WWE (THU) 01/19 Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City Results [lli]
1) Paul London & Brian Kendrick b Chad Dick & James Dick
2) Lashley b Orlando Jordan
3) Kid Kash b Jamie Noble and Funaki [CW]
4) The Boogeyman b Sylvan
5) MNM b Super Crazy & Psicosis [WWE TAG]
6) Rey Mysterio Jr. & Chris Benoit b JBL & Booker T
7) Kurt Angle b Mark Henry [WORLD?]
8) Undertaker b Randy Orton
Ovaciones results are missing some matches. Lucha Libre Indepdiente has pictures and video, and there’s more links below.
El Hijo Del Santo (with one of his children) was present at the show, and Ovaciones says he was attacked by JBL and Booker T before their match. After the match, he joined Rey and Benoit in the ring for a tribute to Eddie.
Ovaciones was down on the Undertaker/Orton match. Animal interfered in the opener.
Google News has tracked down these links for me:
* La Aficion filed three stories on the show. Before the show, they filed a pre-show story, which is where I got that great Teddy Long pic. It’s about the massive setup for a WWE show. Apparently Rey and MNM arrived a day early to do press, and a TV show named “Otro Roll” wanted them to face AAA wrestlers on it’s show. WWE didn’t like that idea. (Otro Roll actually also airs on Univision on Saturday nights. I may tape that and see if they WWE segment is included.) They also wrote a generic preview. After the show, they filed a show report. They mention the lucha commission was present at the show but didn’t get involved in any noticeable way. Everything was done like it’d be done on a US show, including the ring announcing. There’s a mention that they’d like to do Tijuana, next time thru.
* El Universal Online‘s article is pretty much the same preview.
* On Televisa (and Galavison)’s site, Rey talks about Sports Entertainment. Many of the quotes are repeated in a preview for tonight’s Guadalajara show in el Occidental
CMLL (FRI) 01/20 Arena Mexico Results
1) Mini Olimpico, Bam Bam vs Mini Halloween, Mini Damian 666
2) Dark Angel, Sahori, India Sioux vs Amapola, La Nazi, Hiroka
3) Mistico, Negro Casas, Heavy Metal vs Averno, Mephisto, Hombre Sin Nombre
4) LA Park, Dos Caras Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr. vs Universo 2000, Mascara Ano 2000, Olimpico
5) Atlantis, Ultimo Guerrero, Rey Bucanero, Tarzan Boy vs Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Hector Garza, Damian 666, Mr. Aguila
The main event seems to be the direction they’re heading the next few months at least, but because of that, we’re likely to get variations of this same match for quite a while all over the CMLL shows; this match is special because it’s first and it’s everyone (except Olimpico), but it still seems lacking as a main event. The concept more seems to have a packed card; Negro’s not often working terceras.
I’d think that they didn’t do a huge match in would mean they weren’t concerned about WWE’s shows, but that they reversed themselves and stuck with this date seems to indicate otherwise.
indy (WED) 01/18 Disco Barcelona, Tamp Results
1) Rockero Boy b Luminoso Jr.
2) Black star b Misterio Negro
3) Nacho Zapata & Dakota b el Angel & Turok
4) Pimpinela & Asterisco b Halcon de Oro Jr. & Rey del Camino
AAA (WED) 01/19 Arena Juba de Reynosa Results
2) Luminoso Jr., Halcon do Oro Jr., el Bufalo vs el Angel, el Apostol, Punos de Serpiente
3) Turok b Dakota
4) Titan Jr vs Sangre Chicana Jr.
5) La Parka & Estrella Dorado Jr. b Shocker & Antifaz
indy (SUN) 01/22 Arena Solidaridad Lineup
1) Norteno Jr. vs Venum vs Mercurio vs Explosivo vs Aguila del Norte vs Eclipse vs Pegasso vs Furia vs El Nazi vs Galactar
2) Dark Angel, Princesa Sujei, Aurora vs Poly Star, Tsunami, Chacala vs Simply Lusicious, Diana, Justiciera
3) Comando I, Comando II, Comando III vs Caifane I, Caifane II, Caifane II
4) Diluvio Negro II, Silver Star, Gato Volador vs Maniaco, Memo Valles, Coco Viper
5) La Park & Diluvio Nergo I vs Super Parka & Blue Panther
NGX shuffled the top matches of their 01/28 card due because Sabu is no longer coming in. Main event is now Supreme vs Sandman, and they’ve added a Damian/Simply Luscious vs ???/??? match.
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I *think* the Otro Rollo that airs on Univision is like 2 weeks behind. Big EMPHASIS on I think. But this one should re-air on channel 12 in Tijuana on Saturday night at 8pm.
I think the Arena Mexico matches are gonna be switched up and Parka’s will end up being the main event while the current main comes out third. Just a hunch.
Also I’m hearing the Juniors tournament is taking place again this year on Feb. 10th. Not sure if that’s the day the final takes place and the tournament starts next week or if that is the day it begins. Also I’m wondering if it’ll be the exact same guys as last year? Alan Stone and Shocker are the only two guys not around who took part last year. You could toss Garza in there along with Perrito and that would make it somewhat fresh. I guess it just depends on whether they are willing to admit Kronos/La Mascara/Maximo are Brazo relatives and/or that Mistico’s dad was Dr. Karonte. If they are willing to admit that, the tournament can be fresh and full of new guys.
Rob
do you think wwe will ever run Arena mexico? EMLL owns that building right?