CMLL (FRI) 11/24/2017 Arena México [CMLL, MT]
1) Hijo del Signo & Nitro DQ Star Jr. & Starman 
7:55. Straight falls for the rudos, Starman DQed for unmasking Signo. They’re feuding.
2) Dragón Rojo Jr., Pólvora, Vangellys b Drone, Guerrero Maya Jr., Stigma
11:05. Rudos took 2/3. Dragon Rojo seemed to suffered a leg injury about a minute into the third fall and could not get up. Match was finished quickly after.
3) Hechicero, Okumura, Terrible b Rey Cometa, Soberano Jr., Titán
16:26. Rudos took 2/3. Okumura (returning from neck injury) was announced as replacing Kraneo on Tuesday. Mije still came out with him.
4) Virus b Solar I
14:13 of a one fall no time limit match. Replaced a Rayo de Jalisco/Cien Caras match that was originally advertised on Tuesday.
5) Dragón Lee & Puma vs Forastero & The Panther [Copa Dinastia, battle royal]
0:54.
6) Dragón Lee, Mistico, Pierroth b Felino, Puma, Tiger [Copa Dinastia, semifinal]
5:56. Pierroth beat Felino with a senton.
7) Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón b Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr., The Panther [Copa Dinastia, semifinal]
8:16. Forastero small packaged Blue Panther after Panther had previously beaten Cuatrero.
8) Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón DQ Dragón Lee, Mistico, Pierroth [Copa Dinastia, final]
11:25. Rush interfered as Sanson had Pierroth in his finishing move. The Munoz, who wrestled this match as rudos, attacked all the NGD before leaving.
9) Mephisto, Negro Casas, Último Guerrero b Rush, Sam Adonis, Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
8:59. Straight falls for Casas’ family. Volador & Rush got along perfectly. Casas & Adonis feuded. Casas challenged for a hair match after Adonis fouled him.
Show was alright. There were good matches without really a lot advancing. Solar/Virus was exactly what you’d expect it to be, and the rudo Mistico and rudo Dragon Lee was weird. The tercera was the best of the night. The Copa Dinastia had a poitnless feeling by ending on DQ, and there’s no real follow up to it apparent in next week’s lineup. Attendance was definitely down from the legends show.
Motorcyclists shot at a car leaving Arena Mexico after the show last night. Two Three men were in the car, and one man is reported dead. The initial police belief is this was not a random shooting but instead some grudge. This is the second time in recent memory there’s been a shooting in the neighborhood, which generally seems safe. There was a shooting in the bar across the street from the arena
It’s not the only story of this type today. Guatemalan luchador Principe Yoga Jr. was killed in a drive by shooting by a man on motorcycle while working his normal job. No one knows why that one happened.
Angelico announced yesterday he is leaving AAA and moving to Barcelona as of January 1st. He was complimentary to AAA and his mentors (Ultimo Dragon, Negro Navarro and Konnan).
Angelico came to Mexico to be part of Ultimo Dragon’s Toryumon Gym in 2008, showed up in IWRG and other Mexico city area small groups (before the big match indies really got rolling), but didn’t seem to find a good spot. The way I’ve heard the story, he was kind of out of lucha libre in late 12/early 13 until Konnan convinced him to come to AAA, and that’s turned out to be best run of his career so far. He and Jack Evans, who weren’t close before they got put together, became a great tag team during a moment where AAA actually got known for having great matches. Angelico got brought to Lucha Underground, where his dives off Dario’s office became some of the most iconic moments of the series, but where bad luck injuries prevented him from having the bigger singles run that seemed to be coming.
Angelico’s taken time off from AAA to wrestle around Europe on his own a couple times in the last eighteen months, and even specifically stated he was thinking of making a long term move, so this isn’t a surprise. It’s also not a surprise considering AAA: they’ve got a nasty habit of freezing out people they’re afraid of leaving, pushing them out the door in the process. We’ve seen it with Penta and Fenix. AAA’s gone cold on Angelico since they fired Jack Evans. There’s plenty you can do with Angelico as a single, especially in a promotion desperately searching for new upper level guys, but Angelico was just left to drift. It’s admittedly tough to do something with a guy who isn’t around for a long period, but an effort still could be made. AAA put around 70 people on this year’s TripleMania show, but somehow couldn’t find a spot for Angelico. AAA’s decision on Angelico was made then. Angelico’s decision was probably made a while back too – he’s been advertised for TV tapings he hasn’t appeared on, and I don’t know for a fact that he’s appeared on any show lately outside the trip to Japan – and it’s just coming out now. The surprise here is Angelico not walking over to The Crash and working a couple farewell matches with that crew.
I don’t know what this means for Angelico on Lucha Underground. They’ve been reluctant to fly people in from across an ocean even when times were good, and times do not appear to be good right now. A compressed taping schedule might make it easier to just having him fly over once and hang out for a month or so, rather than flying him back and forth every two weeks. Still, it doesn’t come up in that statement, and there’s been rumors in the past that Angelico might have been one of those people on “three seasons” contracts. I still feel like we’re a couple months away from figuring out who’s actually on LU S4.
Shows coming up this weekend which you might be able to see in some handheld fashion
Saturday
- Coliseo has Marco, Niebla Roja, and Volador against Pierroth, Rush and Sam Adonis, so the finish there might be Volador or Rush laying down for each other.
- Guadalajara’s Mucha Lucha has Makabre vs Aero Boy vs Ricky Marvin vs Black Terry as their main event.
- or at least Marvin’s advertised. He’s also advertised on a show in Veracruz, which he previously said would be his last AAA date. Maybe it’s not now.
- WMC returns with the Dr. Killer vs Toxico mask/hair match they tried to do last time.
- Dragon Lee makes a US appearance in Mission, Texas. Valiente, Polvora and Low Rider are also scheduled for the show.
Sunday
- Mexico has Marco, Niebla Roja and Caristico against Pierroth, Rush and Kraneo, nearly the same main event but probably a different outcome.
- IWRG has the debut of Fandango (not that one) in the main event, teaming with Villano IV, Villano V Jr. vs Mr. Electro, Trauma I, and Trauma II. The Black Warrior family defend the tag titles against the Pirata Morgan family.
- This Fandango has been using the name since 2015. They both probably got it from the dance.
- At one point, Pagano was listed in a main event death match for Zona 23 in Mexico State, and on Panthermania show with AAA talent in Reynosa, but it looks like AAA subbed in Wagner on the Reynosa show so that should work out fine.
- Soberano, Hechicero, Caristico and Sam Adonis are wrestling in the general Tampa area.
- Mistico was on that card at one point, is now working a benefit show in San Pedro Cholula instead.
- Steve Pain’s facing Rey Horuz at his House of Pain school in LA.
The AAA 12/09 earthquake benefit show means Psycho Clown & La Parka are no longer working in New York on that same day. The decision must’ve been made a while back, because it looks like WUW has been advertising LA Park & Hijo de LA Park in their space for at least two weeks.
Plaza de Toros Valente Arellano in Torreon turns 83 years old today, and has hosted lucha libre events for most of those years. It’s one of the only things it can still host: bullfighting is now outlawed there.
Lineups
CMLL (FRI) 12/01/2017 Arena México
1) Shockercito & Stukita vs Mercurio & Pequeño Olímpico
2) Astral, Pegasso, Stigma vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus
3) Lady Maravilla, Marcela, Silueta vs Dalys, Tiffany, Zeuxis
4) Blue Panther, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa vs Hechicero, Sam Adonis, Vangellys
5) Marco Corleone, Titán, Valiente vs Mr. Niebla, Rey Bucanero, Terrible
6) Carístico vs Negro Casas, Volador Jr., Mephisto, Mistico, Shocker, Dragón Lee, Euforia, Niebla Roja, Dragón Rojo Jr., Stuka Jr., Felino [Copa Jr. VIP]
Loading up to go against Elite! Or not.
Copa Junior VIP is the same juniors-only tournament they ran earlier in the year (won by Soberano), but with guys higher up on the card. Maximo won the only previous version in 2014. It was held as a single elimination tournament that time; this time looks to be a cibernetico because there’s 12 people involved. Dragon Rojo is questionable for the match with his injury, and questionable for being in the match because he’s a self admitted fake junior.
Nothing much else going on here. Adonis is on the card, not in the same match as Casas, but probably will get involved somehow. Did You Know: Zeuxis had only one CMLL match in November, and only three in October. I don’t know if there’s an injury or time off happening, but she’s not been around much since the mask match.
