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

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.