CMLL
CMLL (MON) 07/10/2023 Arena Puebla [El Sol del Puebla, Porra Fresa]
1) Astro & Rayo Metálico b Espíritu Maligno & Fénix SO
2) Apocalipsis, Cholo, Disturbio b Black Tiger, Centella Roja, Meyer
3) Perverso & Rey Samuray b Amnesia, Asturiano, Millenium, Xelhua, El Malayo, Prayer, Rey Apocalipsis, Siki Ozama Jr. [CMLL BARROCO, semifinal] 
Rey Samuray & Perverso advanced to next week’s final. Listed as the 2023 championship.
4) Averno, Pegasso, Templario b Dragón Rojo Jr., Magia Blanca, Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
straight falls, setting up Pegasso to challenge Magia Blanca for the MEX WELTER next week
5) Gran Guerrero, Hechicero, Último Guerrero b Euforia, Mephisto, Soberano Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
Porra Fresa guessed it’d be those two in the final. I guessed the other title match. (The other title match was easy to guess.)
CMLL (TUE) 07/11/2023 Arena México
1) Galaxy & Shockercito b Pequeño Violencia & Pierrothito
2) Dr. Karonte I, Dr. Karonte II, Enfermero Jr. b Cachorro, Eléctrico, Robin
3) Espanto Jr., Felino Jr., Sangre Imperial b Fuego, Hombre Bala Jr., Misterioso Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
Sangre Imperial used the ropes to beat Hombre Bala, may be turning rudo.
4) Stephanie Vaquer b La Catalina [lightning]
first time match between the two Chileans; Vaquer won via submission in 8:18.
5) Blue Panther, Star Jr., Valiente b Bárbaro Cavernario, Niebla Roja, Terrible
6) Dragón Rojo Jr., Soberano Jr., Volador Jr. b Ángel de Oro, Místico, Templario [Relevos Increíbles]
Angel de Oro attempted to foul Volador, but he blocked him and spun him in to a backcracker. Dragon Rojo powerbombed Templario for a pin. Dragon Rojo again demanded a mask match with Templario, Templario accepted – but Angel de Oro also demanded a hair match with Volador, who said he’d only accept if it was a normal match (no cage, not like the H2L match.) Mistico and Soberano were long gone by the time of those challenges.
So, Soberano Jr. is definitely out of the Aniversario mix and Volador & Angel de Oro Jr. are now in. This might be not be the final configuration, with Atlantis, Fuerza Guerrera and Octagon all in the main event on Friday. Volador pre-emptively burying the idea of a multi-man match hopefully means they’re going somewhere else with this concept.
If CMLL has the energy to do a Sangre Imperial heel turn angle, they should use that energy more constructively.
Vaquer/Catalina worked hard for a Tuesday lightning match; it was a big deal to them.
CMLL (TUE) 07/11/2023 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [thecubsfan]
1) Infierno, Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno b Avispón Negro Jr., Cosmos, Hijo del Calavera 
2) Johnny Dinamo, Mortis, Omega b Halcón Suriano Jr., Misterio Blanco, Misterio Negro
finish didn’t air on the stream
3) Demonio Maya, Leo, Omar Brunetti b Apocalipsis, Cholo, Disturbio
4) Ángel Rebelde, Optimus, Trono b Akuma, Dark Magic, Raider
5) Crixus, Difunto, Zandokan Jr. DQ Dulce Gardenia, Halcón Negro Jr., Vaquero Jr.
Halcon Negro Jr. unmasked Crixus for the DQ as their long feud continues.
6) Bestia Negra, Furia Roja, Guerrero de la Muerte b Esfinge, Fugaz, Star Black
Bestia Negra beat Esfinge using the ropes, which may set up a title match
There are a lot of little ways you can tell Guadalajara is on in a bubble separated from the rest of CMLL, and there are big ways like beating the guys who are about to be in a double hair match on Friday. The main event makes more sense now that it’s setting up a Esfinge match (but also they’re setting up an Esfinge match.)
Articles on Tuesday marked the anniversary of Atlantis’ official EMLL debut on July 11, 1983. (As noted previously, someone named Atlantis was wrestling on EMLL shows back into 1982, and no one’s ever figured out what the deal is there.) In Record, Atlantis claims he was planning to wrestle only two years and ended up wrestling forty so far. He also says he may just quietly disappear one day instead of announcing a retirement show, but also that he would accept a retirement show if CMLL thought that was a better idea. This is the same Atlantis who said he’s never ever going to retire last time it came up.
CMLL (SAT) 07/15/2023 Arena Coliseo
1) Acero & Aéreo vs Full Metal & Pequeño Polvora
2) Diamond, Flyer, Oro Jr. vs Inquisidor, Nitro, Raider
3) El Audaz vs El Coyote [lightning]
4) La Magnifica, La Vaquerita, Sanely vs Dark Silueta, Hera, Olympia
5) Pegasso, Stigma, Volcano vs Kráneo, Magnus, Rugido
6) Metalik, Soberano Jr., Titán vs Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr., Último Guerrero
You can tell Metalik is coming in on the “foreigner” schedule because they’re going to work him in every show possible.
Dark Silueta: not able to defend her title on Friday, good to wrestle on Saturday. Maybe it’s a singles versus trios issue?
Fuerza Guerrera revealed the surgery that put him out of action earlier this year was intestinal surgery. He says the injury is so old that he got it wrestling Perro Aguayo – the senior, not the junior. Guerrera never wanted to get it operated on because his mother had similar pains, it turned out to actually be the stomach cancer which killed her, and I guess he was scared they’d discover the same thing. He was internally bleeding, with blood coming out of his mouth, and was in a lot of pain before he finally got the operation done.
CMLL Informa will have Atlantis & Octagon (40th Anniversary), Metalik (return!) Rey Cometa & Espiritu Negro (hair match), Lluvia & Reyna Isis (Mexican Women’s Championship), Magnus & Rugido (new tag champs) and Dark Panther & Hijo del Villano III (???)
CMLL announced an upcoming tie up with the Denver Broncos. Maybe I need a chart to decide which lucha libre promotion each NFL team has decided to ally with.
AAA
Tu Plan de Juego has a report on the Orizaba taping. They cite the weather (rain flooding nearby streets), a fan still burnt by a show that didn’t happen as promised last year, and a general lack of interest in AAA as reasons for the low turnout. Money was thrown in the TV opener (the one with the debuts) and the show was said to be the best lucha libre show in Orizaba this year, but they didn’t motivate enough people to come out and see it.
Even Dralistico’s not sure if Rush is working the Tijuana show on Friday. He hopes Rush does, but doesn’t think people want to see the 2v2 match, they want to see LA Park vs Rush. Dralistico believes only Dorian and Rush know what happened, and says Rush is the sort of person who be really mad at you one moment and then call you five minutes later to tell you how much he loves you. Dralistico himself sounds like he’s fine continuing to work with AAA, though he’s off to NOAH this weekend and would like to challenge Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. for his title.
Sam Adonis listed his upcoming schedule on Twitter, including a press conference next Tuesday. Everyone assumes he’s and Psycho are advancing in the tournament on Sunday and main eventing in Mexico City. I don’t think Sam is going to the press conference to talk about participating in the Copa TripleMania.
Albert, in the comments of the last post, mentioned the last Lucha Juarez promoted Guerra de Titanes coming to that town. That makes sense – HBO said the show takes place November 19th, and that’s the week AAA always runs Ciudad Juarez (when there’s no global health emergency.)
Cibernetico, in a post-Master Chef media tour, says he plans on wrestling for three more years.
IWRG
IWRG (THU) 07/13/2023 Arena Naucalpan
1) Latino Boy & Legado vs Adrenalina & Kenji
2) Danessa & Lolita vs Alisha La Guerrera & Princesa Legna
3) Noisy Boy (c) vs Águila Roja [IWRG REY DEL AIRE]
first defense
4) Hell Boy, Puma de Oro, Spider Fly vs Imposible, Relámpago, Tonalli
5) Hijo de Canis Lupus vs Hijo del Pirata Morgan
It would be surprising if Noisy Boy lost the title he just won before he has the match with Latigo they set up in the post match. Main might be good.
IWRG is putting all their results in one post the day after the show. It’s so much better that way, glad they’re doing it.
Other News
El Hijo del Dr. Wagner retained the GHC National Championship on Monday, defeating Amakusa for his fifth defense.
Promociones Cruz says their show on Saturday in Arena Azteca Budokan is canceled. I presume this is due to the Neza government inspecting and temporarily shutting down some local arenas (and non-wrestling venues) following the deaths at Arena San Juan last week. I didn’t catch it until now, but the Robles show this Friday at Arena San Juan has also been canceled.
Sussy Love, who hasn’t been seen in months, popped back up on Big Lucha’s social media in an interview role, with Foreno in this one. She mentioned she’s been gone with an injury; I believe she was actually working on Luchatitlan and is now off that show with an injury.
Mas Lucha announced a 17th Anniversary show for July 27th in Arena Naucalpan, with Psycho Clown & Gronda XXX vs DMT Azul & Sam Adonis. That sounds fairly terrible. It’s a membership only show, maybe they’ll have some good matches too.
Vangellys announced the founding of Vangellys Entertainment in a press conference on Tuesday. That sentence alone should tip you off that this is not a serious thing to cover, but it’s here so we can look back at it fondly down the road. Vangellys says he’s going to help promote MMA, Bikini (American Women’s) Football, bodybuilding, boxing, and lucha libre all in one event on July 29th at Sala de Armas. The post says it’ll be a 12 hour show running from 11 AM to 11 pm. There must be a very particular money person involved, and that person is very particularly going to lose lots of money. Vangellys was supposed to be involved with the Arena CM project last year, quietly disappeared from that project, and will quietly disappear from this one as well when the money runs out.
A local legislature proposed the state of Quintana Roo officially endorse lucha libre as part of the state’s cultural heritage. This concept passed in Mexico City last decade. The article noting the proposal also points out almost no lucha libre arena from the heyday of regional lucha libre (70s); just the bullring, which is mostly used by concerts. The article also says there’s no regular lucha libre gym in the state, and that many of the “stars of Quintana Roo” mentioned in the legislation are wrestlers who came from elsewhere. The one regular venue I know of post-pandemic is an outdoor show put on by a food truck company every other Thursday. They do bring in a national name to headline it (often CMLL wrestlers.) That’s not mentioned in the article. The article also doesn’t much Luchatitlan; given that project’s ties with local government, I guess that’s where the idea came from.
An article in La Voz de Queretaro about women’s wrestling in that state notes that there’s not much of a local scene; the women who are into wrestling find there are not many opponents or opportunities to continue.
Torreon luchador Urban X and referee/radio host/YouTube uploader Angel el Elegante had a brief skirmish at Arena Campeones last Saturday. The YoDeportivo article says the Torreon Box y Lucha commission may punish both men.
Terror Infernal fell hard out of the Arena Aficion ring on Sunday, when the top rope broke after he hit. I haven’t seen video, just an article noting the incident and that Terror Infernal was OK enough to return to the match after a few minutes of concern.
Box y Lucha #3559 congratulates Atlantis on the cover. This is no article about Atlantis inside the magazine.