March 27, 2019 – luchablog

great match roundup, week of 2019-03-09

March 27, 2019May 22, 2019 thecubsfan 1 Comment

This is a dumb post. I have the CMLL Friday show (inside the week) as a Saturday show (outside the week) because it technically didn’t go up until Saturday. I guess this is not true for the person(s?) who got on TV in the US but I didn’t qualify. And I didn’t rate many of the Monday or Tuesday matches. This leaves me in a world where Universo 2000 Jr. had the only good match. Sometimes the system is very bad.

Me in March is willing to add a low video quality Decnnis match that’s probably not any good in Guatemala to my watch list because it’s Decnnis in a title match in Guatemala. Me in December panic-ing to finish the year is skipping high video quality indie matches because it’ll only be good. The Volador/Barbaro Cavernario match may actually be a worse decision.

Recommended Matches

rating	matches	TV Show	taped
good	Black Panther vs Universo 2000 Jr. in a lightning match	CMLL YouTube: 2019-03-12	2019-03-12

Other Matches

rating	matches	TV Show	taped
ok	Cavernario, Dragón Lee, Místico vs Ephesto, Mephisto, Volador Jr. in a relevos increíbles match	CMLL YouTube: 2019-03-11	2019-03-11
ok	Guerrero Maya Jr., Pegasso, Rey Cometa vs Misterioso Jr., Sagrado, Tiger	CMLL YouTube: 2019-03-12	2019-03-12
not rated	Astro & Meyer vs Ares & Sombra Diabólika	CMLL YouTube: 2019-03-11	2019-03-11
not rated	Arkalis, Halcón Suriano Jr., Oro Jr. vs Black Tiger, Espíritu Maligno, Policeman	CMLL YouTube: 2019-03-11	2019-03-11
not rated	Fuego, King Jaguar, Pegasso vs Disturbio, El Perverso, Virus	CMLL YouTube: 2019-03-11	2019-03-11
not rated	Ángel de Oro, Atlantis, Niebla Roja vs La Bestia Del Ring, Templario, Terrible	CMLL YouTube: 2019-03-11	2019-03-11
not rated	Bengala & Leono vs Apocalipsis & Cholo	CMLL YouTube: 2019-03-12	2019-03-12
not rated	Magnus, Retro, Star Jr. vs Akuma, Espanto Jr., Nitro	CMLL YouTube: 2019-03-12	2019-03-12
not rated	Atlantis, Audaz, Stuka Jr. vs Felino, Hechicero, Kawato San	CMLL YouTube: 2019-03-12	2019-03-12
not rated	Diamante Azul, Dragón Lee, Místico vs Mephisto, Mr. Niebla, Rey Bucanero	CMLL YouTube: 2019-03-12	2019-03-12
watch later	Volador Jr. © vs Bárbaro Cavernario for the NWA World Welterweight Championship	CMLL Guadalajara: 2019-03-09	2019-03-05
watch later	Hijo de Voltrón © vs Decnnis [EUROPA WELTER]	FMLL Guatemala: 2019-03-09	2019-02-10

CMLL Tuesday results, Velasquez

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 thecubsfan 2 Comments

CMLL (TUE) 03/26/2019 Arena México [CMLL, Lost in Lucha, Lucha Central, Ovaciones]
1) Astral & Eléctrico b Inquisidor & Yago
2) Cancerbero, Espanto Jr., Raziel b Arkalis, Halcón Suriano Jr., Oro Jr.
Rudos took 2/3.
3) Audaz, Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa DQ Nitro, Templario, Virus
Nitro replaced Polvora. Straight falls. Templario fouled Cometa.
4) Titán b Flyer [lightning]
Titan won with El Inmortal (his new cradle)
5) Atlantis, Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr. b Ephesto, Hechicero, Mephisto
Tecnicos took 2/3.
6) Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Volador Jr. b Cuatrero, Euforia, Sansón
Tecnicos took 1/3.

CMLL promos have Espanto Jr. proposing to make a trio with Raziel & Cancerbero, Templario explaining fouling Rey Cometa was about getting ready for his match with Soberano, Titan talks about his win and Soberano also talking about the Saturday match.

CMLL (TUE) 03/26/2019 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara[CMLL]
1) Demonio Maya, Exterminador, Sádico b Fantástico, Principe Daniel, Rielero
Rudos took 2/3.
2) Magnum, Príncipe Diamante, Star Jr. b Difunto, Espíritu Negro, Metálico
tecnicos took 2/3.
3) Star Black b Mr. Apolo [lightning]
Star Black won in 8:30 in a bonus match.
4) Kaho Kobayashi, Marcela, Princesa Sugehit b Amapola, Dalys, Reyna Isis
tecnicas took 2/3
5) Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Vangellys b Blue Panther, Kráneo, Volcano
Terrible replaced Shocker. Rudos took 2/3.
6) Carístico, Dragón Lee, Místico b Cavernario, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero
tecnicos took 2/3.

The added match suggests someone was late: either someone flying in or the bus that drives everyone else. Not much really happening on either one of these shows.

There are about 50 different sites writing about Cain Velasquez over the last day. None of them really covers any new ground. Velasquez, Pentagon, and Psycho were also on TV Azteca to promote the concept. I haven’t seen UFC The UFC Espanol twitter account mentioned Cain at TripleMania in a video update. They probably would’ve been told to ignore the fight if UFC didn’t approve of it.

My theory as of this morning is the match will be Psycho Clown & Cain Velasquez versus Texano Jr. & Rey Escorpion. I don’t think Velazquez is going to be around much, if at all, prior to TripleMania. A tag match will cover for his weakness and allow AAA to promote the match without needing Cain to be there. It is also unlikely Velasquez is coming into AAA to lose, and Texano is the best choice of the three options to take a loss. AAA’s shown a Rey Escorpion promo for his feud with Psycho Clown so there at least was a plan for them to meet somewhere. There’s a lot of people in AAA and only 8 matches to fit them in, so squeezing both concepts in a tag match creates some space and

Konnan, on his podcast last week, strongly hinted towards the Young Bucks returning and a TripleMania rematch with the Lucha Brothers for the AAA Tag Team Titles makes the most sense timing wise. That would take Penta out of the possibilities for Velazquez. It would also mean Fenix loses the Mega title before TripleMania or there is no Mega title match on TripleMania. (Given who’s already busy and who could just as be used in other ways, it may make sense not to have a Mega title match at TripleMania anyway.)

Add an 05/19 in Villahermosa to the list of AAA tapings. Or potential tapings, since AAA also has a poster out for 05/18 in Tuxtla and hasn’t run a taping on back to back days in at least a decade.

The Impact versus Lucha Underground match happening on 03/04 as part of WrestleMania weekend is currently listed as Cage, Moose, and Eddie Edwards vs Drago, Daga, Aerostar, and King Cuerno. Johnny Impact (Mundo) was moved to a different match. Everyone believes King Cuerno has already been pulled from this match as part of leaving AAA – King Cuerno included! – so it is a little weird Impact bothered to put up a 3v4 graphic.

The Crash 04/13 in Auditorio de Tijuana

The Crash is still advertising Black Danger, so they’re thinking he isn’t going back to AAA.

Coahuila luchador Killer Cat is retiring after 20 years.

An interview with Illinois based luchador SWAT Kat mentions he’s promoting a show with LA Park (“Tapia”) sometime next month, mentions having promoted a show in Madison Square Garden (???) and encourages everyone to go vote next week.

LuchaWorld has the latest Lucha Report.

CMLL Martes de Nuevo Valores: 2019-03-12

March 27, 2019March 25, 2019 thecubsfan

Recapped: 03/23/2019

Matches:

Bengala & Leono beat Apocalipsis & Cholo
(11:43 [4:58, 3:21, 3:24], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Akuma, Espanto Jr., Nitro beat Magnus, Retro, Star Jr.
(11:39 [3:52, 3:23, 4:24], 1/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Misterioso Jr., Sagrado, Tiger beat Guerrero Maya Jr., Pegasso, Rey Cometa
(10:43 [3:58, 2:56, 3:49], 1/3, ok, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Black Panther beat Universo 2000 Jr. in a lightning match
(8:55, springboard dropkick, good, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Atlantis, Audaz, Stuka Jr. beat Felino, Hechicero, Kawato San
(11:01 [3:51, 2:54, 4:16], 2/3, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

Diamante Azul, Dragón Lee, Místico beat Mephisto, Mr. Niebla, Rey Bucanero
(8:17 [5:06, 3:11], 1/2, n/r, VideosOficialesCMLL)

What happened:

The main event was Mr. Niebla’s return to the promotion as a replacement of Negro Casas. Mephisto is disqualified for excessive rudoness in the first fall, which didn’t seem all that excessive but did seem like the planned finish. Dragon Lee pins Mephisto to set up a title match next week.

Bengala has a hamstring injury in the second fall enough that the doctor very slowly makes his way to ringside to check on him. Bengala continues, though the third fall derails a bit when Bengala is limping around on the outside and Leono won’t just go in.

Thoughts:

Audaz is cool (though Hechicero stared at him for a long time waiting for the spot)

I liked the lightning match. It ended with a usual spot – or two of the usual dropkicks, actually – but it felt like Panther broke out a lot of stuff we don’t often seem from him in trios matches. Universo 2000 is a bland wrestler but felt like he was putting in an effort at least. He put in effort should first on his tope, going shoulder first with no fear of re-injuring it after all, and seemed to make it thru a match in one piece despite the lack of tape. Nothing super here but it didn’t feel routine.

The tercera was the professional midcard trios match that we’ve seen for the last few years with variations of the six people involved. It was both not much to write about and something worth acknowledging because the very workman-like average match has seemingly become much scarce late. The match is lacking a distinguishing moment but it is still entertaining.

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