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Go 2 Sleep

2006-09-20T22:28:59Z

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Fireman's carry into kneelift:

[[Image:Go2sleep1.jpg]]
[[Image:Go2sleep2.jpg]]

(Images by www.sportsnavi.co.jp)

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpUDIOQbm3E Go 2 Sleep from YouTube.com]

[[Category:Moves]]

Tajiri

2006-09-20T22:14:04Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=Tajiri.jpg
|name=Tajiri
|realName=Yoshihiro Tajiri
|nicknames=The Japanese Buzzsaw
|nameHistory=Yoshihiro Tajiri, Aquarius, Tajiri
|family=
|maestro=[[Kendo Nagasaki]], [[Bill DeMott]], [[Ricky Santana]]
|birthdate=[[September 29]], [[1970]] - [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]]
|debut=[[September 19]], [[1994]]
|height=5'9"/175 cm
|weight=209 lbs/95 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[Kick to Head|Buzzsaw Kick]], [[Tarantula]], [[Mist]], [[Brainbuster]], [[Dragon Suplex]]
|titles=uncredited [[CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship]], [[BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship]], [[BJW Tag Team Championship]] (2) (w/ [[Ryuji Yamakawa]]), [[CZW World Heavyweight Championship]], [[ECW World Tag Team Championship]] (w/ [[Mikey Whipwreck]]), [[ECW World Television Championship]], [[IWA Puerto Rico Hardcore Championship]], [[WCW United States Heavyweight Championship]], [[WWF Cruiserweight Championship]] (3), [[World Tag Team Championship]] (w/ [[William Regal]]), [[WWE Tag Team Championship]] (w/ [[Eddie Guerrero]]), [[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship]]
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|98/06/14|hairs|[[Ringo Mendoza]] & Tajiri|[[Chicago Express]] & [[Mogur]]|[[Arena Coliseo]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aend|}}{{Stub}}

== Sources ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshihiro_Tajiri wikipedia]

[[Category:Japanese wrestlers]]
[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]

KENTA

2006-09-20T22:11:28Z

Epmeeks: /* Profile */

== Profile ==

{{bioFields|
|image=kenta.jpg
|name=KENTA
|realName=Kenta Kobayashi
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=Kenta Kobayashi (debut - 07/01), KENTA (07/01 - present)
|family=
|maestro=Kenta Kobashi, Yoshihiro Takayama
|birthdate=[[March 12]], [[1981]] - [[Soka]], [[Saitama]], [[Japan]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[May 24]], [[2000]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'8"/173 cm
|weight=176 lbs/80 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Busaiku Knee Kick]], [[Go 2 Sleep]], [[Falcon Arrow]], [[Fisherman Suplex]]
|titles=[[GHC Junior Heavyweight Title]], [[GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title]] (w/ [[Naomichi Marufuji]])
}}

== Biography ==

As one of the last graduates of the [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] dojo before the [[NOAH]] split, he debuted in pro-wrestling against [[Naomichi Marufuji]] on May 24th in 2000. Shortly thereafter he joined [[Mitsuharu Misawa]] (alongside all other native AJPW wrestlers except for Toshiaki Kawada and Masanobu Fuchi), to form Pro Wrestling [[NOAH]].
After having injury trouble in the early stages of his career, he gained some muscle to avoid that problem. When he returned after an injury in 2001 he changed his name to KENTA.
His first success came along with his tag team partner [[Naomichi Marufuji]], when they won the GHC Jr. Tag Team Titles in July 2003 (which they defended in [[AAA]] against [[Juventud]] & [[Aguila]]), which they held until May 2005. Their team also won the NOAH / Zero 1 Differ Cup in 2005.

In 2004 he moved up the ranks as a single wrestler, when he completed a 7 match trial series, mostly against heavyweight wrestlers.
After the loss of the tag team titles, he quickly rose to the ace position of the Jr. division, as he won the GHC Jr. Heavyweight title in July 2005.

With his hard kicks, his fighting spirit and his quick moves, he is one of the most popular wrestlers in Pro Wresling [[NOAH]] today, and even a threat for the heavyweight division.

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|name=Go2sleep1.jpg|caption=[[Go 2 Sleep]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Go2sleep2.jpg|caption=[[Go 2 Sleep]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Bkk.jpg|caption=[[Busaiku Knee Kick]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Kenta Kobayashi.jpg|caption=As Kenta Kobayashi}}
[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Japanese wrestlers]]

KENTA

2006-09-20T22:02:22Z

Epmeeks: /* Profile */

== Profile ==

{{bioFields|
|image=kenta.jpg
|name=KENTA
|realName=Kenta Kobayashi
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=Kenta Kobayashi (debut - 07/01), KENTA (07/01 - present)
|family=
|maestro=Kenta Kobashi
|birthdate=[[March 12]], [[1981]] - [[Soka]], [[Saitama]], [[Japan]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[May 24]], [[2000]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'8"/173 cm
|weight=176 lbs/80 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Busaiku Knee Kick]], [[Go 2 Sleep]], [[Falcon Arrow]], [[Fisherman Suplex]]
|titles=[[GHC Junior Heavyweight Title]], [[GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title]] (w/ [[Naomichi Marufuji]])
}}

== Biography ==

As one of the last graduates of the [[All Japan Pro Wrestling]] dojo before the [[NOAH]] split, he debuted in pro-wrestling against [[Naomichi Marufuji]] on May 24th in 2000. Shortly thereafter he joined [[Mitsuharu Misawa]] (alongside all other native AJPW wrestlers except for Toshiaki Kawada and Masanobu Fuchi), to form Pro Wrestling [[NOAH]].
After having injury trouble in the early stages of his career, he gained some muscle to avoid that problem. When he returned after an injury in 2001 he changed his name to KENTA.
His first success came along with his tag team partner [[Naomichi Marufuji]], when they won the GHC Jr. Tag Team Titles in July 2003 (which they defended in [[AAA]] against [[Juventud]] & [[Aguila]]), which they held until May 2005. Their team also won the NOAH / Zero 1 Differ Cup in 2005.

In 2004 he moved up the ranks as a single wrestler, when he completed a 7 match trial series, mostly against heavyweight wrestlers.
After the loss of the tag team titles, he quickly rose to the ace position of the Jr. division, as he won the GHC Jr. Heavyweight title in July 2005.

With his hard kicks, his fighting spirit and his quick moves, he is one of the most popular wrestlers in Pro Wresling [[NOAH]] today, and even a threat for the heavyweight division.

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|name=Go2sleep1.jpg|caption=[[Go 2 Sleep]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Go2sleep2.jpg|caption=[[Go 2 Sleep]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Bkk.jpg|caption=[[Busaiku Knee Kick]]}}
{{Gallery|name=Kenta Kobayashi.jpg|caption=As Kenta Kobayashi}}
[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Japanese wrestlers]]

Universo 2000

2006-09-20T19:34:28Z

Epmeeks: /* Profile */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=Ganador.jpg
|name=Universo 2000 (Universe 2000)
|realName=Andrés Reyes González
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Espacial (debut - 87?), Universo 2000 (87? - )
|family=[[Cien Caras]], [[Máscara Año 2000]] (brothers)
|maestro=[[Diablo Velazco]], [[Rafael Salamanca]]
|birthdate=[[April 18]], [[1963]] - [[Santa Anita]], [[Jalisco]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[June 15]], [[1985]] - [[Arena Ecatepec]] - [[Ecatepec]], [[Mexico State]]
|lostmaskto=[[Canek]] - [[September 17, 2004]] - [[Arena México]]
|height=6'0"/182 cms
|weight=216 lbs/98 kg
|signatureMoves=Black Hammer ([[Piledriver]]), [[Power Bomb]], [[Abdominal Stretch]], [[Low Blow]], [[Tope Suicida]]
|titles=[[National Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Cien Caras]] & [[Máscara Año 2000]]), [[WWO World Heavyweight Title]], [[CMLL World Heavyweight Title]] (3), [[CMLL World Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Black Tiger]] & [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]]), 3rd Annual [[Leyenda de Azul]] Tournament
}}

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|01/03/30|hair|[[Universo 2000]]|[[Perro Aguayo]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|02/09/20|mask (1)|[[Universo 2000]]|[[Bulldog (Steelman)|Bulldog]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|03/12/05|hair|[[Universo 2000]]|[[Pierroth Jr.]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|04/09/17|mask (2)|[[Canek]]|[[Universo 2000]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|05/09/15|hair (3)|[[Universo 2000]]|[[Héctor Garza]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|05/12/02|hair|[[Universo 2000]]|[[Halloween]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|06/03/17|hair|[[Perro Aguayo Jr.]]|[[Universo 2000]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aend|(1) 12 mask Cibernetico tournament; (2) 4 way match with Wagner Jr. & Rayo Jr.; (3) Triangle match with Perro Aguayo Jr.}}

== Gallery ==


{{Gallery|
|name=Dinamitasmook.jpg
|caption=Los Hermanos Dinamitas
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Andresreyes.jpg
|caption=without mask
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Universoav.JPG
|caption=Unmasked
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=universo2000.jpg
|caption=1992
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=ElEspecial.jpg
|caption=as El Especial in rookie year
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Universo.JPG
|caption=Universo with mask
}}
[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

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

To do

2006-09-20T19:28:58Z

Epmeeks: /* World Male */

== Japan Male ==

*[[Masio Koma]]
*[[Teizo Watanabe]]
*[[Kiyomigawa]]
*[[Masahiko Kimura]] (photo needed)
*[[Hiro Matsuda]] (photo needed)
*[[Shachi Yokouchi]]
*[[Shibata]] (Katsuhisa Shibata)
*[[Shibata]] (Katsuyori Shibata)
*[[El Puma Inoue]] (Wataru Inoue) (photo needed)
*[[Mr. Hayashi]]
*[[Devil Murasaki]]
*[[Goro Tanaka]] (Goro Tsurumi) (stub)
*[[Hashi Masataka]] (Kosuke Hashimoto)
*[[Ring Fujinami]] (Tatsumi Fujinami) (photo needed)
*[[Temojin el Mongol]] (Killer Khan) (photo needed)
*[[Kengo Kimura]]/Pak Choo (photo needed)
*[[Kurisu]] (Masanobu Kurisu) (stub)
*[[Strong Kobayashi]]
*[[Kobayashi]] (Kuniaki) (photo needed)
*[[Sakaguchi]] (Seiji)
*[[Giant Baba]] (photo needed)
*[[Hiro Saito]]
*[[Takano]] (George Takano) (photo needed)
*[[Riki Choshu]] (photo needed)
*[[Hirata]] (Junji Hirata) (photo needed)
*[[Honaga]] (Norio Honaga) (photo needed)
*[[Kamikaze Misawa]]
*[[Samurai Shiro]] (photo needed)
*[[Sano]] (Naoki)
*[[Hata]] (Hirokazu Hata)
*[[SATO]] (Dick Togo) (photo needed)
*[[Tiger Mask III]]/King Lee (Koji Kanemoto) (photo needed)
*[[Marufuji]]
*[[KENTA]] (photo needed)
*[[Okumura]] (stub)
*[[Tanahashi]] (Hiroshi) (photo needed)
*[[Nakamura]] (Shinsuke)
*[[Onita]] (Atsushi Onita) (photo needed)
*[[Onita Jr.]] (Flying Kid Ichihara)
*[[Ricky Fuyuki]] (photo needed)
*[[Ryuma Go]]
*[[Danger Matsunaga]]
*[[Motegi]]
*[[Tarzan Goto]]
*[[Ricky Fuji]]
*[[Gedo]] (photo needed)
*[[Jado]] (photo needed)
*[[Orihara]] (stub)
*[[Nakahara]]
*[[Kendo Nagasaki]]
*[[Ishinriki]]
*[[Gran Kabuki]]
*[[Minoru Fujita]]
*[[Shiryu]] (photo needed)
*[[Kendo Ka Shin]]
*[[Shoo Kim]] (Alexander Otsuka) (photo needed)
*[[Yone Genjin]]
*[[the Great Muta]]

== World Male ==

*[[Dory Funk Jr.]] (photo needed)
*[[Giant Warrior]] (photo needed)
*[[Gigante Silva]] photo needed)
*[[Gigante Singh]] (photo needed)
*[[Ringo Rigby]]
*[[The Invader]] (Invader #3 Johnny Rivera)
*[[Joe Malenko]] (photo needed)
*[[Abdullah the Butcher]] (photo needed)
*[[Stan Hansen]] (photo needed)
*[[Búfalo Allen]] (photo needed)
*[[Bello Adrián]] (photo needed)
*[[Billy Robinson]] (photo needed)
*[[Karl Gotch]] (photo needed)
*[[Kevin Von Erich]]
*[[Peter Maravilla]] (Chief Peter Maivia)
*[[Choi Sun]]
*[[Don Corleone]] (photo needed)
*[[David Gold]]
*[[David Morgan]] (stub)
*[[Eric Embry]] (photo needed)
*[[Hulk Hogan]]
*[[Killer Kim]]
*[[Los Pastores]] (Sheepherders)
*[[Pat Patterson]]
*[[Voodoo Mulumba]]
*[[Carlos Colón]] (stub)
*[[Bob Backlund]]
*[[Don Corleone]] (Tony Rocco)
*[[Jim Londos]]
*[[Joe Cox]]
*[[El Estrangulador Lewis]] (Strangler Lewis)
*[[Jim Browning]]
*[[Yamato]] (Kim Duk/Tiger Chung Lee) (photo needed)
*[[Bull Pain]]
*[[Tito Santana]]
*[[Jimmy Snuka]] (photo needed)
*[[Ricky Santana]] (stub)
*[[The Warlord]]
*[[The Barbarian]]
*[[Diamond Dallas Page]] (photo needed)
*[[Black Scorpio]] (photo needed)
*[[Cactus Jack]]
*[[Doink]] (Matt Borne)
*[[Pat Tanaka]]
*[[Kamala]]
*[[Mongolian Mauler]] (stub)
*[[Terremoto John Tenta]]
*[[Eddie Watts]]
*[[Diesel II]] (Kane) (photo needed)
*[[Razor Ramon II]] (Big Titan)
*[[Los Samoanos]] (Samu & Tama)
*[[Jeff Jarrett]] (photo needed)
*[[Aaron Grundy]] (Mike Shaw)
*[[Salomon Grundy]] (stub)
*[[Riki Starr]]
*[[Leroy McGuirk]]
*[[Black Metal]]
*[[Doug Furnas]]
*[[Dan Kroffat]] (photo needed)
*[[Nitron]] (stub)
*[[Chuck Palumbo]]
*[[Road Dogg]]
*[[Billy Gunn]]
*[[X-Pac]]
*[[Ricky Banderas]] (maestro?)
*[[Mike Bucci|Nova]] (Simon Dean)
*[[Green Ghost]] (photo needed)
*[[American Gigoló]]
*[[Jason the Terrible]]
*[[Leatherface]] (maestro?)
*[[Gypsy Joe]] (photo needed)
*[[Konnan 2000]] (stub)
*[[Huracán Castillo]]
*[[Gigante Kurrgan]] (Goliath el Gigante) (photo needed)
*[[Puma]] (stub)
*[[Tommy Williams]]
*[[Durango Kid]]
*[[Chilango]]

== Female ==

*[[Woman]] (photo needed)
*[[Sakie Hasegawa]]
*[[Commando Bolshoi]]
*[[Emi Tojo]]
*[[La Monsther]] (photo needed)
*[[Magnificent Mimi]]
*[[Sherri Martel]]
*[[Mae Young]]
*[[June Byers]]
*[[Vicki Williams]]
*[[Joyce Grable]]
*[[Toshiyo Yamada]] (photo needed)
*[[Mita]]
*[[Yumiko Hotta]]
*[[Suzuka Minami]]
*[[Bison Kimura]] (maestro?)
*[[Chikako Shiratori]]
*[[Yuki Miyazaki]]
*[[Lioness Asuka]] (maestro?)
*[[Chigusa Nagayo]] (photo needed)
*[[Aja Kong]] (maestro)
*[[Kyoko Inoue]] (photo needed)
*[[Kaoru]] (photo needed)
*[[Chaparrita ASARI]] (photo needed)
*[[Jackie Sato]]
*[[Lucy Kayama]]
*[[Tomi Aoyama]]
*[[Judy Martin]]
*[[Lei Lani Kai]]
*[[Kandori]]
*[[Peggy Patterson]]
*[[Penny Mitchell]]
*[[Irma Acevedo]]
*[[Megumi Kudo]]
*[[Noriyo Tateno]]
*[[Yuu Yamazaki]]
*[[Jane O'Brien]]
*[[Ariel]]
*[[Valentina]]
*[[Persephone]]
*[[Rie Tamada]]
*[[Yumi Fukawa]]
*[[Michiko Omukai]]

==Mexican Male==

*[[Superbowl]]
*[[Bleda]]
*[[Magnate]]
*[[Zafiro]]
*[[Brillante]]
*[[Los Cholos]]
*[[Takeda]]
*[[Koga]]
*[[Elvis]]
*[[Tiger Man]]
*[[Auilldo]]
*[[Manicomio]]

==Mexican Male 2==
*[[Kid Dyamo]]
*[[Robocop]]
*[[Terrorsita]]
*[[Super Skeletor]]
*[[El Tucan]]
*[[Arhgo]]
*[[Misterio Azul]]
*[[Marlin]]
*[[Principle Yoga]]
*[[Aguila Tapatia]]
*[[Los Crazy Stars]] (FWIW, are from Guatemala, not Mexico)
*[[Dr. Maldad]]
[[Category:Main Pages]]

Konnan 2000

2006-09-20T19:20:06Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=Konnan2000.jpg
|name=Konnan 2000
|realName=Scott Bednarski
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=Scott Putski, Konnan 2000
|family=[[Ivan Putski]] (father)
|maestro=
|birthdate=
|debut=
|lostmaskto=[[Rubén Púas Olivares]] - May 8, 1993 - Plaza de Toros Monumental, Monterrey, N.L.
|height=5'11"
|weight=260
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves= Polish Hammer, Split-Leg Power bomb
|titles=
|}}

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|93/05/08|mask|[[Rubén Púas Olivares]]|[[Konnan 2000]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aend|}}

== Trivia ==
Once dated former wrestling manager Missy Hyatt.

Sources: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Putski wikipedia]
[http://www.amazon.com/Missy-Hyatt-First-Lady-Wrestling/dp/1550224980/sr=1-1/qid=1158779527/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5019048-6722563?ie=UTF8&s=books "Missy Hyatt, First Lady of Wrestling"]

[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]][[Category:United States wrestlers]]

Konnan 2000

2006-09-20T19:16:31Z

Epmeeks:

{{bioFields|
|image=Konnan2000.jpg
|name=Konnan 2000
|realName=Scott Bednarski
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=Scott Putski, Konnan 2000
|family=[[Ivan Putski]] (father)
|maestro=
|birthdate=
|debut=
|lostmaskto=[[Rubén Púas Olivares]] - May 8, 1993 - Plaza de Toros Monumental, Monterrey, N.L.
|height=
|weight=
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves= Polish Hammer, Split-Leg Power bomb
|titles=
|}}

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|93/05/08|mask|[[Rubén Púas Olivares]]|[[Konnan 2000]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aend|}}

== Trivia ==
Once dated former wrestling manager Missy Hyatt.

Sources: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Putski wikipedia]
[http://www.amazon.com/Missy-Hyatt-First-Lady-Wrestling/dp/1550224980/sr=1-1/qid=1158779527/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-5019048-6722563?ie=UTF8&s=books "Missy Hyatt, First Lady of Wrestling"]

[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]][[Category:United States wrestlers]]

Konnan 2000

2006-09-20T19:05:54Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=Konnan2000.jpg
|name=Konnan 2000
|realName=Scott Bednarski
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=Scott Putski, Konnan 2000
|family=[[Ivan Putski]] (father)
|maestro=
|birthdate=
|debut=
|lostmaskto=[[Rubén Púas Olivares]] - May 8, 1993 - Plaza de Toros Monumental, Monterrey, N.L.
|height=
|weight=
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves= Polish Hammer, Split-Leg Power bomb
|titles=
|}}

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|93/05/08|mask|[[Rubén Púas Olivares]]|[[Konnan 2000]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aend|}}

Sources: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Putski wikipedia]

[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]][[Category:United States wrestlers]]

Tinieblas

2006-09-17T16:28:23Z

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== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=tinieblas.jpg
|name=Tinieblas (Darkness)
|realName=
|nicknames=El Gigante Sabio (The Wise Giant), El Capitán Aventuras (Captain Adventure)
|nameHistory=
|family=[[Tinieblas Jr.]] (son)
|maestro=[[Rafael Salamanca]], [[Dick Medrano]]
|birthdate=[[June 8]], [[1939]] - [[Mexico City]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[August 20]], [[1971]] - [[Arena México]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=6'3"/190 cms
|weight=240 lbs/109 kg
|signatureMoves=El Abrazo del Oso ([[Bearhug]]), [[Plancha]]
|titles=Guatemala: [[IWA Junior Heavyweight Title]], [[WWA World Heavyweight Title]]
}}



== Biography ==


Tinieblas was born on June 8, 1939 (not 1945 like he'll tell you) in Mexico City. Even though his family name shouldn't be revealed at this point, he's the brother of a famous Mexican bullfighter of the past.

From the 60s to the early 90s, there was a very popular magazine in Mexico called "Lucha Libre", run by Valente Pérez (though it was renamed "Lucha Libre Mundial" when Benjamín Mora Jr. took over, and not coincidentially, the magazine didn't last a lot with Mora in charge). LL also had a bodybuilding sister magazine called "Muscle Power", whose editor also was Valente Pérez. Pérez, who was well liked and respected in the business and had a very good relationship with the Lutteroth family, had a special talent to come up with names and personalities for new luchadores, the most successful one being Mil Máscaras.

At the same time, a young man who had entered "Mister Jalisco" contests in Guadalajara, was scouted by Black Shadow and Dory Dixon. Both saw a future star in the youngster, especially because he was very tall for a Mexican. Shadow and Dixon convinced him to get into pro wrestling and he went under training with EMLL's maestros Rafael Salamanca and Dick Medrano.

In 1968, Pérez came up with a new character that had money written all over it. He thought about an ultimate heel nemesis for Mil Mascaras, and what better for that than the subject of darkness? He had even designed the perfect mask for this wrestler - a faceless hood. That's how Tinieblas was born, but in the end, he made his debut (and spent the rest of his career) as a tecnico and not as a rudo. In his first match, he teamed with Dixon and Shadow to face Dr. Wagner, El Solitario and Renato Torres in the main event of the August 20, 1971 Arena Mexico card.

In a way, Tinieblas can be seen as a disappointment, because even though he has had a very respectful career and nobody can deny that he is a legend, it was thought that through the movies he'd eventually reach the legendary status of El Santo and Blue Demon just like Mil Mascaras did.

He made a few movies (he had actually been a stunt man and an "extra" in many films before his lucha debut, with perhaps his most relevant work being in the Tarzan TV series of the 60s), and he was often used as a villain due to his size (he was Dr. Frankenstein in the 1973 "Santo y Blue Demon contra el Dr. Frankenstein") but he never really became a successful movie star. However he became a pioneer of an alternative art form that is still strong today - the weekly comic books. At their peak of popularity, those small books released issues on several stars, but he was the first one, other than Santo, to get his own weekly comic. He had a series released from 1976 to 1979, which is considered the best and most successful one. In the early 90s (1991 and 1992 to be more concrete) there was a "lucha magazine boom", as more than 20 WEEKLY publications were released in the country. But the one that easily was the largest selling magazine of them all, was the little comic booklet called "Sensacional de Luchas a Color". This book, published by Editorial Ejea, featured an history with a masked wrestler every week. While Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Misterioso, Atlantis, Octagon and others were heavily featured on those, the only wrestler that had his own comic was Tinieblas. This series called "Tinieblas, El Hijo de la Noche" (Son of the night) lasted from 1991 to 1995 (when the boom was long dead, economy went down and production costs went up). The comic was relaunched in the year 2000 by Editorial Shilbalba, but now it had a bigger page format and far better production (so not to look cheap and outdated compared to the Japanese and American comics). At this point, he's the last wrestler to have the honor of having his own comic book. In Japan, Tinieblas is described as a "Modern Comic Hero"

The lack of titles and big singles main events during his career tells us that Tinieblas' biggest strength wasn't his ringwork. It was adequate, though, but as he had a very late debut, age caught him faster than it does with other luchadores.

Either way, Tinieblas was a big draw and achieved huge success as a "lucha embassador" in countries like Panama, Guatemala and many of the Caribbean islands. He also was one of the first luchadores to tour Japan when he came for an August of 1974 tour as "El León Tinieblas", but he didn't return to Japan until 1991, when he was used by the W*ING promotion in a tag team with his son, Tinieblas Jr.

As mentioned before, there's a general lack of big trophies in Tinieblas' career. In March of 1980, he won the Junior Heavyweight Title in Jose Assari's Guatemalan IWA, defeating La Furia and losing it back in Guatemala to Edgar Echeverría after 15 successful defenses. He also briefly held the WWA World Heavyweight Title (defeating Bill Anderson on January 31, 1987 in Los Angeles) until losing it to Super Halcón, but that's about it, as he has never been in a big "lucha de apuestas".

He also was one of the very first men that left EMLL in December of 1974 to form the UWA. Since then, he has spent the rest of his career as an independent contractor. He had long runs in Tijuana with Mora but he was loyal to the UWA until it was in its last legs. In June of 1992 he jumped to AAA. Other than some work for EMLL in 1996, he stayed with AAA until he and his son left in August of 1997. The junior jumped to Promo Azteca and the senior became a true freelancer again (though he now had ties with Promo Azteca). Today, he can often be seen competing for EMLL and the IWRG.

Tinieblas' popularity is still high today among kids. In order to keep his name strong, in 1988 he added his "mini-mascot" Alushe to his act, and in the late 80s and early 90s he appeared in the Capulina TV show for kids. Nowadays he follows the Mil Mascaras routine of wrestling everywhere, but just a few dates to avoid burning out.

It's not known how long will Tinieblas stay in the business. He has little athleticism left but he has shown no signs of retirement and it looks like he will be able to get work at almost all the big arenas for a few more years, relying on name value and Alushe's comedy.

As a fun fact, one of Tinieblas' nicknames is "El Gigante Sabio" (The Wise Giant). In the Lucha Libre magazine, and more recently in Luchas 2000, there was a "Pregúntale a Tinieblas" (Ask Tinieblas) section where people would supposedly send him general culture questions and he'd answer them. After reading Tinieblas' answers and seeing how accurate they are, you can bet that an encyclopedia was used to answer those, but in reality, Tinieblas is a very intelligent man with a tremendous cultural knowledge!

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Coloso Colosetti|El Internacional]]|unknown}}
{{aline|73/07/24|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[TNT]]|Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City}}
{{aline|82/04/24|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Red Terror]]|unknown}}
{{aline|83/11/13|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Super Máquina]]|Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City}}
{{aline|87/??/??|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Abdullah Tamba]]|L.A. Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles, CA, USA}}
{{aline|99/04/04|mask|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Médico Asesino Jr.]]|Torreón, Coahuila}}
{{aline|01/01/21|mask (1)|[[Tinieblas]]|[[El Enfermero 2001]]|Gimnasio José Neri Santos - Cd. Juarez, Chih.}}
{{aline|03/01/24|mask (2)|[[Tinieblas]]|[[Zombie II]]|Campo Antonio Palacios - Ensenada, B.C.}}
{{aend|(1) Relevos Suicidas vs. [[Máscara Sagrada]] & [[Fishman Jr.]]; (2) 12 wrestler ruleta}}

== Gallery ==



{{Gallery|
|name=Tinieblas01.jpg
|caption=
}}
{{Gallery|name=wwaheavy_tinieblas.jpg|caption=as [[WWA World Heavyweight Championship|WWA Heavyweight Champion]]}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Tin.jpg
|caption= with Alushe and Tinieblas Jr
}}
{{Gallery|
|name=Tini.jpg
|caption= with Alushe
}}
{{Gallery|
|name=Tinie.jpg
|caption= with Alushe
}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

Pierroth Jr.

2006-09-17T16:15:41Z

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== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=Pierrothjr03.jpg
|name=Pierroth Jr.
|realName=Norberto Salgado Salcedo
|nicknames=El Bocazas (The Big Mouthed One), Pierroth Le Fou, Pierroth de Puerto Rico
|nameHistory=Pierroth Jr. (debut - )
|family=Hijo del Pierroth (son, not the current one), [[El Incógnito]] (brother), Pierroth Sr. isn't his father
|maestro=[[Elfego Silva]], [[Gran Cochisse]]
|birthdate=[[March 10]], [[1958]] - [[Cuernavaca]], [[Morelos]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[July 1]], [[1984]] - [[Arena Isabel]] - [[Cuernavaca]], [[Morelos]]
|lostmaskto=[[LA Park|La Parka]] - [[July 20]], [[1998]] - [[Nuevo Laredo]], [[Tamaulipas]]
|height=5'11"/180 cms
|weight=214 lbs/97 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Power Bomb]], [[Pierrothazo]] (open hand chop)
|titles=[[Morelos Light Heavyweight Title]], [[Morelos Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[El Judio]]), [[National Light Heavyweight Title]] (4), [[National Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Bestia Salvaje]]), [[CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title]], [[CMLL World Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Jaque Mate]] & [[Masakre]] - [[Los Intocables]]), Monterrey: [[FILL Heavyweight Title]], [[National Heavyweight Title]], [[National Atomicos Titles]] (w/ [[Villano III|Villanos III]], [[Villano IV|IV]] & [[Villano V|V]]), [[IWRG Title/WWC Intercontinental Title]] (4 - different names, same title), Puerto Rico: [[WWC Universal Title]], [[WWC Hardcore Title]] (fake title from Puerto Rico)
}}



== Pierroth Family ==

In 2005, Pierroth Jr. added an extended 'family' of masked wrestlers. None are believed actually related to him, but all are named as if they're his sons. This is further complicated by Pierroth Jr. often being billed simply as Pierroth, and having one of his sons use the Junior.

Pierroth Family Members
* This Pierroth Jr. is billed as Pierroth
* Hijo Del Pierroth, different from one who had debuted (and disappeared after suffering an ankle injury) years ago. This one has been clearly identified as [[Salsero]]. He's the darker skinned member of the group, and the one who's been on TV the most.
* a new Pierroth Jr. It's believed [[Rey Vikingo]] was original in this role, and has since been replaced by the original [[Mosco De La Merced I|Mosco De La Merced]] during the summer of 2005.
* [[Pierroth II.]] He's helpfully wearing a II on his Pierroth mask.

== Biography ==


 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Pierroth Jr.|[[El Judío]]|Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Pierroth Jr.|[[Mr. Majestic]]|Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Pierroth Jr.|[[La Araña de Morelos]]|Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Pierroth Jr.|[[Zaratustra]]|Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos}}
{{aline|??/08/24|mask|Pierroth Jr.|[[Power Man]]|Arena Coliseo - Monterrey, Nuevo León}}
{{aline|92/12/08|mask|Pierroth Jr.|[[Supremo]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|92/12/20|mask|Pierroth Jr.|[[Luis Mariscal|Tigre Blanco]]|Arena Coliseo - Guadalajara, Jalisco}}
{{aline|95/09/29|mask|Pierroth Jr.|[[Fidel Sierra|El Boricua]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|98/06/19|mask|Pierroth Jr.|[[Kiss]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|98/07/20|mask|[[LA Park|La Parka]]|Pierroth Jr.|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}
{{aline|98/11/08|hair|Pierroth Jr.|[[Rostro Salazar]]|Arena Coliseo - Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|98/11/16|mask|Pierroth Jr.|[[American Destroyer]] (Frankie Lancaster)|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}
{{aline|99/04/03|mask (1)|[[Ray González]]|Pierroth Jr.|Guaynabo, Puerto Rico}}
{{aline|99/09/13|hair|Pierroth Jr.|[[Salsero]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}
{{aline|99/12/03|hair|Pierroth Jr.|[[Brazo de Plata]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|02/09/27|hair|Pierroth Jr.|[[Máscara Año 2000]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|02/10/17|hair|Pierroth Jr.|[[Super Brazo]]|Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos}}
{{aline|03/??/??|hair|Pierroth Jr.|[[Super Brazo]]|Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos}}
{{aline|03/02/18|hair|Pierroth Jr.|[[Apolo Dantés]]|Arena Coliseo - Mexico City}}
{{aline|03/03/21|hair|Pierroth Jr.|[[Gran Markus Jr.]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|03/06/20|hair|Pierroth Jr.|[[Cien Caras]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|03/07/31|hair|Pierroth Jr.|[[Brazo de Plata]]|Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos}}
{{aline|03/09/19|mask|Pierroth Jr.|[[Violencia]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|03/12/05|hair|[[Universo 2000]]|Pierroth Jr.|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|04/12/17|hairs|[[Cien Caras]] & [[Máscara Año 2000]]|Pierroth Jr. & [[Vampiro]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|05/07/25|hair|Pierroth Jr.|[[Satánico]]|Arena Puebla - Puebla, Puebla}}
{{aline|05/08/19|hair|[[Héctor Garza]]|Pierroth Jr.|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|06/04/19|hair|[[Dr. Wagner Jr.]]|Pierroth|Arena Coliseo De Acapulco}}
{{aend|(1) Pierroth kept wrestling with his mask on for WWC in Puerto Rico until he lost it again}}

== Gallery ==

[[Image:Pierroth1.jpg|thumb|1985|100px|left]]
[[Image:pierrothjr.jpg|thumb|2001|100px|left]]

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

Chessman

2006-09-17T01:44:23Z

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== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Chessman.jpg
|name=Chessman
|realName=???
|nicknames=El Asesino de la Luz Roja (The Red Light Assassin), Dark Chessman
|nameHistory=M-357/Armas Mortales M-357 (debut - 96), Magnum (96 - 08/98), Quinto Elemento (98 - 00), Chessman (00 - current)
|family=none
|maestro=[[Canek]], [[Pepe Casas]]
|birthdate=[[June 2]], [[1975]] - [[Villa Nicolás Romero]], [[Mexico State]]
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=[[July 3]], [[1996]] - [[Arena López Mateos]] - [[Tlalnepantla]], [[Mexico State]]
|lostmaskto=n/a
|height=6'0"/183 cms
|weight=231 lbs/105 kg
|signatureMoves=[[450 Splash]], [[Powerbomb]], making every AAA tecnico look good
|titles=[[National Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Electro Shock]]), [[National Atomicos Titles]] (w/ [[Ozz]], [[Escoria]] & [[Cuervo]]), [[AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Tiffany]])
|}}

==Match History==
{{SimpleMatchStart}}
{{SimpleMatch|01/01/21|Durango|[[Charly Manson]]/[[Escoria]]/[[El Cuervo]]/'''Chessman''' defeated [[Picudo]]/[[May Flowers]]/[[Silver Cat]]/[[Espiritu AAA|Espiritu]] }}
{{SimpleMatch|01/03/30|Madero|[[Psicosis]]/[[Histeria]]/[[Mosco De La Merced]]/[[Maniaco]] defeated [[Charly Manson]]/[[Escoria]]/'''Chessman'''/[[El Cuervo]], [[Los Payasos]] and [[Picudo]]/[[Silver Cat]]/[[Nygma]]/[[Espiritu AAA|Espiritu]] to retain the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|01/09/16|Naucalpan|[[Histeria]]/[[Maniaco]]/[[Psicosis]]/[[Mosco De La Merced]] defeated [[Crazy 33]]/[[Escoria]]/[[El Cuervo]]/'''Chessman''' and [[May Flowers]]/[[Polvo De Estrellas]]/[[Sexy Piscis]]/[[Gabriel o Gabriella]] and [[Picudo]]/[[Nygma]]/[[Espiritu AAA|Espiritu]]/[[Silver Cat]] to win the Amos De Escandalo Cup}}
{{SimpleMatch|02/04/19|Torreon|'''Chessman''' and [[Electro Shock]] defeated [[Mascara Sagrada]] and [[La Parka Jr.]] to win the [[Mexican National Tag Team Titles]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|03/02/07|Queretaro|'''Chessman''' and [[Electro Shock]] defeated [[Oscar Sevilla]] and [[Torero]] to retain the [[Mexican National Tag Team Titles]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|03/06/15|Naucalpan|[[Electro Shock]]/[[Lady Apache]] defeated [[Gran Apache]]/[[Fabi Apache]], [[El Brazo]]/[[Martha Villalobos]] and '''Chessman'''/[[Tiffany]] to win the [[AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|03/06/20|Veracruz|[[Octagon]] and [[La Parka Jr.]] beat [[Electro Shock]] and '''Chessman''' to win the [[Mexican National Tag Team Titles]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|03/07/18|Madero|'''Chessman'''/[[Ozz]]/[[Escoria]]/[[El Cuervo]] defeated [[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Decnis]]/[[Billy Boy]] to win the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|03/08/08|Puebla|[[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Decnis]]/[[Billy Boy]] beat '''Chessman'''/[[Ozz]]/[[El Cuervo]]/[[Escoria]] to win the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|03/09/16|San Luis Potosi|'''Chessman''' and [[Tiffany]] beat [[Electro Shock]] and [[Lady Apache]] to win the [[AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|03/09/28|Guanajuato|'''Chessman'''/[[El Cuervo]]/[[Escoria]] defeated [[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Billy Boy]] in a Cage Match - [[Decnis]] lost his hair}}
{{SimpleMatch|04/03/21|Naucalpan|[[Electro Shock]] and [[Tiffany]] beat '''Chessman''' and [[Lady Apache]] in a [[Relevos Suicidas]] Match}}
{{SimpleMatch|04/03/21|Naucalpan|'''Chessman''' defeated [[Lady Apache]] in a Hair vs Hair Match - [[Electro Shock]] and [[Lady Apache]] lost their hair}}
{{SimpleMatch|04/08/01|Guadalupe|[[Gran Apache]]/[[Fabi Apache]] defeated [[Electro Shock]]/[[Lady Apache]], '''Chessman'''/[[Tiffany]] and [[Oriental]]/[[Cynthia Moreno]] to win the [[AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles]]}}
{{SimpleMatch|04/08/20|Puebla|'''Chessman'''/[[Escoria]]/[[Ozz]]/[[El Cuervo]] beat [[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Decnis]]/[[Billy Boy]] to win the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]}}
{{SimpleMatchEnd}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|Chessman|[[El Brazo]]|unknown}}
{{aline|05/09/18|hair|[[Latin Lover]]|Chessman|Naucalpan}}
{{aend|'''(1)''' four way electric cage match with [[Cibernetico]] & [[Shocker]]}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|
|name=chessmanbelt.jpg
|caption=Chessman with his National Tag Team Title
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=chessmantiffany.jpg
|caption=Chessman & Tiffany
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=ChessmanAwesome.jpg
|caption=Why would you fuck with this man?
}}

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

Escoria

2006-09-17T01:09:47Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=Escoria.jpg
|name=Escoria
|realName=
|nicknames=Dark Scoria
|nameHistory=Escoria (2000 - current)
|family=[[Charly Manson]], [[Electro Shock]] (brothers)
|maestro=[[Blackman]], [[Negro Sosa]], [[Draco]]
|birthdate=[[December 9]], [[1980]] - [[Durango]], [[Durango]]
|debut=1998.08.13
|lostmaskto=
|height=
|weight=
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[tornillo tope suicida]], [[tornillo splash]]
|titles=[[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]] [2] (w/ [[Chessman]], [[El Cuervo]], [[Ozz]])
|}}

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|04/10/17|hair (1)|Escoria|[[Billy Boy]]|Arena Coliseo - Monterrey, Nuevo León}}
{{aline|06/08/13|mask (2)|Escoria|[[Ultrataro]]|?}}
{{aend|(1) Cage match w/ Ozz, Cuervo, Decnnis & Alan; (2) Ultrataro/[[Dizzy]]/[[Super Calo]] vs. Escoria/[[El Cuervo]]/[[Ozz]]}}

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

Escoria

2006-09-17T00:56:44Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=Escoria.jpg
|name=Escoria
|realName=
|nicknames=Dark Scoria
|nameHistory=Escoria (2000 - current)
|family=[[Charly Manson]] (brother), [[Electro Shock]] (brother)
|maestro=[[Blackman]], [[Negro Sosa]], [[Draco]]
|birthdate=[[December 9]], [[1980]] - [[Durango]], [[Durango]]
|debut=1998.08.13
|lostmaskto=
|height=
|weight=
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[tornillo tope suicida]], [[tornillo splash]]
|titles=[[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]] [2] (w/ [[Chessman]], [[El Cuervo]], [[Ozz]])
|}}

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|04/10/17|hair (1)|Escoria|[[Billy Boy]]|Arena Coliseo - Monterrey, Nuevo León}}
{{aline|06/08/13|mask (2)|Escoria|[[Ultrataro]]|?}}
{{aend|(1) Cage match w/ Ozz, Cuervo, Decnnis & Alan; (2) Ultrataro/[[Dizzy]]/[[Super Calo]] vs. Escoria/[[El Cuervo]]/[[Ozz]]}}

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

Cuervo

2006-09-17T00:51:35Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=Cuervo.jpg
|name=El Cuervo
|realName= Jaime Ignacio Tirado Correa
|nicknames=Dark Cuervo
|nameHistory=El Cuervo (1996 - current), Heavy Dracula (1998)
|family=
|maestro=[[Dos Caras]], [[Impala]]
|birthdate=[[January 4]], [[1974]], [[Toluca]], [[Mexico State]]
|debut=[[February 28]], [[1996]] - [[Arena Naucalpan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=
|weight=
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=
|titles=[[Mexican National Atomicos Championship]] (2, w/[[Chessman]], [[Ozz]], [[Escoria]])
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|El Cuervo|[[Kung Fu]] (not original)|?}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|El Cuervo|[[El Goleador]]|?}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|El Cuervo & ?|[[El Mohicano I]] & [[El Mohicano II]]|Arena López Mateos - Tlalnepantla, Mexico State}}
{{aline|96/11/03|hair|El Cuervo|[[Tony Rivera]]|El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|97/03/02|hair|El Cuervo|[[Cobra]]|Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|98/03/15|hair|El Cuervo|[[El Mohicano Jr.]]|Arena López Mateos - Tlalnepantla, Mexico State}}
{{aline|99/12/17|hair|El Cuervo|[[Mohawk]]|Arena López Mateos - Tlalnepantla, Mexico State}}
{{aend|}}

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

Gail Kim

2006-09-16T03:38:27Z

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== Profile ==

{{bioFields|
|image=gailkim.jpg
|name=Gail Kim
|realName=Gail Kim
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=La Felina (debut - 12/02), Gail Kim (12/02 - )
|family=
|maestro=[[Ron Hutchinson]], [[Rob Etchevarria|Rob "El Fuego" Etchevarria]], [[Dave Finlay|Dave "Fit" Finlay]]
|birthdate=[[Feburary 20]], [[1976]] - [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[December]] [[2002]] - [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'4"/162 cms
|weight=115 lbs/52 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Huracarrana]], [[Headscissor-armbar submission]], [[Springboard armdrag]]
|titles=[[WWE World Women's Title]]
}}



== Biography ==


 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Tracy Brooks]]|[[La Felina]]|unknown}}
{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==




[[Category:Canadian wrestlers]]
[[Category:Female wrestlers]]
[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:TNA wrestlers]]

Charly Manson

2006-09-16T03:20:22Z

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== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=CManson.jpg
|name=Charly Manson
|realName=Jesús Luna Pozos
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Jim Kata (debut - ??), Dinamita Luna, El Cazador, Brujería (AAA), Charly Manson (03/98 - )
|family=[[Electro Shock]] (brother)
|maestro=[[Hombre Bala]]
|birthdate=February 18, 1975 - Torreón, Coahuila
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=October 1990 - Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City
|lostmaskto=n/a
|height=5'9"/175 cms
|weight=181 lbs/82 kg
|signatureMoves=[[El Pozo]], [[Inverted Gory Special Bomb]], [[Tope Suicida|Bullet Tope Suicida]]
|titles=[[Guerrero Welterweight Title]], [[National Atomicos Titles]] (w/ [[Picudo]], [[May Flowers]] & [[Nygma]]), [[UWA World Light Heavyweight Title]], [[Mexican National Heavyweight Championship]] (2)
}}

== Biography ==



 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Charly Manson]]|[[El Intruso]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Charly Manson]]|[[Araña Negra (not original)|Araña Negra]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|masks|Charly Manson & ???|[[Los Sagitarios]] [[Sagitario I|I]] & [[Sagitario II|II]]|unknown}}
{{aline|04/07/18|hair (1)|Charly Manson|[[Electro Shock]] & [[Lady Apache]]|Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Naucalpan}}
{{aline|06/06/18|hair (2)|Charly Manson|[[Zorro]]|Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Naucalpan}}
{{aend|(1)supposed to be a career versus career match against Electro Shock, Electro and Apache plead for their hair to be taken instead of Electro's career;(2) Last man standing cage match}}

== Gallery ==


{{Gallery|
|name=charlymanson.jpg
|caption=2002
}}

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

Cuervo

2006-09-16T03:14:06Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=Cuervo.jpg
|name=El Cuervo
|realName= Jaime Ignacio Tirado Correa
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=El Cuervo (1996 - current), Heavy Dracula (1998)
|family=
|maestro=[[Dos Caras]], [[Impala]]
|birthdate=[[January 4]], [[1974]], [[Toluca]], [[Mexico State]]
|debut=[[February 28]], [[1996]] - [[Arena Naucalpan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=
|weight=
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=
|titles=[[Mexican National Atomicos Championship]] (2, w/[[Chessman]], [[Ozz]], [[Escoria]])
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|El Cuervo|[[Kung Fu]] (not original)|?}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|El Cuervo|[[El Goleador]]|?}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|El Cuervo & ?|[[El Mohicano I]] & [[El Mohicano II]]|Arena López Mateos - Tlalnepantla, Mexico State}}
{{aline|96/11/03|hair|El Cuervo|[[Tony Rivera]]|El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|97/03/02|hair|El Cuervo|[[Cobra]]|Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|98/03/15|hair|El Cuervo|[[El Mohicano Jr.]]|Arena López Mateos - Tlalnepantla, Mexico State}}
{{aline|99/12/17|hair|El Cuervo|[[Mohawk]]|Arena López Mateos - Tlalnepantla, Mexico State}}
{{aend|}}

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

Abismo Negro

2006-09-14T01:09:51Z

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{{Status}}

== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Abismonegro.jpg
|name=Abismo Negro (Black Abyss)
|realName=Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González
|nicknames=El Rey del Martinete (The King of the Martinete)
|nameHistory=Pequeño Samurai (debut - ??), Samurai, Furor (CMLL), The Winner/Winner's (92 - 01/97), Abismo Negro (01/97 - )
|family=none
|maestro=[[Diablo Velazco]], [[Ray Mendoza]], [[Delio Soto]], [[El Noruego]]
|birthdate=[[July 1, 1971]] - [[Villahermosa]], [[Tabasco]], [[Mexico]]
|debut=[[1990]]
|lostmaskto=[[Super Caló]] - [[June 30, 1996]]
|height=5'11"/180 cms
|weight=211 lbs/96 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Martinete]], [[La Magistral]], [[Flying Senton]], [[Frog Splash]], [[Huracarrana]]
|titles=[[National Middleweight Title]], [[National Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Electro Shock]]), [[AAA Mascot Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Mini Abismo Negro]])
|}}

== Lucha de Apuestas Record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair (1)|[[Abismo Negro]]|[[Stuka Jr.]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|Winners|[[El Noruego]]|unknown}}
{{aline|95/06/18|mask|Winners|[[Marabunta]]|Auditorio Rio Nilo - Tonala, Jalisco}}
{{aline|95/06/30|mask|[[Super Caló]]|Winners|Arena Cd. Madero, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|00/01/30|hair (2)|Abismo Negro|[[The Panther]]|Arena Solidaridad - Monterrey, Nuevo León}}
{{aline|01/09/07|hair (3)|Abismo Negro|[[El Alebrije]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aend|'''(1)''' Hair vs. Hair between masked wrestlers (2) Hair vs. Hair between masked wrestlers; (3) Hair vs. Hair between masked wrestlers}}

== Trivia ==
Abismo Negro often appears on the morning television program [http://www.esmas.com/vidatv/ Vida TV]. He usually appears as a kind of judge for talent contests on the show.

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|
|name=Dibujo.JPG
|caption= as Winners
}}
{{Gallery|
|name=Winners.jpg
|caption=as Winners in 1992
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=WinnersUnmasked.jpg
|caption=after losing his mask
}}

{{Gallery|
|name=Furor.jpg
|caption=Furor
}}
{{Gallery|
|name=Abismo8.jpg
|caption= as Abismo Negro
}}

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

Rafa El Maya

2006-09-14T00:37:53Z

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{{bioFields|
|name=Rafa El Maya
|realName=
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=El Guarura, Rafa El Maya
|family=
|maestro=
|birthdate=
|debut=
|lostmaskto=[[Super Muñeco]] (as El Guarura)
|height=
|weight=
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=
|titles=
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Super Muñeco]]|El Guarura|unknown}}
{{aend|}}
{{Stub}}
[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]
[[Category:Officials]]
[[Category:Referees]]

Felino

2006-09-10T02:12:04Z

Epmeeks: /* Profile */

== Profile ==

{{bioFields||
|image=Felino03.jpg
|name=Felino (Feline)
|realName=
|nicknames=El luchador más rápido (The fastest luchador), El Gato Volador (The Flying Cat), Felino Centella (spark)
|nameHistory=Babe Casas (debut - 89), Felino (03/11/87 - )
|family=[[Pepe Casas]] (father), [[Heavy Metal]], [[Negro Casas]] (brothers), [[Black Star]] (cousin), [[Kid Tiger]] (son)
|maestro=[[Pepe Casas]], [[Raúl Reyes]]
|birthdate=[[March 22, 1964]] - [[Mexico City]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[1982]]
|height=5'8"/170 cms
|weight=189 lbs/86 kg
|lostmaskto=
|signatureMoves=[[La Magistral|La Casita]], [[Splash Mountain]], [[Superbomb]], [[Inverted Figure Four Leglock]], [[Somersault plancha off second rope inside the ring]], [[Top-Rope Headscissors]], [[Moonsault Bodyblock]]
|titles=[[Arena Apatlaco Welterweight Title]] (as Babe Casas), [[Distrito Federal Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Arkangel]] & [[Guerrero de la Muerte]]), [[National Welterweight Title]], [[CMLL World Welterweight Title]] (3), [[WWA World Welterweight Title]] (2), [[National Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Volador Jr.]] & [[Safari]]), 5th Annual [[Leyenda de Plata]] Champion, [[IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Pantera]])
|}}

== Bio ==

Felino is an uppercard tecnico in [[CMLL]]. He's not pushed as strongly as his two brothers, [[Negro Casas]] and [[Heavy Metal]], but is used as a veteran who can go with the younger wrestlers lower on the card.

In that role, Felino held the [[National Trios Titles]] with [[Volador Jr.]] and [[Safari]], and defended in against midcard rudos often. They held the belts thru 2004, and did a good job of raising the value of the championship after it had been vacant for months. Felino most recent [[CMLL World Welterweight Title]] reign wasn't as successful, with few high profile defenses. As of June 2006, he's seeking a match for the title against, versus current champion [[Mephisto]].

Felino has at least subtly acknowledged his relationship to his son, [[IWRG]]'s [[Kid Tiger]], by wearing Kid Tiger tights on at least one occasion.

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Felino]]|[[Guerrero Imperial]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Felino]]|[[Guerrero Águila]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Felino]]|[[El Comandante]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Felino]]|[[El Predicador]]|unknown}}
{{aline|83/07/03|hair|Babe Casas|[[Negro Peralta]]|Arena Apatlaco - Apatlaco, Mexico State}}
{{aline|89/02/??|hair|Babe Casas|[[Mario Prado]]|unknown}}
{{aline|93/07/09|mask|[[Felino]]|[[Ciclón Ramírez]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|94/10/28|mask|[[Felino]]|[[Justiciero]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|99/06/11|hair (1)|Felino & [[Heavy Metal]]|[[Tirantes]]|Cd. Madero, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|00/06/23|hair (2)|[[Felino]]|[[Brazo de Plata]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|02/04/21|mask|[[Felino]]|[[La Llamarada|Bestia Negra]]|Arena Coliseo - Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}
{{aend|(1) Felino & Heavy Metal defeated Kick Boxer & Thai Boxer in a Pepe Casas' hair vs. Tirantes' hair match; (2) Relevos suicidas: Santo Jr. & Pierroth Jr. vs. Felino & Plata}}

== Gallery ==
[[image:felinoyoung.jpg|thumb|1991|left|100px]]
[[image:felino01.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]
[[image:felino.jpg|thumb|2000|left|100px]]

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]
[[Category:Current CMLL wrestlers]]
[[Category:Wrestlers Who Appeared on WWF Los Super Astros]]

Pepe Casas

2006-09-10T02:08:50Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=tropicasas.jpg
|name=Pepe Casas
|realName=[[José Casas Granados]]
|nicknames=Tropicasas
|nameHistory=Pepe Casas
|family=[[Negro Casas]], [[Felino]] and [[Heavy Metal]] (sons), [[Veneno]] (son-in-law), [[Black Star]] & [[Kid Tiger]] (grandsons)
|maestro=[[Hercules]]
|birthdate=[[1933]]
|debut=[[1965]] - [[Arena Naucalpan]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=
|weight=
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=
|titles=
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[El Tarasco]]|[[Pepe Casas]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Negro Navarro]]|[[Pepe Casas]]|unknown}}
{{aline|66/11/??|hair|[[Carta Brava]]|[[Pepe Casas]]|Arena San Juan Pantitlán - Neza, Mexico State}}
{{aline|83/06/29|hair|[[Dick Angelo]]|[[Pepe Casas]]|Celaya, Guanajuato}}
{{aline|86/03/23|hair|[[Pepe Casas]]|[[Electrón]]|Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aend|}}

[[Category:Officials]]
[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

Zorro Plateado

2006-09-10T01:33:13Z

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{{bioFields|
|name=Zorro Plateado
|image=Zorrop.jpg
|realName=
|nicknames="The copy of Santo"
|nameHistory=Flecha Roja(debut), Zorro Plateado
|family= [[Zorro Plateado II]] (son), Zorro Plateado Jr., Indios Kikapo I & II (grandsons)
|maestro=Principe Odín
|birthdate=August 30, 1931
|debut=March 18, 1953
|lostmaskto= never lost
|height=1.65 mts
|weight=90 kgs
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[La de a Caballo]]
|titles=
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|62/??/??|mask|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[El Zombi]]|?? - Mexico City}}
{{aline|65/??/??|hair|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[El Bulldog]]|?? - Mexico City}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[Viento Negro]]|?? - unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[Fantasma Blanco]]|?? - unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[Imperio Rojo]]|?? - unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[El Zaire]]|?? - unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[Los Gemelos Corzo]]|?? - unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[Huracán Norteño]]|?? - unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[Zarapero]]|?? - unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[Pandillero]]|?? - unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[Imperio Rojo]]|?? - unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[Los Gemelos Corzo]]|?? - unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Zorro Plateado]]|[[Sergio Romo]]|?? - unknown}}

{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery||name=Zorroplateado.jpg|caption=2005 w/Zorro plateado new.}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

Vampiro Canadiense

2006-09-08T16:19:38Z

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== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=Vamp.jpg
|name=Vampiro
|realName=Ian Richard Hodgkinson
|nicknames=none
|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]], [[NWA World Light Heavyweight Title]]
}}

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|92/03/21|hair|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Bestia Negra II]]|Arena Xochimilco - Xochimilco, Mexico City}}
{{aline|92/06/28|hair (1)|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Rick Patterson]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|92/07/17|hair|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Pirata Morgan]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|92/08/23|hair (2)|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Aaron Grundy]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|92/12/10|hair|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Sangre Chicana]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|98/09/01|hair|Vampiro|[[Pirata Morgan]]|Houston, Texas, USA}}
{{aline|02/12/13|hair|Vampiro|[[Rey Bucanero]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|03/04/04|hair|[[Shocker]]|Vampiro|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|04/12/17|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 & 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 ==

[[Image:vampiro.jpg|thumb|1991|100px|left]]

[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Canadian wrestlers]]

Vampiro Canadiense

2006-09-08T16:18:22Z

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== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=Vamp.jpg
|name=Vampiro
|realName=Ian Richard Hodgkinson
|nicknames=none
|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]], [[NWA World Light Heavyweight Title]]
}}

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|92/03/21|hair|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Bestia Negra II]]|Arena Xochimilco - Xochimilco, Mexico City}}
{{aline|92/06/28|hair (1)|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Rick Patterson]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|92/07/17|hair|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Pirata Morgan]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|92/08/23|hair (2)|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Aaron Grundy]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|92/12/10|hair|Vampiro Canadiense|[[Sangre Chicana]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|98/09/01|hair|Vampiro|[[Pirata Morgan]]|Houston, Texas, USA}}
{{aline|02/12/13|hair|Vampiro|[[Rey Bucanero]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|03/04/04|hair|[[Shocker]]|Vampiro|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|04/12/17|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 & 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/]

== Gallery ==

[[Image:vampiro.jpg|thumb|1991|100px|left]]

[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Canadian wrestlers]]

Carlos Colón

2006-09-07T20:42:21Z

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== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=Carloscolon.jpg
|name=Carlos Colón
|realName=Carlos Edwin Colón
|nicknames=Carlitos Colón
|nameHistory=Prince Kukuya, Carlos Belafonte
|family= Carlito, Eddie Colón (sons) Orlando Colón (nephew)
|maestro=
|birthdate=[[July 19]], [[1948]] - [[Santa Isabel]], [[Puerto Rico]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[February 16]], [[1966]] - [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'10"/178 cms
|weight=246 lbs/112 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Headbutt]], [[Figure-Four Leg Lock]], [[Swinging Neckbreaker]]
|titles=
}}

{{stub}}

[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican wrestlers]]

Carlos Colón

2006-09-07T20:40:16Z

Epmeeks:

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=Carloscolon.jpg
|name=Carlos Colón
|realName=Carlos Edwin Colón
|nicknames=Carlitos Colón
|nameHistory=Prince Kukuya, Carlos Belafonte
|family= Carlito, Eddie Colón (sons)
|maestro=
|birthdate=[[July 19]], [[1948]] - [[Santa Isabel]], [[Puerto Rico]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[February 16]], [[1966]] - [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'10"/178 cms
|weight=246 lbs/112 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Headbutt]], [[Figure-Four Leg Lock]], [[Swinging Neckbreaker]]
|titles=
}}

{{stub}}

[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican wrestlers]]

Tope con Giro

2006-09-06T18:54:24Z

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{{Gallerywide||name=blackman_topecongiro.jpg|caption=Black Man}}

Tope con Giro is also known as a Sommersault Plancha. [[Tope Con Hilo]] is a common mistranslation.

[[Category: Moves]]

Carlos Colón

2006-09-06T18:43:28Z

Epmeeks: /* Profile */

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=
|name=Carlos Colón
|realName=Carlos Edwin Colón
|nicknames=Carlitos Colón
|nameHistory=Prince Kukuya, Carlos Belafonte
|family= [[Carlito]], [[Eddie Colón]] (sons)
|maestro=
|birthdate=[[July 19]], [[1948]] - [[Santa Isabel]], [[Puerto Rico]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[February 16]], [[1966]] - [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'10"/178 cms
|weight=246 lbs/112 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Headbutt]], [[Figure-Four Leg Lock]], [[Swinging Neckbreaker]]
|titles=
}}

{{stub}}

[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican wrestlers]]

Carlos Colon

2006-09-06T18:40:12Z

Epmeeks:

#REDIRECT [[Carlos Colón]]

Carlos Colón

2006-09-06T18:38:00Z

Epmeeks:

== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=
|name=Carlos Colón
|realName=Carlos Edwin Colón
|nicknames=Carlitos Colón
|nameHistory=Prince Kukuya, Carlos Belafonte
|family= [[Carlito]], [[Eddie Colón]] (sons)
|maestro=
|birthdate=[[July 19]], [[1948]] - [[Santa Isabel]], [[Puerto Rico]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[February 16]], [[1966]] - [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'10"/178 cms
|weight=246 lbs/112 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Headbutt]], [[Figure Four Leg Lock]], [[Swinging Neckbreaker]]
|titles=
}}

{{stub}}

[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican wrestlers]]

Gypsy Joe

2006-09-06T18:35:02Z

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{{bioFields|

|name=Gypsy Joe
|realName=Gilberto "Pepe" Melendez
|nicknames=
|nameHistory=Gypsy Joe, Aztec Joe (Mexico), Gene Madrid (Virginias), El Grande Pistolero (Texas), Blue Inferno (Tennessee)
|family=
|maestro=trained with [[Pedro Morales]] and [[Carlos Colón]]
|birthdate=[[December 2]], [[1933]] in [[Puerto Rico]]
|debut=(United States) [[1963]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=
|weight=
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[Splash|Superfly Splash]] (used before [[Jimmy Snuka]] did)
|titles=
|}}

==Sources==

[http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/g/gypsy-joe2.html Obsessed With Wrestling]

{{stub}}

[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:Puerto Rican wrestlers]]

Tamba

2006-09-06T18:33:02Z

Epmeeks: /* Biography */

== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Tamba.jpg
|name=Tamba
|realName=Francisco Ruiz Arreola
|nicknames=El Elefante Volador (The Flying Elephant)
|nameHistory=Tamba (debut - death), Abdullah Tamba (82 - late 80s)
|family=[[Octavio Gaona]] (adoptive father)
|maestro=[[Octavio Gaona]]
|birthdate=May 27, 1950
|obituarydate=September 6, 2001 - Tijuana, Baja California
|debut=1970
|lostmaskto=[[Octavio Gaona]] - 1972 - Arena Bravo
|height=5'9"/174 cms
|weight=189 lbs/86 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Flying Splash]], [[Tope Suicida]]
|titles=[[Distrito Federal Heavyweight Title]]
|}}

== Biography ==

Tamba was born Francisco ("Panchito" or "Pancho") Arreola Gaona on May 27, 1950. I'm not 100% certain of this date, but he may have debuted in 1970 under a mask that he lost around four years later. I believe that he was a grandson of Octavio Gaona, known because of being the first Mexican NWA World Middleweight champion.

Tamba made a name for himself in the independent circuit because of his high workrate for such a big man. He then moved on to the bigger independent circuit of Lucha Libre Internacional (L.L.I. aka the UWA). He got over well because of his style. He wasn't smooth or all that fast, but he was a hard worker and seeing such a huge man flying around the ring with ease was quite a sight. At this time is when he gained his "Elefante Volador" (Flying Elephant) gimmick.

He always was low/mid-card Toreo guy, but he got the occassional main event runs many guys got back then, having a rivalry with Canek (including a hair vs. mask match), and he also got to team with Andre The Giant to draw against Canek and Perro Aguayo at the main event of the Jan 16, 1982 El Toreo card.

He formed a famous tag team with Canek, and had runs as a part of a regular trio, one of them with Canek and El Cobarde II (who was paired up with Canek so he'd get "the rub" by being the partner of the #1 star in the country) called Los Desarmadores, and one of them with Perro Aguayo and Fishman called Los Invencibles.

Another important event of his career was going to Japan on March of 1983 where he faced Tiger Mask three times in singles matches.

Perhaps the biggest change during Tamba's career came when he was put in a team with Abdullah the Butcher. Reportedly, Abby actually liked him and sent him to Puerto Rico (to wrestle for Carlos Colón) and when he came back he was billed as "Abdullah Tamba". Like most overweight wrestlers, his run as a worker was done when he started gaining more weight and his knees couldn't take it anymore, so this was a smart move for him. Abby was so over in Mexico, that now Tamba could get over easily doing very little and relaunch his career with a new and fresh gimmick.

By the early 90s he was nearly immobile and he was mostly inactive though he'd come back a few months a year to appear at some cards, usually Toreo or Arena Neza (the two most important buildings LLI/UWA ran at the time) cards, and now he was back as a "legendary babyface" kind of figure.

On February 28, 1992, Tamba lost a "Hair vs. Career" match to Tigre Canadiense (Mike Lozanksy). This was like an Onita retirement, because he at least wrestled once 4 months later at El Toreo, though he didn't do much more after that because his body wouldn't let him.

I hadn't heard of Tamba until 12 months or so before his death, when it was said in the Observer that he was very ill and he suffered of diabetes. Lately he was living in Ciudad Juarez. He was a known alcoholic and had been to hospital several times for alcohol related problems. People that I know that saw him shortly before he died, said that he looked terrible and that it was clear that he didn't have a lot of life left.

Tamba died on September 6, 2001 in Tijuana. A curious thing about this is that a few years ago, sometime around the mid 90s, nobody knew his whereabouts and there were huge rumors of his death to the point that he had to appear in the mags to actually show that he was alive and well.

May he rest in peace.

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|72/??/??|mask|[[Octavio Gaona]]|[[Tamba]]|Arena Bravo - Mexico City}}
{{aline|74/10/25|hair|[[TNT]]|[[Tamba]]|unknown}}
{{aline|77/12/25|hair|[[Tamba]]|[[Barrabás]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|79/03/25|hair|[[Tamba]]|[[Delfín II]]|El Cortijo - Mexico City}}
{{aline|82/08/??|hair|[[Scorpio]]|[[Tamba]]|El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|83/??/??|hair|[[Canek]]|Abdullah Tamba|unknown}}
{{aline|87/??/??|hair|[[Tamba]]|[[Chicano Power|El Broncas]]|unknown}}
{{aline|87/??/??|hair|[[Tamba]]|[[El Animal]]|unknown}}
{{aline|87/??/??|hair|[[Tinieblas]]|Abdullah Tamba|L.A. Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles, CA, USA}}
{{aline|89/03/25|hair|[[Tamba]]|[[Delfin II]]|El Cortijo - Mexico City}}
{{aline|92/02/28|hair (1)|[[Tigre Canadiense]]|Tamba|Arena Neza - Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State}}
{{aline|95/02/05|hair|[[Anitfaz(1st version)|Antifaz]]|[[Tamba]]|Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aend|(1) Tamba's career was also on the line}}

===Galery===

{{Gallery|
|name=tamba70s.jpg
|caption=70's
}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]
[[Category:Deceased wrestlers]]

To do

2006-09-06T18:30:20Z

Epmeeks: /* World Male */

== Japan Male ==

*[[Masio Koma]]
*[[Teizo Watanabe]]
*[[Kiyomigawa]]
*[[Masahiko Kimura]] (photo needed)
*[[Hiro Matsuda]] (photo needed)
*[[Shachi Yokouchi]]
*[[Shibata]] (Katsuhisa Shibata)
*[[Shibata]] (Katsuyori Shibata)
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*[[Motegi]]
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*[[Ricky Fuji]]
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*[[Kendo Nagasaki]]
*[[Ishinriki]]
*[[Gran Kabuki]]
*[[Minoru Fujita]]
*[[Shiryu]] (photo needed)
*[[Kendo Ka Shin]]
*[[Shoo Kim]] (Alexander Otsuka) (photo needed)
*[[Yone Genjin]]
*[[the Great Muta]]

== World Male ==

*[[Dory Funk Jr.]] (photo needed)
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*[[Gigante Singh]] (photo needed)
*[[Ringo Rigby]]
*[[The Invader]] (Invader #3 Johnny Rivera)
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*[[Kevin Von Erich]]
*[[Peter Maravilla]] (Chief Peter Maivia)
*[[Choi Sun]]
*[[Don Corleone]] (photo needed)
*[[David Gold]]
*[[David Morgan]] (stub)
*[[Eric Embry]] (photo needed)
*[[Hulk Hogan]]
*[[Killer Kim]]
*[[Los Pastores]] (Sheepherders)
*[[Pat Patterson]]
*[[Voodoo Mulumba]]
*[[Carlos Colón]]
*[[Bob Backlund]]
*[[Don Corleone]] (Tony Rocco)
*[[Jim Londos]]
*[[Joe Cox]]
*[[El Estrangulador Lewis]] (Strangler Lewis)
*[[Jim Browning]]
*[[Yamato]] (Kim Duk/Tiger Chung Lee) (photo needed)
*[[Bull Pain]]
*[[Tito Santana]]
*[[Jimmy Snuka]] (photo needed)
*[[Ricky Santana]] (stub)
*[[The Warlord]]
*[[The Barbarian]]
*[[Diamond Dallas Page]] (photo needed)
*[[Black Scorpio]] (photo needed)
*[[Cactus Jack]]
*[[Doink]] (Matt Borne)
*[[Pat Tanaka]]
*[[Kamala]]
*[[Mongolian Mauler]] (stub)
*[[Terremoto John Tenta]]
*[[Eddie Watts]]
*[[Diesel II]] (Kane) (photo needed)
*[[Razor Ramon II]] (Big Titan)
*[[Los Samoanos]] (Samu & Tama)
*[[Jeff Jarrett]] (photo needed)
*[[Aaron Grundy]] (Mike Shaw)
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*[[Riki Starr]]
*[[Leroy McGuirk]]
*[[Black Metal]]
*[[Doug Furnas]]
*[[Dan Kroffat]] (photo needed)
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*[[Chuck Palumbo]]
*[[Road Dogg]]
*[[Billy Gunn]]
*[[X-Pac]]
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*[[Tommy Williams]]
*[[Durango Kid]]
*[[Chilango]]

== Female ==

*[[Woman]] (photo needed)
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*[[Commando Bolshoi]]
*[[Emi Tojo]]
*[[La Monsther]] (photo needed)
*[[Magnificent Mimi]]
*[[Sherri Martel]]
*[[Mae Young]]
*[[June Byers]]
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*[[Joyce Grable]]
*[[Toshiyo Yamada]] (photo needed)
*[[Mita]]
*[[Yumiko Hotta]]
*[[Suzuka Minami]]
*[[Bison Kimura]] (maestro?)
*[[Chikako Shiratori]]
*[[Yuki Miyazaki]]
*[[Lioness Asuka]] (maestro?)
*[[Chigusa Nagayo]] (photo needed)
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*[[Lucy Kayama]]
*[[Tomi Aoyama]]
*[[Judy Martin]]
*[[Lei Lani Kai]]
*[[Kandori]]
*[[Peggy Patterson]]
*[[Penny Mitchell]]
*[[Irma Acevedo]]
*[[Megumi Kudo]]
*[[Noriyo Tateno]]
*[[Yuu Yamazaki]]
*[[Jane O'Brien]]
*[[Ariel]]
*[[Valentina]]
*[[Persephone]]
*[[Rie Tamada]]
*[[Yumi Fukawa]]
*[[Michiko Omukai]]

==Mexican Male==

*[[Superbowl]]
*[[Bleda]]
*[[Magnate]]
*[[Zafiro]]
*[[Brillante]]
*[[Los Cholos]]
*[[Takeda]]
*[[Koga]]
*[[Elvis]]
*[[Tiger Man]]
*[[Auilldo]]
*[[Manicomio]]

==Mexican Male 2==
*[[Kid Dyamo]]
*[[Robocop]]
*[[Terrorsita]]
*[[Super Skeletor]]
*[[El Tucan]]
*[[Arhgo]]
*[[Misterio Azul]]
*[[Marlin]]
*[[Principle Yoga]]
*[[Aguila Tapatia]]
*[[Los Crazy Stars]] (FWIW, are from Guatemala, not Mexico)
*[[Dr. Maldad]]
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Carlos Colón

2006-09-06T18:25:11Z

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== Profile ==
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|realName=Carlos Edwin Colón
|nicknames=Carlitos Colón
|nameHistory=Prince Kukuya, Carlos Belafonte
|family= [[Carlito]], [[Eddie Colón]] (sons)
|maestro=
|birthdate=[[July 19]], [[1948]] - [[Santa Isabel]], [[Puerto Rico]]
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|debut=[[February 16]], [[1966]] - [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]
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|weight=246 lbs/112 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Headbutt]], [[Figure Four Leg Lock]], [[Swinging Neckbreaker]]
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Carlos Colón

2006-09-06T18:23:32Z

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Carlos Colón

2006-09-06T18:22:43Z

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== Profile ==
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|realName=Carlos Edwin Colón
|nicknames=Carlitos Colón
|nameHistory=Prince Kukuya, Carlos Belafonte
|family= [[Carlito]], [[Eddie Colón]] (sons)
|maestro=
|birthdate=[[July 19]], [[1948]] - [[Santa Isabel]], [[Puerto Rico]]
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Villano III

2006-09-06T18:20:13Z

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== Profile ==
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|name=Villano III (Villano Tercero)
|realName=Arturo Díaz Mendoza
|nicknames=El Rey Arturo (King Arthur), La Pantera Rosa (The Pink Panther)
|nameHistory=Ray Rosas (debut), Pulpo Blanco, Mancha Roja, Búfalo Salvaje, Rokambole (?? - 01/73), Villano III (01/73 - )
|family=[[Ray Mendoza]] (father), [[Villano I|Villanos I]], [[Villano II|II]], [[Villano IV|IV]], [[Villano V|V]] (brothers), [[La Infernal]] (wife)
|maestro=[[Felipe Ham Lee]], [[Ray Mendoza]]
|birthdate=[[March 23]], [[1952]] - [[Mexico City]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[January 29]], [[1970]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]
|lostmaskto=[[Atlantis]] - [[March 17]], [[2000]] - [[Arena México]]
|height=5'7"/170 cms
|weight=211 lbs/96 kg
|signatureMoves=[[DDT]], [[Legdrop]], [[Media Cerrajera]], [[Senton]]
|titles=[[UWA World Welterweight Title]], [[UWA World Light Heayvweight Title]] (2), [[WWF World Light Heavyweight Title]] (7), [[UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title]], [[WWC Puerto Rican Title]] (2), [[CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title]], [[National Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Villano V]] & [[Dos Caras]]), [[National Atomicos Titles]] (w/[[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] & [[Villano V|V]] & [[Pierroth Jr.]]), [[AAA Americas Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] & [[Villano V|V]]), [[IWRG Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] & [[Villano V|V]])
}}

== Biography ==
Arturo Díaz Mendoza, Villano III, was born on [[March 23]], [[1950]] in [[Mexico City]] as the third oldest kid of the eight children that lucha libre legend [[Ray Mendoza]] had with his long time wife Guadalupe "Lupita" Mendoza.

Since they were little kids, their father had all the boys in the family participate in several sports, so they'd not be wasting their time doing nothing in the streets. Arturo was a good amateur wrestler, and in July of [[1962]], when he was only 12 years old, won a local amateur tournament in the under 27 kilos (60 pounds) division.

Following the steps of his father, and his two older brothers who already were wrestlers, he started training at the [[Arena Naucalpan]] gym with [[Felipe Ham Lee]] and his father. Mendoza did not want any of his sons to be wrestlers because he did not want them to be hurt all the time like he was, but ended up accepting it since they were living inside the business from a young age. However, one condition that he put on them is that he wanted them to finish a career of their choice, so they'd have something to do if they got injured or had to retire early. Arturo studied at the Escuela Superior de Educacion Fisica (Physical Education High School) where he got a P.E. degree, like his older brother José de Jesús ([[Villano I]]) had gotten a few years before.

One day, a wrestler no-showed an undercard spot at [[Arena Neza]] where he was hanging out and training, and the wrestlers at the locker room suggested Arturo to work as a replacement. He was not sure of it, because he was far from ready, but since everybody was cheering him on it, he did it. Using no mask, and the name Ray Rosas, he made his debut on that [[January 29]] of [[1970]]. He was green, but those who saw him labeled him as having so much class for somebody at his level.

From then on, he used several names like Pulpo Blanco (White Octopus), Mancha Roja (Red Stain), Búfalo Salvaje (Wild Buffalo - which was the name his two older brothers used in a tag team), but he the one he used the most during that era was Rokambole (which was the name his brother [[Villano V]] would use several years later during his rookie years).

In January of [[1973]] it was considered that he was ready to pick up the family name, so he switched to Villano III, debuting as such at Arena Naucalpan, which has been sort of a family base for years as that's the arena where each and every one of the five brothers got their seasoning and their first push. In [[1974]] he captured the Welterweight division titles of Mexico State and Naucalpan, getting his first, and definitely not last, taste of gold in the business.

As a rudo, V3 was considered to be a "natural" for the business and a good worker from the start. By 1975 he got his first big break in the business when his father and long time friends [[René Guajardo]] and [[Karloff Lagarde]], along with many other major stars, joined forces with promoter [[Francisco Flores|Francisco J. Flores]] and started the independent movement. One of the reasons why Mendoza left [[EMLL]] was that the new office (Lutteroth had stepped out and let his son [[Salvador Lutteroth Jr.|Salvador Jr.]], and nephew [[Paco Alonso]] run the office by themselves) was not very interested in pushing [[Villano I|Villanos I]] and [[Villano II|II]], and probably III had he been working for them more often. Still, Villano would go on and debut at [[Arena Coliseo]] on [[November 19]], [[1975]] and at [[Arena Mexico]] on [[March 2]], [[1976]], but he never had continuity in EMLL's major arenas.

In [[1975]], because he was very affordable and he was such a good worker, many of the smaller arenas of the [[UWA]] network used him as a headliner for many profitable shows where they'd build to mask vs. hair or mask matches with the local stars, who would lose to the new independent sensation. The most famous of his opponents were [[Memo Ventura]], [[La Cobra]], [[The Corzo Brothers]] and [[Lobo Rubio]], the later being his foe in a mask vs. hair opener at the big supershow at [[Plaza Mexico]] that was headlined by [[Mil Mascaras]] vs. [[Lou Thesz]] (and that tanked badly because of a huge rainstorm).

By the end of the year (December), his hard work (and why not, a bit of family connections) paid off and he became the initial [[UWA World Welterweight championship|UWA World Welterweight champion]] by defeating legendary welterweight [[Huracán Ramírez]] (and not [[Solar I]] like some title histories say). He feuded with Solar I around the belt on and off for two years until May of [[1977]], when he was beat for it by the young up-and-comer.

During these years, and until he became a bigger star later, his biggest archievent was taking the masks of [[Los Escorpiones]] ([[Raul Reyes]] -not the L.A. one- and [[Benny Romero]]), a famous team that worked not only in Mexico, but also in the USA and Puerto Rico. That night, [[August 13]] of [[1978]], his tag team partner was [[Bobby Lee]], the young and talented performer who months later became famous as [[El Santo]]'s final major singles opponent... and who ended up being a "what could have been" as his career was ended way short by injuries.

Even though he already had won several ones in the past, this was Villano's first major (realistically, semi-major) "lucha de apuestas" win.

Villano III teaming up with other young superworkers, such as [[Matematico]], was a thing you could often see in the main event of some of the small or mid-sized venues of the network of independent promoters in Mexico. This helped him build a reputation as one of the top workers in the country, at a time when in Mexico there was more and better wrestlers than at probably any point in lucha libre history.

He became a much bigger star in the early 80s, to be more exact, 1981. He had already been working at [[El Toreo]] for some time, often teaming with his father Ray Mendoza or his brothers Villanos I and II. While he worked as a rudo, he was a rudo that fans liked to cheer... even more so when he was teaming with his father, who due to his legendary status just would not get booed. But he really caught everybody's attention on [[March 1]], [[1981]], by defeating [[Fishman]] at [[El Toreo]] to win the [[UWA World Light Heavyweight Title]]. This win was a huge deal, because of several things.

First, the Light Heavyweight Title was the second most important title in the country. Second, it was "his father's title". During years and years, Mendoza had been the reigning [[NWA World Light Heavyweight championship|NWA World Light Heavyweight champ]] at [[Arena Mexico]], and while it was not the same belt, it symbolically had been continuing that tradition (and either way, Mendoza was a three time former UWA LHW champ). And last but not least, he had beaten a major star cleanly for it. Back then, Fishman was much higher than Villano III at the totem pole and was a highly regarded technical wrestler. Villano lost the title just four months later, on [[July 19]] at the same venue, but the point had been already made.

While during El Toreo's golden years Fishman was the eternal UWA World LHW champion or challenger, V3 would become the dominant face of the [[WWF World Light Heavyweight title]], born out of the association of [[LLI]] and the [[World Wrestling Federation]]. Due to the excellent matches around that title with people like [[Perro Aguayo]], [[Gran Hamada]], Villano III and Fishman himself, that title actually surpassed in importance its equivalent with the UWA name. During years (and realistically, almost until the death of the promotion), the belt was the centerpiece of most of the greatest matches ever seen in [[Naucalpan]], including bouts against Perro Aguayo ([[1983]]) and [[Brazo de Oro]] ([[1984]]) that were voted "Match of the year" by the magazines "[[Lucha Libre (magazine)|Lucha Libre]]" and "[[El Halcon (magazine)|El Halcon]]", respectively.

But let's get to what really was the turning point in Villano III's career. Ever since the Fishman win, after proving himself time after time to the fans, and with the public recognition of being the son of a legend who was living up to his father's standards (and many said, even surpassing them, in terms of work quality), he started getting cheered time after time.

The gameplan of bookers Francisco J. Flores and [[Carlos Maynez]] was simple, but worked like a charm. Villano was put in week after week against the hottest rudo trio at the time (and probably ever), Los Misioneros de la Muerte: [[El Signo]], [[Negro Navarro]] and [[El Texano]]. They would beat him up badly week after week, tearing up his mask and making him bleed. In fact, he got some of those ugly scars all over his body from those wild days, because to cause a more dramatic effect, in a technique he copied from his father, he would blade not only his forehead, but his arms and chin as well. He eventually got fed up with the Misioneros' treatment, and challenged the trio's leader, El Signo, to a hair vs. hair match.

On [[August 1]], [[1982]], he defeated Signo in front of a sold out crowd of 18,000 (apx.), and after the win, the babyface reaction he got was nothing short of deafening. Right after Signo's loss, El Texano, who was the youngest member of the team, challenged Villano and suffered the same face two weeks later, on August 15, though this time the match was at the nicer looking [[Palacio de los Deportes]] in [[Mexico City]]. It was reported in the magazines to be a classic, and the crowd was said to be very healthy, in the 15,000 range, even with a major Toreo show the same day with the return of [[Abdullah the Butcher]] to Mexico, teaming with Perro Aguayo against Ray Mendoza and [[Carlos Colón]] in what was pushed in the magazines as a sure-to-be bloody showdown.

That's right, the same company put out two major shows the same day and in the same market, and both were a success at the gate. Because business was so hot, major stars like Villano III, Perro Aguayo, Texano and attractions like Abdullah were able to drag a huge number of the same fans to both shows. This was far from being a weekly happening, but they often had "must see" matches at Palacio on Sunday, while having the usual loaded Toreo show (whose weekly average for normal shows would be around 11,000), and if the cards were special enough the fans would go to both venues because they could not afford missing either show.

Those two major wins were followed up with Villano III going to [[New Japan]] (back when this was considered a huge deal by the fans) to wrestle [[Tiger Mask]]. Actually, this was his second tour there. On [[September 3]] he challenged Tiger in Fukuoka for the [[WWF World Junior Heavyweight Title]], falling victim to the legendary Japanese flyer in only seven minutes. It was a hot match with very good action, though way too short. But they worked well together and some months later, in November, they had another match together at El Toreo. This one was longer and went three falls, but the result was the same.

Him coming back from a Japan tour sealed the deal, and he now "officially" was a tecnico. It also helped that he was put in a team with [[El Solitario]] and [[Anibal]] (two of the biggest masked stars ever in Mexico) as his partners or "godfathers", named "Los Tres Caballeros" (The Three Gentlemen) with the gimmick of being super hero scientific masters who never cheated and defeated their enemies with grace, class and technique. In [[1984]] there was a second version of this team with [[Dos Caras]] replacing El Solitario.

But now Villano III being a top tecnico meant that he was bound to feud with Perro Aguayo, the company's top singles light heavyweight rudo (and top overall rudo along with [[Canek]]). On [[March 20]], [[1983]], he captured the [[[WWF World Light Heavyweight Title]] from Aguayo, building a bitter rivalry with the [[Zacatecas]] native. By August things had heated up so much that they had a three match series that did amazing business at the Naucalpan bullring. The 7th, Aguayo defeated V3 for the WWF LHW title. A week later, they faced in a super libre match, that ended up being a bloodfest. And the 21th, V3 defeated Aguayo in a mask vs. hair match.

In [[1984]] he continued on the same road, drawing greatly for title matches against a variety of opponents, to the point the promotion considered him the MVP in their year end awards.

Measuring who drew and who didn't at El Toreo is a very hard task. The promotion had access to a varied collection of native stars (both homemade stars and 60s and 70s legends who were still around) and foreign attractions ([[Tiger Mask]], [[Antonio Inoki|Inoki]], [[Andre the Giant|Andre]]...). They also had some of the fastest workers Mexico had ever seen until then, in people like [[Matematico]], [[Black Man]], [[Super Astro]] and other small guys who did things that had never been seen before and drew the "workrate" audience. The promotion could choose from, and I'm not exagerating here, a "pool" of 25 or 30 different wrestlers, put them in the main event, load up the rest of card and draw 10,000 to 12,000 easily.

For instance, there was shows that were so loaded, that the man who is considered to be the biggest star from those days, Canek, would be in the third match of a five match card, and Ray Mendoza would be in the opener. It's a very clear case of a "promotional package" being the draw, rather than "individuals". However, you could see how the true draws would be in special matches and up the attendance to 14,000 or more for title matches, and 17,000 or more for hair or mask matches. And when Aguayo and Villano were on top against each other, the attendance always was visibly up from the average.

The Aguayo-Villano feud carried on for most of the decade, and when at one point in 1988 they teamed together to feud and unmask the Black Power tag team (standard American rudo gimmick... one of them later was [[El Indomito]] a.k.a. [[Coco Amarillo]] from the AAA Payasos), it was a huge deal because the alliance was a true arch-rival dream team.

The other two biggest opponents for Villano in the 80s were [[Sangre Chicana]] and [[Rambo]].

José Luis Mendienta was a really talented second generation wrestler with a good look, who had a nice run with EMLL in the late 70s. Even though he was given the [[National Middleweight Title]] (who had a lot of tradition as El Santo's title) and given big profile title defenses against major stars like Anibal and [[Enrique Vera]], he seemed to lack the charisma needed to be a top star and draw. The company had sort of given up on him and he pretty much disappeared, returning back home and working only in his home state of [[Sonora]], and sometimes in Arizona or Texas, until his friend [[Kahoz]] (formerly Astro Rey, who had been repackaged as a rudo with a weird and unique white mask with black details and yellow or white hair sticking out) convinced him to get a new gimmick, with the promise of a spot in El Toreo. He became Rambo, named after you know what movie, wearing military clothes and wearing either a dark green or a camouflage mask. Mendieta and Kahoz teamed with [[Cuchillo]], and later [[Zandokan]] (who had a masked pirate gimmick), as "El Triangulo del Terror" (Triangle of Terror) and became one of the top old school rudo trios around the country. He eventually engaged in a feud with Villano over the masks, losing his' at El Toreo's "Lucha Libre birth" anniversary show on [[September 25]], [[1987]]. The match was heated, bloody, and got rave reviews as one of the best matches of the year.

Chicana was one of the 5 major stars at Arena Mexico and Arena Coliseo, and a wild brawling rudo along the lines of [[Cavernario Galindo]] and Perro Aguayo, though probably a better worker than either. He had even represented EMLL at shows at El Toreo, and teaming with [[Cien Caras]] or [[Satanico]], and gone over major stars like Aguayo, Fishman and Canek. So, added to the curiosity of two major stars clashing, you had a little interpromotional flair. On [[August 14]], [[1989]], Chicana defeated Villano for the WWF LHW title, but after and before that match, both had battled all over the country, having great brawls and drawing nice numbers, especially in the Northern Circuit ([[Monterrey]] and [[Nuevo Laredo]]) working for [[Carlos Elizondo]], as Chicana was a huge star there. The only thing that this feud lacked to be remembered as one of Villano's high career points was a mask vs. hair match, but Chicana was too busy losing his hair to Aguayo for bigger payoffs (since the matches, even though not as good, were bloodier and the rivalry seemed more natural).

The most remarkable feud he had during the last Toreo days was with [[Pegasus Kid]] ([[Chris Benoit]]) who is considered one of the best workers ever by practically everybody in the business. The masked Pegasus, now a WWE headliner with his real name, was a world nomad who would regularly work in Canada, Europe, Japan, the U.S. and Mexico. Benoit was put right away in a feud with Villano III, who he defeated on [[March 3]], [[1991]] at El Toreo for the WWF World Light Heavyweight Title.

Thinking that it was not likely he'd come back, Pegasus lost his mask to Villano III on [[November 3]], [[1991]]. But Benoit liked wrestling at El Toreo, and he caused such a good impression with the office that they called him back some months later (he had other commitments in Japan) so they could revive the feud. Other remarkable Toreo bouts during the rivalry were the [[January 19]], [[1992]] dream match where Villano teamed with [[El Hijo del Santo]] to defeat Pegasus and [[Negro Casas]], and Pegasus retaining the WWF belt a week later in the main event of the "17th Anniversary Show" of the promotion. By the end of it, the feud had turned into a trios feud, as Villanos would face Pegasus and his team partners Los Cowboys ([[Silver King]] and [[Texano]]). It basically culminated on [[September 13]], [[1992]] when Arturo gained back his WWF title.

Arturo was a top star and headliner at El Toreo until nearly its demise, but after Francisco Flores' death, booking and management got to bad that everybody who just stayed working there got lost in the shuffle: and that includes Dos Caras, Canek, Signo and Navarro (Texano was smart and/or lucky enough to get his career going in Japan teaming with Silver King). Some loyalists who were big (but not legendary) names and stayed until the end, never worked anywhere else at the same level again, like Enrique Vera. So Villano tried to keep his name fresh, working spot shows at Arena Mexico and Coliseo, and then jumping to [[AAA]] on January of [[1993]].

In AAA, Villano always worked main events and semi-main events, except in rare occasions (like [[Triplemania]], where even Santo Jr. was in the first half of the card), and feuded with Rambo, this time building to a hair vs. mask match that was hold at Mexico City's [[Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera]], on [[September 24]], [[1993]]. As a weird trivia data, the two first Villano III vs. Rambo "lucha de apuestas" (there was a third one on June [[2001]] in Naucalpan, this one hair vs. hair) were main eventing shows that commemorated the "anniversary of Lucha Libre", which is another way of saying "the birth of EMLL", but neither match was on EMLL and instead happened in the company's direct competitor at the time.

Soon after that match, Villano III quit because he was not happy with his push, and worked UWA again even though the place was a sinking ship and even drew a really sad 1,750 attendance for the January 1994 [[UWA]] Anniversary Show, headlined by Villanos 3 & 5 and [[Yamato]] (Tiger Chung Lee/Kim Duk) vs. Canek, [[Transformer]] (Kendo) and Gran Hamada, and with a rest of the card so uninteresting and not even worth of [[Arena Neza]] B-show status.

The promotion, however, started co-promoting with AAA and it revitalized business when they held matches like Villano and Canek vs. [[Konnan]] and Perro Aguayo (drawing 7,500 at El Toreo on May 94), and popped up business again at Arena Neza, getting regular attendances of 3,000 when the interpromotional concept was on.

But this relationship died off quickly, because the Toreo guys weren't "up to do business" (a few of the top wrestlers did not want to be jobbed out with "nothing in exchange" even though without the AAA guys, attendance would have been bad). So the Toreo promotion instead co-promoted with AAA's main rival, CMLL (formerly EMLL), that probably would be more open to "business", because they also needed the help. Villano worked a couple of shows for CMLL, but it was more of the same. UWA was practically dead and eventually ceased operations, not having a single show in January 95. Many of the guys jumped to CMLL, but as "CMLL guys" so to speak, not as "UWA guys". Others, like Villano III and his two younger brothers, jumped to AAA after a short stay in the ill-fated [[PROMELL]].

PROMELL was the first time ever where the three younger sons of Ray Mendoza became a regular team, because during the whole Toreo run (except for some special matches, mostly during the 92-94 bad period) the team was Villanos I & IV & V, while III was positionited higher on the cards as a singles wrestler. The three brothers had teamed up quite often at El Toreo during [[1994]], but Villano III most of the time still was slotted in the cards higher than his brothers were.

In AAA, the Villanos were positioned right into the main events, often teaming with Fishman as a symbolic "Team Toreo" (though never billed as such) against Santo, Konnan, Aguayo, and the other top main event tecnicos that Peña's promotion had to offer. They had a good run and some nice feuds and matches, but nothing like in the "glory days". During periods of time the team had no contiuity due to injuries, and that hurt them in the end, as they never really had the chance to have a stand-out feud during their AAA run. Their two major feuds were vs. [[Los Hermanos Dinamitas|Dinamitas]] and [[Los Payasos|Payasos]], and neither was impressive. And even though they were given the [[AAA Americas Trios titles]] (defeating the makeshift team of [[Heavy Metal]], [[Latin Lover]] and [[Cien Caras]] on [[March 8]], [[1996]] at [[Arena Neza]]), they left the promotion with the belts after having never defended them (even though they lated defended them in [[IWRG]]). They were also AAA Atomicos (eight men) champions with [[Pierroth Jr.]], with those belts suffering a similar fate.

On January 96, the three brothers jumped to [[Promo Azteca]] with the promise of more money and a spot for the two younger brothers in [[WCW]], but this was even worse. Though the whole promotion was a mess and there's not a lot of good to remember from it. When his brothers left for the US on July of [[1997]], Arturo kept basically wandering around Promo, and teamed with them when they were back home in between working for WCW. And again, he did nothing there, because the promotion only seemed to throw together eight guys in a match, with no rhyme or reason. Even though each and every one of those main eventers was either a draw or a great worker (and sometimes both), the matches did not draw and most of the time were as terrible and disorganized as lucha libre can get.

On July of [[1998]], Villano III joined CMLL. The month before that, he'd been on a long Japanese tour with [[FULL]], mostly working with CMLL talent. Villano's jump was something that back in the mid 80s nobody would have imagined, but since years had gone by, there was no major impact. He worked as a main event rudo as part of Pierroth's Boricuas stable, with [[Fuerza Guerrera]] and others.

In a major shock, Villano III unmasked [[Super Astro]] on a 1999 Christmas card at the [[Auditorio de Tijuana]]. The news was quite a surprise both because there had been no major build up for a match of such magnitude between two of the 80s biggest Toreo stars, and because the actual match was [[Fishman ]]and [[Lizmark]] vs. Villano III and Super Astro in "relevos suicidas", and everybody was sure Fishman would be the one losing, as it was common knowledge he was willing to drop the mask for a big paycheck.

During the Summer of [[1999]], Villano started his famous feud with [[Atlantis]]. The feud had been started around September of the previous year, but nothing happened at the time. There was a several months long build-up, featuring many matches around the [[CMLL World Light Heavyweight title]] that Atlantis had, and Villano eventually captured, as well as a hint of a mask vs. mask match on the company's 66th Anniversary Show on [[September 24]], [[1999]], where Atlantis and Villano III defeated [[Mr. Niebla]] and [[Shocker]] (with the latter finally dropping his mask).

They eventually faced each other on [[March 17]], [[2000]] at Arena Mexico in a classic máscara contra máscara bout that Atlantis won, revealing Villano III to be Arturo Díaz Mendoza. The bout, which was the feature match for CMLL's first PPV event, sold out Arena Mexico and won WON's Match of the Year honors. The match had incredible drama and heat, and super work and psychology, as well as one of the best major match finishes in recent lucha libre history, and it truly is one of the 10 biggest mask vs. mask matches ever in Mexico.

It's interesting to note that Villano III was originally thought to be losing his mask vs. [[Anibal]] in the late 80s, at the [[Monumental de Monterrey]] under Carlos Elizondo, but apparently, he was asking for a money sum out of this world, which reading between the lines tells us that he realized it was not the right time to lose the hood.

Villano III's unmasking revealed a facially old and beaten up man, who resembled his father during his latest run at El Toreo. After a series of TV skits, where Villano, still a rudo, thanked the fans and his father for all the great moments in his career, a turn could be seen coming a mile away. Pierroth then "fired him" from the Boricuas as, for weeks, Villano refused to get involved in massive post-match tecnico beatings, even though he did not help either. So Boricuas eventually turned on him, with the claims he'd turned "soft". So we had Arturo debuting as a tecnico on [[April 28]] teaming with none other than his two former nemesis, Atlantis and Perro Aguayo, against Pierroth, Shocker and [[Mascara Año 2000]].

This gave a new life to Arturo's career, and during the first months he had in fact came out as the major winner of the mask vs. mask match. Had a several months long feud with against Pierroth and Máscara 2000, teaming with Aguayo, and eventually taking out Jesús Reyes' hair in a cage match on [[August 4]].

By this point Villano still was a good worker, but his skills were diminishing quickly due to age and all the injuries he'd suffered due to working a highly demanding style during decades. The family also suffered a major blow when the older brother, José de Jesus, who worked as Villano I, died on [[January 4]], [[2001]], with the cause of death being a brain hemorrhage. This was the third major loss in the family, after the deaths of mother Lupita in [[1986]], and the [[1989]] death of brother José Alfredo (Villano II), which was publicized as being due wrestling injuries but during years has been rumoured to have been a suicide.

A few months after Ray Mendoza's death, The Villano family had a bitter departure from CMLL, citing their non existant push as the reason for it. During interviews, they claimed that they weren't even getting enough dates to sustain their families, so they became independent contractors. The brothers still work all over the Republic, even though they aren't such stars any longer, nor are they the superworkers they used to be, though the younger ones still are very competent wrestlers. Villano III can still work a good mat-based match, but due to age and injuries, he's lost his famous quickness and explosive timing.

Villano III, sadly, looks like somebody who is overstaying his welcome, and would have put on a classier end to a fantastic career should have retired after a year or year and a half-long tour as an unmasked babyface. At this point, unless he makes amends and returns to CMLL, he probably won't even have a major retirement party, should he retire any time soon.

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
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{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[César Valentino]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Indio Vitela]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rubén Rubio]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Toro Zúñiga]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cuervo]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cuervo]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Mariscal]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Roy Meneses]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Coloso Colosetti]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Centella Nolasco]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Carlos García]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Orfeo Negro]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Fantasma de Hidalgo]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Momia del Convento]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Zebra Kid]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Mr. Dollar]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Médico I]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Bestia Roja]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[The Tempest]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hairs|Villano III & ??|[[Los Hippies]] ([[Renato Torres]] & [[El Vikingo]])|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|masks|Villano III & ??|[[Los Ángeles Infernales]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|masks|Villano III & ??|[[Las Momias de Guanajuato]]|unknown}}
{{aline|73/04/22|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rudy Espinosa]]|Salón Forum - Ahuizotla, Mexico State}}
{{aline|74/02/17|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Cobra]]|Arena KO Algusto - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|74/05/06|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Jabalí]]|Tampico, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|74/08/04|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Kung Fu|Ray Acosta]]|Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|74/09/27|masks|Villano III & [[El Matemático]]|[[Los Hermanos Corzo]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|74/10/??|hairs|Villano III & [[El Matemático]]|[[Los Hermanos Corzo]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|74/12/12|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rudy Valentino]]|Tamaulipas State}}
{{aline|75/02/04|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Infernal II]]|unknown}}
{{aline|75/02/25|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Orqídea Negra]]|unknown}}
{{aline|75/04/06|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Sombra]]|unknown}}
{{aline|75/07/13|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Desalmado]]|unknown}}
{{aline|75/07/26|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Lobo Rubio]]|Plaza México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|75/08/10|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Máscara Negra]]|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}
{{aline|75/11/23|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Estrella del Sur]]|unknown}}
{{aline|75/12/14|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Memo Ventura]]|Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|76/06/16|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Babe Face]]|El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|78/08/13|masks|Villano III & [[Bobby Lee]]|[[Los Escorpiones]]|unknown}}
{{aline|79/04/28|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Alberto Muñoz]]|Veracruz, Veracruz}}
{{aline|79/12/07|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Máquina Salvaje]]|Arena Neza - Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State}}
{{aline|82/08/01|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|82/08/15|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Texano]]|Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City}}
{{aline|83/01/20|mask|Villano III & ??|[[Kung Fu|El Estudiante I]] & [[César Curiel|El Estudiante II|II]]|Ahuizotla, Mexico City}}
{{aline|83/07/22|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Kung Fu|El Fantasma del Himalaya]]|unknown}}
{{aline|83/08/21|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Perro Aguayo]]|El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|87/05/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Flama Roja]]|Auditorio Municipal - Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua}}
{{aline|87/10/25|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|88/03/??|masks|Villano III & [[Perro Aguayo]]|[[Black Power I|Los Black Power I]] & [[Black Power II|II]]|El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|88/10/21|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Lockhart]]|Arena Neza - Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State}}
{{aline|91/11/03|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Pegasus Kid]]|El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|93/09/24|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera - Mexico City}}
{{aline|97/02/09|mask (1)|[[Villano III]]|[[El Mastodonte]]|Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|99/12/25|mask (2)|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Astro]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}
{{aline|00/03/17|mask|[[Atlantis]]|[[Villano III]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|00/08/04|hair (3)|[[Villano III]]|[[Máscara Año 2000]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|01/06/21|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|01/07/29|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|02/02/28|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Brazo]]|Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos}}
{{aline|02/08/08|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|02/09/16|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Plata]]|Arena Neza - Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State}}
{{aline|03/03/15|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Kraken]]|Arena Monumental - Aztahuacán, Mexico City}}
{{aline|03/10/28|hair (4)|[[Villano III]]|[[Pirata Morgan]]|Arena JuBa - Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|04/03/21|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cobarde II]]|Poliforum Juan Gabriel - Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua}}
{{aline|04/07/11|hair (5)|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|unknown}}
{{aline|04/08/13|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|Auditorio José María Arteaga - Querétaro, Qro.}}
{{aline|04/10/17|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Veneno]]|Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|05/01/16|hair (6)|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}
{{aline|05/02/14|hair (7)|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Brazo]]|Tampico, Tamaulipas}}
{{aline|05/06/11|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|Plaza De Toros - Acapulco, Guerrero}}
{{aline|05/12/01|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Scorpio Jr.]]|Arena Xalapa - Xalapa}}
{{aline|06/01/03|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|Arena Queretaro - Queretaro}}
{{aline|06/05/16|hair (8)|Villano III|[[Brazo de Platino]]|Auditorio Benito Juarez - Cuautitlan}}
{{aend|(1) Cage match; (2) Relevos suicidas: Astro & Villano III vs. Lizmark & Fishman; (3) Cage match w/ Perro Aguayo and Pierroth Jr.; (4) Cage match; (5) Losers of a match a week before vs. Shocker & Aguayo Jr.; (6) Villanos vs. Misioneros, loser loses hair; (7) Four way match with Villano IV & Brazo de Platino; (8) [[Los Villanos]] ([[Villano III|III]]/[[Villano IV|IV]]/[[Villano V|V]]) vs. [[Los Brazos]] ([[Brazo de Oro|Oro]]/[[Brazo de Plata|Plata]]/Platino) - Cage Match}}
== Gallery ==
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[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

Carlos Colon

2006-09-06T18:14:45Z

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== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=
|name=Carlos Colón
|realName=Carlos Edwin Colón
|nicknames=Carlitos Colón
|nameHistory=Prince Kukuya, Carlos Belafonte
|family= [[Carlito]], [[Eddie Colón]] (sons)
|maestro=
|birthdate=[[July 19]], [[1948]] - [[Santa Isabel]], [[Puerto Rico]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=[[February 16]], [[1966]] - [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]
|lostmaskto=
|height=5'10"/178 cms
|weight=246 lbs/112 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Headbutt]], [[Figure Four Leg Lock]], [[Swinging Neckbreaker]]
|titles=
}}