La Parka had himself an interesting past couple of days. He got himself arrested during a barroom brawl this past Tuesday. It is near the bottom of the page past all the shills.
I’ve also got up a new review of older lucha. Not that old, as it only goes back to 3/2001 and is the EMLL pay-per-view. I’m going to try and get the other 2 EMLL PPV shows from that year written up. The optimist in me says it would be up by 2004, but the realist thinks that St. Patrick’s Day is far more likely.
I got a new recap of some older lucha up at the Weinerboard. Best of Rey vs Juventud from 1995/96. And yes, it is as much fun as it sounds.
http://wienerboard.com/thread.php/id=16075
wrestleholics has a new batch of 2003 Lucha in. Both stuff from Mexico City and Guadalajara. 5 tapes worth of time-wasting fun.
http://www.wrestleholicsvideos.com/newvideos.htm
I spent part of today typing up a recap of Show Zero. 9/4/2001. Not the best way to spend time when you don’t have a lot of free time thanks to actual jobs and whatnot. I’m going to try to get a TV show from 1997 looked at over the next couple days. It is from Tajiri’s short stay in EMLL (one of his partners was the future Essa Rios), and also has a famous Santo vs. Felino match, so that should get the taste of the 2000s/Dantes vs. Rayo/
And then I cross reference the show with the rest of the matchlists, and it was the exact same show as 10/02/01. Wrestleholics agrees with that. At least I didn’t watch all of the episodes. Just everything up until the main event.
And just a reminder, you can fit all three episodes of Wrestleholics Summer lucha on one 8 hour tape for $18.00. Great deal.
The latest older lucha recap is up at the Wienerboard. A whole bunch of stars are on this show. The Great Sasuke vs. Ultimo Guerrero, from a point about a year before Ultimo made his move from really good to DAMN~~~. But there is also one of the most surreal things I’ve seen – Kurrgan as a capo. Mercifully, there wasn’t a match – he just interfered, thankfully putting an end to a match with both Tinieblases and the always annoying Alushe.
I did get some new and old stuff in my latest tape acquisition. I’m now watching stuff from 2000, which included the final build-up to the Vilano 3/Atlantis mask match, the start of Tarzan Boy/Satanico differences, and a short feud with Olimpico & Blue Panther that saw the tecnico hit a few gushers. I thought Pimpinella Escaralata never worked Arena Mexico, but s/he’s on this tape too. I also have some matches from Tajiri’s 1997 stint in EMLL. Seeing him forget he is in a lucha ring and just start punting rudos around straddles the fine line between great and surreal. Some 1995 AAA as well. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Rinoceronte’s ring attire. Also, Black Warrior in some typical AAA nonsense that sees him in a monkey tail. Wow.
And I have the missing episodes from TCF’s CMLL recaps. Once I get through the Simpsons DVD and the Profiler DVDs, I’ll get to that.
This is just a little nudge for people that may be curious about lucha, but don’t get Galavision. Over in the usenet group alt.binaries.pro-wrestling, the shows from 5/11 are posted. The AAA is there in full now, and the CMLL looks to showing up slowly but surely. I’ve got the CMLL show (the Japan vs. Mexico ciibernetica) arriving soon from wrestleholics, so I’m not going to bother grabbing that one, but the AAA one interested me enough to grab. As per usual with the fed, the minis are the highlight. They also have the infamous 6-sided ring, which is must-see if for nothing else than the novelty of it.
Here’s a nice recap of last weekend’s show in Chicago.
I’ve got a new post up at the Wienerboard with a look at some older lucha. The Best of El Hijo del Santo. It’s got the When Worlds Collide match, the much-loved singles match with Psicosis, and Santo’s heel turn. Probably the highest quality (match-wise) tape that I’ve looked at so far.
There’s also Todd Gerth’s summary of lucha action in Chicago. Not a whole lot of familiar names for CMLL fans, but the rudos rudo, Apolo Dantes is supposed to be there on the 23rd.
I’ve got a fresh order in at Wrestleholics, and since the two missing weeks (79 and 82) in TheCubsFan’s recaps were both on the same 2 hour tape, so I added this one into the end of an 8-hour tape. So, for those that couldn’t live without knowing what happened in all those Sadam matches, it is your lucky day. Other than that, lots of Bucanero & Guerrero.