CMLL (FRI) 11/25/2016 Arena México [CMLL, ESTO]
1) Demus 3:16 & Mercurio b Aéreo & Eléctrico
Rudos took 1/3. Aereo replaced Astral on Friday. Electrico was hurt on the Demus Driver.
2) Misterioso Jr., Ripper, Sagrado b Drone, Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr.
Rudos took 1/3. Drone’s was pinned at the end – it technically didn’t count, but visually it was as if he did.
3) Amapola, Dalys, Zeuxis b Lluvia, Princesa Sugehit, Sanely
Rudas took 1/3.
4) La Máscara b Hechicero [lightning]
Double knee smash in 8:15.
5) Dragón Lee & El Cuatrero b Puma, The Panther [seeding battle royal]
6) Negro Casas, Puma, Tiger b Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr., The Panther [semifinal]
7) El Cuatrero, Máscara Año 2000, Sansón b Dragón Lee, Mistico, Pierroth [semifinal]
8) Negro Casas, Puma, Tiger b El Cuatrero, Máscara Año 2000, Sansón [final]
Dinastia Casas will get a national trios title shot next week.
9) Euforia, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero b Carístico, Valiente, Volador Jr.
Rudos took 1/3. UG snuck in a foul on Caristico after the two feuded. Caristico and UG set up a rematch for next week.
I haven’t seen this show. The announcers pushed the idea the winning family trio would get a trios title next week, which seemed to be a tell that a Dragon Lee led team couldn’t win. (He’s in ROH next Friday.) However, they’re not getting the shot next week anyway. I dunno.
Technically, Drone wasn’t beat in the second, but they didn’t get Mistico over by having him get visually beaten in segunda matches. Mistico just beat those people with his fancy move, and Drone barely has a fancy move. I’m not sure if CMLL gave up already or I just gave them too much credit to begin with, but less seems to be happening than I’d think.
CMLL also aired a commercial for Smart Fit, with their luchadors and edecanes part of a lengthy Mannequin Challenge bit.
Today’s CMLL Arena Coliseo show has Volador, Diamante Azul, Maximo vs Shocker, Terrible, and Gran Guerrero in the main event.
It’s a busy weekend with mid major promotions. Tonight in Tijuana, the Crash is back with a dream tecnico trio of Jeff Hardy, Rey Fenix, Rey Misterio Jr. versus Jeff Cobb, Nicho and Teddy Hart. Rey Fenix says he’s wrestling (which seems like a last minute call.) There’s two singles matches: Xtreme Tiger vs Flamita for one random title, and Keira versus Sexy Dulce/Dulce Garcia/Sexy Star for another. That’ll be Sexy Star’s first post-AAA match in Mexico. Full card is here. They’ve streamed past events on their website and, sure enough, you can find a livestream link to tonight’s show there if you dig enough. It’ll start at 9pm CT. I’d like to record this but I’m doubtful I’ll be able to.
Sunday has Lucha Memes taking over Arena Naucalpan for CHAIRO 6. Of all the matches on the show, I think I’d more like to see Laredo Kid versus Rey Cometa in falls count anywhere. There’s a lot of stuff for everyone: Cavernario versus Negro Navarro in a lucha classic match, a Dragon Lee vs Soberano vs Star Jr. three way match between CMLL’s young high flyers, Hechicero and Caifan resuming their rivalry, and a four team 12 man tag with some of the best indie flyers and CMLL minis. There’s even a lucha battle royal I like on this show, a seemingly impossible thing, because it’s royal rumble rules and not for seeding. It’s indie Mexico, the countdown could go off and literally anyone could walk out.
Monterrey promoter MDA also has a big show on Sunday, with former CMLL wrestler Delta facing Galactar in a mask match and the usual assemblage of random names underneath. Normally, I’d be more sure of this airing than the Lucha Memes show, but Noches de Coliseo didn’t air this past week and isn’t currently scheduled for next week. (It was recently renamed Llaves y Canados, the name of the other notable local promoter – perhaps they got exclusivity over the time slot? I dunno. Wait and see.)
AAA, Panini and Record held an event where the 10 fans with completed AAA Panini album got custom pained AAA figures, and everyone got to meet AAA luchadors. AAA and Roshfrans has been teasing something for a few weeks with luchadors posing in front of green screens, and I’ve assumed that’ll be a second edition of these albums, which seem to have been successful.
A new interview pushes the Blim Blue Demon show as more than wrestling.
Miedo Xtremo challenges for the DTU Championship on 12/26. Miedo and Violento Jack are expected back in Mexico in January, so that might be their last chance to win it back.
Segunda Caida rewatches Killshot vs Matanza.
Lineups
CMLL (FRI) 12/02/2016 Arena México
1) Oro Jr. & Príncipe Diamante vs Cancerbero & Raziel
2) Blue Panther Jr., Drone, The Panther vs Disturbio, Okumura, Virus
3) Estrellita, Marcela, Sanely vs Metálica, Tiffany, Zeuxis
4) Ángel de Oro vs Negro Casas [lightning]
5) Marco Corleone, Máximo Sexy, Volador Jr. vs El Cuatrero, Máscara Año 2000, Sansón
6) Atlantis, Carístico, Valiente vs Euforia, Hechicero, Último Guerrero
No sign of Puma & Tiger. Maybe they’re busy somewhere else? Hechicero making his Friday main event debut is at least interesting.
Dinamitas lost the tournament, are still back to wrestle the semimain (mostly because of Mascara 2000, but anything that moves them up is nice.)
Negro Casas & Angel de Oro had a series of good matches in 2012, where Casas won every time and they were clearly setting up Oro finally winning, but then they just dropped the whole thing. Both guys are essentially in the same place four years later, so maybe Oro will finally win.
It wouldn’t be so frustrating that the women were in the tercera if the second match guys were allowed to do dives.
Principe Diamante gets onto the main roster after winning Mr. CMLL. Astral’s really going to be sad he couldn’t do the same.
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