Mike Informer is totally extempt because he was offline at the time, but the whole “mask wearing banned in futbol” story happened two weeks ago. I was there. You were there. (See original post here.)
Yea, there’s an update today with people protesting or whatever, but at this point, it’s a futbol story not a lucha libre one. Why is this still news?
Should I just make a “random unfair complaints about the Observer” category?
So. Google Viedo allows you to post clips of unlimited length, though it seriously took five days for it to get put up there.
Just as an experiment to see if I could do it, I ripped the tercera from my DVD of the 01/29/06 Arenas Chicago/FMLL/whatever show at Congress Theatre. You too can buy the DVD, but apparently only if you’re at one of the events (they have a website – http://www.geocities.com/arenasdechicago – maybe e-mail and ask politely?), which includes a great Park/Mistico vs Wagner/Bucanero main event.
This match – in widescreen format! and eh ripped quality – is Guerrerito del Futuro, Coco Negro, Coco Verde vs SWAT Kat, Lupillo and Rayo Laser. Futuro wrestled in Mexico, the Cocos are locals (I assume), and I believe Rayo was the guy working in Chicago as Discovery.
Video runs 37 minutes. It’s embedded after the link, or available at video.google (here). Feel free to pass the link around.
– I’ve been working on the rosters this week; I think they should be in decent shape. Lots of pictures added, groups fixed, titles on the right people, all good stuff. I can’t believe I can’t find a good picutre of bald Marco/s Corelone where he’s looking at the camera, but I guess could’ve looked harder.
Figuring out the IWRG roster is tough, because they’ll do things like debut Max Steel, put him in the main event for a week, and have him never appear again. Since I’ve got IWRG sorted on appearance frequency, I ended up coming up with an algorithm to determine who should be where and who should be left off, but I’m sure it’s not perfect.
The Other page has been distilled down to just people with pictures, though I’m thinking of junking it. My thought is most people use these pages to try to figure out who’s who after seeing them on a tape; if they want to know people outside, they’ll probably be checking the wiki.
– Following up the Rules & Regulation, and DaClyde’s comment from earlier this week
In an unrelated note, one of the sites I have a subscription with is supposed to be adding “Paper Of Record” which will be offering newspaper archives, mainly from Canada and Mexico.
There are Mexico government website which are supposed to have the Paper Of Record for each state, but either I’m too limited in my spanish or the lucha info just isn’t in there. I wouldn’t be surprised if the info is there – at least if you go far back enough to where the comissions were taken very seriously – but I’ve had no luck finding it any publication online (which seems not to go back too far.) I’ll followup if I find anything.
– Besides the usual TV (AAA or not AAA, I dunno), I’ve got an episode of (somewhat uneventful) ’05 CMLL that I missed the first time thru, and some footage from recent shows to recap. I’m hoping some DVDs show up afterwards, but TV Recaps should keep on going in some manner.
– No Saturday update till late tommorow, I think. And I’m not sure what I’m doing Sunday as of yet.
Highlights of the (more recent) Tijuana Box Y Lucha Y Kickboxing regulations (click on the second link); this is a updated (2002, I think) to the one I went thru previously (1985; there’s a few 1976 ones floating around too). There’s some great obvious stuff here, like it’s a 3 count for a pin, and I don’t believe some of the stuff is actually followed except when forced, but I find it cool to figure out what’s in the rule book I don’t expect.
* Allowed Match Types
a) mano y mano (for masks, hair, using super libre, for trophies or titles)
b) 2 on 2
c) 3 on 3
d) 4 on 4
e) Strap matches
f) Triangle Trios matches
g) Triangle Pair matches
h) Triangle Singles matches
i) Relovos Suicidas
j) Battlas campales – ciberneticos (no more than 10 wrestlers, no more than 16)
k) Russian Roluette/Tournaments of Death (no less than 8, no more than 12!)
l) “Relevos Tijuanenses” (which turns out to be four team matches, with two wrestlers in at a time)
All atomicos matches are supposed to have either the captain beat or the three non-captains (most of these seem to end at two), and should be one fall. Triangle matches are supposed to have coin tosses to determine the one on one matches, not 3 in at the same time.
The promotion must have an EXPERT haircutter on the premises if they’re doing that stip, and there’s fine/suspensions if you don’t do it. People who lose thier masks are obligated to show their face to the public while still in the ring, or they and the promotion (if they don’t force them to) are subject to the same punishment.
If you lose your mask, you can not put on another one for two years, and only if you’re active during that time. (But you CAN put on another one.) If you change names, the promotion is supposed to list your old name under your new name on the programs to inform the fans.
All wrestlers not only have to pass a medical test, but a Wrestler Competency Test, including testing in “olympic style” wrestling and generally proficiency. This test can be conducted by a trainer, but they’ve got to be licensed as such. If you’re a minor, you’ve got to have written permission from your parents.
The Commission has yearly awards
– the “Rey Misterio” award medal to the best wrestler
– unnamed award for the best promotion
The commission has the right to film any show, for evaluation people for this awards, as long as they’re not selling it.
Foreign wrestlers are allowed, as long as they check in with the commission to prove they’re in the country legally and they’ve already got work.
Promotions are obligated to pay the medical costs of anyone injured in their rings.
If someone doesn’t show up for an event, the promotion is required to replace them with an equal or greater wrestler, and fans are entitled to a refund.
Wrestlers are subject to a one year suspension if they verbally attack an opponent, the fans or the commission on the microphone; I’m guessing this would be a very high level of attack.
Out of the ring countout is 20, but in the ring countout is 10. You’ve got 3 seconds on moves in the ropes, not 5. It’s a low blow to strike in the “nape of the neck” as well as the obvious. All forms of the Martinete are illegal (hey Universo.) So is a closed fist.
There are no draws allowed in mask matches, hair matches, matches for trophies, and matches for vacant titles.
Minis are not allowed to face normal sized wrestlers.
Elsewhere, I found 2001 regulations which included weight limits
Fly 52kg
“Gallo” 57 kg
“Pluma” 63 kg
Light 70 kg
Welter 77 kg
Super Welter 82 kg
Middle 87 kg
Super Middle 92 kg
Light Heavy 97 kg
Junior Heavy 105 kg
Heavyweight over 105 kg
Title match opponents are not to have more than 10 KG weight difference, weights are checked 4 hours before the show, and the promotion is in charge of making sure the scale works. State champions are required to defend every 45 days.
Every one of these I read says the commission is supposed to tell inform government reporter who’s champ of each division each month (and the one above also says an outstanding wrestler in the division should be noted), but I’ve never seen any record of that. That’d be a great find.
Just wondering about this the other day.
Using the weight divisions listed on wrestling-titles; it’s the best guess we’ve got. All weight numbers are of course from luchawiki.
These all should probably go in better places, but better to get them together now and sort them later.
old Dr. Lucha news/reports (via Superpsicosis lucha libre via archive.org); these are all the ones listed on that page (of course not all done), and I probably should dig thru Google.Groups to find more.
1998-12-09
1998-12-12
1998-12-14
1998-12-15
1998-12-16
1998-12-17
1998-12-19
1998-12-20
1999-01-28
1999-01-30
1999-02-03
1999-02-06 (Santo’s funeral was on a Friday, so it was long day)
1999-02-09
1999-02-11
1999-02-12
1999-02-25
1999-02-15
1999-02-16
1999-02-17
1999-02-18 (missing)
1999-02-19 (Super Porky and son get jumped on the way home from school)
1999-02-20
1999-02-22
1999-02-23
1999-02-25
1999-02-27
1999-03-02
1999-03-05
1999-03-06
1999-03-10
1999-03-12 (missing)
1999-03-13
1999-03-17
1999-04-17
1999-04-26
1999-04-30
1999-05-05
Guerreros del Ring Covers
(all from the same photobucket album)
#20
#21
#22 (small)
#23
#24
#25
#26
#27
#28
#29
#30 (small)
#32 (small)
#33
#36
among other things: Misterioso II (I think) b/W, guess what belt Silver King has
Someone could do a blog just looking at public photo albums and search “lucha libre”
