CMLL (SUN) 06/06 Arena Mexico [La WagnerMania, Notimex, Espaldas Planas, Cesar, SuperLuchas, Ovaciones (PDF), @CMLLmagazine]
1) Demus 316 & Pierrothito b Bam Bam & Shockercito
2) Metro, Rush, Stuka Jr. b Histeria, Maniaco, Monsther
3) Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara, Shocker DQ El Alebrije, Olímpico, Psicosis
4) Máscara Dorada, Místico, Mr. Águila DQ Averno, Negro Casas, Volador Jr. [Relevos Increíbles]
5) Gigante Bernard, Máscara Año 2000, Universo 2000 b Brazo de Plata, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Strong Man
6) Máximo b Taichi [hair]
Not sure if/when this is air. Usual practice is the relevos match and hair match go to Fox Sports, and Olimpico/Fantasma and Bernard/Strong Man go to 52MX, but they may run it differently for it being a major show.
Maximo blocked a ‘rana and powerbombed Taichi for the deciding pinfall. Taichi cried while his head was shaved.
Bernard destroyed Strong Man, attacking his left arm enroute to a win. It read like they were writing Strong Man out for the moment, but he is scheduled to be in Puebla tonight for a near rematch of this semimain (Shocker in for Rayo.)
The most interesting development of the night was Volador’s apparent rudo turn. Before the fourth match, Averno made one last appeal for Mistico team with him again, but Mistico refused. Averno and Volador then revealed matching masks, and Volador worked the match completely as a rudo. It remains to be seen if this will carry over from this match – it may be Volador will just be a rudo when he faces Mistico, so they can continue doing those matches – but it came off as a full rudo turn here. Volador attempted to toss his mask to Mistico to draw the DQ, but Tirantes Sr. caught him and called for the DQ. Mask challenges all around. Doing a mask match out of this for the Anniversary show is far quicker than CMLL likes, but there’s nothing else on this level for an Anniversary main event.
Tirantes Sr. worked a couple matches on this show, but refereed them without bias. No rudo spots; if anything, they made sure to set up him in situations where he could make the rudo call just to have him not do it and prove a point.
Hector Garza ran in the tercera, attacking his old Angeles Rebeldes friends just as it looked like Alebrije was going to submit to the reinera. The tecnicos and Monito were all laid out after that match.
Shockercito was hurt after the opener; sounded like Demus’ double underhook piledriver was his finish.
Crowd was said to be 90% full, which means CMLL probably beat AAA in number of tickets sold. AAA charged more for their tickets, so they easily had the larger gate.