03/13 and 03/18 Arena de Chicago shows

Arenas de Chicago lists shows this week with Blue Demon Jr., LA Park, Electroshock, and Hijo de Cien Caras. There’s the normal Sunday show at Congress Theater, but they also list a show in Round Lake on Tuesday.

That’s all I got about that show – Dave Meltzer posted an street address last week, but that isn’t a street in Round Lake. I’m far more likely to go the Tuesday show if I go to either one, but obviously it’s gonna be a tough one if I don’t know where (or when) it is.

I sent an e-mail to the promotion, so I’ll update this if I get any info.

The website also lists a 04/08 show, presumbably at Congress.

02/04: IWRG, Accion

IWRG (THU) 02/01 Arena Naucalpan
1) Celestial b Extrano
2) Trauma I & Trauma II b Bactiera & Golem
3) Fabian el Gitano, Freelance, Kid Tiger b Black Jaguar, Black Stone, Black Terry
4) Esfinge, Suicida, Volador Jr. DQ Camorra, Nitro, Veneno
5) Negro Navarro DQ Negro Casas

Veneno caused the main event DQ, helping Negro Casas for whatever reason. Nitro fouled Esfinge in semimain. Esfinge is Spanish for Sphinx, by the way. Google Translation is unaware of this.

Only Galavision would run a sports round up show during the Super Bowl.

CMLL: Main event. Exciting highlights of Corleone choking Shocker, and Atlantis putting Wagner in an armbar. Corelone gets Wagner and Bucanero on the superman dive – Atlantis flees rather than get accidentally taken out. Shocker gets in a tope con hilo, Rey’s lifted Wagner’s dive, Wagner does his own dive. Corelone’s about to Black Hammer Shocker to death when Universo walks off, and Corelone throws down Shocker and stares at Universo. Why do they do that? They always do that. Anyway, Corelone is just standing in the ring and doing nothing when he gets a low blow uppercut from behind.

AAA: Mascarita Sagrada, Octagoncito, Mascarita Divina vs Mini Abismo Negro, Jerrito Estrada, Mini Charly Manson from Toluca. Are they showing this one just because it was the end of Sagrada? That seems harsh. I’m just waiting for the spots and – oh no that was awful. Mini Abismo’s on the floor, Sagrada somersault slingshots out for a headscissors, and I don’t know if Mini Abismo is too far away or if Sagrada didn’t get a tight scissors, but he hits Abismo with his back, never really gets his feet locked around Abismo’s head, and goes straight down, landing on the back of his head with no protection. He’s limp at the moment, though Abismo doesn’t know it and falls back while pulling Sagrada on it to sell the missed dive. The ringside people are checking on him immediately, and there’s a clip a moment later where they’re getting his mask off in a panic.

We still haven’t gotten an update on that. I think that means he didn’t die.

What’s airing on Lucha Libre Mexicana:
Angel Blanco Jr., Medico Asesino Jr., Mr. Tempest vs Venum, Suicida (masked), Ninja de Fuego

Thank god for the Death Valley Driver: this is off the tape they’ve got marked as T72, WWO TV from 3/18/96 to 4/14/96. That means we’ve got Tito Santana, Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and El Hijo del Santo versus Blue Panther and Samoans next week. I don’t know how I should feel about that.

01/28: AAA TV, Nicho, IWRG, Accion

AAA TV (THU) 01/25 Gimnasio Agustin Millian Results
1) Pegasso, Super Fly, Terry 2000 b Policeman, Sepulturero, Toxico
2) Mascarita Divina, Mascarita Sagrada, Octagoncito b Jerrito Estrada, Mini Abismo Negro, Mini Charly Manson
3) Crazy Boy, Joe Lider b Alan, Decnnis [AAA TAG, 1st]
4) Juventued Guerrera, Psicosis II b May Flowers, Pimpinela Escarlata [AAA TAG, 1st]
5) Alberije, El Elegido, Laredo Kid, Oriental b Abismo Negro, Antifaz del Norte, Histeria, Mr. Niebla
6) Charly Manson, Chessman, Cibernetico b Cuervo, Escoria, Ozz

Mascaraita Sagrada was hurt badly off an impact to the back of his head. According to AAA’s report, he lost consciousness and went into convulsions. He’s hospitalized and apparently conscious and they’re checking for a spinal fracture.

No mystery tag team, unless Juvi & Psi II are a mystery to you. triplea.com does not note any breakup angle.

In the semimain, Abismo tried to throw fire at Elegido, but Oriental bumped him, Elegido pinned him, and Hijo de Tirantes fast counted him.

The Dark Family had some help in the main event, from Head Hunter I and someone they don’t make clear – Espiritu? After the match, Pres. Roldan came out and talked about the AAA/Hell Brothers alliance again.

UPDATED STANDINGS
P M
9 3 Super Fly & Rey Cometa/Pegasso
9 3 Crazy Boy & Joe Lider
6 2 Cuervo & Ozz
3 1 Alebrije & El Brazo
3 2 Alan Stone & Zumbido
3 2 Mascara Divina & Oriental
3 2 Charly Manson & Pirata Morgan
3 2 El Angel, Laredo Kid
3 2 Chris Stone & Hator
3 3 Alan & Decnis
3 3 Espiritu & Scoria
3 3 Alliens, Gran Apache
3 3 Juventud Guerrera & Psicosis II
0 1 Antifaz & Histeria
0 1 El Elegido & Intocable
0 3 May Flowers, Pimpinela Escarlata

Super Luchas posted their interview with Nicho, from last week’s magazines. Highlights include
– he was kidnapped for extortion money, and was framed for the non-existent crime by a retired police offer and a newspaper writer.
– WWE let go of him because they couldn’t get a hold of him during that time; they were going to reintroduce him as Psicosis in ECW
– He’s hoping to get another tryout with WWE in 2008, thanks to Rey Misterio
– CMLL stripped him and Familia de Tijuana of the trios titles because CMLL thought they were going to bolt with them (since they’re Mexican Nationals titles, that’s legal and been done.) Nicho wanted to bring his belt home one night to show off to his family, CMLL didn’t like that idea and suspected him of jumping.
– He’s planning to work in CMLL in March, but doesn’t want to be stuck working for one promotion, and will remain an independent. He’s friendly with Konnan and gotten feelers from TNA, but both AAA and TNA would want to control his dates, and that’s not what he wants right now.

IWRG (THU) 01/25 Arena Naucalpan Results
1) Vampiro Metálico b Celestial
2) Truama I, Truama II b Antaris, Puma King
3) Black Stone, Camorra, Macho II b Bacteria, Halcon Salvaje, Kid Tiger
4) Cerebro Negro, Esfinge, Freelance b Avisman, Black Terry, Shigeo Okumura
5) Nitro, Olímpico, Último Guerrero b Dos Caras Jr., Negro Casas, Negro Navarro

Negro Casas and Negro Navarro couldn’t get along as a team, which is a blatant excuse for a singles match next week. I’m okay with that.

IWRG (THU) 02/01 Arena Naucalpan Results
2) Trauma I, Trauma II vs Bactiera, Golem
3) Fabian el Gitano, Freelance, Kid Tiger vs Black Terry, Black Stone, Black Jaguar
4) Volador Jr., Suicida, Esfinge vs Veneno, Camorra, Nitro
5) Negro Casas vs Negro Navarro

Accion:

CMLL: Dos Caras Jr., Rey Bucnaero, Mistico vs Terrible, Halloween, Perro Aguayo Jr. – Dos murdered Halloween on the apron sunset flip powerbomb. About as violent as I’ve seen that look. Halloween was stretchered out. Mistico was wearing pink, which is odd. Rey was getting the best of Perro, so Perro just had enough off that and fouled him.

AAA: Super Porky, Gronda, Intocable vs Scorpio Jr., Alan Stone, Zumbido – this is from last taping, with the Oriental injury angle we don’t see. Scorpio’s bleeding as we start the clips, of course. There’s nothing quite like trying to see Intocable and Gronda work a partner whip and hunable to decide who’s actually getting whipped. Looks like every Guapo/Porky match ever, and then Chris and Hator came in to attack after the pin, but we don’t see much of that.