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<p>Ivan1821: /* Profile */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Status}}<br /> == Profile ==<br /> {{bioFields|<br /> |image=PARK107.jpg<br /> |name=La Parka/L.A. Park (The Skeleton of Death)<br /> |realName=Adolfo Tapia Ibarra <br /> |nicknames=The Chairman, La Calaca<br /> |nameHistory=Adolfo Tapia (debut - ??),El Gringo(Monclova Coah. 1982?), El Minero (DF), Príncipe Island (?? - 05/90), Invasor Del Norte I (??/90 - ??/92), La Parka/La Parka Original (05/92 - ), L.A. Park (12/03 - )<br /> |family=[[El Hijo Del Cien Caras]] (brother), [[Super Parka]], [[Johnny Ibarra]] &amp; [[Desalmado]] (uncles), [[Volador Jr.]] (cousin)<br /> |maestro=[[Alberto Mora]], [[Raúl Reyes]]<br /> |birthdate=November 14, 1965 - Monclova, Coahuila<br /> |obituarydate=n/a<br /> |debut=1982 - Deportivo Arena 47 - Monclova, Coahuila<br /> |lostmaskto=[[El Hijo del Santo]] - November 21, 1987 (as Príncipe Island); [[Climax II]] - Febrero 05, 1985 (as Minero); [[Stuka]] - Junio 26, 1991 (as Invasor del Norte I) <br /> |height=6'0&quot;/183 cms<br /> |weight=255 lbs/116 kg<br /> |signatureMoves=[[Corkscrew Bodyblock]], [[Enzuigiri]], [[Sunset Flip Power Bomb]], [[Tope Suicida into an Armdrag]], Red Code<br /> |titles=[[Distrito Federal Light Heavyweight Title]] (as Príncipe Island), Panama: [[European Middleweight Title]] (2, as Príncipe Island), [[WWA World Light Heavyweight Title]] (2), [[National Light Heavyweight Title]], [[IWC World Heavyweight Title]], [[XLAW Heavyweight Title]] (2), [[WWC Hardcore Title]], [[WWA World Tag Team Championship]] (w/ [[Antifaz Del Norte]]), [[CMLL World Tag Team Championship]] (w/[[Shocker]]), [[IWR Heavyweight Title]], [[NWG Intercontinental Championship]]|<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Biography == <br /> &lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;<br /> LA Park is a regular in [[CMLL]]. He's recently turned rudo in [[Mexico City]], but still wrestles as a tecnico in many places and outside of CMLL. When he started his current stint with CMLL, he was presented as a freelancing outsider, and it's unclear if he still maintains that status (or if there's any real meaning to that distinction.) <br /> <br /> As a tecnico, LA Park was getting a negative reaction from some of the tecnicos fans in 2006. (It's comparable, though not nearly as loud, as what happened with [[Atlantis]] a year earlier.) On [[April 30]], [[2006]] - a special Kid's Day show at [[Arena Mexico]] - LA Park turned on his partners [[Mistico]], [[Negro Casas]], and [[Heavy Metal]]. Park teased a feud with Mistico and at an alliance with [[Perros del Mal]], but his rudo turn has ended up more focused on a feud with [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]]<br /> <br /> LA Park is best known to North American wrestling fans for his stint in World Championship Wrestling, where his trademark was striking his opponents over the head with a chair; thus, the nickname ''Chairman of the Board'' came into play. He is also remembered for his strutting and leg-wiggling dancing.<br /> Adolfo Tapia started wrestling in 1982, but he did not really start making a name for himself until he started wrestling as the masked La Parka in 1992. His costume and mask are a skeleton resembling the outfits used in Mexico's Day of the Dead ceremony. He is a very flamboyant wrestler, sometimes wearing sombreros to the ring, playing guitar on the chair he always brings to the ring, strutting and dancing in the ring, and even strutting on the turnbuckle.<br /> <br /> His biggest and longest running feud in Mexico was against Lizmark. They feuded for years. He also feuded with Jerry Estrada, Konnan, Super Calo and Pierroth, Jr. He frequently teamed with Psychosis. He was part of the &quot;When Worlds Collide&quot; joint AAA/WCW PPV in 1994 and wrestled briefly in ECW in 1995.<br /> <br /> In 1996, he went to WCW and picked up his feud with Super Calo. He became known as &quot;The Chairman of WCW&quot; because he would hit his opponents with a chair, stand it up and pose on it after strutting. In 1997, he reformed his team with Psychosis with Sonny Onoo as their manager. They feuded with Wrath, Mortis, and Ultimo Dragon. By 1998, he had left Onoo and feuded with Disco Inferno and Psychosis. He was used on some WCW PPV's but never got a push to the top. In June 1998, he tore his ACL in a match after a Goldberg spear. He returned in September and got into some trouble for competing in Mexico without Eric Bischoff's permission.<br /> <br /> In November 1998, he joined Eddie Guerrero's Latino World Order (LWO) with Psychosis, Juventud Guerrera, Los Villanos, El Dandy, Silver King, Héctor Garza, Damien, and a reluctant Rey Misterio Jr.. They feuded with Konnan and Perry Saturn. The LWO disbanded in January 1999 when Guerrero was injured in a car accident. La Parka started teaming with Silver King and picked up his feud with Super Calo again. He briefly feuded with Eddie Guerrero upon his return since Eddie caused the LWO to disband.<br /> <br /> When Vince Russo and Ed Ferrara took over booking in late 1999, they had Ferrara's voice speaking English over the intercom while La Parka would be doing interviews in Spanish in the ring. The voiceovers would comically explain La Parka was a fan of Skeletor from Masters of the Universe, hence his in-ring wear. This ended after a few weeks when La Parka heard something he did not want said and tossed the mic down as Ferrera was speaking. By early 2000, he had left WCW for Mexico where he had some trouble with the AAA promotion over the use of the La Parka name. They had it trademarked and he did not want to work for them, so he changed his name to L.A. Park and debuted with AAA's rival, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre. In January of 2004, Park and Shocker defeated Los Guerreros Del Infierno for the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. Rey Bucanero and Último Guerrero would win their titles back in a rematch in March but L.A. Park challenged Último Guerrero for the CMLL Light-Heavyweight title at the CMLL 71st anniversary show but was unsuccessful. He continued wrestling in CMLL as well as independent promotions in Tijuana and else where in the country.<br /> <br /> 2002 and 2003 saw him wrestle for XPW, All Japan Pro Wrestling, Major League Wrestling and the revived AWA Superstars. In 2004, he made brief appearances in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, using his chair on his opponents, but was soon back in Mexico teaming with Shocker. In 2005, L.A. Park can be found wrestling in his native Mexico and in the United States for LXW and UCW and occasionally for FCW.<br /> <br /> In October 2005 L.A. Park debuted for Detroit's Independent Wrestling Revolution (IWR) brand &quot;Revolucha&quot;, teaming with American Kickboxer vs. El Hijo del Santo &amp; Konnan, with special referee Zach Gowen. Park continued his rivalry with El Hijo del Santo culminating in May 2006 at Revolucha 2: &quot;Dia de los Muertos&quot; inside &quot;Lucha en la Juala&quot; (a steel cage match). Both Park and Santo had their masks ripped 50% off their faces during this violent cage match. In February 2006, L.A. Park began a bitter feud with then IWR Champion Conrad Kennedy III (CK3). L.A. Park finally defeated CK3 in August 2006 at &quot;Brawl at the Hall&quot; and is currently the IWR/Revolucha Heavyweight Champion.<br /> <br /> As of June 2006, he's currently still performing on the CMLL, has become a heel and has had a very successful run of matches on Mexico, mainly due to his current feud with Dr. Wagner Jr., which have a very positive fan reaction. In one of their most recent matches, which happened on the Arena Mexico in June 9, 2006, L.A. Park won when he faked a foul and Dr. Wagner Jr. was disqualified.<br /> <br /> EMPRESAS: UWA, CMLL, AAA/PAP, IWRG, Promo Azteca, WWA, NJPW, WCW, TNA-NWA, IWA (Puerto Rico), X-LAW, XPW, NWG, WWC (Puerto Rico), IWR (USA), FILL, LLI, IWC, WWA...<br /> <br /> VIAJES: Todo Mexico, Japon, Estados Unidos, Canada, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Filipinas, Panama, Centroamerica... <br /> <br /> == Controversy over the La Parka gimmick ==<br /> LA Park is the original La Parka from [[AAA]] in the early '90s and the one who was in WCW and XPW. The rights to the gimmick of La Parka have been the subject of court battles since La Parka left AAA; so far, they've ruled that AAA owner [[Antonio Pena]] owns the name and the look, and LA Park can not use the &quot;La Parka&quot; on television in Mexico. (He's allowed to and does use La Parka in the US and elsewhere.) The name L.A. Park means, La Autentica ParK (Where the k is pronounces as ka), so the name means &quot;The Authentic Parka&quot;<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> <br /> == Luchas de apuestas record ==<br /> {{astart}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Gran Cóndor]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|Principe Island|[[Gran Cóndor]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Príncipe Judas]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Guerrero Negro]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|Principe Island|[[Bestia Negra I (90s)|Bestia Negra I]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|85/02/17|mask|[[Clímax II]]|El Minero|Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City}}<br /> {{aline|87/11/21|mask|[[El Hijo del Santo]]|Principe Island|Arena Apatlaco - Apatlaco, Mexico State}}<br /> {{aline|91/??/??|hair|Principe Island|[[Bestia Negra I (90s)|Bestia Negra I]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|91/06/26|mask|[[Stuka]]|Invasor del Norte I|Plaza de Toros Monumental - Monterrey, N.L.}}<br /> {{aline|92/??/??|hair|[[Panterita del Ring]]|Principe Island|Monterrey, Nuevo León}}<br /> {{aline|98/07/20|mask|La Parka|[[Pierroth Jr.]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}<br /> {{aline|98/[[September 20|09/20]]|mask|La Parka|[[Wolf]]|Reynosa, Tamaulipas}}<br /> {{aline|00/07/17|hair|La Parka|[[Gran Markus Jr.]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}<br /> {{aline|01/??/??|mask (1)|La Parka|[[Shiryu Dragon]]|Gimnasio México 68 - Guadalajara, Jalisco}}<br /> {{aline|01/06/04|hair (2)|La Parka|[[El Dandy]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}<br /> {{aline|01/06/25|mask (3)|La Parka|[[Huracán Ramírez Jr.]]|Salon Premier - Monclova, Coahuila}}<br /> {{aline|01/12/21|hair (4)|La Parka|[[Damian 666]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|04/10/08|hair|L. A. Park|[[Nicho el Millonario]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|05/05/27|hair (5)|L. A. Park|[[Super Parka]]|Palenque de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|06/02/04|mask|L. A. Park|[[Black Tiger III]]|Auditorio Municipal - Torreon}}<br /> {{aline|07/05/05|hair (6)|L. A. Park|[[Villano III]]|Arena Mexico - Mexico, City}}<br /> {{aline|07/11/01|hair|L. A. Park|[[Mascara Año 2000]]|Arena Isabel - Cuernavaca, Morelos}}<br /> {{aline|07/11/15|hair|L. A. Park|[[Pierroth Jr.|Pierroth]]|Arena Xalapa - Xalapa, Veracruz}}<br /> {{aline|07/12/19|hair (7)|L.A. Park|[[Silver King]]|Arena Lopez Mateos - Mexico, State}}<br /> {{aend|&lt;b&gt;(1)&lt;/b&gt; Relevos suicidas vs. [[Roberto Paz Jr.]] &amp; [[Loco Zandokan II]]; &lt;b&gt;(2)&lt;/b&gt; Triangle match with [[Bestia Salvaje]]; &lt;b&gt;(3)&lt;/b&gt; Relevos suicidas vs. [[Villano IV]] &amp; [[Villano V]]; &lt;b&gt;(4)&lt;/b&gt; Cage Match; &lt;b&gt;(5)&lt;/b&gt; Cage Match: also w/[[Dr. Wagner Jr.]] &amp; [[Perro Aguayo Jr.]]; &lt;b&gt;(6)&lt;/b&gt; RULETA DE LA MUERTE: [[Silver King]], [[Satanico]], [[Villano IV]], [[Villano V]], [[Blue Demon Jr.]], [[Hijo del Solitario]], L.A. Park &amp; [[Villano III]]; &lt;b&gt;(7)&lt;/b&gt; JAULA: [[Dos Caras Jr.]], [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], [[Villano V]], [[Mano Negra]], [[Canek Jr.]] &amp; [[Hijo de Cien Caras]]}}<br /> <br /> == Gallery ==<br /> {{Gallery|name=masked_principeisland.jpg|caption=losing his mask to [[Hijo del Santo]]}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=PrincipeIsland.jpg|caption=as Principe Island}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=PrincipeIslandDFlightweight.JPG|caption=as Principe Island with the [[Distrito Federal Light Heavyweight Title]]}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=panama_lapark.jpg|caption=as Panama European Middleweight Champ}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Parka.jpg|caption=1996}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=LaPark.jpg|caption=2004}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Parka_WWCHardcore.jpg|caption=w/ WWC Hardcore Title on right}}<br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> {{Gallery|name=LaParka2003.jpg|caption=2003}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=LaParka2005_1.jpg|caption=2005-1}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=LaParka2005_2.jpg|caption=2005-2}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Park_Wagner_01.jpg|caption=2006}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=SouthParkParka.jpg|caption=South Park Parka by a Fan}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=laparka.jpg|caption=scary!}}<br /> &lt;Br clear=all&gt;<br /> {{Gallery|name=Parka7.jpg|caption=AAA 1994}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=parka-flama.jpg|caption=w/[[Flama Solar]] 2002}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=lapark_iwr.jpg|caption=IWR? 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<p>Ivan1821: /* Gallery */</p> <hr /> <div>== Profile ==<br /> {{bioFields|<br /> |image=PARK071.jpg<br /> |name=Villano III (Villano Tercero) <br /> |realName=Arturo Díaz Mendoza <br /> |nicknames=El Rey Arturo (King Arthur), La Pantera Rosa (The Pink Panther) <br /> |nameHistory=Ray Rosas (debut), Pulpo Blanco, Mancha Roja, Búfalo Salvaje, Rokambole (?? - 01/73), Villano III (01/73 - ) <br /> |family=[[Ray Mendoza]] (father), [[Villano I|Villanos I]], [[Villano II|II]], [[Villano IV|IV]], [[Villano V|V]] (brothers), [[La Infernal]] (wife) <br /> |maestro=[[Felipe Ham Lee]], [[Ray Mendoza]]<br /> |birthdate=[[March 23]], [[1952]] - [[Mexico City]]<br /> |obituarydate=<br /> |debut=[[January 29]], [[1970]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]<br /> |lostmaskto=[[Atlantis]] - [[March 17]], [[2000]] - [[Arena México]]<br /> |height=5'7&quot;/170 cms <br /> |weight=211 lbs/96 kg <br /> |signatureMoves=[[DDT]], [[Legdrop]], [[Media Cerrajera]], [[Senton]], Medio Cangrejo<br /> |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]] &amp; [[Dos Caras]]), [[National Atomicos Titles]] (w/[[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] &amp; [[Villano V|V]] &amp; [[Pierroth Jr.]]), [[AAA Americas Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] &amp; [[Villano V|V]]), [[IWRG Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] &amp; [[Villano V|V]])<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Biography == <br /> 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 &quot;Lupita&quot; Mendoza.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> As a rudo, V3 was considered to be a &quot;natural&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;what could have been&quot; as his career was ended way short by injuries.<br /> <br /> Even though he already had won several ones in the past, this was Villano's first major (realistically, semi-major) &quot;lucha de apuestas&quot; win.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> First, the Light Heavyweight Title was the second most important title in the country. Second, it was &quot;his father's title&quot;. 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;Match of the year&quot; by the magazines &quot;[[Lucha Libre (magazine)|Lucha Libre]]&quot; and &quot;[[El Halcon (magazine)|El Halcon]]&quot;, respectively.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;must see&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> Him coming back from a Japan tour sealed the deal, and he now &quot;officially&quot; 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 &quot;godfathers&quot;, named &quot;Los Tres Caballeros&quot; (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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;workrate&quot; audience. The promotion could choose from, and I'm not exagerating here, a &quot;pool&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;promotional package&quot; being the draw, rather than &quot;individuals&quot;. 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> The other two biggest opponents for Villano in the 80s were [[Sangre Chicana]] and [[Rambo]].<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;El Triangulo del Terror&quot; (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 &quot;Lucha Libre birth&quot; anniversary show on [[September 25]], [[1987]]. The match was heated, bloody, and got rave reviews as one of the best matches of the year.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;17th Anniversary Show&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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]].<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;lucha de apuestas&quot; (there was a third one on June [[2001]] in Naucalpan, this one hair vs. hair) were main eventing shows that commemorated the &quot;anniversary of Lucha Libre&quot;, which is another way of saying &quot;the birth of EMLL&quot;, but neither match was on EMLL and instead happened in the company's direct competitor at the time.<br /> <br /> 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 &amp; 5 and [[Yamato (UWA)|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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> But this relationship died off quickly, because the Toreo guys weren't &quot;up to do business&quot; (a few of the top wrestlers did not want to be jobbed out with &quot;nothing in exchange&quot; 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 &quot;business&quot;, 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 &quot;CMLL guys&quot; so to speak, not as &quot;UWA guys&quot;. Others, like Villano III and his two younger brothers, jumped to AAA after a short stay in the ill-fated [[PROMELL]].<br /> <br /> 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 &amp; IV &amp; 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.<br /> <br /> In AAA, the Villanos were positioned right into the main events, often teaming with Fishman as a symbolic &quot;Team Toreo&quot; (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 &quot;glory days&quot;. 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;relevos suicidas&quot;, 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.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;fired him&quot; 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 &quot;soft&quot;. 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]].<br /> <br /> 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]].<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> <br /> == Luchas de apuestas record ==<br /> {{astart}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Oso Polar]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Oso Polar II]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[César Valentino]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Indio Vitela]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rubén Rubio]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Toro Zúñiga]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cuervo (other)|El Cuervo]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cuervo (other)|El Cuervo]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Mariscal]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Roy Meneses]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Coloso Colosetti]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Centella Nolasco]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Carlos García]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Orfeo Negro]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Fantasma de Hidalgo]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Momia del Convento]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Zebra Kid]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Mr. Dollar]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Médico I]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Bestia Roja]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[The Tempest]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hairs|Villano III &amp; ??|[[Los Hippies]] ([[Renato Torres]] &amp; [[El Vikingo]])|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|masks|Villano III &amp; Búfalo Salvaje II|[[Los Ángeles Infernales]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|masks|Villano III &amp; ??|[[Las Momias de Guanajuato]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1973|73]]/[[April 22|04/22]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rudy Espinosa]]|[[Salón Forum]] - [[Ahuizotla]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[February 17|02/17]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Cobra]]|[[Arena KO Algusto]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[May 6|05/06]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Jabalí]]|[[Tampico]], [[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[August 4|08/04]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Kung Fu|Ray Acosta]]|[[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[September 27|09/27]]|masks|Villano III &amp; [[El Matemático]]|[[Los Hermanos Corzo]] [[Hermano Corzo I|I]] &amp; [[Hermano Corzo II|II]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo Leon]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/10/??|hairs|Villano III &amp; [[El Matemático]]|[[Los Hermanos Corzo]] [[Hermano Corzo I|I]] &amp; [[Hermano Corzo II|II]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo Leon]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[December 12|12/12]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rudy Valentino]]|[[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[February 4|02/04]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Infernal II]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[February 25|02/25]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Orqídea Negra]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[April 6|04/06]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Sombra (70's)|La Sombra]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[July 13|07/13]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Desalmado]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[July 26|07/26]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Lobo Rubio]]|[[Plaza México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[August 10|08/10]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Máscara Negra]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo Leon]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[November 23|11/23]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Estrella del Sur]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[December 14|12/14]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Memo Ventura]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1976|76]]/[[June 16|06/16]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Babe Face]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1978|78]]/[[August 13|08/13]]|masks|Villano III &amp; [[Bobby Lee]]|[[Los Escorpiones]] [[Escorpion I|I]] &amp; [[Escorpion II|II]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1979|79]]/[[April 28|04/28]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Alberto Muñoz]]|[[Veracruz]], [[Veracruz]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1979|79]]/[[December 7|12/07]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Máquina Salvaje]]|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1982|82]]/[[August 1|08/01]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1982|82]]/[[August 15|08/15]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Texano]]|[[Palacio de los Deportes]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1983|83]]/[[January 20|01/20]]|mask|Villano III &amp; ??|[[Kung Fu|El Estudiante I]] &amp; [[César Curiel|El Estudiante II]]|[[Ahuizotla]], [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1983|83]]/[[July 22|07/22]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Kung Fu|El Fantasma del Himalaya]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1983|83]]/[[August 21|08/21]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Perro Aguayo]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1987|87]]/05/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Flama Roja]]|[[Auditorio Municipal de Juarez]] - [[Ciudad Juárez]], [[Chihuahua]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1987|87]]/[[09/25]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1988|88]]/03/??|masks|Villano III &amp; [[Perro Aguayo]]|[[Black Power I|Los Black Power I]] &amp; [[Black Power II|II]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1988|88]]/[[October 21|10/21]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Lockhart]]|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1991|91]]/[[November 3|11/03]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Pegasus Kid]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1993|93]]/[[September 24|09/24]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[July 25|07/25]]|hair|Villano III|[[El Signo]]|[[Arena Puebla]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1997|97]]/[[February 9|02/09]]|mask (1)|[[Villano III]]|[[El Mastodonte]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1999|99]]/[[December 25|12/25]]|mask (2)|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Astro]]|[[Auditorio de Tijuana]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2000|00]]/[[March 17|03/17]]|mask|[[Atlantis]]|[[Villano III]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2000|00]]/[[August 4|08/04]]|hair (3)|[[Villano III]]|[[Máscara Año 2000]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2001|01]]/[[June 21|06/21]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2001|01]]/[[July 29|07/29]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2002|02]]/[[February 28|02/28]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Brazo]]|[[Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca]] - [[Cuernavaca]], [[Morelos]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2002|02]]/[[August 8|08/08]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2002|02]]/[[September 16|09/16]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Plata]]|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2003|03]]/[[March 15|03/15]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Kraken]]|[[Arena Monumental de Aztahuacán]] - [[Aztahuacán]], [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2003|03]]/[[October 28|10/28]]|hair (4)|[[Villano III]]|[[Pirata Morgan]]|[[Arena Juba]] - [[Reynosa]], [[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[March 21|03/21]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cobarde II]]|[[Poliforum Juan Gabriel]] - [[Ciudad Juárez]], [[Chihuahua]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[July 11|07/11]]|hair (5)|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[August 13|08/13]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[Auditorio José María Arteaga]] - [[Querétaro]], [[Querétaro]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[October 17|10/17]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Veneno]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[January 16|01/16]]|hair (6)|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[February 14|02/14]]|hair (7)|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Brazo]]|[[Tampico]], [[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[June 11|06/11]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[Plaza De Toros de Acapulco]] - [[Acapulco]], [[Guerrero]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[December 1|12/01]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Scorpio Jr.]]|[[Arena Xalapa]] - [[Xalapa]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2006|06]]/[[January 3|01/03]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|[[Arena Queretaro]] - [[Queretaro]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2006|06]]/[[May 16|05/16]]|hair (8)|Villano III|[[Brazo de Platino]]|[[Auditorio Benito Juarez]] - [[Cuautitlan]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[March 10|03/10]]|hair (9)|Villano III|[[El Cobarde II]]|[[Pico Rivera Sports Arena]] - [[Pico Rivera]], [[California]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[May 5|05/05]]|hair (10)|[[L.A. Park]]|[[Villano III]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|07/11/25|mask (11)|Villano III|[[Mano Negra]]|Arena Lopez Mateos - Mexico, State}}<br /> {{aend|&lt;b&gt;(1)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match; &lt;b&gt;(2)&lt;/b&gt; Relevos suicidas: [[Super Astro]] &amp; Villano III vs. [[Lizmark]] &amp; [[Fishman]]; &lt;b&gt;(3)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match w/ [[Perro Aguayo]] and [[Pierroth Jr.]]; &lt;b&gt;(4)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match; &lt;b&gt;(5)&lt;/b&gt; Losers of a match a week before vs. [[Shocker]] &amp; [[Perro Aguayo Jr.]]; &lt;b&gt;(6)&lt;/b&gt; [[Villanos]] vs. [[Misioneros de la Muerte]], loser loses hair; &lt;b&gt;(7)&lt;/b&gt; Four way match with [[Villano IV]] &amp; [[Brazo de Platino]]; &lt;b&gt;(8)&lt;/b&gt; [[Los Villanos]] ([[Villano III|III]]/[[Villano IV|IV]]/[[Villano V|V]]) vs. [[Los Brazos]] ([[Brazo de Oro|Oro]]/[[Brazo de Plata|Plata]]/&lt;b&gt;Platino&lt;/b&gt;) - Cage Match; &lt;b&gt;(9)&lt;/b&gt; Triangle match w/ [[Satanico]]; &lt;b&gt;(10)&lt;/b&gt; Cage of Death w/[[L.A. Park]], [[Blue Demon Jr.]], [[Villano IV]], [[Villano V]], [[Silver King]], [[Satanico]], [[Hijo del Solitario]] &amp; Villano III; '''(11)''' Exhibition match with wrestlers putting on masks they lost - and then going to a draw, with both 'losing' their masks;}}<br /> <br /> == Gallery ==<br /> [[Image:Medio Cangrejo.jpg]]<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano301.jpg|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano302.jpg|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano303.jpg|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Arturo.JPG|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano388.jpg |caption= V3 in 1988?}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Milmascaras doscaras villano3 1985.jpg|caption=Mil &amp; Dos &amp; V3 - 1985}}<br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> {{Gallery|name=Iv1.JPG|caption=won a lot of masks}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=V32.jpg|caption=bloody}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Vill.jpg|caption=bloody}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=villanolemusI.jpg|caption=LemusII, Don Arturo And Lemus I}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano3.jpg|caption=}}<br /> [[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:Current CMLL wrestlers]]</div>

Ivan1821 https://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Villano_III&diff=47471 2008-03-15T01:34:03Z

<p>Ivan1821: /* Gallery */</p> <hr /> <div>== Profile ==<br /> {{bioFields|<br /> |image=PARK071.jpg<br /> |name=Villano III (Villano Tercero) <br /> |realName=Arturo Díaz Mendoza <br /> |nicknames=El Rey Arturo (King Arthur), La Pantera Rosa (The Pink Panther) <br /> |nameHistory=Ray Rosas (debut), Pulpo Blanco, Mancha Roja, Búfalo Salvaje, Rokambole (?? - 01/73), Villano III (01/73 - ) <br /> |family=[[Ray Mendoza]] (father), [[Villano I|Villanos I]], [[Villano II|II]], [[Villano IV|IV]], [[Villano V|V]] (brothers), [[La Infernal]] (wife) <br /> |maestro=[[Felipe Ham Lee]], [[Ray Mendoza]]<br /> |birthdate=[[March 23]], [[1952]] - [[Mexico City]]<br /> |obituarydate=<br /> |debut=[[January 29]], [[1970]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]<br /> |lostmaskto=[[Atlantis]] - [[March 17]], [[2000]] - [[Arena México]]<br /> |height=5'7&quot;/170 cms <br /> |weight=211 lbs/96 kg <br /> |signatureMoves=[[DDT]], [[Legdrop]], [[Media Cerrajera]], [[Senton]], Medio Cangrejo<br /> |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]] &amp; [[Dos Caras]]), [[National Atomicos Titles]] (w/[[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] &amp; [[Villano V|V]] &amp; [[Pierroth Jr.]]), [[AAA Americas Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] &amp; [[Villano V|V]]), [[IWRG Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] &amp; [[Villano V|V]])<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Biography == <br /> 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 &quot;Lupita&quot; Mendoza.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> As a rudo, V3 was considered to be a &quot;natural&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;what could have been&quot; as his career was ended way short by injuries.<br /> <br /> Even though he already had won several ones in the past, this was Villano's first major (realistically, semi-major) &quot;lucha de apuestas&quot; win.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> First, the Light Heavyweight Title was the second most important title in the country. Second, it was &quot;his father's title&quot;. 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;Match of the year&quot; by the magazines &quot;[[Lucha Libre (magazine)|Lucha Libre]]&quot; and &quot;[[El Halcon (magazine)|El Halcon]]&quot;, respectively.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;must see&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> Him coming back from a Japan tour sealed the deal, and he now &quot;officially&quot; 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 &quot;godfathers&quot;, named &quot;Los Tres Caballeros&quot; (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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;workrate&quot; audience. The promotion could choose from, and I'm not exagerating here, a &quot;pool&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;promotional package&quot; being the draw, rather than &quot;individuals&quot;. 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> The other two biggest opponents for Villano in the 80s were [[Sangre Chicana]] and [[Rambo]].<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;El Triangulo del Terror&quot; (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 &quot;Lucha Libre birth&quot; anniversary show on [[September 25]], [[1987]]. The match was heated, bloody, and got rave reviews as one of the best matches of the year.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;17th Anniversary Show&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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]].<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;lucha de apuestas&quot; (there was a third one on June [[2001]] in Naucalpan, this one hair vs. hair) were main eventing shows that commemorated the &quot;anniversary of Lucha Libre&quot;, which is another way of saying &quot;the birth of EMLL&quot;, but neither match was on EMLL and instead happened in the company's direct competitor at the time.<br /> <br /> 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 &amp; 5 and [[Yamato (UWA)|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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> But this relationship died off quickly, because the Toreo guys weren't &quot;up to do business&quot; (a few of the top wrestlers did not want to be jobbed out with &quot;nothing in exchange&quot; 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 &quot;business&quot;, 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 &quot;CMLL guys&quot; so to speak, not as &quot;UWA guys&quot;. Others, like Villano III and his two younger brothers, jumped to AAA after a short stay in the ill-fated [[PROMELL]].<br /> <br /> 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 &amp; IV &amp; 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.<br /> <br /> In AAA, the Villanos were positioned right into the main events, often teaming with Fishman as a symbolic &quot;Team Toreo&quot; (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 &quot;glory days&quot;. 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;relevos suicidas&quot;, 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.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;fired him&quot; 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 &quot;soft&quot;. 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]].<br /> <br /> 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]].<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> <br /> == Luchas de apuestas record ==<br /> {{astart}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Oso Polar]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Oso Polar II]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[César Valentino]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Indio Vitela]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rubén Rubio]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Toro Zúñiga]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cuervo (other)|El Cuervo]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cuervo (other)|El Cuervo]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Mariscal]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Roy Meneses]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Coloso Colosetti]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Centella Nolasco]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Carlos García]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Orfeo Negro]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Fantasma de Hidalgo]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Momia del Convento]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Zebra Kid]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Mr. Dollar]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Médico I]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Bestia Roja]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[The Tempest]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hairs|Villano III &amp; ??|[[Los Hippies]] ([[Renato Torres]] &amp; [[El Vikingo]])|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|masks|Villano III &amp; Búfalo Salvaje II|[[Los Ángeles Infernales]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|masks|Villano III &amp; ??|[[Las Momias de Guanajuato]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1973|73]]/[[April 22|04/22]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rudy Espinosa]]|[[Salón Forum]] - [[Ahuizotla]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[February 17|02/17]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Cobra]]|[[Arena KO Algusto]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[May 6|05/06]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Jabalí]]|[[Tampico]], [[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[August 4|08/04]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Kung Fu|Ray Acosta]]|[[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[September 27|09/27]]|masks|Villano III &amp; [[El Matemático]]|[[Los Hermanos Corzo]] [[Hermano Corzo I|I]] &amp; [[Hermano Corzo II|II]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo Leon]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/10/??|hairs|Villano III &amp; [[El Matemático]]|[[Los Hermanos Corzo]] [[Hermano Corzo I|I]] &amp; [[Hermano Corzo II|II]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo Leon]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[December 12|12/12]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rudy Valentino]]|[[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[February 4|02/04]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Infernal II]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[February 25|02/25]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Orqídea Negra]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[April 6|04/06]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Sombra (70's)|La Sombra]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[July 13|07/13]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Desalmado]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[July 26|07/26]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Lobo Rubio]]|[[Plaza México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[August 10|08/10]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Máscara Negra]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo Leon]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[November 23|11/23]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Estrella del Sur]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[December 14|12/14]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Memo Ventura]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1976|76]]/[[June 16|06/16]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Babe Face]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1978|78]]/[[August 13|08/13]]|masks|Villano III &amp; [[Bobby Lee]]|[[Los Escorpiones]] [[Escorpion I|I]] &amp; [[Escorpion II|II]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1979|79]]/[[April 28|04/28]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Alberto Muñoz]]|[[Veracruz]], [[Veracruz]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1979|79]]/[[December 7|12/07]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Máquina Salvaje]]|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1982|82]]/[[August 1|08/01]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1982|82]]/[[August 15|08/15]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Texano]]|[[Palacio de los Deportes]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1983|83]]/[[January 20|01/20]]|mask|Villano III &amp; ??|[[Kung Fu|El Estudiante I]] &amp; [[César Curiel|El Estudiante II]]|[[Ahuizotla]], [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1983|83]]/[[July 22|07/22]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Kung Fu|El Fantasma del Himalaya]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1983|83]]/[[August 21|08/21]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Perro Aguayo]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1987|87]]/05/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Flama Roja]]|[[Auditorio Municipal de Juarez]] - [[Ciudad Juárez]], [[Chihuahua]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1987|87]]/[[09/25]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1988|88]]/03/??|masks|Villano III &amp; [[Perro Aguayo]]|[[Black Power I|Los Black Power I]] &amp; [[Black Power II|II]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1988|88]]/[[October 21|10/21]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Lockhart]]|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1991|91]]/[[November 3|11/03]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Pegasus Kid]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1993|93]]/[[September 24|09/24]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[July 25|07/25]]|hair|Villano III|[[El Signo]]|[[Arena Puebla]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1997|97]]/[[February 9|02/09]]|mask (1)|[[Villano III]]|[[El Mastodonte]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1999|99]]/[[December 25|12/25]]|mask (2)|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Astro]]|[[Auditorio de Tijuana]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2000|00]]/[[March 17|03/17]]|mask|[[Atlantis]]|[[Villano III]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2000|00]]/[[August 4|08/04]]|hair (3)|[[Villano III]]|[[Máscara Año 2000]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2001|01]]/[[June 21|06/21]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2001|01]]/[[July 29|07/29]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2002|02]]/[[February 28|02/28]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Brazo]]|[[Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca]] - [[Cuernavaca]], [[Morelos]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2002|02]]/[[August 8|08/08]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2002|02]]/[[September 16|09/16]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Plata]]|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2003|03]]/[[March 15|03/15]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Kraken]]|[[Arena Monumental de Aztahuacán]] - [[Aztahuacán]], [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2003|03]]/[[October 28|10/28]]|hair (4)|[[Villano III]]|[[Pirata Morgan]]|[[Arena Juba]] - [[Reynosa]], [[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[March 21|03/21]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cobarde II]]|[[Poliforum Juan Gabriel]] - [[Ciudad Juárez]], [[Chihuahua]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[July 11|07/11]]|hair (5)|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[August 13|08/13]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[Auditorio José María Arteaga]] - [[Querétaro]], [[Querétaro]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[October 17|10/17]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Veneno]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[January 16|01/16]]|hair (6)|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[February 14|02/14]]|hair (7)|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Brazo]]|[[Tampico]], [[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[June 11|06/11]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[Plaza De Toros de Acapulco]] - [[Acapulco]], [[Guerrero]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[December 1|12/01]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Scorpio Jr.]]|[[Arena Xalapa]] - [[Xalapa]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2006|06]]/[[January 3|01/03]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|[[Arena Queretaro]] - [[Queretaro]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2006|06]]/[[May 16|05/16]]|hair (8)|Villano III|[[Brazo de Platino]]|[[Auditorio Benito Juarez]] - [[Cuautitlan]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[March 10|03/10]]|hair (9)|Villano III|[[El Cobarde II]]|[[Pico Rivera Sports Arena]] - [[Pico Rivera]], [[California]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[May 5|05/05]]|hair (10)|[[L.A. Park]]|[[Villano III]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|07/11/25|mask (11)|Villano III|[[Mano Negra]]|Arena Lopez Mateos - Mexico, State}}<br /> {{aend|&lt;b&gt;(1)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match; &lt;b&gt;(2)&lt;/b&gt; Relevos suicidas: [[Super Astro]] &amp; Villano III vs. [[Lizmark]] &amp; [[Fishman]]; &lt;b&gt;(3)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match w/ [[Perro Aguayo]] and [[Pierroth Jr.]]; &lt;b&gt;(4)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match; &lt;b&gt;(5)&lt;/b&gt; Losers of a match a week before vs. [[Shocker]] &amp; [[Perro Aguayo Jr.]]; &lt;b&gt;(6)&lt;/b&gt; [[Villanos]] vs. [[Misioneros de la Muerte]], loser loses hair; &lt;b&gt;(7)&lt;/b&gt; Four way match with [[Villano IV]] &amp; [[Brazo de Platino]]; &lt;b&gt;(8)&lt;/b&gt; [[Los Villanos]] ([[Villano III|III]]/[[Villano IV|IV]]/[[Villano V|V]]) vs. [[Los Brazos]] ([[Brazo de Oro|Oro]]/[[Brazo de Plata|Plata]]/&lt;b&gt;Platino&lt;/b&gt;) - Cage Match; &lt;b&gt;(9)&lt;/b&gt; Triangle match w/ [[Satanico]]; &lt;b&gt;(10)&lt;/b&gt; Cage of Death w/[[L.A. Park]], [[Blue Demon Jr.]], [[Villano IV]], [[Villano V]], [[Silver King]], [[Satanico]], [[Hijo del Solitario]] &amp; Villano III; '''(11)''' Exhibition match with wrestlers putting on masks they lost - and then going to a draw, with both 'losing' their masks;}}<br /> <br /> == Gallery ==<br /> Medio Cangrejo<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano301.jpg|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano302.jpg|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano303.jpg|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Arturo.JPG|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano388.jpg |caption= V3 in 1988?}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Milmascaras doscaras villano3 1985.jpg|caption=Mil &amp; Dos &amp; V3 - 1985}}<br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> {{Gallery|name=Iv1.JPG|caption=won a lot of masks}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=V32.jpg|caption=bloody}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Vill.jpg|caption=bloody}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=villanolemusI.jpg|caption=LemusII, Don Arturo And Lemus I}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano3.jpg|caption=}}<br /> [[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:Current CMLL wrestlers]]</div>

Ivan1821 https://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Villano_III&diff=47470 2008-03-15T01:33:19Z

<p>Ivan1821: /* Profile */</p> <hr /> <div>== Profile ==<br /> {{bioFields|<br /> |image=PARK071.jpg<br /> |name=Villano III (Villano Tercero) <br /> |realName=Arturo Díaz Mendoza <br /> |nicknames=El Rey Arturo (King Arthur), La Pantera Rosa (The Pink Panther) <br /> |nameHistory=Ray Rosas (debut), Pulpo Blanco, Mancha Roja, Búfalo Salvaje, Rokambole (?? - 01/73), Villano III (01/73 - ) <br /> |family=[[Ray Mendoza]] (father), [[Villano I|Villanos I]], [[Villano II|II]], [[Villano IV|IV]], [[Villano V|V]] (brothers), [[La Infernal]] (wife) <br /> |maestro=[[Felipe Ham Lee]], [[Ray Mendoza]]<br /> |birthdate=[[March 23]], [[1952]] - [[Mexico City]]<br /> |obituarydate=<br /> |debut=[[January 29]], [[1970]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]<br /> |lostmaskto=[[Atlantis]] - [[March 17]], [[2000]] - [[Arena México]]<br /> |height=5'7&quot;/170 cms <br /> |weight=211 lbs/96 kg <br /> |signatureMoves=[[DDT]], [[Legdrop]], [[Media Cerrajera]], [[Senton]], Medio Cangrejo<br /> |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]] &amp; [[Dos Caras]]), [[National Atomicos Titles]] (w/[[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] &amp; [[Villano V|V]] &amp; [[Pierroth Jr.]]), [[AAA Americas Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] &amp; [[Villano V|V]]), [[IWRG Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Villano IV|Villanos IV]] &amp; [[Villano V|V]])<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Biography == <br /> 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 &quot;Lupita&quot; Mendoza.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> As a rudo, V3 was considered to be a &quot;natural&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;what could have been&quot; as his career was ended way short by injuries.<br /> <br /> Even though he already had won several ones in the past, this was Villano's first major (realistically, semi-major) &quot;lucha de apuestas&quot; win.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> First, the Light Heavyweight Title was the second most important title in the country. Second, it was &quot;his father's title&quot;. 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;Match of the year&quot; by the magazines &quot;[[Lucha Libre (magazine)|Lucha Libre]]&quot; and &quot;[[El Halcon (magazine)|El Halcon]]&quot;, respectively.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;must see&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> Him coming back from a Japan tour sealed the deal, and he now &quot;officially&quot; 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 &quot;godfathers&quot;, named &quot;Los Tres Caballeros&quot; (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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;workrate&quot; audience. The promotion could choose from, and I'm not exagerating here, a &quot;pool&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;promotional package&quot; being the draw, rather than &quot;individuals&quot;. 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> The other two biggest opponents for Villano in the 80s were [[Sangre Chicana]] and [[Rambo]].<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;El Triangulo del Terror&quot; (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 &quot;Lucha Libre birth&quot; anniversary show on [[September 25]], [[1987]]. The match was heated, bloody, and got rave reviews as one of the best matches of the year.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;17th Anniversary Show&quot; 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.<br /> <br /> 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]].<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;lucha de apuestas&quot; (there was a third one on June [[2001]] in Naucalpan, this one hair vs. hair) were main eventing shows that commemorated the &quot;anniversary of Lucha Libre&quot;, which is another way of saying &quot;the birth of EMLL&quot;, but neither match was on EMLL and instead happened in the company's direct competitor at the time.<br /> <br /> 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 &amp; 5 and [[Yamato (UWA)|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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> But this relationship died off quickly, because the Toreo guys weren't &quot;up to do business&quot; (a few of the top wrestlers did not want to be jobbed out with &quot;nothing in exchange&quot; 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 &quot;business&quot;, 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 &quot;CMLL guys&quot; so to speak, not as &quot;UWA guys&quot;. Others, like Villano III and his two younger brothers, jumped to AAA after a short stay in the ill-fated [[PROMELL]].<br /> <br /> 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 &amp; IV &amp; 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.<br /> <br /> In AAA, the Villanos were positioned right into the main events, often teaming with Fishman as a symbolic &quot;Team Toreo&quot; (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 &quot;glory days&quot;. 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;relevos suicidas&quot;, 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.<br /> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 &quot;fired him&quot; 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 &quot;soft&quot;. 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]].<br /> <br /> 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]].<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> <br /> == Luchas de apuestas record ==<br /> {{astart}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Oso Polar]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Oso Polar II]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[César Valentino]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Indio Vitela]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rubén Rubio]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Toro Zúñiga]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cuervo (other)|El Cuervo]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cuervo (other)|El Cuervo]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Mariscal]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Roy Meneses]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Coloso Colosetti]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Centella Nolasco]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Carlos García]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Orfeo Negro]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Fantasma de Hidalgo]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Momia del Convento]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Zebra Kid]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Mr. Dollar]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Médico I]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Bestia Roja]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[The Tempest]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hairs|Villano III &amp; ??|[[Los Hippies]] ([[Renato Torres]] &amp; [[El Vikingo]])|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|masks|Villano III &amp; Búfalo Salvaje II|[[Los Ángeles Infernales]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|masks|Villano III &amp; ??|[[Las Momias de Guanajuato]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1973|73]]/[[April 22|04/22]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rudy Espinosa]]|[[Salón Forum]] - [[Ahuizotla]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[February 17|02/17]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Cobra]]|[[Arena KO Algusto]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[May 6|05/06]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Jabalí]]|[[Tampico]], [[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[August 4|08/04]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Kung Fu|Ray Acosta]]|[[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[September 27|09/27]]|masks|Villano III &amp; [[El Matemático]]|[[Los Hermanos Corzo]] [[Hermano Corzo I|I]] &amp; [[Hermano Corzo II|II]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo Leon]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/10/??|hairs|Villano III &amp; [[El Matemático]]|[[Los Hermanos Corzo]] [[Hermano Corzo I|I]] &amp; [[Hermano Corzo II|II]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo Leon]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1974|74]]/[[December 12|12/12]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rudy Valentino]]|[[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[February 4|02/04]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Infernal II]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[February 25|02/25]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Orqídea Negra]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[April 6|04/06]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[La Sombra (70's)|La Sombra]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[July 13|07/13]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[El Desalmado]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[July 26|07/26]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Lobo Rubio]]|[[Plaza México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[August 10|08/10]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Máscara Negra]]|[[Plaza de Toros Monumental]] - [[Monterrey]], [[Nuevo Leon]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[November 23|11/23]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Estrella del Sur]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[December 14|12/14]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Memo Ventura]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1976|76]]/[[June 16|06/16]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Babe Face]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1978|78]]/[[August 13|08/13]]|masks|Villano III &amp; [[Bobby Lee]]|[[Los Escorpiones]] [[Escorpion I|I]] &amp; [[Escorpion II|II]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1979|79]]/[[April 28|04/28]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Alberto Muñoz]]|[[Veracruz]], [[Veracruz]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1979|79]]/[[December 7|12/07]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Máquina Salvaje]]|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1982|82]]/[[August 1|08/01]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1982|82]]/[[August 15|08/15]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Texano]]|[[Palacio de los Deportes]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1983|83]]/[[January 20|01/20]]|mask|Villano III &amp; ??|[[Kung Fu|El Estudiante I]] &amp; [[César Curiel|El Estudiante II]]|[[Ahuizotla]], [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1983|83]]/[[July 22|07/22]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Kung Fu|El Fantasma del Himalaya]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[1983|83]]/[[August 21|08/21]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Perro Aguayo]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1987|87]]/05/??|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Flama Roja]]|[[Auditorio Municipal de Juarez]] - [[Ciudad Juárez]], [[Chihuahua]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1987|87]]/[[09/25]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1988|88]]/03/??|masks|Villano III &amp; [[Perro Aguayo]]|[[Black Power I|Los Black Power I]] &amp; [[Black Power II|II]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1988|88]]/[[October 21|10/21]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Lockhart]]|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1991|91]]/[[November 3|11/03]]|mask|[[Villano III]]|[[Pegasus Kid]]|[[El Toreo de Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1993|93]]/[[September 24|09/24]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[Gimnasio Juan de la Barrera]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[July 25|07/25]]|hair|Villano III|[[El Signo]]|[[Arena Puebla]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1997|97]]/[[February 9|02/09]]|mask (1)|[[Villano III]]|[[El Mastodonte]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[1999|99]]/[[December 25|12/25]]|mask (2)|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Astro]]|[[Auditorio de Tijuana]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2000|00]]/[[March 17|03/17]]|mask|[[Atlantis]]|[[Villano III]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2000|00]]/[[August 4|08/04]]|hair (3)|[[Villano III]]|[[Máscara Año 2000]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2001|01]]/[[June 21|06/21]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2001|01]]/[[July 29|07/29]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2002|02]]/[[February 28|02/28]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Brazo]]|[[Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca]] - [[Cuernavaca]], [[Morelos]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2002|02]]/[[August 8|08/08]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2002|02]]/[[September 16|09/16]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Plata]]|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2003|03]]/[[March 15|03/15]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Kraken]]|[[Arena Monumental de Aztahuacán]] - [[Aztahuacán]], [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2003|03]]/[[October 28|10/28]]|hair (4)|[[Villano III]]|[[Pirata Morgan]]|[[Arena Juba]] - [[Reynosa]], [[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[March 21|03/21]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Cobarde II]]|[[Poliforum Juan Gabriel]] - [[Ciudad Juárez]], [[Chihuahua]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[July 11|07/11]]|hair (5)|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[August 13|08/13]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[Auditorio José María Arteaga]] - [[Querétaro]], [[Querétaro]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2004|04]]/[[October 17|10/17]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Veneno]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[January 16|01/16]]|hair (6)|[[Villano III]]|[[El Signo]]|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[February 14|02/14]]|hair (7)|[[Villano III]]|[[Super Brazo]]|[[Tampico]], [[Tamaulipas]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[June 11|06/11]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Rambo]]|[[Plaza De Toros de Acapulco]] - [[Acapulco]], [[Guerrero]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2005|05]]/[[December 1|12/01]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Scorpio Jr.]]|[[Arena Xalapa]] - [[Xalapa]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2006|06]]/[[January 3|01/03]]|hair|[[Villano III]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|[[Arena Queretaro]] - [[Queretaro]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2006|06]]/[[May 16|05/16]]|hair (8)|Villano III|[[Brazo de Platino]]|[[Auditorio Benito Juarez]] - [[Cuautitlan]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[March 10|03/10]]|hair (9)|Villano III|[[El Cobarde II]]|[[Pico Rivera Sports Arena]] - [[Pico Rivera]], [[California]]}}<br /> {{aline|[[2007|07]]/[[May 5|05/05]]|hair (10)|[[L.A. Park]]|[[Villano III]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}<br /> {{aline|07/11/25|mask (11)|Villano III|[[Mano Negra]]|Arena Lopez Mateos - Mexico, State}}<br /> {{aend|&lt;b&gt;(1)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match; &lt;b&gt;(2)&lt;/b&gt; Relevos suicidas: [[Super Astro]] &amp; Villano III vs. [[Lizmark]] &amp; [[Fishman]]; &lt;b&gt;(3)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match w/ [[Perro Aguayo]] and [[Pierroth Jr.]]; &lt;b&gt;(4)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match; &lt;b&gt;(5)&lt;/b&gt; Losers of a match a week before vs. [[Shocker]] &amp; [[Perro Aguayo Jr.]]; &lt;b&gt;(6)&lt;/b&gt; [[Villanos]] vs. [[Misioneros de la Muerte]], loser loses hair; &lt;b&gt;(7)&lt;/b&gt; Four way match with [[Villano IV]] &amp; [[Brazo de Platino]]; &lt;b&gt;(8)&lt;/b&gt; [[Los Villanos]] ([[Villano III|III]]/[[Villano IV|IV]]/[[Villano V|V]]) vs. [[Los Brazos]] ([[Brazo de Oro|Oro]]/[[Brazo de Plata|Plata]]/&lt;b&gt;Platino&lt;/b&gt;) - Cage Match; &lt;b&gt;(9)&lt;/b&gt; Triangle match w/ [[Satanico]]; &lt;b&gt;(10)&lt;/b&gt; Cage of Death w/[[L.A. Park]], [[Blue Demon Jr.]], [[Villano IV]], [[Villano V]], [[Silver King]], [[Satanico]], [[Hijo del Solitario]] &amp; Villano III; '''(11)''' Exhibition match with wrestlers putting on masks they lost - and then going to a draw, with both 'losing' their masks;}}<br /> <br /> == Gallery ==<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano301.jpg|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano302.jpg|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano303.jpg|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Arturo.JPG|caption=}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano388.jpg |caption= V3 in 1988?}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Milmascaras doscaras villano3 1985.jpg|caption=Mil &amp; Dos &amp; V3 - 1985}}<br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> {{Gallery|name=Iv1.JPG|caption=won a lot of masks}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=V32.jpg|caption=bloody}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Vill.jpg|caption=bloody}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=villanolemusI.jpg|caption=LemusII, Don Arturo And Lemus I}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Villano3.jpg|caption=}}<br /> [[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:Current CMLL wrestlers]]</div>

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Ivan1821 https://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Halloween&diff=47468 2008-03-15T01:29:21Z

<p>Ivan1821: /* Gallery */</p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__<br /> == Profile ==<br /> &lt;!-- fill in categories from La Arena --&gt;<br /> {{bioFields|<br /> |image=halloween02.jpg<br /> |name=Halloween<br /> |realName=Manuel Ortiz Partida<br /> |nicknames=La Calabacita (The Little Pumpkin), La Calabaza Asesina (The Killer Pumpkin) Manny la Calabaza (Manny the Pumpkin)<br /> |nameHistory=Rocky Boy (debut - 08/93), Halloween (08/93 - ), Ciclope/Cyclope (03/97 - 99), Elvis González (a &quot;brilliant&quot; WCW idea, 12/04/98)<br /> |family=none<br /> |maestro=[[Fobia]], [[Rey Misterio]]<br /> |birthdate=[[May 22]], [[1971]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]<br /> |obituarydate=<br /> |debut=[[1990]] - [[Auditorio de Tijuana ]]- [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]<br /> |lostmaskto=[[Super Parka]] - [[December 24]], [[1999]] - [[Auditorio de Tijuana]]; [[Antifaz]] - [[1999]] (as Ciclope)<br /> |height=5'9&quot;/174 cms<br /> |weight=207 lbs/94 kg<br /> |signatureMoves=[[Campana|La Calabaza]], [[Michinoku Driver II]], [[Power Bomb]], [[Spear]], [[F-5]], [[Double Underhook Piledriver]], various other WWE finishers<br /> |titles=[[AAA Baja California Light Heavyweight Title]], [[LAWA World Middleweight Title]], [[WWO Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Damian 666]]), [[WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title]], [[IWC Middleweight Title]], [[WWEA Extreme Title]], [[XLAW Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Damian 666]]) (2), [[National Trios Titles]] (w/[[Damian 666]] &amp; [[Mr. Aguila]] and w/ [[Damian 666]] &amp; [[Nicho]]), [[Revolution Pro Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Damian 666]]), [[NGX Tag Team Championship]] (w/ [[Damian 666]]), XPW Tag Team Championships (2) (w/ [[Damian 666]])<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &lt;!-- Bio --&gt;<br /> <br /> == Notes == <br /> In [[CMLL]], Halloween's been an upper midcarder rudo, relying on brawling, famous WWE moves, and his partner [[Damian 666]] in the ring. Halloween's also a member of [[Perros del Mal]], joining early on.<br /> <br /> Currently, Halloween's mostly out of action. In his [[December 2]], [[2005]] hair match with [[Universo]], Halloween took a tombstome for the loss. That's the storyline explanation for his absence, but it appeared as if Halloween also got knee surgery at the same time. Halloween made one more appearance in CMLL following his injury, bandaged and in a wheel cheer, selling his injuries.<br /> <br /> Halloween talked about retirement in a late December 2005 interview with [[Box Y Lucha]], but has apparently worked towards recovery. He's wrestled at least once in Tijuana, and he'll probably be back in Mexico City before the summer is over. (June 2006)<br /> <br /> Kicked out of Perros del Mal stable by Hijo del Perro Aguayo himself on August 10, 2007 after Lizmark Jr's defection.<br /> <br /> Joined AAA promotion, teaming up with Xtreme Tiger and Nicho el Millonario in a new &quot;Familia de Tijuana&quot; Stable.<br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> <br /> == Luchas de apuestas record ==<br /> {{astart}}<br /> {{aline|96/01/18|mask|Halloween|[[León Negro]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|96/01/26|mask (1)|Halloween|[[León Negro]]|Gimnasio Municipal - San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora}}<br /> {{aline|96/10/18|mask|Halloween|[[Thunderbird]]|Palenque de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|99/??/??|mask|[[Antifaz del Norte]]|Ciclope|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}<br /> {{aline|99/10/15|hair (2)|Halloween|[[Super Parka]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|99/11/26|hair (3)|Halloween|[[Super Muñeco]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|99/12/06|hair|Halloween|[[La Máscara (Nuevo Laredo)|La Máscara]] (not current)|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}<br /> {{aline|99/12/24|mask|[[Super Parka]]|Halloween|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|01/06/29|hair|[[Damian 666]]|Halloween|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|02/03/15|hair (4)|Halloween|[[Bestia Salvaje]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|04/06/25|hair|Halloween|[[Brazo de Plata]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|04/[[September 10|09/10]]|hair|[[Shocker]]|Halloween|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|05/12/02|hair|[[Universo 2000]]|Halloween|Arena México - Mexico City, Mexico}}<br /> {{aend|&lt;b&gt;(1)&lt;/b&gt; Triangle match with Damian 666; &lt;b&gt;(2)&lt;/b&gt; Hair vs. hair even though both were masked; &lt;b&gt;(3)&lt;/b&gt; Hair vs. hair even though both were masked; &lt;b&gt;(4)&lt;/b&gt; Guapos vs. Familia hair match}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:F-5.jpg]]== Gallery ==<br /> <br /> &lt;!-- Gallery Template. Repeat as many times as neccesary --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Gallery||name=Ciclope.jpg|caption=as Ciclope in WCW}}<br /> {{Gallery||name=HalloweenMask.JPG|caption=Masked as Halloween}}<br /> {{Gallery||name=Halloween.jpg|caption=2000}}<br /> {{Gallery||name=HALLOWEN Y DAMIAN 666.jpg|caption=[[NGX Tag Team Championship|NGX tag champ]], w/[[Damian 666]]}}<br /> {{Gallery||name=CiclopeWCW.jpg|caption=[[WCW]] trading card as Ciclope}}<br /> [[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:WCW Nitro wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:TNA wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:Current AAA/PAP wrestlers]]</div>

Ivan1821 https://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Extreme_Tiger&diff=47467 2008-03-15T01:21:37Z

<p>Ivan1821: </p> <hr /> <div>{{bioFields|<br /> |image=xtigertj.jpg<br /> |name=Extreme Tiger<br /> |realName=<br /> |nicknames=Gato Suicida<br /> |nameHistory=Extreme Tiger, Tyger Mask (debut-2000)<br /> |family=<br /> |maestro=[[Rey Misterio]]<br /> |birthdate=[[April 4]]th, 1981<br /> |debut=[[September 13]], 1998 - Salon Danubio Azul, Tijuana<br /> |lostmaskto=<br /> |height=5' 3&quot;/160 cm<br /> |weight=148 lb/67 kg<br /> |obituarydate=<br /> |signatureMoves=[[450 Splash to the floor]], [[450 Splash]], Guillotina Suicida, Spanish Fly<br /> |titles=[[Baja California Lighweight Championship]], [[NGX Extreme Championship]] (2)<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> == Luchas de apuestas record ==<br /> {{astart}}<br /> {{aline|04/04/09|hair (1)|Extreme Tiger|[[Venum Black]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|04/11/12|hair|Extreme Tiger|[[Joe Lider]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aend|&lt;b&gt;(1)&lt;/b&gt; Relevos Suicidas vs. [[Mortiz]]/[[TJ Boy]]}}<br /> <br /> == Gallery ==<br /> {{Gallery||name=ExtremeTiger.jpg|caption=2005}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=ExtremeTigerlap.jpg|caption=2007, in [[La Paz]]}}<br /> {{Gallerywide||name=MisterioGymclassof99.jpg|caption=[[Rey Misterio]] Gym class of '99}}<br /> {{Gallery||name=Xtj.jpg|caption=}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Current AAA/PAP wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]</div>

Ivan1821 https://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Nicho_el_Millionario&diff=47466 2008-03-15T01:15:18Z

<p>Ivan1821: </p> <hr /> <div>== Profile ==<br /> &lt;!-- fill in categories from La Arena --&gt;<br /> {{bioFields|<br /> |image=psicosis.jpg<br /> |name=Psicosis/Psychosis<br /> |realName=Dionicio Castellanos Torres<br /> |nicknames=El Millonario de Tijuana (Tijuana's Million Dollar Man)<br /> |nameHistory=El Salvaje (debut - 06/92), Psicosis (06/92 - ), Psychosis (06/96 - ), Nicho el Millonario (02/00 - )<br /> |family=Fobia (brother)<br /> |maestro=[[Fobia]], [[Rey Misterio]]<br /> |birthdate=[[May 19]], [[1971]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]<br /> |obituarydate=<br /> |debut=[[March 10]], [[1989]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]<br /> |lostmaskto=[[Kidman]] - [[September 27]], [[1999]] - [[United States]]<br /> |height=6'0&quot;/182 cms<br /> |weight=196 lbs/89 kg<br /> |signatureMoves=[[Guillotina del Pueblo]], [[Flying Twisting Senton]], [[Flying Spinning Leg Lariat]], [[Power Bomb]], [[Psycho Stunner]]<br /> |titles=[[WWA World Welterweight Title]] (2), [[National Trios Titles]] (2, w/ [[Fuerza Guerrera]] &amp; [[Blue Panther]] and w/[[Damian 666]] &amp; [[Halloween]]), [[National Welterweight Title]], [[IWC World Tag Team Championship|AAA/IWC Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Fobia]]), [[WWA World Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Juventud Guerrera|Juventud]] &amp; [[Fuerza Guerrera]]), [[IWAS Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Juventud Guerrera]], [[WWA World Middleweight Title]] (2), US: WCW World Cruiserweight Title (2), Tijuana: [[WCW Tijuana Cruiserweight Title]] (fake WCW title replica from Tijuana), [[LAWA Welterweight Title]]; WWA/WWAS Cruiserweight Title, [[WWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title]]}}<br /> <br /> &lt;!-- Bio --&gt;<br /> <br /> == Biography ==<br /> <br /> Psicosis debuted in 1991 and was trained by [[Rey Misterio|Rey Mysterio, Sr.]] Not long after his debut, he would begin his legendary feud with Rey Mysterio Jr.. <br /> <br /> His first North America exposure was in the form of the AAA/IWC [[When Worlds Collide]] Pay-Per-View on November 6, 1994. He competed in a six-man tag team match with [[Fuerza Guerrera]] and [[Louie Spicolli|Madonna's Boyfriend]] against [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]], [[Heavy Metal]] and [[Latin Lover]], and won the contest after [[Fuerza Guerrera]] forced [[Heavy Metal]] to submit. <br /> <br /> Psicosis would soon carry his feud with [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]] over to the Philadelphia-based promotion, Extreme Championship Wrestling. Regardless of the critics telling ECW booker Paul Heyman that &quot;Lucha Libre would not go over in the United States&quot;, Psicosis and [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]] ended up putting on the best match on the card a total of three times in the Fall of 1995. The first match was won by [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]], with Psicosis then defeating Mysterio in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match not long after, and then Mysterio ended the feud (temporarily) by defeating Psicosis in a Mexican Death Match, despite the fact that Psicosis dominated the match the entire time and scored several pinfalls over Mysterio.<br /> <br /> Psicosis debuted for World Championship Wrestling at Clash of the Champions on January 26, 1996 and lost to Konnan. Initially, Psicosis was managed by Sonny Onoo, but soon went without a manager and became a frequent tag-team partner of [[La Parka]] and [[Juventud Guerrera]], as well as feuding with the likes of Dean Malenko, [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]] and Billy Kidman. Psicosis was a big part of the Latino World Order, as he joined the stable (led by [[Eddie Guerrero]]) in October 1998. On April 19, 1999 Psicosis defeated [[Blitzkrieg]], [[Juventud Guerrera]] and [[Rey Mysterio]] in a 4-way to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship for the first time, only to lose it to [[Rey Mysterio]] not long after. Psicosis lost his mask on September 27, 1999, after losing to Billy Kidman &quot;Hair vs Mask&quot; match. Psicosis would go on to win the WCW Cruiserweight Championship for the second time in October 1999, after defeating Lenny Lane, who had gotten WCW in trouble with GLAAD. Psicosis soon dropped the WCW Cruiserweight Championship to Disco Inferno.<br /> <br /> In the beginning of 2000, Psicosis ended up as [[Juventud Guerrera]]'s bodyguard, as Guerrera would start imitating former WWE Champion the Rock, while Psicosis would stand around with his arms folded and not say a word or do anything. Psicosis was eventually released and headed back to Extreme Championship Wrestling. <br /> <br /> Psicosis returned to Extreme Championship Wrestling on July 16 at ECW's Heat Wave 2000 Pay-Per-View and competed in an impromptu 4-Way Dace against Yoshihiro Tajiri, Little Guido and Mikey Whipwreck. Psicosis was eliminated by Tajiri, and would end up competiting against Tajiri in a feud that many still talk about to this day. Psicosis didn't last very long in ECW, and soon resurfaced in the short-lived World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) promotion based out of Australia. <br /> <br /> Psicosis was featured on the Pay-Per-View debut of TNA, but did not last long. Psicosis headed to Xtreme Pro Wrestling (XPW), where he was a part of the La Familia stable, along with [[Konnan]], [[Juventud Guerrera]], [[Damien 666]] and [[Halloween]]. Psicosis engaged in a short-lived feud with Super Crazy once XPW relocated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with Psicosis winning both matches at the New Alhambra (formerly ECW) Arena. Psicosis would go on to compete in matches against Chris Chetti, Sonny Siaki, Jerry Lynn and [[Juventud Guerrera]] until he left XPW and drifted around the independent circuit for almost three years.<br /> <br /> On April 1, 2005 Psicosis signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and debuted on June 12, 2005 at the ECW One Night Stand Pay-Per-View. He entered the ring wearing his trademark mask, but removed it before his match against long-time rival [[Rey Mysterio Jr.]]. Mysterio defeated Psicosis with his (Mysterio) signature move, &quot;The West Coast Pop&quot;. A few weeks later, Psicosis debuted on the SmackDown! brand as a member of the Mexicools, along with [[Juventud Guerrera]] and [[Super Crazy]]. Their trademark accessories were riding to the ring on their &quot;Juan Deere&quot; lawnmowers and wearing work clothes. [[Juventud Guerrera]] would soon be released from WWE, leaving Psicosis and [[Super Crazy]] to go after the World Tag Team championships. They would be unsuccessful every time.<br /> <br /> On June 9, 2006 Psicosis abandoned [[Super Crazy]], and they were in the process of developing a feud, until Super Crazy was suspended for elevated enzymes in his liver. As a result, Psicosis was removed from WWE television, as creative had nothing else planned for him. Both men's last televised match on SmackDown! was on July 21, 2006. Crazy was later drafted to WWE's RAW brand in September 2006, while Psicosis remained off SmackDown programming. He was inevitably released from his contract in late 2006. <br /> <br /> He is currently performing as '''Nicho El Millionaro''' in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). At the end of 2006, he accidentally shattered his nose in a match against Hijo del Misterio, and also got his head shaved. He was rushed to a nearby hospital to get his nose set following the match.<br /> <br /> == Arrested ==<br /> <br /> <br /> The newspaper story claims that Psicosis asked to borrow Ramirez's black [[Mitsubishi]], promising to return it later that night. Ramirez refused, leading to Psicosis pulling a [[gun]] on him and taking the car anyway. Ramirez called the [[police]] who set up [[roadblock]]s around Rosarito. Psicosis hit several cars while in the chase including one that had a [[pregnant]] woman inside. After catching him, police found out that the gun he used earlier in the night was actually just a [[water gun]]. [http://www.wrestlinginc.com/v2/wi/stc/nws/2006/10/11/20237.shtml]<br /> <br /> == A Shared Name? ==<br /> <br /> There's a different [[Psicosis II]] who began using the same name and look after this Psicosis left to Promo Azteca and WCW, as a result of AAA booker [[Antonio Peña]] claiming ownership to the Psicosis name and gimmick. Because of this, Psicosis took on the moniker '''Nicho el Millonario''' and returned briefly to AAA to feud with [[Psicosis II]] over the name.<br /> <br /> == Trivia ==<br /> *His name was misspelled (as &quot;Psichosis&quot;) on the back cover of the ECW One Night Stand 2005 DVD.<br /> *His name is often pronounced &quot;Psychosis&quot; (most notably in WCW and WWE), despite being spelled Psicosis; ECW is one of the few American Wrestling Promotions that have pronounced his name as it is spelled.<br /> *Has wrestled [[Rey Misterio Jr.]] over 500 times, according to Joey Styles at ECW One Night Stand 2005.<br /> *Shortest reigning [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship|WCW cruiserweight champion]], with a reign that lasted less than an hour<br /> *Enjoys [[Computer_programming|computer programming]] in his free time.<br /> *Favorite wrestlers growing up were the [[Dynamite_Kid|Dynamite Kid]] and his brother Fobia.<br /> *Enjoys listening to [[Metallica]], and used &quot;Battery&quot; as his theme song during his first run in ECW.<br /> *Used &quot;Cherub Rock&quot; by Smashing Pumpkins as his theme song in 2000 during his appearances in ECW.<br /> *Appeared in the independent documentary, ''101 Reasons Not To Become A Professional Wrestler''.<br /> *Appeared at only one ECW pay-per-view, Heat Wave 2000, in a three-way dance against Yoshihiro Tajiri and Little Guido.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> <br /> == Luchas de apuestas record ==<br /> {{astart}}<br /> {{aline|91/??/??|hair/mask|[[Colibri]] &amp; ??|El Salvaje &amp; [[Caballero de la Muerte]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|96/03/16|mask|Psicosis|[[Ultraman 2000]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|99/08/26|mask|[[Rey Misterio]]|Psicosis|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|99/[[September 27|09/27]]|mask|[[Kidman]]|Psicosis|Phillips Arena - Atlanta, Georgia, USA}}<br /> {{aline|00/05/12|hair|Nicho el Millonario|[[Rey Misterio]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|00/10/13|hair|Nicho el Millonario|[[Fobia]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|00/12/22|hair|Nicho el Millonario|[[Scorpio Jr.]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|01/04/06|hair|[[El Hijo del Santo]]|Nicho el Millonario|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|04/10/08|hair|[[L. A. Park]]|Nicho el Millonario|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|06/12/01|hair (1)|[[Rey Misterio]]|Nicho el Millonario|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aend|&lt;b&gt;(1)&lt;/b&gt; Cage Match with [[Hijo de Rey Misterio]] &amp; [[Super Parka]]}}<br /> <br /> == Gallery ==<br /> <br /> {{Gallery|name=Psic-ElSalvaje.jpg|caption=El Salvaje}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Psicosis2.jpg|caption=1994 - Classic Look}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=ReyJrvsPsic 006 0001.jpg|caption=9/22/95 - Greatest Lucha Libre Match Ever!}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Mexicoscannpsi.jpg|caption=With National Welterweight title}}<br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> {{Gallery|name=Psicosis111.jpg|caption=1996}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=Psicosis222.jpg|caption=1997}}<br /> {{Gallery|name=psicosis01.jpg|caption=with mask}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:WCW Nitro wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:TNA wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:ECW wrestlers]]</div>

Ivan1821 https://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Dami%C3%A1n_666&diff=47465 2008-03-15T01:08:17Z

<p>Ivan1821: /* Profile */</p> <hr /> <div>__NOTOC__<br /> == Profile ==<br /> &lt;!-- fill in categories from La Arena --&gt;<br /> {{bioFields|<br /> |image=Damian66602.jpg<br /> |name=Damián 666<br /> |realName=Leonardo Carrera<br /> |nicknames=La Bestia del Apocalipsis (The Apocalypse Beast)<br /> |nameHistory=Caballero 2000 (debut - 10/87), Ultraman 2000/Ultraman II (10/87 - 03/96), Amigo Ultra (FMW Japan, 1991), Damián 666 (06/93 - ), Galaxy (WCW, 03/97 - ??/97), Damien (WCW, ??/97 - 99)<br /> |family=none<br /> |maestro=[[Luis Canales]], [[Rey Misterio]]<br /> |birthdate=July 9, 1961 - Tijuana, Baja California<br /> |obituarydate=n/a<br /> |debut=1985 - Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California<br /> |lostmaskto=[[Psicosis]] - March 16, 1996 - [[Auditorio de Tijuana]] (as Ultraman 2000)<br /> |height=5'9&quot;/176 cms<br /> |weight=222 lbs/101 kg<br /> |signatureMoves=[[Moonsault]], [[Power Bomb]], [[La Valagueza]], hitting people with his Cane, La Ultramana<br /> |titles=[[IWAS World Light Heavyweight Title]] (2), [[NAWA Middleweight Title]], [[WWO Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Halloween]]), [[XLAW Tag Team Titles]] (3): (w/ [[Halloween]] (2)) &amp; (w/ [[Estrella Dorada Jr.]]), [[AWWA World Middleweight Title]], [[National Trios Titles]] (2, w/ [[Halloween]], [[Mr. Aguila]] and w/ [[Halloween]] &amp; [[Nicho]]), [[Revolution Pro Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Halloween]]), XPW Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Halloween]]) (2), [[NGX Tag Team Championship]] (w/ [[Halloween]])<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> <br /> Damian's a member of [[CMLL]]'s [[Perros del Mal]] group, and probably the low man in the group; he's a go to guy when they need someone to lose their hair in [[Mexico City]], although he makes it back up in [[Tijuana]]. With [[Halloween]] out due to neck/knee injuries, he's been teaming up with [[Mr. Aguila]], and is still the same brawling guy with an occasional power move.<br /> <br /> == Luchas de apuestas record ==<br /> {{astart}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Damián 666]]|[[Mario Prado]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Damián 666]]|[[Llamarada]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}<br /> {{aline|89/02/03|hair|Ultraman 2000|[[Canelo Casas]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|92/05/24|mask|Ultraman 2000|[[Genghis Kahn]]|Japan}}<br /> {{aline|96/01/20|hair|[[Damián 666]]|[[Cholo García]]|Arena Independencia - Mexicali, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|96/03/16|mask|[[Psicosis]]|Ultraman 2000|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|00/08/07|hair|[[Damián 666]]|[[Pimpinela Escarlata]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}<br /> {{aline|00/11/13|hair (1)|[[Damián 666]]|[[Super Caló]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}<br /> {{aline|01/06/29|hair|[[Damián 666]]|[[Halloween]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|01/07/30|hair|[[Damián 666]]|[[Fugaz]]|Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria - Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.}}<br /> {{aline|01/[[September 28|09/28]]|hair (2)|[[Damián 666]]|[[Zumbido]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|01/12/21|hair (3)|[[LA Park|La Parka]]|[[Damián 666]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|02/[[September 29|09/29]]|hair (4)|[[Damián 666]]|[[Arandú]]|Arena Coliseo - Monterrey, Nuevo León}}<br /> {{aline|02/10/25|hair|[[Satánico]]|[[Damián 666]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}<br /> {{aline|03/03/30|hair|[[Damián 666]]|[[El Tácua]]|Arena Coliseo - Monterrey, Nuevo León}}<br /> {{aline|04/10/15|hair|[[Damián 666]]|[[Satánico]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|04/10/22|hair (5)|[[Damián 666]]|[[X-Fly]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|05/06/16|hair (6)|[[Damián 666]]|[[Máscara Mágica]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}<br /> {{aline|06/04/28|hair|[[Rey Bucanero]] &amp; [[Tarzan Boy]]|[[Damián 666]] &amp; [[Mr. Águila]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}<br /> {{aend|&lt;b&gt;(1)&lt;/b&gt; Hair vs. Hair even though Calo was masked; &lt;b&gt;(2)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match also with La Familia de Mexicali, Halloween, Rey Misterio, Scorpio Jr. and Bestia Salvaje; &lt;b&gt;(3)&lt;/b&gt; Cage Match; &lt;b&gt;(4)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match with Veneno and Super Parka; &lt;b&gt;(5)&lt;/b&gt; Captain loses hair: Familia original vs. X-Fly/Abismo Negro/Psicosis; &lt;b&gt;(6)&lt;/b&gt; Cage match with Hijo del Perro Aguayo, Universo 2000, Halloween, Negro Casas, Heavy Metal, Hector Garza, and Mistico}}<br /> <br /> == Gallery ==<br /> <br /> {{Gallery||name=Caballero2000.jpg|caption=as Caballero 2000}}<br /> {{Gallery||name=Ultraman2000.jpg|caption=as Ultraman 2000}}<br /> {{Gallery||name=UltramanII.JPG|caption=as Ultraman II}}<br /> {{Gallery||name=Misterio dropkick galaxy.jpg|caption=as Galaxy}}<br /> {{Gallery||name=damian666.jpg|caption=1999}}<br /> {{Gallery||name=Damiannopaint.jpg|caption=Damian without face paint}}<br /> {{Gallery||name=HALLOWEN Y DAMIAN 666.jpg|caption=[[NGX Tag Team Championship|NGX tag champ]], w/[[Halloween]]}}<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Mexican wrestlers]][[Category:Current CMLL wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:WCW Nitro wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:TNA wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:ECW wrestlers]]</div>

Ivan1821 https://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Joe_Lider&diff=47464 2008-03-15T00:55:15Z

<p>Ivan1821: </p> <hr /> <div>{{bioFields|<br /> |image=LIDERAAA.jpg<br /> |name=Joe Lider<br /> |realName=Jose de Jesus Alvarez<br /> |nicknames=<br /> |nameHistory=Blue Fash, Power Boy, Joe Lider<br /> |family=[[Demoledor]] (Brother)<br /> |maestro=[[Aullido]], [[Javier Mariscal]]<br /> |birthdate=[[June 2]], [[1978]], [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]]<br /> |debut=[[December 8]], [[1993]] - [[Arena Oblatos]]<br /> |lostmaskto=<br /> |height=5' 9&quot;175 cm<br /> |weight=179/81 kg<br /> |obituarydate=<br /> |signatureMoves=[[Spanish Fly]], [[Lider Storm]], Master Storm, Tombstone Piledriver into Chair<br /> |titles= [[XLAW Junior Heavyweight Championship]] (4), [[NWG Extreme Title]] (3), [[Tonala Absolute Title]], [[Jalisco Middleweight Title]], [[Jalisco Heavyweight Title]], [[Mexican National Atomicos Championship]] (w/[[Psicosis II]], [[Crazy Boy]] and [[Juventud Guerrera]]), [[AAA World Tag Team Championship]] (w/[[Crazy Boy]])<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> <br /> Joe Lider is a midcard tecnico in AAA, one of the members of the [[Mexipowers]]. He's a lot like his partner [[Crazy Boy]], a indy extreme wrestler being given a chance on a bigger stage.<br /> <br /> == Luchas de apuestas record ==<br /> {{astart}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|Joe Lider|[[Pokarito Jr.]]|Arena Olimpia - Guadlajara, Jalisco}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Arlequín]]|Joe Lider|Arena Jalisco - Guadalajara, Jalisco}}<br /> {{aline|03/04/27|hair|Joe Lider|[[Shiryu Dragon]]|Arena Victoria - Guadalajara, Jalisco}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|Joe Lider|[[Demoledor]]|Arena Victoria - Guadalajara, Jalisco}}<br /> {{aline|04/??/??|hair|Joe Lider|[[Shiryu Dragon]]|Arena Victoria - Guadalajara, Jalisco}}<br /> {{aline|04/11/12|hair|[[Extreme Tiger]]|Joe Lider|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|05/01/??|hair|Joe Lider|[[Demoledor]]|Arena Victoria - Guadalajara, Jalisco}}<br /> {{aline|05/09/09|hair|Joe Lider|[[Principe Arandu]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aend|}}<br /> <br /> == Gallery ==<br /> {{Gallery|<br /> |name=JoeLider.JPG<br /> |caption=Bloody<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Gallery|<br /> |name=Flamasolarnwg.jpg<br /> |caption=2005<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Gallery|<br /> |name=JoeLiderNew.jpg<br /> |caption=2006<br /> }}<br /> {{Gallery|<br /> |name=Joelidergdl.jpg<br /> |caption=2005<br /> }}<br /> {{Gallery|name=--CRAZYBOY-- Y --JOE LIDER--.jpg|caption=w/[[Crazy Boy]]}}<br /> {{Gallery|<br /> |name=Lider-montecristo.jpg<br /> |caption=2005<br /> }}<br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> {{Gallery|<br /> |name=Liderenmascarado.jpg<br /> |caption=2007<br /> }}<br /> {{AAATitleBox}}<br /> [[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]<br /> [[Category:Current AAA/PAP wrestlers]]</div>

Ivan1821 https://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Negro_Navarro&diff=47463 2008-03-15T00:53:21Z

<p>Ivan1821: /* Profile */</p> <hr /> <div>== Profile ==<br /> <br /> &lt;!-- fill in categories from La Arena --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{bioFields|<br /> |image=Negronavarro.jpg<br /> |name=Negro Navarro<br /> |realName=Miguel Calderón Navarro<br /> |nicknames=none<br /> |nameHistory=Negro Navarro (debut - ), El Chupacabras (IWRG, 05/08/96 - ??), Último Vampiro (original, ?? - 08/97)<br /> |family=[[Apolo Navarro]] &amp; [[Drako]] (brothers)[[Trauma I]] &amp; [[Trauma II]] (sons)<br /> |maestro=[[Florentino Martínez]]<br /> |birthdate=[[June 12]], [[1957]] - [[Azcapotzalco]], [[Mexico City]]<br /> |obituarydate=<br /> |debut=[[June 12]], [[1975]]<br /> |lostmaskto=<br /> |height=5'9&quot;/175 cms<br /> |weight=198 lbs/90 kg<br /> |signatureMoves=[[La Espectrina]], [[La Magistral]], [[La Cerrajera]], La Navarra<br /> |titles=[[Mexico State Lightweight Title]], [[UWA World Trios Titles]] (4, w/ [[El Signo]] &amp; [[El Texano]] twice, w/ [[El Signo]] &amp; [[Black Power II]], w/ [[El Signo]] &amp; [[Rocky Santana]]), [[UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title]], [[UWA World Junior Heavyweight Title]], [[NWG Intercontinental Championship]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &lt;!-- Bio --&gt;<br /> <br /> == Biography == <br /> &lt;font face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=all&gt;<br /> == Luchas de apuestas record ==<br /> {{astart}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[El Cobarde II]]|[[Negro Navarro]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[MS-1]]|[[Negro Navarro]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Negro Navarro]]|[[Pepe Casas]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Negro Navarro]]|[[Lobo Rubio]]|unknown}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|mask|[[Negro Navarro]]|[[Roller]]|Arena Coliseo - Guadalajara, Jalisco}}<br /> {{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Negro Navarro]]|[[El Brazo]]|Arena San Juan Pantitlán - Neza, Mexico State}}<br /> {{aline|81/06/07|hair|[[Gran Hamada]], [[Enrique Vera]] &amp; [[Kobayashi]]|[[El Signo]], [[El Texano]] &amp; Negro Navarro|El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}<br /> {{aline|82/06/13|hair|[[El Signo]], [[El Texano]] &amp; Negro Navarro|[[Takano]], [[Saito]] &amp; [[Kobayashi]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}<br /> {{aline|83/05/27|hair|[[Perro Aguayo]]|[[Negro Navarro]]|Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California}}<br /> {{aline|86/[[September 5|09/05]]|hairs|[[El Signo]], [[El Texano]] &amp; Negro Navarro|[[El Dandy]], [[Talismán]] &amp; [[Jerry Estrada]]|Arena México - Mexico City}}<br /> {{aline|86/[[September 19|09/19]]|hair|[[Ringo Mendoza]], [[Americo Rocca]] &amp; [[Tony Salazar]]|[[El Signo]], [[El Texano]] &amp; Negro Navarro|Arena México - Mexico City}}<br /> {{aline|91/06/02|hair|[[Perro Aguayo]]|[[Negro Navarro]]|El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State}}<br /> {{aline|99/02/01|hair|[[Tony Rivera]]|[[Negro Navarro]]|Arena Puebla - Puebla, Puebla}}<br /> {{aline|01/06/01|hair|[[Negro Navarro]]|[[Brazo de Oro]]|Arena San Juan Pantitlán - Neza, Mexico State}}<br /> {{aline|01/[[September 3|09/03]]|hair|[[El Dandy]]|[[Negro Navarro]]|Arena López Mateos - Tlalnepantla, Mexico State}}<br /> {{aline|02/11/29|hair (1)|[[Justiciero]]|[[Negro Navarro]]|Arena Coliseo - Coacalco, Mexico State}}<br /> {{aline|03/??/??|hair|[[Cuchillo]]|[[Negro Navarro]]|Arena Nueva Aragón - Mexico City}}<br /> {{aline|03/06/29|hair|[[Rocky Santana]]|[[Negro Navarro]]|Arena López Mateos - Tlalnepantla, Mexico State}}<br /> {{aline|05/11/20|hair (2)|[[Pierroth II]]|Negro Navarro|Auditorio Municipal Tizayuca, Hidlago}}<br /> {{aend|&lt;b&gt;(1)&lt;/b&gt; Triangle match w/ Andy Barrow; &lt;b&gt;(2)&lt;/b&gt; 7 man Cage Match}}<br /> <br /> == Gallery ==<br /> <br /> {{Gallery|<br /> |name=negronavarro01.jpg<br /> |caption=<br /> }}<br /> <br /> {{Gallery|<br /> |name=negronavarro02.jpg<br /> |caption=<br /> }}<br /> {{Gallery|<br /> |name=Negro-navarro-coacalco.jpg<br /> |caption=March 04 2007 in Coliseo Coacalco<br /> }}<br /> {{Gallery|name=NegroNavarrow_NWG.jpg|caption=as NWG Champ}}<br /> {{Gallery|<br /> |name=ElChupacabras.jpg<br /> |caption=as El Chupacabras<br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;!-- Copy all categories that fit --&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]</div>

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