AAA
AAA TV (SAT) 10/15/2022 Arena Ciudad de Mexico, Azcapotzalco, Distrito Federal [AAA, ESPN, ESTO, SuperLuchas, thecubsfan, Voices of Wrestling]
1) Arcano, El Engañoso, Gran Mazo, Picadura Letal b ?, ?, ?, El Furioso
Dark match.=. Marvel Lucha Libre match, with the winners moving onto a title match on 12/28. El Furioso suffered a serious injury during the match. AAA aired a trailer for a Marvel Lucha Libre show following this.
2) Taurus b Microman, Chessman, Sexy Star, Niño Hamburguesa, Mr. Iguana, Lady Shani, Flip Gordon, Diva Salvaje, Jessy Ventura, Aerostar, Jack Evans, Electroshock [Copa Bardahl]
Dark match. Jack Evans and Electroshock returned to the promotion, at least for one night. Taurus beat Electroshock to win.
3) Dragón Lee & Dralistico b Látigo & Toxin and Komander & Myzteziz and Arez & Willie Mack [AAA TAG, #1 Contenders]
10:22. Dralistico beat Myzteziz to earn a title shot against FTR at some point. A ‘fan’ threw Willie Mack a Dr. Simi doll, then many dolls fell on Dr. Simi from the ceiling, leading to a Mack/Dr. Simi mascot dance off as a promotional bit.
4) Bandido, Laredo Kid, Psycho Clown b Cuatrero, Forastero, Sansón and Brian Cage, Johnny Caballero, Sam Adonis [AAA TRIOS]
13:26. First defense. AAA announced NGD would have to be defeated directly to lose the belts. Caballero fouled Laredo Kid to win, but did not win the belts.
5) Taya © b Kamille [Reina De Reinas]
16:47. Kamille replaced Thunder Rosa (injury). Taya submitted her to retain the title, her fourth defense and first in AAA. Arez & Flammer were seconds. Las Toxicas attacked Taya backstage.
6) Pagano b Cibernético [hair]
22:03. Los Vipers helped Cibernetico thru the match, Pagano had no second. Hijo del Tirantes was taken out by an errant Pagano lighttube swing. Vampiro replaced him as referee. Konnan, attacked earlier by Los Vipers, beat up the Vipers. Pagano pulled Cibernetico off a ladder in an Air Raid Crash through the stage for the win. Ciberentico got his hair cut backstage.
7) Hijo Del Vikingo b Fénix [AAA MEGA]
19:30. Arez & Hijo del Vikingo’s father were seconds. Hijo del Vikingo’s sixth defense, second on AAA TV. Both men showed respect post match (though Fenix wanted a mask vs hair match.)
8) Pentagón Jr. b Villano IV [mask]
25:22. Villano V and Arez were seconds; this was Arez’s 3rd appearance as a second on the show. Both Penta and Villano got visual submission wins which ruled not to be submissions. Penta won after a third armbreaker. Villano IV unmasked as Tomas Diaz Mendoza, 57 years a wrestler, 42 years a wrestler. He said he would retire soon and asked for Penta to face him in his final match. Penta agreed.
I have a full recap over at PostWrestling.
The last two matches were exactly as great as fans hoped they would be, maybe even more so. Villano IV has had a long career in many places, and these three tournament matches and the end of his run are going to be the ones everyone remembers him by. They were so good, so effective at making every match feel important. AAA completely nailed the post match mask removal presentation, and that’s a moment lucha libre has that no other style of wrestling can match. Fenix versus Vikingo was the battle it needed to be, both spectacular and something to show how tough Vikingo can be. I thought Fenix should win to help build Vikingo up in the fans eyes when he came back to win a rematch, but the fans already believed in Vikingo here and were choosing him over Fenix by the end (or at least that’s how it came across on the stream.) The idea of a title match is the winner comes off looking as one of the best guys in the world and maybe the best, and Vikingo looked that way at the finish. This show is worth buying just to see those two matches, should be part of any discussion about the best stuff of the year, and was a creative success just for having those matches.
The rest of the matches was a lot of stuff I will not remember much about in a year’s time. Maybe Pagano/Ciberentico will stick out, because Pagano’s performance. I’ve found Pagano OK by the standards of Pagano lately, it’s only when he tries to do something a bit too complex for his reach where he falls apart. On this show, doing dive without hitting the ropes was out of Pagano’s reach. He was bad by his own standards. Ciber and Pagano seemed lost for a while, and I’m not sure if Pagano got hurt or they just blanked in the moment. The fake out with the table and the stage at the end was clever, as long as you’re willing to put aside the two people holding the ladder, the fact they were climbing a ladder for no reason and the music guy being psychic (or the camera guy missing the shot, I dunno.) Kamille/Taya was fine, nothing that was memorable after all the stuff that came after. They probably could’ve gotten the same sort of match out of Flammer, but the real answer if it matters is in FITE’s numbers and we don’t know those.
The three trios match built to a finish around a stick horse, which is not the most ideal concept for the biggest show of the year. The “titles only change if NGD wins” bit being announced right before the match was incredibly weak, like something a low level indie would do. It would’ve been just as easy to make it elimination and have the tecnicos cost the Gringo team the match; was there a reason the Cage or Adonis or Caballero couldn’t take a screwy loss? Ultimately this was a minor part of the show and not worth caring too much about. The tag title match had a lot of stuff but maybe too much. Everyone looked cool but it just didn’t have time to sink in. It’s also obvious in retrospect the match existed, and Willie Mack was in it and not the Copa TripleMania, as a set up for a Dr. Simi cross-promotion bit after the match. (They did another viral bit later with Las Toxicas.) AAA plastered the pharmacy mascot everywhere, so they must’ve made some nice money on the deal.
Jack Evans and Electroshock turned up in Copa TripleMania. I’m not sure if they’re in full time, or the occasional appearances like the Charly Manson guys, or just a one off. Electroshock had said he was asked to come in earlier and just was booked elsewhere. Jack has been adding a lot of muscle as if he was preparing for a bigger run than just Big Lucha.
El Dragon, wrestling as Marvel Lucha Libre character El Furioso (Hulk) was severely injured in the pre-show opener. He caught one of the luchadoras going for a plancha, carried her to another corner, and was knocked over by a top rope silla by a male luchador. Dragon laid on the mat unable to move with ringside people looking extremely concerned as they tended to him. Dragon posted a photo of himself in a hospital bed wearing a cervical collar, which fits with stories Dragon suffered some level of paralysis. He’s scheduled to get operated on today and they’ll know more about how bad it is afterward.
That Marvel match was meant to air next week. It sets up the final on 12/28, so it probably has to air unless AAA finds a venue to retape it quickly this week. AAA has aired worse injuries in the distant past, and I expect they’ll air this one as well. I didn’t go through the photo to figure out who exactly was in the match because it didn’t seem like most people understood the match and I’m not confident it ended up as a 4v4. It’ll make more sense after we see it, and I assume we will.
You have to watch the Spanish feed if you’re watching this show. The English announcers were fine and just completely let down by the production. The audio mix was as terrible as it’s been for these shows as a result of AAA airing the commentary in the arena. (I heard from people there who hated that; maybe there’s some entertainment where that works, but it does not work for wrestling.) The English feed also had the video drop out, and their announcers were seconds behind the action. It was like watching a Twitch stream of someone reacting to a video game rather than people announcing a wrestling show, complete with the announcer’s faces on screen. (The announcers are usually filmed, so they can internally signal to each other, but they had no idea that would be onscreen for this show.) Many of these problems would’ve been fixed or improved by having the English announcers on site as AAA did on the last two TripleManias. AAA did not do that. You should watch the Spanish feed.
Villano IV told Box y Lucha he planned to retire in January. There was a story going around he would retire immediately after this match but it never seemed right – he actually wrestled on Sunday in Hidalgo as scheduled. It’s a good business move to stick around for at least a few months after a mask loss, becuase people will very much pay to see him in the aftermath of this tournament.
A trailer aired for “El Origen de la Mascara”, a Marvel Lucha Libre show airing on Disney+ on 12/21, during the opener. That trailer goes up on AAA’s YouTube page on Monday night. We know nothing more than it’s the Marvel Lucha Libre characters. No idea if it’s worldwide, no idea if it’s one show or a series. I did find out that saying “X airs on Disney+” gets a lot of people asking questions. AAA and Disney haven’t announced anything else. It obviously explains why AAA is still focused on this project, that’s an actual end product beyond these matches.
A Rey Mysterio message wishing AAA well for 30 years aired during TripleMania. In the context of NJPW wrestlers showing up on WWE Raw this week and other cross-promotional bits, this looked like it could mean the start of some bigger relationship. Rey Mysterio has done videos (and even a live appearance) for AAA while still under WWE contract in the past and those have meant nothing to the relationship beyond that, so I wouldn’t read more into it beyond that for now. AAA would absolutely work with WWE if that option became open to them.
AAA did not release an attendance figure for this show. It looked disappointing and it mostly looked dark, with AAA keeping the lights low. My guess is Aniversario ended up out drawing TripleMania, but I’m not confident about that guess. There were rows Superboletos marked as sold that were empty, as close as the second row. AAA got paid if those are unsold scalper tickets, but it didn’t help the luck and suggested softer demand. The last two matches were outstanding, and for all the normal people who don’t care about the business of AAA, that’s plenty good enough. But for AAA, this lineup didn’t attract people as they hoped, at least at the ticket prices AAA offered. I presume the recent the English announcers were doing the show from home is AAA looking to save money at the last minute, but I wish they’d found a different way to send money.
The presentation was overall great. I liked the military orchestra playing classic AAA themes, the giant hanging “XXX” below the screen looked impressive. The giant entrance video wall was also impressive, but maybe too much. AAA had a hard camera set up to capture that whole screen, and it was so wide that it left the wrestlers looking tiny. They cut down the use of that shot as the show went on, for the best. The entrances were elaborate and people brought their best gear. AAA wants those big showcase elements to be part of their TripleMania brand and they did well with them on this show.
AAA put in a lot of energy on social media on this show, with the Dr. Simi bits and social media wrestling personalities Falbak and Denice Salcedo doing backstage interviews that only aired appeared on social media feeds. Those bits were a lot of stuff that’s been on TV (a very similar Toxicas/Taya segment as they did back at the Hard Rock show, Adonis & Psycho having a fight, and Gringo Loco (and Alex Colon & Joey Janela) attacking Hijo del Vikingo. It got those feuds to a new audience, though maybe it wasn’t always clear where they were going. It was evident most GCW fans had no idea Gringo Loco had been feuding with Hijo del Vikingo and came away thinking it was part of some bigger GCW/AAA angle, which it does not appear to be. That’s actually a good sign, that these were successful in enough reaching people who don’t pay attention to AAA. The trick is getting them to continue caring about AAA.
The Dr. Simi tossed-in mascot bit actually took place first in CMLL by fan, and CMLL (both wrestlers and security) clearly didn’t like it. CMLL has done sponsored characters and content before, but there’s not a chance in a million years they would’ve done a bit with dancing Dr. Simi mascots as a follow-up. It is the great advantage AAA has in forming these partnerships.
Konnan on his podcast mentioned Kenny Omega was unable to send a video for TripleMania because of ongoing legal issues. Hugo mentioned Omega was unable to appear on TripleMania due to legal problems as the Fenix/Vikingo match was going. AAA seems very concerned their fanbase will rebel if they don’t give them Omega and so they’re constantly reassuring that Omega is coming back someday, often to the detriment of the people who are actually on the show. I didn’t catch a reason why FTR or even Sammy & Tay didn’t send in videos. Tay and FTR did mention AAA after the show had taken place.
There wasn’t much promotion for anything next on this show; if you tune in for TripleManias only, you’re checking out until the next time that word is said. (The Disney story, the Rey story, the GCW/Vikingo bit, and “how the Lucha Brothers are booked in AEW” were the big talking points coming out, not as much AAA itself.) The Acapulco show came up on the Spanish broadcast as a place they’re going this year near the end of the show, but there was no sell. The Tempe show came up on the English broadcast, but it wasn’t pushed as a point of emphasis. It’s a function of AAA being a live events focused business; they’re not coming back to Mexico City any time soon, and there’s no reason to promote shows in Tempe or Acapulco to people who aren’t likely to travel to that area (or are such superfans that they don’t need the promotion.) This is also why most complains about this show will be shrugged of as “well, you should’ve been there live to get the experience” – they strictly see value in live attendance, no matter what they may say about wanting to increase media rights.
TripleMania was great as a spectacle, and great for those last two matches. If the Tempe show happens, it’ll probably also be great. (Copa TripleMania suggests that the long overdue Vikingo/Taurus Mega title match might be happening, and Tempe is the place to do it.) That Tempe show may also happen in front of about 800 paying fans, or maybe it won’t happen at all. AAA passed on their chance to promote that in front of their largest possible audience. AAA will either continue to quietly promote the show (they’re now up to one social media post about it a day) until quietly canceling the show, or they’ll hit a point of being concerned about how poorly it’s doing and suddenly start going crazy about it. I’m assuming AAA will figure out the Acapulco show much better I’m not sure why I’m that confident of that.
EMW is now listing their next show as 11/12, not the 12/03 date they advertised. It reads like something to do with the Tempe show but may have been correcting a mistake. The Crash told people they believed they had the 12/03 date on the building, not EMW. I’m not sure how that sort of mixup happens. Before this announcement was made, Konnan mentioned on his podcast that Vikingo & Psycho would appear in Tempe on 12/03, not Tijuana as originally announced. He said he had lineups for both shows and confirmed the Lucha Brothers wouldn’t be on either of them. He mentioned he was actually more excited about the EMW show, which will feature a lot of area talent. (So will the yet-to-be-announced Mexcali taping.) Vikingo & Psycho may end up back on the EMW show after all if stays on 11/12.
CMLL
CMLL (FRI) 10/14/2022 Arena México [CMLL, Estrellas del Ring, Kaiser Sports, R de Rudo, The Gladiatores, The Gladiatores (video), thecubsfan]
1) Astral, El Suicida, Panterita del Ring Jr. b Cholo, Disturbio, Inquisidor 
13:48
2) Avispa Dorada, Lluvia, Marcela b Amapola, Hera, Stephanie Vaquer
12:42. Tecnicas took 1/3. Hera replaced Silueta on Tuesday (injury)
3) El Mesías, Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr. b Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero, Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
13:55. Team Stuka won in straight falls, Mesias faking a foul UG in the second to set up a singles match (though UG still wants a hair match.)
4) La Jarochita b Princesa Sugehit, La Magnifica, Sexy Sol, Valkiria, Dalys, Reyna Isis, La Metálica, Tiffany, La Seductora, Olympia [CMLL Universal de Amazonas, semifinal]
battle royal set teams as Princesa Sugehit, La Magnifica, Sexy Sol, Reyna Isis, La Seductora, Olympia (6) vs La Metálica, Tiffany, Valkiria, Dalys, La Jarochita (5). Order of elimination Valkiris (9:23, by Seductora), Olympia (15:44, Tiffany), Seductora (18:14, Metalica), Magnifica (19:57, Jarochita), Tiffany (23:05, Isis), Sexy Sol (25:17, could not continue after dive), Metalica (25:29, Princesa Sugehit), Princesas Sugehit (28:03, La Jarochita), Reyna Isis (30:01, Dalys), Dalys (32:49, Jarochita) leaving Jarochita as the winner. She will face Lluvia in the final.
The men’s Universal tournament typically includes most of the really good CMLL wrestlers and some lesser acts who just happen to be champions. The women’s cibernetico has every woman available, the ones who are good and the ones who are not very good. The first half of the cibernetico this week was worse than Pagano/Cibernetico, often as a result as the lesser depth of the division being in the ring. It wasn’t just them – Magnifica and Dalys had a horrendous sequence all their own – but it made a very strong case to leave the Tiffanys and Seductoras on the sidelines next year. The Arena Mexico crowd is usually supportive to women’s matches and seemed very close to turning on this match and Sexy Sol’s comedy was the one thing that was working. It got much better with the final four, which only argued that maybe they should just use the good people.
There’s no update on Sexy Sol’s status. It seemed like a knee injury. It was asking too much for the other women to be able to catch the dive she did, and they did not catch it well. It didn’t seem too serious, but then neither has the Dark Silueta injuries.
The rest of this show wasn’t strong; you can safely skip this show when it comes up on YouTube in a couple of weeks. The men’s trios were alright. The semi-main trios existed just to build up Mesias/UG. (Soberano and Ultimo Guerrero didn’t interact much, for what it’s worth.) The opening tecnicos look good when they could but didn’t click completely with the tencicos. The women’s trios was better than the women’s tag, though Avispa Dorada looked to be on a different page than her opponents. The Vaquer/Lluvia stuff was good.
CMLL (SAT) 10/15/2022 Arena Coliseo [CMLL, Estrellas del Ring]
1) Cachorro & Neón b Bengala & Leono
Neon went for a SSP to win, but went wildly off target, hitting the top rope and falling to the floor.
2) Astral, Sangre Imperial, Valiente Jr. b Dr. Karonte I, Dr. Karonte II, Enfermero Jr. 
3) Fuego, Magia Blanca, Magnus b Bestia Negra, Difunto, Zandokan Jr.
Fuego’s first match in CMLL since March 2020. KeMonito appeared as apart of this match.
4) Blue Panther & Dark Panther DCOR Panterita del Ring & Panterita del Ring Jr.
Blue Panther 44th Anniversary show. A second straight draw between them after a Panther tope.
5) Negro Casas, Valiente, Volador Jr. b Atlantis Jr., Dragón Rojo Jr., Gran Guerrero
Valiente’s first match since November 2020 (knee injury). His team took 2/3.
I’ve never seen someone miss on the shooting star press quite like Neon did. Marek Brave just went up and down, Neon flew to the side somehow. The Panther/Panterita thing feels like it’s building to something, not sure what.
Fuego told the press that he moved to the US during the pandemic, working construction jobs in Chicago and Dallas. He needed to find a way to make money for his family and was focused on that. He used the money he made to build a small home back in Oaxaca. Fuego insists he had no problem with CMLL, CMLL had no problem with him, and they kept in regular touch during his absence. Fuego feels 90%, still needs to get all the way back, but he expects to be wrestling regularly. Fuego’s not listed on any upcoming card at this point. His chest was heavily marked; his opponents welcomed him back with hard chops.
Valiente says he lost 29 kg (63 lbs) and dealing with his depressoin during his year-long recovery. (It sounds like he weight went up while he was laid up post-knee surgery, not that he lost 29 kg from what he weighed when last active in CMLL.) That’s a lot of weight. He puts himself at 60%. Valiente also says he didn’t have anything to do with his three children getting jobs in CMLL while he was out. He thanked Herodes Jr. and Volador Jr. for helping him out when he was sidelined.
CMLL (SUN) 10/16/2022 Arena México [CMLL, Kaiser Sports]
1) Angelito & Shockercito b Minos & Pequeño Violencia
2) Átomo & Chamuel b Micro Gemelo Diablo I & Micro Gemelo Diablo II
Chamuel snuck in a foul on one of the Gemelo Diablos
3) Felino & Felino Jr. b Arkalis & Pegasso [CMLL TAG, #1 Contenders, quarterfinal]
4) Gemelo Diablo I & Gemelo Diablo II b Blue Panther & Dark Panther [CMLL TAG, #1 Contenders, quarterfinal]
5) Dragón Rojo Jr. & Hijo del Villano III b Cancerbero & Luciferno [CMLL TAG, #1 Contenders, quarterfinal]
6) Panterita del Ring & Panterita del Ring Jr. b Espíritu Negro & Rey Cometa [CMLL TAG, #1 Contenders, quarterfinal]
7) Gemelo Diablo I & Gemelo Diablo II b Felino & Felino Jr. [CMLL TAG, #1 Contenders, semifinal]
8) Dragón Rojo Jr. & Hijo del Villano III b Panterita del Ring & Panterita del Ring Jr. [CMLL TAG, #1 Contenders, semifinal]
9) Gemelo Diablo I & Gemelo Diablo II b Dragón Rojo Jr. & Hijo del Villano III [CMLL TAG, #1 Contenders, final]
10) La Jarochita, Lluvia, Marcela, Princesa Sugehit b Amapola, Dalys, Reina Isis, Stephanie Vaquer
Tecnicas took 2/3
Los Gemelos Diablos are going to be constant contenders to the tag team titles as long as they exist but it’d be a big downgrade if they win next week.
The booth to sign up for the free mammograms was set up on the street right next to the mask vendors. It’s an odd visual. I presume they did the actual mammograms elsewhere.
Today’s Puebla show has Jarochita & Lluvia defending the national tag titles against Dalys & Reyna Isis.
CMLL (TUE) 10/18/2022 Arena México
1) Acero, Aéreo, Kaligua vs Minos, Pequeño Polvora, Pequeño Violencia
2) Astral, Leono, Valiente Jr. vs Disturbio, Inquisidor, Raider
3) Avispa Dorada, La Guerrera, La Magnifica vs Amapola, Hera, Metálica
4) Dulce Gardenia, Espíritu Negro, Rey Cometa vs Felino, Felino Jr., Rey Bucanero
5) Atlantis, Negro Casas, Stuka Jr. vs Hechicero, Mephisto, Terrible
Just a show.
CMLL (FRI) 10/21/2022 Arena México
1) Esfinge, Fugaz, Star Black vs Magia Blanca, Magnus, Rugido
2) Avispa Dorada, Marcela, Princesa Sugehit vs Dalys, Reyna Isis, Stephanie Vaquer
3) Gran Guerrero, Místico, Volador Jr. vs Averno, Euforia, Soberano Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
4) Último Guerrero vs El Mesías
5) Lluvia vs La Jarochita [CMLL UNIVERSAL DE AMAZONAS]
Lluvia versus La Jarochita is a very Universal tournament match; I think only doing the Aniversario rematch would be bigger. I think they’re going to be set on having a great match, and they’re going to get the chance to do it. I’ve got more faith in it than Ultimo Guerrero/Mesias, which has replaced Ultimo Guerrero/Ciber the Main Man as the UG hair match that just keeps getting teased.
Averno appeared on the Dia de Luchador show and then hasn’t been back since. It’s not quite the Atlantis Jr. disappearing act because that’s just the Averno schedule now.
The 09/25 CMLL Ladies Ring show is up NikoNiko as part of a 550 Yen ($3.7 USD) subscription.
Felino, Tigre Metalico and Ultimo Guerreor tell ghost stories about Arena Mexico.
Mistico says he’s going to retire – around 2030. He also said it in a non-serious way.
Big Lucha
Big Lucha (FRI) 10/14/2022 Bandidos Gym, Iztapalapa, Distrito Federal [Mas Lucha]
1) King, Kong, Potro b Carito, Tirano, Viajero 
Potro gave Tirano a martinete. Fulgor convinced Kong to cheat to win, and he appeared to break up with King after the match.
2) Ayako Hamada & Faby Apache b Catalina & Sussy Love
3) Cometa Maya, Éxtasis, Radioactivo b Forneo, Sol, Torito Negro Jr.
Hannya, now healthy, attacked Radioactivo and the two agreed to do their mask match in Big Lucha.
4) The Tiger (Indie) b Emperador Azteca [KAOZ CRUISER]
Azteca had been champion since May 2019. The Tiger said he’d beat Azteca again in their upcoming mask match.
5) Dark Cuervo, Dark Ozz, Dark Scoria, Dark Spíritu b Accion Jackson, Bendito, Elemental, Flamita
rematch challenge followed
6) El Bandido b Yutani [BL WORLD]
a brawl broke out between Black Generacion and Bandido’s tecnicos afterward
The attendance seemed a little down from the last show. I thought Yutani/Baniddo was good but that didn’t seem to be the consensus. I did come over from watching the CMLL show so maybe my standards were lowered. The third match, between the Hell Flyers and Delta Force, was a lot of fun. The direction out of this show was unclear.
IWRG
IWRG (FRI) 10/14/2022 Arena Naucalpan [IWRG]
1) Shocko b Águila Roja
2) Corsario Negro Jr. & Drako b Jhon Tito & Spider Fly
3) Freelance b Aster Boy
4) Diosa Quetzal b Keyra
5) Oficial 911 b Maniacop 360
6) Hijo del Pirata Morgan b Hell Boy
Hell Boy asked for a rematch
7) Hijo De Canis Lupus b Tonalli
Mas Lucha didn’t cover the Friday show, at least not live. That usually means it’ll turn up on the IWRG channel later.
IWRG (SUN) 10/16/2022 Arena Naucalpan [La Tijera, Mas Lucha]
1) Súper Boy b Águila Oriental 
2) Brad Alexis & Tortuga Leo b Jhon Tito & Sol Aguila Roja
3) Epydemius, Juventud Aérea (Tamaulipas), Rey Halcón Jr. b Noisy Boy, Relámpago, Spider Fly
Relampago switched places with Shocko
4) Aster Boy & Cerebro Negro b Garra Mortal & Hell Boy
Garra Mortal replacd Puma de Oro
5) Hijo del Alebrije, Luka, Shocko b Gran Pandemónium, Hijo de Pandemónium, Pandemónium Jr.
Shocko switched places with Relampago
6) Aramis & Hijo del Pirata Morgan b Laredo Kid & Rey León
Aramis replaced Hijo de Canis Lupus, who was hurt but still appeared to cost Rey Leon the match.
Puma de Oro actually took a martinete from Aster Boy before the match started and sold it as a seizure. It was lucky Garra Mortal just so happened to be around to replace him. Everyone’s going to try to copy the Dulce Gardenia thing forever.
Other News
Humberto Garza (Mario Humberto Garza, 85) passed away on Sunday. He’d been in bad health for a while. He was a star in northern Mexico, and wrestled in EMLL in the 60s, 70s and 80s. He’s was the oldest member of the Garza family, notable the father of Humberto (Jr.) and Hector Garza, and the grandfather of Humberto Carillo and Angel Garza. Humberto Sr. is credited with innovating the tope suicida. WWE acknowledged Garza’s passing, which seems like part of a change in people WWE acknowledged at all.
Chiapas police arrested Shocker after he attacked multiple cards and insulted nearby people in Tuxtla Gutierrez. A video of Shocker smacking a car and refusing to move from it’s path went viral on Saturday night. The police’s report says Shocker was drunk and on drugs, and tried to attack other inmates. The police say they moved Shocker to his own cell, where he repeatedly hit his head on the bars, then undressed and tried to commit suicide, which the police say they stopped. Shocker was released on bail Sunday morning, apparently paid by the local wrestling promoter who used him in the main event on Sunday. There are explicit photos of a bloody and naked Shocker in a jail cell circulating on social media (you can find them, I’m not linking to them) as proof he was mistreated; the police statement exists mostly to declare it wasn’t the police who put him in that condition. I’m not sure what could be the legitimate reason for those photos getting out and it does make me question the police’s story slightly. Shocker’s been public with his substance abuse issues, having moments of sobriety and others low moments. I don’t know how it will end up for Shocker but it doesn’t seem like it’ll end well.
Joey Janela won the Lucha Libre Vanguarda title on Friday’s show, pinning Adrenalina (and not former champion Jimmy.)
I wasn’t able to record the Nacion Lucha Libre feed. ImagenTV said they were streaming it, but the stream wasn’t running when I checked (during the main event of TripleMania, a less-than-ideal time.) Nacion hasn’t uploaded the show anywhere and the only discussion I can find about it is in the comments of Nacion Lucha Libre’s Facebook post. Most of the discussion there was complaining about the show airing against TripleMania.
Diva Virtual took Lady Amazona’s hair Saturday night in Arena San Juan. Those Cholo de Tijuana shows do pretty well, but that show against TripleMania looks to have drawn very poorly.
Reynosa’s Arena Coliseo Reynosa had Komander vs Rey Astral announced for Sunday. That arena runs 1 pm shows, so that must’ve been a long day for Komander. That’s not the story. Fans were excited for Komander vs Rey Astral, they got the start of that match, and then they got El Divo and friends running in to attack Rey Astral with a guitar. This was a bit to set up a Rey Astral/Divo match, but it angered the fans enough to throw garbage at the ring, which also hit people sitting in the first couple of rows. (The garbage really starts flying at about 17:15.) Fans were upset about getting hit with stuff and about an increasingly rare Komander appearance in his home city ending like this, enough so that Rey Astral posted a sort of apology on Facebook.
Segunda Caida writes about Canek vs Riki Choshu from UWA.