la lucha triple a
dave scherer
be on an 8 day delay at this wonderful site, Antonio Pena, the idea man,
has resigned from the CMLL and has opened a new promotion. La Lucha
Triple A debuted on Friday night in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico at the
Auditorio Benito Juarez. In what was a pretty amazing achievement,
Televisa managed to get the show onto TV in less than a day's time. The
following is a summary of the premiere show, which was shown on Mexican
channel 4.
I turned on the show 15 minutes into it and there was a midget match in
progress between Mascarita Sagrada, who is one of the world's best
wrestlers despite his size, Octagoncito, and a new guy vs. Espectrito,
Jerrito Estrada, and another new guy. What I saw looked great, as
usual. These guys are always fabulous workers. I talked to a friend
who has a friend who's a luchador and he told me that both the CMLL and
the new promotion will both have TV on Televisa. I will monitor Mexican
TV today to see what show is uplinked for us for next week. Also, as
the brainchild of Pena, the midgets left with him.
The second match was a fabulous 3 1\2 star affair between Los
Destructores (Rocco Valente, Tony Arce, and El Vulcano) vs 3 new guys
who had worked the smaller circuits and came with the new promotions
named Winners, El Giro, and El Colorado. The new guys were outstanding.
Tons of hot moves and great Lucha spots.
The third match had Ice Killer, who dresses in black and brings out a
hockey stick which has to be hard to find in Mexico, La Parca, who does
a grim reaper gimmick complete with the staff and a skeleton suit, and
the outstanding Fuerza Guerrera vs. Angel Azteca, Octagon, and
Justicerio. It was a 3 star match that saw Angel Azteca turn on
Octagon, at the urging of the Rudos, after Octagon mistakenly kicked
Angel in the face. After Angel turned, the Rudos and Cien Caras,
Universo 2000, and Mascara Ano 2000 attacked Azteca AND Octagon.
The main event had the aforementioned Caras group face off against Perro
Aguayo, Fantasma, and Mascara Sagrada in another 3 star match, which
says a lot about the workrate of the guys. Fantasma and Sagrada are the
only two who I expect good matches from. The technico's took the first
fall and when the second after one of the 2000's fouled Sagrada and the
other and Caras used a chair on Fantasma, then Perro.
Overall, a great first effort by Pena's group. All of the guys worked
hard. Apparently, televisa has made a commitment to company with both
TV time and announcers, as both Dr. Alphonso Morales and Arturo Rivera
were there. I am not sure, but I also think I heard Miguel Linares.
As is the custom, let me know if you guys would like me to continue
these recaps.
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