Around the World February 4-6th 2011

Tonight at Arena Mexico CMLL will present it's first "Viernes Espectaculares" since the news broke that Mistico has left the company and joined the WWE's developmental program in Florida. FCW.

The Featured Attraction looks to be a trio's bout.
El Ultimo Guerrero, Averno and Mephisto vs Super Porky, La Sombra, and Mascara Dorada.

The main program of this "off season" in Lucha Libre is the start of a Dorada vs Averno feud. These two squared off in a trios match at the arena last Friday and the feud started when Averno yanked Mascara Dorada’s mask for the DQ.

These two will face off again in a trios match on Monday at Arena Puebla, so i'll be keeping my eye on tonight's event to see how they will continue the momentum between these two.

This weeks Ras de Lonas program has footage of the CMLL/NJPW show from two weeks ago in Japan. If you're interested in seeing some of the footage you can check it out here.

TheCubsFan website will be hosting a live chat during tonights event. Here is the link. 
Tomorrow I'll be back with my opinions on the show and my thoughts on where CMLL is going as we get closer to this years first major show to kick off 2011, Homenaje a Dos Leyendas.  

It should be a big weekend of wrestling and MMA with UFC 126 Silva vs Belfort on Saturday, The weight ins for the show will be tonight and you can watch it live.  I'll be watching the show Saturday and hope to preview UFC 126 here on the site. So a lot of previews today, hopefully some reviews tomorrow! 

The last group I want to preview for this week will be New Japan Pro Wrestling. They have two cards this weekend which include

NJPW, 2/4/11
Fukushima City Gymnasium

1. Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Hiromu Takahashi
2. Manabu Nakanishi, Strong Man & King Fale vs. Giant Bernard, Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga
3. Hirooki Goto & KUSHIDA vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito
4. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. Jado & Gedo
5. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Wataru Inoue & Tiger Mask vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & Tomohiro Ishii
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Satoshi Kojima, NOSAWA Rongai & Taichi

NJPW, 2/6/11
Gifu Industrial Hall
1. Tomoaki Honma & Hiromu Takahashi vs. King Fale & Kyosuke Mikami
2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Thunder Liger & KUSHIDA vs. Takashi Iizuka, Jado & Gedo
3. Hirooki Goto, Tiger Mask & Tama Tonga vs. Yujiro Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Tomohiro Ishii
4. Togi Makabe vs. Taichi
5. Special Singles Match: Strong Man vs. Karl Anderson
6. Special Singles Match: Manabu Nakanishi vs. Giant Bernard
7. Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Wataru Inoue vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Toru Yano
8. Special 6 Man Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Satoshi Kojima, TAKA Michinoku & NOSAWA Rongai


These shows are a continuance of the February tour which is leading up to three big shows Feb 15th, Feb 20th and Feb 24th which I'll discuss in detail later.

MVP has been announced for the 2.20 show teaming with NOSAWA vs Makabe and Honma. I'll add some videos and links later in the week as we get closer to those matches.