CMLL
Los Malditos did keep the CMLL World Trios Championships on Monday. CMLL didn’t mention the defense; I found out through Sagrado’s Instagram stories. Arena Puebla streamed the finish of the Depredadores match instead, since Soberano revenge fouling Volador set up a DQ and a rematch for next week.
CMLL (TUE) 06/28/2022 Arena México [Kaiser Sports, Marca, Mas Lucha, The Gladiatores, The Gladiatores (Video)]
1) Fantasy, Kaligua, Último Dragóncito b Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Violencia, Pierrothito 
2) La Jarochita, Marcela, Skadi b La Seductora, Metálica, Tiffany
La Guerrera was scheduled, CMLL updated the poster with Vaquerita in the spot, and it ended up with Jarochita wrestling. Tecnicas took 1/3
3) Diamond, Magnus, Rugido b Akuma, Dark Magic, Espanto Jr.
Depredadores took 2/3. sets up an Espanto Jr./Rudgido match
4) Cancerbero, Felino, Luciferno b Esfinge, Fugaz, Star Black
Rudos took 1/3.
5) Stuka Jr., Titán, Volador Jr. b Cavernario, Euforia, Hechicero
tecnicos took 1/3.
This show was a real nusiance to download and I haven’t even looked to see if it finally turned out right. The main event video is incomplete, but that’s how it was streamed – they just cut out during the third fall and never came back.
CMLL probably should book Rugido/Espanto Jr.; they’re never going to get better wrestling the same 5 minutes of a trios match every week and it’s definitely not the worst possible combination of people from that match. It’s just also obvious they could book a lot of single matches with a more talented wrestlers and they did not; people covering the show attempted to push the idea the Stuka/Hechicero feud was coming back, but that seems like grasping for something of relevance. Hechicero has not had an Arena Mexico non-tournament singles match since last November.
CMLL (TUE) 06/28/2022 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Arena Coliseo Guadalajara (photos), Arena Coliseo Guadalajara (video), Fuego en el Ring, Mas Lucha, thecubsfan]
1) Persa & Ponzoña b Black Boy & Mortis
2) Avispón Negro Jr., Capitán Cobra, Cosmos b Destello, Jabalí, Tigre Blanco
3) El Divino, Johnny Dinamo, Mágico b Bobby Black, Javier Cruz Jr., Quka
4) Bestia Negra, Furia Roja, Guerrero de la Muerte b Destructor, Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno
challenges followed
5) Dalys, La Magnifica, Sexy Sol b Dark Silueta, Náutica, Valkiria
6) Blue Panther & Negro Casas b Fuerza Guerrera & Satánico
7) Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Terrible b Atlantis Jr., Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero
The semimain started with Blue Panther and Satanico fightning, ended with Blue Panther pinning Satanico and yet no challenges were made. Casas did a lot of strutting post-match instead.
This first match on the show, a bonus unadvertised match, started with a man – I believe Black Boy – with giant swastikas walking out. There’s context for it, because there’s context for everything – he’s wrestled at a local Arena Verdugo Nazi Jr. and was wearing that symbol to represent that gym at the biggest lucha libre arena in the area and is unlikely to actually be a Nazi – but also it’s a man with giant swastikas all over his gear. It was a jarring thing to start with but obviously no one there in charge appeared to have a problem with it. I probably wouldn’t have noticed myself but the building didn’t post results for most of their matches and I was going through the video to see what had happened. It’s also one of those things where I know I could put a GIF of it on Twitter and people who don’t watch Guadalajara lucha libre would get very angry and demand something get done and then nothing happens, or I could write about it here and also nothing happens and I’m trying to choose the less drama filled route today.
Mistico announced the injury he suffered last week required surgery and underwent that surgery on Monday night. The injury was originally said to be an ankle one, and he’s since talked about having a screw put in his foot. Mistico spoke to Box y Lucha and said he was hopeful of being back in 3-4 weeks, which was less than some earlier reports going around. Mistico and CMLL also put a video talking about his recovery. Mistico went to the final of last year’s Leyenda de Plata and talked about wanting to win it for a record fourth time, but it’s he’s going to hit the three-week recovery to have a chance. Mistico says he’s planning on appearing at announced bookings in Cancun and Saltillo where he won’t be able to wrestle.
CMLL (FRI) 07/01/2022 Arena México
1) Acero & Aéreo vs Full Metal & Pequeño Violencia
2) Dulce Gardenia, Espíritu Negro, Rey Cometa vs Hijo del Villano III, Okumura, Pólvora
3) La Jarochita, Lluvia, Princesa Sugehit vs Amapola, Dalys, Dark Silueta
4) Atlantis, Blue Panther, Negro Casas vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Terrible
5) Soberano Jr., Titán, Volador Jr. vs Atlantis Jr., Dragón Rojo Jr., Templario
Just a normal show. Might be ok, might be good. Atlantis Jr. is not teaming with the Guerreros, not feuding with Stuka Jr., is still a rudo. Might just be a rudo.
CMLL (SAT) 07/02/2022 Arena Coliseo
1) Bengala & Retro vs Apocalipsis & Príncipe Odín Jr.
2) Neón, Panterita del Ring Jr., Valiente Jr. vs Cholo, Inquisidor, Raider
3) Pegasso, Robin, Suicida vs Disturbio, Nitro, Okumura
4) Guerrero Maya Jr., Hombre Bala Jr., Panterita del Ring vs Cancerbero, Hijo del Villano III, Luciferno
5) Euforia, Hechicero, Mephisto vs Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado
There are quite a few Neon’s in Mexico; this one appears to be the Valiente Gym trainee who also wrestled as Prismatic. Pegasso returns from injury in March. Hombre Bala & Robin are tag champs who aren’t int eh same match.
CMLL announced Tuesday that they’d hold a birthday celebration/meet & greet for KeMonito on Sunday. Later that night, KeMonito said his birthday celebration will be today away from CMLL. Not sure if there were multiple birthday celebrations and it was something other than the CMLL one that moved; usually CMLL would delete their tweet if that happened. I’m just confused but more parties for Monito seems good.
CMLL Informa has Negro Casas, Euforia, Soebrano Jr., La Jarochita, Hijo del Villano III, Magia Blanca and Panterita del Ring Jr. as guests. I can’t figure out why half the people there are there, so maybe there are some Leyenda de Plata announcements.
Barbaro Cavernario says he’s got 6-7 accounting clients he’s working with in between wrestling.
AAA
Mocho Cota Jr. & Tito Santana told Mas Lucha said they don’t know if they’re still in AAA, they’re waiting for a response from AAA and haven’t heard back from them. Only with AAA would this story be even partially believable, and we don’t actually know what question they asked AAA. (“Can we work these Robles dates and still show up on AAA TV?” seems likely.) At any rate, they weren’t on any AAA tapings this past week and aren’t on upcoming ones. AAA can be weird but I think those guys may know more than they let on.
Tickets go on sale for Verano de Escandalo Friday at noon, so it’s possible we’ll see a lineup that day.
The commercial director for the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya says they’ve sold out 70% of the rooms for the AAA show in September and expect to sell out.
IWRG
IWRG (THU) 06/30/2022 Arena Naucalpan
1) Sol vs Rey Aztaroth
2) Legendario & Spider Fly vs Chris Stone Jr. & Wagner Kid
3) Cerebro Negro & Cerebro Negro Jr. vs Puma de Oro & Tonalli
4) Gran Pandemónium, Hijo de Pandemónium, Pandemónium Jr. vs Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro
5) Aster Boy, Hijo Del Vikingo, Noisy Boy vs Abismo Negro Jr., Dick Angelo 3G, Toxin
This show was originally going to be a Lucha Libre Boom show headlined by Mistico in a tag match; LLB announced they were postponing the entire show until Mistico came back. Lucha Libre Boom had announced the show a month ago but I hadn’t seen much promotion for it and totally forgot it was on the schedule until it was called off.
It’s a Thursday show so who knows how the effort is going to be in the main event. On the other hand, Vikingo is crazy and so are his teammates. Maybe worth a watch.
IWRG announced they’ll have a Saturday Torneo FILL with IWRG vs Big Lucha. That also could be fun, though Saturday Arena Naucalpan shows have not been covered by Mas Lucha of late. The main event may show up on IWRG’s own channel later.
OTHER
LuchaWorld has this week’s Poster-Mania and the latest Poster-Mania.
Impact has Chris Bey vs Steve Maclin vs Laredo Kid vs Trey Miguel in a #1 contenders match. It’s a luchador on Impact so you know how it’s not going to end, but it could be fun.
Bandido says he’s been told to rest two more weeks following his neck injury at TripleMania Tijuana. That’s really good considering neck injuries, but it does take him out of Friday’s BIG Lucha Anniversary show and Saturday’s AAA TV taping in Sinaloa. Big Lucha has an episode of Big Lucha World tonight so perhaps they’ll address it. It’d be a surprise if AAA said anything.
915-656 announced they’d be co-promoting a MLW taping on August 27th. MLW taped last weekend and don’t appear to be taping before this, so it looks like they’ll be taking two months off. 915 & 656 teased a Daga/Hammerstone title match. The announced names are heavy on AAA midcards and few other regular MLW people, but I’d assume more MLW people will actually be there.
At the opening of his new Blue Demon store, he introduced luchador Ikaro wearing the “Blue Demon 2000” Demon wore briefly in AAA. Ikaro’s still saying as Ikaro and not being booked as Blue Demon’s son or anything. Ikaro just got gifted a mask design that Demon hated. Ikaro, way back in 2010, was part of a traveling match with Tio Korton, Arez, Pentagon, and Fenix. All those guys all trained with Demon for a time, so that’s probably the connection. Ikaro’s career in wrestling has been much less high profile than the rest.
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