April 26, 2024 – luchablog

CMLL

CMLL (FRI) 04/26/2024 Arena México
***Arena Mexico 68th Anniversary***
1) Angelito & Último Dragóncito vs Acero & Aéreo
2) Capitán Suicida, Futuro, Max Star vs Crixus, Okumura, Raider
3) Sanely, Skadi, Tessa Blanchard vs Dark Silueta, La Catalina, Stephanie Vaquer [Relevos Increíbles]
4) Dulce Gardenia vs Virus vs Akuma vs Disturbio [hair]
5) Templario vs Ángel de Oro
6) Máscara Dorada vs Titán vs Magnus [CMLL Universal, final]

If Mascara Dorada wins, it’s a continuation of his rocket push. If Titan wins, it’s a career achievement checked off, and it’s a big win NJPW can talk about for the Best of Super Junior tournament.

If Magnus wins, does that reveal the Aniversario apuesta match? This is a career year for Magnus but he doesn’t make sense at this point in his career as someone getting a permeant elevation by winning this tournament. A temporary one, where Magnus wins big here to make him more credible later on. (Magnus/Dorada or Magnus/Titan is probably not enough to draw 15K on it’s own, but maybe can get there with some AEW help.) I think that’s the least likely outcome of the three, but that’s a mask match is where your mind should go if Magnus ends the night holding up the red belt.

Angel de Oro and Templario should be good but it’s a strange match to do, and stranger still to do it on this card with two other individual matches.

A reminder how (I think) the four way apuesta match w0rks

the first two people beat are done, go to the back after they’re eliminated
the third person beat loses their hair

Akuma seems on his way up and should get another big hair win on this show. Normal CMLL patterns might instead have Dulce avenge his partners by defeating Akuma, but that doesn’t feel like the right move. Neither Virus, Disturbio nor Dulce would be hurt long term by taking the loss, but Disturbio’s the one least likely to be so high up on a card again.

Sanely was OK (at best) when she was wrestling regularly from 2016 to 2019. She’s since had two severe knee injuries and a new child. Sanely seems to really well representing CMLL at press conferences and events, and so she’ll always be around, but I’m not expecting much from her in-ring. La Catalina and Stephanie Vaquer being on the same team means we’ll likely get some team in-fighting in that match.

Okumura finds himself on a big show again, what are the odds. That match 2 is one where it would help a lot if Crixus was good. The opener should be solid.

CMLL (SAT) 04/27/2024 Arena Coliseo
1) Kaligua vs Pequeño Violencia [lightning]
2) Eléctrico & Leono vs Forneo & Inquisidor
3) Arkalis, Hombre Bala Jr., Rey Samuray vs Crixus, Dark Magic, Okumura
4) Kira, Marcela, Tessa Blanchard vs Hera, Persephone, Reyna Isis [Relevos Increíbles]
5) Blue Panther, Dark Panther, Hijo de Blue Panther vs Gemelo Diablo II, Kráneo, Sagrado
6) Euforia, Soberano Jr., Valiente vs Esfinge, Flip Gordon, Templario [Relevos Increíbles]

There’s too many CMLL relevos increibles again. The women’s one seems to be CMLL wanting Tessa to be a tecnica but not committing to it. I’m not sure the purpose of Soberano and Templario being on opposite sides at this point.

CMLL (SUN) 04/28/2024 Arena México
1) Galaxy & Shockercito vs Full Metal & Pierrothito
2) Astral & Diamond vs Apocalipsis & Cholo
3) Tessa Blanchard vs Zeuxis
4) Neón vs Zandokan Jr., Robin, Crixus, Fuego, Akuma [Torneo Embajador De Los Niños]
5) Atlantis, Hijo de Octagón, Octagón vs Ángel de Oro, Magia Blanca, Niebla Roja
6) Máscara Dorada, Titán, Volador Jr. vs Bárbaro Cavernario, Dragón Rojo Jr., Terrible

A big weekend for Akuma: could win a hair match and the championship of the children. I don’t like Los Barbaros odds in the main event. I would not put it past CMLL to last minute announce it’s streaming live and live only again.

05/11 MLW

That’s all the CMLL wrestlers accounted for and all those matches are part of the Triller+ broadcast (8 USD/month.) MLW tapes a second show around that PPV – a little before they go live and a lot after, typically – but the CMLL look to be only wrestling the PPV. Look for me as the person waving goodbye as soon as that PPV ends.

Pro Wrestling Ventures (ex-Warrior Wrestling) has Stephanie Vaquer versus Kylie Rae on 05/16 in Chicago.

RevPro says they’ll start announcing matches for their 05/19 doubleheader this weekend.

Lucka Libre (Tijuana) has Mascara Dorada, Mistico and Atlantis Jr. against Soberano, Templario and Barbaro Caveranrio on 05/25.

AAA

AAA TV (SAT) 04/27/2024 Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
1) Estrellita, Faby Apache, Reina Dorada, Sexy Star vs Dalys, Flammer, La Hiedra, Maravilla
2) El Elegido vs Pimpinela Escarlata, Antifaz del Norte, Súper Caló, Aerostar, Chessman, Niño Hamburguesa, Mr. Iguana, Charly Manson, Abismo Negro, Heavy Metal, Tba, Tba
3) ?, ??, Negro Casas vs ?????, ??????, Dr. Wagner Jr.
4) ?, Laredo Kid, Octagón Jr., Psycho Clown vs Parker Boudreaux, QT Marshall, Sam Adonis, Santam Singh
5) El Mesías, Pagano, Vampiro Canadiense vs Cibernético, Dark Cuervo, Dark Ozz
6) Alberto el Patrón vs Nic Nemeth [AAA MEGA]

I wrote a piece for Voices of Wrestling, one that masquerades as a preview but is more a catch up for everyone who hasn’t paid anything since the last TripleMania. Those people, really most people, shouldn’t pay attention to this one. This is a b-show where AAA splurged for Nic Nemeth to put over Alberto, and not much more. I can’t even work up interest to care about whatever Big Angle they’re doing it. It’s still “TripleMania” so it should draw, but AAA’s been eroding that value of that name by running it three times a year and even more so with this sort of half effort lineup.

My disinterest doesn’t mean the business will be bad. I struggle to get a good sense of ticket sales from Boletimovil, but the tickets seems neither struggling nor the “20,000 fans” number thrown around at the press conference. I expect they’ll do around the same totals they usually do, because it still is the one really big show in Monterrey every year.

AAA does have that fan expo on Friday and Saturday. Always possible they’ll run angle during it. AAA did put out a schedule for Expo Lucha autograph signings and helps produces a list of people booked to be in Monterrey but not (yet) announced for a match: Halloween, Bestia 666, Tineblas (w/Alushe), Colmillo de Plata, Garra de Oro, Canek, Villano V, El Fiscal, Super Crazy, Dave The Clown, and Murder Clown. Those names may fill some of the mystery spots on the show. Maybe there’s a big goofy Murder Clown/Santam Singh faceoff. I’m confused at flying in the Money Machine team and not just throwing them and two others in an opener to have one normal good match on the show. Maybe they still will.

New TNA Digital Media Champion Laredo Kid is back in his old familiar place: wrestling on Xplosion. His rematch defense against Crazy Steve airs Friday for TNA+ subscribers and Tuesday on YouTube. Laredo Kid is scheduled to wrestle KC Navarro on the 05/05 House of Glory show, though I’m expecting that card to get changed up until I actually see Fenix on AEW TV.

Negro Casas says his dream (now) is to wrestle with his grandchilden. He is 64 now, and would be into his 70s by then.

IWRG

IWRG (THU) 04/25/2024 Arena Naucalpan [IWRG]
1) Bengalee & Candy Sweet b Danessa & Kali
2) Mamba NF Jessy Ventuyra
Random match. Mamba pointed out Bizhota in the crowd and asked IWRG management to consider bringing them in. Bizhota later attacked Jessy Ventura to help Mamba win, and attacked again until Mamba ran them off.
3) Bumbu & Luka b Abigor & Yorvak
4) Arez b Noisy Boy
Prior to the start of the show, Mala Fama attacked Shamila, with Noisy Boy and Black Terry making the save. 3 fall match, fall 1 ras de lona, fall 2 lucha aerea, fall 3 lucha extreme. Arez earned a title shot with the win.
5) Hijo del Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan, Pirata Morgan Jr. © b Pig Destroyer, Pig Destructor, Pig Pool [EdM Trios]

Mas Lucha’s wording on their deceptive Thursday steams has changed from “En Vivo” to “En Directo”, another sign something’s happened here. I watched a video of La Mascara talking about his return to wrestling rather than the Arez/Noisy Boy match; mistakes were made.

IWRG (SUN) 04/28/2024 Arena Naucalpan
1) Hidra, Silver Hawk, Xtreme Kid vs Fobia, Pit Bull, Shura King
2) Cheff Benito, Cosmic, Milagro vs Carnicero, Dark Esparta, Skanda
3) Bengalee & Candela vs Dark Infiermium & Dehyna
4) Sacro & Sky Man vs Jitsuo & Látigo 2000 Jr. and El Fatan & Ludxor Kid and Hijo Del Iracundo & Iracundo
5) Adrenalina, Águila Oriental, Ajolotol, Arceus, Pequeño Centauro, Rey Astarot, Thunder Storm, Vudu Max vs Alama De Fuego, Cariñoso, Pinky, Rey Dragón, Skayler, Tigre De Acero, Uzumaki, Visionerio [Torneo Fill]
FILL vs Dark Sun Wrestling
6) Hell Boy, Kiki Roberts, Veneno vs Puma de Oro, Tony Rivera, Vangellys

Kiki Roberts is back (though also listed as “special invitee”). This show is a 31st Anniversary show for Veneno, a very normal number to celebrate for a guy who rarely wrestles here nowadays.

IWRG’s Rey del Ring royal rumble will take place on May 5th.

Other News

Tuesday is Mexico’s “Kid’s Day” holiday, but there’s plenty of small/medium lucha libre shows playing off that idea this weekend. CMLL will have one of their bigger Sunday turnouts of the year, and AAA obviously picked TripleMania for this weekend with the same thought in mind. There’s not much that really stands out as notable (except maybe for that DTU poster) but there’s enough shows that’ll it take me days to catch up on entering all the posters.

A 13 episode series on Guatemala’s Astro de Oro will debut this weekend. One episode goes up on free service Vive Lo Online, and it’s a rare documentary on lucha libre in Guatemala in their 80s glory period.

Lucha Libre Elite posted a clip of Rush/La Park and says they’ll post the full matches “soon”.

Masked Republic announced a series of lucha libre themed comic books.

Day: April 26, 2024

TripleMania Monterrey, Universal final, four way hair match

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