they probably could’ve ended this right here by countout and everyone would’ve believed it
CMLL (TUE) 07/24/2018Arena México [CMLL, Lucha Central]
1) El Coyote & Grako b Leono & Sonic
2) La Guerrera, La Jarochita, Marcela b La Seductora, Metálica, Reyna Isis tecnicas took 1/3
3) Fuego, Pegasso, Rey Cometa b Kawato San, Misterioso Jr., Sagrado tecnicas took 2/3.
4) Tritón b Audaz [lightning] Triton won with a package piledriver
5) Blue Panther, Kráneo, Stuka Jr. b Ephesto, Hechicero, Luciferno tecnicos took 2/3.
6) Felino, Mr. Niebla, Negro Casas b Ángel de Oro, Mistico, Niebla Roja CMLL forgot to turn the sound back up for this match. Rudos took 1/3.
CMLL (TUE) 07/24/2018Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [CMLL]
1) Joker, Magnum, Micro b Carlo Roggi, Mr. Apolo, Ráfaga
2) Akuma, Frezzer, Yago b Explosivo, Magnus, Príncipe Diamante Principe Diamante replaced Starman. Rudos took 1/3.
3) Okumura, Pólvora, Tiger b Drone, Guerrero Maya Jr., Súper Astro Jr. rudos took 1/3
4) Cavernario, Mephisto, Rey Bucanero b Esfinge, Soberano Jr., Titán Rudos took 1/3. Titan accidentally hit the referee, and Mephisto pulled his mask to win.
5) Atlantis, Dragón Lee, Rush b Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón Atlantis & Rush did not get along even after winning.
Maybe they’ll go with Mephisto/Titan, but neither show for sure is building up a match right now.
Lucha Underground 4×7 (“The Gift That Keeps Giving”) airs tonight. Matches advertised
Son of Havoc vs The Mack vs Ivelisse vs El Dragon Azteca Jr. vs Dezmond X vs King Cuerno for the Gift of the Gods Championship
Sammy Guevera vs Jake Strong
The description also promises an update on Mariposa & Marty, who haven’t been seen since the first episode. There is usual a second preview (with a link to a video clip) that gets sent out Tuesday or Wednesday to more important sites than this. Haven’t seen it seen it this week. I’d guess there’s one more match to be added. Everyone’s very concerned about the foreshadowing of Lucha Underground tweeting out a photo of Vinne Massaro while Matanza is sacrificing lower level characters.
AAA posted their 08/10 AAA TV Veracruz lineup. It’s unchanged from what was posted on Facebook last week, including Dr. Wagner being in the main event.
Zeuxis is a 29-year-old luchadora born in Puerto Rico and living in Mexico City. She has Puerto Rican and Mexican parents and represented the Puerto Rican side of her heritage as a ruda in CMLL. She trained under Negro Navarro at first, and then Satanico when she came to CMLL. She was part of CMLL from 2009 until just a few months ago. She just appeared in TV as part of AAA vs ELITE show, but she’s not signed with anyone is an independent wrestler at the moment. She left with an obvious focus on making it to WWE, and this tournament is the first step.
Zeuxis wrestles a hard star, with knee smashes and head drop slams. Her training with Navarro gives her some lucha submission knowledge, though not a lot of it was seen in CMLL. Zeuxis was a daring flyer earlier in her career, and now mostly sticks to a top rope Spanish Fly for her trickiest move. She uses a package piledriver as her primary finish, and might stick to the double knee smash in WWE. Zeuxis was popularly considered the best women’s wrestler in CMLL at the time she left, though it seemed like her performance peaked with last year’s mask match and declined following until she left the promotion. Leaving CMLL might have been a decision to get in a better mental and physical mindset going into this challenge.
CMLL Guadalajara: 2018-07-21
taped 2018-07-17 @ Arena Coliseo Guadalajara – Mega/YouTube
1) Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa, Star Black vs Misterioso Jr., Sagrado, Virus
2) Diamante Azul, Valiente, Volador Jr. vs Felino, Shocker, Terrible
3) Mistico vs Último Guerrero
Post match promos were Mistico and Carisitco yelling about each other. Rush/Atlantis seemed fine. Main event probably ended about three minutes early. This was another week with a big Arena Puebla turnout.
Tonight’s CMLL Arena Mexico show has a traditional main event, with obvious tecnicos Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja and Mistico taking on the Felino/Niebla/Casas version of Peste Negra. It should be a simple main event to get the fans to react something. The trickier match has Audaz and Triton meeting for the first time in a lightning match. Both could use a good base to work with, and might not have a lot of experience in that role themselves.
The rest of the card is normal trios matches with nothing seemingly going on. Blue Panther, Kraneo and Stuka take on Ephesto, Lucifierno and Hechicero (who has the night off from announcing.) Fuego, Pegasso and Rey Cometa face Misterioso, Sagrado and Kawato; that feels like one CMLL has run a million times with other people in Kawato’s spot. (The database says it’s actually only twice.) There’s a women’s match with a lot of newer lucahdoras, and Sonic makes his first appearance in CMLL of the year in the opener.
Guadalajara has Atlantis , Dragon Lee and Rush versus NGD.
Tickets are on sale for AAA’s 11/16 in Bogota, Colombia. Ticket prices are 40,000 to 227,000 Colombia Pesos ($13.60 to $77.18 USD.) The ticket site does something I’ve not seen elsewhere, list how many tickets will be on sale in each pricing tier. If I’m understanding the chart correctly, they’re selling 8,739 tickets and the maximum gate (not including service fees) is around $230,000 US if all those tickets sell.
IWRG , FILL (WED) 07/25/2018Arena Naucalpan
1) Águila Oriental & Voltrex vs Canival & Dinámico
2) Arquero, Chico del Barrio, Eddy Santos vs Bisofera, Ciber Punk, Violtar
3) Dranzer, Fireman, Puma de Oro vs Barón Rojo, Carnicero, Kraken,
4) Ángel Estrella, Chef Benito, Chicanito vs Adrelina, Ángel De La Tormenta, Power Bull
5) Black Shadow Jr., Diablo Jr., Dragón Maya vs Death Metal, Ra-Zhata, Shil-Kah
6) Atomic Star, Black Dragón, Black Puma, Celestial Boy, Guerrero 2000, Kanon, Mexica, Shadow Boy vs Eligor, Flayman, Gallo Colorado, Hijo del Mosco X-Fly, Neza Kid, Pandemoium Jr., Quetzal, Shalom [Copa Higher Power] Gym FILL (Black Terry) vs Gym Zaetas del Ring (Freelance) in a rematch
CMLL (SUN) 07/29/2018Arena México
1) Leono & Sangre Imperial vs Camorra & Espíritu Negro
2) Astral, Eléctrico, Oro Jr. vs Cancerbero, Metálico, Nitro
3) El Audaz, Fuego, Pegasso vs Pólvora, Universo 2000 Jr., Virus
4) Rey Cometa vs Luciferno [lightning]
5) Blue Panther, Dragón Lee, Soberano Jr. vs Cavernario, Felino, Negro Casas
6) Ángel de Oro, Carístico, Niebla Roja vs Mephisto, Shocker, Terrible
Nothing much happened last Sunday. Maybe something will happen here.
Lucha Memes (SUN) 07/22/2018Coliseo Coacalco, Coacalco, Estado de México
1) Aaron Sykes & Helio Guerra b Dr. Pólux Jr. & Murciélago Plateado
2) Totem I & Totem II b Multifacetico (Puebla) & Prayer
3) Corsario Negro Jr. & Drako b Arez & Demus
4) Lolita b Keyra match was stopped after Keyra suffered a knee injury early on. The knee injury was not thought to be serious.
5) Fresero Jr. & Mr. Iguana b Fly Star & Toxin
6) Audaz b Steve Pain
7) Hechicero b Aramis good match
Attendance seemed down for a Memes show. I thought the top couple matches were appealing but apparently, a lot of people did not. Even though it’s still two weekends away, I wonder if that loaded 08/04 night played a role here – fans of these style of shows may have already turned their attention ahead to those. These looked like pretty good matches, but they were matches for the sake of having good matches, rather than longterm partners turned rivals finally having a mask match or a rare chance to see a Ring of Honor wrestler in Mexico.
IWRG (SUN) 07/22/2018Arena Naucalpan [+LuchaTV, The Gladiatores]
1) Atomic Star b Ángel Estrella Jr.
2) Death Metal & Dowki b Mexica & Shaolin
3) Ra-Zhata, Shil-Kah, Teelo DQ Factor, Liderk, Spector Straight falls. Apuesta match challenges followed.
4) Capo del Norte, Demonio Infernal, Diablo Jr. b Black Dragón, Danny Casas, Pasion Kristal
5) Lunatic Xtreme & Ovett DQ Hijo del Mosco X-Fly & X-Fly set up a singles match between Lunatic & Ovett
6) El Hijo del Medico Asesino, Eterno, Trauma I, Trauma II b Leo, Mike, Rafy, Relámpago and Dr. Cerebro, Hijo de Canis Lupus, Internacional Pantera, Veneno and Emperador Azteca, Freelance, Hijo del Alebrije, Imposible [Zona de Ejecucion] Rules were one person from each team started in the ring, with a new person coming in only when they were pinned or eliminated. Final three were Trauma II, Alebrije and Dr. Cerbero. Trauma II was the final survivor, pinning Dr. Cerbero though Cerebro had his arm on the ropes. Trauma wants a title match.
No one streamed this week. It’s hard to figure out.
Atlantis defends the Mexican Light Heavyweight Championship tonight against Rush. Rush doesn’t seem like a light heavyweight, but this doesn’t seem like a great idea for a title match. It’ll likely have strong reactions, as fans really like to boo Rush and cheer Atlantis. Their styles just didn’t mix well even when Atlantis was having better matches. Rush winning the title would bring the current champion count to an even 16. It’s unclear if they actually need to be at exactly 16, with some champs (Marco, Taven, Electrico) who could be left out depending on when this tournament falls.
That reminds me: it’s worth noting August 3rd isn’t the Gran Prix, since the Ring of Honor guys are being split out on different days and Taven is defending his title. That also suggests the Universal tournament is not likely happening since CMLL would likely be starting that instead with Taven in town. Volador could also just win back the title to give CMLL more freedom on when they want to run it. We know a lot more about what CMLL is not doing than what they’re actually doing.
The main event has Caristico teaming with the Guerreros, as asked for on CMLL Informa, against Volador, Mistico, and Flyer. That could be pretty good if they give time; it feels like something that might have been headlining a Friday show if CMLL had not brought in the indie guys. The tercera has Niebla Roja, Stuka, and Valiente versus Hechicero, Shocker, and Templario. Stuka seems like he’s figured out how to play off Shocker’s personality enough to hide him in matches like this. Drone, Stigma and Star Jr. take on Kawato, Okumura, and Policeman in the segunda. Joker, Mercurio, and Sauron open the show against Astro, Shockericto, and Angelito. There’s a chance Angelico is being reborn as Kaligua on Friday and maybe there’d be an indication of that here.
CMLL (SAT) 07/28/2018Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala & Retro vs Apocalipsis & Inquisidor
2) Arkalis, Príncipe Diamante, Robin vs Espanto Jr., Hijo del Signo, Príncipe Odín Jr.
3) Drone, El Audaz, Stigma vs Disturbio, Universo 2000 Jr., Virus
4) Flyer, Valiente, Volador Jr. vs Ephesto, Luciferno, Máscara Año 2000
5) Diamante Azul vs Shocker
I’m ok with this show nout being streamed. Hope Diamante Azul doesn’t injure Shocker again. Arkalis continues on a non-TV path.
AAA TV (SAT) 07/21/2018Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal [AAA, ESTO, Estrellas del Ring, Lucha Cenral, MeditoTiempo, R de Rudo, Record, The Gladiatores, thecubsfan]
1) Faby Apache, La Hiedra, Vanilla b Keyra, Lady Maravilla, Zeuxis Team AAA (Faby) vs team ELITE (Zeuxis). 9:46, Faby pinning Zeuxis when Zeuxis had a shoulder up (finish was messed up). Lady Shani attacked Faby with a kendo stick, Faby bled a tiny bit, Faby hit Shani with a chair, and Hijo del Tirantes very obviously bladed Shani.
2) Trauma I & Trauma II b La Máscara & Máximo Team AAA (Alvardos) vs Team ELITE (Traumas). 5:07. Traums submitted both Alvardos after Maximo screwed up again. La Mascara seems to be splitting from Maximo and heading to a team with Fantasma. Mamba came to the ring to console Maximo after the match, then Kevin Kross and Brian Cage destroyed everyone. The rest of MAD came out to taunt the fans. Vampiro interrupted, trashed Konnan, and was beat up by MAD. OGT made the save. Vampiro declared himself the biggest and best OGT of all suggested they team up to face MAD.
3) Hijo de LA Park & Taurus b Aerostar & Argenis Team AAA (Aerostar) vs Team ELITE (Taurus). 11:05. Argenis was the surprise wrestler and was pinned by Taurus. Parka Negra ran out to attack Hijo de LA Park, then was brushed aside as Cage & Kross ran out to beat everyone up again.
4) Jack Evans & Teddy Hart b Joe Lider & Pagano Team AAA (Pagano) vs Team Elite (Jack). Moved down a spot. 12:38. Jack Evans pinned Joe Lider with a 630 senton. Pagano was injured attempting to take a Destroyer on the apron and landing on the floor instead.
5) Rey Escorpión & Texano Jr. b Golden Magic & Laredo Kid Team AAA (Texano) vs Team Elite (Magic). 9:40. Kross & Cage ran in for a third time, this time during the match. Their attack was not called a DQ, and neither was La Parka leading a group of AAA people no otherwise booked for the show to back them off. Murder Clown and Dave the Clown grabbed Cage & Kross but Taurus (attacked earlier by MAD and seemingly not part of that group to this point) saved them. Texano pinned Golden Magic after a chair shot. This match was declared for the World of Warcraft championship and Escorpion & Texano were awarded a belt for this win.
6) Electroshock, LA Park, Puma King b Dr. Wagner Jr., Hijo del Fantasma, Psycho Clown 20:31. Team AAA (Wagner) vs Team Elite (Park). Puma King was the surprise wrestler. Wagner appeared despite saying he would not. LA Park & Psycho Clown fought for most of the match, with LA Park pinning Psycho after Fantasma betrayed him with a foul. Elite won the show 4-2.
The main event is the match if you’re going to watch any of them. Matches 1/3/5 are worth checking out. They’re pushing the idea that Psycho Clown is in immense danger in the main event because everyone wants to see him beat. (That included a fair amount of the fans.) Pencil in an OGT/Vampiro vs MAD match for TripleMania; AAA might not be building up a title match is because Jarrett was already booked for something else. There’s a chance of a separate La Parka versus MAD match too. Although this was the AAA versus Elite show on paper, MAD was the outsider group AAA was focused on getting over on this show. Elite’s 4-2 win went barely mentioned (with AAA getting a belt anyway), while MAD was involved in most of the matches.
Elite won four matches. The two they lost were Zeuxis getting pinned when she a shoulder up, and Escorpion & Texano winning after Kross & Cage had attacked the Elite team (which normally would be a DQ but couldn’t because AAA had to win that match to get the belt.) Elite could’ve swept this whole show with better referee work. All the Elite fans should be hyped today, except there didn’t seem to be any people who were particular fans of Elite. They liked some of the luchadors grouped onto that side, but AAA is starting around ground zero if they’re going to rebuild that name.
I have no better idea when this will air on TV or where it’ll air on TV. The Televisa announcers were at the show like normal, so maybe that means it’ll just air like normal and AAA will start to build up an incredible backlog.
Someone updated Pagano’s Twitter to say he was stable. It didn’t seem a great sign that it was in the third person, but he was back to posting videos on Facebook tonight, and talking about how getting hurt only makes him stronger. I guess he’s fine. Pagano is going to keep doing not just dangerous stuff, but also stuff that is relatively safe if you do it right and dangerous when he does it poorly until he can no longer do anything. Everyone involved seems OK with that so I guess I shouldn’t actually be concerned.
KDNA says they’ll have an AAA TV taping on 09/02. KDNA has sometimes teased a TV taping and it hasn’t actually turned out that way, so put that down in pencil. I think my real issue is I was hoping there would be at least a week off from AAA TV tapings following TripleMania, and there may never be a break again. This taping and the Merida taping would mean we’re currently two weeks into nine straight weeks of AAA TV tapings. I watch everything but it may be a good idea for everyone else to start picking and choosing.
CMLL (SAT) 07/21/2018Arena Coliseo
1) Camorra & Cholo b Bengala & Retro Retro needed medical attention after taking the Cholo Driver
2) Acero, Shockercito, Último Dragóncito b Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Universo 2000, Pierrothito Pierrothito’s first match in two months. Acero replaced Stukita.
3) La Jarochita, Maligna, Princesa Sugehit b La Comandante, La Seductora, Metálica
4) Forastero, Hechicero, Sansón b Audaz, Niebla Roja, Tritón
5) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Valiente DQ Mephisto, Shocker, Terrible Shocker fouled Diamante Azul, angry about Azul causing Shocker’s jaw injury that’s caused him problems for two years now.
Shocker has a point to be mad, though in no way do I want to see that match. CMLL posted promos with both Shocker and Diamante Azul.
CMLL (SUN) 07/22/2018Arena México [CMLL]
1) Mercurio & Pequeño Nitro b Acero & Aéreo Rudos took 1/3.
2) El Coyote, Nitro, Príncipe Odín Jr. b Arkalis, Leono, Star Jr.
3) Fuego, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa b Kawato San, Templario, Virus tecnicos took 2/3
4) Okumura b Universo 2000 Jr. [lightning]
5) Mr. Niebla, Rey Bucanero, Shocker b Ángel de Oro, Kráneo, Niebla Roja Rudos took 2/3
6) Flyer, Soberano Jr., Volador Jr. b Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto tecnicos took 2/3.
Promos: Flyer & Okumura . Nothing much to this show.
Ultimo Ninja, in a video on The Crash’s Facebook, thanks the promotion and his fans for their support in Mexico. Today’s Revolucha was his final match in Mexico, and he’s moving to the US for a new project. He did a similar speech in the ring tonight during the Revolucha show, saying he was leaving Mexico for international work. He never said NXT, but other people did and the fans picked up on it enough to chant. Ultimo Ninja will be starting with NXT in upcoming days. Getting removed from the RIOT show next Saturday was a bit of a clue.
Garza Jr. had promised good news and bad news on this show. Ultimo Ninja’s deal seems like it was the good news. Garza Jr. did not make an announcement, as far I can find. There’s been no farewells for him, despite both Ninja & Garza originally expected to go together to NXT. I’m sure he’ll say something on his own time, but you can probably figure it out.
Skadi wrestled her first match in 10 months Saturday, in a three-way with her mother Marcela and Lolita. Skadi suffered a terrible leg injury back in September and has been working her way back to wrestling since. I’d assume she’ll make it back to CMLL, though she really struggled when she was there.
I have no inside DTU information but I think that main event is going to be a title change. Crazy King is not used a lot, DTU really likes the GCW deal, Nick Gage is a big name in those circles.
