CMLL
CMLL (TUE) 03/15/2022 Arena México [Box y Lucha, CMLL, Cronista del Ring, Kaiser Sports, Mas Lucha, The Gladiatores, thecubsfan]
1) Mercurio, Minos, Pierrothito b Acero, Acero, Angelito 
10:42. One fall.
2) Chamuel b Micro Gemelo Diablo [CMLL MICRO]
9:19. One fall. Chamuel retained on a powerbomb and a leg submission. Second defense
3) Hijo del Villano III, Misterioso Jr., Okumura b Akuma, Dark Magic, Espanto Jr.
17:05. Ola Negra took 1/3.
4) Asturiano & Eléctrico b Suicida, Halcón Suriano Jr., Inquisidor, Stigma, Adrenalina, Fantástico (Jalisco) [CMLL SL]
vacant title
5) Halcón Suriano Jr. b Adrenalina (Jalisco) [CMLL SL, quarterfinal]
4:28
6) Suicida b Inquisidor [CMLL SL, quarterfinal]
5:02
7) Stigma b Fantástico (Jalisco) [CMLL SL, quarterfinal]
4:48
8) Eléctrico b Asturiano [CMLL SL, quarterfinal]
2:28
9) Suicida b Halcón Suriano Jr. [CMLL SL, semifinal]
3:16
10) Stigma b Eléctrico [CMLL SL, semifinal]
2:57
11) Stigma b Suicida [CMLL SL, final]
7:11
12) Star Jr., Titán, Volador Jr. b Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado
10:25. Tecnicos took 1/3.
The tournament matches were generally too short to mean much – it’s hard to understand why these aren’t ciberneticos – but the outsiders tried hard to make an impression in the little time given. Fantastico did well, which caused the fans to boo when Stigma won, and Stigma became the booing favorite all the way through winning the title.
Stigma may have picked that name because there will always be a stigma around his career. He’s the son of the person who runs Arena Puebla and the nephew of the person who’s been the lead of the programming department for two decades. He’s always seemed pushed harder than some of his size and ability would’ve normally be; Asturiano equally started out from Puebla, looked good in every big match he got there, and seems to have no chance of ever even making the CMLL CDMX roster. Given how Stigma is already used in CMLL, he makes as much sense as champion as anyone, but it’ll probably be a forgettable reign.
With this super lightweight title settled and the trio title resolved on Friday, it’s only the Arena Coliseo Tag Team championship left vacant. I’m not sure if that one is meant to be coming back.
Chamuel versus Micro Gemelo Diablo was good. The Micro Gemelos are more athletic than the Microman but they’re not getting the same reactions so far.
CMLL (TUE) 03/15/2022 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Arena Coliseo Guadalajara, Fuego en el Ring]
1) Destello, Ponzoña Jr., Temerario b Cosmos, Micro, Último Ángel
2) Bello Antuan, El Divino, Mágico b Gran Kenut, Jabalí, Thunder Boy
3) Dark Silueta, Hera, Valkiria b Miss Olympia, Náutica, Sexy Sol
4) Cris Skin, Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno b Explosivo, Gallo, Joker
Flash interfered for the DQ. Mask and OCCIDENTE TAG match challenges between Gallo/Flash vs the Truenos.
5) Místico & Soberano Jr. b Atlantis Jr. & Gran Guerrero
Soberano dropkicked the referee (Mario) to break up a pin, which should’ve been a DQ, but Gran Guerrero convinced him to let the match continue. This was a bad call, he took a Mistica about a minute later.
Flash has been out for about a month; which might have delayed a plan from a big match in that feud for next week’s show. Fuego en el Ring was back posting results, which is extra helpful when these shows all start one hour later.
The final lineup for Friday’s Arena Mexico show
CMLL (FRI) 03/18/2022 Arena México
CMLL Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, 2022
1) Cachorro, El Suicida, Panterita del Ring Jr. vs Eléctrico, Halcón Suriano Jr., Robin
Cachorro replaced Oro Jr. on March 7th.
2) Negro Casas vs Templario
3) Marcela & Metálica vs La Vaquerita & Reyna Isis [final, relevos suicidas]
4) ? vs ?? [mask, hair]
5) Atlantis Jr., Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero vs Euforia, Hechicero, Mephisto and Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado and Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Terrible [CMLL TRIOS, battle royal]
6) ?, ??, ??? vs ????, ?????, ?????? [CMLL TRIOS, semifinal]
7) ?, ??, ??? vs ????, ?????, ?????? [CMLL TRIOS, semifinal]
8) ?, ??, ??? vs ????, ?????, ?????? [CMLL TRIOS, final]
9) Averno & Místico vs TJP (Teddy James Perkins) & Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
I’d like to see Negro Casas/Templario, but this show has too many matches and looks like it’ll end up rushed. Fans have complained about the lack of a significant mask or hair match on this show and perhaps CMLL is trying to make it up on volume. Vaquerita remains the favorite to lose her hair, Los Guerreros remain the favorites to win the trios titles.
This remains a TicketmasterLive show. If you’re getting this, remember the show starts one hour later if you switched your clocks last weekend.
I’ve usually written a good chunk of a preview for a major show by this point. I don’t have anything for Homeanje a Dos Leyendas. It should be a perfectly enjoyable show but I’m not sure there’s a reason for people who aren’t already buying every CMLL show to care. These are matches that exist to fulfill the requirement of running a Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show in a cold (but slightly warming) promotion.
CMLL (SAT) 03/19/2022 Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala & Leono vs Apocalipsis & Cholo
2) La Guerrera, La Magnifica, Skadi vs Amapola, La Seductora, Tiffany
3) Dulce Gardenia, Pólvora, Volcano vs Disturbio, Hombre Bala Jr., Kráneo [Relevos Increíbles]
4) Fugaz, Soberano Jr., Star Jr. vs Cavernario, Dragón Rojo Jr., El Coyote
5) Hechicero vs Gran Guerrero [CMLL HEAVY]
2nd defense
Volcano & Kraneo are forced to fight, how sad.
CMLL (SUN) 03/20/2022 Arena México
1) Fantasy, Kaligua, Pequeño Magía vs Full Metal, Pequeño Polvora, Pierrothito
2) Micro Ángel, Micro Gemelo Diablo I, Micro Gemelo Diablo II vs Átomo, Chamuel, Mije
3) Diamond, Magia Blanca, Magnus vs Cancerbero, Luciferno, Virus
4) Felino Jr. & Pólvora © vs Esfinge & Fugaz [MEX TAG]
second defense
5) Místico, Soberano Jr., Titán vs Dragón Rojo Jr., Felino, Terrible
A rare in-ring appearance for Mije.
CMLL (TUE) 03/22/2022 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Avispón Negro Jr., Capitán Cobra, Cosmos vs Destello, Destructor, Thunder Boy
2) El Divino, Omar Brunetti, Vaquero Jr. vs Bobby Black, Carlo Roggi, Fúnebre
3) Stephanie Vaquer vs La Magnifica
4) Explosivo, Gallo, Joker vs Cris Skin, Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno
5) Átomo, Chamuel, Perico Zacarías vs Micro Ángel, Micro Gemelo Diablo I, Micro Gemelo Diablo II
6) Atlantis & Blue Panther vs Negro Casas & Satánico
7) Místico & Titán vs Averno & Black Warrior
This show will honor Gran Cochisse, who has been retired for in-ring about 25 years and is three years younger than Satanico. Mistico faces two of his old rivals in the main event and the Micros make a rare Guadalajara appearance.
The Arena Queretaro show for Saturday, seemingly promoted by CMLL’s Guadalajara branch, is postponed due to permitting issues. They hope to reschedule soon but are reaching out to everyone who’s bought tickets to offer them a refund. That’s rare for a Mexican wrestling show. Usually it’s on the ticket buyer to track down the promoter if they’ll even give a refund.
AAA
Hijo del Vikingo, talking to Mas Lucha after the Showcenter event, says his leg injury is actually a knee ligament issue. It had been reported as a foot injury prior. I couldn’t tell which knee it is, but one of the ligaments has an issue and it’s causing his knee not to be as stable as it should be. He says he was told he needs to rest for three weeks. He will likely not rest for three weeks; he apologized for missing shows later week.
The 03/31 AAA show in Dallas at WrestleCon is now up for pre-purchase on FITE. It’s $15, which is the cheapest price of three AAA shows this year.
La Jornada Maya’s article on the feel of the Merida taping says there were almost 2,000 fans. It sure looked like more in the photos; the full capacity for wrestling is 8,640 and it seemed much more than 25% full.
A Twitter account billed as associated with the new Mexico City Airport (Felipe Angeles) scheduled to open this month says they’ll have a lucha libre show as part of the inauguration. The Twitter account is not verified so I’m not sure if this is official, and they seem to be using the poster for the December AAA taping in Mexico City – I’m not sure if it’s an AAA show or if any of those people are appearing. They’ve put a logo on the poster to cover up the date, so it’s all very shaky. AAA hasn’t mentioned a show like this happening and I was ignoring it until news sites started picking it up. I presume it’s actually just a random show, not necessarily an AAA one.
Other News
DTU had a show in Arena Aficion on Tuesday night. Aramis, off because his newborn has had some health challenges, was back wrestling on this show. New DTU tag team champions Aero Panther & Fight Panther lost to Crazy Boy & Joe Lider in a non-title match, and Poder del Norte defeated the DTU team of Blaze, Camulfaje and Kaleth.
Mas Lucha posted a streaming schedule for the week. Full shows rest of the week:
- Wednesday: Mi Sagrada Lucha Libre & RGR (California)
- Thursday: IWRG
- Friday: Welcome to Mi Barrio & AVE
- Saturday: Kaoz, Lucha Maniaks, Vanguradia/Lucha Madre
- Sunday: IWRG (Premium) & Cholo de Tijuana
Sunday’s show, the annual Rebelion de los Juniors tournament, will be for Mas Lucha members only.
IWRG (THU) 03/31/2022 Arena Naucalpan
1) Belial & Impulso vs Hijo de Payaso Purasanta & Payaso Purasanta Jr.
2) Aster Boy & Tonalli vs Estrella de Oro & Yorvack [Relevos Increíbles]
3) Lolita vs Reina Dorada
4) Dinámico © vs León Dorado [Mucha Luchas CHAMP]
5) Cerebro Negro & Dr. Cerebro vs Cíclope & Miedo Extremo
6) Murder Clown vs Joe Lider, Hijo del Pirata Morgan, Black Warrior [PDM HEAVY]
A Perro Aguayo (Sr/Jr.) themed show, with Halloween scheduled to appear. It’ll be a Mas Lucha Premium show, which makes sense for the theme but is a tough weekend to be adding more paid content.
The Republic of Lucha posted some notes about their one year anniversary show this Saturday. They note the card is subject to change and won’t be announced in full until the day of the show. Maybe we’ll find out then if Fenix is wrestling. They’ve said their show will air on FITE, though there’s no link to buy quite yet.
Taurus versus Lince Dorado will be part of Zicky Dice’s 04/01 show. That show will stream for free on Twitch.
Octagon Jr. versus Matt Cross and Chik Tormenta vs Holiedad added to the 04/01 MLW show.
RIOT announced Alex Zayne is off their tournament next week due to the eye injury he picked up a couple of weeks. Zayne had been hoping it would heal in time to make the show, but it didn’t work out. Jack Evans will replace him against Demonio del Aire.
The New Yorker has an obituary for Super Muneco. There are some details that could’ve used some fact checking, but it’s an interesting perspective of Muneco from someone outside of wrestling.
LuchaWorld has the latest Lucha Report and this week’s Poster-Mania.