The Dia de Muertos shows have passed, the winter holiday shows are weeks off, so CMLL is in a space of not much happening right now. It is possible they could put together stories that might be interesting outside of themed shows. They have not chosen to do that tonight. Tonight’s Friday show is a regular card with some good names and no obvious meaning to it.
New tag team champions Caristico & Mistico team with returning Volador Jr. against NGD in the main event. It’s one of a number of matches that should be good if they’re interested in having a good match. Cavernario & Negro Casas teaming with Ultimo Guerrero facing Soberano, Titan, and Valiente fits the same way. Dulce Gardenia, Fugaz, and Star Jr. against Hijos del Infierno isn’t quite the same level but seems to think it is the same deal.
Audaz faces Hijo del Villano III in a lighting match of people on the verge of being complete luchadors but not quite there. Shoko Nakajima makes her debut teaming with Sanely & La Jarochita against Amapola, Dalys and Reyna Isis. There’s the slightest chance of a Dalys loss to set up a title match; Nakajima is only in for a couple of weeks so it’ll need to happen quickly. Magnus & Principe Diamante take on Coyote & Hijo del Signo in an opener unlikely to free from errors.
The show is back at airing at 8:30 and is back to airing on Marca, which means I’m back to streaming it.
Lucha Central has a preview of the show.
Mistico & Caristico want to be booked just as a team while they’re champion, no more facing each other. Caristico went in on CMLL doing that on Informa, though Mistico is speaking of independent bookings in this interview. Indie programs seem to ignore the main promotion/TV feuds when it comes to putting together their own lineups, and it doesn’t even seem to be simply a CMLL issue. Indie promoters will follow those TV feuds only when they believe they’re especially hot, and maybe we’ll find out if they believe the Caristico & Mistico team has that level of interest.
At yesterday’s AAA press conference, Dorian Roldan mentioned La Parka is now out of intensive therapy and has some movement in his hands and legs. It’s a good sign in a slow progression. The next step probably is La Parka getting out of intermediate care and getting back to Mexico City, though there’s no indication of when that would be.
Dragon Lee mentioned he intends to keep using that name for now. He believes the name is his, and he believes it’ll take a long time to settle in court if CMLL wants to go that route. (Sofia Alonso is listed as the Mexico trademark owner.) Dragon Lee mentioned that the older wrestlers would always tell him that CMLL would kick him out the door when he got too old and no longer needed him but didn’t expect to be too old at 24. Dragon Lee says now it was the best thing that could’ve happened to happen, he didn’t realize how many opportunities were waiting for him.
Some people took to Twitter to dunk on the official CMLL Twitter account for never booking something like a Dragon Lee versus Kenny Omega match back when the promotion had (at least theoretical) access to both. People tag or quote the CMLL Twitter account all the time and the account gracefully ignores it. It also ignores the compliments, or the people asking questions. They’ve been a one-way account. Either the Dragon Lee bit struck a nerve or the person who was at the controls yesterday (and there appear to be multiple people) had a bad day and the CMLL account started blocking critical people for the first time. Be aware with your dunks going forward.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter says Fenix & Penta “reportedly” signed new deals with AAA, which would give AAA control of the Lucha Brothers bookings in Mexico only. There’s no mention of who is reporting it. This is mentioned as related to CMLL & The Crash, though Penta & Fenix work for a lot of indie promotions beyond them. The Lucha Brothers are still working a lot of indie bookings thru the end of this year and were announced for The Crash’s next show after I started writing this paragraph. The WON doesn’t make sense as presented, which often doesn’t mean it’s completely wrong but means there’s a piece we’re missing. Maybe they’re working out the existing shows any deal would take effect in 2020? It’s still hard to understand how Penta & Fenix would benefit from a promotion booking them out in Mexico, outside of maybe keeping track of their calendar better. Though that doesn’t seem like a strong skill set of AAA either. I don’t get it.
Thunder Rosa’s MMA debut in Combates Americas is tonight. They moved around the match order to make sure Sexy Star made it on TV when she had her debut. I assume they’ll do the same here. The TV broadcast starts at 11 pm CT, around the time CMLL is finishing up.
Pantera & Pantera Jr. are headed to Wrestle-1 for their 11/27 Korakuen Hall show to team with Hijo del Pantera. He’s the current Wrestle-1 Cruiserweight champion, having just defended against Masada. In that interview, Pantera Sr. is said to be retiring soon so this may be his last Japanese match. There was an underexplained Pantera retirement tribute match in Mexico recently, so that fits. Pantera Jr. has been wrestling under the name Kamikaze to this point. That name has popped up in IWRG during a FILL cibernetico with Pantera trainees earlier this year. There are not many lineups with him in Queretaro, but much like there’s not a lot of news about Wrestle 1, there’s not a lot of news about wrestling in Queretaro outside the big arena shows. (There’s one of those tonight.)
RIOT posted Arez vs Aramis from their last show for free.
11/23 The Crash
LuchaWorld has the latest Lucha Report.
Lineups
AAA , CAPITAL (WED) 11/13/2019 Pinche Gringo Barbecue, Miguel Hidalgo, Distrito Federal
women: La Hiedra vs Hades vs Lady Shani
men: Mr. Iguana, Hijo Del Vikingo, Carta Brava Jr., Súper Fly, Villano III Jr., Flamita, Taurus, Psycho Clown, Mamba
Will they keep Vikingo & Taurus away from each other? Will Hiedra have twenty photo requests and three marriage proposals on the way to the ring? So many questions.
Assuming everyone wrestles twice, that leaves 11/20 as
women: Big Mami, Vanilla, Lady Maravilla
men: Willie Mack, Bengala, Mocho Cota Jr., Pagano, Aerostar, Murder Clown, Nino Hamburguesa, Arez, Abismo Negro Jr.
The Crash (SAT) 11/23/2019 Auditorio de Tijuana, Tijuana, Baja California
1) Terror Azteca © vs Baby Xtreme, Macara Oriental [CRASH JUNIOR]
first defense
2) Black Animal, Demencia, Silver Star vs Anthar, Dinámico, Draego (Jalisco)
3) Arandú, Star Boy, Zarco vs Brazo De Oro Jr., Emperador Azteca (IWRG), Imposible
4) Bestia 666 vs Jimmy Havoc
5) Penta Zero M & Rey Fénix (Indie) vs Angélico & Jack Evans
6) Rey Horus © vs Bandido (Indie), Marty Scurll [The Crash Heavy]
The Horus vs Bandido has some British guy in it, how strange.
This is the first time Penta & Fenix vs Angelico & Jack has happened, despite being in multiple promotions together.
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