Blue Demon accusations, FMV/AAA update, upcoming AAA TV notes

Monica Carrillo, who identified herself as the wife of Blue Demon Jr., says he’s been abusive and has repeatedly threatened her life. Carrillo made these statements on the Chisme No Like show Tuesday, saying she’s reported him to the police. El Imperial has a summary of the interview; that’s how I found it. Her statements say the issues started getting worse two years ago when he left their shared house, and she now receives constant harassment at work and calls threatening she’ll be killed or disappeared. Carrillo further alleges Blue Demon Jr. has similar abusive relationships with other women, who are too afraid to come forward. Carrillo says she’s coming forward to protect herself and her daughters but believes it’s ridiculous to see Demon running for mayor given how he treats women and how he only cares about himself. Blue Demon has made no statement on the charges.

I know nothing about this veracity of Chisme No Like show and don’t know much about Blue Demon Jr. away from being “Blue Demon Jr.”, so I can’t really do much to verify it here. The first I’ve heard about this was minutes before posting and the story doesn’t seem to have gotten picked up elsewhere yet; maybe we’ll know more by Friday. If the story true, it’s terrible he’s acted this way. He’s going to lose a lot if this story gets picked up and deserves to if the story is accurate.

There is slight news in Lucha Libre AAA versus Lucha Libre FMV lawsuit. A filling on Monday mentioned the two sides are in mediation, with their lawyers most recently talking last Wednesday for a 13.5-hour Zoom session (9 AM to 10:30 PM.) That’s not my ideal Wednesday. The filing says they have not reached a resolution but have agreed to continue in mediation. The best hope for a quick resolution is mediation, so it’s a good sign that they’re talking.

Meanwhile, the filling mentions AAA’s still not technically been served with the lawsuit – they’re in Mexico, there’s no one to serve in the US, there’s no formal proof they’ve received it (though they obvious have) – and the court case can’t go forward until they do get it. That’ll be resolved eventually if mediation doesn’t fix this situation, but it explains why that hasn’t advanced since December.

AAA revealed a little bit about their upcoming plans on Tuesday. There’s another La Lucha de la Identidad set of tapings this week. AutoLuchas is also coming back later this month.

Hugo Savonvich revealed the upcoming tapings on Twitter; he’d mentioned it on his video shows previous. Hugo doesn’t mention a location or a date in the twitter posts, just saying there are six shows. The last episode from Tlaxco will air this weekend and six additional shows will fulfill AAA’s TV needs through the end of April. The last set of tapings was a Thursday/Saturday split, something AAA is likely to do again.

AAA officially announced the return of AutoLuchas on 03/20 at Autocinema Aire Libre in Coyoacan. This is a mall parking lot turned into a drive-in theatre back in June; they’ve shown other entertainment beyond movies and a live lucha libre seems like a natural fit. They’ve already got a stage, so the set-up may not be as elaborate as it was for the AutoLuchas shows at the race track back in October. AAA’s shows will be at 6 pm and 8:30 on that Saturday. AAA streamed an early show in that previous run to sell fans on the idea, and they could do that again if this is meant to be a multi-weekend run. Right now, only shows are on 03/20 are announced.

In reaction, RIOT announced they’ll be moving their show to March 21st; Vikingo, Arez, and Latigo may have all been unavailable otherwise. Poder del Norte were announced for an indie show on 03/20 in Mexico State a week ago and Mamba, Lady Shani and La Hiedra just turned up on a poster for Tijuana the same day. This is the foreseeable issue with AAA letting their wrestlers work indie dates; sometimes shows come together quickly and it’ll mean everyone else has to change their plans.

Fugaz beat Satanico in last night’s Arena Coliseo Guadalajara show. Satanico tried pulling Fugaz’s mask to pin him again, but Difunto got involved to take the referee away from the ring and Fugaz recovered to cradle Satanico. Challenges followed as per usual.

In an interview with Marca, CMLL’s Cholo revealed he’s was fully vaccinated from COVID-19 back in January. He believes he was probably the first Mexico wrestler to be vaccinated. Cholo’s other job is as a cleaner at a hospital, and all employees were high on the list to get the vaccination. I’d presume some of the older luchadors may have received vaccinations by now, though the process to get them in Mexico seems as confusing and complicated as it is here in the US.

CMLL Informa will have Felino, Dalys, referee Tigre Infante and Robin on.

Rey Fenix faces Matt Jackson on AEW’s Dynamite tonight.

LA Park faces Alex Hammerstone for the MLW National Openweight Championship on their TV show today. That’s guaranteed to have a silly finish. Gringo Loco faces Gino Medina on that show.

Mr. Iguana was added to the 03/20 GALLI show.

03/26 ROH Anniversary PPV lineup so far

• Jay Lethal vs Rush (c) for the ROH Championship
• probably Tracy Williams vs Dragon Lee for the ROH TV Championship

Torreon’s Arena Coliseo Tony Arellano has Volador Jr. vs Templario vs ?? on 04/08. That seems like their first show back, as other Torreon arenas are slowly coming back.

GCW announced Arez for their 04/08 & 09 Acid Cup, so add him to the Mexican wrestlers around Tampa that weekend.

Arena Coliseo Monclova promoter Juan Carlos Sanchez Garica (Cuny) passed away early Tuesday morning. He’d been released from the hospital just two weeks ago for an unmentioned illness. Zocalo mentions Sanchez Garcia promoted wrestling for ten years, the last eight at this building. The building ran regular Monday shows prior to the pandemic and was teasing a restart soon. Instead, his family and friends brought him back to the arena one last time for a visitation.

Mas Lucha has a new episode of En+carados 213, with a lot of talk about IWRG Tryout.

LuchaWorld has this latest Lucha Report.