The Cubs Fan, being a God Amongst Men, sent me some assorted Lucha that I’ve missed out on since I lost Galavision hookup, as well as the Brock/Angle Iron Man match I missed due to a power outage. Whatta guy.
News
—Perro Aguayo Jr. may do one of those Rocky Maivia Forced Heel Turns. Fans haven’t taken too kindly to him.
—Havana Pitbulls returned on Friday, losing to Felino/Safari/Sagrado. Puma injured himself doing a dive outside the ring as he hit his head on a board and did a stretcher job. Gigante Silva also returned on the show, teaming with Shocker and Mascara Magica to beat Damian 666/Halloween/Rey Bucanero/Ultimo Guerrero by DQ.
—Ultimo and Rey are worried about losing their main event rudo spots, so they’ve been turning down several lucrative offers from Japan. Good news for lucha fans, I guess, but the GdI are always fun abroad.
—Dos Caras Jr. suffered a first round knockout against Mirko Cro Cop in today’s Pride Show, shocking, well, no one really. Caras had done some shoot work for the DEEP Promotion and did amass a 3-2 record (one of those losses was a DQ where he was stomping the bejeezus out of the guy). Cro Cop does a “pro wrestler hunter” type of angle, and was the guy who knocked out Yuji Nagata in the first round a couple of years back. It was really win-win for Caras, since no one expected him to win, and a good showing would do wonders for him. I don’t know if it was a good showing, but it was said to be a good match. And as far as I know, he competed with his mask on.
(Funny story: At the last DEEP show, Brad Kohler was told he would be fighting Dos Caras Jr. of Lucha Libre fame. Kohler checked out some tapes and got Super Porky mixed up with Caras (yes, Porky did some a shoot fight for the promotion). Caras, by the way, is 6’5 and 235 pounds. Oops. Caras won the fight in 1:25. The moral of the story: Kohler should read this blog.)
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