CMLL (MON) 08/20/2012 Arena Puebla [Porra Fresa, Porra Fresa]
1) Asturiano, Dinámikoo, Milenium b Akron, Ares, Saurón
Tecnicos take 1/3.
2) Bobby Zavala, Hijo del Signo, Skándalo b Hombre Bala Jr., Stigma, Super Halcon Jr.
Bobby Zavala replaced Nitro, which let him feud with Stigma some more. Rudos took 2/3, Skandalo Driver on Bala.
3) Princesa Blanca b Luna Mágica [lightning]
Luna Magica replaced Dark Angel (Japan). Blanca won just before the time limit. Porra Fresa: “Luna needs to work harder in her battles, they are often slow and emotionless.”
4) Namajague, Shigeo Okumura, Vangelis b Fuego, Sagrado, Stuka Jr.
Rudos take 1/3.
5) Ephesto, Mephisto, Misterioso Jr. b Ángel de Oro, Mistico, Valiente 
Mistico’s debut in Puebla. Rudos were DQed for excessive violence in the first, then won the second with dives and a Gory Special on Angel de Oro. Mistico started the comeback in the third, then slipped badly running up the ropes on his ramp charge and collapsed on the ramp. Rudos immediately won the match. Mistico, with a swelling right knee, was strechered out. Crowd thought he just botched the spot and laughed, not realizing he was hurt.
6) Volador Jr. DQ Mr. Niebla
Best match of the night. Volador won with the backcrcaker in the first, Niebla took the second with a half crab. Niebla started to bleed. Fans were behind Volador in the third after he moonsaulted onto Niebla. Volador gave Niebla a moonsault side slam for two. He followed with a ‘rana, but Zacarais ran in and ripped off his mask for the DQ.
The spot:
That’s not good. Dragon Lee never had problems climbing up the ropes, it was the landing part that used to be the problem. The Mistico/Sin Cara mask may just be cursed; it would explain so much about Argos. Mistico is supposed to work tonight in Arena Lopez Mateos, the only reason the show is happening is so he can work on it. If he works that show, then everything is okay, but it doesn’t sound like he’ll be working any time soon. There was no mention of a Mistico injury at today’s press conference, and it’d be really bad form not to let the press know about a Mistico injury in that situation, so maybe it’s okay.
If Mistico misses time for this injury, it’ll be the third time since his debut in 2011, though none for a long period of time. Mistico’s style sets him up for an increased injury risk, but many others in the promotion wrestle similarly and have not had the had the injuries. It may just be a string of bad luck, or it may be that his body is just not made for what he’s trying to do to it.
CMLL (TUE) 08/21/2012 Arena Mexico [CMLL, Kaiser Sports]
1) Guerrero Negro Jr. & Herodes Jr. b Bengala & Höruz
First win for the new team.
2) Pequeño Nitro, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Warrior b Aereo, Astral, Shockercito
Rudos took 1/3. Nitro won with his nitroglicerina hold.
3) Princesa Blanca b Dalis la Caribeña [lightning]
Blanca won in 7:29, though Blanca might have used the ropes to do it.
4) Pegasso, Rey Cometa, Triton b Arkángel de la Muerte, Nosferatu, Puma King
Cometa won in straight falls with a casita again, and challenged for a mask match again. Puma accepted, but Cometa took his mask anyway.
5) Blue Panther, Delta, Guerrero Maya Jr. b Black Warrior, Namajague, Shigeo Okumura
Tecnicos took 2/3.
6) Atlantis, Diamante, Titán b Mr. Niebla, Niebla Roja, Pólvora
Tecnicos took 2/3. Titan got a pinfall over Polvora, then let Polvora know he’s coming for welterweight belt!
That fourth match takes us to the first big announcement from today’s press conference: Puma King vs Rey Cometa will meet in a mask match on Friday, September 14th. The Puma/Cometa feud has been great the last couple months and it’s a shame to see either lose their masks, but it should be a really great match and it’s heartening to see them get to do it on a big stage.
Rey Cometa and Puma King will not be the main event. Rush and Terrible will also face off in a hair vs hair match on Friday, September 14th, the climax that’s been built for over a year (whenever TRT first came together and started facing Rush frequently.) That match will be the main event, the Cometa/Puma will probably be third from the top, and the two matches will likely be split up between Fox Sports and Televisa. Rush attacked Terrible at the contract signing, because he’s Rush.
The Anniversary show will be a double apuesta show. Both are singles matches, this is not a combined match. I don’t know if it’s going to sell out, but it’s as good An Anniversary show for a CMLL fan in a long time. I’d compare it to 2008, with Villano V vs Blue Panther, CMLL vs TNA for the trios titles, and the LA Park vs Dr. Wagner Jr. accidental farewell match. It’s the first double apuesta anniversary show since 2003 (Shocker/Tarzan Boy, Pierroth/Violencia.) Tickets will go on sale Friday.
No mention of Niebla vs Volador. The storyline there has been Niebla doesn’t believe Volador is on his level and is actually right because Volador can’t seem to pin him. They still need to get to the Volador win before they can have the mask match (assuming this is better than the Tiffany/Marcela feud.) Volador may get that pin on 09/14 or before; if they are doing that match as well (09/28?), it would make sense to hold off announcing until they get people to buy all the tickets for 09/14. Or they could just not do the match, and a bit more likey.
Not a lot of other news. The Leyenda de Azul will be back soon, not date given. The Generacion 2012 kids were formerly introduced, the same collection of guys they mentioned last week. Tanahashi, Devitt and Taichi are mentioned as coming in, with the same arrival dates they’ve previously announced. Tanahashi isn’t in Mexico yet, or at least didn’t make the press conference. CMLL did not live Tweet the press conference.
indy (SUN) 08/19/2012 Country Coliseum, El Paso, Texas [SuperLuchas]
1) Blue Man, Capitan America, Huniko b Biker I, Biker II, Kenich
tecnicos take 2/3
2) Avatar, Dragón, Impostor Jr. b Galáctico, Tiger Man, Tigre Oriental
Imposter Jr., Dragon and Avatar are grandsons of Cobarde. They took 1/3.
3) Maquina 45 Jr. & Sin Límite b El Profeta & Muñeco Infernal
tecnicos took 1/3, but everyone fought each other after the match.
4) El Cobarde, Hijo del Cobarde, Impostor b Blue Panther, Rey Escorpion (LOCAL), Villano IV
various officials and wrestlers praised Cobarde before the match. One fall match. Cobarde Sr., wearing his mask, submitted Blue Panther for the win in his last match. Cobarde thanked the fans after the match.
5) Máscara Sagrada & Shocker b LA Park & Latin Lover
Sagrada replaced Blue Demon. Rudos won the first, tecnicos took the second, teams exchanged fouled in the third with the tencicos winning.
Cobarde’s retirement show got CMLL and AAA wrestlers (though LA Park books himself, I think.) It comes off as a legit retirement.
AAA says they have a TV surprise this Saturday. AAA usually airs on Sunday. Maybe they found another network to air TripleMania? It’s so vague.
Axel: my grandfather Santo would die of disappointment he know the evil El Hijo del Santo has done. Besides slamming Hijo del Santo, Axel continues to emphasis promoters can use him without threat of lawsuit.
El Luchador has on demand versions of the livestream interviews they were doing during the Expo.
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The only one I’ve watched so far is Magnus. It delivered! Magnus the post modern luchador in a prehistoric promotion, having successfully turned himself rudo thru Twitter.
The Playa Carmen (Cancun) Institute of Sports says they sent seven luchadors to the Lucha Libre Expo for matches, and two were invited to join CMLL. I’ve never heard of CMLL scouting/recruiting like this. Diario Respuesta writes about their matches, one of the shows on the smaller alternate ring.
LuchaWorld attempts to review the Torneo Amigo Para Siempre.
R de Rudo recaps the entire three day Lucha Libre Expo.
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So, if Volador is to get that pinfall over Niebla at Anniversario to ramp up the Volador/Niebla build to an apuesta, might that semi-main be Volador/Aguila/Warrior vs Casas/Felino/Niebla for the National Trios titles? If they decide to hold on to that title match for later, then maybe we are seeing a build for Volador/Nieba at the year end show?
I think Rush takes Terrible’s hair here.
Cometa/Puma King is much harder to call though. I initially want to say that Puma takes this, as Cometa is not a homegrown CMLL guy, and it makes sense for his mask to go down here to push a CMLL homegrown guy up a bit. However, maybe this is where we see Puma get a bigger push based on being a “Casas” after an unmasking… or that he is really “Negro Casas Jr” or something like that. This seems more like a match that would headline a lesser important Friday show or an important Sunday show (much like the recent match where Tiffany lost her locks) – so for it to be going down at Anniversario, there has to be some kind of reason for it.
Just Saw A Pic From The Cobarde Show, It Was Actually The Local Rey Escorpion Who Was In That Match…
Alright Latin Lover was on an Indy show, that means he’s recovered and it means we might be seeing him on TV very soon.
I think the it is highly unlikely there will be any sort of AAA invasion in TNA/Impact. The ongoing relationship with AAA has really been in place to help TNA/Impact make inroads into the Mexican wrestling market, and to help AAA promote big matches within Mexico.
I think it actually benefits AAA a whole lot more than it does TNA/Impact in the long run. Jeff Jarrett as the AAA World Champion helps provide AAA with a big name for their promotion, and helps them create some dream matches for their promotion and fan base, but it does nothing for Jarrett within TNA. His storyline with Mexican America fell flat from the moment they ran with it, and TNA fans could seemingly care less if Jarrett is the AAA champ or not.
whether the information could Vince Russo join AAA creative team and Scott Steiner soon AAA?
@kurski: I’m not sure what this is in response to, there’s no mention of TNA at all in this post and I’ve never said anything about a TNA invsaion of AAA. There has been suggestions AAA would send a couple guys to work the X Division this fall if they can finally work the US, but no one who’s been paying attention to AAA has ever suggested they’ll be revealed as Aces & Eights or whatever because that’d just be silly. There is no sense in making AAA guys mystery men because most of them are already complete mysteries to that audience.
There are no Jeff Jarrett vs AAA dream matches. There never really were, from the way fans reacted to him. He’s not that big of a name. Sting coming in created Dream Matches and Kurt Angle could’ve been used that way, but few others from TNA. There’s a match with LA Park that they’ve been setting up for near a year now that will mean something if/when they finally do it but Jeff Jarrett doesn’t seem to mean much outside that feud.
Vince Russo in AAA is incredibly unlikely – I can’t imagine booking (and living) in Mexico is something he wants to do, he’s not a fit at all, and Konnan would lose his mind.
Scott Steiner is possible and would’ve been at any time since he left TNA but I’d guess they rather prefer paying for people who are still in TNA and not people who TNA are angry with.
@Albert: Thanks!
@Nikita: I think both matches coming down on the same day is an attempt to get that sellout. Puma vs Rey Cometa is rad (as no one says) but I would guess it would do no more than half full on a Sunday or Tuesday show. Adding it on to the Anniversary show may be enough to sell that out, and they haven’t had a sell out since 2010.
Jeff Jarrett said early he want back win AAA World Heavyweight Championship belt and Vince Russo might not be coming to AAA, but Jarrett could entice him with Konnan. But where is next TNA star next AAA PPV…. Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair or others hmm?
My long-time dream is Scott Steiner and Buff Bagwell join AAA soon or next year. Scott Steiner said that he back soon big promotion full time, but not TNA and AAA. Only choise AAA, NJPW and AJPW.
who are the AAA creative team members? and AAA show there are no official name as Smackdown, Raw and Impact?
Mayde Carlito join future AAA?
Buff Bagwell. Wow.
AAA has shown in the past they can draw just the same and get just as much heat using Tiger Steele, Johnny Stamboli, American Chippendale, Ron Killings (before his WWE return), David Young, etc. Why would they need to waste time and money on high paid/insane headcases like Carlito, Bagwell, Luger, Steiners, etc.?
I wanna see the Lex Express head south to Mexico! What could possibly go wrong?
Trying to understand that Saturday reference by AAA, I’m guessing something will be announced on NOTI AAA and that’s technically when AAA airs.
@kurski: AAA won’t hire Vince Russo they already have Konnan which is the same thing.
Some of you guys mentioned Lex Luger, he won’t be wrestling in AAA or anywhere, not after his stroke. He’s now employed by the WWE as a fitness and nutrition consultant to the talent.
@Daniel: Just so you know, Latin Lover is in a play that is touring the US. He’s going to be in NYC area on 9/8 and 9/9 in Elizabeth NJ and Manhattan.