IWRG (SUN) 02/26/2017 Arena Naucalpan [+LuchaTV, Black Terry Jr. (Flickr), The Gladiatores]
1) Alfa b Death Rider
Death Rider’s debut (doesn’t appear to have wrestled anywhere with that name prior)
2) Shadow Boy b Atomic Star
3) Demonio Infernal & Hip Hop Man b Black Dragón & Dragón Fly
straight fall win
4) Apolo Estrada Jr. b Relámpago [super libre]
Apolo wants a title match, Relampago said OK
5) Black Terry & Diablo Jr. b Chicano & Veneno © [IWRG IC TAG]
Chicano & Veneno lose on first defense since winning the titles in September. Dany Casas cost them the title, attacking rival Veneno with a chair. Chicano challenged Danny to a hair match.
6) Herodes Jr. b Hijo De Dos Caras © [IWRG JUNIORS]
Herodes won on straight falls. Dos was DQed for hitting the ref by mistake in the first, lost lean in the second. Dos falls on second defense, first since August. Dos wants revenge.
7) Negro Navarro, Pantera, Pirata Morgan, Solar I, Villano IV b Danny Casas, Imposible, Máscara Año 2000 Jr., Mr. Electro, Trauma I [Copa High Power]
Electro beat both Pirata & Solar during the match, while Trauma & Navarro went to double pin. Match came down to Pantera & Electro. Electro seemed like he was going to win, but Hip Hop Man ran out and threw a drink in Electro’s face to cost him the match. Hip Hop Man told Electro that his career is over because no one wants him in their company, then challenged him to a singles match.
Main event storyline makes total sense to me: as a fellow foreigner, Hip Hop Man doesn’t understand why Mexicans think Mr. Electro is so great either.
AYM never aired the Wednesday IWRG show. Not sure if they’re skipping it, or if they’ll air it tonight instead of this show.
AAA’s site lists them running Arena Naucalpan on 04/14, a Friday. No matches are announced yet.
Tonight’s Arena Puebla show has a Volador singles match, though probably not as big as other Volador matches. It’s his first ever singles match with Euforia, but it’s also ‘only’ a lightning match, a ten minute time limit match. It’ll probably be mostly like the third fall of a singles match, and they might be setting up for a bigger singles match next week.
The actual match was announced to be Gran Guerrero, Niebla Roja & Utlimo Guerrero against the Munoz trios of Rush, Mistico and Dragon Lee. However, the poster the Arena sent out has Valiente in Dragon Lee’s spot. Dragon Lee has that odd booking in Guadalajara last night and isn’t on any shows this week, so maybe he’s just going home for a few days. Just to be weirder, CMLL’s since updated the main event to list Caristico, Rush and Dragon Lee as the main event team. Who knows. Mistico is off Tuesday’s show from Arena Mexico too, with Dragon Lee replacing him.
The rest of the card is OK and less than OK stuff. Johnny Idol, Maximo and Stuka take on Ephesto, Mephisto and Hechicero in the fourth match. Fuego, Oro Jr., and Stigma have to face Arkangel, Canelo Casas and someone else. Okumura is still listed on the poster even though CMLL’s update has him out for at least a week. That’s the usual communication issues. Millenium & Robin take on Espiritu Maligno & Policeman, and Paris & Zaeta Roja fight the Batallon de la Muerte in the opener. The show airs on CMLL’s YouTube channel at 9pm.
Vice Spain has a story on Angelico living in Mexico.
Lineups
CMLL (SAT) 03/04/2017 Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala, Leono, Sensei vs Apocalipsis, Cholo, Grako
2) Astral, Príncipe Diamante, Sangre Imperial vs Akuma, Artillero, Inquisidor
3) Drone, Guerrero Maya Jr., Soberano Jr. vs Puma, Tiger, Virus
4) Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr., The Panther vs Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto
5) Carístico, Marco Corleone, Valiente vs La Máscara, Pierroth, Rush
Matches 3 and 4 look good, though it’s hard not to miss how close they were to doing that trios title match (which is never ever happening.)
CMLL (SUN) 03/05/2017 Arena México
1) Flyer, Magia Blanca, Starman vs Grako, Hijo del Signo, Metálico
2) Estrellita, Princesa Sugehit, Sanely vs Reyna Isis, Tiffany, Zeuxis
3) Pierrothito vs Shockercito [CMLL MINI]
vacant title (Astral moving up divisions.) Winner becomes 14th champion. Pierrothito would become a 2 time champ, Shockercito a first time winner.
4) Ángel de Oro, Marco Corleone, Volador Jr. vs Rey Bucanero, Sam Adonis, Terrible
5) Atlantis, Dragón Lee, Mistico vs Euforia, Niebla Roja, Último Guerrero
Sam Adonis is back and higher than usual, though it’s unclear if it’s a change or just a blip because of the women’s and mini’s matches. I suspect Pierrothito is going to win the title match but it doesn’t feel certain.
CMLL (SUN) 03/05/2017 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Micro vs Guerrero de la Muerte
2) Avispón Negro Jr. & El Yaqui vs Carlo Roggi & Destructor
3) El Divino & Javier Cruz Jr. vs Demonio Rojo & Gran Kenut
4) Kempo Dragón, Sky Kid, Smaker vs Mr. Trueno, Príncipe Kisho, Rey Trueno
5) El Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón vs Explosivo, Omar Brunetti, Star Black
The DF guys returning to Sundays was a one week thing, but the Nuevo Generacion Dinamitas stick around and are seem set up for a trios titles defense soon. Kempo & Kisho are back in again from Sinaloa.