DTU, Informa, Konnan

The second of the two DTU 11th Anniversary shows takes place tonight in Arena Aficion. This is a show being taped by +LuchaTV; I think there’s a decent shot it airs live. The Lucha Brothers are scheduled to face Aeroboy & Camuflaje. I was a little concerned Fenix might be skipping out on this, but his Instagram seems to indicate he’s in Mexico.

The semi-main is listed As Aborto, Chaneke vs Fly Star & Crazy Boy vs Hard Boy & Jimmy Lloyd, but Lloyd didn’t appear on the previous DTU show and hasn’t been promoting this one. There’s an international surprise listed as teaming with Exotico, Moria against Mr. Iguana, Kaleth and Calibus which will likely be Skun Skywalker. The show is listed as starting at 8:30 pm, +LuchaTV streams usually start little ways in.

CMLL Informa is on today, with Shocker, Diamante Azul, the micros, and many of the women. Shocker & Azul are there to talk about their returns and the Micros are there to talk about their new belt. Dalys & Marcela talking about their title match would also make sense, but there’s plenty of other women (Sugehit, Jarochita, Mystique, Sanely, Amapola, Seductora, Reyna Isis, and La Comandante) so it’s probably something more than that. Ultimo Guerrero was not on the original list for the show but appears to have added himself.

Mr. Niebla says there will be a benefit show for him on January 4th. No location or wrestlers announced, though he says there will be CMLL participation.

On Twitter, and amidst an argument about the ‘real’ Psicosis, Psicosis II mentions Konnan is not a fan so he does not think he’ll appear on AAA TV as long as Konnan is around. That was the assumption of why he was working AAA spot shows only.

The Masked Republic Minute returned to the Konnan podcast. There’s a part where I get buried. There are also more interesting parts.

• Konnan acknowledges the criticism towards him being in Los Ingobernables from “smart fans.” It seems like he’s going to explain why he is in the group but they get sidetracked and never get straight to it. Konnan does explain he wants this group to get only a heel reaction – he liked it when Rush told the fans not to cheer him. The thought is left unfinished as the conversation moves in other directions
• He’s also annoyed at fans being unhappy about AAA putting LA Park and Rush together and not doing a mask match. Kevin Kleinrock brings up a rumor I had not heard of CMLL blocking that from happening somehow, but Konnan shoots that down. Konnan wants everyone to calm down and let it play out.
  • this absolutely comes off as AAA has a plan to do LA Park vs Rush, just not right away. That could mean break up in March, match at TripleMania. That could mean break up at TripleMania, match at next year’s TripleMania Regia. That could mean 2021 or beyond. But it seems like that’s (still) the eventual direction.
• Konnan would prefer Sin Cara stick with the name Sin Cara. Change the name to Cin Cara or whatever to get around any trademark issue, but Konnan feels that’s the name most fans are going to know him by. Sin Cara mentioned the idea of changing to Cinta de Oro to Konnan. Konnan knows the name, knows the history in Ciudad Juarez, but doesn’t think it has much national awareness and fans won’t really know this guy by that name. Sin Cara’s value decreases the farther he gets away from what people saw on WWE TV.
• Konnan was thrilled with how the Lady Maravilla/Big Mami match went. Konnan enjoyed it, and how everyone involved ended up became more over by the end of it – even Strippers Big are more over.
• Everyone discusses how bad an idea it is to do ladder matches when people have seen so many of them that it’s hard to stand out. This is in relation to the WWE TLC show and not the ladder match on the AAA show.
• It does lead to a discussion of Konnan talking about being sent videos from people looking for work, and they’re always showcasing themselves as (lesser) clones of Fenix or Laredo Kid or the Young Bucks by doing their moves. He has those guys and plenty others like them already. He’s looking for guys like Nino Hamburguesa and Mr. Iguana who are doing something original, not copies of what they already have.

01/18 The Crash

• Dinamico vs Baby Extreme

The first match announced for their next show. This seems like an important one for them; there’s no Penta, Fenix or Horus any more, and The Crash could use a statement about where it fits in for 2020.