Lucha Report For 5/19/13
Written By Kris Zellner RESULTS AAA 5/17 - Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo de Puebla (Sin Limite taping = both brands) 1. Jinzo & Saturno beat Angel Mortal & Fresero Jr. 2. Carta Brava Jr. & Eterno defeated Lucky Boy & Nino de Ebano - After the match, Joaquin Roldan along with Heavy Metal honored Metal's father and long-time AAA referee Pepe "Tropi" Casas who celebrated his 70th (they said 80th) birthday on 5/15. 3. Axel/Dinastia/Pimpinela Escarlata beat Argos/Mini Abismo Negro/Black Mamba 4. Fabi Apache & La Jarochita defeated La Hechicera & Mari Apache 5. Los Mirreyes (Alan Stone/Elegido/Toscano) beat Los Perros del Mal (Halloween/Psicosis Original/Ricky Marvin) even with ...
WWL Talent to Appear on Triplemania June 16th show!
WWL announced that Monster Pain will defend his WWL World Title at Triplemania on June 16th. He will be accompanied by his valet Mistress Glenda Lee. Los Mamitos (Mr E & Sexy B) will also be on the show challenging for the WWL Tag Team Titles. Los Mamitos seem like a version of AAA's Los Mirreyes. The promotion based out of Puerto Rico has a working agreement with AAA.
Lucha Report For 5/16/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS Fuerza Mexicana de Lucha Libre promoter Rocky Roman who has promoted shows based out of Southern California but also in Illinois, Texas, and other states for well over 10 years passed away yesterday. He has been battling some health issues for the last few months and had to cancel a show that was supposed to take place last Friday night because of said issues. Rocky was one of the very few promoters who could book both CMLL & AAA talent on the same shows and was a great asset in the cause of bringing lucha libre to ...
Puroresu News & Results 5/16/13
Written By Alfredo Esparza NEWS: Had a chance to watch the Kenta Kobashi retirement match from May 11th earlier in the week and thought it was great. Match itself I would describe as being a good 8-man tag match, but I wouldn't say it was Match of the Year level beyond it being an emotional roller coaster given the effort Kenta Kobashi put forth in his final match. Crowd was very much into it. Kobashi's performance during the match showed both the amount of mobility he's lost due to all the injuries he's suffered working a very hard style over 20 ...
Lucha Report For 5/15/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS: Mistico II & Rush were in a car wreck as they were en route to Puebla for the show Monday night at Arena Puebla. They lost control of their vehicle and hit the center barricade but it wasn't serious and they made it to the show. Apolo Valdes from mediotiempo immediately got in contact with CMLL and was notified both were fine, just a bit shook up. Mistico II ended up wrestling on the show. Rush was not scheduled to wrestle. Toryumon Mexico announced yesterday that Dragon Mania VIII will take place on 6/15 at Arena Mexico. RESULTS CMLL ...
Lucha Report For 5/13/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS Thanks to The Cubs Fan you can see Shinsuke Nakamura dancing with La Peste Negra during the intro of yesterday's Arena Coliseo show here: Various sources have confirmed as well as the exposed tattoos on his body that the identity of the new Pierroth is none other than the former Poder Mexica aka Toro Blanco who is better known recently as the father of Rush & Mistico II as well as being the brother of EMLL Director Franco Colombo. Nepotism runs rampant in wrestling and in this promotion in general so this shouldn't come as a surprise but ...
Lucha Report For 5/12/13
Written By Kris Zellner RESULTS CMLL 5/10 - Arena Mexico 1. Pegasso & Stigma beat Guerrero Negro Jr. & Inquisidor 2. Goya Kong/Marcela/Silueta defeated La Seductora/Mima Shimoda/Tiffany 3. Hijo del Fantasma/Rey Cometa/Valiente beat Namajague/Shigeo Okumura/Vangelis 4. Lightning Match: Dragon Rojo defeated Angel de Oro 5. Blue Panther/La Mascara/Mascara Dorada beat Bobby Zavala/Pierroth/Rey Escorpion by DQ when Pierrothito threw some cookware to Pierroth who used it on Mascara. Pierroth was said to have looked pretty bad here. 6. Atlantis/Mistico II/La Sombra defeated Ultimo Guerrero/Gran Guerrero/Volador Jr. by DQ when Volador ripped off Sombra's mask. Gran Guerrero in his first match in this gimmick was said to have looked nervous. [gallery ...
Lucha Report For 5/9/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS CMLL held another one of their patented press conferences today where they announced this years En Busca de un Idolo which is subtitled (Ahora o Nunca or in English, Now or Never) which will take place from 5/17 to 7/12 with all matches airing on Terra.com as they take place on the Tuesday & Friday shows at Arena Mexico. Here are the participants: Tecnicos (coached by Rush who is replacing Shocker as he is busy filming La Isla and trained by Negro Casas) Fuego Hijo del Fantasma Stuka Jr. Valiente Rudos (coached by Damian el Terrible and trained by Virus) Misterioso II Sangre Azteca Tiger Vangelis Judges Brazo de ...
Billy El Malo Injury Update
Two days ago a poster for an upcoming AAA show on June 8th circulated facebook that was listed as a benefit show for Billy El Malo. The first time it was posted, it only included the poster with no explanation given to what was wrong with Billy El Malo. A few fans asked and the Bizarros facebook page then re-posted the poster with a proper explanation that Billy El Malo had been assaulted and suffered a severe hand injury that has kept him out of action for awhile. AAA today posted the full story with an interview with Billy El Malo. ...
Lucha Report For 5/8/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS New Japan announced Tuesday that Shinsuke Nakamura will be in Mexico from 5/11 to 6/12. UWE & LEGEND announced the early list of luchadores that will be appearing at the 6th annual Lucha Fan Fest on 6/1 at Arena Lopez Mateos and they are the following: Mil Máscaras, Último Guerrero, Dos Caras, Rush, Lizmark Sr., Terrible, Sicodélico, Averno, Kendo, Stuka Jr., Cuchillo, Soberano Jr., Aero Boy, Rambo, Violento Jack, Kahoz, Black Shadow Jr., Ephesto, Epidemia, Romano García, Iron Love, Hijo de Kendo, Rocky Santana, El Audaz, Chucho el Roto, Brazo de Plata, Huracán Ramírez, El Gallego, El Pantera, Los ...
Masked Republic Announces First East Coast Addition to Their Developmental Program!
MASKED REPUBLIC ANNOUNCES FIRST EAST COAST ADDITION TO THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM May 6, 2013 - San Diego, CA Masked Republic is proud to announce the first official east coast wrestling school to be added to our developmental program, the Ludus Wrestling Center in Brooklyn, NY. Masked Republic's development system is dedicated to producing wrestlers who can perform at high levels throughout the world with a particular emphasis on training traditional pro wrestlers in the art of lucha libre and teaching Mexican luchadors to wrestle "American" and "WWE" style. The Ludus Wrestling Center joins our two California based schools Los Angeles' ...
Lucha Report For 5/6/13
Written By Kris Zellner RESULTS DTU 5/4 - Autolavado VM de Tulancingo 1. Kandy & Zusu Divine beat JC MacLean & Letty Star 2. 5 Way Dance: Miedo Extremo defeated Artikuz/Arsenal/Corazon Latino/Koreli 3. 6 Way Dance por el DTU Alto Impacto Title: Drastick Boy beat Rocky Lobo to retain his title. Other participants: Black Fire/Lanceloth/Mazivo/Pequeno Cobra 4. 3 Way Chairs Match: Nino Hamburguesa & Slayer defeated Hacker & Kaleth and Hard Man & Jhonki 5. 6 Way #1 Contender Match por el DTU Ultraviolento Title: Dement Xtreme beat Super Mega - Other participants: Ciclope/Hormiga/Paranoico/X-Fly CMLL 5/5 - Arena Coliseo 1. Bengala & Robin beat Guerrero Negro Jr. & Herodes ...
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Lucha Report For 5/19/13
Written By Kris Zellner RESULTS AAA 5/17 – Gimnasio Miguel Hidalgo de Puebla (Sin Limite taping = both brands) 1. Jinzo & Saturno beat Angel Mortal & Fresero Jr. 2. Carta Brava Jr. & Eterno defeated Lucky Boy & Nino de Ebano – After the match, Joaquin Roldan along with Heavy Metal honored Metal’s father and long-time AAA referee Pepe “Tropi” Casas who celebrated... [Read more]
WWL Talent to Appear on Triplemania June 16th show!
WWL announced that Monster Pain will defend his WWL World Title at Triplemania on June 16th. He will be accompanied by his valet Mistress Glenda Lee. Los Mamitos (Mr E & Sexy B) will also be on the show challenging for the WWL Tag Team Titles. Los Mamitos seem like a version of AAA’s Los Mirreyes. The promotion based out of Puerto Rico has a working agreement with AAA. Tweet Read More →
Lucha Report For 5/16/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS Fuerza Mexicana de Lucha Libre promoter Rocky Roman who has promoted shows based out of Southern California but also in Illinois, Texas, and other states for well over 10 years passed away yesterday. He has been battling some health issues for the last few months and had to cancel a show that was supposed to take place last Friday night because of said issues. Rocky was... [Read more]
Puroresu News & Results 5/16/13
Written By Alfredo Esparza NEWS: Had a chance to watch the Kenta Kobashi retirement match from May 11th earlier in the week and thought it was great. Match itself I would describe as being a good 8-man tag match, but I wouldn’t say it was Match of the Year level beyond it being an emotional roller coaster given the effort Kenta Kobashi put forth in his final match. Crowd was very much into... [Read more]
Lucha Report For 5/15/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS: Mistico II & Rush were in a car wreck as they were en route to Puebla for the show Monday night at Arena Puebla. They lost control of their vehicle and hit the center barricade but it wasn’t serious and they made it to the show. Apolo Valdes from mediotiempo immediately got in contact with CMLL and was notified both were fine, just a bit shook up. Mistico II... [Read more]
Lucha Report For 5/13/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS Thanks to The Cubs Fan you can see Shinsuke Nakamura dancing with La Peste Negra during the intro of yesterday’s Arena Coliseo show here: Various sources have confirmed as well as the exposed tattoos on his body that the identity of the new Pierroth is none other than the former Poder Mexica aka Toro Blanco who is better known recently as the father of Rush &... [Read more]
Lucha Report For 5/12/13
Written By Kris Zellner RESULTS CMLL 5/10 – Arena Mexico 1. Pegasso & Stigma beat Guerrero Negro Jr. & Inquisidor 2. Goya Kong/Marcela/Silueta defeated La Seductora/Mima Shimoda/Tiffany 3. Hijo del Fantasma/Rey Cometa/Valiente beat Namajague/Shigeo Okumura/Vangelis 4. Lightning Match: Dragon Rojo defeated Angel de Oro 5. Blue Panther/La Mascara/Mascara Dorada beat Bobby Zavala/Pierroth/Rey... [Read more]
Lucha Report For 5/9/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS CMLL held another one of their patented press conferences today where they announced this years En Busca de un Idolo which is subtitled (Ahora o Nunca or in English, Now or Never) which will take place from 5/17 to 7/12 with all matches airing on Terra.com as they take place on the Tuesday & Friday shows at Arena Mexico. Here are the participants: Tecnicos (coached... [Read more]
Billy El Malo Injury Update
Two days ago a poster for an upcoming AAA show on June 8th circulated facebook that was listed as a benefit show for Billy El Malo. The first time it was posted, it only included the poster with no explanation given to what was wrong with Billy El Malo. A few fans asked and the Bizarros facebook page then re-posted the poster with a proper explanation that Billy El Malo had been assaulted and suffered... [Read more]
Lucha Report For 5/8/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS New Japan announced Tuesday that Shinsuke Nakamura will be in Mexico from 5/11 to 6/12. UWE & LEGEND announced the early list of luchadores that will be appearing at the 6th annual Lucha Fan Fest on 6/1 at Arena Lopez Mateos and they are the following: Mil Máscaras, Último Guerrero, Dos Caras, Rush, Lizmark Sr., Terrible, Sicodélico, Averno, Kendo, Stuka Jr.,... [Read more]
Masked Republic Announces First East Coast Addition to Their Developmental Program!
MASKED REPUBLIC ANNOUNCES FIRST EAST COAST ADDITION TO THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRAM May 6, 2013 – San Diego, CA Masked Republic is proud to announce the first official east coast wrestling school to be added to our developmental program, the Ludus Wrestling Center in Brooklyn, NY. Masked Republic’s development system is dedicated to producing wrestlers who can perform at high levels throughout... [Read more]
Lucha Report For 5/6/13
Written By Kris Zellner RESULTS DTU 5/4 – Autolavado VM de Tulancingo 1. Kandy & Zusu Divine beat JC MacLean & Letty Star 2. 5 Way Dance: Miedo Extremo defeated Artikuz/Arsenal/Corazon Latino/Koreli 3. 6 Way Dance por el DTU Alto Impacto Title: Drastick Boy beat Rocky Lobo to retain his title. Other participants: Black Fire/Lanceloth/Mazivo/Pequeno Cobra 4. 3 Way Chairs Match: Nino... [Read more]
Recap of UIPW LA 5/5/13 with Bonus Video!
Written By Alfredo Esparza Vandal Drummond (Kurt Brown) and I decided to make the trip to East LA on a cloudy Sunday afternoon to the UIPW LA show. Actually, we had planned this awhile ago when Kris Zellner first posted the lineup and we saw Guerrero Maya Jr’s name on it. Not to mention several of the other talented workers on the card, but those guys usually show up within the LA area a little... [Read more]
Puroresu News & Results For 5/5/13
Written By Alfredo Esparza NEWS: During a break on the 5/3 Fukuoka show, Tetsuya Naito announced he would be back for the 6/22 show. If you missed the announcement of this year’s Best of the Super Junior participants, here is the list along with the video NJPW put out on youtube. KENSO will be out for some time due to being diagnosed with left lung pneumothorax (air collects in lung and causes... [Read more]
Lucha Report For 5/4/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS Shocker was announced Thursday as a cast member of TV Azteca’s version of Survivor called La Isla which is in their 2nd season. The cast left Thursday to start filming in the Dominican Republic for two months with the series premiere in September. Titan will represent CMLL in this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament for New Japan which will take place... [Read more]
Lucha Report For 5/3/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS Todos x Todos held a contract signing on Thursday with Dr. Wagner Jr. & L.A. Par-K for their upcoming match on 5/11 at Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera in Mexico City and both men yet again declared their intentions for having a mask match. Hijo del Santo has gone on record saying that such a match will have to take place at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City which seats... [Read more]
This year’s New Japan Best of The Super Jr. Participants
New Japan announced this year’s participants for the annual New Japan Best of The Super Jr. tournament that starts on May 24th and ends on June 9th. The participants are: Jushin “Thunder” Liger Tiger Mask Ryusuke Taguchi KUSHIDA Alex Shelley BUSHI Hiromu Takahashi Rocky Romero Alex Koslov Jado Brian Kendrick Taichi TAKA Michinoku Prince Devitt Kenny Omega Titan Beretta Ricochet Interesting... [Read more]
Lucha Report For 5/1/13
Written By Kris Zellner NEWS: Gotta do a run-in in today’s Lucha Report just to explain the Black Warrior rumor. thecubsfan posted a link to a twitter account of a fan/friend of Black Warrior who mentioned on twitter that he talked to Black Warrior and that he told him he was retired. #bbpBox_329278513184124930 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0084B4; }#bbpBox_329278513184124930 a:hover { text-decoration:underline;... [Read more]
VIDEO: Remembering The Time Cuije (Mije) & Alebrije (Kraneo) Split Up!
Kraneo & Mije have been a team for well over a decade. First brought together by Antonio Pena in AAA as Alebrije & Cuije, they’ve become a kids’ act in pro wrestling that everyone assumes have always stuck together despite poor Mije constantly getting abused by his opponents and sometimes his own teammates (looking at you Volador Jr.!). Well back in January 2005 in Monterrey the... [Read more]
Weekly Pro Wrestling Showcase / Beginners Course
Santino Bros. Wrestling Weekly Showcase. Thursday May 2nd, 2013 Weekly Showcase at Santino Bros. Wrestling Academy 5640 Shull St. unit S, Bell Gardens, CA. 90201 Bell Time 8:30pm Donation $10 http://www.SantinoBros.net/ CWFH Tag Team Heritage Title Match Los Bandidos vs Damien & Bestia 666 NYKO Nikki vs Jezabel Romo Rosas’ Tequilla Cantina with Special guest: Socal Crazy & Famous B... [Read more]
Lucha Report For 4/29/13
Written By Kris Zellner RESULTS AAA 4/27 – Plaza de Toros Belisario Arteaga de Chilpancingo (EVOLUCION taping) 1. Flamita/Lucky Boy/Nino de Ebano beat Carta Brava Jr./Apolo Estrada Jr./Gran Apache 2. Jennifer Blake/Fabi Apache/Octagoncito defeated La Hechicera/Taya Valkyrie/Mini Abismo Negro 3. Black Mamba/Bugambilla del Norte/Pasion Kristal beat La Fuerza Aerea (Aero Star/Argenis/Super Fly)... [Read more]
Puroresu News & Results For 4/29/13
NEWS: Here’s the latest lineup for the May 11th NOAH show which will be Kenta Kobashi’s retirement. Show will feature participation from wrestlers from All Japan & New Japan. NOAH 5/11/13 – Final Burning in Budokan – Tokyo Nippon Budokan: 1. Feel the Dangerzone: Masanobu Fuchi vs. Hitoshi Kumano 2. This is the NOAH Junior: SUWA & Genba Hirayanagi vs. Taiji Ishimori... [Read more]
Video Recap of the WWL Idols of Wrestling 4/21/13 show
WWL posted a video recap of their 4/21 show which aired as an iPPV as well. Mostly a lot of wrestlers entrances and some brief clips of the matches. They also send in some photos from the Texano Jr. vs. “Mesias” Ricky Banderas AAA Mega Heavyweight title match that headlined the show. Tweet Read More →
Lucha Report For 4/27/13
Written By Kris Zellner RESULTS CMLL 4/26 – Arena Mexico (57th Anniversary Show of the building) 1. Arkangel de la Muerte/Escandalo/Hijo del Signo beat Metalico/Sensei/Soberano 2. Ephesto/Felino/Mephisto defeated Angel de Oro/Delta/Guerrero Maya Jr. 3. Torneo Gran Alternativa – Finals: Rey Escorpion & Bobby Zavala beat Atlantis & Hombre Bala Jr. and looks like Zavala was made a... [Read more]
LuchaWorld Podcast Episode #17
LuchaWorld Podcast Episode #17! Join Kurt Brown (a.k.a. Vandal Drummond) and Fredo Esparza as they talk about the latest happenings in the world of lucha libre and Vandal’s trip to the Cauliflower Alley Club convention in Las Vegas. Vandal shares some of his thoughts on his trip to Las Vegas and seeing Diamond Dallas Page, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Art Williams (A future guest on... [Read more]
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