new issues – though it may be take a while for those to be enacted. In the ring, I’d guess we’ll see continued focus on evil American/Team Trump type groups in Mexico for the near and medium future. (The next nine months of AAA’s plans may have changed last night.) My guess is there will be a fatigue with these concepts at some point, but it’s going to be easy heat in the short term. I have a wild hunch that US lucha libre attendance will actually go up in the short term, as all people in a more visibly divided country try to align themselves closer to parts of their culture, but I’m just guessing.

Rey Fenix is advertised as debuting for San Diego’s OWA on 11/19– which is the same day he’s advertised for Cara Lucha. I dunno. That show also has Jack Evans, and a Aeroboy vs Puma King vs Ryan Kidd match.

The Son of Blue Demon is happy with the new Blue Demon show. Not Blue Demon Jr., but Alejandro Munoz, another son of Blue Demon. This article confirms the theory other Demon family members were behind this show; this article portrays the series more as a real story than previous ones. The show debuts on Friday on the Blim streaming network in Mexico.

Edit: That’s not another Blue Demon son being quoted – that’s the actual Blue Demon Jr., listed by his real name by a wire service. And also weirdly inconsistent with the negative comments he’s made about the show at other times. Anyway, Demon’s not thrilled about his name being out there.

Diosa Olimpicas has recap  of Lola Gonzalez‘s speech at UNAM. She’s definitely in the discussion for best Mexican lucahdora ever. She talks about her life in wrestling, and her stormy marriage with Fishman. When she first tried out wrestling in Ciudad Juarez, she didn’t have enough money to buy gear and boots, so she woke up at 3AM in the morning, crossed the border, and picked crops in Texas to earn the money.

There’s a lucha libre expo in Puebla on Saturday and Sunday, with Toro Bill, Tarahumara, Centella de Oro and Joker promoting free shows.

+LuchaTV has a new edition of their podcast. It’s episode 0.1 – what kind of foolish people would label a podcasts with sub-numbers.

LuchaWorld has the Lucha Report.

The Nation has a standard what is lucha libre article.

Lineups

CMLL (TUE) 11/15/2016 Arena México
1) Acero & Aéreo vs Mercurio & Pequeño Olímpico
2) Magia Blanca, Metatrón, Robin vs Grako, Metálico, Nitro
3) Pegasso vs Disturbio [lightning]
4) Soberano Jr., Star Jr., Stigma vs Misterioso Jr., Okumura, Sagrado
5) Ángel de Oro, Johnny Idol, Rey Cometa vs Olímpico, Ripper, Vangellys
6) Mistico, Titán, Volador Jr. vs Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto

Soberano and Star Jr. moved up, and more unusual names (Grako! the return of Magia Blanca!) in the segudna with no women’s match. I’m not sure the matches are actually going to be good outside the main event, but it is a little different.

CMLL (TUE) 11/15/2016 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Mágico & Magnum vs Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno
2) Magnus, Star Black, Templario vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Canelo Casas, Furia Roja
3) Esfinge, Oro Jr., The Panther vs El Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
4) Blue Panther, Drone, Valiente vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Hechicero, Pólvora
5) Carístico, Diamante Azul, Máximo Sexy vs Cavernario, Felino, Negro Casas

No women’s match here either. Templario’s first match in six weeks. Semimain could be good, and the Dinamtias are together in the tercera.