Reminder: The Tapatia awards for the best in lucha libre are open thru January 28th.
CMLL (SAT) 01/13/2018 Arena Coliseo [CMLL]
1) Bengala & Sensei b Camorra & El Coyote
tecnicos took 2/3.
2) Magnus, Oro Jr., Starman b Espanto Jr., Grako, Inquisidor
tecnicos took 2/3.
3) Shockercito b Último Dragóncito [lightning]
Shockercito submitted Dragoncito to the reinera.
4) La Jarochita, La Vaquerita, Princesa Sugehit b Amapola, La Metálica, Tiffany
tecnicas took 1/3
5) Forastero, Hechicero, Pólvora b Blue Panther Jr., Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa
Hechicero beat Panther and unmasked him.
6) Carístico, Marco Corleone, Stuka Jr. b Máscara Año 2000, Mr. Niebla, Pierroth
tecnicos took 2/3.
The CMLL recaps are pushing the idea that Hechicero vs Blue Panther Jr. is still a thing after their mask match. I’d doubt that normally, but obviously unusual things are happening in CMLL.
CMLL NJPW (SUN) 01/14/2018 KBS Hall, Kyoto, Japan [Strong Style Story]
Attendance: 795
1) Star Jr. b Disturbio
6:22 via Star Special (a Skayde special variation)
2) Okumura & Sansón b Fuego & Soberano Jr.
12:07. Sanson pinned Soberano after a middle rope off the shoulders powerbomb.
3) Puma, Rocky Romero, SHO, YOH b Drone, Jushin Liger, Kushida, Tiger Mask
12:18. Puma beat Drone with a sit down powerbomb. Puma & Tiger Mask pulled off each other’s masks and ended up wearing the opposite one during the match.
4) Ángel de Oro, Atlantis, Volador Jr. b Bárbaro Cavernario, Cuatrero, Gedo
11:13. Angel de Oro submitted Cuatrero to the campana.
5) Bushi, Hiromu Takahashi, Rush, Tetsuya Naito b Dragón Lee, Hirai Kawato, Ryusuke Taguchi, Satoshi Kojima
14:03. Hiromu submitted Kawato to a Boston Crab.
6) Gran Guerrero, Kazuchika Okada, Último Guerrero b Hiroshi Tanahashi, Mistico, Niebla Roja
14:49. Ultimo Guerrero beat Mistico with the Guerrero Special.
Kyoto was said to be a sell out. Last year’s reported attendance was 778. Two years was 820. Their next show is early Monday morning in Kagawa.
CMLL (SUN) 01/14/2018 Arena México
1) Pequeño Olímpico & Pierrothito b Acero & Aéreo
2) Apocalipsis, Hijo del Signo, Templario b Retro, Robin, Sensei
Rudos took 1/3.
3) La Comandante, La Seductora, Zeuxis b La Jarochita, La Vaquerita, Lady Maravilla
Rudas took 2/3.
4) Felino, Luciferno, Vangellys b Blue Panther, Blue Panther Jr., Titán
rudos took 2/3
5) Euforia, Mephisto, Sam Adonis DQ Carístico, Diamante Azul, Valiente
Euforia unmasked Diamante Azul.
just to recap the insta feuds
Monday: Diamante Azul vs Marco (title match coming up)
Tuesday: Caristico vs Euforia
Friday: Diamante Azul vs Terrible
Sunday: Diamante Azul vs Euforia
One choice when there’s not a lot of the usual big names around is to give new people changes. The other choice is to make every main event a Diamante Azul one, I guess.
CMLL (SUN) 01/14/2018 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [@Arena_GDL]
1) Micro b Thunder Boy
Thunder Boy replaced Quka. Micro took 2/3.
2) Carlo Roggi & Mr. Apolo b Avispón Negro Jr. & Capitán Cobra
rudos took 2/3
3) Cosmos & Tigre Blanco b Destello & Linterna
tecnicos took 1/3
4) Difunto, Guerrero de la Muerte, Rey Trueno b Black Sugar, El Divino, Mágico
rudos took 2/3
5) Neutrón, Omar Brunetti, Star Black b El Chakal, Joker, Sádico
Neutron replaced Explosivo. Tecnicos took 1/3, the last when Joker betrayed his teammates (???)
Getting live Guadalajara results again is a novelty.
This week’s AAA show is up, finishing up the AAA TV taping from Xalapa on December 2nd. That’s a long time ago, so there’s a good chance you’ll have forgotten the outcomes.
AAA TV also lists the upcoming taping schedule
- 01/26 Mexico City, Guerra de Titanes, still 12 days away, will this ever get here
- 02/02 Toluca
- 02/09 Aguascalientes
- 03/04 Puebla, Rey de Reyes
There’s a month break in there to accommodate Lucha Underground, but they ought to be taping in Los Angeles (somewhere in Los Angeles) on March 4th. Maybe that’ll just be a week where they tape Friday & Saturday but not Sunday.
A two taping turn around for Rey de Reyes suggest they’re not going to build up much for that show. Really, AAA’s pattern the last couple of years is to build from Guerra de Titanes to TripleMania with not a lot of note happening in between, so when Rey de Reyes exactly happens probably won’t change things.
Noti AAA mentions that surprise main event in Toluca has Wagner & Psycho in it, but is not a singles match between them.
Lady Shani has an interview with ESTO and AAA has a sit down interview with her, two of numerous ones she’s done over the last week or so. AAA’s trying to raise her profile going into Guerra de Titanes and pushing her responding to Faby’s negative comments. AAA had a lot of real issues between their luchadoras in 2017, so at least they’re monetizing those issues in 2018.
Arolucha’s Facebook now adds shows on 02/16 in Beaumont and 02/17 in Humble.
DTU says they’ll have a combo event with FREEDOMS & GCW in March.
Michinoku Pro wrestler Daichi Sasaki announced he’d be heading to Mexico. No specific destination was mentioned.
LuchaWorld has the latest Lucha Report., inclulding a recap of Sam Adonis’ post match comments.
+LuchaTV has a new interview with Caristico.
Segunda Caida reviews LU Season 3, Episode 25.