Month: December 2018

AAA , CAPITAL (WED) 12/05/2018 Pinche Gringo Barbecue, Miguel Hidalgo, Distrito Federal
1) Chessman b Bengala 
2) Psycho Clown b Texano Jr. 
3) Taya b La Hiedra 
After the match, Lady Shani appeared to announce was taking herself out of the tournament but offered Taya a title versus title match should she win the entire thing.
4) Golden Magic b Niño Hamburguesa 
seemingly a replacement match for Taurus/Murder Clown, with Golden Magic getting back into the tournament with a win.
5) Australian Suicide b Laredo Kid 

This continued the trend of main events worth going out of your way to watch.

Australian Suicide, Pentagon Jr., Pagano, and Psycho Clown have definitely advanced to the final on 12/09. The final show is supposed to start with three four-way matches, so there are eight more spots to fill. Aerostar, Drago, Golden Magic, Hijo del Vikingo, Keyra, Killer Kross, Laredo Kid, Mascarita Sagrada, Maximo, Taya, Texano Jr., and Vanilla are definitely eligible for those eights spots and should wrestle next week. Scarlett, Murder Clown, and Taurus may be eligible. They’re also just making up rules as they go so who knows.

On Informa, Negro Casas revealed he had surgery for one his knee meniscus. He had it back in early November and expects to be back in January.

CMLL is also planning on running their usual winter holiday schedule. Shows scheduled for New Year’s Eve and Christmas Eve will be moved to the day after. That means the Monday Arena Puebla shows move to Tuesday, with the Arena Mexico & Arena Coliseo Guadalajara shows going on the same night as scheduled. CMLL has enough bodies to fill out three shows on the same night (and that’ll still leave some early match wrestlers unbooked), though it’s a different question if they have enough talent. The Tuesday Guadalajara show usually has more star power than the Tuesday Arena Mexico show. That might reverse for the holidays since the top stars will prefer to work in Mexico City so they can pick up an extra booking of three later that night around the Mexico City area. The end product of the Yago/Camorra feud, be it a singles match, a tag or a cage match, will probably take place on one of these days.

For streaming purposes, this schedule means there’s two more Monday night Puebla show for the year. The last show to air will be the 12/17 show, and then nothing on Monday until 01/08. CMLL will be down to ‘only’ two streams a week. Those Tuesday Puebla shows are very unlikely to be taped; last year, we never saw the Asturiano versus Espectro Maligno apuesta match and a Mephisto versus Caristico title match because of the schedule. (It’s also unlikely they’ll post results.) There’s a very slight chance the Sunday shows from 12/23 & 12/30 will be recorded and streamed if CMLL needs replacement TV content, but probably they’ll just reuse matches on different shows.

Caristico says the injury that has taken him off lineups was a hip injury made worse last Friday, He expects to be back in a week.

Reina Isis says CMLL has the best women’s roster in all of Mexico. I don’t think this true, though AAA women didn’t exactly kill it this week. It is not exactly a high bar even if it was true.

Leo Riano noted Keyra missed the AAA TV taping to do the WWE tryouts, though he also says he hasn’t actually asked AAA to see if Keyra had permission to skip the show. It would be strange for AAA to suddenly care about advertised people not showing up on their shows.

Saturday’s AAA TV taping in Xalapa has a mystery person teaming with Vikingo & Laredo Kid. That always seemed like Angelikal’s spot and I’m thinking they just left it a mystery because they knew he’d be Myzteziz Jr. by this point. That’s probably also why the title match bit got dropped from the OGT/Poder del Norte match at the same time.

The Crash announced (ex WWE Horn)Swoggle will be on their January show. Many people have commented hoping for Mascarita Dorada/Torito to pay off their WWE issue.

Casandro is in France to do press wrk for her documentary, which debuted yesterday.

El Imparcial caught up with the mini Parka and the other luchadors from the viral video.

Valiente’s restaruant opens on December 15th.

Lucha Talk has a new episode.

Lineups

CMLL (MON) 12/10/2018 Arena Puebla
1) Astro & Sonic vs Ares & Guerrero Espacial
2) Millenium & Rey Samuray vs El Perverso & King Jaguar
3) Átomo, Gallito, Microman vs Chamuel, Guapito, Perico Zakarías
4) Fuego, Tritón, Volcano vs Misterioso Jr., Sagrado, Vangellys
5) Ángel de Oro, Carístico, Niebla Roja vs Cavernario, Hechicero, Rey Bucanero
6) Volador Jr. vs Terrible

Micros coming to Puebla is the most interesting thing here. Sonic gets back to back weeks of bookings, which is rare for him.

CMLL (TUE) 12/11/2018 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Black Sugar, Luminoso, Magnum vs Gran Kenut, Guerrero de la Muerte, Tyson La Bestia
2) Avispa Dorada, Lluvia, Marcela vs Amapola, Dalys, Tiffany
3) Esfinge, Stigma, Titán vs Difunto, Hechicero, Pólvora
4) Carístico, Kráneo, Volcano vs Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón
5) Volador Jr. vs Último Guerrero

Volador has singles matches on Friday, Monday and Tuesday. That doesn’t seem like a great idea. Caristioc being listed back is probably subject to change.

CMLL (TUE) 12/04/2018 Arena México [CMLL, Lucha Central]
1) El Coyote & Metálico b Retro & Sangre Imperial 
Rudos took 1/3.
2) Dalys, La Seductora, Tiffany b Avispa Dorada, La Guerrera, Princesa Sugehit 
Rudas took 2/3.
3) Drone, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa b Kawato San, Okumura, Virus 
Tecnicos took 2/3.
4) Misterioso Jr. b Black Panther [lightning] 
Gori Driver on Panther for the win.
5) Ephesto, Luciferno, Mephisto b Esfinge, Titán, Tritón 
Rudos took 2/3.
6) Ángel de Oro, Atlantis, Niebla Roja b Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón 
Tecnicos took 2/3.

Promos from Misterioso (who seems to have given up stealing masks) and Guanatos Style. No real feuds, maybe the third match was the best match.

CMLL (TUE) 12/04/2018 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [CMLL, Lost in Lucha]
1) Guerrero de la Muerte, Relámpago Azul, Rey Trueno b Cosmos, Micro, Mr. Samurai
Guerrero de la Muerte replaced Thunder Boy
2) Gran Kenut, Hijo del Signo, Inquisidor b Príncipe Diamante, Rielero, Tigre Blanco
Tigre Blanco replaced Electrico. Rudos took 1/3.
3) Blue Panther Jr., Fuego, Pegasso b Cancerbero, Sangre Azteca, Universo 2000 Jr.
tecnicos took 1/3
4) Blue Panther, Kráneo, Volcano b Hechicero, Shocker, Vangellys
tecnicos took 1/3.
5) Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero b Carístico, Valiente, Volador Jr.
rudos took 1/3. UG used the ropes to pin Volador, setting up a singles match between them next week.

CMLL is going to run Volador versus Ultimo Guerrero on Friday and Volador versus Ultimo Guerrero again four days later. Those two aren’t creative with their matches in general. Twice in two days is going to make it worse.

Negro Casas will appear on Informa today, talking about his recent surgery. There’s been no word about what injury he had.

Tonight is episode 6 of Lucha Capital. It is the final match of the second round of matches. Everyone will have had two matches (or just be out of the tournament, like Fenix.) It is an AAA tournament, it is unlikely everything will make sense by the end, but here is where everything stands:

wrestling tonight with 1 win: Australian Suicide, Laredo Kid, Psycho Clown, Texano Jr.
wrestling tonight with 1 loss: Taya, La Hiedra, Murder Clown, Taurus

eliminated (5): Puma King, Lady Maravilla, Nino Hamburguesa, Golden Magic, Fenix (injury)
advanced to the wild card show (8): Aerostar, Drago, Hijo del Vikingo, Keyra, Killer Kross, Mascarita Sagrada, Maximo, Vanilla
advanced to the final show (3): Pentagon Jr., Pagano, Lady Shani

The way the rules were explained originally, Lucha Capital would have 12 people in the final. That appears to be impossible to happen given the rules that have been announced and the people who are left. Most any outcome leaves 11 people left, so perhaps Scarlett’s role in this tournament is being added in the final week. They’ll also probably have to run tag matches next week, or they’ll be stuck running 7 or 8 singles matches.

That’s next week’s problem. There are no matches announced tonight, because they can’t be accused of changing matches if they don’t announce them. I would figure Psycho Clown advanced to the final and La Hiedra is eliminated, but everything else is unclear.

The WWE Latin America tryout finished yesterday. There’s a picture of the complete (43 person) field on Twitter. WWE is running a show in Chile tonight. That would be the logical place to make any announcements coming out of this tryout.

Impact will return to Fronton Mexico in Mexico City on January 11th and January 12th. That’s a Friday and a Saturday. CMLL probably isn’t running anything big on that Friday, and AAA may not be back until the week after, so this is easier dates for Impact this time around. Maybe they’ll even be able to get Fenix & Penta for both days.

A video of a group of people, including what appears to be a child in a La Parka outfit, doing wrestling bits at a Tijuana stop light went viral yesterday. People doing tricks for tips in Mexico is uncommon but happens; I saw a firebreather once on a trip. Anyway, because it is Parka and a viral video (like the gas station workers who were doing wrestling spots), AAA wants to meet the kid to give him a prize.

Ultimo Maldito was added to Saturday’s AAA TV at Arena Xalapa a few weeks ago. That means today he’s off the MexaWrestling show. Aramis will replace him, facing Rey Horus, Toxin, Arez and Arkangel Divino. Divino is going to be tested not having his brother there.

Arena Lopez Mateos on 12/22 has Templario vs Penta vs Golden Magic.

Bandido is advertised for the 12/30 GALLI show, which seems like another case of taking advantage of a luchador being flown in for AAW the day before.

AAA will put up part 1 of Heroes Inmortales this weekend. They’ve cut down the gap between airing to about 6 weeks from over two months.

LuchaWorld has the latest edition of the Podcast and the latest Lucah Report.

+LuchaTV has a sit-down interview with Demus.

Reforma has a video feature on Vampiro teaching you how to eat well.

A luchador test took place in Ciudad Victoria.

Lineup

IWRG (SUN) 12/09/2018 Arena Naucalpan
1) Chef Benito vs Atomic Star
2) Metaleón & Mexica vs Death Metal & Picudo
3) Black Dragón & Dinamic Black vs Hip Hop Man & Mosca (Argentina)
4) Hijo del Alebrije & Relámpago vs Karaoui & Zumbi
5) Aliado de Dios & Toscano vs Capo del Sur & Fantasma de la Ópera
6) Black Terry, Imposible, Murciélago Plateado vs Demonio Infernal, Eterno, Lunatic Xtreme
7) Aramis, Rokambole Jr., Villano III Jr. vs Dragón Bane, Sinn Bodhi, Último Gladiador

This card was a changed a lot from what Box y Lucha had. It is a lot of random matches anyway.

CMLL (MON) 12/03/2018 Arena Puebla [CMLL, Estrellas del Ring, Lucha Central]
1) Astro, Meyer, Sonic b Guerrero Espacial, King Rocker, Sombra Diabólika 
Sonic Arena Puebla debut. Tencicos took 1/3.
2) Espanto Jr., Fuerza Chicana, Policeman b Arkalis, Millenium, Tigre Rojo Jr. 
Rudos took 2/3.
3) Stigma, Titán, Tritón b Kawato San, Okumura, Tiger 
tecnicos took 2/3.
4) Cavernario, Felino, Rey Bucanero b Atlantis, Soberano Jr., Valiente 
Rudos took 1/3.
5) Diamante Azul & Volador Jr. DQ Rush & Terrible 
Tecnico stook 2/3, the last when Volador faked a foul from Terrible.

This went just under 100 minutes, which is pretty short for a Puebla show. Sometimes they go with a longer match when they only run five. Not this time. Third match sounded like the only one worth watching.

Today’s CMLL Tuesday card is full of matches that are close to looking good. They’re just not quite there. There’s also nothing carrying over from last week, except if “Black Panther has underwhelming opponent in a lightning match” is meant to be a story. The main event has NGD vs Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja and anchor Atlantis. Los Guantos Style (Titan, Triton, Esfinge) face Hijos del Infierno (Ephesto, Luciferno, and Mephisto.) Like last night, the tercera could be the best match, where Rey Cometa, Guerrero Maya, and Drone take on Okumura, Kawato, and Virus. The women are the second match and the opener has the first Sangre Imperial streaming appearance in two months. This show will stream at 7:30 pm on CMLL’s YouTube channel.

Guadalajara has the Guerreros versus Caristico, Valiente, and Volador. They seemed to be setting up a Volador/UG match last week, but perhaps that will be adjusted due to the next paragraph.

There are some changes to cards for later this week. Caristico is off Friday and Saturday, and not on Sunday’s show if he was ever meant to be. The Friday main event singles match with no build is now the latest version of the Ultimo Guerrero versus Volador. Atlantis slips into Volador’s place in the semi-main. Diamante Azul fills in on Saturday’s main event. Tuesday substitutions are typically injury changes, though it might be a different case with Caristico and his outside work.

WWE’s PC Instagram was posting photos of the trainees from various countries posing together. I posted the Mexico one. Either Diamante has changed his mask or I don’t recognize the guy in the middle. I don’t recognize the taller men, but Bestia 666 says the guy on the right was a football teammate of his. Everyone’s having a little fun with Raul Mendoza training Ricky Marvin. Marvin is not just more experienced than Mendoza, he was instrumental in Mendoza getting his stint in NOAH that helped get him looked at by WWE in the first place.

Stephanie Vaquer, who’s been wrestling in Mexico, is there as well. Today’s the last day of the tryout; you can see about five seconds of a Lady Maravilla/Zatara match on their Instagram story. WWE usually ends up signing a few people from these tryouts, if only to show they achieved something. I’m not sure if that’s the going to be case here. It may be, but it sounds like this is more scouting for future plans than the present.

Rush will face the Kingdom’s TK O’Ryan on 12/15 in his ROH debut. It appears they’re setting up a Matt Taven/Rush rematch in ROH.

A lucha libre exhibition is open in Puebla until the end of the month.

LuchaWorld has the latest news update.

Congratulating on +LuchaTV for reaching episode 100 of the En+carados podcast.

GALLI has DJZ & Drago vs Golden Dragon & Gringo Loco as their main event this Sunday. The fundraising option, which is never happening, should be for paying me to go to shows like this to bootleg matches like that.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 12/09/2018 Arena México
1) Fantasy & Último Dragóncito vs Pequeño Nitro & Pierrothito
2) Leono, Magnus, Príncipe Diamante vs Akuma, Espanto Jr., Espíritu Negro
3) Audaz, Rey Cometa, Star Jr. vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus
4) Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Misterioso Jr. [lightning]
5) Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr., Titán vs Hechicero, Templario, Vangellys
6) Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Volador Jr. vs Euforia, Mephisto, Rey Bucanero

Raziel is listed again. It would help if Vangellys is good.

LLB , Memes , Noba (SAT) 12/15/2018 Arena Naucalpan
1) Black Kraken & Demasiado vs Divino & Hijo De Brazo De Platino
2) Baxter & Kid Silver vs Alas de Acero & Iron Kid and Freelance & Máscara Mágica
3) Gato De Ecatepec & Manchitas vs Demus & Fantasma de la Ópera
4) Eterno vs Audaz (CMLL)
5) Ricky Marvin vs Loco Max
6) Mr. Niebla vs Zumbido
7) Impulso vs Fly Star, Dragón Bane, Canis Lupus, Chico Che, Optimus (Guerrero), Eragón, Black Dragón, Demonio Infernal [cage, mask, hair]

A rare Saturday show in Naucalpan. This one is being called Lucha Threesome because Nobra (Acapulco) is joining the usual Lucha Memes & Lucha Libre Boom promotion. Ricky Marvin and Loco Max last had a singles match 16 years.

I just watched Eterno versus Aramis last night and Eterno was at least a very good base for a flyer there.

AAA , IWRG (THU) 12/27/2018 Arena Naucalpan
1) ? vs ??
2) Lady Shani & Vanilla vs Keyra & Lady Maravilla
3) Epitafio, Leviatham, Tormento vs Epidemia, Heavy Boy, Yakuza
4) Hijo Del Vikingo & Lancelot vs Tiger Boy & Villano III Jr.
5) La Parka, Máximo, Pagano vs Joe Lider, La Máscara, Texano Jr.

Semi-main could be pretty good.