Battle of March 23rd

Ovaciones, having a busy morning, also reports that the current scheduled date for the annual CMLL March Santo/Lutteroth tribute show is March 23rd. That’s the Friday WWE will be in Mexico City, so Mistico vs Perro could go head up with this lineup

WWE (THU) 03/22 Palacido de los Deportes Lineup [superluchas]
?) Bobby Lashley vs Rob Van Dam vs Hardcore Holly [ECW]
?) Batista, Chris Benoit, Kane vs King Booker, Mr. Kennedy, MVP

WWE (FRI) 03/23 Palacido de los Deportes Lineup [superluchas]
?) Bobby Lashley vs Rob Van Dam [ECW]
?) Batista vs Mr. Kennedy [WORLD]

plus the usual Smackdown/ECW names to appear. In addition, Super Luchas had a story about the WWE (or the local promoter) wanting to use CMLL wrestlers on these shows. Shocker and Mistico were two of the names listed, but as long as CMLL controls bookings for him, I will eat my shoe if Mistico works that Friday for WWE.

For whatever the cross over is between the WWE and CMLL audiences, I think Perro/Mistico is stronger than anything here, and that would likely end up on PPV. Here’s the wild card: on this week’s SmackDown, they’ll announce that Rey Mysterio will return on 02/23. That’s about three months ahead of schedule, so something may be up, but if he’s working, he’ll be at these shows and a huge help to WWE.