AAA TV (SUN) 03/04/2018 Acropolis Puebla, Puebla, Puebla [2018 is lucha libre, AAA, MedioTiempo (main), MedioTiempo (TLC), MedioTiempo (tournament), Record (main), Record (rest), Record (tournament), SuperLuchas, thecubsfan] ament), SuperLuchas, thecubsfan]
Rey de Reyes, 2018
1) Faby Apache b Lady Shani 
5:44. Faby Apache German suplex.
2) Rey Escorpión b Angelikal, Dave The Clown, Pimpinela Escarlata [Rey de Reyes, semifinal]
7:12. Rey Escorpion package piledriver Angelikal.
3) Bengala b Dark Scoria, Máscara de Bronce, Argenis [Rey de Reyes, semifinal]
6:50. Bengala Fire Driver on Mascara de Bronce.
4) Hijo Del Vikingo b Ángel Mortal Jr., Dark Cuervo, Pagano [Rey de Reyes, semifinal]
8:42. Vikingo reverse 450 splash Angel Mortal Jr.
5) La Parka b Dinastía, Venum, El Mesías [Rey de Reyes, semifinal]
7:24. La Parka fouled Mesias and armbared Mesias, who didn’t sell it. Parka and Mesias “brawled” after the match.
6) Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana b Averno, Chessman, Súper Fly [TLC]
13:53. Mocho Cota beat Spanish Fly on Averno.
7) Rey Escorpión b La Parka, Hijo Del Vikingo, Bengala [Rey de Reyes, final]
7:38. Escorpion beat Parka with a backcracker after Dave tripped him up.
8) Hernandez, Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., Monsther Clown, Murder Clown b Dr. Wagner Jr., La Máscara, Máximo, Psycho Clown
10:12. Hijo del Wagner beat Dr. Wagner Jr. with a german suplex.
9) Hijo del Fantasma b Texano Jr. [mask, hair]
12:57. Hijo del Fantasma beat Texano with the Thrill of the Hunt after Tirantes was taken away due to blood loss.
This won’t start to air until March 31 on Space and April 7 on Televisa. It’s going to be an increasingly long time for these shows to turn up on YouTube. The good news is you really don’t have to see anything on here right away. I went back and forth on OK/GOOD grades for the Fantasma/Texano match. Either way, it’s nothing along the lines of what you would hope to see out of those two and strangely didn’t end up the longest match of the night.
It appeared the show had to end at 9:30 by the way they rushed off the air quickly after the hair match, to the point where we barely saw Texano get any hair cut before they went off the air. I’m told he did get the hair all the way cut. (And here’s the video.) That wouldn’t seem to be a Twitch issue since they don’t have those time restrictions. Perhaps it was some window with the (satellite?) company they were using to stream the show, or some additional support they were getting. They had that time limit going in, whatever the reason. AAA added a 9th match, the first match didn’t hit the ring until 22 minutes in, and they spent a fair amount of time between the match so Vampiro could appear on Twitch many times. Time management was pretty poor, and it probably contributed to Fantasma & Texano disappointing again.
Vampiro wrote a Facebook post about talent being very upset about “some production issues”. It’s tough to narrow down which one he’s talking about. There are too many options. It could be the time issue. It could be whatever happened with Mesias, where he was clearly very unhappy about the result of his match and did his best to shrug it off. (It’s hard to understand why AAA would have him lose in his return match, especially when Venom and Dinastia were already being buried in the match.) It could be whatever happened with La Parka, who looked completely unhappy to be out there for the main event. The Alvarados didn’t seem too pleased with how their match went. It could be something completely different. It does not seem like the show was all that smooth. I poked fun at Vampiro’s list of jobs, because it’s hard to believe he’s doing most of the stuff he says he’s doing, but even the stuff he’s really doing is enough for one person and adding weird stuff like showing up in a box during the show is taking away from whatever stuff he’s supposed to be doing a show. If AAA wants Vampiro to be the star of the show, and it certainly seems that way when he gets time to talk after every match, maybe he shouldn’t be in charge of running the show too.
Angelikal, Mascara de Bronce, Hijo del Vikingo, Fantasma Sr. and probably a couple more all got stretchered out. My belief is all were planned spots. (Vikingo too.) It was absurd to do it that many time when they’re all going to be never mentioned again. People, Vampiro included, have talked about wrestlers not selling impacts enough during matches, but the selling of these impacts after the match is far worse.
Hijo del Dr. Wagner wants says he wants to face his father in a title or retirement match at TripleMania. That title match is happening, and AAA might wait five months.
AAA also had post match press conference interviews with Fantasma, Poder del Norte, and Rey Escorpion.
The next show is scheduled on 03/17 in Cuernavaca, which would be a 8pm start locally and a 9pm CT start if you’re in the US. (Daylight Savings Time gap month is coming.) There’s still no lineup for that show, one should be out in the next couple days.
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Vampiro after every match was a killer for me, it seemed to take longer somehow suffering through his constant jokes with Hugo and ultimately adding nothing but ego stroking to the show. I did notice the anger from the Alvarado’s and I just wondered if like me they thought the booked finish was crap. I have no clue but last night to me anyway was way worse than Guerra de Titanes which was a good fun to watch show. I actually fell asleep during La Parka’s qualifier right after I saw Mesias introduced and missed all of that, sounds like I didn’t miss anything but the wrong guy being used to put over La Parka. I hope the regular TV tapings aren’t this Vampiro filled from now on let alone the big cards. SMH Vampiro is a clown performing in all 3 rings of the AAA circus.
Oh yeah cubsfan what was the final “stretcher count”? When you review this card pay note to it they had to have carted off wrestlers nearly 10 times if not more.