CMLL
CMLL (MON) 03/25/2024 Arena Puebla [Grada, Porra Fresa]
1) Diablita Roja & Mayahuel b Enigmática & Lady Metal
2) Crixus, Difunto, Raider b El Malayo, El Perverso, Siky Ozama 
CDMX rudos challenged Puebla rudos for their Occidente (GDL) trios championships
3) Tessa Blanchard b Lluvia [lightning]
4) Guerrero Maya Jr., Pegasso, Stigma b Futuro, Max Star, Neón
5) Soberano Jr., Templario, Último Guerrero b Atlantis Jr., Averno, Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
Romero ran in for the DQ, leading into the main event
6) Rocky Romero b Máscara Dorada
Originally a title match, quietly a non-title match and begin out of the semimain post match. Romero got his knees up on Dorada’s SSP and cradled him for the win. Romero challenged Volador to a singles match next week.
So this was weird. There’s an old CMLL trick – an old Mexican wrestling trick either – when they’re not going to deliver on a promoted stipulation. One side of the match interferes in the previous match, then the other side attacks them to go right into their match. It saves the ring announcer from revealing the match isn’t for whatever title it’s supposed to be, and fans might not even notice the champion never brought the belt. They pulled this one here, distracting from the main event by not being a title match by rushing into it.
Only can guess at why it wasn’t a title match. Maybe Romero is busy on the Universal tournament day and no one realized it until it was too late. Maybe the commission threw some wrench. Maybe we’ll see the video someday and they’ll explain it well.
CMLL (TUE) 03/26/2024 Arena México [CMLL, thecubsfan]
1) Galaxy, Kaligua, Pequeño Magía b Full Metal, Mercurio, Pequeño Polvora 
9:43
2) Eléctrico, Fuego, Robin b Dr. Karonte I, Enfermero Jr., Inquisidor
Inquisidor replaced Grako
3) Hera, Olympia, Tessa Blanchard b Lluvia, Marcela, Tabata
16:09
4) Virus b Fugaz [lightning]
6:44
5) Atlantis & Octagón b Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja
11:55
6) Rocky Romero, Soberano Jr., Templario b Flip Gordon, Star Jr., Volador Jr.
12:11. Templario was eliminated, came back in to distract the referee, and Romero pulled Star Jr.’s mask to set up a cradle. Star Jr. and Rocky Romero agreed to a singles match
Attendance was much higher than usual for a Tuesday. This might be a holiday week reaction. The crowd that did show up cheered loudly for Octagon and Atlantis. Nothing notable in match quality; at least nothing notable positively. Matches 2/3 had some not good performances.
After the show, Soberano claimed he and Templario no longer wanted to be Mexicans and asked Rocky Romero to help them become Americans. Rocky said they’d fill out a few forms and get it done. Templario asked if they could move Tlaxcala to the US too and Romero suggested it could become part of Texas. (They did not address Monday’s non-title match.)
CMLL (TUE) 03/26/2024 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [CMLL, Mas Lucha]
1) Avispón Negro Jr., Lince Del Bajio, Último Ángel b Eclipse Jr., El Jabalí, Ponzoña Jr.
2) Dulce Kitty, Lady Shadow, Miss Guerrera b Hatanna, Magia Azul, Valkiria
Tabata announced, then replaced by Centinela a few hours later. Valkyria ended up in the spot, and Dulce Kitty replaced Alondra
3) Leo, Omar Brunetti, Vaquero Jr. DDQ Infierno, Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno
double fouls fouls both ways
4) Andrómeda, Lady Metal, Skadi b Adira, Náutica, Sexy Sol
5) Blue Panther Jr., Dark Panther, Hijo de Blue Panther b Ráfaga, Sagrado, Zandokan Jr.
Rafaga replaced Misterioso
6) Brillante Jr., Máscara Dorada, Titán b Averno, Euforia, Mephisto
That’s two straight missed shows for Misterioso.
CMLL (SAT) 03/30/2024 Arena Coliseo
1) Micro Gemelo Diablo I & Micro Gemelo Diablo II vs Micro Ditto & Mije
2) Rayo Metálico & Xelhua vs Alom & Dragón de Fuego
3) Dark Panther vs Espanto Jr. [lightning]
4) La Catalina, Lluvia, Marcela vs Dark Silueta, Tessa Blanchard, Willow Nightingale
5) Star Black, Valiente, Volcano vs Gemelo Diablo II, Gran Guerrero, Kráneo
6) Atlantis Jr., Místico, Star Jr. vs Rocky Romero, Soberano Jr., Templario
Willow appears to be staying in CMLL for a moment, while BCC are one show and out.
CMLL announced Wheeler Yuta would be unable to wrestle on Friday and Matt Sydal will replace him. Yuta hasn’t wrestled since January 10, 2024. AEW keeps injury information very quiet and I’m not sure what Yuta’s injury has been. Sydal has wrestled three matches against CMLL wrestlers while in AEW, including singles matches with Magnus and Mistico, so it makes sense for him to be used as a replacement. He’s also a former WWE wrestler, and that’s part of the draw here. Mexican reactions were generally positive about the change.
CMLL Informa today has a cast of thousands
- Tony Salazar (H2L)
- Mistico, Volador Jr., Blue Panther (vs AEW)
- Atlantis Jr., Rocky Romero, Soberano, Templario (tournament final)
- Tessa Blanchard (women’s match)
- Magnus (tag title match)
- Villano III, Akuma, Espanto Jr. (04/06 Arena Coliseo Tag Match)
No AEW people. Media people have been told AEW people won’t be available for interviews after Friday’s show.
MLW announced Felino for their 05/11 show, which is notable only in that social media discourse thought Felino might be jumping to AAA to team with Negro Casas as one his TripleMania mystery partners. I guess he still could, seemed unlikely to begin with. AAA never actually said Wagner & Casas would be teaming with family members, but most people are convinced that’s the deal because of how they presented the match.
Box y Lucha 3596 has Homenaje a Dos Leyendas on the cover. I can probably pre-write this same sentence for 3597 next week.
ESTO has a Tony Salazar bio (or, more accurate, a recap of the videos CMLL has been posting.)
AAA
Neither of these are directly AAA but there’s nothing to put in this section today.
Mas Lucha had a 27 minute interview with Komander from the KAOZ show Sunday, minus them time where the KAOZ promoter wanders into the interview to praise him. (I believe the Komander KAOZ->AEW contract move worked out happily for the KAOZ promoter and so he always makes an effort to praise Komander.) Komander’s asked about him, AAA, and their Crusierweight title. Komander notes he recently defended the belt against Action Jackson in Reynosa. He would like to be on AAA shows defended it, AAA wants it, AEW also wants it, but they’ve just had problems all lining up together for dates. Komander would like to also wrestle CMLL wrestlers, though he understands the difficulties behind that. He doesn’t worry about not being able to used on certain (CMLL) shows, but just is focusing on being ready when AEW needs him. Komander says he’d talked to “Senor Villano” (Villano V, I think) earlier in the day and he praised Komander for his work internationally. Komander feels like he gets a lot of criticism in social media (Mexican social by his phrasing) and it helps to here praise from veterans.
Mas Lucha also talked to Tiffany, who says she left CMLL on very good terms, it was just the end of her cycle there, and she wanted to see what it was like to be an independent wrestler. Tiffany popped up on a 05/12 Gran Apache show with a bunch of AAA wrestlers before she left CMLL; her story is Faby asked her to participate, she definitely wanted to be there and thought she could, but hadn’t actually decided to leave CMLL at that point. (At another point, Tiffany talks about a project she wanted to do that CMLL would not allow her, which could be this show.) Eventually, she decided to og. Tiffany talks about getting a lot of messages from fellow CMLL wrestlers, and it sounds like very few of them knew she was leaving in advance. She thanks Paco Alonso for bringing her in, Salvador Lutteroth, Edgar Noriega, Tony Salazar, and Alexis Salazar by name. Tiffany newest retirement timeline is “a year and half at most.” She notes that everyone assumes that she’s now going to be of AAA’s Origenes tour, but she hadn’t talked to anyone in AAA, yet. That “yet” is the important word; she’s clear that she’d like to be part of that and feels like she should be invited.
IWRG
There’s an AAA/Rosales show on Friday, so no show on Thursday. They do have a gym show on Sunday
IWRG (SUN) 03/31/2024 Arena Naucalpan
1) Indra & Silver Hawk vs Fobia & Shura King
2) Drakula, Pequeño Drago, Viral vs Atómico, Hijo de Rey Pantera, Mariachi
ULLO vs Radioactivo
3) Allan Star, Bralzephone, Impacto vs Argus, Hijo De Sparta, Sparta
Gym Mexico vs Lucha Libre Boom
4) Adam Del Castillo, Dardo, Rey Azteca vs Anara Haki, Giako, Gigante Karoshi
Gym Infiero vs Gym 23 de Junio
5) Oficial AK47 & Oficial Fierro vs Multifacetico Jr. & Tornado
Fierro 30th anniversary match
6) Águila Oriental, Águila Roja, Ajolotl, Auzter, Fussion, Rey Astaroth, Rey Halcón, Tornado vs Bumbu, Charly Boy, Dragón Suicida, Emperador Slayer, Energía, Hauzer, Jitsu, Zoom Driver [Copa Higher Power]
FILL vs Gym Lucha MX
These used to be all trainee shows, but there are some names in that main event who are definitely not trainees.
IWRG also announced a Lucha Libre show for next Sunday
IWRG , LLB (SUN) 04/07/2024 Arena Naucalpan
1) Macho I, Macho II, Macho III vs Argus, Demencia, Rocky Bulldog
2) Hijo De Sparta vs Príncipe Centauro, Gravedad Cero, New Level, The Crow, Corazón Guerrero, Sparta, Karma I
3) Águila Oriental, Noisy Boy, Spider Fly vs Cometa, Sol, X-Devil
4) Águila Roja, Fandango, Hellboy, Puma de Oro vs Carta Brava, Lunatik Xtreme, Súper Boy, Toto
5) Reina Isis & Shamila vs La Catalina & Mary Caporal
6) Máscara Dorada & Místico vs Soberano Jr. & Templario
That’s a better main event than usual, though these don’t tend to be the hardest working matches.
Other News
ESTO also has an interview with Komander.
Black Taurus says he’d like to go to Japan one day and also face CMLL wrestlers in Mexico.
Here Is Oregon has a profile of Portland Lucha Libre.
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