AAA
AAA TV (SAT) 04/30/2022 Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
TripleMania XXX, Chapter 1
1) ? vs ??
Marvel Match
2) 1 vs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 [Copa TripleMania, lumberjack strap]
3) Pentagón Jr. vs Último Dragón [quarterfinal, ruleta de la muerte]
4) Lady Maravilla & Látigo vs Octagón Jr. & Sexy Star and Sammy Guevara & Tay Conti
5) LA Park vs Villano IV [quarterfinal, ruleta de la muerte]
6) Dragón Lee & Dralistico vs Johnny Superstar & Taurus and ? & Laredo Kid
7) Blue Demon Jr. vs Rayo de Jalisco Jr. [quarterfinal, ruleta de la muerte]
8) Bandido, Pagano, Taya vs Andrade, Cibernético, Deonna Purrazzo
9) Canek vs Psycho Clown [quarterfinal, ruleta de la muerte]
10) Fénix & Hijo Del Vikingo vs Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
The main show will start at 8, with the first two matches airing on a pre-show scheduled at 7. Latin Lover is scheduled to appear and Vampiro is “99% confirmed.” Lots of options for the guy challenging Konnan to a match that probably won’t happen but will make sure he has a role on the big show for the foreigners.
There are 27 people announced for this show. One way to break it down:
- 9 are those who will only work for AAA on TripleManias (and maybe just this TripleMania)
- 8 are those who generally only work the big AAA shows, maybe an odd TV
- 4 are those who appear on AAA TV regularly but do not appear to be bound to an AAA contract (Ciber, Laredo, Taurus, Pagano)
- 6 are those who appear to be under contract; four of those are in the mixed tag, with just Psycho Clown and Vikingo in the top half of the card.
“TripleMania” is a different promotion than “AAA” and this is not new. Maybe one or two things – usually involving Psycho Clown – will carry over from AAA TV to TripleMania but it’s almost Lucha Underground in the differences. This is the insight you get from someone who forces himself to write long big show previews: there’s been almost no connective tissue between AAA’s weekly product and their big show product for quite a while. These TripleMania shows are for the casual Mexican audiences (Canek, Rayo, Andrade) and the casual US audience (the Young Bucks, Johnny Superstar, also Andrade) with the assumption that the diehard AAA fan is going to turn in any way because it says AAA and TripleMania on the marque. And even if they don’t, they’re hoping the casual fan interest will overwhelm any diehard disinterest; judging from twitter reaction last night, there’s a good chance that’ll be right. If people were buying shows with Flamita/Vikingo as the headliner in great numbers, maybe this story would be different (and maybe it says something for AAA’s own promotional efforts that they lean so heavily on names built up elsewhere when they really need to draw), but this is the situation we’re in. Some of those AAA TV feuds will sneak through on the Verano de Escandalo tier of shows, but it’s not something important to AAA for these shows. I understand why people are disappointed about that, but it’s probably time not to be surprised about it. Just go into this card announcements hoping for a few good matches to sneak through.
Fenix & Hijo del Vikingo versus the Young Bucks, if it happens, will be really really good for people looking into this thing. The three-way tag match could be very good. (Konnan thanked AEW, Impact and MLW before the card announcement and there’s no MLW person on this show yet, so perhaps one in that mystery spot.) The earlier tournament matches seem to have a better chance of turning on OK than the later ones, but that’s probably trying to cater to some old men’s egos by not asking Canek, Demon or Rayo to wrestle earlier. The eight-match is an all-time weirdo trios match which will be compelling even if it doesn’t work. The mixed tag will be good. The Copa TripleMania is supposed to be a lumberjack strap match too, so it’ll be an all time mess; I’m just happy they’re starting at 7 so this has a chance of getting done before midnight.
FITE hasn’t officially announced the show as airing but it’s a safe expectation after the recent shows.
Dorian Roldan said he believed Fenix & Hijo del Vikingo would be healthy for this show. There’s no real reason to trust AAA is telling the truth on these things after they (and Fenix himself) have been consistently dishonest about them. If you’re looking for a reason to believe Fenix will be healthy, he is walking around with a sling and a month longer might be a reasonable time for a return from that point. I’d need to see him in a match before I’d believe he’s wrestling at this point. Vikingo is the opposite, he would seem to have to stop wrestling to get much better and there’s no sign of that. It’d be nice if we got to see the scheduled match and I’m sure everyone hopes it’ll happen, we just have no idea how realistic those hopes are. Laredo Kid would figure to move up to one of those spots if someone’s missing.
CMLL
CMLL (MON) 03/21/2022 Arena Puebla [El Sol de Puebla]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, 2022 (Puebla)
3) Atlantis b Stuka Jr. 
4) Esfinge, Fugaz, Soberano Jr. DQ Magia Blanca, Rugido, Volador Jr.
Depredadores tried to cheat, but Soberano counted by tossing his mask to Volador to draw the DQ.
5) Místico b Gran Guerrero
CMLL did a good enough job selling this show as important that it got newspaper coverage. It sounds like it was a good one and it looks like a draw; there are people in the upper deck section above the entrance that’s used to be empty. Dory Dixon looked to be in good shape in photos.
CMLL did have a film crew in Arena Puebla, you can see them walking around after the one video that turned up. I think I spot announcers way in the back. Maybe this’ll turn somewhere.
CMLL (TUE) 03/22/2022 Arena México [CMLL, ESTO, Kaiser Sports]
1) Kaligua & Último Dragóncito b Pequeño Olímpico & Pequeño Violencia 
2) Robin, Suicida, Valiente Jr. b Disturbio, Enfermero Jr., Raider
Tecnicos took 1/3.
3) Magia Blanca, Magnus, Rugido DQ Arkalis, Pegasso, Stigma
Depreadores took 1/3. Magia Blanca faked a foul from Stigma, setting up a rematch next week.
4) Amapola, Dalys, Dark Silueta b La Guerrera, La Jarochita, Lluvia
Rudas took 1/3, Dalys & Dark Silueta defeating Jarochita & Lluvia to set up a tag title match next week
5) Fugaz, Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr. b Gran Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Último Guerrero
Rudos took 1/3, Gran Guerrero (foul on Fugaz) and Rey Bucanero (mask pull on Soberano) cheating to beat the tecnicos.
The top three matches all had angles, which is unusual for a Tuesday. Los Depreadores started at tweeners but seem to be rudo much more often. The main event reads like Bucanero was a sub for the still missing Atlantis Jr.
Dalys brought a Warrior Jr. mask to the ring for her match. In the post match interview, Dalys talked about paying tribute to her recently deceased son-in-law and confirmed he suffered his ultimately fatal injuries in Arena Mexico. (She literally said Warrior Jr. died in Arena Mexico, but I understand that to mean the neck injury in training which later led to his death happened in the building.) Omii Casas also posted a photo of Warrior Jr. (Ramses) in a neck harness of some kind. The last seven months must’ve been extremely hard for that family dealing with all of this quiely.
It’s not going to happen this way because it happened behind closed doors and it’s not being written with the same revernce, but Warrior Jr. should be forever remembered and brought up like Sangre India and Oro Jr., who both died on shows in Arena Coliseo.
CMLL (TUE) 03/22/2022 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Arena Coliseo Guadalajara (video), Fuego en el Ring, Mas Lucha, Mural]
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas, 2022 (Guadalajara)
1) Avispón Negro Jr., Capitán Cobra, Cosmos b Destello, Destructor, Thunder Boy
2) El Divino, Omar Brunetti, Vaquero Jr. b Bobby Black, Carlo Roggi, Fúnebre
3) Explosivo, Flash, Gallo, Joker DQ Cris Skin, Maléfico, Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno
Turned into an atomico was Flash & Malefico added. Truenos unmasked Flash & Gallo.
4) Stephanie Vaquer b La Magnifica
5) Micro Ángel, Micro Gemelo Diablo I, Micro Gemelo Diablo II b Átomo, Chamuel, Perico Zacarías
6) Atlantis & Blue Panther DQ Negro Casas & Satánico
Satanico unmasked Altantis for the DQ
7) Averno & Black Warrior b Místico & Titán
Black Warrior Jr. was remembered with a moment of applause before the match with his father in attendance. Averno pulled Mistico’s mask and pinned him for the win.
Mas Lucha posted the video of the Warrior Jr. and Gran Cochisse moments.
CMLL (FRI) 03/25/2022 Arena México
1) Angelito & Shockercito vs Mercurio & Pierrothito
2) Felino Jr., Pólvora, Sangre Imperial vs Nitro, Okumura, Panterita del Ring Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
3) La Vaquerita, Marcela, Skadi vs Dalys, La Metálica, Reyna Isis
4) Euforia, Hechicero, Mephisto vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Terrible
5) Místico, Negro Casas, Titán vs Cavernario, Dragón Rojo Jr., Templario
Very much a minor Friday night show after last week’s card. Negro Casas is indeed a tecnco. Vaquerita and Isis match up once again. That’s about it. Maybe the segunda is headed to a Panterita/Imperial title match, though Imperial has vanished since getting to the Gran Alternativa final.
CMLL (MON) 03/28/2022 Arena Puebla
1) Meyer vs Prayer
2) Angelito & Fantasy vs Mercurio & Pequeño Polvora
3) Arkalis, Pegasso, Stigma vs Disturbio, Felino Jr., Pólvora
4) Dulce Gardenia, Espíritu Negro, Rey Cometa vs Cancerbero, Luciferno, Virus
5) Magia Blanca, Rugido, Volador Jr. vs Esfinge, Fugaz, Soberano Jr.
That main event is a rematch.
Promotions teasing imminent returns:
Nacion Lucha Libre announced they were returning to ImagenTV “soon”. They had previously said they’d be running shows by this point, but there’s been no sign outside of old matches posted to Facebook. The announcement came through Alberto el Patron’s Facebook page, so he’s still tied up with them, whenever they do run. Maybe we’ll hear more about this after Alberto’s match in KAOZ this weekend, since he’s been doing a lot of promotional work for that.
Kriminal Lucha Libre posted a countdown. They haven’t run since last August when they started a women’s tournament which never ended.
Other News
The Republic of Lucha show airs tonight on FITE at 9 pm CT (or directly after Dynamite). It’s a $10 show. They did get a full lineup on the show page. I’m mildly fearful of what a show announced by just Chavo Guerero and Fenix will sound like. The Republic of Lucha hasn’t promoted this show much on Twitter since the original announcement, but they’re more Instagram people and have done so there. I find that to be true with a lot of lucha libre people: it’s Facebook 1 (though falling), Instagram 2 and Twitter a distant third.
IWRG (THU) 03/24/2022 Arena Naucalpan
1) Águila Roja & Nativo vs Kenji & Rey Eclipse
2) Genex & Pantera I Jr. vs Rey Halcón & X-Devil
3) Aster Boy, Legendario, Noisy Boy vs Ra-Zhata, Shil-Ka, Tortuga Leo
4) Fulgor, Hijo del Pirata Morgan, Yorvak vs Accion Jackson, Brad Alexis, Travis Banks
5) Diva Salvaje, Estrella Divina, Jessy Ventura vs Big Boy, Big Chicoche, Big Mike
Las Shotas and Stripper Bigs back at it. Yorvak winning the Tryout seems to have paid off for his coach, Fulgor.
Nuevo Leon luchador Ulises Gutierrrez passed away on Tuesday. He wrestled as Energy Boy, Antrax Jr., and last Draxuz. His final public Facebook post from last month was an announcement that he was retiring from wrestling because his battle with cancer over the last seven months left him unable to come back to ring. I don’t have an age; he looked to be in his early 20s.
KAOZ’s Director Alonso Botello was at the TripleMania Monterrey press conference to promote his own show this weekend; MedioTiempo got confused and publicized his lineup as people coming to TripleMania at one point. Botello also is pushing the idea that this is the last show at Arena Coliseo Monterrey and they’re totally tearing it down afterward unless a miracle happens, so everyone needs to buy tickets to go the building one last time. I’m skeptical that’ll actually be the last show.
04/01 MLW Azteca Underground (afternoon)
- LA Park vs Jacob Fatu
- Mini Abismo Negro Jr,. Arez, TBA vs El Dragon, Microman, Aerostar
- Aramis vs Gino Medina in a lumberjack strap match
- Octagon Jr. vs Matt Cross
- Chik Tormenta vs Holiedad
- Flamita vs Bandido
- Alex Kane vs Puma King vs Myron Reed vs ACH – new
- nZo vs KC Navarro – new
04/01 the WRLD on Lucha
- Psycho Clown vs Dr. Wagner Jr. – main event
- Pagano vs Sadika in an extreme match
- Jack Carthweel vs Johnny Caballero
- Tony Deppen vs Psicosis
- Gringo Loco, Abismo Negro Jr., Demonic Flamita vs Laredo Kid, Rey Horus, ASF
- AR Fox vs Ninja Mack – new
- also scheduled to appear: Hugo Savinovich, Drago Kid
There are some matches on these shows I wouldn’t expect on a lucha libre show, but maybe that’s me.
The 04/01 Legend show in Queretaro has been postponed due to government permission issues. This follows the 03/19 show there also getting postponed. The March 6th Arena Queretaro show may have just sneaked in under the radar; the violence at the March 5th Queretaro/Atlas Liga MX game seems to make it tougher to get events approved in the city for the moment. Legend also canceled their 04/02 show so there may be additional issues.
Abismo Negro Jr. is off the 04/02 US vs the World show, with Fight Panther & Golden Dragon added in his place.
In NOAH, NOSAWA announced Texano Jr. would be coming in as a new member of Perros del Mal Japon. No date was mentioned. Texano leaving AAA to go on his own appeared a strange move last year but it seems to have worked out for him. NOAH also announced Dragon Bane vs Alpha Wolf vs Ninja Mack for their 04/29 show; those three and Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. will also be on their 04/30 show.
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