12/07 Perros del Mal debut show preview

PERRO (SUN) 12/07 Sala de Armas de Ciudad Deportiva
1) Black Spirit, Súper Nova, Turbo vs Black Thunder, Cerebro Negro, Head Hunter I
2) Ayako Hamada & Esther Moreno vs Martha Villalobos & Rossy Moreno
3) Intocable, Rayman, Super Crazy vs Damián 666, Mr. Águila, Olimpico
4) Cibernetico, el Hijo del Perro Aguayo, LA Park vs ?, ??, Dr. Wagner Jr.

Or maybe something other lineup. They didn’t really make it clear. There’s still no announced TV for this group. There are scattered independent shows over the next few weeks (Monterrey’s the big one), but there doesn’t seem to be a set schedule or a regular tour. They’re just another independent promotion with access to the biggest possible names.

From what I’ve read, one of the problems for indy guys is that they’re not as easy to reach. If you want to try and book Mistico, you can call CMLL’s office, you don’t need Mistico’s number. If you wanted to booked LA Park, you need to network with people until you get his number. The best case for this group is becoming that booking office where you can get a hold of all these sorts of people (for a cut of the booking fee), but I don’t see this coming together to be a relevant promotion in itself. NWA Mexico’s put on similar shows with names (though not as many as here at the same time) and seems to have fizzled out. You’ve got to be on TV to be relevant and no announced TV deal concerns me.

It’s too much to be this pessimistic before they even have a chance to run the show, but that main event doesn’t look like a lineup of guys who are going to be throwing into make this work. Ciber, Park and Wagner have found a lot of success by looking out for themselves and will be elsewhere when the better offer comes. Everyone else is here because they have nowhere else to be (in Olimpico’s case, it looked like he wanted to be anywhere but that press conference.) This is not a solid foundation, and there’s no grand plan unveiled to make me think that this is more than a few months of shows.

I hope Turbo and Black Thunder look good in the opener and get some press. I hope Black Spirit is good or gets good quickly. The tercera might be fun, might be a mess. And they will absolutely be shooting an angle in that main event (with the el Toreo overtones of the press conference, Cibernetico vs Dr. Wagner Jr. for the UWA Heavyweight Title seems teased). But I kinda expected more than this.

Is pointless to talk about matches we’re never going to see? I think so.