Tag Archives: Lucha Libre

Televisa and Sony have green-lit a TV series based on the life of Lucha Libre legend Blue Demon according to a report from Deadline.com who note that the hour-long Spanish-language drama is being developed as a 65 episode series that will air on Televisa. The promotional material for the series reads, “Blue Demon is inspired  Continue Reading »

Hugo Savinovich told the guys at Planeta Wrestling (planetawrestling.com) during an interview yesterday that he had just finished recording a pilot for a United States televised show for AAA along with Raymundo Flores. Hugo said that the show would be called “Triple A World Wide” and that it would be a weekly program coming off  Continue Reading »

In an interview with PlanetaDeporte in Spain, AAA and Lucha Underground stars Jack Evans and Angelico noted that they have been approached by WWE officials on two occasions about signing a deal with the company. The duo noted in the report that they agreed that they wanted to stick with Lucha Underground for as long  Continue Reading »

Alberto del Rio gave his first interview to Mexican media since he went back to the WWE to Felix Zapata from Reforma and he said that WWE had originally allowed him to work the Guerra de Titanes show on 12/4 which was the original date but when they cancelled the show, he said that WWE  Continue Reading »

Raul Garcia Salazar are better known as El Bello Greco passed away on 11/27 at the age of 71 leaving behind a great career inside the ring and being a father of 3 sons who went on to become stars of their own in Lucha Libre (Super Calo, Alan y Chris Stone.) Salazar debuted as  Continue Reading »

WWE sent out the following: Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza joins WWE Performance Center Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza, of Mexico City, has signed with NXT and WWE, joining the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla. Formerly known as “La Sombra,” Oropeza is a third-generation luchador whose grandfather, father, uncles and cousins all competed in Mexico. Oropeza  Continue Reading »

There are a lot of interesting happenings going on with La Sombra right now as there have been rumors about him going to both New Japan Pro Wrestling and WWE swirling for weeks now, but this week the WWE side of things really heated up as he gave an interview to TV Azteca on Thursday  Continue Reading »

Dorian Roldan, the Executive Vice President of AAA in Mexico appeared on Busted Open Radio today to discuss various topics and noted during the interview that WWE United States Champion Alberto del Rio will not be working any upcoming dates for the promotion. Roldan said that the situation between Del Rio, AAA and WWE is  Continue Reading »

WWE are said to be close to signing or have signed La Sombra to a developmental deal with the company, according to a report from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. La Sombra, who is best known for his work with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) previously had a tryout  Continue Reading »

Kris Zellner sent along the following: AAA & Promociones Kdena announced about 6:30 PM EST yesterday that today’s show that was scheduled for Arena Jose Suliaman has been postponed to a later date mainly because they haven’t changed the card due to Alberto del Rio going back to WWE. The promotion was pretty headstrong about  Continue Reading »

In an interview on The Gorilla Position podcast to promote his one-man show in the United Kingdom, former WWE superstar Rey Mysterio commented on the potential of a return to the WWE. “Never say never. I didn’t leave on bad terms, there was no dispute or bad intention on me leaving, so if there is  Continue Reading »

Alberto del Rio confirmed on Twitter yesterday that he will be on the WWE European tour next week which means he won’t be working any dates for AAA basically at all. That should’ve been expected all along as it was always highly unlikely that Vince McMahon would let a guy who is being pushed on  Continue Reading »

Lucha Underground will begin taping the second season of the show for the El Rey Network on November 14th, however unlike the first season where the promotion taped for two episodes per taping, the tapings will now take 3-4 hours, meaning that Lucha Underground will be taping multiple episodes each time that they tape. Lucha  Continue Reading »

AAA Lucha Libre released a statement announcing that Myzteziz (the first Sin Cara during his WWE run) has been released from his contract with the promotion, as well as the news that they own the rights to the Myzteziz character and that he will not be permitted to use the character’s name elsewhere. Myzteziz made  Continue Reading »

CMLL informed promoters recently that they would not allow their talent to wrestle on shows featuring L.A. Park or Dr. Wagner Jr. CMLL pulled talent off the CaraLucha & Lucha Libre Boom shows that were scheduled for Wednesday and Saturday this week. Lucha Libre Boom changed their main event, which included Rush, Volador Jr., La  Continue Reading »

CMLL made the announcement that Dr. Wagner Jr. would be off their 82nd Anniversary show on 9/18 and would be replaced by Marco Corleone. The news was reported earlier on twitter by Enrique Yneista, and later by Apolo Valdes from MedioTiempo. Dr. Wagner Jr. would also be removed from the 9/11 show. In CMLL’s statement  Continue Reading »

CMLL announced the full lineup for the 82nd Anniversario yesterday on Informa and it is as follows. 9/18 – Arena Mexico (82nd Anniversario Show) 1. Esfinge/Fuego/The Panther vs. Disturbio/Puma King/Virus 2. Guerrero Maya Jr./Maximo/Stuka Jr. vs. Los Revolucionarios del Terror (Dragon Rojo/Polvora/Rey Escorpion) 3. Dark Angel vs. Princesa Sugei 4. Dragon Lee II/Mistico II/Valiente vs.  Continue Reading »

CMLL officially announced La Sombra vs. Atlantis in a mask vs. mask match at the 82nd Anniversary show on September 18th. It took about an hour to get to that announcement and the press conference went from what seemed like CMLL filling time to make the announcement into suddenly becoming quite interesting. They made the  Continue Reading »

The following results are from a recent Asistencia Asesoría y Administractión internet pay-per-view event. The event took place on August 9th, 2015 at Arena Ciudad in Mexico City, Mexico. 8 Person Mixed Tag Team Match Drago, Dinastia, Goya Kong & Pimpinela Escarlata defeated Black Mamba, Daga, Mini Psycho Clown & Sexy Star. Villano III Retirement  Continue Reading »

Dorian Roldan told R de Rudo at the AAA/Paramount Pictures press conference this week that AAA is talking with famous director and creator of El Rey Network Robert Rodriguez about a future project with AAA directly not Lucha Underground.