CMLL
CMLL (MON) 06/17/2024 Arena Puebla [CMLL, El Mano a Mano, El Sol de Puebla, Estadio Deportes]
***Mistico 20th Anniversary***
1) Amnesia, Blue Shark, Millenium b Rencor, Rey Apocalipsis, Sombra Diabólica
2) Rayo Metálico b Dragón de Fuego [lightning]
8:32
3) Multy, Perverso, Prayer b Astral, Diamond, Eléctrico 
Diamond messed up a space flying tiger drop and was stretchered out (but was fine and seconding Mistico later)
4) Brillante Jr., Max Star, Neón b Guerrero Maya Jr., Stigma, Xelhua
Neon beat Guerrero Maya this week, setting up a title match
5) Bad Dude Tito, Che Cabrera, Michael Oku b Magnus, Rugido, Volador Jr.
6) Místico b Averno
Actor/comedian German Ortega and Benjamin Mar appeared before the match to give Mistico a plaque.
Last week’s match (DailyMotion) between those teams in match 4 was great, though it seemed to be setting up a different title match. Neon/Maya will be better than Neon/Stigma for sure, but less of a chance of a title change.
Diamond has gone from a promising wrestler to a disappointing one to one of the most error prone guys in the promotion. The latest mishap just joins the blooper reel. With CMLL seemingly moving some guys out for new people, I’m surprised Diamond is still appearing frequently.
CMLL (TUE) 06/18/2024 Arena México [CMLL, thecubsfan]
1) Hunter & Infarto b Emperador Jr. & Rayo Metálico 
2) Apocalipsis, Cholo, Disturbio b Leono, Robin, Valiente Jr. 
12:48
3) Akuma, Crixus, Felino Jr. b Cancerbero, Luciferno, Virus
14:00.
4) Stephanie Vaquer & Zeuxis © b Lluvia & Tessa Blanchard [CMLL WOMEN TAG]
19:54. 2nd defense. Vaquer cheated to beat Tessa (used the ropes), and Tessa declared she’d switch to the tecnica side to keep fighting Vaquer
5) Esfinge, Flip Gordon, Star Black DQ Bárbaro Cavernario, Dragón Rojo Jr., Terrible
10:47. Straight falls, Cavernario wouldn’t let go of his armbar to win the second fall for the excessive violence DQ.
6) Michael Oku © b Ángel de Oro [REVPRO HEAVY]
17:19. 13th defense, submitting Angel de Oro to the half crab.
The women worked very hard and got a lot of time in the tag title match. Lluvia’s definitely the lesser half of the team with Jarochita. CMLL’s been booking Blanchard in tecnica situations and portraying her as one on Informa for a while, so you’d be forgiven for assuming she already was one. I liked the Oku/Angel de Oro match; they treated it like a serious big title match. Cavernario was going after Flip all match but that may have just been a way to explain the quick exit from that match.
CMLL (TUE) 06/18/2024 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [CMLL, Fuego en el Ring, Mas Lucha Jr.]
***Mistico 20th Anniversary Celebration***
1) Ángel Rebelde, Gallo Jr., Rafaga Jr. b Calavera Jr. I, Calavera Jr. II, Prínce Drago
2) Adira & Náutica © b Hatana & Valkiria [OCCIDENTE WOMEN TAG]
3) Exterminador & Maléfico b Perverso & Prayer [hair]
Team GDL beats Team Puebla
4) Atlantis, Blue Panther, Panterita del Ring DQ Felino, Rey Bucanero, Satánico
5) Brillante Jr., Máscara Dorada, Valiente b Gallero, Hechicero, Soberano Jr.
Gallero replaced Templario earlier in the day
6) Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr., Último Guerrero b Averno, Euforia, Mephisto
7) Místico b Volador Jr.
Olympic swimmer German Sanchez helped award Mistico a plaque before the match.
Mistico used Me Muero as his entrance music here, with the fans singing along as he got in the ring. It sounds like great reactions on the show in general. Even with CMLL raising ticket prices for this show, it appeared to be the biggest Arena Coliseo Guadalajara crowd of the year. Mural has it as about 6,000, which is not quite a sell out but still the highest here in some time despite CMLL raising prices for this show and moving up the start time. It appeared most people weren’t aware of the start time moving up an half hour and many people arrived late.
The big Friday CMLL shows (H2L, FantasticaMania, the 2 Gran Prix, Aniversario, and Dia del Muertos) are Fan Leyenda tier only. Apparently, the Tuesday Guadalajara shows that fit with those Friday shows will also be Fan Leyenda tier as well. CMLL hasn’t explained this, but H2L was the first Guadalajara show to be subscriber only and this FantasticaMania week show was also Fan Leyenda show.
CMLL uploaded Mistico’s debut to their YouTube channel for subscribers on the Fan Leyenda tier. It’s the full match with original commentary, though the music and has been dubbed over (and some of the ring announcements were lost along the way.) It appears to be a CMLL version of the show; it’s first-generation quality, and there is no Televisa logo bug. Putting up old matches is something has talked about doing since launching the YouTube subscription about one year ago, but this is the first time they’ve actually done it. CMLL designed a logo for these types of uploads but there’s no indication if this will become regular content. I think it’s very unlikely we’ll ever get a massive amount of old footage; the very most you should hope for is occasional matches that align whatever’s going on in current CMLL – like maybe there will be something with Felino for his Anniversary shows in a few weeks, but you’d be foolish to expect full shows or stuff from last decade.
CMLL is teasing another Hechicero appearance in AEW. AEW is taping on Wednesday and Thursday this week, and there’s no telling which day he might show up. His win over Dalton Castle on Saturday on Collision teased a following match against Daniel Garcia soon. AEW has said they’ll announce the brackets for their Owen Hart tournament on Wednesday, and perhaps Hechicero will be in there.
07/12 MLW
- Atlantis Jr. vs Okumura in a Opera Cup first round match – airing live on YouTube
- Mistico vs Magnus in a Opera Cup first round match – being taped to air later
The Opera Cup is a 16 person tournament, brackets have not been announced. Outside of limited interactions in the Battle Riot battle royal, Mistico has wrestled only familiar CMLL opponents and won every match he’s been in for MLW so far. He’ll either face someone new, or take a loss, or both, before this tournament is over.
Today’s CMLL Informa show will talk about the Felino anniversary main events. Again, if there’s any chance Puma King is showing back up in CMLL, it would be announced tonight. It’s not something I’d bet on.
Titan will appear on Friday’s ROH show, facing Aaron Solo. This was taped over a week ago. NJPW has a break after Sunday’s show, so he (and others) will be traveling to AEW’s shows next week – there’s a good shot Titan’s wrestling a BCC member on next week’s Dynamite.
A Univision video report on the CMLL show to raise awareness of climate control.
AAA
Decnnis indicated he’s appearing on the AAA TV taping this Saturday, so he’s probably the mystery person teaming with Zumbido and Scorpio Jr. I hadn’t considered it until now, but three way with Octagon Jr., Drago and Dinamico really makes no sense if Drago and Dinamico are supposed to be partners now.
Marisela Pena was named in Forbes Mexico’s list of the 100 most powerful women in Mexico.
AAA/Unimas ratings have not surfaced at this point.
IWRG
Bengalee announced she’s left IWRG. That promotion usually does a lot with exoticos and women leading into the La Jaula de las Locas cage match, then stops using most of them immediately after. I might have not noticed Bengalee was missing unless she said something.
Other News
Tabasco exotico luchador La Gatubeda (Gabriel Reyna Perez, 53) passed away Tuesday due to complications with diabetes. Gatubeda was a local start of the 90s/00s.
Excelsior quotes Julio Cesar Chavez a as saying he believes Shocker’s chances of relapse to his drug issues are very high. Chavez, who’s taken Shocker into one of his rehab clincs, had his own battle with cocaine addiction and knows how it easy it is to fall back into it. He’s specifically concerned that Shocker will be around the same “friends”, he’ll end up back with the same problems. Chavez plans on helping Shocker get work to get stay busy, and he’s talked to some doctor friends about getting his jaw fixed after all these years.
Monday’s Arena Coliseo Monterrey show was scheduled to be headline by the indie Rhino Extreme trio against locals Babe Rap, Thunder Black, and Estrella Maldad. Whatever actually happened got the police called and left families leaving angry after the “extreme lucha” spilled out of the arena and into the street in bloody fashion. One of the wrestlers hit a fan, which led the police to be called in. There are more photos and details here. It reals like these guys were still working when they brawled outside, expecting the fans would be thrilled by them breaking the rules and norms like extreme wrestling fans might, but this was a family crowd who didn’t like it at all. It’s possible the arena will be put on timeout for a couple weeks The promoter put up a 30 minute Facebook live movie discussion the situation while driving. I didn’t make it through that whole thing, but it sounded like he was trying to see the street fight was a planned bit and not a real fight. He alludes to other buildings doing similar bits – he may have been thinking of wrestlers doing it Tijuana, which both went viral and got everyone suspended.
Medico Asesino Jr. is being added to the Tiuana hall of fame.
Box y Lucha 3608 has Rayo de Jalisco & Felino.
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