CMLL
CMLL (TUE) 05/10/2022 Arena México [CMLL, Estrellas del Ring, Estrellas del Ring, The Gladiatores]
1) Acero, Kaligua, Último Dragóncito b Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Polvora, Pequeño Violencia 
2) Dr. Karonte I, Dr. Karonte II, Enfermero Jr. b Diamond, Sangre Imperial, Valiente Jr.
Diamond replaced Cachorro on Tuesday morning, wore Santo colors.
3) Dulce Gardenia, Espíritu Negro, Rey Cometa b Magia Blanca, Magnus, Rugido
4) Mephisto b Rey Bucanero
Mephisto said he was going after Bucanero’s hair and them Mistico’s mask.
5) Hechicero, Soberano Jr., Star Jr. b Negro Casas, Templario, Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
Soberano challenged Templario to a MEX MIDDLE match
Soberano’s tentative schedule for next week
- Saturday: vs Angel de Oro
- Tuesday: vs Templario
- Friday: one or two Copa Junior matches
He didn’t get to go to BOSJ but he’s getting the schedule anyway.
(Templario/Soberano seems like something I should try to stream.)
I’m not sure what the deal is with Diamond’s outfit, but he seems consistently left out of the Depredadores group. It’s Magia Blanca, Magnus and Rugido as a trio or teaming with Volador, with Diamond rarely included.
Guadalajara didn’t post results, I haven’t had a chance to watch it, and it didn’t seem worth holding up the update even longer.
CMLL (FRI) 05/13/2022 Arena México
1) Astral & Panterita del Ring Jr. vs Inquisidor & Raider
2) La Guerrera, La Magnifica, Skadi vs Amapola, Metálica, Tiffany
3) Esfinge, Fugaz, Star Black vs Akuma, Dark Magic, Espanto Jr.
4) Atlantis Jr., Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero vs Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado
5) Euforia, Místico, Soberano Jr. vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Terrible [Relevos Increíbles]
Just a dead week in between tournaments, with CMLL not doing much. The big feuds from the last few weeks (Isis/Jarochita, UG/Averno) are not present. Nothing particular to the main event, and Copa Junior is next week so it’s unlikely they’ll set up anything big. That main event might be good but nothing else. Ticketmaster Live link if interested for this totally skippable week. This feels like one where I’ll archive the show on the Google Drive, the 12 of us who make a point of watching every Friday night show will check it, and then it’ll sit there in the cloud never to be watched again.
The CMLL text lineup calls out La Ola Negra, Oneatos Team, Los Malditos, and Los Guerreros del La Atlantida as a teams, which shows how heavily team-focused CMLL’s shifted. Los Ingobernables are not listed as a unit. Probably nothing but an oversight.
CMLL (SAT) 05/14/2022 Arena Coliseo
1) Angelito, Pequeño Magía, Shockercito vs Full Metal, Minos, Pierrothito
2) Diamond, Leono, Oro Jr. vs Cholo, Grako, Príncipe Odín Jr.
3) Arkalis, Guerrero Maya Jr., Stigma vs Cancerbero, Luciferno, Virus
4) Atlantis, Blue Panther, Negro Casas vs Cavernario, El Coyote, Hechicero
5) Soberano Jr. vs Ángel de Oro
Angel de Oro cheated to beat Soberano last week, so there’s the rematch. Negro Casas actually a tecnico in the semimain. The second match is a real land of the lost situation; Oro Jr. left a match in this same building with an injury on 02/19 and this is his first appearance since.
CMLL (MON) 05/16/2022 Arena Puebla
1) Centella Roja vs Fuerza Chicana
2) Retro & Sangre Imperial vs Guerrero Espacial & Sombra Diabólika
3) Dr. Karonte I, Dr. Karonte II, Enfermero Jr. vs El Malayo, Perverso, Prayer
4) Sagrado, Stigma, Stuka Jr. vs Audaz, Dark Panther, Templario
5) Atlantis Jr., Gran Guerrero, Místico, Último Guerrero vs Euforia, Hechicero, Mephisto, Soberano Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
Same atomicos CMLL’s been doing a lot, which could go in a lot of directions. Semi-main has mixed up teams as well. This arena is about two months out from it’s building anniversary show; we’ve seen local feuds get started around this time in the past.
Mother’s Day is May 10th in Mexico (no matter what day of the week that falls) and there’s always a bunch of “she’s a luchador – but also she’s a mother!” articles. Those include La Jarochita (which froze my computer when I tried to read it) and another one with Lluvia. El Universal has one with Dalys. That one because they give enough information to work out Dalys is at least 54 years old (plus how many years she spent training before her first match). She normally tries really hard to conceal that number for reasons that may be obvious.
Lluvia mentions her biggest victory as winning La Magnifica’s mask in a cibernetico. It’s a match I have zero recollection upon; it’s really tough to make something lastingly meaningful when you throw a bunch of women in an elimination match with no history. That TripleMania women’s mask match will be a forever important moment for the two women involved, a big story the week it happens, and then probably a footnote after.
One more mom told her story after Mother’s Day; La Maligna and her new young daughter announced her return to CMLL as part of Wednesday’s media day and appeared on CMLL Informa. She’s been gone since December 2019 and definitely picked the right couple of years to stay away from wrestling to have a child. Maligna showed some potential in her previous run but hadn’t been pushed much.
CMLL announced on Informa that Virus & Cacnerbero were giving up the Mexican National Trios Championship as of today. This had been coming since Raziel passed away on April 4th, they just held off making it official until they could announce a tournament.
That tournament will take place on 05/27, the same as the Copa Junior final. It’ll be a one night tournament with four teams:
- Los Cancerberos del Infierno (Virus, Cancerbero, Luciferno)
- One Atos Team (Fugaz, Esfinge, Star Black)
- Los Depreadores (Magia Blanca, Magnus, Rugido)
- Los Astrapsuenos (Dulce Gardenia, Rey Cometa, Espiritu Negro)
Luciferno will now be teaming with Virus & Cancerbero; they had talked about making it a four man group with Raziel before he passed away. Luciferno had been teaming with Mephsito (now with Los Infernales) and Ephesto (now tecnico Panterita del Ring) and was adrift until Virus & Canerbero pulled him in.
Fuerza Guerrera is also on Informa, but I’ve got to post this now; I’ll write about his return or whichever later on.
Stigma talks about his Lightweight title win to Heraldo de Puebla.
Other news
IWRG (SUN) 05/15/2022 Arena Naucalpan
1) Bengalee & Therius vs Casandra & Gamboa
2) Sombra Negra & Spider Fly vs Garra Mortal & Limbo
3) Aster Boy © vs Aramis [IWRG IC Light]
4) Laredo Kid © vs Travis Banks [AAA CRUISER]
5) 1 vs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 [Rey del Ring]
IWRG’s annual royal rumble match and singles matches with Aramis & Laredo Kid will make for probably a big bump to the Mas Lucha subscriber count. I don’t think it’ll get much interest outside of Mexico because of Banks, but IWRG also doesn’t get much interest outside of Mexico anyway.
Alberto el Patron ludicrously claimed he was in recent negotiations with companies like WWE. This is always false, but it’s also coming after he quietly disappeared from Robles Promotions and had a falling out with KAOZ, two places that seem pretty easy to work for if you’re a star.
GCW announced Drago Kid, Gringo Loco and ASF vs The SATs for their 06/18 New York show.
ESTO has a long interview with Fuerza Guerrera Jr. about liking Las Chivas for some reason.
LuchaWorld has this week’s Poster-Mania and the latest Lucha Report.
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