Written By Robert Bihari CMLL ‘Impacto En Monterrey’ 7/1/06: This show was WEIRD. The building was extremely dark and in certain matches the announcers would be announcing over the loudspeaker so the entire arena could hear and other times you would hear the announcers but no crowd noise so it seemed like nothing was getting [...]

Written By Alfredo Esparza Taped 1/6/08 Gimnasio Nuevo Leon: 1)Bengali, Mongol Chino Jr., Oriental II vs Coco Viper, Gitano, Difunto I This is a pretty random cast of characters as you’ve got two guys (Oriental II & Difunto I) without their regular tag team partners and Bengali is without his usual trio. The hosts for [...]

Written By Robert Bihari Lucha Libre Azteca Vol. 35: Tigre Universitario/Los Orientales I y II vs Maniaco/Potro Jr./Jungla Negra Jr.: HOW DOES MANIACO WRESTLE IN THOSE GLASSES?!?!?!?!? Not to mention a necklace, a jacket and those baggy pants. Aside from the facepaint, does he even have to put anything on from the moment he arrives [...]

Written By Robert Bihari Lucha Libre Azteca Vol. 34: Partial Show Recap! Oriental I/Charles Lucero/Gato Volador vs Oriental II/Tigre Universitario/Potro Jr.: One of those Relevos Incriebles matches that in theory sohuld rule b/c it’s 100% tecnico action but this just didn’t rule at all. Some fun moments but nothing worth mentioning. Instead I’ll just talk [...]

Written By Robert Bihari Lucha Libre Azteca Vol. 29: Jungla Negra Jr./Orientales I y II vs Payasos Tricolor: Standard match. Not much emotion even though it was for the trios titles and nobody seemed to be trying harder than usual. Orientales are so much more fun as tecnicos and Jungla Jr. is much better as [...]

Written by Robert Bihari Lucha Libre Azteca Vol. 26: Chucho Mar Jr./Diluvio Negro I/Silver Star vs Sergio Romo Jr./Monje Negro Jr./La Llamarada: I thought this was going to be AWFUL but the first two falls were actually pretty decent and I really enjoyed the cheap finish to the second fall since it was new to [...]

Written by Robert Bihari Lucha Libre Azteca Vol. 24: Arsenal/Raiden/Angel Dorado Jr. vs Morvius/Panthro Jr./Bengali: This was a bunch of nothing and makes me very happy we don’t get to see regular undercard stuff from Gimnasio Nuevo Leon. Just a bunch of brawling. I don’t even think they knew what they were trying to accomplish [...]