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World Wrestling Council (WWC)
The World Wrestling Council held their second event of the year this past
Saturday at the “PepÃn Cestero Arena†in Bayamón, PR. “La Hora de la Verdadâ€
(Moment of Truth) had been built based on two strong main storylines, and both
had twists and turns this past Saturday.
One of the storylines was that Ricardo RodrÃguez was coming back to the
island to challenge Chicano for the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight title. In his
promos leading up to the event, RodrÃguez had been making light of the fact that
he did not like that Chicano was calling himself that name when he was just a
“Puerto Rican dog…†and did not deserve to be use that name. Chicano fired back
in his promos telling him that he would be ready and would do his best not to
allow someone that disrespects the people in the island the way he does, to
carry the belt. Both had a good match on Saturday, with RodrÃguez becoming the
new PR champion after defeating Chicano in the match. After the match, RodrÃguez
went on Facebook and posted pictures of him with the title celebrating his
victory at a strip club. As you can imagine, this feud is just starting and
should continue heating up in the coming weeks.
The other big storyline they were following was the one that involved Ray
González being stripped of the WWC Universal title by WWC president Victor
Jovica due to winning it with the help of “La Revolución†(the three masked men
that have been interfering in matches since the latter part of 2014. The main
event for “La Hora de la Verdad†was signed as Carlito, González and Mighty
Ursus were set to meet inside the cage with the Universal title on the line.
After seeing some footage of what took place during the match and afterward, I
almost felt that it was Vince Russo the one booking this here. Carlito became
the champion, once again. After the match, Juan Manuel Ortega comes inside the
cage and starts to question Mighty Ursus as to why he could not get the job
done.
During his ranting session, Ortega slaps Usrsus and this sends the “beastâ€
into a rampage, taking Ortega out, beating him and setting him up for his
finishing move, a version of the “bonsai drop†off the middle rope. As he sets
Ortega near the corner, “La Revolución†comes in and they start beating on Ursus.
Ortega recovers and joins in directing traffic for a few minutes. Out of the
locker rooms comes Ray González and sees what is taking place in the ring. He
looks under the ring and finds and ax handle, which he uses to get the masked
men and Ortega to retreat, but not for long. They get the better of González and
as he starts to fight back, Carlito comes out for the save, or so everyone
thought. Carlito comes into the cage and everyone retreats, long enough for
González to get comfortable with Carlito’s presense in the ring, and when he
turns to fight the masked men Carlito hits a “backstabber†on González, thus
swerving the fans who were left wondering how all this came together since “La
Revolución†were the ones that originally cost Carlito the title back during
“Euphoria 2015†a couple of weeks ago in Mayaguez, PR. We shall see where this
storyline leads too.
WWC made it a two night event when they also presented a different card on
Sunday evening at the “Luis T. DÃaz Coliseum†in Aguadilla, PR. Unfortunately,
since I did not attend the show, I do not have the results, but I would not be
surprised if they use footage from that show during the coming weeks of their
TV. If anyone attended the show and would like to share the results, please
email me at josepwinsider@gmail.com
The promotion has announced a show for the “PepÃn Cestero Arena†in Bayamón
on Saturday February 21st, but they did not disclose any details as of yet. As
soon as they start announcing matches for the card, we will bring you the
information.
For more information about anything related to WWC, visit their Facebook fan
page at: www.facebook.com/wwcpaginaoficial.
You can watch WWC: Superestrellas de la Lucha Libre†weekly TV show on WAPA-TV
in Puerto Rico and WAPA America where the channel is available if you are in the
United States mainland. For channel line-up, please check your local listings.
If you’d like to watch 2014 episodes of their weekly TV shows, you can go to
this link: http://www.bumbia.com/wwc/.
If you’d like to watch current 2015 episodes of their weekly TV shows, you can
go to their YouTube channel WWCPRTV, or you could click on the following link -
https://www.youtube.com/user/WWCPRTV/videos.
World Wrestling League (WWL)
Over the last couple of weeks, WWL has announced their next event will be on
Saturday February 21st at the “Salvador Dijols Arena†in Ponce, PR. The event
will be titled “Rebelión en el Sur†(Rebellion in the South). The company began
promoting some of the matches that will be part of this event:
WWL World Heavyweight Title - # 1 Contender’s Match
“El León†Apolo vs "El Hombre que no es Fácil" Gilbert
WWL World Tag Team Titles – Rematch
“La ArtillerÃa Pesada†Thunder & Lighning vs “Legio†- Spectro & Kronya (c) w/
"Su Majestad" El Profe
WWL Americas Title
"El Fenómeno" BJ (c) vs “Mr. 450†John Yurnett
Extreme Big Man Clash
Monster Pain vs "Bully Guy" Mr. Big
Special Challenge Match
“El Sensacional†Carlitos vs Vassago w/ "Su Majestad" El Profe
Some of the talent has been using Facebook to build their feuds and trash-talk
their opponents, which has created for a really interesting atmosphere. The best
examples of how they have been using social media for this purpose are BJ and
“Mr. 450â€. These two have going at it since the day after their last event at
the beginning of the year, “Guerra de Reyesâ€, and neither has stopped. They have
been making comments about each other, basing everything on their real life
relationship outside the business, which a lot of the fans did not necessarily
know existed. They both started and learned the business together. Although they
both took different paths in order to achieve their goals, their careers had
paralleled each other’s until 450 decided to leave the island and make Chicago
his new stomping ground. It has been very interesting seeing both go back and
forth with comments towards each other, sometime getting very close too, if not
entirely crossing the line.
Also, “Bully Guy†Mr. Big has been using Facebook to trash-talk Monster Pain,
basically reminding him and all the fans what happened a few years ago when they
faced each other in another company, where Pain suffered an injury in his mouth
that made him lose a couple of teeth. The company and the talent seem to be
doing everything they can and using every avenue possible in order to promote
their feuds and the event as whole. In my opinion, a lot of their fanbase
follows them more online through social media than any other platform they are
using, including their TV. Although I have no actual hard data to substantiate
that statement, having been able to interact with a lot of their fans via email
and in conversations, I feel that their reach via social media has to be
considerably high. I would not say it is the vast majority just yet, but it
continues to rise and the way they are managing that reach, I am sure it will
continue to grow in the coming months.
“WWL Presenta†Episode #28: Part of the WWL Americas title match from “Guerra de
Reyesâ€, a couple of matches are confirmed for “Rebelión en el Surâ€, at the
“Salvador Dijols Arena†in Ponce, Saturday February 21st. Hosted by "Mr. Lucha
Libre" Willie Urbina and "Su Majestad" El Profe: http://youtu.be/msMK-bqHui0
“WWL Idols of Wrestling†Episode #29: WWL Extreme Title Match from “Guerra de
Reyesâ€: Sabu defends against Monster Pain; and a “Goddess†match. More matches
are announced for “Rebelión en el Surâ€, at the “Salvador Dijols Arena†in Ponce,
Saturday February 21st. With "El Rudo de los Rudos" Axel Cruz and "Mr. Lucha
Libre" Willie Urbina on the play by play and color commentary:
http://youtu.be/5MQgRtHy6z4
“WWL Presenta†comes to life every Saturday at 3:30PM, as well as the program “Idols of Wrestling†every Sunday at its new time of 6:00PM on CW Puerto Rico. You can watch CW Puerto Rico on the following channels locally: DIRECTV Channel 178, DISH NETWORK Channel 17 and 7787 in Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands, LIBERTY Cable Channel 96, CHOICE Cable Channel 148 & 34, CLARO TV Channel 22.
You can find more information on WWL’s Facebook page: WWL Mundial
https://www.facebook.com/wwlmundial
Follow them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WWLMundial
Visit their YouTube channel: WWL Mundial Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZJfMd0OCjLzFSvhm9e27rA
Follow them on Instagram: worldwrestlingleague
Other notes:
As I had mentioned in the last column, I took part in the launch a new magazine
project here in the island, “Wrestling Times Magazineâ€. There are several really
cool articles, including 3 penned by yours truly, that I am sure you will enjoy,
and I can assure you of the quality of the print. If anyone is interested in
getting one and supporting this new project, please go ahead and click on the
following link -
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331443997520?ssPageName=STRK%3AMESELX%3AIT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
***The magazine is in Spanish, as it is primarily available in Puerto
Rico.***
There are only a few copies left, so go ahead and order yours today. The next
issue is tentatively scheduled to come out in late March or early April.
Thank you to those that have already ordered for your support with this new project.
Jose Perez can be contacted for comments and/or feedback at josepwinsider@gmail.com
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