tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336391202012-01-19T15:25:38.414-08:00One obsessive Canadian's review of everything going on in Lucha Libre.Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.comBlogger1931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-90446506926219091082012-01-19T15:25:00.000-08:002012-01-19T15:25:38.421-08:00

Flamita/Daga/Eterno vs Traumas I y II/Sadico (1/14/12): Tremendous match! Reports came in after the show that this was the show-stealer and a legit MOTYC even though it only occured a few days into the year and those reports did not lie! Looooooong first fall with multiple mat exchanges climaxing with Daga putting a leglock on Trauma I and getting FUCKING SLAPPED IN THE FACE! This was one of

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I'm sure I overlooked one thing or another since I didn't put too much thought into this since none of my choices will win anyways. Still... gotta submit one or I'd have to right to complain when the results come out.:) 1. LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD: 1. L.A. Park 2. La Sombra 3. CM Punk 3. MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: 1. Averno 2. Rey Misterio Jr. 3. Volador Jr. 5. BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW: N/A 6. FEUD

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We all know 2011 wasn't exactly the best year for business in Mexico but let's not focus on that right now. Let's focus on the good things we saw this year... the things that give us hope going into 2012! Who else to point these things out than me - Mr. Negativity! Forjando un Idolo: Easily one of the highlights of the year in CMLL. 16 youngsters in 4 groups doing round robin style matches in a

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1. Valiente will win his first major mask match over either Polvora or Efesto. 2. (trying again this year) Dr. Wagner Jr. will leave AAA and return to CMLL by September where he will be a rudo so he can feud with Atlantis. 3. All the Oficiales will be unmasked by year end. 4. CMLL will still not deliver either Atlantis vs Ultimo or Sombra vs Volador in major mask matches. 5. Pantera will

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Starting with completely random thoughts that hopefully won't get me in trouble, following it up with match recaps... - Anyone else starting to feel more afraid than excited every time CMLL does their "coming soon" vignette? It's either going to be Magnus or worse. Think about that. - Arena Mexico may have been empty from October 7th until (insert present date) but those fans who decided to

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-7655024667991852542011-09-21T15:40:00.000-07:002011-09-21T15:40:16.739-07:00

1. Sagrado/Valiente/Metro vs Raziel/Euforia/Vangelis - 9/9/11 @ Arena Mexico Really good match! Everyone worked hard and there was a bunch of creative stuff here which quickly assured me this wasn't going to end up the usual CMLL style mail-in. Valiente/Raziel had a fun mat exchange early on which brought back memories of Valiente vs Caligula matches. Metro/Vangelis, arguably the weakest two

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#thingsthatwillnotdisprovethetheorythatCubsfan&Iarethesameperson Here's a quickly put together post outlining the last 11 years of stip matches CMLL has run @ Arena Mexico/Coliseo. Have the amount of big matches gone down or has the amount stayed the same but just less big names are being involved? (* = Major Match) 2000 3/5 (Arena Coliseo): Mascarita Magica vs Vaquerito - Hair vs Hair 3/17 (

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Today was the CMLL press conference to announce their plans for the Anniversary Show this month. The result was a cage match involving 10 wrestlers: Negro Casas Rey Bucanero Felino Rush Mr. Aguila (lost his hair 8 months ago) Maximo (lost his hair 5 months ago) Texano Terrible Hector Garza Blue Panther A bit underwhelming, eh? Gone are the days of big singles match built up over many months

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I'm looking for the following matches if anyone has them available and can cap them? Or even just stick them on DVD I guess. Willing to trade anything from my own collection. Just leave a reply here, e-mail me or hit me up on twitter (RobViper). Thanks! 1. Perro Aguayo/Mascara Sagrada/Latin Lover/Cibernetico vs El Signo/Negro Navarro/El Missioniero/Killer (AAA 4/21/95 in Queretaro) 2. Torero/

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Continuing on with my trek through the past... El Faraon vs Sangre Chicana (1986, unknown location): No clue where this took place since it was shot from ringside and the arena was pretty dark. It probably wasn't a big show considering these two seemed to be having a pretty sub-standard match for what they are capable of and the finish was a double low blow which is a typical cop out nobody has

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-68854505005364431452011-08-26T19:08:00.001-07:002011-08-26T19:08:08.645-07:00

(c&p from WON.com post I couldn't help but write) Simply put this is why the Sin Cara gimmick will fail with Hunico... 1. Mistico brought a certain style to the gimmick. He has a certain way of moving, a certain way of doing all his big spots and most importantly a special charisma that only real stars have. He wasn't trained in WWE style and barely spent even a month down in Florida. This

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Using our collective brains Fredo and I managed to track down some rare as shit Lucha Libre that will thrill anyone who a) loves Lucha Libre & b) thought the well had run dry on undiscovered 80's Lucha. (BTW that's my 10% finding all the footage needed and Fredo's 90% resources hehehehe) The best part is it's not only one area specific - it covers Arena Mexico (~80'S HANDHELDS! Who the hell had

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CMLL FSE 8/20/11: Pegasso/Rey Cometa/Dragon Lee vs Arkangel/Loco Max/Hooligan: I felt kinda ripped off by this match. Very little action with Cometa barely getting to do anything except his big dive and Pegasso must still be hurt b/c he was working at half speed and blew a bunch of simple exchanges with Loco Max. I'm generally not a fan of the Tuereg group since aside from Hooligan and Arkangel

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- Hector Garza vs Ultimo Guerrero on Friday has to be leading to a big angle, right? There's always that nagging rumor that an offshoot Perros Del Mal group is coming to CMLL and this would be the time to debut them. Or you could have Atlantis seconding Ultimo Guerrero and costing him the title? I dunno. SOMETHING has to happen. I can't see this match just happening for no reason a few weeks out

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1. Daga vs Suicida from the IWL iPPV. You can order it at www.gofightlive.com. Amazing MOTYC! 2. Turbo vs Black Thunder from the Lucha Libre Expo aired on PdM TV (and can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL08-AAaV60). Fantastic match with the only negative being the disrespectful crowd. 3. Drago's performance on AAA TV (which can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

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1. Ninja De Fuego/Mulusco Jr. vs Centinella/Guerrero Arlequin Quimico Jr. was announced at first but he was not here. I'm sure of this. Mulusco was a big dude... I want to say fat dude but he was in fine shape compared to what was coming out next. I was disappointed to see Guerrero Arlequin was not dressed like the IWRG Arlequins.:( He did some fun stuff with Ninja De Fuego. Mulusco Jr. ended up

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Here's a little fantasy booking from my deranged mind! I decided to attempt to plan out CMLL's entire timeline until the Anniversary Show on September 16th (a date I am assuming, it has not been confirmed yet). This is realistic style fantasy booking though so I had rules: 1. No using Sombra/Strongman while they are in Japan for the G-1. 2. I was told the Universal Title tournament will take

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-1216471943039025212011-07-15T18:52:00.000-07:002011-07-15T18:52:19.565-07:00

A review of a current show? YEP! Rolling Boy/Triton vs ?Anubis?/Keshin Black: I'm not sure if it was Anubis on the rudo team. All the results list him but there was no graphic and I watched without audio. This guy looked very different from the regular Anubis which is why I'm not sure. Or maybe it's a new Anubis? Either way he looked excellent here and basically carried the match for all three

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Asturiano/Centella De Oro/Stigma vs Siki Osama Jr./Espiritu Maligno/Centauro De Fuego: Surprising rough matwork early on with Centella and Espiritu who are usually great. They were very loose and looked awkward trying to throw each other around. Stigma got things going against Siki Osama with an amazing quadrople springboard armdrag. Yes. I did say that. QUADROPLE SPRINGBOARD ARMDRAG! AMAZING! He

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Chico Che/Eragon/Veneno vs Guerrero Negro/El Hijo Del Diablo/Comando Negro: Freelance was originally in this match but he was selling a tombstone from Comando Negro the week before and Veneno took his spot. OUR LOSS! Not sure what the deal was with Guerrero Negro working here for a bit and not losing his hair. Why else was he here? Seemed like they were setting him and Tony Rivera up for a match

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Diamante, Metro, Angel Azteca Jr. vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus: Really good match. Not worked at all like the usual formulas you see. Instead the entire match was basically 1-on-1 exchanges with lots of mat wrestling and finishes coming when wrestlers hit their big moves. I really liked how this was put together and I guess I can credit Virus? Diamante took a sick double backdrop in the second

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About a month or so ago a relatively new promotion in Mexico named IWL announced they'd be running an iPPV with Madman Pondo as the top draw. Naturally this was met with a lot of skepticism because most of the companies that do iPPV's barely break even and that's with much more star power and promotion. Not to mention the technology is still relatively new - case in point the last DGUSA iPPV had

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Argos, Aero Star, Fenix, Sugi vs Dark Dragon, Tito Santana, Tigre Cota, Decnis: Only saw quick highlights on youtube of the middle portion of the match. Seemed like a total divefest but sadly cut off before the finish. Would love to see this pop up randomly on an AAA TV show sometime in the future or via super duper secret handheld. Cynthia Moreno, Fabi Apache, Mari Apache, Lolita vs Sexy Star,

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A twitter (RobViper) and blog (luchareviews) exclusive! Enjoy! Share your favorite early WWE Rey memories in the comments!

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I was going to do a huge rant on CMLL this weekend but decided to save it for another time and instead show how if you take not even 5 minutes you can come up with logical/do-able cards for upcoming CMLL major shows. But first here's a list of some trios teams that have headlined for CMLL in the last 30 days: 5/3: Black Warrior/Maximo/Super Porky 5/8: Black Warrior/Maximo/Strongman 5/10: Black

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- So it's down to Angel De Oro vs Polvora. How disappointing. I guess it's set up this way b/c they wanted to do a tecnico vs rudo final but was Polvora really the best choice? Puma King was RIGHT THERE! So was Escorpion who just won the Gran Alternativa and had an actual angle going for him! I guess the rumors are Angel De Oro will win and become the new Mistico. I'm not doubting it but ever

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Mr. Cacao decided to relive his childhood starting with this tour as he brought over Mil Mascaras and Dos Caras to team up. A fine idea which drew strong crowds naturally since nostalgia always gets over for a short time. The entire tour was focused on them along with Solar as their third wheel and rudos like Apolo Dantes, Violencia, Ultimo Guerrero and Rey Bucanero doing the job of taking

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Magnus vs Polvora: Wasn't expecting much and got exactly that. Magnus is not good at all and Polvora is not as good as Angel De Plata so he couldn't help out here. Very generic Lightning Match format with the slow start, blocked big dive, big dive and a finish. Hoping there's a twist to come and Magnus will go down to Fuego allowing Fuego to advance but not holding any hope out for that outcome.

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The CMLL Japan tour in November '99 was called 'Rudos Del Milenio' and was a very exciting tour on paper. It was the first time Ricky Marvin went over to Japan and he got to go with Sangre Azteca! A dream come true for all smarks back in the day as Marvin and Azteca were considered the new Rey Jr./Juventud of their time and even though it was early in their careers it was pretty much known CMLL

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Not much to say about the August '99 tour of Japan for CMLL. Osaka Pro was just starting up if I'm remembering correctly and they had some guys on the show along with a random group of midcard CMLL talent including Solar working twice as both Solar and Mariachi. Only one show (from Osaka) made television and there were no really memorable matches. On the bright side it set the stage for the next

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Diamante/Puma King: Good match to start the tournament off. I'm figuring the winner will be one of the two guys who are going to marry into the Casas family so Diamante has a great chance to go all the way. Puma King is always great and has an awesome moveset. Nothing wrong here. Hombre Bala Jr. vs Hijo Del Signo: Bala is the greenest guy in the tournament along with Dragon Lee but he got

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-12685322665472904022011-04-11T17:32:00.000-07:002011-04-11T17:32:49.147-07:00

Cubs said he was only going to pick top two from each group and skip the rest but then I saw today he decided to show off and ended up predicting the entire tournament. So I will try to one-up him! Although I figure our final 8 will more or less be the same. Group Alpha: a) Hijo Del Signo over Hombre Bala Jr. a) Diamante over Puma King b) Hijo Del Signo over Puma King b) Diamante over Hombre

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Really fun tour! CMLL Japan had turned into basically an afterthought for CMLL so Mr. Cacao got to cherry pick the wrestlers he wanted to bring over and brought a really talented group! Virus! Oriental! Ultimo Guerrero! Rencor Latino! Olimpico! Zumbido! A who's who of talented misused CMLL undercarders! This led to a bunch of great matches - perhaps the best being Oriental and Tsubasa vs Virus

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This tour was dubbed 'Lucha Fiesta II' although I much prefer my title - "The Tour That Embarassed El Hijo Del Santo!" Honestly this tour was abysmal from an attendance standpoint. Not a single sellout and some of the smaller shows were held in front of pretty much empty gymnasiums. Not the ego boost Santo was looking for when he used politics to get on this tour along with a bunch of other

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Smaller roster sent for this tour with the usual crew as expected going over along with Mr. Aguila who was actually not a member of the CMLL roster but was so over after the last tour that he got brought over on his own and stole the show once again! There must have been some jealousy from the veterans after missing the previous tour though as for whatever reason Rayo De Jalisco Jr., Cien Caras,

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This tour was interesting because unlike the first tour which was trying to replicate an authentic CMLL show in Japan, the promoters clearly saw the reaction of the fans to the younger flying wrestlers and thus only decided to fly over exactly that - younger guys who could fly. Shocker, Mr. Niebla, Felino, Super Astro, Mr. Aguila, Arkangel, Mano Negra Jr., Ultraman Jr. were among the crew who

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-8212474498759249852011-02-28T20:59:00.000-08:002011-02-28T20:59:17.333-08:00

(Yes, I do remember I have a blog for those of you who asked. I'm just lazy!) Continuing with the exclusive music videos that I can't put up on youtube, here are two videos covering the first CMLL tour of Japan. Cacao Planning sponsored the tour and CMLL sent over pretty much all their top talent who knew how to work (and Rayo De Jalisco Jr.). Needless to say what was left in Mexico wasn't too

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1. Dr. Wagner Jr. will be back in CMLL by September. Possibly due to a falling out with AAA about doing a job for either ParkAAA or Cibernetico at Verano De Escandalo. 2. By the end of 2011 Konnan will be out of AAA after a falling out with the Roldans. He and Moody Jack will attempt to start their own promotion come 2012. 3. CMLL will hold more tournaments than they did in 2010. 4.

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1. LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD FOR WRESTLER OF THE YEAR 1. Mistico 2. Rey Misterio Jr. 3. John Cena 3. MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER 1. La Sombra 2. Blue Panther 3. Mascara Dorada 5. BEST BOX OFFICE DRAW 1. John Cena 2. Mistico 3. Rey Misterio Jr. 6. FEUD OF THE YEAR 1. Mistico vs Volador Jr. 2. Terribles Cerebros vs Gringos VIP 3. La Parka vs L.A. Park 7. TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR

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AAA 2/27/10 in Cuernavaca: Awesome opener! The likes of which are rarely seen in AAA these days and one of the rare times these mixed matches actually works to perfection. The work between Aero Star/Ultimo Gladiador was off the charts! Gladiador took a monkey flip to the floor and later in the match took a springboard rana to the floor from Octagoncito and flew into the second row upside down!

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While slowly going through all the 2010 Lucha footage I got Fredo (www.slambamjam.com -> cheap plug alert!) I came to realize in the first two months alone there were tons of angles that were just dropped out of nowhere. This led me to think about the rest of the year and come up with a list of 10 angles that took place in 2010 but you may have forgotten about. I will list them here in no

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AAA 2/18/10 in Toluca: A total abomination of a show. I don't see how anyone could have enjoyed this. From the opener with six guys who should have had at least a DECENT match that ended up being a total mess to the main event that just dragged and had nothing of note it was a terrible show. The only SO-SO moment was the mini's match but I thought that was even weak by their standards. An easy

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AAA TV 2/5/10: Mini's opener was fun but clearly showed how weak the division is. The same three rudos as always (except for Mini Chessman once a year) and the tecnico side had Mini Charly who is a big time stiff and the fourth Mascarita Sagrada who is useless after he runs through his 3 spots and asai moonsault dive. The finish of course made no sense with Tirantes Jr. helping the rudos but

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Expect a lot of upcoming comments on really old Lucha since I'm just catching up on all Fredo's new DVD's... CMLL TV 1/29/10: Opener with Fuerza Aerea/Angel Azteca Jr. against the Tuereg was probably my favorite match between the teams who have now met at least 50 times. Even though it was edited down and only two falls it still had a lot of fun moments and was really the perfect match to

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Here's a music video I did a while back covering the best moments from the short-lived WWF show "SuperAstros". As the story goes - Vince knew WCW had the edge on them when it came to the Cruiserweight Division and was actually worried they'd try to take over the Hispanic market by starting their own show using the Mexicans they had under contract. This was not a myth as WCW actually did a taping

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-89243220454749029142010-11-30T21:32:00.000-08:002010-11-30T21:32:03.431-08:00

MV exclusive for the three people who read my blog! My music video recapping AAA Triplemania '08. Wouldn't go up on youtube originally because it was too long and now the music is rejected. I sent it to the AAA webmaster for him to use it as he pleases but for some reason he doesn't like me.:) http://www.sendspace.com/file/asftly (More exclusive MV's to come!)

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-54074074372410198642010-11-22T00:08:00.000-08:002010-11-22T00:08:52.404-08:00

C3 11/6/10: Angel De Plata/Angel Azteca Jr./Rey Cometa vs Arkangel/Loco Max/Skandalo - Aren't these guys bored of working with each other? - Azteca has a tope suicida for Loco Max. - Tecs take fall one. - Azteca has a generic exchange with Arkangel. I am sadly reminded of the days when Azteca used to try hard and always bust out new moves. Guess he's learned his role. - Cometa looks really good

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-44654319026537276322010-11-14T17:46:00.000-08:002010-11-14T17:46:59.390-08:00

CMLL LATV 11/13/10 (taped 10/22/10): Angel De Plata/Starman/Tigre Blanco vs Apocalipsis/Durango Kid/Puma King - Now there's a random group of six! - Tigre Blanco uses the old CMLL Japan music and I like Angel De Plata's music although I think Stuka uses the same song. - Pretty sure Tigre Blanco could put on Tony Rivera's tights and nobody would know the difference. Maybe that's why Rivera was

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-25797551764822826012010-11-13T11:22:00.000-08:002010-11-13T11:24:19.612-08:00

The entire storyline of Invasores vs CMLL wasn't a total failure. It actually begun really strong even though it looks to be ending in failure as we approach the year-end show in December or late November. The storyline in itself was quite the leap for CMLL, a company that is typically VERY anti-outsider angles or doing anything outside of their status quo. So while I commend CMLL for taking a

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-45270823623851255172010-11-08T21:55:00.000-08:002010-11-08T21:55:48.505-08:00

CMLL FSE 10/16/10 (taped 10/10/10): Goya Kong/Luna Magica/Dalys vs Princesa Blanca/Princesa Sujei/La Amapola - And you wonder why it took me this long to get to this review? - Rudas in control to start. - Has anyone seen Goya Kong and Tiffany in the same place? - Oops... Amapola/Sujei knock Blanca to the floor so Luna Magica can sit on her. - Big splash from Kong gives fall one to the tecnicas.

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Bam Bam/Electrico/Ultimo Dragoncito vs Pequeno Olimpico/Pequeno Warrior/Pierrothito - That mask Bam Bam wore in his entrance is not going to put an end to any of the rumors surrounding his orientation. - This is an actual solid lineup of mini's but it is a Sunday show... so I'm not sure what to expect. - Is this the first time they've come out and said Pequeno Olimpico used to be Cicloncito

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-63655237581774420002010-11-07T17:39:00.000-08:002010-11-07T17:39:52.120-08:00

Tigre Rojo/Stigma vs Ares/Espiritu Maligno - Have not been overly impressed with what I've seen from Stigma but he's young so I assume he will improve. He's certainly way ahead of most of the GDL locals making TV. - Stigma may be able to work as 'Electro' if he ever gets called up to the main roster seeing as though he remarkably resembles Electrico. - Nice cutoff spot as Ares spears Stigma out

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-23428458494892995622010-11-07T01:38:00.000-07:002010-11-07T01:38:17.238-07:00

Astro Boy/Trueno vs Disturbio/Tiger Kid - It's an opener! Always nice when the C3 folks give this to us as a bonus. - Disturbio is small and out of shape. Kinda like Skandalo. And Panico. Weird how that works - huh? - Notice how people always accuse Astro Boy of working as Mistico but nobody ever accues Mistico of working as Astro Boy? - And Astro Boy slips on a kip-up... - Astro Boy's running

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-56991275039243375632010-11-04T21:58:00.000-07:002010-11-04T21:58:29.576-07:00

Torneo Cibernetico - ?JIP? w/ Fantasma and Bucanero in the ring. - Announcers point out if two guys from the same team are left they will have to face each other. Honestly - when has that ever happened? I can only remember it happening once and that may have been by complete accident since everyone was dropping like flies due to injuries in that mess of a match. (May 1999) I'm eagerly awaiting

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Bam Bam/Electrico/Fantasy vs Pequeno Violencia/Pequeno Nitro/Pequeno Universo 2000 - Still pains me to see Bam Bam wasting away with this crew of mini's. - Electrico and Peq Nitro are clearly training buddies. - Crazy headscissors sends the rudo out of the ring and Electrico poses. - Fantasy goes through half of his usual routine... I assume the other half will be later... and ends up on the

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CMLL 52MX 10/30/10 (taped (10/24/10): Leono/Molotov/Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Bronco/Camorra/Inquisidor - The battle of wrestlers never going anywhere in this promotion! OK, I lied. Guerrero Maya Jr. will go somewhere... hopefully... but it'll be under a new name for sure. Leono and Molotov are undercard lifers although Leono was at least given a chance! Camorra and Inquisidor are also unlikely to

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-10797647694657973002010-10-24T12:02:00.000-07:002010-10-24T12:02:16.605-07:00

52MX 10/23/10: Delta/Diamante vs Angel De Oro/Angel De Plata - Edit to start. Naturally. - The t-shirts make Delta/Diamante look very backyardish. - Crowd busy whistling and chanting something I can't make out. - Imagine if these were the days where CMLL had the patience to let these guys only work Arena Coliseo shows and build themselves up before having a match like this that tore the house

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-82828822911324966362010-10-18T00:03:00.000-07:002010-11-08T21:15:32.392-08:00

Block B of the tournament to crown #1 contenders for the Arena Coliseo Tag Team Titles... Battle Royale - Oh thank god... just highlights. Lucha battle royales are just horrible excuses for wrestlers to almost blow their knees out for no reason at all. Fabian El Gitano/Leono vs Puma King/Tiger Kid - FACT: This is a rematch from earlier in the year. Seriously. How many people besides cubsfan

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CMLL C3 TV - 10/9/10 (taped 10/5/10): Shockercito/Pequeno Olimpico/Astral vs Pequeno Universo 2000/Pequeno Nitro/ Pequeno Warrior - I smell something fishy... Pequeno Olimpico is wearing darker white than usual. That's not normal for him. Could this have something to do with him already working as a rudo in Puebla and 10 days earlier at Arena Mexico? STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT! - Nice headstand

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-48835363579833917312010-09-28T20:03:00.000-07:002010-09-28T20:06:34.744-07:00

- I absolutely loved loved loved LOVED IWRG's 9/16 show. Top-to-bottom just great stuff with the good looking matches delivering and the terrible looking matches turning into better than average bouts. The opener was exactly what all IWRG openers should be. They worked the mat... they had simple little exchanges... Mixteco beat up on Super Halcon... and they did a fun finish. This is how you

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-53685904611225754852010-09-26T21:46:00.000-07:002010-09-26T21:46:38.991-07:00

Copy & paste from the WON message board. Not sure why I posted it there since as noted by cubsfan - nobody who cared would have been able to find it. Although I'm not sure posting it here is any better. *L* Either way... I wrote this in response to seeing the HOF results and then listening to a WON radio episode where Bryan or Dave (I forget which) said they were surprised Perrito didn't finish

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-29935895328790286472010-09-19T21:13:00.000-07:002010-09-19T21:13:14.637-07:00

- You know it's a fun week for Lucha Libre when your viewing including ROBIN, TURBO, NEO, SEMENTAL, NEW IWRG TV, LOCAL RUDOS VS RUDOS FROM GDL, MISTICO VS VOLADOR & PANICO! Okay... scratch that last one. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-hfcgCaLl8 -> This is so sad. Not the match but the post-match stuff with Hombre Bala on crutches being honored on the show raising money for his surgery. I

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- Mascara Dorada vs Negro Casas from 9/7 was excellent. Not at the level of Sombra vs Volador from Puebla but not many matches will be. Casas played the perfect jackass rudo who didn't think Dorada stood a chance against him and kept playing to the crowd/camera even in situations where he almost got pinned or was in a little bit of trouble. Dorada looked fantastic as usual and it's a joy to watch

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Block A - September 7 @ Arena Mexico Felino & Rey Bucanero: These guys would seemingly have to be ruled out right away since the finals are taking place on September 17th and it is heavily rumored that show will have some sort of hair match involving at least one if not both of these men. CMLL never has wrestlers work twice on shows unless in the case of an emergency substitution so I'd rank

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-2178966400697148112010-09-06T13:58:00.000-07:002010-09-06T13:58:34.689-07:00

Continuing to track the progress of this new AAA plan... First up - a quote from yours truly in a post 11 days ago: I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that was straight from Konnan's mouth since he loves to come off as the guy who is all about pushing youngsters until it comes time to actually push them of course. To further prove my point: The September 1st edition of Figure Four Daily had

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-18502978850983059452010-09-03T08:00:00.000-07:002010-09-03T08:00:01.672-07:00

The undercard really doesn't matter so let's breeze through it as quick as possible... 1) Dark Angel, Luna Mágica, Marcela vs Amapola, Princesa Blanca, Princesa Sujei I've always been in favor of having the tecnicos win to start any major show. Let's hope they at least don't have Luna Magica get the winning pinfall. Speaking of Luna Magica... did I read correctly that she claims she is only 50%

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The day before the biggest show of the year usually has most CMLL fans in a frenzy. Who will lose? Who will win? Who will escape the cage first? Will there be a run-in? Will it be an AAA wrestler? Will the show sell out? So many questions. But did you ever stop and think what are the participants in the match up to? Well, thanks to my various sources in Mexico I've been able to keep track of all

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-25664848110315504202010-08-25T19:44:00.000-07:002010-08-25T19:44:57.700-07:00

The basis of this project stems from the newest issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter where the following blurb was printed in the AAA news section: The plan, and we’ll see how this turns out, is to start elevating the Air Force, Tigre Cota, Decnis and Billy Boy. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that was straight from Konnan's mouth since he loves to come off as the guy who is all about

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-72530416225678481952010-08-20T18:43:00.000-07:002010-08-20T18:43:09.781-07:00

Just to clarify: This is my OPINION, not a FACT. Like most of my fellow Lucha Libre fans, I am still in shock that Bam Bam didn't advance to next Tuesday's Bicentennial Final against Demus 3:16. He was defeated by Pierrothito in the upset of the year. On the surface this seems ridiculous. Bam Bam is taller. Bam Bam is a tecnico. Bam Bam has stated he wants to move up to work with the regular

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-22568628856582986082010-08-16T12:19:00.000-07:002010-08-16T12:19:53.697-07:00

As always via www.luchablog.com... CMLL (TUE) 08/17 Arena Mexico 1) Horus & Tigre Blanco vs Artillero & Súper Comando - Tigre Blanco cashed in at the right time since ever since his mask loss he's barely made it up to tercera level. 2) Diamante, Fabián el Gitano, Metro vs Cancerbero, Raziel, Virus - Waste of a segunda. 3) Pierrothito vs Bam Bam, Astral, Pequeño Halcón, Aereo, Último

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-67644057447378166092010-08-09T20:10:00.000-07:002010-08-09T20:10:16.412-07:00

I don't want to analyze this card too much because I really don't give a shit about anything going on. But I want to make 3 guarantees to try and show how much I know about AAA (and WCW circa it's dying days)... 1. Vampiro is walking out with the title. - Guaranteed. I actually think the result of Rush/Loco Max is less predictable than Vampiro walking out with the belt. My reasoning: AAA wants

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-6227014043034955872010-08-09T19:52:00.000-07:002010-08-09T19:52:05.465-07:00

First the big news... CMLL announced today that the mini's Torneo Cibernetico booked for tomorrow is actually phase one of a three phase tournament where the ultimate winner is allowed to wrestle with the regular-sized wrestlers! This is something that seemingly only occurs every 12 years so it's a pretty big deal! Unless your name is Atomic Boy... then AAA just announces it on their website and

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-67622468836105484342010-08-08T00:16:00.000-07:002010-08-08T00:16:14.015-07:00

Alfredo said I would hate this episode and he was... ... WRONG! HA! It was definitely the weakest of the first three but I blame that on the waste of a main event. Just a complete mess. I don't want to watch women wrestle unless: a) They're talented and/or b) They're hot Neither of the two women in the main event fit either category. Is this where all the Awesome Kong marks call me an idiot?

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-71195099686843249952010-08-06T18:48:00.000-07:002010-08-06T18:48:03.679-07:00

Random thoughts about the show... - Strange seeing Octagoncito and Misteriocito. They're both very old school minis in the sense they are actual midgets so they work differently that the current crop of minis who just seem to be smaller regular sized guys and thus work like the bigger guys which is sometimes a flaw. - Why use an Octagoncito and Misteriocito? You don't have an Octagon or

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-8216353215541551802010-08-02T21:22:00.000-07:002010-08-02T21:22:17.230-07:00

While I messed up on the bracketing for Block A, I did well in picking 3 of the 4 semi-finalists as well as picking the final and who would win. Yay me!:D Block B however is much tougher... Jushin Lyger Metro Volador Jr. Hector Garza Mr. Aguila La Mascara Negro Casas Valiente Much like last week you can easily eliminate two names right away: Metro and Valiente. They are the Stuka Jr. and Efesto

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-21224944261161647022010-07-25T16:24:00.000-07:002010-07-25T16:24:16.217-07:00

Fantasy booking! My favorite thing to do! The participants for Block A are as follows: Ultimo Guerrero Efesto Texano Jr. Averno Mephisto Mascara Dorada Stuka Jr. La Sombra Out of those 8, you'd have to figure the only ones without a chance in hell of winning are Stuka Jr. and Efesto. So when you have an 8 man tournament with 6 wrestlers who could easily win the entire thing - that's a

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-17167894309234548492010-07-18T17:05:00.000-07:002010-07-18T17:05:02.791-07:00

Mistico vs Rey Bucanero - 1/11/10 @ Arena Puebla: These two bring out the best in each other and it helps that this was a really fresh match since they haven't had a singles match in a looooooooooooooooooong time. It was setup with a good trios match the week before where Bucanero was fantastic as he constantly cheapshotted Mistico and then ran instead of getting what was coming to him until

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-26520425389105919812010-07-12T15:23:00.000-07:002010-07-12T15:23:53.397-07:00

It's no secret that one of these men will be losing their mask tonight in Nuevo Laredo. If it's Oriental then the possibility still exists that by the end of the week both of these men will be without their masks since Histeria II is in a cage match on Sunday @ Arena Mexico. So as two ex-favorites of mine I'm just gonna toss out some memories of each wrestler... Oriental - I first saw Oriental

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-8394054299075814592010-06-20T20:23:00.000-07:002010-06-20T20:23:24.655-07:00

CMLL 11/13/09 @ Arena Mexico: Estrella Mágica, Lady Apache, Lluvia vs. Amapola, Mima Shimoda, Yezca: Estrella Magica is slowly making these matches with all the novatos (novatas?) more bareable because she tries some fun stuff (like a rana off the apron where she smacked her head into the side of the ring) and she is so skinny that the rudas just abuse her big time with their offense. Perfectly

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-53164389339028892272010-06-13T22:35:00.000-07:002010-06-13T22:35:52.876-07:00

I'm dubbing this the show that proves CMLL can be the best promotion in the world when the stars allign properly. This show was FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC and there was no thought put into at all. The bookers deserve no credit. It just happens that the right guys happened to get booked all together and brought their 'A' games or adapted their 'B' games into an 'A' game after seeing the large turnout and

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-63470726184574006602010-06-11T19:28:00.000-07:002010-06-11T19:28:38.920-07:00

CMLL 11/3/09 @ Arena Mexico (11/7/09 C3): Pegasso, Rey Cometa, Tigre Blanco vs. Hooligan, Pólvora, René Guajardo Jr.: The only thing that needs to be said about this match... DIVE. OF. THE. DECADE. My good friend and someone I respect very much Steve 'Dr. Lucha' Sims was on F4D a few days after I uploaded this to youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUghFNMYwIE) and his reaction (besides

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-44144803127526078082010-06-10T15:19:00.000-07:002010-06-10T15:19:18.137-07:00

Let's address various topics that are annoying me... 1. Sombra in the Super Juniors Tournament I think he's had a great showing so far based on the 3 matches I've seen (vs Gedo, vs Davey, vs Ibushi). He clearly "gets" the style better than any of the other CMLL guys who have went over. He's giving 100% and is also working WITH his opponents rather than making them work down to his level like

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-352820435724566452010-06-05T15:32:00.000-07:002010-06-05T15:32:13.498-07:00

AAA 10/23/09 in Mexico City: It should be noted the turnout for this show was dramatically lower from the first dual tapings. Decnnis, Mini Abismo Negro, Sexy Star vs. Jennifer Blake, Octagoncito, Rocky Romero: It was quite alarming to see Rocky Romero/Mini Abismo Negro go toe-to-toe and be looking each other in the eyes. Bye bye any chance of a WWE contract! Rocky/Decnis worked great together

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-31785412842235782752010-06-02T17:42:00.000-07:002010-06-02T17:42:28.104-07:00

CMLL 10/16/09 @ Arena Mexico: A full show made various TV shows! Molotov/Starman vs Artillero/Super Comando: Excellent way to open the show. The tecnico team has shown in the past they can be lazy at times but they were trying hard here and the rudos always work hard. Crowd got into the match near the end and they had a nice little finishing sequence put together. The short TDN run was worth it

Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355327116407117703noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33639120.post-79355219695584493102010-05-30T17:54:00.000-07:002010-05-30T17:54:03.357-07:00

Let's take a look at the lineups for a week that was supposed to be very important in the AAA/CMLL war but thanks to CMLL withdrawing competition isn't much of an interesting week at all. Shame on CMLL. AAA TV (MON) 05/31 Domo de la Feria de Leon 1) Mari Apache, Mascarita Divina, Relampago, Yuriko vs Decnnis, Mini Histeria, Polvo de Estrellas, Rain - Should be the usual good match with this

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AAA 10/17/09 in Cuernavaca: El Elegido, La Parka Jr., Pimpinela Escarlata vs. Cuervo, Escoria, Ozz: Pretty brutal. Entire match was building to the post-match stuff where La Secta broke up and we all know that went absolutely nowhere. This kind of stuff would never happen on Konnan's watch! Mainly because Konnan has no idea who Cuervo, Escoria and Ozz are. Soon the fans will be much like Konnan.

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CMLL Puebla 10/12/09: Very angry they didn't air the Tzuki match! It was his last official CMLL appearence.:( This week's show actually marked a sad day for Puebla fans as it was the first time the show got chopped down to 1:30 which eventually became rather common... Diamante/Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Caligula/Messala: First fall was cut right to the finish so not much to say. Diamante looked good

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... Was yesterday opposite day and nobody remembered to tell me??? AAA 10/9/09 in Xalapa: Mascarita Sagrada 2007, Mini Charly Manson, Octagoncito vs. Mini Abismo Negro, Mini Histeria, Mini Psicosis: Decent match and good to see the mini's back on TV. You can always count on them to come through with at least an average match but it's far from the days of hoping the AAA mini's would steal the

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Not a good run of recently watched DVD's... CMLL C3 10/3/09 (9/29/09 @ Arena Mexico): The opener was decent enough since it had Diamante, Bronco and Escorpion but the third fall only lasted one minute and didn't appear to be edited. Women followed and were abysmal. Then came the one match that looked good on paper but was mostly mailed in between the 2/3 of the future National Trios Champs and

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So the lineup for (presumably) CMLL's biggest show of the summer came out today and thanks to copy/paste I can easily grab it from Cubsfan: CMLL (SUN) 06/06 Arena Mexico 1) Bam Bam & Shockercito vs Pequeño Damian 666 & Pierrothito 2) Metro, Rush, Stuka Jr. vs Histeria, Maniaco, Monsther 3) Hijo del Fantasma, La Máscara, Shocker vs El Alebrije, Olímpico, Psicosis 4) Máscara Dorada, Místico, Mr.

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As usual I fell behind and watched way more shows than I care to actually go through and comment on one-by-one so instead I'm just going to start discussing random things in a random order. Sound good? Let's get started... - CMLL 'Homenaje a Dos Leyendas' 2010: Show started off on a good note with two solid opening matches that were quick and to the point. One of them put over the team that

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1. CMLL (Sombra/La Mascara/Hijo Del Fantasma) w/ QUE MONITO vs Los Super Libres (Alebrije/Histeria/Psicosis) w/ CUIJE - CMLL Puebla 4/26/10 One of my favorite matches of the year so far. Crowd was really into the match and you can easily equate that to this finally being something fresh since they've been sitting through years of the same CMLL main events. Remember Arena Puebla up until roughly

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CMLL 9/4/09: Momentos had two clips of undercard stuff: Delta's big moonsault dive and Stuka's flying splash on Loco Max which looked all sorts of painful. Dark Angel/Marcela/Lluvia vs Hiroka/Princesa Sujei/Princesa Blanca: Decent match with harder work than usual since the women were working higher up than they were used to. Lluvia just keeps dragging matches down any time she enters the ring

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That last post was my 100th! Yay or something! CMLL 9/1/09: Big crowd (heavy into the rudos) for the fan appreciation show. Guerrero Maya Jr., Metálico, Tigre Blanco vs. Hooligan, Pólvora, Tiger Kid: Enjoyed this one. The Blanco/Polvora feud was focused on here so maybe we should have paid more attention to that fact when it came time to pick who would lose the mask match a month or so later.

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As always - via www.thecubsfan.com/cmll CMLL (MON) 04/26 Arena Puebla 1) Tigre Rojo & Tigre Rojo Jr. vs Siki Ozama Jr. & Toro Bill Jr. - I'm always in favor of seeing new blood so this should be fun and hopefully makes TV. Two excellent rudos to carry the rookie. 2) Metálico, Tigre Blanco, Tony Rivera vs Artillero, Mortiz, Súper Comando - I guess this is where we find out what Mortiz is like

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CMLL 8/25/09: Dark Angel, Lady Apache, Marcela vs. Amapola, Hiroka, Zeuxis: Dark Angel must have rejected someone's advances b/c she spent the entire match working with Zeuxis. She did a good job though so Zeuxis didn't continue the trend of new women debuting and looking horrible. However the trend of injures almost did continue as Dark Angel came up short on a tope suicida and Zeuxis was late

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CMLL @ Arena Puebla 8/24/09: Lestat/SWAT vs Policeman/Siki Osama Jr.: Should SWAT and Policeman really be feuding? Shouldn't they be teaming up to go after the guy with the name 'Osama' in his name? Is my blog now being watched by the FBI? Oh, the match... right... it was pretty good. Lestat was the star. He did a bunch of neat stuff including this great rope-walk reversing positions moonsault

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CMLL GdR 9/5/09: Dragon Rojo Jr., Hijo de Lizmark, Sangre Azteca vs. La Máscara, Metro, Sagrado: Standard stuff. Metro had a fake tattoo around his neck which looked odd. Sagrado was the hardest working tecnico and I applaud him for the effort but this is nothing you need to go out of your way to see. La Mascara seemed to tweak his ankle on a tope suicida at the end. Atlantis, Black Warrior, Mr

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I didn't brag but I did do pretty good last week! Got the winner, the final match and 3 out of 4 semi-finalists correct. So let's see how I do this week... Teams: Delta & Volador Jr.: A 'C+' level novato teaming with an 'A+' level star. Now THIS is a team! Clearly THE team to watch in the tournament and if anyone could be considered favorites it'd be these two. Delta has been nothing but

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Top 3 aired on Televisa, opener didn't air, matches #2 & #3 aired on TDN. Only Momentos clip of the opener was Molotov doing a great running tope over the top and Trueno (not Astro Boy) finishing off Camorra with his moonsault finisher. Guerrero Maya Jr. vs Caligula: Fantastic match! Caligula really did a great job here guiding the youngster through the opening section of the match and then

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