Caristico/Guerrero, trios title challenge, LU

CMLL (TUE) 09/25/2018 Arena México
1) Bengala & Leono b Apocalipsis & Cholo 
2) Lluvia, Marcela, Sonya De Costa Rica b Amapola, La Seductora, Tiffany 
tecnicas took 1/3
3) Audaz, Fuego, Rey Cometa b Kawato San, Nitro, Okumura 
Nitro replaced Sagrado on Tuesday. Tecnicos took 1/3.
4) Tiger b Black Panther [lightning] 
win via casita
5) Luciferno, Máscara Año 2000, Terrible b Kráneo, Valiente, Volcano 
Rudos took 1/3
6) Gran Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Shocker b Ángel de Oro, Carístico, Niebla Roja 
Straight falls, setting up Gran Guerrero vs Caristico for the NWA MIDDLE title.

CMLL promos: Sonya, Tiger, Gran Guerrero, and Caristico.

It didn’t seem like anyone watched this who was on Twitter. That’s probably OK. Guerrero/Caristico is interesting. They’re playing off the story of Gran Guerrero trying to avenge his brother, and we haven’t seen him in many singles matches outside of the Niebla Roja feud.

CMLL (TUE) 09/25/2018 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [CMLL]
1) Difunto, Exterminador, Guerrero de la Muerte b Black Sugar, El Alteño, Mágico
Rudos took 2/3.
2) Akuma, Espanto Jr., Hijo del Signo b Magnum, Star Black, Vaquero Jr.
Rudos took 1/3.
3) Blue Panther Jr., Drone, Pegasso b Ares (Costa Rica), Escualo (Costa Rica), Kaiser (Costa Rica)
Tecnicos took 2/3. Team Costa Rica drops to 0-2.
4) Esfinge, Soberano Jr., Tritón b Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
Tecnicos took 1/3, then asked for a national trios title match next week.
5) Atlantis, Diamante Azul, Volador Jr. b Cavernario, Negro Casas, Último Guerrero

NGD defending against tecnicos was the more fun idea of a match than Atlantis/UG, so I’m glad they picked that feud for next week. Atlantis got UG with the Atlantida according to the recap.

There was a weak unsourced rumor that Volador has left CMLL just because he missed a couple shows. It died here. I’m guessing he was actually just on vacation.

Lucha Underground has their episode 4×16, “Kill Mil” tonight

• Jake Strong vs Aerostar & Drago in a nunchuck match
• Ivelisse, XO Lishus, Joey Ryan vs Kobra Moon, Daga and Jeremiah Crane? (maybe for the trios championship?)
• a #1 contenders match, probably including Mil Muertes based on that title

Strong says this match is one of his favorite ever, which seems surprising. I’ll be pleasantly surprised if I’m not completely annoyed with Lucha Underground by the end of that match.

Segunda Caida is up to episode five from this season.

There’s also a Lucah Fiesta iPPV tonight on Fite.TV for $10. Ultimo Dragon, Shocker and Caristico face Sam Adonis, Rey Bucanero and NXT-wrestler Rey Bucanero. The semi-main has some flyers and Gringo Loco, so that sounds good. It’ll be available for VOD after the fact.

AAA posted a DJZ promo hyping the Heroes Inmortales tag title match. It is a little weird that DJZ and Andrew Everett are now that Everett has left Impact (and DJZ hasn’t been on in quite a while.)

Zona Ruda has a Taurus promo towards Lady Shani. That hasn’t been followed up since TripleMania but maybe it’ll go somewhere.

Super Nova is listed and pictured (back middle slightly to the left) on a show on 10/28 in San Luis Potosi. That’s the same day as Heroes Inmortales, where Super Nova’s Bengala personality isn’t booked. Bengala hasn’t appeared on TV since Rey de Reyes, in part due to appearing on a reality show and suffering a significant foot injury. Bengala has been listed on house shows (and is listed on them thru the week before this show.) It wouldn’t be a surprise if he moved on from AAA, but I’m not sure if that’s what this is.

LuchaWorld has the latest news update and a Villano III podcast on their Patreon.

+LuchaTV has a sit-down interview with Pirata Morgan.

Lineup

CMLL (MON) 10/01/2018 Arena Puebla
1) Black Tiger & Meyer vs Ares & Fuerza Chicana
2) Arkalis, Astral, Eléctrico vs El Perverso, Espanto Jr., Policeman
3) Princesa Sugehit vs Reyna Isis [lightning]
4) Black Panther, Blue Panther, Stigma vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Okumura, Pólvora
5) Diamante Azul, Kráneo, Volcano vs Cuatrero, Dark Magic, Sansón
6) Hijo de LA Park, LA Park, Volador Jr. vs Cavernario, La Bestia Del Ring, Terrible

Rush gets the week off, so they’re switching to a different feud if they’re doing a feud at all.

Dark Magic, the unknown US wrestler announced for the Gran Prix, debuts as a rudo a few days before that big match. He’s been working low-level indies this month. They haven’t given him easy guys to start with.

Sugehit/Isis may be a setup for running that title match again.