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03/10: Mexico results, lineups

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CMLL (FRI) 03/09 Arena Mexico [ova, ESTO]
1) Molotov & Valiente b Apocalipsis & Caligula
2) Leono, Mictlan, Virus b Dr. X, Ohara, Shigeo Okumura
3) Ephesto, Misterioso II, Sangre Azteca b Blue Panther, La Máscara, Sagrado
4) Atlantis, Olímpico, Último Guerrero b Dos Caras Jr., Lizmark Jr., Volador Jr.
5) Alex Koslov, Místico, Rey Bucanero b Averno, Black Warrior, Mephisto
6) Marco Corelone DQ Universo 2000

Marco won the first fall clean, and then won the second fall when Mascara Ano 2000 and Cien Caras ran in and beat him down. (Cien insists he’s not coming back, again.)

Panther suffered a knee injury in the second fall of his match and was taken to the hospital – might be serious.

There was a moment of applause for Black Shadow

More Black Shadow
– ESTO
– EHIU.com (newswire?) and Ovaciones have articles from his funeral

Today’s the VIP show with Super Muneco vs Coco Rojo for masks. Muneco appears to be winning.

Today’s also the next AAA taping

AAA TV (SAT) 03/10 Tlaxacalita
1) ?, Alan, Decnnis vs Ángel Mortal, Gallego, Mr. Cóndor
2) Billy Boy, Octagoncito, Pimpinela Escarlata, Sexy Star vs Fabi Apache, Gran Apache, Mini Chessman, Polvo de Esterllas
3) Crazy Boy, Joe Lider, Psicosis II vs Cuervo, Escoria, Ozz
4) Juventud Guerrera & Octagón vs Fuerza Guerrera & Pirata Morgan
5) Alberije, El Elegido, La Parka Jr., Zorro vs Abismo Negro, Antifaz del Norte, Histeria, Mr. Niebla

Next week’s CMLL Cards

CMLL (TUE) 03/13 Arena Coliseo Lineup
1) Rayo Tapatio I, Rayo Tapatio II vs Super Comando, Artillero
2) Lady Apache, Marcela, India Sioux vs Amapola, La Nazi, Rosa Negra
3) Valiente, Brillante, Virus vs Goto, Okumura, Ohara
4) La Mascara, Maximo, Felino vs Damian 666, Halloween, Mr. Aguila
5) Dr. Wagner Jr., Rey Bucanero, Blue Panther vs Averno, Mephisto, Ephesto

Goto is Hirooki Goto – maybe we’ll get to see the new belt?

CMLL (FRI) 03/16 Arena Mexico Lineup
1) Sombra de Plata, Super Nova vs Polvora, Vaquero
2) Dark Angel, Sahori, Luna Magica vs Princesa Sujei, Hiroka, Mima Shimoda
3) Blue Panther, Felino, Mictlan vs Mephisto, Ephesto, Misterioso Jr.
4) Heavy Metal, Volador Jr., Sagrado vs Universo 2000, Atlantis, Sangre Azteca
5) Shocker, Alex Koslov, Marco Corleone vs Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Hector Garza, Damian 666

No Mistico, so they obviously aren’t running Mistico/Perro next week. Or anything major. Sangre in a semimain is cool.

CMLL (SUN) 03/18 Arena Coliseo Lineup
1) Starman, Super Nova, Trueno vs Hooligan, Apocalipsis
2) Felino, Mictlan, Valiente vs Misterioso II, Loco Max, Mr. Mexico
3) Volador Jr., La Mascara, Alex Koslov vs Averno, Mephisto, Ephesto
4) Leono vs Mogur [hair]
5) Mistico, Dos Caras Jr., Lizmark Jr. vs Ultimo Guerrero, Black Warrior, Olimpico

The way they’ve been airing things lately, that hair match airs on Fox Sports.

Guerreros del Ring had:
02/23 Mexico: Amapola, Hiroka, Mima Shimoda b Dark Angel, India Sioux, Lady Apache
03/04 Coliseo: Olímpico, Pierroth, Universo 2000 b Satanico, Lizmark Jr., Marco Corelone
No unmasked segment – Ultimo Guerrero’s crib

Black Shadow (1921-2007)

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Alejandro Cruz Ortiz, who was a star in in the early days of lucha libre, teaming with Blue Demon Jr. and having a legendary mask vs mask battle with Santo, died Thursday of pneumonia. He was 81.

Source: Ovaciones.

Lucha Wiki bio.

Box Y Lucha has a thread of condolences and rememberances. There’s also a threads on El Martiente.

(Miarroba, the hosting service of Satanico’s Mansion and El Halcon’s board and other places are moving their servers today, so they’re down for the moment.)

Six things to know about Black Shadow
– His mask match with Santo (November 7th, 1952) is probably the most important match in lucha libre. It wasn’t the first mask/mask match, but it made them them a huge deal, and so much of lucha libre in the fifty years since have been built around battles for masks.
– Black Shadow was probably in top 5, maybe top 3, most important Mexican wrestlers of his day, and maybe top 15 overall.
– It’d be higher if, like Demon and Santo, he had a son who followed him and had success. Shadow did have sons, none of which followed their father’s career. Shadow gave permission to one man to carry his name, and other indy wrestlers have used it without permission. None have made a big mark.
– Blue Demon and Black Shadow were long time partners and claimed to be brothers.
– Black Shadow was an early highflyer. He help popularize versions of the tope.
– Despite his fame, Shadow worked other jobs to make ends meet. When he was injured during his career, he worked as a shoemaker. After it was over, he sold purses at the market.

One thing I wish I knew: why did Black Shadow lose his mask, and not Blue Demon? Was Shadow considered the lesser member of the pair, or was it just happenstance?