--Fox Sports Espanol will be airing the first run of the new CMLL shows the next two Fridays at 5 p.m. (thanks to Jeff Sheridan)

 

--Tomorrow night will be the 52nd anniversary show for the first wrestling event held at Arena Mexico (April 27, 1956 was the date). And no, Mil Mascaras wasn't in the main event. I think it would have to be a lock that more fans in the last 50 years have seen wrestling at that arena than any arena in the world.

--RF Video has gotten a PPV slot for "Life in the Fast Lane," a DVD documentary on the pro wrestling business, which will air throughout May and June on TVN affiliates, which include Charter, Mediacom, RCN, Insight, ATT and Verizon. It's a collection of interviews with many of the biggest stars in the industry talking about the perils of life in the industry. I saw the original and it was sad but interesting.

 

--I have no idea why, but this week's Village Voice on page 5 has a photo of The Fabulous Ones, an 80s tag team of Stan Lane & Steve Keirn who were big in Memphis in particular

--Sean Davis of the Heartbreak Express, in response to the AWA's statement regarding them being paid well as tag champs, asked, "How does $100 cover a trip from Tampa to West Virginia with gas prices at $3.48 per gallon? Dale Gagne is a liar of epic proportions and this is just another example of how low he is."

 

--Hoosier Pro Wrestling on 5/3 at the 4-H Fairgrounds in Columbus, IN

--Steve Blackman returns to the ring Saturday night for Classic Championship Wrestling in Marysville, PA at the Lions Club

--EWA on 5/3 in Glen Burnie, MD at JD Byriders for a 1 p.m. show

--Eastern Pro Wrestling on 5/16 in Swansea, MA at Case High School with Scotty 2 Hotty and 5/17 in Danielson, CT also with Danielson on top

--Eric Young appears for Great Canadian Wrestling on 5/30 in Mississauaga, ONT

--More in the 5/10 CZW Best of the Best 8 at the Alhambra Arena in Philadelphia are Lufisto, a woman wrestler, Stupefied and Spyral Bkny

--Keystone Wrestling on 5/3 in Pittsburgh at the Lawrenceville Moose

--IWA Mid South on 5/2 in Joliet, IL at the Hartman Rec Center headlined by Roderick Strong vs. Too Cold Scorpio and Delirious vs. Jimmy Jacobs; 5/3 in the same location with Claudio Castagnoli vs. Scorpio, Chris Hero vs. Brodie Lee; 5/4 in the same location with an all women's show at 1 p.m. and a men's show later

--HWA on Friday night at Sports Plus in Evendale, OH with Nigel McGuinness vs. B.J. Whitmer plus Chris Her and a Battle Royal. They also run Saturday night in East Peoria, IL at the Events Center with McGuinness vs. Hero and Whitmer vs. Jake Crist

--Great Championship Wrestling has a War Games tonight in Phenix City, AL at the Great Skate Plex including David Young and Sonny Siaki

--SECW tonight in Carrollton, GA at the VFW Fairgrounds with Tommy Rich vs. Steve Lawler on top

--Rich Tate's Atlanta wrestling nostalgia for today
90 years ago: Jim Londos, one of pro wrestling's all-time great draws, bet Constant LeMarin on top
73 years ago: Karl Davis, a sub for Bronko Nagurski, drew with Orville Brown in the main event at the Ponce de Leon baseball park
44 years ago: Stan Stasiak no contest Joe Scarpa (Jay Strongbow) in the main event
43 years ago: Mario Galento double count out Buddy Fuller at Ponce de Leon baseball park
38 years ago: Joe Scarpa beat Paul DeMarco and Doug Gilbert beat Nick Bockwinkel in the top matches
35 years ago: Ray Candy beat Ox Baker for Ann Gunkel's All South Wrestling
35 years ago in Macon: Bob Armstrong & Cowboy Bill Watts beat The Super Infernos
32 years ago in Griffin: Bob Backlund beat Greg Valentine years before their WWF program, and main event saw Mark Lewin & Thunderbolt Patterson over The Spoiler & Stan Stasiak
30 years ago in Augusta: Stan Hansen beat Tommy Rich to keep the Georgia title and Thunderbolt Patterson beat Ole Anderson via count out in a match for Anderson's TV title
28 years ago in Rome: Ivan Koloff & Alexis Smirnoff beat Kevin Sullivan & Tony Atlas to win the Georgia tag team titles
21 years ago at the Omni: Wendell Cooley no contest Buddy Landel as Ron fuller tried to promote a show there
20 years ago at the Omni: Road Warriors & Paul Ellering beat Paul Jones & Warlord & Barbarian, while Ric Flair & Tully Blanchard beat Lex Luger & Sting, Jim Garvin beat Dick Murdoch, Arn Anderson beat Midnight Rider (Dusty Rhodes) va DQ and Midnight Express no contest The Fantastics

 

Credit: A1 Wrestling Newsletter/Wrestling Observer