CMLL (TUE) 12/05 Arena Coliseo Results
1) Bracito de Oro, Fantasy DQ Fire, Sombrita
2) Molotov, Starman, Trueno b Caligula, Mesala, Ramstein
3) Amapola, Hiroka, La Nazi b Luna Magica, Marcela, Sahori
4) Misterioso II, Olimpico, Tarzan Boy b La Mascara, Mascara Purpura, Satanico
5) Mistico, Sagrado, Shocker b Damian 666, Halloween, Mr. Aguila
Main event was in straight falls. Fans were divided on who to cheer.
two sides: This week’s Figure Four Daily reports El Hijo del Diablo might have been fibbing to Ovaciones early this week. The short version is Diablo tried to hold up the promoter for more money, didn’t get it, then decided to tank the match instead and accuse the promoter of shorting him.
Various different promoters run shows at Auditioro de Tijuana – they all run on Friday, but basically take turns – and the Diablo/Mistico match was run by Baja Star. Baja Star’s been running events for many years – my records go back to 2002 and they’re running then – so it is hard to believe they’d decide just to cut and run. They’ll be due to run another show in January. If we believe Diablo, they ought to have trouble doing that, because the undercards will be upset about not being paid and the commission would be angry for the same reasons. I think that’s the simplest way of cutting thru the he said/he said stories – if/when Baja Star runs another show, and it goes fine, then Diablo’s clearly making stuff up.
No one else has complained about their pay day, as far as I’ve read.
Ovaciones has a quite a bit of good nuggets today
– Efesto (spelled here Efecto) is Hombre Sin Nombre’s new identity.
– Marco Corelone is returning home to Italy (hahaha) to prepare for his big match on 12/15. Marco calls Universo unprofessional in an interview, and those two will not have wrestled in Arena Mexico since 11/10 (though they did meant in Xalapa and probably other smaller shows.)
– AULL’s TV contract with PCTV has run out, so this weekend’s show will be the last one of the “season.” Not sure if that means they’ll be back on TV in the new year or if WCW’s season finale.
– IWRG has canceled this Thursday’s show, citing poor attendance on recent Thursday shows.. They’ll run the next two Thursdays, and then close for the season.
In El Sol de Tampico, Cibernetico vows to send Muerte back to Puerto Rico and make sure he never returns.
Tinieblas and Mil Mascaras were honored in Puebla for – being Tinieblas and Mil Mascaras. El Sol de Puebla has the general story, and La Quinta Columna also has articles: an interview with Tinieblas and Mil Mascaras correcting a story about his past at the press conference. The man telling Mil’s background said he didn’t go to the Tokyo Olimpicos because he couldn’t put the funds together, while Mil claims it’s because he was ill treated and ill fed and decided to go do anything else.