Schedule Note
I’m getting on a plane to Dallas in a few hours. I’ll be around there until Sunday. How this may affect you:
- maybe no news update on Friday?
- probably a lot of Tweets from shows
- I’ll try to Saturday’s AAA Space on Twitch. It may not work out, maybe have another option Saturday
- perhaps a podcast but don’t count on this either, this sentence is literally going to be the first time Rob hears about the idea
Also, Mexico catches up to the US on DST on Sunday. This doesn’t affect me, but maybe you if you’re trying to find the IWRG stream on Sunday.
CMLL
CMLL (TUE) 03/29/2022 Arena México [CMLL, Kaiser Sports, Mas Lucha]
1) Micro Ángel, Micro Gemelo Diablo I, Micro Gemelo Diablo II b Chamuel, Mije, Perico Zakarías 
one of the Gemelos was hurt on a dive that didn’t reach it’s intended target
2) Magia Blanca, Magnus, Rugido b Arkalis, Leono, Stigma
Leono replaced Pegasso. Depredadores took 2/3. Magia Blanca challenged Stigma to a CMLL SL title match for next week.
3) Dalys & Dark Silueta b La Jarochita & Lluvia © [MEX WOMEN TAG] 
3) La Jarochita & Lluvia © b Dalys & Dark Silueta [MEX WOMEN TAG]
7th defense (5th in CMLL). One fall.
4) Gran Guerrero COR Stuka Jr.
Stuka hit the back of his head against the barricade in the second fall, knocking himself out. Referee counted Stuka out twice to give Gran Guerrero the win instead of just stopping the match.
5) Hechicero, Místico, Volador Jr. b Fugaz, Niebla Roja, Terrible [Relevos Increíbles]
Terrible replaced Angel de Oro earlier Tuesday
La Tijera has a video of Stuka’s injury from the crowd. A ringside person obscures the impact. The streamed version shows it, though you may prefer not to watch it. He’s clearly knocked out on impact and doesn’t appear to fully regain consciousness at any point. CMLL hasn’t said anything. No update has trickled out during CMLL’s usual Wednesday media interviews, hopefully something gets said on Informa. I’m mildly concerned.
The Gemelo Diablo injury didn’t look as bad, more shook up by landing much harder than he was expecting than injured. He was checking his arm though so I’m not completely sure he’s fine.
The Tuesday stream was back to buffering badly. The sound got way away from the audio, making for a poor experience to watch even for free (plus a VPN.) It wasn’t worth uploading, though I did put the women’s tag match on the Drive for posterity. Matches from the show may air in about a month on MVS.
CMLL (TUE) 03/29/2022 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Arena Coliseo Guadalajara, Fuego en el RIng]
1) Estrella de Jalisco I, Estrella de Jalisco II, Obelisk b Persa, Raven, Temerario
2) Sexy Sol b Valkiria
Announced as a lightning match ended up 2/3 falls.
3) Crixus, Estrella Oriental, Explosivo b Bestia Negra, Difunto, Javier Cruz Jr.
Tecnicos dedicated their win to Warrior Jr.’s memory. Crixus brought a Warrior Jr. mask to the ring; the two had been feuding right before Warrior Jr.’s injury.
4) Adrenalina, Fantástico, Star Black b Furia Roja, Guerrero de la Muerte, Ráfaga
5) Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno b Flash & Gallo
sets up an OCCIDENTE TAG match
6) Atlantis, Negro Casas, Titán DQ Averno, Maléfico, Satánico
Satanico fouled Atlantis and kicked the referee down for good measure.
Atlantis looked his age in this bits I saw of the main event.
CMLL (FRI) 04/01/2022 Arena México
1) Angelito, Shockercito, Último Dragóncito vs Minos, Pequeño Olímpico, Pierrothito
2) La Magnifica, Marcela, Skadi vs Amapola, Dalys, Stephanie Vaquer
3) Blue Panther, Dark Panther, Panterita del Ring vs Felino, Pólvora, Virus
4) Negro Casas, Stuka Jr., Titán vs Atlantis Jr., Mephisto, Templario
5) Euforia © vs Terrible [MEX HEAVY]
first defense
Atlantis Jr.’s return is the most newsworthy bit; maybe he just had a minor injury? That semi-main is not listed as an incredible match, so he may have officially become a rudo. It doesn’t seem like they’re setting up a trios title rematch before the Universal match, at least not on a Friday. Stuka should obviously not wrestle on Firday.
It’d be really weird if Euforia lost the heavyweight title in his first defense but it doesn’t seem all that important at the moment. This is another show that should be fine but is really easy to miss on a busy day. It’ll air on TicketmasterLive for 99 pesos.
Reading tea leaves: the TicketMasterLive links for the 04/01, 04/08, 04/15 and 04/29 are up and all 99 pesos. The 04/22 show isn’t working yet, which meant that was the expensive show of the month. That’s probably the Universal final, with brackets on 04/08 and 04/15.
CMLL (SAT) 04/02/2022 Arena Coliseo
Arena Coliseo 79th Anniversary
1) Eléctrico, Halcón Suriano Jr., Valiente Jr. vs Cachorro, Panterita del Ring Jr., Suicida
2) La Jarochita, Lluvia, Princesa Sugehit vs Dalys, Reyna Isis, Stephanie Vaquer
3) Hombre Bala Jr. & Robin vs Akuma & Espanto Jr. [Arena Coliseo TAG, final]
4) Místico, Negro Casas, Último Guerrero vs Cavernario, Templario, Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
5) Soberano Jr. © vs Dragón Rojo Jr. [CMLL MIDDLE]
first defense
This is obviously a better show than the Friday one, but Friday is the TickemasterLive one so that’s how it goes. Soberano’s likely retaining. I still favor Akuma & Espanto but can’t rule out Bala & Robin.
No Sunday lineup yet.
CMLL Informa has people in title matches as well as KeMonito and the Dr. Karontes. The Karontes were announced as part of CMLL prior. You may remember Dr. Karonte I and II better as Argos & Mini Murder Clown. They’re Mistico’s brothers, and he’s pushed for them to be brought into CMLL in interviews. Argos being part of AAA’s El Consejo seemed to be an obstacle to him returning for a while, but maybe they’ve moved on. (He’s also not good, but that’s a lesser obstacle.)
World Famous CB talked to a podcast about how he was planned to go to CMLL in 2017, but didn’t end up there. This has come in the past. He mentioned this time that he had a visa and everything lined up, but figuring out where to house him seemed to be an issue.
IWRG
IWRG (TUE) 03/29/2022 Arena Naucalpan [IWRG, Mas Lucha]
1) Rosel & Steven Manson b Rey Fuego & Último Caballero 
2) Especie Maligna & Guerrero Olímpico b Carnicero & Súper Boy
3) Águila Oriental, Ajolotl, Súper Cometa b Águila Roja, Jhon Tito, Leyenda Negra
4) Fly Warrior, Fulgor, Mike b Genex, Nativo, Prince Turbo
5) Garra Mortal, Limbo, Noicy Boy, Rey Aztaroht, Rey Halcón, Rey Minos, Spider Fly b Aster Boy, Caballero de Plata, Chris Stone Jr., Hell Boy, Kenji, Sagitarius, Tonalli [Copa Higher Power]
NGT vs Tryout 2021. Order of elimination: Rey Minos, Kenji, Sagitarius, Garra Mortal, Rey Azaroth, Chris Stone Jr., Aster Boy, Sider Fly, Tonalli, Rey Halcon, Limbo, Caballero de Plata, Hell Boy leaving Noisy Boy as the winner. Calibus, Carnicero, Guerrero Olímpico, Billy Jones, Sol all did not appear. Rey Aztaroht, Rey Minos, and Sagitarius replaced them (and I’m not certain I put them on the correct sides.)
That main event is using the names listed in IWRG’s recap, but I’m confident it’s incorrect. I’ve got this match playing (on mute) just so I’d have something to say here, and Sol and Calibus are definitely in the match. They just did back to back dives as I type this. Maybe I’ll go back and figure it out later. The match definitely has it’s up and downs. Noisy went through both Caballero de Plata & Hell Boy to win and that section got some time; Hell Boy looked impressive.
I think it would help IWRG to announce a schedule they’re running well in advance even if they’re not announcing lineups, because then maybe people would know more than two days in advance and consider going. This was another friends and family turnout.
The new IWRG show is Thursday’s Perro del Mal tribute show, which is a Mas Lucha Premium show. Murder Clown, Joe Lider, Hijo del Pirata Morgan, and Black Warrior main event in a four-way.
No Sunday lineup yet, but there is one for a show down the line
IWRG , LLB (THU) 04/21/2022 Arena Naucalpan
1) Caramelo, Gravedad Cero, Pinochito vs Especie Maligna, Juan Diego, Sparta
2) El Divino vs Demencia
3) Artemiz & Princesa Azul vs Reina Obscura & Sagitarius
4) Chicanito & Tonalli vs Aster Boy & Freelance
5) 1 vs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 [royal rumble]
6) Diva Salvaje & Jessy Ventura vs Cíclope & Miedo Extremo
7) Konnan Big & Zumbido vs Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. & Galeno del Mal
Lucha Libre Boom isn’t mentioned on the poster, but there are a couple of the usual tell tale names. I presume Fantasma de la Opera and the others will be in the fifth match, a ten man retro royal rumble.
Konnan Big & Zumbido versus the two Wagner kids is the touring Konnan Big match. They’re running it in Tijuana, Mexicali, and Chihuahua this weekend.
Hijo del Alebrije out of IWRG
Hijo del Alebrije lost the IWRG Juniors title on Sunday, then did a strange post-match interview where he insisted he didn’t want a rematch and wasn’t sure what was next. It turns out he probably was sure what was next; IWRG announced he was out of the promotion on Monday. (Note that the letter is actually dated Sunday.)
Los Traumas, Demonio Infernal, and Fresero Jr. all loudly quit IWRG last year, which seemed to inspire IWRG to do a bunch of public contract signings. Hijo del Alebrije was one of the first signed back in July; no length was announced, but it seems to have lasted just over 9 months. Hijo del Alebrije won the IWRG Juniors title the week after signing, then IWRG announced he and Hijo del Espectro Jr. were going to NOAH in the near future. Other Mexican wrestlers are announced for upcoming shows but those two have not been. Mas Lucha had Hijo del Alebrije on to talk about the situation on En+Carados (also recapped on LuchaWorld.). Jose Manuel Guillen asks if not going to NOAH when others did was a factor and Alebrije said it was one. He also had an opportunity in the US that conflicted with his IWRG deal that he may now be able to take.
The other person announced by IWRG as going to NOAH, Hijo del Espectro Jr., has not worked in IWRG since January 2nd, though he was out injured for a chunk of January and February. It kinda seems like IWRG announcing those tours to win the news of the day inevitably pushed people away when didn’t deliver on them, but also IWRG’s always turned over talent at a high rate and perhaps they would’ve left anyway by the point. Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane seem to have disappeared from IWRG again, so no one actually going to NOAH is regularly working IWRG shows.
a List of WrestleMania Weekend lucha libre related matches
I’m going to miss a lot, but hopefully this is somehow helpful. If you’re looking or a full updated list, check the VOW one.
Thursday (5 pm)
AAA TV (THU) 03/31/2022 Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, Texas
1) Microman, Niño Hamburguesa, Taya vs La Hiedra, Mini Abismo Negro Jr., Rey Escorpión
2) Aramis, Mr. Iguana, Octagón Jr. vs Abismo Negro Jr., Arez, Faby Apache
3) Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf vs Aerostar & Drago [NWA TAG]
4) Drago Kid, Jack Cartwheel, Pagano vs Gringo Loco (Indie), Puma King, Sam Adonis
5) Laredo Kid vs Bandido, Flamita [AAA CRUISER]
12th defense
6) Psycho Clown vs Taurus
This will air live on FITE in English and Spanish for 15 USD. The link says Espanol but, as best I can tell, the same link will give you English. This will likely turn up on AAA’s YouTube at some indeterminate time but it looks worth getting. It’s early in the weekend so guys shouldn’t be worn down by multiple matches and the top matches look great.
I believe AAA is bringing in Hijo del Tirantes as referee, if that increases or decreases the likelihood of you watching. One of the early matches may end up being a lumberjack strap match.
MLW Thursday (7 pm)
- LA Park & LA Park Jr. vs Gangrel & Pagano
- Aramis, Arez, and Hijo del LA Park are scheduled to appear
This is a taping for MLW’s YouTube show, not sure exactly when it’ll start to air.
“Dark Arts Entertainment and Full Blown Pro Wrestling Ghouls” has a show at 8 pm with lots of luchadors announced, but no matches mentioned. This looks like it might be slightly close to a performance show similar to Lucha Va Voom where wrestling is involved but not necessarily focused.
Mark Hitchcock Memorial (9 pm)
- Bandido vs Mike Bailey
- Ace Austin, Black Taurus, Josh Alexander vs Michael Oku, Rey Horus, Laredo Kid
This airs on FITE for $15. It’s usually a pretty good show.
Zicky Dice’s Trouble in Paradise 2 (1 pm)
- Lince Dorado vs Black Taurus
Twitch is sponsoring this show, airing it for free on Zicky Dice’s channel.
MLW Friday (2 pm)
- LA Park vs Jacob Fatu
- Hammerstone, Von Erichs vs Mads Krugger, Richard Holliday, King Muertes
- Flamita vs Bandido
- Mini Abismo, Arez, ? vs El Dragon, Microman, Aerostar
- Aramis vs Gino Medina
- Octagon Jr. vs Matt Cross
- Holidead vs Chik Tormenta
- Aramis, Puma King, Hijo de LA Park to appear
MLW’s info is a bit all over the place so I may be missing some advertised matches. This will also air on YouTube at some point.
NJPW Lonestar Shoutout (5 pm)
- Juice Robinson, David Finlay, Kevin Knight & Daniel Garcia vs Máscara Dorada, Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks & Yuya Uemura
Mascara Dorada is just a regular NJPW USA guy now. This will air live on FITE for $15, and at some later point on NJPW World.
Texas Style Wrestling (7 pm)
- La Rebelion vs Los Msfts for the NWA World Tag Team Championship
- Alex Arsenal vs Damian 666
Not sure where this is airing; they have a subscription product, so maybe on that?
ROH (7 pm)
- Bandido vs Jonathan Gresham for the ROH Championship
You should not bet on fixed wrestling matches but if you do it anyway, please do not be money on Bandido. Gresham was rumored to get picked up by AEW even before the ROH sale became public and may have signed by now. There’s no hint Bandido is getting signed and I don’t expect it to happen any time soon. I still want to see this match, but I think I’ll be watching it on my phone while elsewhere.
I’m sure this will be a good show but it’s also one of the weirdest show of all time: Bandido/Gresham is left over from the 2021 version of ROH, new matches were added by the 2022 vision of ROH, and now it’s being finished off by the new owner of ROH. You don’t often get three different booking footprints on one card where only one promotion is involved.
If you’re going to get this, go buy it via ROH’s Honor Club as part of their $10/month subscription, instead of $30 on FITE. I suspect it’s only available on Honor Club because it was one of those things announced before Tony Khan bought the promotion and it’ll likely be the last thing ever on Honor Club in this current form. There’s even a decent chance they’ll just shut the whole Honor Club thing down before long and you’ll get out of forgetting to unsubscribe.
GCW: Gringo Loco’s The WRLD on Lucha (7:30)
- 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
- Golden Dragon vs Octagon Jr. vs Drago Kid vs Aero Boy vs Chris Carter vs Shane Mercer – new
This streams on FITE for $14. The trios match should be great and other matches will be good, but I did take a peak to see if I could leave this one early to make it to ROH for their main event. (They’re about an hour way, so it’s unlikely.)
Martinez Entertainment (7:30 and also 9:45?)
Martinez (FRI) 04/01/2022 Upper 90 Soccer Center, Arlington, Texas
1) Mecha Wolf vs Silver Tiger [MARTINEZ HEAVY]
2) Diego De La Cruz & Jonathan Vega vs Aéreo de Juarez & Black Danger [MARTINEZ TAG]
3) Crazy Boy & Xtreme Tiger vs Aerostar & Drago (AAA)
4) El Hijo Del Santo & Último Dragón vs Fishman Jr. & Shocker
5) Michael Elign & Psycho Clown vs Black Taurus & Laredo Kid
These are technically two shows (AAA at the earlier time, Leyendas later), there are a lot more matches to be announced and probably a bunch of guys hurrying over from other shows. I’m not sure if we’ll get a full poster before this show (check promotion and promoter’s Facebook) but that seems more indication tickets are selling so well that they don’t need to announce more.
This will eventually turn up on Mas Lucha, though it may be a few months.
Impact 9 pm:
- Deonna Purrazzo vs TBD for the AAA Reina de Reinas or ROH Women’s Championship
This will air on FITE. I think a title change is possible for either title any time it’s defended.
Saturday
WrestleCon: USA vs the World (11 AM)
- Sam Adonis vs La Hiedra vs Mr. Iguana vs Golden Dragon vs Fight Panther Jr. for the Warrior Wrestling Lucha Championship
- Gringo Loco, Flip Gordon, Caleb Konley vs Arez, Aramis, Aeroboy
USA vs the World seems like it can vary a lot in quality, depending on what condition these guys are left from the night before, but it’s usually decent fun. It’s on Fite for $15.
Effy’s Big Gay Brunch (11 AM)
- Effy vs Pimpinela Escarlata
This looks like Pimpinela’s only booking of the weekend but he may end up on Martinez show. This is another FITE show for $14.
TexasMania III: Gulf Coast Wrestling Alliance (3 pm)
- Bandido vs ASF
- La Rebellion vs Moonshine Mantell & Ryan Davidson for the NWA Tag Team championship
I don’t think this one is streaming?
Lucha Maniaks (8 pm)
1) Arez, Black Danger (Baja California), Chik Tormenta, Mini Abismo Negro Jr. vs Aragon, Brillante Rb, Dyl Dempsey, Jonathan Lopez
2) Rey León vs Mr. Leo [IWC LEGACY]
3) Tony Deppen vs Cuervo
3) Bestia 666 & Mecha Wolf 450 © vs Epyidemius & Epyidemius Jr. [NWA TAG]
4) Aeroboy vs Myron Reed, Tristen Thai, Black Destiny
5) Decimus, Gringo Loco (Indie), Juventud Aérea vs Aramis, Asf, Lince Dorado
6) Black Taurus (Indie) vs ACH
A fun looking show, and a pretty cheap ticket ($10 standing room, $15 GA). Title Match Network is streaming this live as part of their $10/month subscription. Mas Lucha will have this sometime down the road.
TexasMania Inspire Pro (9 pm)
- Aeroboy vs Prince Adam
Aeroboy is in the running for most matches this weekend.
Black Label Pro (11:59 pm)
- Blake Christian vs Black Taurus
On Fite. That match sounds great but I may have hit my limit by then.
TripleMania Tijuana
AAA held a press conference Tuesday in Tijuana to kick off 06/18 TripleMania ticket sales. Those tickets are on sale at Xtixs, running from 300 to 2000. That’s about the same as Monterrey (and cheaper than Mexico City.) There’s also a discount for those are part of the Xolo (soccer) season ticket plan. They’ll also hold a pre-show party outside the stadium as they do for the soccer team. The stadium seats 23,000 and they’re hoping to fill it.
TripleMania Tijuana will begin 7 pm local for a pre-show, and a 8 pm local for the main show. (Tijuana is in the pacific time zone, so that’ll be 9/10 in Central. Maybe schedule yourself a nap that afternoon.) The show will air live on FITE. It’ll be a ten match show, with five matches announced Tuesday.
- one semifinal in the ruleta de la muerte mask match tournament
- and the second semifinal
- an eight women’s cage match (Lady Shani, La Hiedra, Sexy Star, Flammer, Chik Tormenta)
- a mask match between the last two in the cage match
- Jeff Hardy & Matt Hardy vs Dragon Lee & Dralistico
That tag match will be wild. Not sure if it’ll work, but it’ll be something to see.
Maravilla seems an obvious inclusion for the cage match, so it’s a little suspicious she wasn’t included. It gets hard to figure from there. Maybe Hades will be back by then? Tijuana’s Lady Lee worked the local taping, perhaps she’ll be included? That’s the best guess for the eight, though I’m not sure why AAA would hold back those three without a notable name to come. There’s not really a foreign masked star like there was for Ultimo Dragon in the men’s tournament. (Don’t think Starlight Kid fits, thanks for bringing her up.) There’s not a masked luchadora legend who I’d throw in; they’d probably fit better in CMLL. It’s specifically masked women at this point, so Taya, Deonna, Faby, and Mami will not be included.
The four wrestlers who win their way out of the mask tournament in Monterrey are expected to be on this show. Rey Xolo (Extreme Tiger in a different mask) will also be participating. Roldan specified that the rest of the card will be announced on May 1st, following the results of TripleMania Monterrey. Again, this is a separate promotion that goes TripleMania to TripleMania, so that fits the logic.
guesses at the other five matches
- A Marvel Lucha Libre match
- A Copa TripleMania
- a tag match with the eliminated legends (and maybe someone like NGD)
- a mega championship defense
- maybe another all-star trios? Or a mixed tag?
Like with Monterrey, there’s not much else to fit in here.
Other News
Not sure what to do with this one. Funeraria Rudiño frequently hosts wakes for luchadors, including Warrior Jr. and Super Muneco recently. Monday, they made the news under suspicion of selling drugs and bones. Bones! When news channels needed to find some file footage of this funereal home, they of course used the shots they had of luchadors attending services when lucha libre had little to do with the story.
Mas Lucha’s En+Carados on Monday focused on their Perros del Mal reunion/tribute show on Thursday night, a subscriber-only show. They also mentioned that it may be the last episode of En+Carados; no reason was given and it wasn’t definite.
Box y Lucha 3503D has Negro Casas and the big Arena Mexico crowd on the cover.
LuchaWorld has the latest edition of the podcast and this week’s Poster-Mania.