CMLL
CMLL (MON) 08/15/2022 Arena Puebla [El Sol de Puebla]
3) Arkalis, Pegasso, Stigma b El Audaz, Fugaz, Star Black
Arkalis replaced Guerrero Maya
4) Kenny King, Matt Taven, Último Guerrero b Lince Dorado, Oráculo, Volador Jr.
UG fouled Volador
5) Templario b Soberano Jr.
Templario replaced Robbie Eagles (COVID) on Saturday
The main event was an off-night match, nothing you need to go out of your way to see.
Regular Arena Puebla Guerrero Espacial (Isidro Gonzalez Gonzalez, 43) passed away Monday. Arena Coliseo San Ramon’s Facebook mentioned the passing early Tuesday morning. No cause of death is mentioned. Guerrero Espacial was a preliminary wrestler in the CMLL arena since 2013 and had most of his spotlight matches outside of it. His last known match was July 10th. Guerrero Espacial’s brother, Ares el Guerrero, passed away back in 2020. Fellow Arena Puebla luchador Toro Bill Jr. also passed away back in April.
CMLL (TUE) 08/16/2022 Arena México [CMLL, Kasier Sports, Marca]
1) Mercurio & Pequeño Olímpico b Acero & Aéreo
2) Grako, Inquisidor, Raider b Cachorro, Halcón Suriano Jr., Panterita del Ring Jr.
third fall was messed up
3) La Guerrera, La Magnifica, Marcela b Amapola, Olympia, Tiffany
Marcela replaced Skadi (injury?)
4) Hombre Bala Jr., Panterita del Ring, Volcano b Cancerbero, Luciferno, Rey Bucanero
5) Gran Guerrero, Templario, Último Guerrero b Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Sagrado
Barbaro Cavernario replaced Ultimo Guerrero
Panterita Jr. was supposed to kick out and didn’t actually kickout strong enough. The referee was innocent for once, but still had the rudos angrily insisting to them that they only got a two on their three-count victory.
CMLL (TUE) 08/16/2022 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [Arena Coliseo Guadalajara (Match 1), Arena Coliseo Guadalajara (rest of the show)]
1) Atilius, El Divino, Rey Urano b Aurelius, Jhonny Dinamo, Maximus
2) Ángel Rebelde, Optimus, Trono DQ Cris Skin, Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno
Rafaga and La Mafia ran in to attack the Queretaro team for the DQ.
3) Halcón Negro Jr. b Crixus [lightning]
Halcon Negro Jr. challenged Crixus to a title match
4) Niebla Roja & Terrible b Hijo del Villano III & Zandokan Jr.
5) Dulce Gardenia, Espíritu Negro, Rey Cometa © b Furia Roja, Guerrero de la Muerte, Joker [MEX TRIOS]
2nd defense
6) Ángel de Oro & Atlantis Jr. b Kenny King & Matt Taven and Lince Dorado & Oráculo and Averno & Dark Magic [torneo]
Dark Magic replaced Robbie Eagles (COVID). Elimination order: Dark Magic, Angel de Oro, Kenny King, Oraculo, Lince Dorado, Matt Taven, Averno leaving Atlantis Jr. as the winner
The sound was about 8 seconds off on this show on Facebook; it’s a little bit better on YouTube and my upload. The sound was about 3 seconds off on the Arena Mexico shows. Maybe we’d be complaining about the streams if they were still easily available. Trios title match wasn’t much. This arena may be getting something similar to Arena Mexico, with Halcon Negro Jr. and Crixus having a mask match and some additional multiman apuesta match based on all the interference. The main event got a lot of time and was all about putting Atlantis Jr. over big in the end. He does need to get either a lot better with that flapjack cutter or cut it out, it’s not helping as is.
Friday’s card has Dark Panther replacing Esfinge (hand injury) in the opener. Both Euforia & Robbie Eagles are currently listed.
CMLL (SAT) 08/20/2022 Arena Coliseo
1) Neón & Valiente Jr. vs Apocalipsis & Cholo
2) La Vaquerita, Maligna, Marcela vs Amapola, Hera, La Seductora
3) Arkalis, Pegasso, Stigma vs Cancerbero, Disturbio, Luciferno
4) Kenny King, Matt Taven, Oráculo vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Terrible
5) Lince Dorado, Robbie Eagles, Tiger Mask IV vs Atlantis Jr., Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero
Rocky Romero is the odd one out; he’s only on Thursday and Friday shows. Eagles still being listed seems a sign they haven’t given up on him wrestling.
CMLL’s posted video of all the Gran Prix wrestlers making it to Mexico; Rocky Romero was the final one to arrive late Tuesday night. (They didn’t post a video of Mesias, but he’s just assumed to be around.) Eagles is still scheduled to wrestle first tomorrow night in Arena Coliseo as part of that special show. COVID is a day by day situation, it’s possible he could miss Thursday and still be cleared by Friday. There hasn’t been any update yet; maybe Informa will have one. Dark Magic replaced him in Guadalajara and is likely the replacement for the Friday show if need be; not sure what they’d do for Thursday.
Informa today is all Gran Prix.
Lluvia announced she’d opened an OnlyFans account. You can find it here. Her description sounds like it’s the same sort of stuff that would be posted on Instagram, she’s just trying to monetize that content. It’s similar to Mystique’s setup, only Lluvia is an active CMLL luchador and Mystique is not. The other important difference is Lluvia is listed as a free site, at least for the moment. A crazy amount of websites wrote about Mystique’s OnlyFans and I suspect many of the same will do the same about Lluvia’s, but none of them seem like they’ve actually done more work than read their posts on social media and posted some photos.
AAA
Villano IV told TV Azteca that he’s suffered injuries in both TripleMania matches so far. He says he broke a rib wrestling LA Park. With Psycho, he had “two head wounds that wouldn’t stop bleeding” and also a left ear injury.
Miedo Extremo & Ciclope were on Tuesday’s Mas Lucha Llave y Contrallave, talking about their return to GCW and their short-lived tag title run. It got me thinking about Konnan’s comments about bringing in a US tag team that’s never been in AAA before. The first guesses I saw were Briscoe Brothers and the evidence seems to point that way. They just happened to beat Los Macizos for the tag team titles. GCW wrestlers are working Vanguardia and Zona 23 on either side of TripleMania and I’d already been wondering if that meant any GCW wrestlers would show up on TripleMania too. The Briscoes working all three shows would fit; they can even do the rematch in Vanguardia. AAA is also big on making a play on whoever is hot in the US at the moment, and the Briscoes are coming off a run of good matches on ROH PPV. Don’t know that it’s happening as a fact, the pieces just seem to fit.
IWRG
IWRG (THU) 08/18/2022 Arena Naucalpan
1) Amakuza & Baby Star vs Kenji & Rey Aztaroth
2) Caballero de Plata & Jhon Tito vs Feroz & Vértigo
3) Big Boy, Big Chico Che, Big Tackle vs Andy Boy, Danger King, Tony Rivera
4) Oficial 911, Oficial AK47, Oficial Fierro vs Cerebro Negro, Cerebro Negro Jr., Dr. Cerebro
5) Dick Angelo 3G, Legendario, Tonalli vs Abc, El Rebelde, Troyano
The main event is IWRG vs Ultimo Guerrero Gym.
Rey Espectro, said by IWRG to be out an extended amount of time, is listed as wrestling on the 27th in Arena San Juan. I’m not sure if that’s a false advertisement or if he’s really back that soon. I do think IWRG just really wanted to have a heavyweight title match this Sunday no matter who was in it.
LLB (THU) 09/01/2022 Arena Naucalpan
1) Gravedad Cero, Power Bull, Sparta vs Federal I, Federal II, Federal III
2) Dankar, El Divino, Jhon Tito, Juan Diego vs Demencia, Hijo De Brazo De Platino, Milagro, Platino
3) Tonalli vs Aster Boy, Cerebro Negro Jr., Puma de Oro, Hijo De Carta Brava, Hijo del Alebrije, El Mafioso
4) Carta Brava Jr. (LLB), Cerebro Negro, Fantasma de la Ópera vs Chico Che, Freelance, Pantera I
5) Lunatik Xtreme, Toto, Venganza vs Chicanito, Fly Star, Sobredosis
6) Místico vs Atlantis Jr. vs Averno
The full rescheduled Lucha Libre Boom show. Just CMLL wrestlers in the main event and the usual Lucha Libre Boom names on the undercard.
Other
LuchaWorld has this week’s Poster-Mania and the latest Lucha Report.
AEW tonight has Dragon Lee, Rush and Andrade against the Young Bucks and (probably) Kenny Omega in the first round of their trios title tournament. The match is about (probably) Omega but Dragon Lee is going to go absolutely nuts.
Big Lucha World is on tonight as normal. Komander and Gravity are scheduled to wrestle late Wednesday night, then go to West Coast Pro Wrestling on Thursday for the first round of their West Coast Cup. Komander faces Midas Kreed, Gravity faces Viento. Aerostar will appear on Friday’s show.
Impact Thursday has Black Taurus vs Laredo Kid vs Rey Horus vs Trey Miguel and Bandido in a #1 contenders six man elimination match. Both are worth watching. Impact also posted a dark match from the Friday PPV with Black Taurus & Crazy Steve against Laredo Kid & Trey Miguel for subscribers only. It was just six minutes but on the level of the usual TV stuff. There’s a crazy Miguel Brillo Dorado into a tiejras, which I would recommend never trying on anyone but Black Taurus or about two or three other people.
RIOT says their 10/08 show will take place at Palestino Libanes in San Pedro Garza Garcia, which was the announced location for their previous show before it was moved.