CMLL
CMLL (TUE) 04/05/2022 Arena México [Cronista del Ring, Estrellas del Ring, Kaiser Sports, Marca, Mas Lucha, The Gladiatores]
1) Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Violencia, Pierrothito b Acero, Aéreo, Kaligua 
2) Cachorro, Sangre Imperial, Valiente Jr. b Grako, Inquisidor, Raider
Tecnicos took 2/3
3) Dark Panther, Guerrero Maya Jr., Panterita del Ring b El Hijo del Villano III, Okumura, Rey Bucanero
Raziel was remembered with a moment of applause after the third match
4) Stigma © b Magia Blanca [CMLL SL]
first defense
5) Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado b Atlantis, Star Jr., Titán
Star Jr. replaced Negro Casas on Monday. Gemelos unmasked Star and Titan after the match.
No title change; it appears Fugaz & Esfinge retained their tag titles in Puebla too. CMLL has both Atlantis and Atlantis Jr. mentioned in the main event; it’s definitely the father in the video.
The moment of applause for Raziel is up on YouTube. Cancerbero looked as affected as you’d imagine he would be. There’s a report from Raziel’s wake that mention the cause of death as a heart attack, which differs from the car accident report earlier. Randy Savage passed away when he had a heart attack that led to a car accident, and it’s possible something similar could’ve happened here if both stories are accurate.
Cancerbero and Virus will be among the many people on CMLL Informa today. CMLL earlier confirmed they’ll still be in the Universal Tournament as champions, even though their trio no longer exists as it does. It’s the only logical decision. La Magnifica is also announced for Informa. She has no pending important match so there’s probably a story there.
CMLL and the Mexico Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a pre-show in-ring press event for Wednesday’s International Sports Day, pushing the idea of diversity and no discrimination. They probably could’ve used a little better planning: the push for diversity included Titan, Sagrado, and Los Gemelo Diablos – no women, minis, or exoticos despite the idea wrestling and sports are open to all. There’s also a new video to promote the idea of lucha libre as a diverse place. I always bristle at this; CMLL is more diverse now than it has ever been at any point in its history prior, but that’s in part because its history has been quite the opposite.
CMLL (TUE) 04/05/2022 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Arena Coliseo Guadalajara, Mas Lucha]
1) Destructor, Gran Kenut, León Blanco b Avispón Negro Jr., Bello Antuan, Johnny Dinamo
2) Flash & Gallo DRAW Mr. Trueno & Rey Trueno [super libre]
3) Dalys, Dark Silueta, Valkiria b Lluvia, Náutica, Sexy Sol
4) Ángel de Oro, Explosivo, Niebla Roja DQ Bárbaro Cavernario, Demonio Maya, Principe Daniel
Cavernario fouled Niebla Roja
5) Místico & Soberano Jr. b Gran Guerrero & Último Guerrero
Still teasing that tag title defense in the second match. Soberano is still here, so maybe just weird timing for both he and his father to lose their titles in a weekend and no other significance. Raziel was honored on this show as well.
CMLL (FRI) 04/08/2022 Arena México
1) El Audaz, Flyer, Suicida vs Akuma, Dark Magic, Espanto Jr.
2) La Jarochita, La Magnifica, Skadi vs Dalys, Reyna Isis, Stephanie Vaquer
3) Dragón Rojo Jr., Místico, Stuka Jr. vs Atlantis Jr., Último Guerrero, Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
4) Ángel de Oro vs Fugaz, Esfinge, Panterita del Ring Jr., Terrible, Templario, Virus, Cancerbero [CMLL Universal, seeding battle royal]
5) ? vs ?? [CMLL Universal, 8F]
6) ? vs ?? [CMLL Universal, 8F]
7) ? vs ?? [CMLL Universal, 8F]
8) ? vs ?? [CMLL Universal, 8F]
9) ? vs ?? [CMLL Universal, quarterfinal]
10) ? vs ?? [CMLL Universal, quarterfinal]
11) ? vs ?? [CMLL Universal, semifinal]
CMLL’s listed this as the national title block. Noticeably, it announced Fugaz & Esfinge before they retained the tag team titles in Puebla but I guess they could’ve changed it. I’ve got no real feel about who’s going to do well in this tournament: Terrible, Templario, and Angel de Oro seem like the three who have a shot on paper.
There are exactly eight more CMLL champions – Dragon Rojo, Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado, Hechicero, Niebla Roja, Stigma and Titan – so that’s one group for next week. (Angel de Oro is also CMLL champion but he’s in this block.) That leaves the NWA champs (Volador, Mistico, Stuka), the Arena Coliseo Trios champs (Hombre Bala & Robin), and three empty spots for 04/22. Current Occidente Trios champions Barbaro Cavernario, Principe Daniel, and Demonio Maya would fit that void like a perfectly shaped Tetris piece, so maybe that’s the answer.
CMLL (SAT) 04/09/2022 Arena Coliseo
1) Fantasy, Shockercito, Último Dragóncito vs Full Metal, Mercurio, Minos
2) La Guerrera, La Jarochita, Marcela vs Amapola, La Metálica, Tiffany
3) Hombre Bala Jr., Robin, Volcano vs Disturbio, Felino, Kráneo
4) Princesa Sugehit © vs Reyna Isis [CMLL WOMEN]
4th defense
5) Místico, Soberano Jr., Star Jr. vs Dragón Rojo Jr., El Coyote, Niebla Roja
Kraneo appears to officially be a rudo, though one who’s wrestling only once every two weeks. Sugehit/Isis is a reasonably big title match for a Saturday show. Isis seems on track to eventually be a world women’s champion, she makes as much sense to be a new champion, and it’s just a matter of when.
CMLL is putting up the Arena Coliseo Anniversary show match by match. The tag title match went up Tuesday night. Demus and Akuma also uploaded a handheld version.
AAA
Tonight’s AEW Dynamite show has the Young Bucks challenging FTR for both the ROH and AAA Tag Team championships. On Sunday’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer mentioned AAA’s given AEW the go ahead to do whatever they want with the AAA tag team titles for now. That’s been read as a statement about the power dynamic in the relationship, which is surely partially true, but also I believe it doesn’t matter for AAA’s immediate plans which AEW team has the tag team titles. It’s cool if the Young Bucks win tonight and their match versus Fenix & Vikingo is for the tag team titles, but I think AAA’s plans are the same with or without those tag team titles. The next big AAA tag team title match in Mexico still seems like it’s FTR/Hermanos Lee/Lucha Brothers, and that one may not be happening any time soon. It’s not happening in Monterrey, Hermanos Lee are facing the Hardys in Tijuana (and Penta is probably in a tournament match) so it’s not happening there. It’s possible the three-way gets held all the way off until Mexico City if AAA’s in no hurry and those titles can switch a few times before then.
There’s a new video promoting the Freefire/AAA partnership, teasing AAA skins for the mobile game. The video is well done.
Flamita is meant to be the new member of Los Mercenarios. He was hanging out with them in a vignette on TV this weekend (teasing a Shani/Tirantes match) and was mentioned as such on the US show. I think the match where he’s actually introduced as a member airs this weekend. The other thing from this past weekend’s TV is it appeared Willie Mack’s injury in the cruiserweight match may have been a planned match event to put over Taurus’ spear, and perhaps not a significant injury.
While Vikingo is not wrestling, it did appear to be him as Arcano on the Merida taping. He walked out on his partner before doing much. See if you can follow along here: Vikingo Arcano was the good Arcano in the Rey de Reyes match, Komander was Evil Arcano, Evil Arcano and Terror Purpura kidnapped Good Arcano at the end of that match, so maybe Good Arcano has been brainwashed into being Also Evil Arcano or maybe we were supposed to think it was Evil Arcano in this match and Vikingo just happened to be in the gear instead of Komander? Who could possibly know or care in the slightest? Not AAA from the way they present it, probably not Marvel either – whenever they go from the much “5% of what this project is going to be” to the actual mythical “100%” (should that ever actually happen), Marvel probably just ignore everything that’s happened with it for the last year to tell the stories they want to do – these matches are all dress rehearsals taking up TV time.
It doesn’t appear the Dallas show is airing on AAA TV soon. This weekend should be a third part of Merida, the new two weeks Tijuana, and then TripleMania Monterrey. That also is one a few reasons I believe the Jeff Jarrett appearance at the end of the Dallas show should be read as “fun way to get US attention during a busy week; maybe they’ll remember to do something with it later”, not some major angle that AAA will be central to this year.
AAA and EMW got attention for donating 10,874 pesos ($543) to a Cabo San Lucas charity, using money from a recent show.
Other
IWRG (SUN) 04/10/2022 Arena Naucalpan
1) Águila Roja & Noisy Boy vs Cerebro Negro Jr. & Limbo
2) Hell Boy vs Caballero de Plata
3) ?, Big Boy, Big Chico Che vs Fly Warrior, Fulgor, Mike
4) Hijo del Pantera, Internacional Pantera, Pantera Jr. vs Black Terry, Cerebro Negro, Dr. Cerebro
5) Brad Alexis & Shaun Moore vs Dick Angelo 3G & Puma de Oro and Aster Boy & The Mummy
6) Flamita & Toxin vs Alpha Wolf & Dragón Bane
No shows on Tuesday or Thursday this week. The main event could be good. Fourth match has a chance too. The Big Strippers are doing an open tryout Wednesday for their partner on Sunday.
Big Lucha (FRI) 04/22/2022 Bandido Gym, Iztapalapa, Distrito Federal
1) El Bandido & Gravity vs Elipse & Orbita
2) Cody 1-8 & Viajero vs King & Kong
3) Heddi Karaoui, Lady Maravilla, Potro vs Skayde, Sussy Love, Tirano
4) Galeno del Mal vs Limbo, Accion Jackson
5) Cometa Maya, Éxtasis, Radioactivo vs Aramis, Myzteziz Jr., Octagón Jr. (AAA)
6) Abismo Negro Jr., Cibernético, Psicosis II vs Emperador Azteca, Flamita, Yutani
That semi-main could be fantastic.
Robles held a press conference Tuesday for their 04/29 Juan de la Barrera show. Those are always much more well attended than the shows. Dark Angel spoke about her return to wrestling, saying she choose to return to join this promotion rather than return to CMLL was about moving towards the future rather than reliving the past. Robles also appears to pay much better than CMLL, though that didn’t come up. Juventud Guerrera appeared as a surprise addition to the card. No mention of what match he’ll be in; the card advertised was the same one the group had announced previously. The promotion says they’ll have two more press conferences before their show, with Rush being present for at least one of those.
Marcos Medina was introduced at that Robles press conference as the general manager of the promotion. He’s worked with (questionable) promotions over the years, including IWRG, ENESMA, EAW (two rings!) and Lucha Libre Elite.
Lucha Memes (SUN) 04/10/2022 Coliseo Coacalco, Coacalco, Estado de México
1) Gato De Ecatepec vs Mario Bross
2) Calibus & Perro de Guerra Jr. vs Avisman & Judas el Traidor
3) Corsario Negro Jr. & Drako vs Belial & Impulso
4) Dante León & Kastigador vs Miike & Vengador
5) ? vs ??
6) Ricky Marvin vs ASF
7) Tony Deppen vs Virus
The full lineup for the memes show last week, with three fly-ins. ASF is in for a hard night. Dante Leon is someone I would’ve figured to be all over Dallas last weekend, there must be a story there.
Lucha Memes’ 2021-09-16 show is now up on IWTV. Not sure why that one took so long. The show had an Ultimo Guerrero/Arez match and a drunk fan in the ring during the Karaoui/Guerra match.
Big Lucha (FRI) 04/22/2022 Bandido Gym, Iztapalapa, Distrito Federal
1) El Bandido & Gravity vs Elipse & Orbita
2) Cody 1-8 & Viajero vs King & Kong
3) Heddi Karaoui, Lady Maravilla, Potro vs Skayde, Sussy Love, Tirano
4) Galeno del Mal vs Limbo, Accion Jackson
5) Cometa Maya, Éxtasis, Radioactivo vs Aramis, Myzteziz Jr., Octagón Jr. (AAA)
6) Abismo Negro Jr., Cibernético, Psicosis II vs Emperador Azteca, Flamita, Yutani
I haven’t gotten results from the last Big Lucha show if it sets up anything here or explains why Bandido & Gravity are working the opener, but the semi-main looks pretty good. Elemental, Bendito, and Ciclon Ramirez Jr. aren’t on this show because they’re headed to Alberta that weekend.
PWG announced a 05/01 show with
- Aramis vs Wheeler Yuta
- Blake Christian vs Black Taurus
- Bandido (c) vs Daniel Garcia for the PWG Championship
LuchaWorld has the latest Lucha Report and this week’s Poster-Mania.
Box y Lucha 3504 has a lot of Arena Coliseo content.
Shocker says he’s hoping to get his jaw fixed in December.
Toluca’s LLPT group says they hope to run more shows in the second quarter of 2022 and wants people to eep taking COVID precautions so they can do so safely.
Cancun’s TWS opened a new school, with Septimo Drago as a special guest trainer