Star Jr. gets his (semi-)main event, AAA/Monterrey/Cain, DTU

Today’s Friday Arena Mexico show returns to a normal lineup after a few weeks for the Gran Alternativa. Winners Star Jr. & Valiente receive a semi-main spot as a prize, teaming with Soberano Jr. against Cavernario, Gilbert, and Ultimo Guerrero. It’s an opportunity for Star Jr. to show he belongs in that spot going forward. It’s also a chance to see if CMLL’s going to pick up the Gilbert/UG feud built up for the Aniversario show or if, like everything else with that cage match, it was to be forever forgotten. No sign of Big Daddy Yum Yum this month.

The actual main event is Caristico, Mistico, and Diamante Azul vs Mr. Niebla, Euforia and Gran Guerrero. That’ll peak with a lot of people running on the ramp. The fourth match is Terrible, Hechicero and Rey Bucanero against Stuka Jr., Dulce Gardenia and Flyer, which could be continuing the Stuka/Bucanero feud from Tuesday.

Atlantis Jr. takes on Templario in a lighting match. It’s Atlantis Jr.’s only second singles match in Arena Mexico and he has a good opponent to show what he can do. Atlantis Jr. has come along faster than expected this year. The Panthers team with Super Astro Jr. against Virus, Raizel, and Cancerbero in the segunda which could be good. Grako & Coyote are back teaming, this time against Magia Blanca & Principe Diamante.

The show will stream on MarcaClaro’s YouTube at 8:30 pm. I’ll attempt to stream it on YouTube, though it didn’t go too well last week. The show will be one hour later next week for people outside of Mexico.

TUDN has a video feature on Microman.

Tickets for the 11/03 CMLL Sunday show, the second of the two Dia del Muertos shows, are now 2 for 1 in some sections.

There’s no major update on La Parka. The most recent news is he was able to talk to his family while in intensive care and the doctors hoping to move him out of there soon. El Universal spoke to a doctor focusing on sports medicine and rehab about Parka’s possible recovery. The doctor believes it will be a difficult recovery for Parka, noting being 53 years old makes it hard. He compares the injury to the one Okumura suffered, which left him out of action around a year, but also in that luchadors who a capacity to recover better from injuries than a normal person.

Cain Velasquez said he had one more AAA match on his contract. In this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the WWE disputes this idea. Their version is Velasquez had the AAA InvadingLA show left on his deal and the obligation was finished when the show was canceled. Technically, the show is postponed not canceled. I guess that may have been a necessary technicality the way things are going.

Meanwhile, there’s also a story about AAA hoping to run a baseball stadium show on 12/01 in Monterrey. This show hasn’t been announced and wasn’t on the list of tapings Jose Manuel Guillen mentioned on +LuchaTV’s podcast, but has been talked about locally. AAA typically likes to get the word out at least a month ahead of time, so there’s got to be news soon if it is happening. The show comes up in the context of Omega’s next possible date – maybe on 12/01 in the baseball stadium, maybe 12/14, maybe no one’s quite worked it out yet. An Omega title match or anything else AAA has set up (Aerostar/Monster Clown?) doesn’t seem important enough to carry an extra-large show. Cain Velasquez in his last AAA appearance does seem like that sort of draw. If AAA can get Cain and get the baseball stadium, it seems like a swell idea. If they can’t use Cain, then maybe this show never actually gets announced.

ROH is running its year-end PPV on 12/13 and announced its year-end 12/15 TV tapings for 12/15. It is at least now theoretically possible that Rush (& Dragon Lee, but more likely Rush) could wrestle on the ROH PPV on Friday, show up in AAA on Saturday, and then make it back for ROH TV on Sunday. That 12/01 Monterrey show, if it occurs, is another logical place to bring in Rush for AAA TV; there’s no ROH date conflict there.

DTU ran their regular show in Arena Aficion

DTU (THU) 10/24/2019 Arena Aficion [+LucahTV, DTU]
1) Samuray Jr. b Aero Panther, Fight Panther, Vengador Radioactivo, Dragón Suicida, Darius
2) Drolux & Moria b Brazo Celestial & Brazo Cibernetico
Drolux & Moria replaced the Panthers. Sets up a title match for December.
3) Arez & Pesadilla b Calibus & Rayo (Peru)
5) Ricky Marvin b Brian Johnson, Exótico, Brazo De Oro Jr.
very good match
6) Camuflaje b Dante Caballero, Puma King
7) El Diablo Fly Star b Crazy Boy, Crazy King, Hard Boy, Mc Hard Body, Halloween
sets up a Halloween vs Crazy Boy trios match for the DTU Aniversario show. Halloween said he’ll bring X-Fly, Crazy picked Paranoiko.

Not sure what happened to the Panthers, but you can see them putting together matches for their usual big year-end show.  DTU is running tonight in Arena Neza, Saturday in Puebla, Sunday in Tulancingo, and then next Friday in Ciudad Madero.

Generacion XXI posted a long note on Facebook explaining Pagano is off their 11/05 Arena Queretaro show. There’s an AAA/TAO show in the same building three days later and it appears that promotion put pressure on AAA to pull Pagano & Joe Lider off the G21 show. Dragon Lee & La Mascara replace them, which sets up the first Dragon Lee vs his family match as far as I know.

Puma King has a new video up.

Los Mochis luchador Vampiro del Ring (Pilo Garcia) passed away.

Rey Mysterio Sr. will be honored at a Tijuana golf tournament.

LuchaWorld has the latest Lucha Report.

Lineups

CMLL (TUE) 10/29/2019 Arena México
1) Leono & Sangre Imperial vs Grako & Príncipe Odín Jr.
2) Blue Panther Jr., Guerrero Maya Jr., Stigma vs Dark Magic, Raziel, Vangellys
3) Rey Cometa vs El Audaz, Star Jr., Dulce Gardenia, Black Panther, Pólvora, Virus, Disturbio, Universo 2000 Jr., Tiger [Rey del Inframundo, #1 Contenders]
4) Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr., Valiente vs Cuatrero, Forastero, Rey Bucanero

The main event could continue Stuka/Bucanero feud.

Black Panther & Polvora both sound more desperate for some change than excited for the Rey del Inframundo match. Dulce, Star, and Audaz are the favorites in the cibernetico.

AAA , CAPITAL (WED) 10/30/2019 Pinche Gringo Barbecue, Miguel Hidalgo, Distrito Federal
?) Vanilla vs Keyra vs Lady Shani
?) Mr. Iguana vs Murder Clown, Carta Brava Jr., Pagano, Abismo Negro Jr., Octagón Jr., Bengala, Psycho Clown, Mamba

This is all the people who haven’t had a match yet. This AAA tournament makes sense though three weeks of card announcements. It’s a nice thing. The women seem to be facing only each other. Mamba & Murder Clown are on the same team so they should be in separate matches. That’s all we know until Wednesday. If you are in the US or otherwise don’t change your clock tomorrow, the show will start 1 hour later than usual.