Month: February 2020

CMLL (FRI) 02/28/2020 Arena México [+LuchaTV, culticon, ESTO, Marca, Ovaciones, R de Rudo, Record, thecubsfan, TUDN]
1) Akuma & Espanto Jr. b Halcón Suriano Jr. & Sonic
9:30. Rudos took 1/3.
2) Sagrado & Soberano Jr. b Dulce Gardenia, Luciferno, Black Panther, Stigma, Hijo del Villano III, Disturbio [MEX TAG, battle royal]
2:28
3) Disturbio & Virus b Pegasso & Stigma [MEX TAG, 8f]
4:45.
4) Hijo del Villano III & Templario b Dulce Gardenia & Fuego [MEX TAG, 8f]
6:59.
5) Ephesto & Luciferno b Black Panther & Blue Panther Jr. [MEX TAG, 8f]
3:30.
6) Misterioso Jr. & Sagrado b Soberano Jr. & Titán [MEX TAG, 8f]
5:56.
7) Hijo del Villano III & Templario b Disturbio & Virus [MEX TAG, quarterfinal]
5:24.
8) Soberano Jr. & Titán b Ephesto & Luciferno [MEX TAG, quarterfinal]
5:18.
9) Hijo del Villano III & Templario b Soberano Jr. & Titán [MEX TAG, semifinal]
13:43.
10) Felino, Negro Casas, Terrible b Ángel de Oro, Diamante Azul, Niebla Roja
17:25. Rudos took 1/3.
11) Carístico & Forastero b Cavernario & Volador Jr. [Torneo Nacional Increible de Parejas, final]
12:19. Straight falls, the last when Felino distracted Cavernario and Felino.

CMLL promos: Akuma & Espanto Jr., Templario & HIjo del Villano III, Felino, Caristico & Forastero, and Barbaro Cavernario.

Pressroom interviews: Caristico & Forastero and Hijo del Villano III & Templario.

The main event was the better of the two 2v2 finals, but the finish kind of made the whole tournament pointless. The Soberano/Titan vs Villano III/Templario match had more issues but a much better ending. The next best tag match on the show might have been the opener.

El Grafico writes about the mixed feelings about the CMLL barricades around the ring following Valiente’s injury. The article correctly attributes them to a Sombra/fan interaction, though the details are slightly off. Hijo del Villano III says it was too risky before the barricades (though he didn’t wrestle in CMLL Before the barricades.) Pierrothito and Halcon Suriano Jr. are less positive about it.

Miguel Reducindo talks about the pointlessness of bringing back the tag team belts: there are too many belts as it, fans do not show up in more numbers to see title matches and champions do not benefit from them.

On the Lucha Time show last night, The Mummy became the first overall champion, while Baby Extreme became cruiserweight champion. Or at least that was what on the poster. Neither report on the show mentions belts, so maybe they were just matches.

AEW has a PPV tonight. Penta & Fenix do not appear to be on it. No lucha libre talent made the show this time. That’s disappointing. The show looks good and I’m going to be there, but still.

Dragon Lee did not win the ROH championship last night. Tonight’s show includes

• Rush vs PCO vs Mark Haskins for the ROH World Championship
• Dragon Lee vs Dak Draper for the ROH TV Championship
• Rey Horus & Bandido vs Jonathan Gresham & Bandido

The show starts at 7 pm tonight, straight up with the AEW show. It is possible Rush wins the championship back tonight, though it’d be a disadvantageous night with attention elsewhere. Dak Draper hasn’t shown anything but height in his Ring of Honor matches so far so it’d be disappointing if he beat Dragon Lee (and I don’t think Dragon Lee is losing.) Horus & Bandido get a tag title shot if they go to a win or draw. It’s possible but there seem to be many contenders for the tag titles already.

There is no AAA Twitch stream this weekend but there are other shows Saturday

• Lucha Libre Boom is in Arena Lopez Mateos with Santo & Octagon against Fuerza Guerrera & Dr. Cerebro. That has a +LuchaTV logo on it.
• Welcome To Mi Barrio has a show with a WTMB vs IWRG main event. That has a +LuchaTV logo on it.
• Black Mask Lucha Libre in Tulancingo includes Willy Banderas vs Arez vs Jimmy vs Draztick Boy. That has a +LuchaTV logo on it.
• Blue Panther vs Virus main events Arena Rey Bucanero. That does not have a +LuchaTV on it.
• There’s a six women apuesta cage match in Arena San Juan with Marcela, Metalica, Skadi, Casandra, India Sioux, and Lilith Dark.
• Atlantis Jr. & Caristico headline against Sanson & Cuatrero in Arena Queretaro.
• Demus vs Fly Star vs Demonio Infernal takes place in CAR The Crash.
• There’s also an Arena Coliseo show.

The way things work now, where promotions don’t take care of their videos themselves and everyone’s reliant on a few people deciding where they’d like the spend their night, means there absolutely will be five versions of some of these shows and no video of other ones. This frustrates me even though I probably won’t actually watch most of this.

Sunday

• DTU opens a new Arena in Tulancingo. This should stream on +LuchaTV.
• The Villano III Jr. vs Aereo mask match takes place in Chihuahua. Those guys are going to so amazing dumb stuff. It would be a shock if Aereo won. I believe this will eventually air +LuchaTV
  • The semi-main is scheduled as Texano & Escorpion vs Psycho Clown & a mystery person. The popular guess has been Sin Cara/Cinta de Oro as the mystery person, but he says it will not be him.
• IWRG has a captain’s apuesta match.
• Ultimo Dragon has his quarterly show.
• NGD vs Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja and Soberano headlines Arena Mexico.

Maximo talks about the rumors about his health, says it was just he and his family being extra thorough about a minor issue following La Parka’s injuries.

Segunda Caida watches one of the recent CMLL Japan matches that have been posted to YouTube.

A promo for the AAA/EMW/MLW show.

Lineups

CMLL (FRI) 03/06/2020 Arena México
1) Fantasy & Shockercito vs Mercurio & Pierrothito
2) Black Panther, Blue Panther Jr., Dulce Gardenia vs Misterioso, Sagrado, Virus
3) Titán vs Soberano Jr. [lightning]
4) Rey Bucanero & Shocker vs Felino & Tiger and Cancerbero & Raziel and Pólvora & Vangellys and Atlantis Jr. & Flyer and Rey Cometa & Star Jr. and Drone & Esfinge and Audaz & Fugaz [MEX TAG, battle royal]
5) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [MEX TAG, 8F]
6) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [MEX TAG, 8F]
7) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [MEX TAG, 8F]
8) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [MEX TAG, 8F]
9) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [MEX TAG, quarterfinal]
10) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [MEX TAG, quarterfinal]
11) ? & ?? vs ??? & ???? [MEX TAG, semifinal]
12) Carístico, Valiente, Volador Jr. vs Cavernario, Euforia, Último Guerrero

Atlantis & Flyer seem the favorites. CMLL trying to force the second generation Atlantis/Villano feud into happening seems like their top priority. Audaz & Fugaz have an outside shot, but it’s hard to imagine any of the other tecnico teams actually winning the championship. Cometa & Star Jr. would be fun secondary tag team champions but CMLL doesn’t have time for them.

Felino & Tiger seem destined to lose via Cavernario distraction. Shocker & Bucanero being in this tournament is a statement on how far they’ve fallen – everyone else is solidly midcard – and yet they’ll probably advance far. The matches would be better if Cancerbero & Raziel did instead.

Titan and Soberano are going to have a really good match again. Titan won the last one.

The annual Nacional Increible de Parejas concludes tonight in Arena Mexico. Volador & Cavernario are slight favorites over Forastero & Caristico, but either outcome seems possible. There are no great dramatic stakes to the outcome so far, just a trophy win which might not be mentioned after a month. It could be a great match; Volador’s most enjoyable work of late has come in tag situations, Cavernario is great, Caristico has been in good form. Forastero hasn’t shown a lot in his run of single matches the last four months, but his best effort was against Cavernario and they’ll be back against him either.

CMLL’s resisted having Felino & Cavernario interact during the course of this tournament, but there’s always a chance of tonight’s finish involving some interference. Homenaje a Dos Leyendas currently feels like an appointment on a calendar, not anything people are hotly anticipating. Felino walking down and distracting Cavernario into a La Mistica won’t fix that, but it is something CMLL might try anyway.

The bulk of the show focuses on another tournament to decide new Mexican National Tag Team championships. As a +Lucha column points out today, it’s just the same people who win these CMLL tournaments all the time. Fuego & Dulce or the Panthers would be fun picks but Soberano Jr. & Titan are the clear favorites and it’s hard to see a different outcome. It looks like a big spot for Hijo del Villano III, who hasn’t been around much in recent months but now is teaming with Templario in a block without many rudo teams. They could end up going far and working with good opponents.

Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja, and Diamante Azul take on Negro Casas, Terrible and Felino in the only trios match tonight. It serves as a buffer between the two tournaments. Halcon Suriano & Sonic are an exciting prelim team against less exciting Espanto Jr. & Akuma.

The show will stream at 8:30 pm and I’ll be streaming it for US/Japan viewers.

Lucha Central has a preview of the show.

Fuerza Guerrera is signing autographs, so his appearance last week doesn’t appear to be a one-off.

CMLL has a dueling sit-down interview with Felino & Cavernario about why they started feuding in the first place. It’s produced unlike anything else CMLL’s done and feels effective. Cavernario makes the case that Mr. Niebla brought him and “another person” (Herodes Jr.) into Peste Negra, Mr. Niebla teamed with him when he won the Gran Alternativa tournament, so Peste Negra was Mr. Niebla to him and there’s no one anymore. There’s also a Momentos Estelars video, this time using clips from all the streams. I wish they showed both of these during the actual shows instead of just the stream, though even three minutes may be too long for in-between matches. (30-second content that could replace one of the four Roshfrans commercials a night would be nice.)

Ring of Honor is also streaming tonight on their Honor Club service. Matches with Mexican wrestlers include

• Dragon Lee challenging PCO for the ROH World Championship
• Bandido vs Marty Scurll vs Slex
• Kenny King & Rush vs Brody King & Flip Gordon
• Rey Horus vs Alex Shelly

The show is from Nashville and will stream at 7:30 pm, an hour before CMLL. They’re also streaming Saturday. Dragon Lee is current the ROH TV champion and it would be a massive surprise if he won the main ROH title tonight. I’m not even sure how that match is going to work, but it should be a spectacle.

This is not really lucha, but Ring of Honor announced a 2020 ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds Tour after very smart people thought last year would be the final one for months. Those smart people were not dumb (and may have predicted it now if they had any reason to think about it again recently), but it’s more our collective ability to see where things are going even twelve months from now is not always very strong.

Azteca will air an interview with Maximo today on the AAA show, teasing that he’s out of the promotion. It’s airing on as part of the AAA show, which seems like a good sign he’s not actually gone. Maximo remains on AAA spot shows this weekend. He’s just not been on TV more than once since TripleMania.

Speaking of TripleMania, Dorian Roldan reportedly appeared on TV to say the TripleMania date will be announced in two weeks. I would think that means they’re sticking with 08/22, since it doesn’t leave much time to move it.

There are other shows of note today, though far away from Mexico City. The annual ExpressMania show tonight in Ciudad Madero has Blue Demon & La Mascara taking on Alberto el Patron & Hijo de Dos Caras. Alberto hasn’t been around much this year. Dr. Wagner is leading a weekend swing of shows in Zacatecas starting tonight. Lucha Time has a TV taping tonight, though it looks like they’re changing into a normal promotion rather than the time TV show they’ve been doing, including handing out random titles that will mean nothing.

wXw 16 Carat Gold first-round matches (03/06, Oberhausen, Germany, eventually on VOD)

• Puma King vs the Rotation
• Bandido vs Julian Pace

They’re in the midst of announcing all the matches on Twitter. Taurus’s match should be out soon.

AAA is now listing the 03/28 show in Torreon as a TV taping. Meanwhile, there’s a poster for an Ecatapec show on 03/08 that lists it as a TV taping, but it not actually one.

WrestleCon announced Arez vs Aramis vs Laredo Kid vs Black Taurus for their 04/02 Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show in Tampa. That makes me wish I was going (I am definitely not going.) It is more-importantly a near repeat of the excellent Hijo del Vikingo vs Arez vs Aramis vs Taurus match from AAA last year, with Laredo Kid stepping in for the guy who can’t step in the US.

Psycho Clown appears in Cleveland’s AIW on April 24th. I think that’s a good fit with promotion and luchador, AIW is going to do something weird/great/different with Psycho Clown because they make a point of doing those things.

Some tickets are 15% off this weekend for the AAA 05/23 Verano de Escandalo show.

Rey Fenix is working as an ambassador for California’s upcoming census.

LuchaWorld has the latest Lucha Report.

TripleMania is scheduled for August 22nd, according to multiple sources. AAA has not announced the date as of yet, though an announcement often comes around this time. The show will take place in Mexico City as it has for the last several years.

I write “scheduled” in part because it is AAA and these things do change before they’re officially announced. There’s an internal schedule with the date, similar to the one AAA announced in 2018, but we saw dates move around as it got later in this year. Dates have moved around this year as well; the Merida taping was advertised for 03/14 at one point, and sources continue to differ on the existence of a 04/04 show (which might conflict with WrestleMania weekend bookings.) AAA can always change their mind.

The other part of it why it may just be “scheduled” is August 22nd is the same night as a WWE NXT Takeover event and NJPW’s solo return to Madison Square Garden for WrestleDynasty. It’s a conflict, though maybe not as big as it seems. The WWE & NJPW shows aren’t going to affect the Mexican audience. TripleMania is going to be the most-watched show that weekend if it is on over-the-air Azteca like last year. (It also may have the most fans attending.) If you are reading this ultra-niche website, you are probably going to watch TripleMania regardless of what else is going on – maybe there’s a chance you’ll watch it on delay or have two or three screens going, but you’ve already made your decision on watching AAA already. It’s the people who follow those other promotions or just follow what happens to be the big show of the night, who will probably be skipping out this year. TripleMania seemed to have it’s best-ever performance among casual and new viewers last year and it’s a shame the date conflict will make that harder to build upon. My educated guess is AAA didn’t know the date of at least the NJPW show when they set their date. There’s always a chance it could move, though airing on Azteca and availability for Arena Ciudad de Mexico would seem to make that tougher than any other show they run.

(Even if there is a conflict, I’m not sure raising the profile outside their home country totally matters to AAA. Last year’s positive reaction to TripleMania led to one scaled-down show in New York, a Pro Wrestling Tees store that was mentioned once and like never again, and little else. It’s good to have more people care about you but not so helpful when you’re not using that power.)

CMLL Informa mentioned Valiente will be out a week after being knocked out on Tuesday. He’s off Saturday and scheduled to return on next Tuesday’s Arena Mexico show. CMLL Informa has been announcing blocks for the tag team tournaments but there did not appear to be an announcement of Block B of the Mexican National Tag Team Tournament on the show.

El Planchitas has a story on the demise of Nacion Lucha Libre, who’ve not run any shows since November and are not expected to run shows again. The story told there is basically that it wasn’t Alberto’s fault even though he was the face of the company, Daniel Leal was the money guy, and Alberto believes even Daniel Leal got ripped off and is owed money. This seems to be said because there’s many wrestlers (Sangre Azteca, Ciberentico, Mr. Electro, Emperador Azteca, Super Nova named among them) who didn’t get paid for between two and five shows. I’m sure Alberto would prefer those people not come to him to ask for the money.

The story I had heard was Nacion Lucha Libre never did well and was originally going to be shut down after the third show (08/04 in Monterrey which turned out to be Hijo del Fantasma’s final pre-WWE show.) They decided to keep going, after a short break, but the lineups cut out almost all fly-in talents – and I guess they “saved” more money by just not paying people. The promotion never drew well, often drew poorly, and didn’t have any business plan outside of “Alberto and his friends will be there so of course people will show up.” Anyone paying attention to the initial press conference could tell Daniel Leal was a money guy over his head and being taken for it by everyone else involved. It is hard to find sympathy in people not getting paid when this was always going to be the end point; it was always going to last until no one could get any more money out of it, it never seemed like an actual business.

Planchitas also has a missing piece on the AAA & Aeromexico press conference, which was put together by the Mexico Tourism board. CMLL people were scheduled to be part of the press conference, got there, saw the AAA people, and walked out. This is pitched as a CMLL people being weird, which they are. It also seems like someone at the Mexico Tourism board didn’t do their job well if they didn’t realize CMLL & AAA at the same place would be an issue.

Audaz faces Templario on the WrestleRex show tonight in Pittsburgh. Audaz & Templario will be doing a meet and greet before the show. WrestleRex has streamed the show in the past though I’m not sure if they’re doing it this time.

03/14 MexaWrestling at Arena San Juan

• Fly Warrior, Puma de Oro, Principe Aereo vs Fly Star, Lunatik Extreme, Sobredosis
• Trauma I & Trauma II vs Metaleon & Centvrion
• Hahastary vs Perla Lagunera vs Hija de Gatuebla vs Succi Love – new

 

Estrellita is wrestling on a 04/11 show in Mesa, Arizona. I don’t see Estrellita wrestling much anywhere (she was good for one match a month in CMLL and didn’t get one this month), so her popping up on a US indie show is unexpected.

Wotan & Hijo del Fishman will have a mask match on June 27th in Arena Xalapa. It seems odd to announce an indie match four months ahead of time but perhaps they’re expecting a lot of attention

LuchaTalk has a new episode.

Lineups

CMLL (MON) 03/02/2020 Arena Puebla
1) Astro, Asturiano, Meyer vs Centella Roja, Guerrero Espacial, Sombra Diabólika
2) Fuego, Joker, Stigma vs Dark Magic, Diamond, Okumura [Relevos Increíbles]
3) Audaz, Dulce Gardenia, Kráneo vs Hechicero, Shocker, Virus
4) Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón vs Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero
5) Volador Jr. © vs Templario [NWA WELTER]
fifth defense

Some pleasant surprises: Volador & Templario is actually happening and the tournament finish seems to be going anywhere. Maybe the Puebla H2L show gets the first (and overdue) Guerreros/NGD trios title match? The second match feud continues as well.

CMLL (TUE) 03/03/2020 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Javier Cruz Jr., Leo, Omar Brunetti vs Frezzer, Furia Roja, Guerrero de la Muerte
2) Avispa Dorada, La Magnifica, Marcela vs Amapola, Dalys, La Comandante
3) Diamond, Explosivo, Pegasso vs Disturbio, Joker, Universo 2000 Jr.
4) Blue Panther, Fugaz, Kráneo vs Luciferno, Negro Casas, Terrible
5) Carístico, Diamante Azul, Volador Jr. vs Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón

Main event is a rematch from last week. Both Jokers are making TV this week.

CMLL (TUE) 02/25/2020 Arena México [CMLL, Lucha Central, R de Rudo, The Gladiatores]
1) Pequeño Olímpico & Pequeño Violencia b Angelito & Kaligua 
10:46. Straight falls, the last when Angelito & Violencia went to a doubel pin and Pequeno Olimpico got away with a mask pull on Angelito.
2) Disturbio, Hijo del Signo, Nitro b Magia Blanca, Oro Jr., Sangre Imperial 
12:21. Rudos took 1/3.
3) La Jarochita, Marcela, Princesa Sugehit b Amapola, Dalys, Metálica 
11:34. Tecnicos took 1/3.
4) Rey Cometa b Tiger [lightning] 
9:42 via handspring Canadian Destroyer.
5) Mephisto, Rey Bucanero, Shocker b Blue Panther, Kráneo, Volcano 
12:03. Rudos took 1/3.
6) Euforia, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero b Atlantis Jr., Stuka Jr., Valiente 
12:38. Rudos took 1/3.

CMLL promos: Rey Cometa talking about his wins, Sangre Imperial happy his father will be honored at H2L, and Angelito & Pequeno Olimpico building up a match. That appears to be a real feud, though it’s tough to be convinced anything is happening in the mini division.

Box Y Lucha interviews: segunda tecnicos, Marcela.

There’s video of the injury; it didn’t get caught live, but they found a second replay just before signing off. Valiente hit Euforia in the shoulder, spun, and his head went back first into the barricade. He was out instantly. Ovaciones brought up the comparison to La Parka, which was a different impact but in everyone’s mind with the seriousness of how it was handled. It does not appear to be as impactful.  Valiente’s daughter says her father was in the hospital overnight, and he’s was discharged and went home today. Valiente’s next known scheduled match is Saturday in Arena Coliseo.

This seemed like a slightly better show than normal. You know what you’re getting in a Rey Cometa versus Tiger match and they gave you just that. The main event and the women’s match were better than usual.

CMLL (TUE) 02/25/2020 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [CMLL]
1) Fantástico, Leono, Luminoso b Cholo, Guerrero de la Muerte, Jabalí
tecnicos took 1/3
2) Avispa Dorada, Silueta, Stephanie Vaquer b La Infernal, La Seductora, Tiffany
Tecnicas took 1/3.
3) Furia Roja, Pólvora, Vangellys b Drone, El Rielero, Súper Astro Jr.
Rudos took 1/3.
4) Ephesto, Hechicero, Luciferno b Esfinge, Fugaz, Titán
Rudos took 1/3
5) Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón DQ Carístico, Diamante Azul, Volador Jr.
Tecnicos took 2/3, the last when Sanson fouled Caristico.

That’s probably a singles match build; it’s tough to set up a trios title match when they’ve already got once announced for a month from now.

Halloween plans to retire on a show in Tijuana in May. That’s the last stop of his retirement tour, he told Criterio Hidalgo. Halloween says La Parka’s injury and death convinced him it was time to stay goodbye. Criterio Hidalgo is a Pachuca local paper and Halloween spoke about wanting to see Arena Aficion full one last time.

IWRG will have an open audition for luchadoras to join their new women’s division on 03/11. Ayako Hamada will be leading it, and it’ll be open to both current and aspiring women’s wrestlers over the age of 14. There are women’s wrestling promotions in Mexico but they seem to be women who train in classes with men. This would be an all women’s training group, as done in Japan.

The Heronia promotion/reality show had a second press conference yesterday. They had announced 48 women for this tournament originally, and they’re now divided into three teams. Ciclon Ramirez Jr., Mascara 2000, and Tinieblas Jr. are in charge of each team and the link has the team. Not sure if it’s a great look to have all men leading the women’s competition. The show still does not begin until April 3rd.

El Halcon magazine was relaunched at a press conference yesterday. The Halcon lucha libre magazine was a big deal through the 80s; a digital relaunch existed for a few years in the early 2000s. This newest version will focus more on photographs (70%) than articles (30%). They’re planning on selling it at arenas and digitally for 35 pesos ($1.82 USD) and will have new issues every two weeks. Their Facebook page is here; it’s not immediately obvious where one might by the magazine digitally.

Dorian Roldan spoke at the Sports Summit earlier today. No big news; he talked about the importance of listening to your fans and the advantages of being available worldwide. There’s a separate interview covering those same topics on Azteca’s site.

Aeromexico put a masked luchador on a plane and AAA people were part of the presentation. A Forastero tweet tagged Aeromexico, so there might have been a separate CMLL deal as well. Hope the plane isn’t booked somewhere else when people are scheduled to ride it. The life of a luchador sometimes involves

MLW announced Demus for their 04/18 show in Cicero. That means Mascarita Dorada is probably working that show as well. They’re almost enough to get me to an MLW show. Almost.

Puma King talks about being sent thru tables via Taurus on his newest vlog.

LuchaWorld has the latest Lucha Report.

An interview with Monje Loco I.

Lineups

LLB , GAW (SAT) 02/29/2020 Arena Lopez Mateos
1) Karma II & Máscara Oriental vs Hantar & Misterik
2) Juan Diego, Ninja de Fuego, Randy vs Dark Diablo, Divino, Zeus
3) Baronessa & Hijo De Fuerza Guerrera vs La Heroína & Tyra Fly
4) Lunatik Fly & Lunatik Xtreme vs Belial & Impulso
5) Carta Brava Jr., Cerebro Negro, Fantasma de la Ópera, Fresero Jr. vs Fuerza Guerrera NG, Hijo del Alebrije, Tony Rivera, Zumbido
6) El Hijo Del Santo & Octagón vs Dr. Cerebro & Fuerza Guerrera

This was a match set up in Arena Naucalpn, so it’s a strange the rematch is happening in Arena Lopez Matoes. Lucha Libre Boom tends to run Lopez Mateos more though.

IWRG (THU) 03/05/2020 Arena Naucalpan
1) ? & ?? vs ??? & ????
2) ? & ?? vs ??? & ????
3) ? & ?? vs ??? & ????
4) Toxin vs Puma de Oro
5) Big Chicoche, Big Mike, Big Ovett vs Demonio Infernal, Shun Skywalker, X-Fly
6) Death Metal vs Black Dragón [hair]

The “Thursday Night Wrestling” concept here is cheap tickets and a happy order (with free beer.) The Arena Lopez Mateos cancelation last weekend makes me concerned Mexico State fans just aren’t coming out for locals-only shows, but they’re at least starting with a big match.