CMLL
CMLL (MON) 10/14/2024 Arena Puebla [CMLL, DeporPuebla, Mano a Mano, Porra Fresa]
1) Astro & Meyer b Multy & Prayer
2) Skadi b Hera [lightning]
8:21.
3) Pegasso, Rey Samuray, Stigma b Futuro, Hombre Bala Jr., Max Star 
rematch of last week’s tie
4) La Catalina, Samantha Black, Tessa Blanchard b Persephone, Reyna Isis, Sanely
scheduled debut of Costa Rica’s Samantha Black
5) Neón b Stuka Jr.
Stuka got DQed in fall 1, won fall 2, and Neon won fall 3.
6) Atlantis Jr., Máscara Dorada, Soberano Jr. b Esfinge, Gran Guerrero, Último Guerrero [Relevos Increíbles]
CMLL ran a private show on Monday to promote the upcoming Venom movie. Volador has dressed up as Venom roughly 400 times, and this time he got to do it as an official sponsorship. He wrestled Hechicero. Sony put out some mock movie posters. Star Tom Hardy showed up to do interviews later, wearing a CMLL shirt.
CMLL (TUE) 10/15/2024 Arena México [CMLL, Kaiser Sports, thecubsfan]
1) Angelito & Kaligua b Pequeño Violencia & Pierrothito
9:29
2) Capitán Suicida, El Audaz, Hijo del Pantera b Disturbio, Hunter, Infarto
14:11.
3) Crixus, El Elemental, Okumura b Dulce Gardenia, Espíritu Negro, Rey Cometa
12:50
4) Sanely b Reyna Isis [lightning]
8:29
5) Samantha Black, Tessa Blanchard, Zeuxis b Dark Silueta, India Sioux, Princesa Sugehit [Relevos Increíbles]
17:11.
6) Máscara Dorada, Templario, Titán b Bárbaro Cavernario, Hechicero, Terrible
14:44. Mascara Dorada replaced Volador Tuesday afternoon.
A mostly uninteresting show. It picked up a little in the main event but even that wasn’t as good as you’d think with those names. Match four had a classic “ref stops at 2 thinking it’s a near fall but it’s actually the finish” moment. Match 5 had Dark Silueta and Tessa Blanchard on two different books for the finish. Elemental looked fine in his debut and mentioned he’d been training with Tony Salazar in his promo.
CMLL (TUE) 10/15/2024 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara [CMLL, Fuego en el Ring, Mas Lucha Jr.]
1) Eclipse Jr., Shezmu, Temerario b Fúnebre, Mortis, Ponzoña Jr.
2) Exterminador, Kráneo, Maléfico b Mr. Trueno, Rey Trueno, Volcano
3) Adira, Alondra, Emperatriz b Miss Guerrera, Nexy, Quetzal
Adira replaced Lady Shadow (moved up) on Tuesday.
4) Hera & Olympia b Lady Shadow & Skadi
Scheduled as MEX WOMEN TAG defense, Lady Shadow replaced Kira (shoulder) on Tuesday morning.
4) Atlantis & Blue Panther DQ Felino & Satánico
Satanico unmasked Atlantis
6) Gran Guerrero & Último Guerrero b Averno & Euforia
Mascara Dorada & Titan will be on opposite sides of a trios match at NJPW’s Royal Quest this Sunday. Dorada teams with TMDK’s Ryohei Oiwa and Robbie Eagles against LIJ’s Naito, Hirmou, and Titan. This show will stream live in English on RevPro’s service and in Japanese on NJPW’s service. (I definitely know the name “Royal Quest” and surely haven’t been calling it “Royal Road” previously.)
A fake graphic for a Mascara Dorada/Konosuke Takeshita match on Dynamite is floating around on Twitter. It is a fake, the person who put it out said it was a joke that they didn’t think it would get picked up on. I almost got worked by this morning; I didn’t see it listed on Twitter, so I looked around AEW’s Instagram and TikTok to find an announcement. (There wasn’t one because it’s a fake match, but that’s why you should go through the bother of looking for the origin of these things instead of just believing whatever you see on Twitter.) As far as I know, Dorada still hasn’t gotten his US work visa. For that reason, Dorada being on Dynamite would’ve been news beyond of the match, but it doesn’t look like it’s happening yet.
Capitan Suicida will team with Tiger Mask IV in the NJPW Super Junior Tag League. They’re unlikely to do well in the tournament, but Suicida should have fun in that environment, as it’s a big trip for him. His schedule
- 10/24: vs BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi
- 10/27: vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO
- 10/28: vs Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney
- 10/30: vs Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita
- 11/01: vs Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Dia
The tour runs from 10/24 to 11/02, and Suicida will probably hang around for the 11/04 Power Struggle show. No Titan this year – the LIJ team will be Hiromu and BUSHI – so only one CMLL participant among the twenty-four wrestlers (unless someone else unexpectedly turns out to be Taiji Ishimori’s yet-to-be-announced partner.)
CMLL (SAT) 10/19/2024 Arena Coliseo
1) Astral & Astro Boy Jr. vs Grako & Sangre Imperial
2) Rayo Metálico, Stigma, Xelhua vs El Coyote, Okumura, Pólvora
3) Villano III Jr. vs Zandokan Jr. [lightning]
4) Dark Silueta, Lluvia, Zeuxis vs Sayaka Unagi, Sumika Yanagawa, Viva Van
5) India Sioux, Princesa Sugehit, Tessa Blanchard vs Alex Windsor, La Catalina, Red Velvet
6) Dragón Rojo Jr., Esfinge, Místico vs Bárbaro Cavernario, Difunto, Terrible
CMLL’s full on Grand Prix preview matches for the next six days. Match 3 is a battle between partners who will happily fight each other anyway. Match 2 is the first appearance of Rayo Metalico since his title win; a lot of the match 1/2 types are getting most of this month off as a result of the increased number of women’s matches. Metalico & Xelhua might be official Fuerza Poblana after that match.
CMLL (SUN) 10/20/2024 Arena México
1) Último Dragóncito vs Mercurio [lightning]
2) Brillante Jr. & Dark Panther vs Cancerbero & Virus
3) Amapola, Dark Silueta, Princesa Sugehit vs Samantha Black, Sayaka Unagi, Sumika Yanagawa
4) Fugaz, Star Black, Star Jr. vs Akuma, Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II
5) India Sioux, Skadi, Tessa Blanchard vs Alex Windsor, Red Velvet, Viva Van
6) Atlantis Jr., Dragón Rojo Jr., Flip Gordon vs Ángel de Oro, Niebla Roja, Valiente
The main event on both Saturday and Sunday is listed as a normal match, not an incredible partners match, so Dragon Rojo will probably “officially” join the tecnico side in the next couple of days. Dragon Rojo Jr. for Guerrero Maya Jr., I think the rudo side won that trade.
CMLL posted a teaser for another announcement Tuesday night. They haven’t officially announced the Royal Quest participation, so it might just be that.
No Informa list as of yet. Many of the foreign wrestlers are in town, so that might be the bulk of the show.
11/09 MLW
- Titan vs Mistico vs Averno
- Esfinge & Kevin Knight vs Ultimo Guerrero & Hechicero
- Atlantis, Atlantis Jr., and Star Jr. vs Barbaro Cavernario, Felino & Magnus
They’re only missing matches for Okumura, Lluvia, and Persephone.
Persephone is on the cover of Box y Lucha 3625.
La Jarochita is hinting at a return in November. I neglected to mention it last week.
A story profiling a Guatemalan referee because he’ll be working a CMLL-staffed show in Chiapas.
AAA
I still haven’t gotten to watching AAA. I’ve been busy coughing up stuff. As much as I’m down on AAA in 2024, I would rather watch them than continue coughing up stuff.
SoloWrestling reports the 11/30 Barcelona show has been canceled. Tickets are still on sale but Live Nation sources (via a report by Pere Hernandez) say the show is off. SoloWrestling expects the other two announced dates (11/21 in Madrid and 11/22 in Bilbao) to be canceled shortly.
No one is all that surprised if these shows are canceled, it sadly always seemed a matter of when we’d hear this announcement. This is AAA’s brand: promise a big new idea, show little effort in accomplishing the idea, and then quietly pretend you never said anything when the idea isn’t immediately a success. It’s this tour to Spain, it’s Unimas, it’s Luchatitlan, it’s half the stuff they put on TV. This deal probably won’t hurt AAA as much, they probably passed most of the risks and costs so far to whoever was promoting in Spain, and they’re just out the money they would’ve made off sending the wrestlers over. (The wrestlers, who thought they were getting a great trip to Spain, might hold a bigger emotional cost from this experience, but at least this appears to be getting canceled early enough to find other work.) There was no chance on paper that “AAA running a series of shows in giant venues in Spain, despite having no real TV or interest in the market” was ever going to work, people in AAA had to know that, and they still ran with the idea instead.Are they just delusional? Are they trying to work some investors by pushing themselves as international? I don’t get it.
El Fiscal underwent (I think) nose surgery. AAA ran an angle where Abismo Negro Jr. broke Fiscal’s nose in a fight to set it up.
Latin Lover had Puerquiza Extrema on his podcast, which is a good deal for them and worrying sign he’s already running out of guests. (I think he had a hypnotist on last week.) As always, the guests said they’d like to help Latin Lover out in AAA and he said he’d go to AAA to talk about it with management. Isn’t he feuding with management? Ah, no matter.
IWRG
Thursday’s show was announced previously and is another Lucha Libre Boom card.
IWRG , LLB (THU) 10/17/2024 Arena Naucalpan
1) Ángel Kid vs Titanium, Fobi
2) Argus, Máscara De Hierro, Súper Boy vs Águila Dorada, Argus Fly, Gaius
3) Águila Roja vs Skayler, Príncipe Centauro, Diablo Fly, El Cometa, Lunatik Fly, Sol, Águila Oriental
4) Gallego, Rocky Santana, Romano García vs Black Terry, Carta Brava Jr., Fandango
5) Hell Boy & Tonalli vs Aquiles & Puma de Oro and Lunatik Extreme & Toto
6) Hijo de LA Park, LA Park, LA Park Jr. vs Dr. Wagner Jr., Hijo De Silver King, Simon Blanco
This is titled Last Dance – like the Venom movie – but I’m fairly certain this will not be the last Wagner/Park match.
Other Notes
Tinibelas’ FULL promotion announced they’d be going to Dubai from 11/02 to 11/09. Wrestlers announced include Lady Apache, Pirata Morgan, Hijo del Pirata Morgan, Lolita, Huracan Ramirez Jr. and a new Tinibelas 3G.
Pantera Jr. won the Michinoku Pro Fukumen World League. It sounds like he’s sticking around with Michinoku Pro for a bit.
Box y Lucha Norte says Arena Monterrey was 80% full for the Santo show. They out drew both CMLL and AAA if accurate.