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Blue Panther

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== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Bluepanther03.jpg
|name=Blue Panther
|nicknames=El Maestro Lagunero (The Lagunero Master)
|nameHistory= El Cachorro (debut ?),Blue Panther (debut - )
|family=[[Black Warrior]] (nephew)
|maestro="El Carnicerito" [[Héctor López]], [[Halcón Suriano]]
|birthdate=[[September 18]], [[1960]] - [[Gómez Palacio]], [[Durango]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[October 8]], [[1978]] - [[Gómez Palacio]], [[Durango]]
|height=5'7"/171 cms
|weight=194 lbs/88 kg
|signatureMoves=[[El Nudo Lagunero]], [[Fujiwara armbar]], [[Quebradora|Quebradora Lagunera]] (double underhook backbreaker submission), [[Double Underhook Backbreaker]], [[Tapatía Paseada]] (rolling Romero Special)
|titles=[[Northern Light Heavyweight Title]], [[Naucalpan Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Black Terry]]), [[UWA World Welterweight Title]], [[UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title]], [[CMLL World Middleweight Title]], [[National Middleweight Title]], [[National Trios Titles]] (3, w/ [[Fuerza Guerrera]] & [[Psicosis]], w/ [[Fuerza Guerrera]] & [[El Signo]] twice), [[CMLL World Trios Titles]] (2, w/ [[Black Warrior]] & [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], w/ [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]] & [[Fuerza Guerrera]]), [[WWA World Welterweight Title]], [[CMLL World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Atlantis]]), [[WWA World Middleweight Title]], 1st Annual [[Leyenda Azul]] Tournament
|}}

== Biography ==

Blue Panther was born on [[September 18]], [[1960]] in [[Gómez Palacio]]. After getting trained first by [[Héctor López]] (a local wrestler that never made it to [[Mexico City]]), and later by [[El Halcón Suriano]], he made his professional debut on [[October 8]] of [[1978]] in his hometown at age eighteen.

The "panther" part of his name obviously comes from the animal, while the "blue" part is a tribute to his childhood idol [[Anibal]] who also had a blue mask. He actually designed his own mask, a hood that some journalists laughed at, saying that "a guy with a mask as ugly as that one will never get past the undercards". But seeing the way Blue Panther's career went, it looks like many of those writers had to eat their own words.

During his rookie year, Panther already was a better technician and smarter wrestler than many guys with more experience than him. A year after his debut he started to wrestle for [[René Guajardo]], who was the booker of the Northern Mexico division. He went there with a recommendation from his coach [[Halcón Suriano]].

Even though he was the Northern Light Heavyweight champion (he had defeated [[Chucho Mar]] in [[Gómez Palacio]] to get that title), [[René Guajardo|Guajardo]] had never heard of him, but when he saw him in action he was nothing but impressed. Panther made his [[Mexico City]] debut on [[September 16]], [[1979]]. [[René Guajardo|Guajardo]] saw all the potential and talent in the young boy and booked him regularly in [[Monterrey]] for several months and gave him a small mid-card push and the masks of two wrestlers called [[La Bestia]] and Oro (not the legendary [[Oro]] that died in [[1993]]).

Due to his ties with [[René Guajardo|Guajardo]], who was a [[UWA]] associate, he got to work for [[Francisco Flores]], and later [[Carlos Maynes]] for more than a decade. Panther made his [[Toreo de Cuatro Caminos]] (the main [[UWA]] building) debut on [[March 18]]. He started out his career as a técnico but now they made him wrestle as a rudo.

Panther's first big title match was when in [[1982]] he got a [[UWA Middleweight title]] shot against [[Centurión Negro]] in his hometown of [[Gómez Palacio]]. He actually defeated [[Centurión Negro|Centurión]] in the third fall via submission, but he "didn't know" that his opponent had already submit and the referee reversed the decision and [[Centurión Negro|Centurión]] kept the belt.

But it was [[1984]] when he finally got his big break. He had a good winning streak and he was promoted as number one contender for the [[UWA Welterweight title]], and on [[December 16]], [[1984]], he defeated [[El Matemático]] to win the first major title on his career. But that year Panther got other trophy's. He unmasked [[Gorila Infernal]], [[Luzbel]] and [[Bull Power]], and also [[Las Sombras de Plata (I/II)]] teaming with [[Black Man]] on [[November 20]]. Also on [[June 24]], he got the hair of [[El Brillante]] at La [[Arena Querétaro]] in [[Querétaro]], Qro. Years later, [[El Brillante]] would become popular as the masked [[Kendo]].

Now he was getting booked more regularly un the undercards (first or second match of the night) of the weekly cards at [[El Toreo]], mostly teaming with [[Negro Casas]] against other light weights like [[Black Man]], [[Kendo]], [[Ultraman]] or [[El Hijo del Santo]]. Even back then, Panther was one of the men that provided one of the most solid bases to the athletic flyers, making them look better than they are.

On [[February 9]], [[1986]], Panther lost the [[UWA Welterweight title]] to [[Black Man]] in [[Mexico City]], but a week later, he got his revenge in that same building after defeating [[Black Man]] in a mask vs. mask match. Panther moved on from the Welterweight division and on [[November 16]] he defeated [[El Gran Hamada]] at [[El Toreo]] to win the [[UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title]].

He lost it to another excellent mat wrestler like him, [[Solar I]], on [[May 25]], [[1987]] in [[Puebla]]. A few months after that loss he moved on to the [[Tijuana]] circuits though he kept wrestling for [[LLI]]/[[UWA]].

In [[1988]], and more exactly on [[February 8]], he regained the [[UWA]] title from [[Solar]]. That same year he also won the masks of the "martial artists" [[Kendo]] and [[Blackman]].

On [[September 16]] of the same year Panther lost the title to the indian chief [[Gran Cochisse]], and around that time he started to wrestle regularly for [[EMLL]] as well, though he had already made spot appearances at [[Arena Mexico]] and [[Arena Coliseo]] in the past.

In [[1990]] he opened his own gym and became the youngest maestro of lucha libre at the time. A lot of the wrestlers who signed up for his gym were actually women, so he also became the first teacher that trained men and women at the same time. In that same year, Panther also had his first Japanese tour competing for [[Gran Hamada|Gran Hamada's]] Universal Pro Wrestling.

Panther jumped full-time to [[EMLL]] in [[July]] [[1991]] and his first feud there was with another great wrestler, [[Atlantis]], who was the [[NWA Middleweight champion]] at the time. Both men had an excellent title match in [[August]] in which [[Atlantis]] retained his title but Blue Panther surprised everyone and even though he lost, he came off looking better than his opponent. This classic match MADE Blue Panther a big star. The plans of the [[EMLL]] staff was having them continue the feud and then have them battle in a mask vs. mask match. Supposedly, Panther had already agreed to drop the mask, but then the wrestlers' strike hit and when it finished the feud was dropped.

[[EMLL]] created its own [[CMLL]] titles, and on [[December 18]], Panther made [[Satanico]] submit to [[la tapatía]] in the tournament final for the vacant title, held in [[Acapulco]]. Panther was never defeated for that title but vacated it on [[May]] of the following year when he jumped to [[AAA]].

Panther's last money match in CMLL was the first big battle of perhaps his most memorable feud ever, the one against the cocky American wrestler [[Love Machine]]. They had been feuding basically since the end of the strike in late 91, and the first stage of the feud culminated on [[April 3]], [[1992]] when both men battled in a mask vs. mask match that sold-out [[Arena Mexico]]. As we can guess, Panther won that match after [[Love Machine|Machine]] was disqualified for using a [[martinete]] (Tombstone piledriver). The angle here was that [[Love Machine|Machine]] didn't know that the tombstone is a banned move, because in his country you can use it freely without being DQ'd.

Going into the business side of things, that match sold-out the building as mentioned - drawing 18,000 fans to the arena, and with 8,000 more fans waiting outside. [[CMLL]] had an awful past experience with the [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]] vs. [[Cien Caras]] mask vs. mask match as the enraged fans that couldn't get into the arena broke through the gates and damaged everything they could, causing damage that took around a month to repair. The building was overcrowded enough ([[Arena México]] "officially" holds 17,678 fans) but management set up a closed-circuit set of giant screens so everybody could watch the match.

Panther was one of the first to jump to [[AAA]] as soon as it was born (May) because when in [[EMLL]] he was in Peña's "clique". [[Love Machine]] jumped shortly thereafter and he resumed his feud with Panther, culminating in a mask vs. hair match held on [[July 18]], 93 in [[Tonala]], [[Jalisco]]. Before that one, Panther also had a rivalry with [[Vulcano|"El Comandante" Vulcano]], the leader of the [[Los Destructores Del Ring]] trio, with Panther taking Vulcano's hair in a disappointing match.

Most of his [[AAA]] stay was based around him holding a title (National Middleweight) and getting all kinds of talented tecnicos to challenge him for it. To nobody's surprise, many of those matches (especially the ones against [[Angel Azteca]], [[Mariachi]]/[[Solar]] and [[Super Astro]]) rank among the best lucha title matches of the 90s.

In [[1995]], when the peso went down and there was less work in [[AAA]] [[Fuerza Guerrera]] and Panther created the independent promotion [[PROMELL]], and got some AAA guys to jump, plus they used old [[UWA]] stars and independent talent including some big names like [[Mascara Año 2000]], [[Universo 2000]], [[Vampiro]], Villanos and Brazos. [[AAA]] and [[PROMELL]] co-promoted until [[December]] of that year, so Panther obviously stopped working for [[AAA]] as well.

Panther and Fuerza wrestled briefly for [[EMLL]] in [[1996]], but then they left as soon as they re-started [[PROMELL]] that eventually became [[Promo Azteca]]. After lots of problems, Promo closed as well, so Panther returned to [[AAA]] on [[July 11]], [[1997]]. As soon as he arrived, he was put in a feud with [[Máscara Sagrada Jr.]]

Panther didn't like [[Máscara Sagrada Jr.|Sagrada]] (as a wrestler) and felt that he was not the a good opponent so three months later ([[October 17]]) he went to [[EMLL]] again. Shortly thereafter he participated in [[EMLL]]'s Copa Victoria tournament and lost the finals against his old enemy [[Atlantis]] on [[December 5]].

Blue Panther just kept wrestling in [[EMLL]] without a really hot feud or anything, but he was always on top of the cards due to his charisma and incredible wrestling ability.

On [[December]] of [[1998]], he formed a rudo dream team with his nephew [[Black Warrior]] and [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], and the 18th they defeated [[Zumbido]], [[Bestia Salvaje]] and [[Scorpio Jr.]] in the finals of a 2-week tournament for the vacant [[CMLL Trios Titles]]. "Los Laguneros" (name of their team) from then started having excellent matches against teams like [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]], [[Negro Casas|Casas]] & [[Felino]], or [[Emilio Charles Jr.|Charles Jr.]], [[Mr. Niebla|Niebla]] & [[Atlantis]].

On [[April 2]], [[1999]], Panther teamed with [[Ultimo Guerrero]] (a guy he discovered) to win the one-night [[Gran Alternativa]] (a youngster and a veteran) tournament at [[Arena Coliseo]], defeating [[Mr. Niebla]] and [[Atlántico]] in the finals.

During [[1999]], Panther put over talented youngsters like [[Mr. Niebla]] and [[Olímpico]] in clean scientific matches. So it's not that he's got a big ego and he doesn't like youngsters like many other veterans do, he just refuses to put over in singles matches wrestlers he thinks that don't deserve it, or he wouldn't have a big feud with somebody without a real amateur background that can't work a matwork based match.

He spent most of the [[2000]] having great trios matches with [[Dr. Wagner Jr.|Wagner]] and [[Black Warrior|Warrior]], and having a singles feud with [[El Hijo del Santo]] trading the [[WWA Welterweight Title]] with him, and he was also used as a challenger in several championship bouts (vs. [[Ringo Mendoza]] for [[CMLL]] Middleweight, vs. [[Villano III]] for [[CMLL]] Light Heayvweight, vs. [[Super Parka]] for [[WWA]] Junior Light Heayvweight) because the promoters know that he excels at that kind of matches.

There is no doubt that Blue Panther is one of the best wrestlers to ever grace lucha libre. He is able to carry any green luchador and make him look good, he can have great matches with average opposition, and he always has excellent or classic matches when facing a great opponent. He's one of the smartest minds in all of wrestling and probably the best mat based wrestler in the business, he's versatile (excellent rudo, excellent tecnico) and undoubtedly a young legend and a future hall of famer.

 

== Overview of Candidacy For The Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ==

1. Was he ever regarded as the best draw in the world? Was he ever regarded
as the best draw in his country or his promotion?

No to both.

2. Was he an international draw, national draw and/or regional draw?

He never was an international draw (even when [[AAA]] drew big in LA and he main
evented, he was not the draw). On the national level, while he had some
short periods where he was drawing really well in singles matches, he had
the benefit of working in hot promotions with super draws ([[Cien Caras]], [[Perro Aguayo]], [[Konnan]]). He was a main event player during his whole AAA stay, but a
lot of the time in a "supporting role" as a guy who you could stick in a
team with [[Cien Caras]] and [[Fishman]] (a team we saw often during the early years
of [[AAA]]) so he'd carry the workload of his team. But his program with [[Love Machine]] worked great in two different promotions, and his run in a trio with the Guerreras, or [[Fuerza Guerrera|Fuerza]] and [[Psicosis]], were very productive on the house show level. But that was the tale of AAA's "[[Konnan]] era" as almost anything you threw on top would draw great numbers for the "regular" shows, and you had [[Konnan]], [[Perro Aguayo|Aguayo]], [[Cien Caras|Cien]], sometimes [[Jake Roberts]], and sometimes huge mask matches, bringing in the big crowds for the special shows.

3. How many years did he have as a top draw?

He never was a top draw.

4. Was he ever regarded as the best worker in the world? Was he ever
regarded as the best worker in his country or in his promotion?

He was never really regarded as the best worker in the world. On the other
hand, he's been consistently regarded as the best worker in his promotion
and country from [[1991]] to perhaps year [[2000]], except for a couple of years in
the mid 90s where many would position [[Eddy Guerrero]], [[Rey Misterio Jr.]],
[[Psicosis]] or [[Juventud Guerrera]] above him in terms of work. The only ones I'd
consider better than him are Guerrero in 1994 and [[Rey Misterio Jr.|Misterio]] and [[Juventud Guerrera|Guerrera]] in 95-96 ([[Eddy Guerrero|Eddy]] was not working in Mexico). Also there's a strong case for [[Negro Casas]] and [[Dandy]] in [[1991]] and [[1992]], but it's still very close and opinion more than anything else. I'd not argue much with anybody defending either side.

Nowadays he doesn't have the benefit of a huge TV push at Arena Mexico,
which hurts his visibility, so most people would place [[Shocker]] and [[Ultimo Guerrero]] over him, as well as [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]] and [[Black Tiger III|Black Tiger]], and probably [[Rey Bucanero]].

5. Was he ever the best worker in his class (sex or weight)? Was he ever one
of the top workers in his class?

In the 80s he was a middleweight and there was some better guys in Mexico alone,
such as [[El Dandy]] and [[Emilio Charles Jr.|Emilio Charles]]. If we are counting as classes the
"heavyweights" and the "junior heavyweights" only, several Japanese like
Takada would rank above him, not to mention Mexicans like [[Negro Casas]],
[[Fuerza Guerrera]] or [[Hijo del Santo]] in lower weight classes. [[1990]] probably was
the year when he started getting noticed by "the hardcores", but the usual
suspects still were better. In [[1991]] he got noticed by the "mainstream"
audience and I'd say he arguably was the best in Mexico for single matches,
but [[Negro Casas]] (a middleweight by then) had better night-in and night-out
output. In [[1992]] and [[1993]] he definitely was the best in [[Mexico]] (though some,
like Steve Sims, would probably make a strong case for Fuerza in 1991-92).
Whether he was or wasn't the best the rest of the years, as said, is more
debatable. However, that he was one of the top 2-3 workers in his class is
something almost universally agreed.

6. How many years did he have as a top worker?

Blue Panther could be considered excellent from [[1984]] to [[1990]], and a top
worker from [[1991]] to [[2000]]. As said, the last couple of years he hasn't been
on TV as much and that has hurt his visibility, but quality has not dropped,
and does not look to be dropping.

7. Was he a good worker before his prime? Was he a good worker after his
prime?

Blue Panther's prime would be something like [[1991]]-93, though some would say
his 94-95 [[AAA]] work was better. Either way, he always was not only good, but
a great worker. His first "real" exposure was 1984 in [[El Toreo]] in
preliminary or welterweight/lightweight matches (he was a welterweight)
usually teaming with people like [[Negro Casas]], [[Black Terry]], [[Jose Luis Feliciano|Jose Feliciano]] and facing people like [[El Hijo del Santo]], [[Black Man]], [[Matematico]] and [[Kendo]]. His work back then was already getting rave reviews in the magazines. Three
years later he was having a really hot run in [[El Toreo]] and [[Tijuana]] carrying
athletic guys with [[Kato Kung Lee]]/[[Super Kendo]] gimmicks that couldn't work a
lick, to very good technical matches. In [[1990]], he was often the second
worker of the team whenever he teamed with [[Negro Casas]] and [[Fuerza Guerrera]]
(quite compliment, since [[Negro Casas|Casas]] was an unbelievable worker then and Fuerza
wasn't too bad either). After his prime, he's steadily been a top 5 worker
in [[Mexico]].

8. Did he have a large body of excellent matches? Did he have a excellent
matches against a variety of opponents?

Definitely. Excellent singles matches with [[Solar I]] in three different
decades, [[Hijo del Santo]], [[Super Astro]], [[Angel Azteca]] and [[Atlantis]] among
others. His only disappointing big profile singles matches that I can recall
have been with [[Octagon]] (loaded) and [[Vulcano]] (pretty good rudo brawler, but
couldn't work the technical style).

9. Did he ever anchor his promotion(s)?

Not really. He was featured in the "main program" of the promotion once in
his career, vs. [[Love Machine]] in [[CMLL]]. When they did it in [[AAA]], they
headlined, but there was other feuds drawing the big show money. He was
never put in a real position to anchor his promotion.

10. Was he effective when pushed at the top of cards?

I'd say so. He was always carried the work when he was thrown in as a
support main event player, always got his opponent (and himself) over when
he had to in singles matches, drew when he was in a position to and was
effective working angles both as a rudo and as a tecnico. Problem is
perception, and he isn't big enough (size) to be like an [[Universo 2000]] or
[[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.|Rayo de Jalisco]] figure, so he sometimes was relegated to semi-final or third
match of the card positions.

11. Was he valuable to his promotion before his prime? Was he still valuable
to his promotion after his prime?

Yes in both cases. Somebody with his name value, charisma and work quality
is always a valuable player. He's an eternal favorite of the hardcore fans
anywhere in [[Mexico]], who happen to be the louder ones, too. He's somebody who
can be thrown in at any moment in a main event and deliver even if the
opposition is not good.

12. Did he have an impact on a number of strong promotional runs?

The first stage of his feud with [[Love Machine]] was during the [[CMLL]] TV boom,
and it the second stage caught [[AAA]]'s even bigger success. Since so many
people saw it and it was a brilliantly booked feud, it caught so much fire
that within short time it was elevated to legendary status, and it's a
wonderful nostalgia moment to any fan that watched Mexican wrestling in the
90s.

13. Was he involved in a number of memorable rivalries, feuds or storylines?

The already mentioned [[Love Machine]] feud is the most famous one, but he's
also been involved in several other great feuds. His run with the Guerreras,
or [[Fuerza Guerrera|Fuerza]] and [[Psicosis]], against [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]], [[Rey Misterio Jr.]] and [[Octagon]] provided so many excellent matches, several of them getting ****1/2 to ***** ratings in the Observer. Panther has also had an eternal feud with [[Solar I]]. Based on
some great matches they had around 1987, they gained so much respect for
each other's mat wrestling ability that they have been feuding on and off
since then, but in the last 8 years the feud has been pretty much relegated
to the independent level. His feud with [[Atlantis]] gave him his big break and
they have had several great matches during the years. Also, the feud with
[[Hijo del Santo]] started in [[El Toreo]] when Panther started to make a name for
himself, and it has been carried in for almost 20 years now but I have never
seen anybody complaining about being tired of seeing them against each
other.

14. Was he effective working on the mic, working storylines or working
angles?

Mic work is pretty much non-existant. Working angles and storylines, he's
ranged from effective to excellent. The double turn during the Machine hair
vs. mask match was so beautifully done, and while Machine had the hardest
task to perform in the turn, Panther played his role perfectly. I don't
really think anybody will consider this one legendary or anything, but his
on and off feud the last few years with [[Mr. Niebla]] has had him playing the
"tricky veteran bastard role" really well. One of the coolest moments in
CMLL TV of the last couple of years was Blue Panther (in a cast, playing an
arm injury) put [[Mr. Niebla]] (who tried to attack him) in a quick, masterfully
executed Fujiwara armbar that made everybody think he'd snapped Niebla's
arm.

15. Did he play his role(s) effectively during his career?

Yes. His most famous role is that of the "veteran rudo master" who is a
better technician than the tecnicos themselves, and he has played that one
perfectly during all of his career. He played that role even when he wasn't
that much of a "veteran" (in his early 30s). He also made the perfect switch
to tecnico and showed tons of charisma, which was natural because he always
was a "cool rudo" that people like to cheer (like [[Fuerza Guerrera]] and
currently [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]]).

16. What titles and tournaments did he win? What was the importance of the
reigns?

Panther has got a pretty nice collection of titles, including singles and
trios, but none are truly relevant to make them an argument for him to be a
HOF'er. Then again, no title has been used well long term in Mexico in the
last 20 years, not counting the UWA World Heavyweight and UWA World Light
Heavyweight Titles. He's had really hot short term programs for the National
Middleweight Title (w/ [[Octagon]], but it eventually bombed because [[Octagon]]
would show up loaded every time and Panther could do nothing with him) or
WWA Welterweight (w/ [[Hijo del Santo]]). All in all, Panther's most important
reigns were the two times he held the National Middleweight Title in AAA
because of the great title defenses he had, but he had little impact as a
champion. People would have problably showed up even if Panther had had a
phony title, simply because they'd get to see his trademark "Panther title
match" which means a hell of a technical match.

17. Did he win many honors and awards?

Awards matter so much in Mexico that nobody keeps track of them. I can't
recall him winning a WON year end award either.

18. Did he get mainstream exposure due to his wrestling fame? Did he get a
heavily featured by the wrestling media?

He got some mainstream exposure in the early days of [[AAA]], because Pe?a and
Televisa did a hell of a job of promoting their wrestlers sending them to
tons of shows, but nothing past that. He's always been featured by the
media, but not as a cover superstar kind of guy like [[Perro Aguayo|Aguayo]], [[Vampiro]], [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]] or [[Octagon]].

19. Was he a top tag team wrestler?

He was a top trios wrestler. Teams with the Guerreras, [[Fuerza Guerrera|Guerrera]] and
[[Psicosis]], [[Fuerza Guerrera|Guerrera]] and [[Negro Casas|Casas]], [[Dr. Wagner Jr.|Wagner]] and [[Black Warrior]], [[Fuerza Guerrera|Guerrera]] and [[Signo]] have had runs as regular partners where they'd have really great matches on a regular basis. He's never really been a tag team wrestler except for his early fame days in the mid 80s, but he didn't have a regular partner then,
either.

20. Was he innovative?

Not really. Nudo Lagunero is his creation, but it's not stolen often. He's
one of the last great old school rudos left, with an style as close as
[[Tarzan Lopez]] (the pioneer technical master) as you will get in Mexico.

21. Was he influential?

His work is definitely influential in the way that tons of young wrestlers
start wrestling wanting to be as good on the mat as him, but that's about
it. That's probably more inspiring than influential.

22. Did he make the people and workers around him better?

That's his strongest point, making everybody around him look better. Some
months ago, Dave Meltzer said (I'm paraphrasing) that he's so good that he
makes everybody look so awesome that the average lucha fan doesn't notice
him as much, and this business it's all about being noticed. He could carry
loads to decent matches and spotty flashy tecnicos to great matches. You can
definitely see how people like [[Mr. Niebla]] improved so much by working often
with Panther.

23. Did he do what was best for the promotion? Did he show a commitment to
wrestling?

He's always done what he's best for the promotion. [[Love Machine]] and him
didn't like each other (there's a story of [[Love Machine|Machine]] sucker punching Panther
in front of Peña at his office) but Panther respected [[Love Machine|Machine]]'s ability and
they could do business together so he put him over like a best friend. The
only time he did the best for Panther and not for the promotion was when he
left AAA in 1997 because he didn't want to put over [[Mascara Sagrada Jr.]], who
Panther didn't respect because he couldn't wrestle (and he's right on that
one). He's prided himself for years in his reputation to have excellent
singles matches and it's pretty much his trademark, so he didn't want to
ruin his reputation. I don't see what's so bad with that, though.

As for showing a commitment to wrestling, yes he showed a commitment. He's
lazy when everybody else in the match is lazy and he's not expected to save
the day, but otherwise, he works for six if needed. He's a total pro and I
haven't heard anybody ever complaining about him.

24. Is there any reason to believe that he was better or worse than he
appeared?

Repeat the Meltzer quote here. Only the older fans, the ones that attend
arenas weekly, the Mexican "hardcore" fans/newsstand magazine reader (the
closest there is to the WON-fan, I guess) and the WON reader kind of fan
appreciate him as one of the best wrestlers ever in Mexico. Nowadays the
average fan sees him as a guy that is "a good wrestler", and is not pushed
much on TV.

== Recommended Matches ==

Dates are actual match dates. Airing dates may differ a bit.

{{SimpleMatchStart}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1991|91]]/[[August 9|08/09]]|[[Arena Mexico]]|[[NWA World Middleweight Championship|NWA Middleweight]] champion [[Atlantis]] vs Blue Panther}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1992|92]]/[[January 31|01/31]]| |[[Ultimo Dragon]] vs. Blue Panther}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1992|92]]/[[September 4|09/04]]|[[Cancun]]|[[Mexican National Middleweight Championship|National Middleweight]] champ Blue Panther vs. [[El Angel Azteca]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1992|92]]/[[October 9|10/09]]| |[[Mexican National Middleweight Championship|National Middleweight]] champ Blue Panther vs. [[Super Astro]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1993|93]]/[[July 18|07/18]]|[[Tonala]]|Blue Panther vs. [[Love Machine]] mask vs. hair}}
{{SimpleSpan|Not outstanding but must see for the double turn}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1994|94]]/[[October 30|10/30]]| [[Torreon]]|[[Mexican National Middleweight Championship|National Middlewight]] champ Blue Panther vs. [[El Mariachi]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[2000|00]]/[[April 9|04/09]]|[[Monterrey]]|[[WWA World Welterweight Championship|WWA Welterweight]] champ [[Hijo del Santo]] vs. Blue Panther}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[2000|00]]/[[May 28|05/28]]|[[Monterrey]]|[[WWA World Welterweight Championship|WWA Welterweight]] champ Blue Panther vs. [[Hijo del Santo]]}}
{{SimpleSpan|this was not as good as the previous one but still real good}}
{{SimpleMatchEnd}}

There was a very good [[Felino]] vs. Blue Panther in [[IWRG]] sometime in the year 2000.

All of the matches above are widely available. The [[Mariachi]] and first [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]] matches probably are the best ones. That does not mean you should not rush to find the rest...

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
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{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Misterio de Oro]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1979|79]]/[[January 28|01/28]]|mask (1)|Blue Panther & [[El Matemático]]|[[La Bestia]] & [[Simio Blanco]]|[[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]]}}
{{aline|[[1980|80]]/??/??|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|Oro (not the 90s Oro)|[[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]]}}
{{aline|[[1984|84]]/[[February 23|02/23]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Gorila Infernal]]|[[Jalapa]], [[Veracruz]]}}
{{aline|[[1984|84]]/[[June 24|06/24]]|hair|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Kendo|Brillante]]|[[Arena Querétaro]] - [[Querétaro]], [[Querétaro]]}}
{{aline|[[1984|84]]/[[September 7|09/07]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Bull Power]]|[[Puebla]], [[Puebla]]}}
{{aline|[[1984|84]]/[[October 18|10/18]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Luzbel]]|[[Tuxtla Gutiérrez]], [[Chiapas]]}}
{{aline|[[1984|84]]/[[November 20|11/20]]|masks|Blue Panther & [[Black Man]]|[[Las Sombras de Plata]] [[Sombra de Plata I|I]] & [[Sombra de Plata II|II]]|[[El Toreo]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1986|86]]/[[February 16|02/16]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Black Man]]|[[El Toreo]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1986|86]]/[[March 16|03/16]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Avispón Negro]]|[[El Toreo]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1988|88]]/[[May|05]]/??|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Kendo]]|[[Auditorio de Tijuana]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}
{{aline|[[1992|92]]/[[April 3|04/03]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Love Machine]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1993|93]]/[[April 9|04/09]]|hair|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Vulcano]]|[[Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1993|93]]/[[July 18|07/18]]|hair|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Love Machine]]|[[Auditorio Rio Nilo]] - [[Tonala]], [[Jalisco]]}}
{{aline|[[2000|00]]/[[February 3|02/03]]|mask (2)|[[Blue Panther]]|[[El Nuevo Huracán Ramírez Jr.]]|[[Arena Isabel]] - [[Cuernavaca]], [[Morelos]]}}
{{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[September 28|09/28]]|mask (3)|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Lizmark Jr.]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aend|(1) Torneo de la Muerte; (2) Relevos suicidas - [[Hijo del Santo|Santo]] & [[Fuerza Guerrera]] vs. Blue Panther & [[El Nuevo Huracán Ramírez Jr.|Huracan]]; (3) Cage Match w/[[Perro Aguayo Jr.]], [[Mistico]], [[Ultimo Guerrero]], [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], [[Atlantis]], [[Villano III]]}}

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Blue Panther

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== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Bluepanther03.jpg
|name=Blue Panther
|nicknames=El Maestro Lagunero (The Lagunero Master)
|nameHistory= El Cachorro (debut ?),Blue Panther (debut - )
|family=[[Black Warrior]] (nephew)
|maestro="El Carnicerito" [[Héctor López]], [[Halcón Suriano]]
|birthdate=[[September 18]], [[1960]] - [[Gómez Palacio]], [[Durango]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[October 8]], [[1978]] - [[Gómez Palacio]], [[Durango]]
|height=5'7"/171 cms
|weight=194 lbs/88 kg
|signatureMoves=[[El Nudo Lagunero]], [[Fujiwara armbar]], [[Quebradora|Quebradora Lagunera]] (double underhook backbreaker submission), [[Double Underhook Backbreaker]], [[Tapatía Paseada]] (rolling Romero Special)
|titles=[[Northern Light Heavyweight Title]], [[Naucalpan Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Black Terry]]), [[UWA World Welterweight Title]], [[UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title]], [[CMLL World Middleweight Title]], [[National Middleweight Title]], [[National Trios Titles]] (3, w/ [[Fuerza Guerrera]] & [[Psicosis]], w/ [[Fuerza Guerrera]] & [[El Signo]] twice), [[CMLL World Trios Titles]] (2, w/ [[Black Warrior]] & [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], w/ [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]] & [[Fuerza Guerrera]]), [[WWA World Welterweight Title]], [[CMLL World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Atlantis]]), [[WWA World Middleweight Title]], 1st Annual [[Leyenda Azul]] Tournament
|}}

== Biography ==

Blue Panther was born on [[September 18]], [[1960]] in [[Gómez Palacio]]. After getting trained first by [[Héctor López]] (a local wrestler that never made it to [[Mexico City]]), and later by [[El Halcón Suriano]], he made his professional debut on [[October 8]] of [[1978]] in his hometown at age eighteen.

The "panther" part of his name obviously comes from the animal, while the "blue" part is a tribute to his childhood idol [[Anibal]] who also had a blue mask. He actually designed his own mask, a hood that some journalists laughed at, saying that "a guy with a mask as ugly as that one will never get past the undercards". But seeing the way Blue Panther's career went, it looks like many of those writers had to eat their own words.

During his rookie year, Panther already was a better technician and smarter wrestler than many guys with more experience than him. A year after his debut he started to wrestle for [[René Guajardo]], who was the booker of the Northern Mexico division. He went there with a recommendation from his coach [[Halcón Suriano]].

Even though he was the Northern Light Heavyweight champion (he had defeated [[Chucho Mar]] in [[Gómez Palacio]] to get that title), [[René Guajardo|Guajardo]] had never heard of him, but when he saw him in action he was nothing but impressed. Panther made his [[Mexico City]] debut on [[September 16]], [[1979]]. [[René Guajardo|Guajardo]] saw all the potential and talent in the young boy and booked him regularly in [[Monterrey]] for several months and gave him a small mid-card push and the masks of two wrestlers called [[La Bestia]] and Oro (not the legendary [[Oro]] that died in [[1993]]).

Due to his ties with [[René Guajardo|Guajardo]], who was a [[UWA]] associate, he got to work for [[Francisco Flores]], and later [[Carlos Maynes]] for more than a decade. Panther made his [[Toreo de Cuatro Caminos]] (the main [[UWA]] building) debut on [[March 18]]. He started out his career as a técnico but now they made him wrestle as a rudo.

Panther's first big title match was when in [[1982]] he got a [[UWA Middleweight title]] shot against [[Centurión Negro]] in his hometown of [[Gómez Palacio]]. He actually defeated [[Centurión Negro|Centurión]] in the third fall via submission, but he "didn't know" that his opponent had already submit and the referee reversed the decision and [[Centurión Negro|Centurión]] kept the belt.

But it was [[1984]] when he finally got his big break. He had a good winning streak and he was promoted as number one contender for the [[UWA Welterweight title]], and on [[December 16]], [[1984]], he defeated [[El Matemático]] to win the first major title on his career. But that year Panther got other trophy's. He unmasked [[Gorila Infernal]], [[Luzbel]] and [[Bull Power]], and also [[Las Sombras de Plata (I/II)]] teaming with [[Black Man]] on [[November 20]]. Also on [[June 24]], he got the hair of [[El Brillante]] at La [[Arena Querétaro]] in [[Querétaro]], Qro. Years later, [[El Brillante]] would become popular as the masked [[Kendo]].

Now he was getting booked more regularly un the undercards (first or second match of the night) of the weekly cards at [[El Toreo]], mostly teaming with [[Negro Casas]] against other light weights like [[Black Man]], [[Kendo]], [[Ultraman]] or [[El Hijo del Santo]]. Even back then, Panther was one of the men that provided one of the most solid bases to the athletic flyers, making them look better than they are.

On [[February 9]], [[1986]], Panther lost the [[UWA Welterweight title]] to [[Black Man]] in [[Mexico City]], but a week later, he got his revenge in that same building after defeating [[Black Man]] in a mask vs. mask match. Panther moved on from the Welterweight division and on [[November 16]] he defeated [[El Gran Hamada]] at [[El Toreo]] to win the [[UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title]].

He lost it to another excellent mat wrestler like him, [[Solar I]], on [[May 25]], [[1987]] in [[Puebla]]. A few months after that loss he moved on to the [[Tijuana]] circuits though he kept wrestling for [[LLI]]/[[UWA]].

In [[1988]], and more exactly on [[February 8]], he regained the [[UWA]] title from [[Solar]]. That same year he also won the masks of the "martial artists" [[Kendo]] and [[Blackman]].

On [[September 16]] of the same year Panther lost the title to the indian chief [[Gran Cochisse]], and around that time he started to wrestle regularly for [[EMLL]] as well, though he had already made spot appearances at [[Arena Mexico]] and [[Arena Coliseo]] in the past.

In [[1990]] he opened his own gym and became the youngest maestro of lucha libre at the time. A lot of the wrestlers who signed up for his gym were actually women, so he also became the first teacher that trained men and women at the same time. In that same year, Panther also had his first Japanese tour competing for [[Gran Hamada|Gran Hamada's]] Universal Pro Wrestling.

Panther jumped full-time to [[EMLL]] in [[July]] [[1991]] and his first feud there was with another great wrestler, [[Atlantis]], who was the [[NWA Middleweight champion]] at the time. Both men had an excellent title match in [[August]] in which [[Atlantis]] retained his title but Blue Panther surprised everyone and even though he lost, he came off looking better than his opponent. This classic match MADE Blue Panther a big star. The plans of the [[EMLL]] staff was having them continue the feud and then have them battle in a mask vs. mask match. Supposedly, Panther had already agreed to drop the mask, but then the wrestlers' strike hit and when it finished the feud was dropped.

[[EMLL]] created its own [[CMLL]] titles, and on [[December 18]], Panther made [[Satanico]] submit to [[la tapatía]] in the tournament final for the vacant title, held in [[Acapulco]]. Panther was never defeated for that title but vacated it on [[May]] of the following year when he jumped to [[AAA]].

Panther's last money match in CMLL was the first big battle of perhaps his most memorable feud ever, the one against the cocky American wrestler [[Love Machine]]. They had been feuding basically since the end of the strike in late 91, and the first stage of the feud culminated on [[April 3]], [[1992]] when both men battled in a mask vs. mask match that sold-out [[Arena Mexico]]. As we can guess, Panther won that match after [[Love Machine|Machine]] was disqualified for using a [[martinete]] (Tombstone piledriver). The angle here was that [[Love Machine|Machine]] didn't know that the tombstone is a banned move, because in his country you can use it freely without being DQ'd.

Going into the business side of things, that match sold-out the building as mentioned - drawing 18,000 fans to the arena, and with 8,000 more fans waiting outside. [[CMLL]] had an awful past experience with the [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]] vs. [[Cien Caras]] mask vs. mask match as the enraged fans that couldn't get into the arena broke through the gates and damaged everything they could, causing damage that took around a month to repair. The building was overcrowded enough ([[Arena México]] "officially" holds 17,678 fans) but management set up a closed-circuit set of giant screens so everybody could watch the match.

Panther was one of the first to jump to [[AAA]] as soon as it was born (May) because when in [[EMLL]] he was in Peña's "clique". [[Love Machine]] jumped shortly thereafter and he resumed his feud with Panther, culminating in a mask vs. hair match held on [[July 18]], 93 in [[Tonala]], [[Jalisco]]. Before that one, Panther also had a rivalry with [[Vulcano|"El Comandante" Vulcano]], the leader of the [[Los Destructores Del Ring]] trio, with Panther taking Vulcano's hair in a disappointing match.

Most of his [[AAA]] stay was based around him holding a title (National Middleweight) and getting all kinds of talented tecnicos to challenge him for it. To nobody's surprise, many of those matches (especially the ones against [[Angel Azteca]], [[Mariachi]]/[[Solar]] and [[Super Astro]]) rank among the best lucha title matches of the 90s.

In [[1995]], when the peso went down and there was less work in [[AAA]] [[Fuerza Guerrera]] and Panther created the independent promotion [[PROMELL]], and got some AAA guys to jump, plus they used old [[UWA]] stars and independent talent including some big names like [[Mascara Año 2000]], [[Universo 2000]], [[Vampiro]], Villanos and Brazos. [[AAA]] and [[PROMELL]] co-promoted until [[December]] of that year, so Panther obviously stopped working for [[AAA]] as well.

Panther and Fuerza wrestled briefly for [[EMLL]] in [[1996]], but then they left as soon as they re-started [[PROMELL]] that eventually became [[Promo Azteca]]. After lots of problems, Promo closed as well, so Panther returned to [[AAA]] on [[July 11]], [[1997]]. As soon as he arrived, he was put in a feud with [[Máscara Sagrada Jr.]]

Panther didn't like [[Máscara Sagrada Jr.|Sagrada]] (as a wrestler) and felt that he was not the a good opponent so three months later ([[October 17]]) he went to [[EMLL]] again. Shortly thereafter he participated in [[EMLL]]'s Copa Victoria tournament and lost the finals against his old enemy [[Atlantis]] on [[December 5]].

Blue Panther just kept wrestling in [[EMLL]] without a really hot feud or anything, but he was always on top of the cards due to his charisma and incredible wrestling ability.

On [[December]] of [[1998]], he formed a rudo dream team with his nephew [[Black Warrior]] and [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], and the 18th they defeated [[Zumbido]], [[Bestia Salvaje]] and [[Scorpio Jr.]] in the finals of a 2-week tournament for the vacant [[CMLL Trios Titles]]. "Los Laguneros" (name of their team) from then started having excellent matches against teams like [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]], [[Negro Casas|Casas]] & [[Felino]], or [[Emilio Charles Jr.|Charles Jr.]], [[Mr. Niebla|Niebla]] & [[Atlantis]].

On [[April 2]], [[1999]], Panther teamed with [[Ultimo Guerrero]] (a guy he discovered) to win the one-night [[Gran Alternativa]] (a youngster and a veteran) tournament at [[Arena Coliseo]], defeating [[Mr. Niebla]] and [[Atlántico]] in the finals.

During [[1999]], Panther put over talented youngsters like [[Mr. Niebla]] and [[Olímpico]] in clean scientific matches. So it's not that he's got a big ego and he doesn't like youngsters like many other veterans do, he just refuses to put over in singles matches wrestlers he thinks that don't deserve it, or he wouldn't have a big feud with somebody without a real amateur background that can't work a matwork based match.

He spent most of the [[2000]] having great trios matches with [[Dr. Wagner Jr.|Wagner]] and [[Black Warrior|Warrior]], and having a singles feud with [[El Hijo del Santo]] trading the [[WWA Welterweight Title]] with him, and he was also used as a challenger in several championship bouts (vs. [[Ringo Mendoza]] for [[CMLL]] Middleweight, vs. [[Villano III]] for [[CMLL]] Light Heayvweight, vs. [[Super Parka]] for [[WWA]] Junior Light Heayvweight) because the promoters know that he excels at that kind of matches.

There is no doubt that Blue Panther is one of the best wrestlers to ever grace lucha libre. He is able to carry any green luchador and make him look good, he can have great matches with average opposition, and he always has excellent or classic matches when facing a great opponent. He's one of the smartest minds in all of wrestling and probably the best mat based wrestler in the business, he's versatile (excellent rudo, excellent tecnico) and undoubtedly a young legend and a future hall of famer.

 

== Overview of Candidacy For The Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame ==

1. Was he ever regarded as the best draw in the world? Was he ever regarded
as the best draw in his country or his promotion?

No to both.

2. Was he an international draw, national draw and/or regional draw?

He never was an international draw (even when [[AAA]] drew big in LA and he main
evented, he was not the draw). On the national level, while he had some
short periods where he was drawing really well in singles matches, he had
the benefit of working in hot promotions with super draws ([[Cien Caras]], [[Perro Aguayo]], [[Konnan]]). He was a main event player during his whole AAA stay, but a
lot of the time in a "supporting role" as a guy who you could stick in a
team with [[Cien Caras]] and [[Fishman]] (a team we saw often during the early years
of [[AAA]]) so he'd carry the workload of his team. But his program with [[Love Machine]] worked great in two different promotions, and his run in a trio with the Guerreras, or [[Fuerza Guerrera|Fuerza]] and [[Psicosis]], were very productive on the house show level. But that was the tale of AAA's "[[Konnan]] era" as almost anything you threw on top would draw great numbers for the "regular" shows, and you had [[Konnan]], [[Perro Aguayo|Aguayo]], [[Cien Caras|Cien]], sometimes [[Jake Roberts]], and sometimes huge mask matches, bringing in the big crowds for the special shows.

3. How many years did he have as a top draw?

He never was a top draw.

4. Was he ever regarded as the best worker in the world? Was he ever
regarded as the best worker in his country or in his promotion?

He was never really regarded as the best worker in the world. On the other
hand, he's been consistently regarded as the best worker in his promotion
and country from [[1991]] to perhaps year [[2000]], except for a couple of years in
the mid 90s where many would position [[Eddy Guerrero]], [[Rey Misterio Jr.]],
[[Psicosis]] or [[Juventud Guerrera]] above him in terms of work. The only ones I'd
consider better than him are Guerrero in 1994 and [[Rey Misterio Jr.|Misterio]] and [[Juventud Guerrera|Guerrera]] in 95-96 ([[Eddy Guerrero|Eddy]] was not working in Mexico). Also there's a strong case for [[Negro Casas]] and [[Dandy]] in [[1991]] and [[1992]], but it's still very close and opinion more than anything else. I'd not argue much with anybody defending either side.

Nowadays he doesn't have the benefit of a huge TV push at Arena Mexico,
which hurts his visibility, so most people would place [[Shocker]] and [[Ultimo Guerrero]] over him, as well as [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]] and [[Black Tiger III|Black Tiger]], and probably [[Rey Bucanero]].

5. Was he ever the best worker in his class (sex or weight)? Was he ever one
of the top workers in his class?

In the 80s he was a middleweight and there was some better guys in Mexico alone,
such as [[El Dandy]] and [[Emilio Charles Jr.|Emilio Charles]]. If we are counting as classes the
"heavyweights" and the "junior heavyweights" only, several Japanese like
Takada would rank above him, not to mention Mexicans like [[Negro Casas]],
[[Fuerza Guerrera]] or [[Hijo del Santo]] in lower weight classes. [[1990]] probably was
the year when he started getting noticed by "the hardcores", but the usual
suspects still were better. In [[1991]] he got noticed by the "mainstream"
audience and I'd say he arguably was the best in Mexico for single matches,
but [[Negro Casas]] (a middleweight by then) had better night-in and night-out
output. In [[1992]] and [[1993]] he definitely was the best in [[Mexico]] (though some,
like Steve Sims, would probably make a strong case for Fuerza in 1991-92).
Whether he was or wasn't the best the rest of the years, as said, is more
debatable. However, that he was one of the top 2-3 workers in his class is
something almost universally agreed.

6. How many years did he have as a top worker?

Blue Panther could be considered excellent from [[1984]] to [[1990]], and a top
worker from [[1991]] to [[2000]]. As said, the last couple of years he hasn't been
on TV as much and that has hurt his visibility, but quality has not dropped,
and does not look to be dropping.

7. Was he a good worker before his prime? Was he a good worker after his
prime?

Blue Panther's prime would be something like [[1991]]-93, though some would say
his 94-95 [[AAA]] work was better. Either way, he always was not only good, but
a great worker. His first "real" exposure was 1984 in [[El Toreo]] in
preliminary or welterweight/lightweight matches (he was a welterweight)
usually teaming with people like [[Negro Casas]], [[Black Terry]], [[Jose Luis Feliciano|Jose Feliciano]] and facing people like [[El Hijo del Santo]], [[Black Man]], [[Matematico]] and [[Kendo]]. His work back then was already getting rave reviews in the magazines. Three
years later he was having a really hot run in [[El Toreo]] and [[Tijuana]] carrying
athletic guys with [[Kato Kung Lee]]/[[Super Kendo]] gimmicks that couldn't work a
lick, to very good technical matches. In [[1990]], he was often the second
worker of the team whenever he teamed with [[Negro Casas]] and [[Fuerza Guerrera]]
(quite compliment, since [[Negro Casas|Casas]] was an unbelievable worker then and Fuerza
wasn't too bad either). After his prime, he's steadily been a top 5 worker
in [[Mexico]].

8. Did he have a large body of excellent matches? Did he have a excellent
matches against a variety of opponents?

Definitely. Excellent singles matches with [[Solar I]] in three different
decades, [[Hijo del Santo]], [[Super Astro]], [[Angel Azteca]] and [[Atlantis]] among
others. His only disappointing big profile singles matches that I can recall
have been with [[Octagon]] (loaded) and [[Vulcano]] (pretty good rudo brawler, but
couldn't work the technical style).

9. Did he ever anchor his promotion(s)?

Not really. He was featured in the "main program" of the promotion once in
his career, vs. [[Love Machine]] in [[CMLL]]. When they did it in [[AAA]], they
headlined, but there was other feuds drawing the big show money. He was
never put in a real position to anchor his promotion.

10. Was he effective when pushed at the top of cards?

I'd say so. He was always carried the work when he was thrown in as a
support main event player, always got his opponent (and himself) over when
he had to in singles matches, drew when he was in a position to and was
effective working angles both as a rudo and as a tecnico. Problem is
perception, and he isn't big enough (size) to be like an [[Universo 2000]] or
[[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.|Rayo de Jalisco]] figure, so he sometimes was relegated to semi-final or third
match of the card positions.

11. Was he valuable to his promotion before his prime? Was he still valuable
to his promotion after his prime?

Yes in both cases. Somebody with his name value, charisma and work quality
is always a valuable player. He's an eternal favorite of the hardcore fans
anywhere in [[Mexico]], who happen to be the louder ones, too. He's somebody who
can be thrown in at any moment in a main event and deliver even if the
opposition is not good.

12. Did he have an impact on a number of strong promotional runs?

The first stage of his feud with [[Love Machine]] was during the [[CMLL]] TV boom,
and it the second stage caught [[AAA]]'s even bigger success. Since so many
people saw it and it was a brilliantly booked feud, it caught so much fire
that within short time it was elevated to legendary status, and it's a
wonderful nostalgia moment to any fan that watched Mexican wrestling in the
90s.

13. Was he involved in a number of memorable rivalries, feuds or storylines?

The already mentioned [[Love Machine]] feud is the most famous one, but he's
also been involved in several other great feuds. His run with the Guerreras,
or [[Fuerza Guerrera|Fuerza]] and [[Psicosis]], against [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]], [[Rey Misterio Jr.]] and [[Octagon]] provided so many excellent matches, several of them getting ****1/2 to ***** ratings in the Observer. Panther has also had an eternal feud with [[Solar I]]. Based on
some great matches they had around 1987, they gained so much respect for
each other's mat wrestling ability that they have been feuding on and off
since then, but in the last 8 years the feud has been pretty much relegated
to the independent level. His feud with [[Atlantis]] gave him his big break and
they have had several great matches during the years. Also, the feud with
[[Hijo del Santo]] started in [[El Toreo]] when Panther started to make a name for
himself, and it has been carried in for almost 20 years now but I have never
seen anybody complaining about being tired of seeing them against each
other.

14. Was he effective working on the mic, working storylines or working
angles?

Mic work is pretty much non-existant. Working angles and storylines, he's
ranged from effective to excellent. The double turn during the Machine hair
vs. mask match was so beautifully done, and while Machine had the hardest
task to perform in the turn, Panther played his role perfectly. I don't
really think anybody will consider this one legendary or anything, but his
on and off feud the last few years with [[Mr. Niebla]] has had him playing the
"tricky veteran bastard role" really well. One of the coolest moments in
CMLL TV of the last couple of years was Blue Panther (in a cast, playing an
arm injury) put [[Mr. Niebla]] (who tried to attack him) in a quick, masterfully
executed Fujiwara armbar that made everybody think he'd snapped Niebla's
arm.

15. Did he play his role(s) effectively during his career?

Yes. His most famous role is that of the "veteran rudo master" who is a
better technician than the tecnicos themselves, and he has played that one
perfectly during all of his career. He played that role even when he wasn't
that much of a "veteran" (in his early 30s). He also made the perfect switch
to tecnico and showed tons of charisma, which was natural because he always
was a "cool rudo" that people like to cheer (like [[Fuerza Guerrera]] and
currently [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]]).

16. What titles and tournaments did he win? What was the importance of the
reigns?

Panther has got a pretty nice collection of titles, including singles and
trios, but none are truly relevant to make them an argument for him to be a
HOF'er. Then again, no title has been used well long term in Mexico in the
last 20 years, not counting the UWA World Heavyweight and UWA World Light
Heavyweight Titles. He's had really hot short term programs for the National
Middleweight Title (w/ [[Octagon]], but it eventually bombed because [[Octagon]]
would show up loaded every time and Panther could do nothing with him) or
WWA Welterweight (w/ [[Hijo del Santo]]). All in all, Panther's most important
reigns were the two times he held the National Middleweight Title in AAA
because of the great title defenses he had, but he had little impact as a
champion. People would have problably showed up even if Panther had had a
phony title, simply because they'd get to see his trademark "Panther title
match" which means a hell of a technical match.

17. Did he win many honors and awards?

Awards matter so much in Mexico that nobody keeps track of them. I can't
recall him winning a WON year end award either.

18. Did he get mainstream exposure due to his wrestling fame? Did he get a
heavily featured by the wrestling media?

He got some mainstream exposure in the early days of [[AAA]], because Pe?a and
Televisa did a hell of a job of promoting their wrestlers sending them to
tons of shows, but nothing past that. He's always been featured by the
media, but not as a cover superstar kind of guy like [[Perro Aguayo|Aguayo]], [[Vampiro]], [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]] or [[Octagon]].

19. Was he a top tag team wrestler?

He was a top trios wrestler. Teams with the Guerreras, [[Fuerza Guerrera|Guerrera]] and
[[Psicosis]], [[Fuerza Guerrera|Guerrera]] and [[Negro Casas|Casas]], [[Dr. Wagner Jr.|Wagner]] and [[Black Warrior]], [[Fuerza Guerrera|Guerrera]] and [[Signo]] have had runs as regular partners where they'd have really great matches on a regular basis. He's never really been a tag team wrestler except for his early fame days in the mid 80s, but he didn't have a regular partner then,
either.

20. Was he innovative?

Not really. Nudo Lagunero is his creation, but it's not stolen often. He's
one of the last great old school rudos left, with an style as close as
[[Tarzan Lopez]] (the pioneer technical master) as you will get in Mexico.

21. Was he influential?

His work is definitely influential in the way that tons of young wrestlers
start wrestling wanting to be as good on the mat as him, but that's about
it. That's probably more inspiring than influential.

22. Did he make the people and workers around him better?

That's his strongest point, making everybody around him look better. Some
months ago, Dave Meltzer said (I'm paraphrasing) that he's so good that he
makes everybody look so awesome that the average lucha fan doesn't notice
him as much, and this business it's all about being noticed. He could carry
loads to decent matches and spotty flashy tecnicos to great matches. You can
definitely see how people like [[Mr. Niebla]] improved so much by working often
with Panther.

23. Did he do what was best for the promotion? Did he show a commitment to
wrestling?

He's always done what he's best for the promotion. [[Love Machine]] and him
didn't like each other (there's a story of [[Love Machine|Machine]] sucker punching Panther
in front of Peña at his office) but Panther respected [[Love Machine|Machine]]'s ability and
they could do business together so he put him over like a best friend. The
only time he did the best for Panther and not for the promotion was when he
left AAA in 1997 because he didn't want to put over [[Mascara Sagrada Jr.]], who
Panther didn't respect because he couldn't wrestle (and he's right on that
one). He's prided himself for years in his reputation to have excellent
singles matches and it's pretty much his trademark, so he didn't want to
ruin his reputation. I don't see what's so bad with that, though.

As for showing a commitment to wrestling, yes he showed a commitment. He's
lazy when everybody else in the match is lazy and he's not expected to save
the day, but otherwise, he works for six if needed. He's a total pro and I
haven't heard anybody ever complaining about him.

24. Is there any reason to believe that he was better or worse than he
appeared?

Repeat the Meltzer quote here. Only the older fans, the ones that attend
arenas weekly, the Mexican "hardcore" fans/newsstand magazine reader (the
closest there is to the WON-fan, I guess) and the WON reader kind of fan
appreciate him as one of the best wrestlers ever in Mexico. Nowadays the
average fan sees him as a guy that is "a good wrestler", and is not pushed
much on TV.

== Recommended Matches ==

Dates are actual match dates. Airing dates may differ a bit.

{{SimpleMatchStart}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1991|91]]/[[August 9|08/09]]|[[Arena Mexico]]|[[NWA World Middleweight Championship|NWA Middleweight]] champion [[Atlantis]] vs Blue Panther}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1992|92]]/[[January 31|01/31]]| |[[Ultimo Dragon]] vs. Blue Panther}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1992|92]]/[[September 4|09/04]]|[[Cancun]]|[[Mexican National Middleweight Championship|National Middleweight]] champ Blue Panther vs. [[El Angel Azteca]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1992|92]]/[[October 9|10/09]]| |[[Mexican National Middleweight Championship|National Middleweight]] champ Blue Panther vs. [[Super Astro]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1993|93]]/[[July 18|07/18]]|[[Tonala]]|Blue Panther vs. [[Love Machine]] mask vs. hair}}
{{SimpleSpan|Not outstanding but must see for the double turn}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[1994|94]]/[[October 30|10/30]]| [[Torreon]]|[[Mexican National Middleweight Championship|National Middlewight]] champ Blue Panther vs. [[El Mariachi]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[2000|00]]/[[April 9|04/09]]|[[Monterrey]]|[[WWA World Welterweight Championship|WWA Welterweight]] champ [[Hijo del Santo]] vs. Blue Panther}}
{{SimpleMatch|[[2000|00]]/[[May 28|05/28]]|[[Monterrey]]|[[WWA World Welterweight Championship|WWA Welterweight]] champ Blue Panther vs. [[Hijo del Santo]]}}
{{SimpleSpan|this was not as good as the previous one but still real good}}
{{SimpleMatchEnd}}

There was a very good [[Felino]] vs. Blue Panther in [[IWRG]] sometime in the year 2000.

All of the matches above are widely available. The [[Mariachi]] and first [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]] matches probably are the best ones. That does not mean you should not rush to find the rest...

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Misterio de Oro]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1979|79]]/[[January 28|01/28]]|mask (1)|Blue Panther & [[El Matemático]]|[[La Bestia]] & [[Simio Blanco]]|[[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]]}}
{{aline|[[1980|80]]/??/??|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|Oro (not the 90s Oro)|[[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]]}}
{{aline|[[1984|84]]/[[February 23|02/23]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Gorila Infernal]]|[[Jalapa]], [[Veracruz]]}}
{{aline|[[1984|84]]/[[June 24|06/24]]|hair|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Kendo|Brillante]]|[[Arena Querétaro]] - [[Querétaro]], [[Querétaro]]}}
{{aline|[[1984|84]]/[[September 7|09/07]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Bull Power]]|[[Puebla]], [[Puebla]]}}
{{aline|[[1984|84]]/[[October 18|10/18]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Luzbel]]|[[Tuxtla Gutiérrez]], [[Chiapas]]}}
{{aline|[[1984|84]]/[[November 20|11/20]]|masks|Blue Panther & [[Black Man]]|[[Las Sombras de Plata]] [[Sombra de Plata I|I]] & [[Sombra de Plata II|II]]|[[El Toreo]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1986|86]]/[[February 16|02/16]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Black Man]]|[[El Toreo]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1986|86]]/[[March 16|03/16]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Avispón Negro]]|[[El Toreo]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1988|88]]/[[May|05]]/??|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Kendo]]|[[Auditorio de Tijuana]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}
{{aline|[[1992|92]]/[[April 3|04/03]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Love Machine]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1993|93]]/[[April 9|04/09]]|hair|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Vulcano]]|[[Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1993|93]]/[[July 18|07/18]]|hair|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Love Machine]]|[[Auditorio Rio Nilo]] - [[Tonala]], [[Jalisco]]}}
{{aline|[[2000|00]]/[[February 3|02/03]]|mask (2)|[[Blue Panther]]|[[El Nuevo Huracán Ramírez Jr.]]|[[Arena Isabel]] - [[Cuernavaca]], [[Morelos]]}}
{{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[September 28|09/28]]|mask (3)|[[Blue Panther]]|[[Lizmark Jr.]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aend|(1) Torneo de la Muerte; (2) Relevos suicidas - [[Hijo del Santo|Santo]] & [[Fuerza Guerrera]] vs. Blue Panther & [[El Nuevo Huracán Ramírez Jr.|Huracan]]; (3) Cage Match w/[[Perro Aguayo Jr.]], [[Mistico]], [[Ultimo Guerrero]], [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], [[Atlantis]], [[Villano III]]}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery||name=Cachorro.jpg||caption=as El Cachorro 70's}}
{{Gallery||name=Bluepanther02.jpg||caption=late 80s}}
{{Gallery||name=Bluepanther01.jpg||caption=early 90s}}
{{Gallery||name=Panthermachine.JPG||caption=vs Love Machine}}
{{Gallery||name=BluePanther.jpg||caption=1993}}
{{Gallery||name=BluePanther-CMLLMiddle.jpg||caption=first CMLL Middleweight Champion}}
{{Gallery||name=Bluepanther.jpg||caption=}}
 
{{Gallery||name=Panther.gif||caption=}}
{{Gallery||name=Pan.jpg||caption=}}
{{Gallery||name=Panther-flamasolar.jpg||caption=2003 w/[[Flama Solar]]}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]
[[Category:Current CMLL wrestlers]]
[[Category:Trainers]]

File:BluePanther.jpg

2008-03-28T22:00:52Z

Chuchu:

Billy el Malo

2008-02-21T02:52:35Z

Chuchu: /* Gallery */

{{bioFields|
|image=Billy_fabi.jpg
|name=Billy Boy
|realName=José Roberto Islas García
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=Fighterman (debut - 07/99), (Spice Boy) Luigi Boy & (Spice Boy) Billy (1999 - 2000), Alfa (2004, 2007), Billy Boy (2001 - )
|family=[[Faby Apache]] (Wife), [[Gran Apache]] (father-in-law), [[Mari Apache]] (sister-in-law), [[Marvin]] the baby (son)
|maestro=[[Gran Apache]], [[Skayde]]
|birthdate=[[June 9]], [[1977]] - [[Tetitlán]], [[Guerrero]]
|debut=[[July]] ?, [[1997]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5' 6"/168 cm
|weight=163 lb/74 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=
|titles=[[Mexican National Atomicos Championship]] [2] (w/[[Oscar Sevilla]], [[Alan]], [[Decnis]])
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[2001|01]]/[[April 27|04/27]]|hair|Billy (Spice Boys)|[[Ángel Mortal]]|[[Auditorio José María Arteaga]] - [[Querétaro]], [[Qro.]]}}
{{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[October 17|10/17]]|hair (1)|[[Escoria]]|Billy Boy|[[Arena Coliseo]] - [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]]}}
{{aline|[[2006|06]]/[[April 30|04/30]]|hair|[[Gran Apache]]|Billy Boy|[[Plaza De Toros Nuevo Progreso]] - [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]]}}
{{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[March 18|03/18]]|hair|[[Gran Apache]]|Billy Boy|[[Toreo de Cuatro Caminos]] - [[Estado de Mexico]]}}
{{aend|(1) Cage match w/ [[Ozz]], [[Cuervo]], [[Decnnis]] & [[Alan]]}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery||name=BarrioBoys.jpg|caption=Barrio Boys circa 2005}}
{{Gallery||name=BillyBoyJr.jpg|caption=The future Billy Boy Jr.}}
{{Gallery||name=FamilyPic.jpg|caption=Family Photo}}
{{Gallery||name=BBoyAAA.jpg|caption=2006}}
{{Gallery||name=Alfa.JPG|caption=As Alfa}}
{{Gallery||name=BillyBoy.jpg|caption=2007}}
{{Gallery|name=billyboy2007.jpg|caption=}}

[[Category:Current AAA/PAP wrestlers]]
[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

Billy el Malo

2008-02-21T02:52:21Z

Chuchu: /* Gallery */

{{bioFields|
|image=Billy_fabi.jpg
|name=Billy Boy
|realName=José Roberto Islas García
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=Fighterman (debut - 07/99), (Spice Boy) Luigi Boy & (Spice Boy) Billy (1999 - 2000), Alfa (2004, 2007), Billy Boy (2001 - )
|family=[[Faby Apache]] (Wife), [[Gran Apache]] (father-in-law), [[Mari Apache]] (sister-in-law), [[Marvin]] the baby (son)
|maestro=[[Gran Apache]], [[Skayde]]
|birthdate=[[June 9]], [[1977]] - [[Tetitlán]], [[Guerrero]]
|debut=[[July]] ?, [[1997]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5' 6"/168 cm
|weight=163 lb/74 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=
|titles=[[Mexican National Atomicos Championship]] [2] (w/[[Oscar Sevilla]], [[Alan]], [[Decnis]])
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[2001|01]]/[[April 27|04/27]]|hair|Billy (Spice Boys)|[[Ángel Mortal]]|[[Auditorio José María Arteaga]] - [[Querétaro]], [[Qro.]]}}
{{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[October 17|10/17]]|hair (1)|[[Escoria]]|Billy Boy|[[Arena Coliseo]] - [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo León]]}}
{{aline|[[2006|06]]/[[April 30|04/30]]|hair|[[Gran Apache]]|Billy Boy|[[Plaza De Toros Nuevo Progreso]] - [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]]}}
{{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[March 18|03/18]]|hair|[[Gran Apache]]|Billy Boy|[[Toreo de Cuatro Caminos]] - [[Estado de Mexico]]}}
{{aend|(1) Cage match w/ [[Ozz]], [[Cuervo]], [[Decnnis]] & [[Alan]]}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery||name=BarrioBoys.jpg|caption=Barrio Boys circa 2005}}
{{Gallery||name=BillyBoyJr.jpg|caption=The future Billy Boy Jr.}}
{{Gallery||name=FamilyPic.jpg|caption=Family Photo}}
{{Gallery||name=BBoyAAA.jpg|caption=2006}}
{{Gallery||name=Alfa.JPG|caption=As Alfa}}
{{Gallery||name=BillyBoy.JPG|caption=2007}}
{{Gallery|name=billyboy2007.jpg|caption=}}

[[Category:Current AAA/PAP wrestlers]]
[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

File:BillyBoy.jpg

2008-02-21T02:49:50Z

Chuchu:

Virus

2008-02-01T18:37:02Z

Chuchu: /* Gallery */

== Profile ==

{{bioFields|
|image=VIRUS1.jpg
|name=Virus
|realName=Ricardo Amezquita Cardeño
|nicknames=El Pequeño Gigante, El Pequeño Maestro
|nameHistory=Bird Boy (debut - 08/92), Piratita Morgan (08/92 - ??), Damiancito El Guerrero (94 - 05/98), Damiancito (1995, Japan), Virus (05/98 - )
|family=none
|maestro=[[El Fuerza Aérea]]
|birthdate=[[December 9]], [[1968]] - [[Mexico City]]
|debut=[[April 20]], [[1986]] - [[Auditorio Municipal de Ozumba]], [[Estado de Mexico]]
|obituarydate=
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'5"/165 cms
|weight=174 lbs/79 kg
|signatureMoves=Virus Clutch ([[Delfin Clutch]]), Virus Stretch ([[Queen Angelito Stretch]]), [[Inverted Gory Special Bomb]], [[Ringpost Armdrag]]
|titles=[[UWA World Featherweight Title]], [[National Lightweight Title]], [[CMLL Mini Estrellas Title]], [[CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Title]], [[CMLL Super Lightweight Title]]
|}}



== Biography ==


Virus' debut as a professional wrestler was on [[April 20]] of [[1986]] for [[Carlos Maynes]]' [[UWA]] as Bird Boy I (there was also a [[Bird Boy II]]). He was trained by [[Fuerza Aerea]] and despite his size he knew he'd make it like his idol [[Super Astro]].

He was mostly used as a first or second match attraction at the small arena's because he was good but very small. On [[July 27]], [[1991]] he captured the [[UWA Featherweight Title]] by defeating [[Super Archie]] at [[Arena Apatlaco]], and lost it on [[August 25]] of the [[1992|following year]] against [[El Coralillo]] at [[Arena Ecatepec]]. He held it during more than a full year though only had two defenses.

It's not like in the UWA, that was falling apart, had any plans for the title as evidenced by the fact that Coralillo never lost the title. He just lost it because he had already left the promotion to join [[EMLL]]'s minis division that was having a hot moment.

In EMLL, [[Pirata Morgan]] offered him to be his "mini" version after the original one left for [[AAA]] so he became Piratita Morgan. His actual debut with that name was on [[August 7]], [[1992]] at [[Arena Coliseo Guadalajara|La Arena Coliseo]] from [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]].

When Pirata Morgan left for AAA there was little point of having a mini version of a guy that wasn't in the promotion, so [[Damian El Guerrero]] offered him the name in [[1994]].

In [[1995]] he went to Japan to work for the independent promotion [[W*ING]] and there he was called Damiancito and was the mini version of [[Damian 666]], who was a fairly known luchador on the independent scene due to his work for [[FMW]].

On [[February 27]], [[1996]] he captured the [[CMLL Mini Estrellas Title]] from [[Mascarita Mágica]]. He defended it against [[Ultimo Dragoncito]], [[Cicloncito Ramírez]] and Mascarita himself, and dropped it to Dragoncito in October [[1999]] at [[Arena Puebla]].

Damiancito especially had a classic match on [[January 7]], [[1997]] at [[Arena Coliseo]] when he defeated Cicloncito Ramírez to retain the CMLL Minis title. After the match the wrestlers got a huge ovation. This was the match that made Cicloncito stand out from the rest of the mini wrestlers as a super worker.

In the last Arena Coliseo show of 1997 there was an eight minis elimination match in which the winner would get the right to wrestle in a regular tag match with the "big guys". Damiancito won that match, that also featured [[Tritoncito]], Cicloncito Ramírez, [[Pequeño Cochisse]], [[Platita]], [[Guerrerito del Futuro]], [[Pequeño Sayama]] and [[Fierito]]. He got his try-out as promised, but as he is not a midget and he worked so well with the big guys because he's such a good worker, he moved on to the full sized wrestlers division.

Since there was no point of being a "-cito" now that he was not wrestling minis anymore, he changed his name to Virus in May of [[1998]]. A friend of him came up with the name while they were working out.

During that month, and after debuting as Virus, he wrestled as Damiancito again, but just a couple more shots until the name change was made "official" on TV.

That same month he also captured the [[National Lightweight Title]] defeating a Guadalajara local called [[Akira]] in a match for the vacant belt. He started a feud with [[Oriental]] and defended the title numerous times against him. They also feuded over the [[Distrito Federal Lightweight Title]] that Oriental held.

Virus is also a regular in the Japanese tours of CMLL, and he has also competed in [[Super Delfin]]'s [[Osaka Pro]]. On [[December 25|Christmas]] of [[1999]] he defeated [[Masato Yakushiji]] to capture the [[CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Title]] that he lost to [[Ricky Marvin]] on [[August 6]], [[2000]].

Nowadays Virus is a top-25 worker in Mexico, and he keeps improving thanks to the weekly training with the [[Grupo Cibernetico]] commanded by [[Negro Casas]] and [[Guillermo "Memo" Díaz]]. Due to size he'll never be a major player in the company, though he's an excellent asset to EMLL due to his amazing ability to carry any opponent through the spots or get the best out of flashy tecnicos.



 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Virus|[[El Mariachi (indy)|El Mariachi]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1991|91]]/[[August 3|08/03]]|mask|[[Super Archie]]|Bird Boy I|[[Arena Apatlaco]] - [[Apatlaco]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1996|96]]/[[August 4|08/04]]|hair|Damiancito El Guerrero|[[Mascarita Mágica]]|[[Pista Arena Revolución]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[2001|01]]/[[September 2|09/02]]|hair|Virus|[[Kato Kung Lee]]|[[Auditorio Flores Magón]] - [[Oaxaca]], [[Oaxaca]]}}
{{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[August 5|08/05]]|hair|Virus|[[Tony Rivera]]|[[Arena Coliseo DF]] - [[México City]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==


{{Gallery|
|name=Virusmasked.jpg
|caption=as Bird boy
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=LosBucaneros.jpg
|caption=as Piratita Morgan w/ [[Rey Bucanero]] & [[Pirata Morgan]]
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Cicloncito&Damiancito.jpg
|caption=with [[Cicloncito Ramirez]] & CMLL Mini Estrellas Title
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Virus1.jpg
|caption=1999
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=virus.jpg
|caption=2000
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Virusnew.JPG
|caption=2006
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Virus-flamasolar.jpg
|caption=w/ [[Flama Solar]]
}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]
[[Category:Current CMLL wrestlers]]

Pequeño Olímpico

2008-02-01T18:36:29Z

Chuchu: /* Luchas de apuestas record */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=peqolimpico01.jpg
|name=Pequeno Olimpico
|realName=
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Cicloncito Ramirez (08/23/92 - 03/17/2002), Pequeno Olimpico (03/17/2002 - current)
|family=none
|maestro=[[Pancho Zapata]], [[Chico Hernandez]], [[Panchito Villalobos]], [[Jose Luis Feliciano]]
|birthdate=
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[August 23]], [[1992]] - [[Arena Naucalpan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=
|weight=
|signatureMoves=[[Cristo Invertido]], [[tope suicida]]
|titles=[[CMLL Mini's Title]]
}}

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|99/03/01|mask (1)|Cicloncito Ramirez|[[Payasito I]]|Palenque De La Feria - Leon, Guanajuato}}
{{aline|03/04/30|mask|Pequeno Olimpico|[[Pequeno Violencia]]|Arena Mexico}}
{{aline|07/11/15|mask|Pequeno Olimpico|[[Gitanito]]|Arena Neza - Estado de Mexico}}
{{aend|(1) Finals of Ruleta de la Muerte}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Cicloncito&Damiancito.jpg
|caption=with [[Damiancito el Guerrero]] & CMLL Mini Estrellas Title}}

{{Gallery|
|name=15nov.jpg
|caption=masked to [[Gitanito]]
}}

[[Category:Current CMLL wrestlers]]
[[Category:Miniestrellas]]
[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]
{{CMLLTitleBox}}

Virus

2008-02-01T18:35:13Z

Chuchu: /* Gallery */

== Profile ==

{{bioFields|
|image=VIRUS1.jpg
|name=Virus
|realName=Ricardo Amezquita Cardeño
|nicknames=El Pequeño Gigante, El Pequeño Maestro
|nameHistory=Bird Boy (debut - 08/92), Piratita Morgan (08/92 - ??), Damiancito El Guerrero (94 - 05/98), Damiancito (1995, Japan), Virus (05/98 - )
|family=none
|maestro=[[El Fuerza Aérea]]
|birthdate=[[December 9]], [[1968]] - [[Mexico City]]
|debut=[[April 20]], [[1986]] - [[Auditorio Municipal de Ozumba]], [[Estado de Mexico]]
|obituarydate=
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'5"/165 cms
|weight=174 lbs/79 kg
|signatureMoves=Virus Clutch ([[Delfin Clutch]]), Virus Stretch ([[Queen Angelito Stretch]]), [[Inverted Gory Special Bomb]], [[Ringpost Armdrag]]
|titles=[[UWA World Featherweight Title]], [[National Lightweight Title]], [[CMLL Mini Estrellas Title]], [[CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Title]], [[CMLL Super Lightweight Title]]
|}}



== Biography ==


Virus' debut as a professional wrestler was on [[April 20]] of [[1986]] for [[Carlos Maynes]]' [[UWA]] as Bird Boy I (there was also a [[Bird Boy II]]). He was trained by [[Fuerza Aerea]] and despite his size he knew he'd make it like his idol [[Super Astro]].

He was mostly used as a first or second match attraction at the small arena's because he was good but very small. On [[July 27]], [[1991]] he captured the [[UWA Featherweight Title]] by defeating [[Super Archie]] at [[Arena Apatlaco]], and lost it on [[August 25]] of the [[1992|following year]] against [[El Coralillo]] at [[Arena Ecatepec]]. He held it during more than a full year though only had two defenses.

It's not like in the UWA, that was falling apart, had any plans for the title as evidenced by the fact that Coralillo never lost the title. He just lost it because he had already left the promotion to join [[EMLL]]'s minis division that was having a hot moment.

In EMLL, [[Pirata Morgan]] offered him to be his "mini" version after the original one left for [[AAA]] so he became Piratita Morgan. His actual debut with that name was on [[August 7]], [[1992]] at [[Arena Coliseo Guadalajara|La Arena Coliseo]] from [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]].

When Pirata Morgan left for AAA there was little point of having a mini version of a guy that wasn't in the promotion, so [[Damian El Guerrero]] offered him the name in [[1994]].

In [[1995]] he went to Japan to work for the independent promotion [[W*ING]] and there he was called Damiancito and was the mini version of [[Damian 666]], who was a fairly known luchador on the independent scene due to his work for [[FMW]].

On [[February 27]], [[1996]] he captured the [[CMLL Mini Estrellas Title]] from [[Mascarita Mágica]]. He defended it against [[Ultimo Dragoncito]], [[Cicloncito Ramírez]] and Mascarita himself, and dropped it to Dragoncito in October [[1999]] at [[Arena Puebla]].

Damiancito especially had a classic match on [[January 7]], [[1997]] at [[Arena Coliseo]] when he defeated Cicloncito Ramírez to retain the CMLL Minis title. After the match the wrestlers got a huge ovation. This was the match that made Cicloncito stand out from the rest of the mini wrestlers as a super worker.

In the last Arena Coliseo show of 1997 there was an eight minis elimination match in which the winner would get the right to wrestle in a regular tag match with the "big guys". Damiancito won that match, that also featured [[Tritoncito]], Cicloncito Ramírez, [[Pequeño Cochisse]], [[Platita]], [[Guerrerito del Futuro]], [[Pequeño Sayama]] and [[Fierito]]. He got his try-out as promised, but as he is not a midget and he worked so well with the big guys because he's such a good worker, he moved on to the full sized wrestlers division.

Since there was no point of being a "-cito" now that he was not wrestling minis anymore, he changed his name to Virus in May of [[1998]]. A friend of him came up with the name while they were working out.

During that month, and after debuting as Virus, he wrestled as Damiancito again, but just a couple more shots until the name change was made "official" on TV.

That same month he also captured the [[National Lightweight Title]] defeating a Guadalajara local called [[Akira]] in a match for the vacant belt. He started a feud with [[Oriental]] and defended the title numerous times against him. They also feuded over the [[Distrito Federal Lightweight Title]] that Oriental held.

Virus is also a regular in the Japanese tours of CMLL, and he has also competed in [[Super Delfin]]'s [[Osaka Pro]]. On [[December 25|Christmas]] of [[1999]] he defeated [[Masato Yakushiji]] to capture the [[CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Title]] that he lost to [[Ricky Marvin]] on [[August 6]], [[2000]].

Nowadays Virus is a top-25 worker in Mexico, and he keeps improving thanks to the weekly training with the [[Grupo Cibernetico]] commanded by [[Negro Casas]] and [[Guillermo "Memo" Díaz]]. Due to size he'll never be a major player in the company, though he's an excellent asset to EMLL due to his amazing ability to carry any opponent through the spots or get the best out of flashy tecnicos.



 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Virus|[[El Mariachi (indy)|El Mariachi]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1991|91]]/[[August 3|08/03]]|mask|[[Super Archie]]|Bird Boy I|[[Arena Apatlaco]] - [[Apatlaco]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1996|96]]/[[August 4|08/04]]|hair|Damiancito El Guerrero|[[Mascarita Mágica]]|[[Pista Arena Revolución]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[2001|01]]/[[September 2|09/02]]|hair|Virus|[[Kato Kung Lee]]|[[Auditorio Flores Magón]] - [[Oaxaca]], [[Oaxaca]]}}
{{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[August 5|08/05]]|hair|Virus|[[Tony Rivera]]|[[Arena Coliseo DF]] - [[México City]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==


{{Gallery|
|name=Virusmasked.jpg
|caption=as Bird boy
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=LosBucaneros.jpg
|caption=as Piratita Morgan w/ [[Rey Bucanero]] & [[Pirata Morgan]]
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Cicloncito&Damiancito.jpg
|caption=with Cicloncito Ramirez & CMLL Mini Estrellas Title
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Virus1.jpg
|caption=1999
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=virus.jpg
|caption=2000
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Virusnew.JPG
|caption=2006
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Virus-flamasolar.jpg
|caption=w/ [[Flama Solar]]
}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]
[[Category:Current CMLL wrestlers]]

Virus

2008-02-01T18:34:40Z

Chuchu: /* Gallery */

== Profile ==

{{bioFields|
|image=VIRUS1.jpg
|name=Virus
|realName=Ricardo Amezquita Cardeño
|nicknames=El Pequeño Gigante, El Pequeño Maestro
|nameHistory=Bird Boy (debut - 08/92), Piratita Morgan (08/92 - ??), Damiancito El Guerrero (94 - 05/98), Damiancito (1995, Japan), Virus (05/98 - )
|family=none
|maestro=[[El Fuerza Aérea]]
|birthdate=[[December 9]], [[1968]] - [[Mexico City]]
|debut=[[April 20]], [[1986]] - [[Auditorio Municipal de Ozumba]], [[Estado de Mexico]]
|obituarydate=
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'5"/165 cms
|weight=174 lbs/79 kg
|signatureMoves=Virus Clutch ([[Delfin Clutch]]), Virus Stretch ([[Queen Angelito Stretch]]), [[Inverted Gory Special Bomb]], [[Ringpost Armdrag]]
|titles=[[UWA World Featherweight Title]], [[National Lightweight Title]], [[CMLL Mini Estrellas Title]], [[CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Title]], [[CMLL Super Lightweight Title]]
|}}



== Biography ==


Virus' debut as a professional wrestler was on [[April 20]] of [[1986]] for [[Carlos Maynes]]' [[UWA]] as Bird Boy I (there was also a [[Bird Boy II]]). He was trained by [[Fuerza Aerea]] and despite his size he knew he'd make it like his idol [[Super Astro]].

He was mostly used as a first or second match attraction at the small arena's because he was good but very small. On [[July 27]], [[1991]] he captured the [[UWA Featherweight Title]] by defeating [[Super Archie]] at [[Arena Apatlaco]], and lost it on [[August 25]] of the [[1992|following year]] against [[El Coralillo]] at [[Arena Ecatepec]]. He held it during more than a full year though only had two defenses.

It's not like in the UWA, that was falling apart, had any plans for the title as evidenced by the fact that Coralillo never lost the title. He just lost it because he had already left the promotion to join [[EMLL]]'s minis division that was having a hot moment.

In EMLL, [[Pirata Morgan]] offered him to be his "mini" version after the original one left for [[AAA]] so he became Piratita Morgan. His actual debut with that name was on [[August 7]], [[1992]] at [[Arena Coliseo Guadalajara|La Arena Coliseo]] from [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]].

When Pirata Morgan left for AAA there was little point of having a mini version of a guy that wasn't in the promotion, so [[Damian El Guerrero]] offered him the name in [[1994]].

In [[1995]] he went to Japan to work for the independent promotion [[W*ING]] and there he was called Damiancito and was the mini version of [[Damian 666]], who was a fairly known luchador on the independent scene due to his work for [[FMW]].

On [[February 27]], [[1996]] he captured the [[CMLL Mini Estrellas Title]] from [[Mascarita Mágica]]. He defended it against [[Ultimo Dragoncito]], [[Cicloncito Ramírez]] and Mascarita himself, and dropped it to Dragoncito in October [[1999]] at [[Arena Puebla]].

Damiancito especially had a classic match on [[January 7]], [[1997]] at [[Arena Coliseo]] when he defeated Cicloncito Ramírez to retain the CMLL Minis title. After the match the wrestlers got a huge ovation. This was the match that made Cicloncito stand out from the rest of the mini wrestlers as a super worker.

In the last Arena Coliseo show of 1997 there was an eight minis elimination match in which the winner would get the right to wrestle in a regular tag match with the "big guys". Damiancito won that match, that also featured [[Tritoncito]], Cicloncito Ramírez, [[Pequeño Cochisse]], [[Platita]], [[Guerrerito del Futuro]], [[Pequeño Sayama]] and [[Fierito]]. He got his try-out as promised, but as he is not a midget and he worked so well with the big guys because he's such a good worker, he moved on to the full sized wrestlers division.

Since there was no point of being a "-cito" now that he was not wrestling minis anymore, he changed his name to Virus in May of [[1998]]. A friend of him came up with the name while they were working out.

During that month, and after debuting as Virus, he wrestled as Damiancito again, but just a couple more shots until the name change was made "official" on TV.

That same month he also captured the [[National Lightweight Title]] defeating a Guadalajara local called [[Akira]] in a match for the vacant belt. He started a feud with [[Oriental]] and defended the title numerous times against him. They also feuded over the [[Distrito Federal Lightweight Title]] that Oriental held.

Virus is also a regular in the Japanese tours of CMLL, and he has also competed in [[Super Delfin]]'s [[Osaka Pro]]. On [[December 25|Christmas]] of [[1999]] he defeated [[Masato Yakushiji]] to capture the [[CMLL Japan Super Lightweight Title]] that he lost to [[Ricky Marvin]] on [[August 6]], [[2000]].

Nowadays Virus is a top-25 worker in Mexico, and he keeps improving thanks to the weekly training with the [[Grupo Cibernetico]] commanded by [[Negro Casas]] and [[Guillermo "Memo" Díaz]]. Due to size he'll never be a major player in the company, though he's an excellent asset to EMLL due to his amazing ability to carry any opponent through the spots or get the best out of flashy tecnicos.



 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Virus|[[El Mariachi (indy)|El Mariachi]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1991|91]]/[[August 3|08/03]]|mask|[[Super Archie]]|Bird Boy I|[[Arena Apatlaco]] - [[Apatlaco]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1996|96]]/[[August 4|08/04]]|hair|Damiancito El Guerrero|[[Mascarita Mágica]]|[[Pista Arena Revolución]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[2001|01]]/[[September 2|09/02]]|hair|Virus|[[Kato Kung Lee]]|[[Auditorio Flores Magón]] - [[Oaxaca]], [[Oaxaca]]}}
{{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[August 5|08/05]]|hair|Virus|[[Tony Rivera]]|[[Arena Coliseo DF]] - [[México City]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==


{{Gallery|
|name=Virusmasked.jpg
|caption=as Bird boy
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=LosBucaneros.jpg
|caption=as Piratita Morgan w/ [[Rey Bucanero]] & [[Pirata Morgan]]
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Cicloncito&Damiancito.jpg
|caption=1997 - w/ Cicloncito Ramirez & CMLL Mini Estrellas Title
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Virus1.jpg
|caption=1999
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=virus.jpg
|caption=2000
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Virusnew.JPG
|caption=2006
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Virus-flamasolar.jpg
|caption=w/ [[Flama Solar]]
}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]
[[Category:Current CMLL wrestlers]]

File:Cicloncito&Damiancito.jpg

2008-02-01T18:33:36Z

Chuchu:

Dick Togo

2008-01-28T18:31:07Z

Chuchu: /* Profile */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|name=Dick Togo|image=Dickmask.jpg
|realName=Shigeki Sato
|nicknames=Mater of Senton
|nameHistory=Sakigake Gantetsu, SATO, Dick Togo, Kintaro Inferno, Francesco Togo, El Tigre de Tokyo, Prince Togo
|family=
|maestro=[[Great Sasuke]]
|birthdate=[[August 17]], [[1969]] - [[Odate City]], [[Akita]], [[Japan]]
|debut=[[June 5]], [[1991]] vs. [[Great Sasuke|MASA Michinoku]] - [[Tokyo Korakuen Hall]] - [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'7"/170 cm
|weight=214 lbs/97 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[Diving Senton]], [[Double Underhook Facebuster]]
|titles=IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (w/ [[TAKA Michinoku]]), [[Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Championship]], British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion, UWA International Tag Team Champion (w/ [[Gedo]]), WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara), NWA International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Ikuto Hidaka]]), DDT KO-D Openweight Championship, DDT KO-D Tag Team Championships (2) (w/ [[Nobutaka Moribe]] & [[Antonio "the Dragon" Honda]]), Iron Man Heavy Metal Title
|}}

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[March 4|03/04]]|hair|[[Super Delfin]]|SATO|[[Osaka Rinkan Sports Center]] - [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Sources ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeki_Sato wikipedia

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|name=sato.jpg|caption=Dick Togo as the masked Sato}}
{{Gallery|name=gantetsu.jpg|caption=A young Dick as Gantetsu}}
{{Gallery|name=Togo.jpg|caption=With IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title}}

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[[Category:Wrestlers Who Appeared on WWF Los Super Astros]]

Dick Togo

2008-01-28T18:30:30Z

Chuchu: /* Profile */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|name=Dick Togo|image=Dickmask.jpg
|realName=Shigeki Sato
|nicknames=Mater of Senton
|nameHistory=Sakigake Gantetsu, SATO, Dick Togo, Kintaro Inferno, Francesco Togo, El Tigre de Tokyo, Prince Togo
|family=
|maestro=[[Great Sasuke]]
|birthdate=[[August 17]], [[1969]] - [[Odate City]], [[Akita]], [[Japan]]
|debut=[[June 5]], [[1991]] vs. [[Great Sasuke|MASA Michinoku]] - [[Tokyo Korakuen Hall]] - [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'7"/170 cm
|weight=214 lbs/97 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[Diving Senton]], [[Double Underhook Facebuster]]
|titles=IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (w/ [[TAKA Michinoku]]), [[Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Championship]], British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion, UWA International Tag Team Champion (w/ [[Gedo]]), WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara), NWA International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Ikuto Hidaka]]), DDT KO-D Openweight Championship, DDT KO-D Tag Team Championships (2) (w/ [[Nobutaka Moribe]] & [[Antonio "the Dragon" Honda]])
|}}

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[March 4|03/04]]|hair|[[Super Delfin]]|SATO|[[Osaka Rinkan Sports Center]] - [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Sources ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeki_Sato wikipedia

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|name=sato.jpg|caption=Dick Togo as the masked Sato}}
{{Gallery|name=gantetsu.jpg|caption=A young Dick as Gantetsu}}
{{Gallery|name=Togo.jpg|caption=With IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title}}

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[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Wrestlers Who Appeared on WWF Los Super Astros]]

Dick Togo

2008-01-28T18:29:50Z

Chuchu: /* Profile */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|name=Dick Togo|image=Dickmask.jpg
|realName=Shigeki Sato
|nicknames=Mater of Senton
|nameHistory=Sakigake Gantetsu, SATO, Dick Togo, Kintaro Inferno, Francesco Togo, El Tigre de Tokyo, Prince Togo
|family=
|maestro=[[Great Sasuke]]
|birthdate=[[August 17]], [[1969]] - [[Odate City]], [[Akita]], [[Japan]]
|debut=[[June 5]], [[1991]] vs. [[Great Sasuke|MASA Michinoku]] - [[Tokyo Korakuen Hall]] - [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'7"/170 cm
|weight=214 lbs/97 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[Diving Senton]], [[Double Underhook Facebuster]]
|titles=IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (w/ [[TAKA Michinoku]]), [[Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Championship]], British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion, UWA International Tag Team Champion (w/ [[Gedo]]), WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara), NWA International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Ikuto Hidaka]]), DDT KO-D Openweight Championship, DDT KO-D Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Nobutaka Moribe]])
|}}

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[March 4|03/04]]|hair|[[Super Delfin]]|SATO|[[Osaka Rinkan Sports Center]] - [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Sources ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeki_Sato wikipedia

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|name=sato.jpg|caption=Dick Togo as the masked Sato}}
{{Gallery|name=gantetsu.jpg|caption=A young Dick as Gantetsu}}
{{Gallery|name=Togo.jpg|caption=With IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title}}

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[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Wrestlers Who Appeared on WWF Los Super Astros]]

Dick Togo

2008-01-28T18:27:50Z

Chuchu: /* Profile */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|name=Dick Togo|image=Dickmask.jpg
|realName=Shigeki Sato
|nicknames=Mater of Senton
|nameHistory=Sakigake Gantetsu, SATO, Dick Togo, Kintaro Inferno, Francis Togo, El Tigre de Tokyo
|family=
|maestro=[[Great Sasuke]]
|birthdate=[[August 17]], [[1969]] - [[Odate City]], [[Akita]], [[Japan]]
|debut=[[June 5]], [[1991]] vs. [[Great Sasuke|MASA Michinoku]] - [[Tokyo Korakuen Hall]] - [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'7"/170 cm
|weight=214 lbs/97 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[Diving Senton]], [[Double Underhook Facebuster]]
|titles=IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (w/ [[TAKA Michinoku]]), [[Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Championship]], British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion, UWA International Tag Team Champion (w/ [[Gedo]]), WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara), NWA International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Ikuto Hidaka]]), DDT KO-D Openweight Championship, DDT KO-D Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Nobutaka Moribe]])
|}}

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[March 4|03/04]]|hair|[[Super Delfin]]|SATO|[[Osaka Rinkan Sports Center]] - [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Sources ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeki_Sato wikipedia

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|name=sato.jpg|caption=Dick Togo as the masked Sato}}
{{Gallery|name=gantetsu.jpg|caption=A young Dick as Gantetsu}}
{{Gallery|name=Togo.jpg|caption=With IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title}}

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[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Wrestlers Who Appeared on WWF Los Super Astros]]

Dick Togo

2008-01-28T18:27:32Z

Chuchu: /* Profile */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|name=Dick Togo|image=Togo.jpg
|realName=Shigeki Sato
|nicknames=Mater of Senton
|nameHistory=Sakigake Gantetsu, SATO, Dick Togo, Kintaro Inferno, Francis Togo, El Tigre de Tokyo
|family=
|maestro=[[Great Sasuke]]
|birthdate=[[August 17]], [[1969]] - [[Odate City]], [[Akita]], [[Japan]]
|debut=[[June 5]], [[1991]] vs. [[Great Sasuke|MASA Michinoku]] - [[Tokyo Korakuen Hall]] - [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'7"/170 cm
|weight=214 lbs/97 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[Diving Senton]], [[Double Underhook Facebuster]]
|titles=IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (w/ [[TAKA Michinoku]]), [[Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Championship]], British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion, UWA International Tag Team Champion (w/ [[Gedo]]), WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara), NWA International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Ikuto Hidaka]]), DDT KO-D Openweight Championship, DDT KO-D Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Nobutaka Moribe]])
|}}

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[March 4|03/04]]|hair|[[Super Delfin]]|SATO|[[Osaka Rinkan Sports Center]] - [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Sources ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeki_Sato wikipedia

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|name=sato.jpg|caption=Dick Togo as the masked Sato}}
{{Gallery|name=gantetsu.jpg|caption=A young Dick as Gantetsu}}
{{Gallery|name=Togo.jpg|caption=With IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title}}

[[Category:ECW wrestlers]]
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[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Wrestlers Who Appeared on WWF Los Super Astros]]

Dick Togo

2008-01-28T18:26:54Z

Chuchu: /* Gallery */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|name=Dick Togo|image=Dickmask.jpg
|realName=Shigeki Sato
|nicknames=Mater of Senton
|nameHistory=Sakigake Gantetsu, SATO, Dick Togo, Kintaro Inferno, Francis Togo, El Tigre de Tokyo
|family=
|maestro=[[Great Sasuke]]
|birthdate=[[August 17]], [[1969]] - [[Odate City]], [[Akita]], [[Japan]]
|debut=[[June 5]], [[1991]] vs. [[Great Sasuke|MASA Michinoku]] - [[Tokyo Korakuen Hall]] - [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'7"/170 cm
|weight=214 lbs/97 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[Diving Senton]], [[Double Underhook Facebuster]]
|titles=IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (w/ [[TAKA Michinoku]]), [[Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Championship]], British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion, UWA International Tag Team Champion (w/ [[Gedo]]), WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara), NWA International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Ikuto Hidaka]]), DDT KO-D Openweight Championship, DDT KO-D Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Nobutaka Moribe]])
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[March 4|03/04]]|hair|[[Super Delfin]]|SATO|[[Osaka Rinkan Sports Center]] - [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Sources ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeki_Sato wikipedia

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|name=sato.jpg|caption=Dick Togo as the masked Sato}}
{{Gallery|name=gantetsu.jpg|caption=A young Dick as Gantetsu}}
{{Gallery|name=Togo.jpg|caption=With IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title}}

[[Category:ECW wrestlers]]
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[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Wrestlers Who Appeared on WWF Los Super Astros]]

Dick Togo

2008-01-28T18:26:40Z

Chuchu: /* Gallery */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|name=Dick Togo|image=Dickmask.jpg
|realName=Shigeki Sato
|nicknames=Mater of Senton
|nameHistory=Sakigake Gantetsu, SATO, Dick Togo, Kintaro Inferno, Francis Togo, El Tigre de Tokyo
|family=
|maestro=[[Great Sasuke]]
|birthdate=[[August 17]], [[1969]] - [[Odate City]], [[Akita]], [[Japan]]
|debut=[[June 5]], [[1991]] vs. [[Great Sasuke|MASA Michinoku]] - [[Tokyo Korakuen Hall]] - [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'7"/170 cm
|weight=214 lbs/97 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[Diving Senton]], [[Double Underhook Facebuster]]
|titles=IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (w/ [[TAKA Michinoku]]), [[Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Championship]], British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion, UWA International Tag Team Champion (w/ [[Gedo]]), WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara), NWA International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Ikuto Hidaka]]), DDT KO-D Openweight Championship, DDT KO-D Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Nobutaka Moribe]])
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[March 4|03/04]]|hair|[[Super Delfin]]|SATO|[[Osaka Rinkan Sports Center]] - [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Sources ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeki_Sato wikipedia

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|name=sato.jpg|caption=Dick Togo as the masked Sato}}
{{Gallery|name=gantetsu.jpg|caption=A young Dick as Gantetsu}}
{{Gallery|name=Togo.jpg|caption=w/ IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Title}}

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[[Category:Wrestlers Who Appeared on WWF Los Super Astros]]

File:Togo.jpg

2008-01-28T18:25:47Z

Chuchu:

Dick Togo

2008-01-28T18:23:26Z

Chuchu:

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|name=Dick Togo|image=Dickmask.jpg
|realName=Shigeki Sato
|nicknames=Mater of Senton
|nameHistory=Sakigake Gantetsu, SATO, Dick Togo, Kintaro Inferno, Francis Togo, El Tigre de Tokyo
|family=
|maestro=[[Great Sasuke]]
|birthdate=[[August 17]], [[1969]] - [[Odate City]], [[Akita]], [[Japan]]
|debut=[[June 5]], [[1991]] vs. [[Great Sasuke|MASA Michinoku]] - [[Tokyo Korakuen Hall]] - [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'7"/170 cm
|weight=214 lbs/97 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[Diving Senton]], [[Double Underhook Facebuster]]
|titles=IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (w/ [[TAKA Michinoku]]), [[Michinoku Pro Tohoku Junior Championship]], British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Champion, UWA International Tag Team Champion (w/ [[Gedo]]), WEW Six-Man Tag Team Champion (w/ Kintaro Kanemura & Masao Orihara), NWA International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Ikuto Hidaka]]), DDT KO-D Openweight Championship, DDT KO-D Tag Team Championships (w/ [[Nobutaka Moribe]])
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[March 4|03/04]]|hair|[[Super Delfin]]|SATO|[[Osaka Rinkan Sports Center]] - [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Sources ==
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeki_Sato wikipedia

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|name=sato.jpg|caption=Dick Togo as the masked Sato}}
{{Gallery|name=gantetsu.jpg|caption=A young Dick as Gantetsu}}

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[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Wrestlers Who Appeared on WWF Los Super Astros]]

Vampiro Canadiense

2008-01-27T23:21:02Z

Chuchu: /* Profile */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image= Vamp13.JPG
|name=Vampiro
|realName=Ian Richard Hodgkinson
|nicknames=El Rey Guadalajara (The King of Guadalajara)
|nameHistory=Ian Richards (debut), Gene Anderson, Vampiro Canadiense (02/91 - ), Vampiro Casanova, Vampiro (US)
|family=none
|maestro=[[Abdullah the Butcher]], [[Patron Bonales]], [[Javier Llanes]], [[Matt Furey]], [[Kart Gotch]]
|birthdate=[[May 31]], [[1967]] - [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[1985]]; (in Mexico) [[February 12]], [[1991]] - [[Arena México]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=6'4"/194 cms
|weight=249 lbs/113 kg
|signatureMoves=Nail in the Coffin ([[Michinoku Driver 2]]), [[Power Bomb]], [[Flying Spinning Leg Lariat]]
|titles=[[UWA World Heavyweight Title]], Monterrey: [[FILL Heavyweight Title]], [[WCW World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[The Great Muta]]), Royal Oak: [[JCW (Juggalo Championshit Wrestling) Heavyweight Title]], [[IWA Hardcore Title]] (4), [[NWA World Light Heavyweight Title]], California: WSX Championship
}}

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1992|92]]/[[March 21|03/21]]|hair|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Bestia Negra II]]|[[Arena Xochimilco]] - [[Xochimilco]], [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1992|92]]/[[June 28|06/28]]|hair (1)|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Rick Patterson]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[N.L.]]}}
{{aline|[[1992|92]]/[[July 17|07/17]]|hair|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Pirata Morgan]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1992|92]]/[[August 23|08/23]]|hair (2)|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Aaron Grundy]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[N.L.]]}}
{{aline|[[1992|92]]/[[December 10|12/10]]|hair|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Sangre Chicana]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[N.L.]]}}
{{aline|[[1998|98]]/[[September 1|09/01]]|hair|Vampiro|[[Pirata Morgan]]|[[Houston]], [[Texas]], [[USA]]}}
{{aline|[[2002|02]]/[[December 13|12/13]]|hair|Vampiro|[[Rey Bucanero]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[2003|03]]/[[April 4|04/04]]|hair|[[Shocker]]|Vampiro|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[December 17|12/17]]|hairs|[[Cien Caras]] & [[Máscara Año 2000]]|[[Pierroth Jr.]] & Vampiro|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aend|(1) Triangle match with [[Sangre Chicana]]; (2) Relevos suicidas: [[Sangre Chicana]] & [[Brazo de Plata]] vs. Vampiro & [[Aaron Grundy|Grundy]]}}

== Movie ==
A documentary film about the life and carreer of Vampiro is in production and set to be released in [[September]] [[2006]]. Produced by Odessa Filmworks and Zed Jamaica, the website for the film can be found here [http://www.vampiromovie.com/ http://www.vampiromovie.com/]

== Gallery ==
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{{Gallery|name=VAMPIRO0.JPG|caption=Old Photo}}
 
{{Gallery|name=vampiro.jpg|caption=1991}}
{{Gallery|name=vamp.jpg|caption=in WCW}}
{{Gallery|name=Vampiro 00.jpg|caption=Vamp's tattoos}}
{{Gallery|name=Vampiro 01.jpg|caption=More of Vamp's tattoos}}
{{Gallery|name=Vampy.jpg|caption=}}
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{{Gallery|name=Vampiro 03.jpg|caption=}}
{{Gallery|name=Vamp 1.JPG|caption=Guadalajara}}
{{Gallery|name=Vamp 2.JPG}}

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El Mesías

2008-01-27T23:18:48Z

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== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=ricky2007.jpg
|name=El Mesias (Ricky Banderas)
|realName=Gilbert Cosme
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=Ricky Banderas (Puerto Rico, 1997 - ), Muerte Cibernetica (AAA, 2006), Asesor Cibernetico (mask loss), El Mesias (AAA, 2007 - ), Judas Mesias (TNA,2007)
|family=
|maestro=
|birthdate=[[May 25]], [[1975]] - [[Bayamón]], [[Puerto Rico]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[1997]]
|lostmaskto=[[La Parka Jr.]] - [[June 18]], [[2006]] - [[Toreo de Cuatro Caminos]], [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]
|height=6'0"
|weight=245 lbs
|signatureMoves=[[Frog Splash]], [[FaceBomb]], [[Straight to Hell]], [[La Patriota]]
|titles=[[AAA World Heavyweight Championship]], [[IWA World Heavyweight Title]] (5), [[IWA Hardcore Title]] (9), [[IWA Intercontinental Title]] (3), [[IWA Tag Team Titles]] (4, w/ [[Nuevo Gran Apolo]] (3), w/ [[Shane the Glamour Boy]]), [[WSX Heavyweight Title]], [[IWC Heavyweight Championship]], [[GPCW SUPER-X Monster Title]]
|}}

Muerte Cibernetica is a top [[AAA]] rudo, having been brought into the company by [[Cibernetico]] to take out his long time rival [[La Parka Jr.]] Muerte wore a modified Parka mask at times, and feuded with Parka Jr. for months leading up to the main event of [[Triplemania]] [[2006]]. Parka triumphed in the mask mask, just as he did previous with Cibernetico, and Muerte's renamed himself Asesor Cibernetico at the moment (though it hasn't really caught on.) This is the classic "foreigner brought in under a mask to lose to a big star (to the surprise of few)" storyline, but Banderas has gotten positive reviews for his work and is expected to stick around post-mask loss.

With Cibernetico unable to compete due to injuries, Asesor Cibernetica has threatened to take the leadership of [[La Secta]] from him. It's unclear if the members of the group will go along with this.

===More===
* [http://www.triplea.com.mx/ESP/muerte_cibernetica.htm AAA's profile]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Banderas wikipedia]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB5iGqiw3zw You Tube]

== Lucha de Apuestas ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[2006|06]]/[[June 18|06/18]]|mask|[[La Parka Jr.]]|[[Muerte Cibernetica]]|[[Toreo de Cuatro Caminos]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aend}}

== Gallery ==
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{{Gallery|name=MuerteCibernetica.jpg|caption=Alternate look}}
{{Gallery|name=Muerte14.jpg}}
{{Gallery|name=Banderas-cuije.jpg|caption= Vs [[Cuije]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Muerte en coliseo.jpg|caption= Masked on Monterrey}}
{{Gallery|name=Muerte y un fan.jpg|caption= With a beautiful mask and with a fan}}
 
{{Gallery|name=RickyBanderas1.jpeg|caption= older}}
{{Gallery|name=Ricky 001.jpg|caption= Cool}}
{{Gallery|name=Banderas el pip.JPG|caption=Burn [[Vampiro]]'s Face}}
{{Gallery|name=Ricky banderas de rojo.JPG|caption=}}

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Super Crazy

2008-01-27T23:16:10Z

Chuchu: /* Profile */

== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=Supercrazy.jpg
|name=Super Crazy
|realName=Francisco Islas Rueda
|nicknames=The Extreme Luchador, The Insane Luchador
|nameHistory=Super Crazy (debut - ), Histeria (AAA, 10/96 - fall/97), Super Loco (WWF), Super Crazzy (Promo Azteca, 97 - mid/98), El Locco (Germany)
|family=[[Rey Cuervo|Rey Pantera/Rey Cuervo]] (brother), [[Crazzy Boy]] (cousin)
|maestro=[[Rey Cuervo|Rey Pantera/Rey Cuervo]]
|birthdate=[[December 3]], [[1973]] - [[Tulancingo]], [[Hidalgo]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[February]] [[1988]] - [[Arena Neza]] - [[Mexico State]]
|lostmaskto=[[Skayde|El Seminarista (Skayde)]]
|height=5'9"/174 cms
|weight=198 lbs/90 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Triple Jump Moonsault]], [[Springboard Moonsault]], [[Asai Moonsault]], [[Power Bomb]]
|titles=[[UWA World Welterweight Title]] (2), [[CWA (Germany) Junior Heavyweight Title]] (2), [[ECW World TV Title]], [[IWA (Puerto Rico) Junior Heavyweight Title]], [[IWA Hardcore Title]], [[IWA Intercontinental Title]], [[UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship]],NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship, ZERO-ONE/UPW/WORLD-1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship
}}



== Biography ==

Super Crazy is a world-renowned talent who is currently employed by World Wrestling Entertainment. Super Crazy is on the SmackDown! roster and was developing a feud with former partner [[Psicosis]], but was taken off the road in July for elevated enzymes in his liver; he has yet to be seen on TV and/or House Shows.

Before being signed to [[WWE]] in [[2005]], he was briefly in the WWE as '''Super Loco''' and appeared frequently on the short-lived [[WWE Super-Astros]] program, as well as competiting for the [[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship]].

Super Crazy is most remembered for his time in Extreme Championship Wrestling ([[ECW]]) from [[January]] [[1999]] to [[January]] [[2001]], where he held the [[ECW World Television Championship]] and engaged in a legendary feud against [[Yoshihiro Tajiri]]. Moreover, his ''Three-Way Dance'' contests against [[Yoshihiro Tajiri]] and [[Little Guido]] are considered by many to be the best incarnations of the ''Three-Way Dance'' concept. On [[June 12]] [[2005]] AT [[ECW]] One Night Stand, Super Crazy had a "Three Way Dance" again with [[Tajiri]] and [[Little Guido]]. Beating [[Tajiri]] with with a Top Rope Moonsault

Super Crazy has also competed in IWA Puerto-Rico, XPW (most notably against [[Psicosis]]), Ring of Honor and TNA.

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1988|88]]/[[March|03]]?|mask|[[El Seminarista]]|Super Crazy|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]?}}
{{aline|[[1996|96]]/??/??|hair|Super Crazy|[[Kid Guzmán]]|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1998|98]]/[[March 6|03/06]]|mask|Super Crazy|[[Venum Black]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[April 30|04/30]]|hair|[[Zumbido]]|Super Crazy|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|
|name=RudosDeLaGalaxia.JPG
|caption=as Histeria w/ fellow Rudos De Las Galaxia
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=SupercrazyEarly.jpg
|caption=Early year picture
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=SupercrazyEarly2.jpg
|caption=Another early year picture
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Foto 50.jpg
|caption=WWE en México (2007)
}}

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[[Category:Wrestlers Who Appeared on WWF Los Super Astros]]
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Rey Misterio Jr.

2008-01-27T23:00:36Z

Chuchu: /* Gallery */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=ReyJrNew.jpg
|name=Rey Misterio Jr. (King of Mystery Jr.)
|realName=Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio
|nicknames=Super Niño (Super Kid), Flying Fury, Rey Rey
|nameHistory=Colibrí (debut - early 92), Rey Misterio II (92), Rey Misterio Jr. (92 - ), Rey Mysterio Jr. (06/96 - ), El Niño (WCW, 02/01), Rey Mysterio (WWE 07/02 - )
|family=[[Rey Misterio]] (uncle), [[El_Hijo_de_Rey_Misterio|El Hijo de Rey Misterio]], [[Metalika]] (cousins)
|birthdate=[[December 11]], [[1974]] - [[San Diego]], [[California]], [[USA]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[April 30]], [[1989]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]
|lostmaskto=[[Kevin Nash]] & [[Scott Hall]] - [[February 21]], [[1999]]
|height=5'4"/162 cms
|weight=163 lbs/74 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Springboard Huracarrana]], [[Huracarrana]], [[Misteriorana]], [[Springboard Moonsault Plancha]], [[619]], [[La Silla|Springboard Silla]]
|titles=[[WCW World Cruiserweight Title]] (6), [[WWE Cruiserweight Title]] (3) [[WCW World Tag Team Titles]] (3, w/ [[Kidman]], w/ [[Konnan]], w/ [[Juventud Guerrera]]), [[National Welterweight Title]], [[National Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Octagon]] & [[Super Muñeco]]), [[WWA World Welterweight Title]] (3), [[WWA World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Rey Misterio]]), [[WWA World Lightweight Title]] (3), [[WWC Jr. Heavyweight Title]], [[IWAS World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Konnan]]), California: [[HHW Light Heavyweight Title]], [[WCW World Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Kidman]]), [[IWC Cruiserweight Title]], [[WWE SD! Tag Team Titles]] (4, w/ Edge, w/ Rob Van Dam, w/ [[Eddie Guerrero]], w/ Batista), [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]
}}

== Biography ==


Even though both his parents are Mexican natives, Oscar was born [[December 12]], [[1974]] in [[San Diego]]'s old Sharp Hospital. He grew up in between San Diego and [[Tijuana]], learning Spanish and English at the same time, and during his youth he studied at John L. Montgomery Middle School and later John L. Montgomery Senior High School.

As his uncle [[Rey Misterio]] was a huge regional star in the [[Baja California]] area, he had attended lucha cards as much as possible since he was a little kid. He was very good at gymnastics and a big fan of lucha, so his uncle took him under his wing a few months before Rey Jr. turned 13. Needless to say, everybody was impressed by his ability to fly and do crazy things.

On [[April 30]], [[1989]], at age 14, he made his professional debut at the [[Auditorio de Tijuana]] as the masked Colibrí (hummingbird). Colibri's first feud was against two brothers called Caballero de La Muerte (Death Knight) and El Salvaje. A few years later those two wrestlers would become [[Fobia]] and [[Psicosis]], respectively. The youngster's first big match was around early [[1991]] when he, along with a partner wrestled Caballero and Salvaje in a double hair/mask match. The rudos lost the match so Caballero was unmasked and Salvaje got his head shaved.

He got his first title on January of [[1990]] when he captured the Light Heavyweight Title of [[Dan Farren]]'s [[Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling]]. The promotion closed in March with him still as champ but as a funny note, once in 1990, Colibri rejected a booking to wrestle for an independent show in California due to the fact that he had to study for a history exam!

A few months later, already in [[1992]], he was bigger (though still very small) and a better wrestler so he dropped out of high school, became Rey Misterio Jr. and started teaming with his uncle at Auditorio de Tijuana cards.

In May of 1992, [[Antonio Peña]] started [[AAA]]. He was looking for new, young talent to fill in the undercards so he asked [[Konnan]] to get him a few good young wrestlers from the Tijuana area. In June, Peña hired Psicosis, who had already dropped his Salvaje gimmick, and a month later he hired Rey Jr. Rey and Psic, best friends in real life (in fact Psicosis was the best man at Rey Jr.'s wedding), started living together in a [[Mexico City]] apartment that [[Octagon]] rented them.

Rey Jr. became really popular very quickly and he had a small undercard push from the start. His first big feud was against [[Mr. Cóndor]], the leader of "Los Diabólicos". Condor was the perfect opponent for Rey as he was a veteran wrestler who excelled at getting the best out of green flashy tecnicos, playing their strenghts and hiding their weaknesses. In August of 1992, Rey defeated Condor in his first singles mask vs. mask match ever.

On [[October 28]], in what was considered a huge upset, Rey defeated [[Fantasma de la Quebrada Jr]] in [[Aguascalientes]] to get the [[Mexican National Welterweight Title]]. That was Fantasma's first fight for AAA as he had just jumped ship from [[EMLL]]; in fact, he no-showed a EMLL card that same day. Rey lost that title to [[Heavy Metal]] on [[February 26]], [[1993]].

During 1993 he had an awesome rivalry with Los Destructores ([[Vulcano]], [[Tony Arce]] and [[Rocco Valente]]) who pretty much like Condor, were experienced brawlers that were great bumpers and carriers, however at this point of his career Rey already was a very good and complete worker. This feud also provided excellent six-man tag matches as longtime enemies of the original Destructores (Vulcano and Arce), [[Misterioso]] and [[Volador]], joined forces with Rey to form "La Tercia Del Aire" (Team Sky), and after Misterioso turned rudo, Heavy Metal and [[Latin Lover]] became Rey's regular partners. Misterio eventually took the hair of the three Destructores as well.

The first awesome TV match Rey Jr. ever had also was in 1993, during Febrary, when he teamed with [[Winners]] and [[Super Calo]] against [[Heavy Metal]], [[Picudo]] and [[Psicosis]]. During the same month they had a rematch with was a really good bout though not as good as the first one.

But his best work came when he started to feud extensively with two young and talented guys of his generation - Psicosis and [[Juventud Guerrera]]. Psicosis and Rey knew each other perfectly so they never had any problems, and Juventud was a really quick learner and he had awesome chemistry with Rey Jr. so those guys mixed in trios matches with good veterans like [[Blue Panther]], [[Fuerza Guerrera]] or [[Hijo del Santo]] provided for great weekly TV during more than two years.

Just in [[1995]], Rey and Psicosis had at least four singles match of the year candidates all over the world. Konnan stablished several contacts with foreign promotions and Rey and Psicosis made their debut at the Philadelphia-based [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] on [[September 16]]. Rey and Psicosis took their feud to Japan as well as their non-tournament match stole the show at [[WAR|WAR's (Wrestle And Romance or Wrestling Association R.)]] Super J Cup 2nd stage.

Juventud Guerrera and Rey also provided incredible action all over the world as they had excellent MOTYC level matches in both Mexico and Philadelphia, and they also had pretty good matches in Japan (WAR). During the early months of 1995 the "seniors" took part in the feud as well, and the Rey Misterio & Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud & Fuerza Guerrera series provided some of the best lucha tag team action ever seen.

Already in [[1996]], [[Eric Bischoff]] and [[Kevin Sullivan]] from [[World Championship Wrestling]] quickly noticed Rey's potential to become popular in the US, so they signed him and he made his WCW debut on [[June 16]], losing to [[Dean Malenko]] at the Great American Bash PPV. Rey became a really popular performer very soon and broke a few myths that had been existing in the US for a long time: masked wrestlers are always boring untalented jobbers, foreign wrestlers can't get over and small wrestlers aren't as good as the heavyweights. His first title in WCW was the [[WCW Cruiserweight Championship]] he got on [[July 8]] after defeating Dean Malenko at a Monday Nitro taping held at the Orlando, Florida Disney Studios. This one would be the first out of his five cruiserweight title reigns as since his arrival to WCW he had always been either the champion or one of the top contenders for the cruiserweight strap.

In WCW, Rey resumed his feuds with Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera and had new and exciting matches with Dean Malenko and [[Ultimo Dragon]]. During the 1996 era, WCW had so many great junior workers that they were one of the best promotions in the world at that time as even their weekly shows were filled with quality matches.

While in Mexico, Rey still competed for AAA until October of 1996. Konnan's group (Rey, [[La Parka]], Juventud, Psicosis...) had a fallout with Antonio Peña and they all left AAA. The Azteca TV station bought the old [[PROMELL]] promotion and with the help of [[Jorge Rojas]], Konnan started a new promotion called [[Promo Azteca]] whose first TV taping was on [[November 22]] in [[Cuautitlán]]. A week later Rey Misterio Jr. made his Azteca debut teaming with [[Zorro]] and the original [[Mascara Sagrada]] to defeat [[Pirata Morgan]], [[Blue Panther]] and [[Juventud Guerrera]].

One of Rey's most memorable feuds during his WCW stay was the one against [[Eddy Guerrero]] and the lWo ([[Latino World Order]]). Eddy wanted Rey in the group but he turned them down. Rey was eventually forced to join when when he lost a match to Eddy. When the group disbanded, Rey kept wrestling the shirt which gained him trouble with nWo Wolfpack members [[Kevin Nash]] and [[Scott Hall]] who didn't want any other groups in WCW other than their own. Konnan, who also was a Wolfpack member, defended Rey Jr., and that got him kicked out of the group. Things got settled on the SuperBrawl XI event held on [[February 21]], [[1999]] in [[Oakland]], [[California|CA]], when Nash and Scott Hall defeated Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr. and as a result, Rey Jr. lost his mask.

Four days later Rey was supposed to lost his mask again in Tijuana against Psicosis, but the commission found out about this and threatened the promoter ([[Benjamín Mora]]) with a suspension, so the match ended up being a regular match in which Rey Jr. got the pinfall after a screwjob (Rey Sr. ran in and attacked both wrestlers); though in the end both men removed their mask (though Psicosis covered his face with a towel).

Losing the mask meant a new Rey Misterio Jr., as he started wearing FUBU shirts and combat clothing. And even though he kept using amazing moves and dives, he started taking less risks in the ring but made up by developing in other areas, as for instance, he added several new counter moves to his arsenal.

From then on, Rey kept having plenty of mid-card feuds in WCW. He started an alliance with (Billy) [[Kidman]] and they won the [[WCW Tag Team Titles]] from [[Chris Benoit]] and [[Dean Malenko]] on [[March 29]], [[1999]]. The feud eventually turned into a three way one and it finally was [[Perry Saturn]] and [[Raven]] who defeated Rey and Kidman in a title match. Later on the year Rey got the tag titles again, this time teaming with Konnan on [[October 18]]. They had the belts just for a week, and they lost them against the men they gained them from, [[Harlem Heat]].

In 2000, Oscar took several months off as he had been having severe knee trouble due to the high risks he has taken in the ring during all these years, but he's still one of the top workers of the world when his knee allows him.

Rey is still very young and far from being a simple "spot machine" as his mat skills, selling of injuries in the ring and knowledge of psychology are excellent, so unless injuries and stupid booking get on the way, he'll still keep delivering excellent matches like he has done since the early days of his career.

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|91/??/??|hair/mask|Colibri & ??|[[Psicosis|El Salvaje]] & [[Caballero de la Muerte]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|92/08/14|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Mr. Cóndor]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|92/10/18|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Rocco Valente]]|Tampico, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|92/11/06|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Tony Arce]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|92?|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[El Junior]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|93/05/28|mask (1)|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[El Bandido (?)|El Bandido]]|Arena Querétaro - Querétaro, Querétaro}}
{{aline|94/[[September 11|09/11]]|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Vulcano]]|Arena Coliseo - Monterrey, Nuevo León}}
{{aline|97/12/19|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Misterioso]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|99/02/21|mask (2)|[[Kevin Nash]] & [[Scott Hall]]|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|Alameda County Coliseum - Oakland, CA, USA}}
{{aend|(1) Triangle match with Angel Mortal; (2) Teaming with Konnan, in a Rey's mask vs. Elizabeth's (Nash and Hall's valet) hair match}}

== Gallery ==

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{{Gallery|name=Mysterio.jpg|caption=1992}}
{{Gallery|name=reyjr94.jpg|caption='94}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyJrvsPsic 006 0001.jpg|caption=9/22/95 - Greatest Lucha Libre Match Ever!}}
{{Gallery|name=Reyfnw.jpg|caption=Oct. '95: ECW}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyJr-WCWCruiser.jpg|caption=WCW Cruiserweight Champion}}
 
{{Gallery|name=ReySrJrHijo.jpg|caption=w/ Rey Sr. & Rey Misterio II}}
{{Gallery|name=Rey2001.jpg|caption=2001}}
{{Gallery|name=Reymysteriowhenworldscollied.jpg|caption=[[When Worlds Collide]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Reymisteriojr.jpg|caption=with mask}}
{{Gallery|name=Mysterio rey.jpg|caption=2004}}
 
{{Gallery|name=ReyMysterioChamp.jpg|caption=Rey Mysterio as World Heavyweight Champion}}
{{Gallery|name=Filthy_Animals.jpg|caption=The Filthy Animals}}
{{Gallery|name=Ray-angie.jpg|caption=with his wife Angie}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyDomfar9-15.jpg|caption=with his son Dominick}}
{{Gallery|name=Img022.jpg|caption=perros del mal sabu, rey misterio jr y damian 666}}

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Rey Misterio Jr.

2008-01-27T20:04:24Z

Chuchu: /* Profile */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=ReyJrNew.jpg
|name=Rey Misterio Jr. (King of Mystery Jr.)
|realName=Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio
|nicknames=Super Niño (Super Kid), Flying Fury, Rey Rey
|nameHistory=Colibrí (debut - early 92), Rey Misterio II (92), Rey Misterio Jr. (92 - ), Rey Mysterio Jr. (06/96 - ), El Niño (WCW, 02/01), Rey Mysterio (WWE 07/02 - )
|family=[[Rey Misterio]] (uncle), [[El_Hijo_de_Rey_Misterio|El Hijo de Rey Misterio]], [[Metalika]] (cousins)
|birthdate=[[December 11]], [[1974]] - [[San Diego]], [[California]], [[USA]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[April 30]], [[1989]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]
|lostmaskto=[[Kevin Nash]] & [[Scott Hall]] - [[February 21]], [[1999]]
|height=5'4"/162 cms
|weight=163 lbs/74 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Springboard Huracarrana]], [[Huracarrana]], [[Misteriorana]], [[Springboard Moonsault Plancha]], [[619]], [[La Silla|Springboard Silla]]
|titles=[[WCW World Cruiserweight Title]] (6), [[WWE Cruiserweight Title]] (3) [[WCW World Tag Team Titles]] (3, w/ [[Kidman]], w/ [[Konnan]], w/ [[Juventud Guerrera]]), [[National Welterweight Title]], [[National Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Octagon]] & [[Super Muñeco]]), [[WWA World Welterweight Title]] (3), [[WWA World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Rey Misterio]]), [[WWA World Lightweight Title]] (3), [[WWC Jr. Heavyweight Title]], [[IWAS World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Konnan]]), California: [[HHW Light Heavyweight Title]], [[WCW World Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Kidman]]), [[IWC Cruiserweight Title]], [[WWE SD! Tag Team Titles]] (4, w/ Edge, w/ Rob Van Dam, w/ [[Eddie Guerrero]], w/ Batista), [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]
}}

== Biography ==


Even though both his parents are Mexican natives, Oscar was born [[December 12]], [[1974]] in [[San Diego]]'s old Sharp Hospital. He grew up in between San Diego and [[Tijuana]], learning Spanish and English at the same time, and during his youth he studied at John L. Montgomery Middle School and later John L. Montgomery Senior High School.

As his uncle [[Rey Misterio]] was a huge regional star in the [[Baja California]] area, he had attended lucha cards as much as possible since he was a little kid. He was very good at gymnastics and a big fan of lucha, so his uncle took him under his wing a few months before Rey Jr. turned 13. Needless to say, everybody was impressed by his ability to fly and do crazy things.

On [[April 30]], [[1989]], at age 14, he made his professional debut at the [[Auditorio de Tijuana]] as the masked Colibrí (hummingbird). Colibri's first feud was against two brothers called Caballero de La Muerte (Death Knight) and El Salvaje. A few years later those two wrestlers would become [[Fobia]] and [[Psicosis]], respectively. The youngster's first big match was around early [[1991]] when he, along with a partner wrestled Caballero and Salvaje in a double hair/mask match. The rudos lost the match so Caballero was unmasked and Salvaje got his head shaved.

He got his first title on January of [[1990]] when he captured the Light Heavyweight Title of [[Dan Farren]]'s [[Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling]]. The promotion closed in March with him still as champ but as a funny note, once in 1990, Colibri rejected a booking to wrestle for an independent show in California due to the fact that he had to study for a history exam!

A few months later, already in [[1992]], he was bigger (though still very small) and a better wrestler so he dropped out of high school, became Rey Misterio Jr. and started teaming with his uncle at Auditorio de Tijuana cards.

In May of 1992, [[Antonio Peña]] started [[AAA]]. He was looking for new, young talent to fill in the undercards so he asked [[Konnan]] to get him a few good young wrestlers from the Tijuana area. In June, Peña hired Psicosis, who had already dropped his Salvaje gimmick, and a month later he hired Rey Jr. Rey and Psic, best friends in real life (in fact Psicosis was the best man at Rey Jr.'s wedding), started living together in a [[Mexico City]] apartment that [[Octagon]] rented them.

Rey Jr. became really popular very quickly and he had a small undercard push from the start. His first big feud was against [[Mr. Cóndor]], the leader of "Los Diabólicos". Condor was the perfect opponent for Rey as he was a veteran wrestler who excelled at getting the best out of green flashy tecnicos, playing their strenghts and hiding their weaknesses. In August of 1992, Rey defeated Condor in his first singles mask vs. mask match ever.

On [[October 28]], in what was considered a huge upset, Rey defeated [[Fantasma de la Quebrada Jr]] in [[Aguascalientes]] to get the [[Mexican National Welterweight Title]]. That was Fantasma's first fight for AAA as he had just jumped ship from [[EMLL]]; in fact, he no-showed a EMLL card that same day. Rey lost that title to [[Heavy Metal]] on [[February 26]], [[1993]].

During 1993 he had an awesome rivalry with Los Destructores ([[Vulcano]], [[Tony Arce]] and [[Rocco Valente]]) who pretty much like Condor, were experienced brawlers that were great bumpers and carriers, however at this point of his career Rey already was a very good and complete worker. This feud also provided excellent six-man tag matches as longtime enemies of the original Destructores (Vulcano and Arce), [[Misterioso]] and [[Volador]], joined forces with Rey to form "La Tercia Del Aire" (Team Sky), and after Misterioso turned rudo, Heavy Metal and [[Latin Lover]] became Rey's regular partners. Misterio eventually took the hair of the three Destructores as well.

The first awesome TV match Rey Jr. ever had also was in 1993, during Febrary, when he teamed with [[Winners]] and [[Super Calo]] against [[Heavy Metal]], [[Picudo]] and [[Psicosis]]. During the same month they had a rematch with was a really good bout though not as good as the first one.

But his best work came when he started to feud extensively with two young and talented guys of his generation - Psicosis and [[Juventud Guerrera]]. Psicosis and Rey knew each other perfectly so they never had any problems, and Juventud was a really quick learner and he had awesome chemistry with Rey Jr. so those guys mixed in trios matches with good veterans like [[Blue Panther]], [[Fuerza Guerrera]] or [[Hijo del Santo]] provided for great weekly TV during more than two years.

Just in [[1995]], Rey and Psicosis had at least four singles match of the year candidates all over the world. Konnan stablished several contacts with foreign promotions and Rey and Psicosis made their debut at the Philadelphia-based [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] on [[September 16]]. Rey and Psicosis took their feud to Japan as well as their non-tournament match stole the show at [[WAR|WAR's (Wrestle And Romance or Wrestling Association R.)]] Super J Cup 2nd stage.

Juventud Guerrera and Rey also provided incredible action all over the world as they had excellent MOTYC level matches in both Mexico and Philadelphia, and they also had pretty good matches in Japan (WAR). During the early months of 1995 the "seniors" took part in the feud as well, and the Rey Misterio & Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud & Fuerza Guerrera series provided some of the best lucha tag team action ever seen.

Already in [[1996]], [[Eric Bischoff]] and [[Kevin Sullivan]] from [[World Championship Wrestling]] quickly noticed Rey's potential to become popular in the US, so they signed him and he made his WCW debut on [[June 16]], losing to [[Dean Malenko]] at the Great American Bash PPV. Rey became a really popular performer very soon and broke a few myths that had been existing in the US for a long time: masked wrestlers are always boring untalented jobbers, foreign wrestlers can't get over and small wrestlers aren't as good as the heavyweights. His first title in WCW was the [[WCW Cruiserweight Championship]] he got on [[July 8]] after defeating Dean Malenko at a Monday Nitro taping held at the Orlando, Florida Disney Studios. This one would be the first out of his five cruiserweight title reigns as since his arrival to WCW he had always been either the champion or one of the top contenders for the cruiserweight strap.

In WCW, Rey resumed his feuds with Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera and had new and exciting matches with Dean Malenko and [[Ultimo Dragon]]. During the 1996 era, WCW had so many great junior workers that they were one of the best promotions in the world at that time as even their weekly shows were filled with quality matches.

While in Mexico, Rey still competed for AAA until October of 1996. Konnan's group (Rey, [[La Parka]], Juventud, Psicosis...) had a fallout with Antonio Peña and they all left AAA. The Azteca TV station bought the old [[PROMELL]] promotion and with the help of [[Jorge Rojas]], Konnan started a new promotion called [[Promo Azteca]] whose first TV taping was on [[November 22]] in [[Cuautitlán]]. A week later Rey Misterio Jr. made his Azteca debut teaming with [[Zorro]] and the original [[Mascara Sagrada]] to defeat [[Pirata Morgan]], [[Blue Panther]] and [[Juventud Guerrera]].

One of Rey's most memorable feuds during his WCW stay was the one against [[Eddy Guerrero]] and the lWo ([[Latino World Order]]). Eddy wanted Rey in the group but he turned them down. Rey was eventually forced to join when when he lost a match to Eddy. When the group disbanded, Rey kept wrestling the shirt which gained him trouble with nWo Wolfpack members [[Kevin Nash]] and [[Scott Hall]] who didn't want any other groups in WCW other than their own. Konnan, who also was a Wolfpack member, defended Rey Jr., and that got him kicked out of the group. Things got settled on the SuperBrawl XI event held on [[February 21]], [[1999]] in [[Oakland]], [[California|CA]], when Nash and Scott Hall defeated Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr. and as a result, Rey Jr. lost his mask.

Four days later Rey was supposed to lost his mask again in Tijuana against Psicosis, but the commission found out about this and threatened the promoter ([[Benjamín Mora]]) with a suspension, so the match ended up being a regular match in which Rey Jr. got the pinfall after a screwjob (Rey Sr. ran in and attacked both wrestlers); though in the end both men removed their mask (though Psicosis covered his face with a towel).

Losing the mask meant a new Rey Misterio Jr., as he started wearing FUBU shirts and combat clothing. And even though he kept using amazing moves and dives, he started taking less risks in the ring but made up by developing in other areas, as for instance, he added several new counter moves to his arsenal.

From then on, Rey kept having plenty of mid-card feuds in WCW. He started an alliance with (Billy) [[Kidman]] and they won the [[WCW Tag Team Titles]] from [[Chris Benoit]] and [[Dean Malenko]] on [[March 29]], [[1999]]. The feud eventually turned into a three way one and it finally was [[Perry Saturn]] and [[Raven]] who defeated Rey and Kidman in a title match. Later on the year Rey got the tag titles again, this time teaming with Konnan on [[October 18]]. They had the belts just for a week, and they lost them against the men they gained them from, [[Harlem Heat]].

In 2000, Oscar took several months off as he had been having severe knee trouble due to the high risks he has taken in the ring during all these years, but he's still one of the top workers of the world when his knee allows him.

Rey is still very young and far from being a simple "spot machine" as his mat skills, selling of injuries in the ring and knowledge of psychology are excellent, so unless injuries and stupid booking get on the way, he'll still keep delivering excellent matches like he has done since the early days of his career.

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|91/??/??|hair/mask|Colibri & ??|[[Psicosis|El Salvaje]] & [[Caballero de la Muerte]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|92/08/14|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Mr. Cóndor]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|92/10/18|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Rocco Valente]]|Tampico, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|92/11/06|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Tony Arce]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|92?|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[El Junior]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|93/05/28|mask (1)|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[El Bandido (?)|El Bandido]]|Arena Querétaro - Querétaro, Querétaro}}
{{aline|94/[[September 11|09/11]]|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Vulcano]]|Arena Coliseo - Monterrey, Nuevo León}}
{{aline|97/12/19|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Misterioso]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|99/02/21|mask (2)|[[Kevin Nash]] & [[Scott Hall]]|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|Alameda County Coliseum - Oakland, CA, USA}}
{{aend|(1) Triangle match with Angel Mortal; (2) Teaming with Konnan, in a Rey's mask vs. Elizabeth's (Nash and Hall's valet) hair match}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|name=Reyjrin1992.JPG|caption=1992}}
{{Gallery|name=Mysterio.jpg|caption=Rey Mysterio - 1992}}
{{Gallery|name=reyjr94.jpg|caption='94}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyJrvsPsic 006 0001.jpg|caption=9/22/95 - Greatest Lucha Libre Match Ever!}}
{{Gallery|name=Reyfnw.jpg|caption=Oct. '95: ECW}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyJr-WCWCruiser.jpg|caption=WCW Cruiserweight Champion}}
 
{{Gallery|name=ReySrJrHijo.jpg|caption=w/ Rey Sr. & Rey Misterio II}}
{{Gallery|name=Rey2001.jpg|caption=2001}}
{{Gallery|name=Reymysteriowhenworldscollied.jpg|caption=[[When Worlds Collide]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Reymisteriojr.jpg|caption=with mask}}
{{Gallery|name=Mysterio rey.jpg|caption=2004}}
 
{{Gallery|name=ReyMysterioChamp.jpg|caption=Rey Mysterio as World Heavyweight Champion}}
{{Gallery|name=Filthy_Animals.jpg|caption=The Filthy Animals}}
{{Gallery|name=Ray-angie.jpg|caption=with his wife Angie}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyDomfar9-15.jpg|caption=with his son Dominick}}
{{Gallery|name=Img022.jpg|caption=perros del mal sabu, rey misterio jr y damian 666}}

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[[Category:ECW wrestlers]]

Rey Misterio Jr.

2008-01-27T20:02:33Z

Chuchu:

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=ReyJrNew.jpg
|name=Rey Misterio Jr. (King of Mystery Jr.)
|realName=Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio
|nicknames=Super Niño (Super Kid), Flying Fury, Rey Rey
|nameHistory=Colibrí (debut - early 92), Rey Misterio II (92), Rey Misterio Jr. (92 - ), Rey Mysterio Jr. (06/96 - ), El Niño (WCW, 02/01), Rey Mysterio (WWE 07/02 - )
|family=[[Rey Misterio]] (uncle), [[El_Hijo_de_Rey_Misterio|El Hijo de Rey Misterio]], [[Metalika]] (cousins)
|birthdate=[[December 11]], [[1974]] - [[San Diego]], [[California]], [[USA]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[April 30]], [[1989]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]
|lostmaskto=[[Kevin Nash]] & [[Scott Hall]] - [[February 21]], [[1999]]
|height=5'4"/162 cms
|weight=163 lbs/74 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Springboard Huracarrana]], [[Huracarrana]], [[Misteriorana]], [[Springboard Moonsault Plancha]], [[619]], [[La Silla|Springboard Silla]]
|titles=[[WCW World Cruiserweight Title]] (6), [[WWE Cruiserweight Title]] (3) [[WCW World Tag Team Titles]] (3, w/ [[Kidman]], w/ [[Konnan]], w/ [[Juventud Guerrera]]), [[National Welterweight Title]], [[National Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Octagon]] & [[Super Muñeco]]), [[WWA World Welterweight Title]] (3), [[WWA World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Rey Misterio]]), [[WWA World Lightweight Title]] (3), [[IWAS World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Konnan]]), California: [[HHW Light Heavyweight Title]], [[WCW World Cruiserweight Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Kidman]]), [[IWC Cruiserweight Title]], [[WWE SD! Tag Team Titles]] (4, w/ Edge, w/ Rob Van Dam, w/ [[Eddie Guerrero]], w/ Batista), [[World Heavyweight Championship (WWE)]]
}}

== Biography ==


Even though both his parents are Mexican natives, Oscar was born [[December 12]], [[1974]] in [[San Diego]]'s old Sharp Hospital. He grew up in between San Diego and [[Tijuana]], learning Spanish and English at the same time, and during his youth he studied at John L. Montgomery Middle School and later John L. Montgomery Senior High School.

As his uncle [[Rey Misterio]] was a huge regional star in the [[Baja California]] area, he had attended lucha cards as much as possible since he was a little kid. He was very good at gymnastics and a big fan of lucha, so his uncle took him under his wing a few months before Rey Jr. turned 13. Needless to say, everybody was impressed by his ability to fly and do crazy things.

On [[April 30]], [[1989]], at age 14, he made his professional debut at the [[Auditorio de Tijuana]] as the masked Colibrí (hummingbird). Colibri's first feud was against two brothers called Caballero de La Muerte (Death Knight) and El Salvaje. A few years later those two wrestlers would become [[Fobia]] and [[Psicosis]], respectively. The youngster's first big match was around early [[1991]] when he, along with a partner wrestled Caballero and Salvaje in a double hair/mask match. The rudos lost the match so Caballero was unmasked and Salvaje got his head shaved.

He got his first title on January of [[1990]] when he captured the Light Heavyweight Title of [[Dan Farren]]'s [[Hollywood Heavyweight Wrestling]]. The promotion closed in March with him still as champ but as a funny note, once in 1990, Colibri rejected a booking to wrestle for an independent show in California due to the fact that he had to study for a history exam!

A few months later, already in [[1992]], he was bigger (though still very small) and a better wrestler so he dropped out of high school, became Rey Misterio Jr. and started teaming with his uncle at Auditorio de Tijuana cards.

In May of 1992, [[Antonio Peña]] started [[AAA]]. He was looking for new, young talent to fill in the undercards so he asked [[Konnan]] to get him a few good young wrestlers from the Tijuana area. In June, Peña hired Psicosis, who had already dropped his Salvaje gimmick, and a month later he hired Rey Jr. Rey and Psic, best friends in real life (in fact Psicosis was the best man at Rey Jr.'s wedding), started living together in a [[Mexico City]] apartment that [[Octagon]] rented them.

Rey Jr. became really popular very quickly and he had a small undercard push from the start. His first big feud was against [[Mr. Cóndor]], the leader of "Los Diabólicos". Condor was the perfect opponent for Rey as he was a veteran wrestler who excelled at getting the best out of green flashy tecnicos, playing their strenghts and hiding their weaknesses. In August of 1992, Rey defeated Condor in his first singles mask vs. mask match ever.

On [[October 28]], in what was considered a huge upset, Rey defeated [[Fantasma de la Quebrada Jr]] in [[Aguascalientes]] to get the [[Mexican National Welterweight Title]]. That was Fantasma's first fight for AAA as he had just jumped ship from [[EMLL]]; in fact, he no-showed a EMLL card that same day. Rey lost that title to [[Heavy Metal]] on [[February 26]], [[1993]].

During 1993 he had an awesome rivalry with Los Destructores ([[Vulcano]], [[Tony Arce]] and [[Rocco Valente]]) who pretty much like Condor, were experienced brawlers that were great bumpers and carriers, however at this point of his career Rey already was a very good and complete worker. This feud also provided excellent six-man tag matches as longtime enemies of the original Destructores (Vulcano and Arce), [[Misterioso]] and [[Volador]], joined forces with Rey to form "La Tercia Del Aire" (Team Sky), and after Misterioso turned rudo, Heavy Metal and [[Latin Lover]] became Rey's regular partners. Misterio eventually took the hair of the three Destructores as well.

The first awesome TV match Rey Jr. ever had also was in 1993, during Febrary, when he teamed with [[Winners]] and [[Super Calo]] against [[Heavy Metal]], [[Picudo]] and [[Psicosis]]. During the same month they had a rematch with was a really good bout though not as good as the first one.

But his best work came when he started to feud extensively with two young and talented guys of his generation - Psicosis and [[Juventud Guerrera]]. Psicosis and Rey knew each other perfectly so they never had any problems, and Juventud was a really quick learner and he had awesome chemistry with Rey Jr. so those guys mixed in trios matches with good veterans like [[Blue Panther]], [[Fuerza Guerrera]] or [[Hijo del Santo]] provided for great weekly TV during more than two years.

Just in [[1995]], Rey and Psicosis had at least four singles match of the year candidates all over the world. Konnan stablished several contacts with foreign promotions and Rey and Psicosis made their debut at the Philadelphia-based [[Extreme Championship Wrestling]] on [[September 16]]. Rey and Psicosis took their feud to Japan as well as their non-tournament match stole the show at [[WAR|WAR's (Wrestle And Romance or Wrestling Association R.)]] Super J Cup 2nd stage.

Juventud Guerrera and Rey also provided incredible action all over the world as they had excellent MOTYC level matches in both Mexico and Philadelphia, and they also had pretty good matches in Japan (WAR). During the early months of 1995 the "seniors" took part in the feud as well, and the Rey Misterio & Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud & Fuerza Guerrera series provided some of the best lucha tag team action ever seen.

Already in [[1996]], [[Eric Bischoff]] and [[Kevin Sullivan]] from [[World Championship Wrestling]] quickly noticed Rey's potential to become popular in the US, so they signed him and he made his WCW debut on [[June 16]], losing to [[Dean Malenko]] at the Great American Bash PPV. Rey became a really popular performer very soon and broke a few myths that had been existing in the US for a long time: masked wrestlers are always boring untalented jobbers, foreign wrestlers can't get over and small wrestlers aren't as good as the heavyweights. His first title in WCW was the [[WCW Cruiserweight Championship]] he got on [[July 8]] after defeating Dean Malenko at a Monday Nitro taping held at the Orlando, Florida Disney Studios. This one would be the first out of his five cruiserweight title reigns as since his arrival to WCW he had always been either the champion or one of the top contenders for the cruiserweight strap.

In WCW, Rey resumed his feuds with Psicosis and Juventud Guerrera and had new and exciting matches with Dean Malenko and [[Ultimo Dragon]]. During the 1996 era, WCW had so many great junior workers that they were one of the best promotions in the world at that time as even their weekly shows were filled with quality matches.

While in Mexico, Rey still competed for AAA until October of 1996. Konnan's group (Rey, [[La Parka]], Juventud, Psicosis...) had a fallout with Antonio Peña and they all left AAA. The Azteca TV station bought the old [[PROMELL]] promotion and with the help of [[Jorge Rojas]], Konnan started a new promotion called [[Promo Azteca]] whose first TV taping was on [[November 22]] in [[Cuautitlán]]. A week later Rey Misterio Jr. made his Azteca debut teaming with [[Zorro]] and the original [[Mascara Sagrada]] to defeat [[Pirata Morgan]], [[Blue Panther]] and [[Juventud Guerrera]].

One of Rey's most memorable feuds during his WCW stay was the one against [[Eddy Guerrero]] and the lWo ([[Latino World Order]]). Eddy wanted Rey in the group but he turned them down. Rey was eventually forced to join when when he lost a match to Eddy. When the group disbanded, Rey kept wrestling the shirt which gained him trouble with nWo Wolfpack members [[Kevin Nash]] and [[Scott Hall]] who didn't want any other groups in WCW other than their own. Konnan, who also was a Wolfpack member, defended Rey Jr., and that got him kicked out of the group. Things got settled on the SuperBrawl XI event held on [[February 21]], [[1999]] in [[Oakland]], [[California|CA]], when Nash and Scott Hall defeated Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr. and as a result, Rey Jr. lost his mask.

Four days later Rey was supposed to lost his mask again in Tijuana against Psicosis, but the commission found out about this and threatened the promoter ([[Benjamín Mora]]) with a suspension, so the match ended up being a regular match in which Rey Jr. got the pinfall after a screwjob (Rey Sr. ran in and attacked both wrestlers); though in the end both men removed their mask (though Psicosis covered his face with a towel).

Losing the mask meant a new Rey Misterio Jr., as he started wearing FUBU shirts and combat clothing. And even though he kept using amazing moves and dives, he started taking less risks in the ring but made up by developing in other areas, as for instance, he added several new counter moves to his arsenal.

From then on, Rey kept having plenty of mid-card feuds in WCW. He started an alliance with (Billy) [[Kidman]] and they won the [[WCW Tag Team Titles]] from [[Chris Benoit]] and [[Dean Malenko]] on [[March 29]], [[1999]]. The feud eventually turned into a three way one and it finally was [[Perry Saturn]] and [[Raven]] who defeated Rey and Kidman in a title match. Later on the year Rey got the tag titles again, this time teaming with Konnan on [[October 18]]. They had the belts just for a week, and they lost them against the men they gained them from, [[Harlem Heat]].

In 2000, Oscar took several months off as he had been having severe knee trouble due to the high risks he has taken in the ring during all these years, but he's still one of the top workers of the world when his knee allows him.

Rey is still very young and far from being a simple "spot machine" as his mat skills, selling of injuries in the ring and knowledge of psychology are excellent, so unless injuries and stupid booking get on the way, he'll still keep delivering excellent matches like he has done since the early days of his career.

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|91/??/??|hair/mask|Colibri & ??|[[Psicosis|El Salvaje]] & [[Caballero de la Muerte]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|92/08/14|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Mr. Cóndor]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|92/10/18|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Rocco Valente]]|Tampico, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|92/11/06|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Tony Arce]]|Centro de Convenciones - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|92?|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[El Junior]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|93/05/28|mask (1)|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[El Bandido (?)|El Bandido]]|Arena Querétaro - Querétaro, Querétaro}}
{{aline|94/[[September 11|09/11]]|hair|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Vulcano]]|Arena Coliseo - Monterrey, Nuevo León}}
{{aline|97/12/19|mask|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|[[Misterioso]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|99/02/21|mask (2)|[[Kevin Nash]] & [[Scott Hall]]|[[Rey Misterio Jr.]]|Alameda County Coliseum - Oakland, CA, USA}}
{{aend|(1) Triangle match with Angel Mortal; (2) Teaming with Konnan, in a Rey's mask vs. Elizabeth's (Nash and Hall's valet) hair match}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|name=Reyjrin1992.JPG|caption=1992}}
{{Gallery|name=Mysterio.jpg|caption=Rey Mysterio - 1992}}
{{Gallery|name=reyjr94.jpg|caption='94}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyJrvsPsic 006 0001.jpg|caption=9/22/95 - Greatest Lucha Libre Match Ever!}}
{{Gallery|name=Reyfnw.jpg|caption=Oct. '95: ECW}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyJr-WCWCruiser.jpg|caption=WCW Cruiserweight Champion}}
 
{{Gallery|name=ReySrJrHijo.jpg|caption=w/ Rey Sr. & Rey Misterio II}}
{{Gallery|name=Rey2001.jpg|caption=2001}}
{{Gallery|name=Reymysteriowhenworldscollied.jpg|caption=[[When Worlds Collide]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Reymisteriojr.jpg|caption=with mask}}
{{Gallery|name=Mysterio rey.jpg|caption=2004}}
 
{{Gallery|name=ReyMysterioChamp.jpg|caption=Rey Mysterio as World Heavyweight Champion}}
{{Gallery|name=Filthy_Animals.jpg|caption=The Filthy Animals}}
{{Gallery|name=Ray-angie.jpg|caption=with his wife Angie}}
{{Gallery|name=ReyDomfar9-15.jpg|caption=with his son Dominick}}
{{Gallery|name=Img022.jpg|caption=perros del mal sabu, rey misterio jr y damian 666}}

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File:Mysterio.jpg

2008-01-27T20:00:56Z

Chuchu: Rey Mysterio - 1992

Rey Mysterio - 1992