CMLL (TUE) 06/26/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, Kaiser Sports]
1) Bengala & Höruz DQ Inquisidor & Zayco
Zayco yanked Bengala’s mask. Two straight DQs for Zayco.
2) Hombre Bala Jr., Molotov, Super Halcon Jr. b Artillero, Bobby Zavala, Súper Comando
Tecnicos take 1/3.
3) Arkángel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Skándalo b Ángel Azteca Jr., Fuego, Pegasso
Pegasso returned from injury. Rudos took 2/3.
4) Rey Cometa DQ Puma King [lightning]
Puma fouled Cometa in 8:01. Third straight Puma DQ on Rey Cometa since the start of June.
5) Blue Panther, Hijo del Fantasma, Marco Corleone b Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Tiger
Tecnicos take 1/3.
6) Ángel de Oro, Máximo, Shocker b Felino, Mr. Niebla, Yujiro
Yujiro replaced Dragon Rojo. Tecnicos took 2/3. Niebla tried to foul Shocker, Shocker blocked it, fouled him and got away with it. Niebla reminded Shocker that he took his mask and criticized the tecnico for using a foul to win. Shocker reminded Niebla that losing his mask was no important because he’s 1000% Guapo, and challenged him to a singles match. Niebla wanted mask vs hair, but no.
A Kaiser Sports interview with Nuevo Mistico starts with the most important part: he’s debuting on August 3rd. That’s five Sundays away, so he’s going to be out of action for a considerable amount of time. It also puts his debut match airing the same weekend as the closing weekend of the London Summer Olympics. Televisa is airing the Olympics again this year and tends to skip the lucha programming when there are other spots on , so it’s probably the debut would not actually air on the weekend of the 10th. It would air on Fox Sports, but it seems a screw up for the big debut not to air on the most wildly available show.
The new Mistico appeared on Cadena3’s La Sobremesa talk show. Karla de la Cuesta, of the CMLL show on the same channel, is one of the hosts. That mask remains really tough for doing promos, and Dragon Lee rambled thru his explanation of how he became Mistico. He did not come off as a star. The big news is he says he’s keeping his Dragon Lee moves, so Kung Fu Wars may continue! No word on his twirling stick; Niebla Roja should’ve grabbed that while he was taking the mask. This is just one stop on a Mistico media tour (he did another show today) to build hype for his debut before his appearance. As with everything else with Nuevo Mistico, these aren’t as much to change the mind of anyone who’s already paying attention, but to alert those who are no longer paying attention that CMLL has a Mistico again and is now great to watch again. Good luck on that.
A column on Changoonga argues the biggest problem with Nuevo Mistico is the way he was introduced, at a press conference instead of a surprise appearance in Arena Mexico that would’ve compelled people to come back the next week.
The lucha libre section in Figure Four Weekly (Dr. Lucha) says Teddy Hart will likely be out of AAA once again if he doesn’t make Saturday’s AAA TV taping. There’s no obvious replacement partner for Teddy. Maybe they can find that Teddy Jack guy, not sure what happened to him.
Seductora claims she’s not really interested in having a match with Goya, but focused on saving her mask. That is the exact right game plan for her to have. Dalis hypes this Friday’s show as the first time women have headlined a major show in Arena Mexico. That sound right, though it’s really the cage that’s headlining the show.
Terra says they’ll be broadcasting Sunday’s Arena Mexico show. Maybe it’ll work better this time. No mention of why the promised retransmission never aired.
LuchaWorld reviews Nikura’s match.
Rob has highlights of 11/04/11 CMLL – the Mascara Dorada show.
Links
- Kcidis draws the CMLL clones
- Marcela defends her title against Amapola in SLP on Sunday.
- Bestia and Damian feel the FdT should still have the IWL Tag Team titles (which they lost due to not defending them.)
- Psicosis says his only objective is to destroy Joe Lider.
- Negro Navarro is teaching classes in Monterrey, uh, yesterday and today.
- Fuego en el Ring has an interview with independent luchador Calle 13.
- Supreme says he’ll dominate all in Mexico.
- Hector Garza will appear at the Trauma’s stand on 07/15.
- Cronicas y Leyendas has videos of Tamba in the 1980s and 1990s.
Lineups
IWRG (SUN) 07/01/2012 Arena Naucalpan
1) Centvrión, Charly Madrid, Mr. Magia vs Imposible, King Drako, The Mummy
2) Golden Magic, Niko, Relampago vs Douki, Eita, Pete Powers
3) Carta Brava Jr. vs Chicano [IWRG IC Light]
4) Dr. Cerebro, Máscara Sagrada, Veneno vs Cien Caras Jr., Pirata Morgan, Scorpio Jr.
5) Hijo de Máscara Año 2000 vs Bestia 666, Hijo de Pirata Morgan [mask, IWRG JUNIORS]
Bestia is the champion and putting his title on the line against the two masks.
Guessing Pirata Morgan is winning the title.
Poster lists the IWRG IC Welterweight title on the line. Carta Brava is actually the lightweight champion, Eterno is the Welterweight champ.
First match for King Drako/Halcon Salvaje since last November. Mr. Magia wrestled once, on New Year’s Day, and is having his next match seven months later.
Note, due to the election, alcohol sales will be prohibited on Sunday and Monday through Mexico. It may affect attendance and crowd reactions. (I guess it could also mean a lot of people getting very drunk on Saturday night – during AAA’s taping?)
CMLL (MON) 07/02/2012 Arena Puebla
1) Asturiano, Black Tiger, Silver vs Akron, Fuerza Chicana, Sauron
2) Ángel Azteca Jr., Stigma, Tigre Blanco vs Apocalipsis, Inquisidor, Taurus
3) Fuego, Mr. Cacao, Stuka Jr. vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Hooligan, Skándalo
4) Shocker, Super Porky, Valiente vs Rey Bucanero, Terrible, Tiger
5) Atlantis vs Black Warrior
Black Warrior looks to continue his new found run of success.
CMLL (TUE) 07/03/2012 Arena Coliseo Guadalajara
1) Sky Kid & Soberano Jr. vs Sádico & Taurus
2) Smaker & Starman vs Demonio Maya & Virus
3) Goya Kong, Luna Mágica, Silueta vs Hikaru, La Comandante, Tsukasa
4) Diamante, Gallo, Sagrado vs Malefico, Misterioso Jr., Shigeo Okumura
5) Atlantis, Marco Corleone, Super Porky vs Averno, Ephesto, Mephisto
Gallo and Okumura pick up their feud.
Hikaru (Shida) & Tsukasa (Fujimoto) are the REINA tag team champs, being sent here by their promotion to wrestle Goya and Luna (and Silueta, who is nice to see back.) This is a not a good use of everyone’s time. They’re supposed to be doing a tag title match sometime during this week.
CMLL (TUE) 07/03/2012 Arena Mexico
1) Bengala, Höruz, Robin vs Camorra, Ramstein, Zayco
2) Hombre Bala Jr., Molotov, Super Halcon Jr. vs Bobby Zavala, Disturbio, Hooligan
3) Eléctrico vs Pequeño Nitro [lightning]
4) Mr. Cacao, Stuka Jr., Valiente vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Pólvora, Skándalo
5) Dragón Rojo Jr., Rey Escorpion, Volador Jr. vs Ángel de Oro, Máscara Dorada, Rush
6) Shocker vs Mr. Niebla
The chance of a double no-show in main event is amazingly high.
Rey Escorpion and Ultimo Guerrero may not be friends, but are Dragon Rojo & Rey Escorpion?
The last of Mr. Cacao’s matches.
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Alex Koslov would be a good replacement for Teddy Hart. He feuded with Evans just before going to FCW.
@LLL: That’s a good idea, though he could possible be on a NJPW tour during that time.
Interesting that CMLL chose 8/3 to debut NuMistico. Technically, that’s their way of answering Triplemania that weekend. In a way, it’s smart because it will generate a ton of publicity, mostly bad, but it will have people talking about CMLL and hopefully for them, buying tickets to Arena Mexico that night.
@LLL: The problem with that is, six weeks from now, no one’s going to care about Mistico just having a match. They’d have to do one heck of a build up (Dragon Lee needs to be shown on TV ‘becoming’ Mistico more each week) and CMLL’s just not doing those things.
How about one of the many talented MEXICANS instead of flying in a foreigner you can’t trust?
@thecubsfan: I agree, six weeks from now is far away. And CMLL won’t do a build up because they gave up episodic television years ago. Most they’ll do is a spot similar to “Nueva Figura” and run it for weeks.
Remember how good it was when they did Shocker vs. Charles, Shocker vs. Niebla, Niebla vs. Niebla among other feuds? Back then it truly was weekly television. When did CMLL stop being good?
@Rob: What’s wrong with using foreign talent? We live in the age of Multiculturalism and diversity. People want to see that reflected in wrestling too.
I guess Juvi replacing Teddy Hart makes sense, especially from an insider perspective.
@LLL: What’s wrong with using foreign talent is demonstrated in the situation we are talking about right now. Teddy’s priority is not AAA & it costs extra to fly guys in who don’t even tour regularly. If Teddy loses his AAA job – big fuckin’ deal. He keeps working the same U.S./Canadian shows he already does. Dark Dragon isn’t booked on Triplemania or any future AAA TV gigs. He doesn’t have the options Teddy does. You put Dark Dragon in Teddy’s place and maybe a few extra fans realize he actually exists which causes them to attend the spot shows he actually works since they are seeing a real star – i.e. someone who was on Triplemania.
I’ve never understood the notion of flying foreigners in who mean nothing to the gate. If you’re going to spend extra money at a time when money is already thin (see Konnan’s tweet about Mortiz) at least use it wisely so you make some $$$ back. The TNA guys aren’t getting a single extra person to attend Triplemania unless they get Kurt Angle or RVD.
@Rob: I was thinking maybe they asked Teddy Hart to lose his hair here, he said “yes” and is now having second thoughts because he’s Teddy Hart.
AAA will always fly in guys hoping they catch on and create a star.
To me, the bigger problem is AAA’s inability to create local stars like they did when Pena was alive.
El Sanguinario is a good example. He made tv when AAA taped in the northern towns like Monterrey, Torreon and Nuevo Laredo. Other examples are Hator or Rey Mysterio Sr. in TJ or Bobby Lee in Leon. There were several benefits to putting such people on television occasionally.
Mainly, it saved money when doing television when not in driving distance to DF. By putting Sanguinario on television people knew him for future tapings, making the show look loaded without the cost of flying or busing everyone in.
It also helps the local house show promoters in far away cities like Monterrey. By giving the locals television exposure on the weekly “main show” they look like stars and should sell tickets locally, without the cost of air and hotel.
It was always a successful formula and I see no reason not to use it today.
I guarantee teddy gave the okay to lose the hair but aaa being the classless company they are probably aren’t giving any type of payday for losing his hair by the company. AAA is garbage and cheap and poor. And nobody in Mexico gives two cares about tna talent in aaa except for a few names.
important points
A) Teddy is/was not going to lose his hair. Not at any point. May if they needed a match in the second of the year they’d come back to it, but that’s very obviously not the plan here.
If anyone in that team was going to lose their hair, it would’ve been Jack, since the original plan was Jack losing his hair to Perro here. And I don’t Jack is losing now. They weren’t going to be giving Teddy a payoff, big or otherwise.
B) Teddy said missed his plane flight. AAA may be classless, but you miss plane flights and TV tapings at any time – much less when you’re on probation with the company – it’s all on you.
C) I was thinking Alex to try and fit a storyline around it. Dark Dragon (or Decnnis or Gladiador) and Jack Evans doesn’t quite fit. This would be a great opportunity to have one of them be on TV doing a promo along the lines of “I want to be on TripleMania so badly that I’ll take this incredibly risky match”, but AAA’s not high on promo time for midcard guys.
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