January 21, 2020 – luchablog

RIOT: 2019-05-04 (Chicles)

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 thecubsfan

Recapped: 2020-01-14

You can buy or rent this show here. This show is named Chicles, after the person who heroically hotwired the power at a previous show after a local outage.

Matches:

Erick Ortiz vs Sayrus
(11:33, good)

There was some fun stuff, but this felt like a learning experience. He can do impressive moves, but the RIOT crowd has seen a lot of fancy spots. It helps if the match hangs a bit better than this one. The accidentally funniest part of this match is when Sayrus does a poison rana, then backs up, then takes a walk around the ring, and then gets on to trying a pin. Waiting eight seconds to cover did not get the win. There was enough action here to enjoy it but there’s was piece missing.

Muerte Extrema vs Silencio vs Hijo Del Espectro Jr.
(8:20, ok)

Espectro gets hurt about three minutes in, dooming this match. The best parts of the match are the first couple of minutes when they get going, with both guys throwing out big moves to get the fans back into paying attention. They can’t couldn’t sustain the pace the rest of the way but it never fell apart.

Madness vs Low Rider
(8:57, ok)

The rudo/rudo battle between Madness/Low Rider was hard to get into. The crowd didn’t have a rooting interest and they neither guy stood out. Low Rider’s personality didn’t shine thru as much in this match as it did getting to the ring.

Fresero Jr. & Mr. Iguana vs Kaientai & Lord Byron
(16:16, good)

The tag match flipped between being a lot of fun and being not very good so many times that I’m not sure where I landed on it. In the end, a small person was thrown from a high distance onto other people so I guess it was good. This match was best when they were doing stunts and didn’t mesh as much when they were doing tricky spots, so setting up a super libre match seemed like a good idea.

Black Terry vs Símbolo
(12:20, ok)

Simbolo/Terry was fine but never more than that. Post-shoulder injury Black Terry matches have a hard time picking up speed. The chops look very strong and the technique is good, but it feels off without the pace picking up near the end, the excitement is missing in this one. Simbolo seemed like a suitable person to work with Terry but didn’t add a lot.

Arez vs Kratoz vs Látigo vs Iron Kid vs Aramis
(8:54, great)

Nine minutes reads short for a main event, but they had done all the moves. There was no more to do. It was the right length. This actually started off going a little slow before going insane in the way of most RIOT multiman matches. The big bit near the ends turned up in clips earlier, but there’s creative stuff earlier almost as cool that comes close to working. The dives are impressive, though I’m not sure how Iron Kid doesn’t break a leg on his. There’s a payoff to fans chanting “Rey Mysterio” at Latigo. This was totally enjoyable.

Mistico beats Gran Guerrero, Konnan & Psicosis II on that slap

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 thecubsfan 3 Comments

CMLL (MON) 01/20/2020 Arena Puebla [CMLL, Lucha Central]
1) Black Tiger, Centella Roja, Rey Apocalipsis b Asturiano, Meyer, Millenium
2) Rey Samuray, Súper Astro Jr., Tigre Rojo Jr. b El Malayo, Fuerza Chicana, Policeman
3) Kawato San, Perverso, Toro Bill Jr. b Black Panther, Blue Panther Jr., Stigma
Kawato snuck in a foul to beat Stigma. After a moment, everyone remembered Stigma wasn’t the captain and Kawato rolled up Black Panther too.
4) Kráneo, Valiente, Volador Jr. b Ephesto, Mephisto, Templario
5) Místico b Gran Guerrero
straight falls – a repeat of Tuesday’s Mephisto/Mistico match, with Gran Guerrero getting DQed in the first and pinned in the second.

Even CMLL couldn’t be bothered with results for this one. (I think regular Puebla ring announcer Omar & Alexis Salazar handle the Arena Puebla live results and both were on a plane, and it’s not important enough to pass to a third person.) This is the second running week with a Kawato/Stigma finish, so that’s headed to a lightning match next week or the week after.

CMLL finishes out the FantasticaMania home team schedule with Atlantis Jr., Diamante Azul, and Volador versus Ephesto, Mephsito and Hechicero in the main event. It’s not an exciting card. The Panthers team up in the semi-main. Rey Cometa versus Povlora could be good. Principe Diamante will make his first streaming appearance as Diamond. The show streams at 7:30 pm on YouTube

Guadalajara has Gran Guerrero, Mistico, Shocker vs Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Valiente. They might be setting up another Gran Guerrero singles match, or they might justbe killing time.

CMLL has photos with Panico promoting tomorrow’s matches in CMLL Lady’s Rin. (There’s no “g” in that name. I’m struggling with that.) Dalys still figures to win the new title over Mina Shirakawa. In Japan, they’ve pushed the idea that Tsukushi will get to have a match in Mexico if she can beat Jarochita.

Part of the FantastcaMania crew has returned to Mexico.

+LuchaTV’s podcast has an extended interview with Psicosis Ripper. He comes on at 32:47 and is on the rest of the show. It’s about 90 minutes long and is tense at times early. I’m not going to transcribe it because my translating isn’t good enough and there’s touchy stuff in there, but Fredo is doing it on Twitter right now and will probably have a longer version on LuchaWorld. Psicosis Ripper admits he brought along the person who filmed his fight with Konnan and told that person to blur out his face but pleads ignorance about how that video ended up online.

To Konnan’s claims that Ripper isn’t that good, Ripper claims he’s got an offer to work in CMLL, had an offer of a WWE tryout (and he turned it down) and is one of the best wrestlers in Mexico. Ripper brings up his trios and singles title reigns, and singles matches in CMLL as proof he’s every bit as big a star as Nicho. Those Nicho appearances late in 2019 AAA TV seemed irrelevant at the times but apparently stirred up something in Ripper.

Psicosis Ripper also did an interview with La Tijera Lucha Libre. He seems to want to tell his side of the story but also is trying to get his name out there. He wanted bookings after all. That’s the important distinction between the two people in this story. +LuchaTV mentioned Konnan declined to come on and Konnan has been on active on Twitter since this occurred. Konnan has a job, has many jobs, and the only thing that could’ve happened if he fought back against Psicosis is losing those jobs. Psicosis Ripper had some bookings (the Vanguardia show where he’s in a barbed wire match with Psicosis Nicho) but is hoping for more.

Konnan tells his side of the story this week on his podcast, which they’ve clipped and put on YouTube even before the normal Thursday release of the podcast.

Konnan says the problems go back to the Psicosis vs Psicosis feud. Ripper was cheap shotting Nicho in the matches, Konnan confronted Ripper about it, Ripper kept trying to legitimately hurt Nicho. Konnan says it led to Nicho no-showing a big match because he was concerned Ripper was going to attack him. Fast forward to Konnan’s most recent return to booking AAA, where Konnan decided Ripper was one of the guys from the Vampiro era he wasn’t interested in using and mentions their back and forth on Twitter. Konnan says Ripper caught up to him just as he arrived at Impact. (He later says Ripper was waiting there for three hours.) Konnan saw the camera and figured this was something Ripper was doing for a vlog to get some views, no more than that. When Ripper started yelling, Konnan’s attention was trying to figure out which other people there might be with Ripper. That’s when Ripper slapped him. Konnan says he wanted to fight, but he felt there were at least two more people with Ripper and perhaps more. His plan was to get away to the dressing room and bring people out to fight with him, though Ripper was gone by the time he got back. Konnan notes he had no idea what those other people might have on them and how it could’ve escalated, plus a fight is probably not a great idea for someone with heart issues. Still, Konnan says he would’ve hit back had it definitely been one on one.

Konnan found out through the press that the video was online a couple of hours later. He actually found out that the guy who shot the video was trying to sell the video to the press. Konnan wonders if they thought they were going to get something bigger on the video (Konnan fighting back or Konnan getting beat down by a group of people) but, when no one would buy the video, they just leaked it themselves. Konnan says Ripper made a very big mistake, and he’s not talking about AAA booking. Konnan says a lot of wrestlers and promoting have contacted him, telling him they’re never going to work with Ripper again. He feels the reaction from the fans is the same, and the only people taking Ripper’s side are because they’re treating it as Konnan’s storyline character getting attacked.)

(Konnan’s memory may be hazy on the Nicho/Ripper stuff. They did have a big match at TripleMania in 2005 and there’s no obvious TV show Nicho missed. Maybe it was off TV. It does fit with Histeria being oddly thrust into that feud, which always felt like a way to get out of that feud without either Nicho or Ripper having to lose.)

Early on the +LuchaTV podcast, there’s a discussion about the Impact tapings. Jose Manuel Guillen mentions Hijo del Vikingo actually lost some level of consciousness during his match with Josh Alexander. It was not anything Alexander or Vikingo did in the match. Instead, Vikingo was so nervous that he didn’t eat anything and briefly passed out due to low blood sugar during the first portion of the match. They got Vikingo something to eat after the match, he was fine later, and he still got money thrown in.

AAA will part of the Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City, on March 14 & 15th

A women’s wrestling reality show will announce their 48 women cast today in Mexico City. This is scheduled to start airing in March; their fairly broken website indicates it’ll air on InternetTV.

Puma King & Gringo Loco face Jordan Oliver & Kotto Brazil on 02/01 in Philadelphia for MLW.

LuchaWorld has this week’s Poster-Mania.

Lineups

CMLL (SUN) 01/26/2020 Arena México
1) Kaligua & Shockercito vs Mercurio & Pierrothito
2) Arkalis, Leono, Magnus vs Apocalipsis, El Coyote, Inquisidor
3) Diamond, Dulce Gardenia, Fuego vs Cancerbero, Espíritu Negro, Raziel
4) Stuka Jr. vs Felino [lightning]
5) Ángel de Oro, Flyer, Niebla Roja vs Euforia, Luciferno, Mephisto
6) Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón vs Carístico, Titán, Valiente

Don’t slide out to the floor on NGD.

AAA (SAT) 03/14/2020 Foro Sol, Iztacalco, Distrito Federal
1) Keyra & Niño Hamburguesa vs Lady Maravilla & Villano III Jr.
2) Aramis, Hijo Del Vikingo, Mr. Iguana vs Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., Tito Santana
3) Myzteziz Jr. & Octagón Jr. vs Abismo Negro Jr. & Argenis
4) Pagano vs Drago, Dave The Clown, ? [VIVE LATINO CHAMP]

AAA (SUN) 03/15/2020 Foro Sol, Iztacalco, Distrito Federal
1) Eclipse & Vanilla vs Hades & Mamba
2) La Parkita vs Mini Psycho Clown, Octagoncito, Dinastía ©, La Parkita Negra, Laredo Kid [AAA MINI]
3) Australian Suicide & Bengala vs Arez & Último Maldito
4) Aerostar & Máximo vs La Parka Negra & Texano Jr.

This is two days of shows at the Vive Mexico music festival. Dinastia won the Minis belt back on these shows last year so it’s possible something interesting might happen on one of them.

2019 watch later catch up, part 19

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 thecubsfan 1 Comment

Templario vs Rey Cometa in a lightning match
(CMLL @ 12/14, 6:29, good, HVSLuchaLibre)

Cometa & Templario rushed through some of their bigger spots, trying to get in as much as they could instead of setting anything up. The finish looks effective but is also abrupt. It’s watchable but not strong so; there’s no depth to it. Templario seemed to adjust mid-spot to a springboard tope instead of a dropkick, which worked better for the moment and also is a bit more variety.

Eléctrico © vs Halcón Suriano Jr. for the Mexican National Lightweight Championship
(CMLL @ 12/22, 15:34, good, HVSLuchaLibre)

Virus is much better than Halcon Suriano Jr., at least when it comes to getting something out of an Electrico title match. This was a good move exhibition with not much more to it. Electrico wrestled a lightning match with some more mat work at the start. He repeated spots near the end because he doesn’t really have that much to do. Suriano actually shelved some of his usual spots, pulling out stuff we’ve never or rarely seen from him. One wonders what he could do if he was given a better opponent. The wildest part of this was seeing Leono & Bengala as title match seconds.

Canibal, Mike, Teelo, Voltrex vs Águila Oriental, Dinámico, Noise Boy, Spyder Boy
(MexaWrestling @ 10/26, 9:59, great, CaritaJC denigrando la lucha libre)

I couldn’t find a rating for this one, which is odd for a match I’m sure I watched and GIF-ed around the time everyone saw and was blown away by the creativity. This still holds up as amazing even when you’re not surprised by it. Some of it feels heavily choreographed, but there are other matches which feel choreographed that’s not nearly as impressive as this. There are stretches here as amazing as anyone pulled off all year and I’m interested in finding out if this is the start for a lot more with these guys or just one moment of brilliance. Bonus points for the guy taking the finish to belay dead still on the mat for two minutes while everyone else is still celebrating the reaction.

LA Park vs Blue Demon Jr.
(IWRG @ 12/15, 20:57, great, +LuchaTV)

2019 is the best year of Blue Demon’s career as best anyone any tell, and it’s so weird. He’s getting cut by a broken bottle to end the year and I don’t think anyone saw that coming 12 months earlier. LA Park carries this brawl in the usual fashion, but Blue Demon’s totally up for it. He’s into from the first moment, ready to take Park’s fight to him and willing to get covered in blood while doing it. It’s the total LA Park screwy finish you’d expect – where you’re left realizing they did some of it for no reason other than they like doing it – but it’s fine as long as you know what you’re getting in for.

Share this:

Share this:

Share this: