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User talk:Bix

2005-09-19T15:41:57Z

John:

Hey, yeah sorry, I meant to get the templates up with pictures, then ask for real names, etc., but I got distracted and forgot to get rid of them. I would be happy to do the PAP bios if someone can give me info, though.
Peace.

Alliens

2005-09-18T16:46:32Z

John:

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El Alebrije

2005-09-18T16:45:39Z

John: /* Profile */

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El Alebrije

2005-09-18T16:44:48Z

John: /* Profile */

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El Alebrije

2005-09-18T16:44:18Z

John:

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2005-09-18T16:44:03Z

John:

Alan Stone

2005-09-18T15:09:02Z

John: /* Profile */

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Alan Stone

2005-09-18T15:08:52Z

John:

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Drago

2005-09-18T15:08:00Z

John:

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

AAA Roster

2005-09-18T15:07:01Z

John: /* Current AAA Roster */

=== Current [[AAA]] Roster ===
*[[Abismo Negro]]
*[[Al Katrazz]]
*[[Alan]]
*[[Alan Stone]]
*[[Alebrije]]
*[[Alliens]]
*[[Ángel Mortal]]
*[[Antifaz]]
*[[Apocalypse]]
*[[Billy Boy]]
*[[Brandon]]
*[[Charly Manson]]
*[[Chessman]]
*[[Chiva Rayada I]]
*[[Chiva Rayada II]]
*[[Chucky]]
*[[Cibernético]]
*[[Colorman]]
*[[Corazón de Barrio]]
*[[Cuervo]]
*[[Cuije]]
*[[Cynthia Moreno]]
*[[Decnnis]]
*[[Dizzy]]
*[[El Ángel]]
*[[El Brazo]]
*[[El Hijo de Anibal]]
*[[Escoria]]
*[[Espantapájaros I]]
*[[Espantapájaros II]]
*[[Espantapájaros III]]
*[[Espíritu]]
*[[Estrella Dorada Jr.]]
*[[Estrellita]]
*[[Faby Apache]]
*[[Fuerza Guerrera]]
*[[Gabriel o Gabriela]]
*[[Gallego]]
*[[Ghefar]]
*[[Gran Apache]]
*[[Hator]]
*[[Histeria]]
*[[Incógnito]]
*[[Intocable]]
*[[Javi]]
*[[Jerrito Estrada]]
*[[Jesse]]
*[[Kevin]]
*[[Konnan]]
*[[La Chola]]
*[[La Diabólica]]
*[[La Fiera]]
*[[La Hechicera]]
*[[La Parka AAA]]
*[[La Parkita]]
*[[Laredo Kidd]]
*[[Latin Lover]]
*[[Luzbek]]
*[[Mamba]]
*[[Martha Villalobos]]
*[[Mascara Sagrada AAA]]
*[[Mascara Sagrada Jr.]]
*[[Mascarita Sagrada]]
*[[Mini Abismo Negro]]
*[[Mini Chessman]]
*[[Mini Ozz]]
*[[Mini Psicosis]]
*[[Miss Janeth]]
*[[Monsther]]
*[[Mr. Águila]]
*[[Mr. Cóndor]]
*[[Mujer Demente]]
*[[Nautilius]]
*[[Novillerito]]
*[[Nygma]]
*[[Octagón]]
*[[Octagoncito]]
*[[Oriental]]
*[[Oscar Sevilla]]
*[[Ozz]]
*[[Pegasso]]
*[[Picudo]]
*[[Pimpinela Escarlata]]
*[[Pirata Morgan]]
*[[Piratita Morgan]]
*[[Policeman]]
*[[Polvo de Estrellas]]
*[[Predator]]
*[[Princesa Blanca]]
*[[Psicosis AAA]]
*[[Rocky Marvin]]
*[[Sangre Chicana]]
*[[Sexy Francis]]
*[[Sexy Piscis]]
*[[Shocker]]
*[[Silver Cat]]
*[[Teewee]]
*[[Televisa Deportes]]
*[[Tiffany]]
*[[Tinieblas Jr.]]
*[[Tinieblas Sr.]]
*[[Vampiro]]
*[[Zorro]]
*[[Zumbido]]

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L.A. Park

2005-09-10T14:17:58Z

John: /* Profile */

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|image=laparka.jpg
|name=La Parka/L.A. Park (The Skeleton of Death)
|realName=Adolfo Tapia Ibarra
|nicknames=The Chairman, La Calaca
|nameHistory=Adolfo Tapia (debut - ??), El Minero (DF), Príncipe Island (?? - 05/92), La Parka/La Parka Original (05/92 - ), L.A. Park (12/03 - )
|family=Suplex (brother), [[Super Parka]] (uncle)
|maestro=Alberto Mora, Raúl Reyes
|birthdate=November 14, 1965 - Monclova, Coahuila
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=1982 - Deportivo Arena 47 - Monclova, Coahuila
|lostmaskto=[[El Hijo del Santo]] - November 21, 1987 (as Príncipe Island)
|height=6'0"/183 cms
|weight=255 lbs/116 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Corkscrew Bodyblock]], [[Enzuigiri]], [[Sunset Flip Power Bomb]], [[Tope Suicida into an Armdrag]]
|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 (3), IWC World Heavyweight Title, XLAW Heavyweight Title, WWC Hardcore Title (2)
}}

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Chessman

2005-09-10T13:15:55Z

John: /* Notable Matches */

== Profile ==

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|name=Chessman
|realName=???
|nicknames=El Asesino de la Luz Roja (The Red Light Assassin)
|nameHistory=M-357/Armas Mortales M-357 (debut - 96), Magnum (96 - 08/98), Chessman (08/98 - )
|family=none
|maestro=[[Canek]], [[Pepe Casas]]
|birthdate=June 2, 1975 - Villa Nicolás Romero, Mexico State
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|debut=July 3, 1996 - Arena López Mateos - Tlalnepantla, Mexico State
|lostmaskto=n/a
|height=6'0"/183 cms
|weight=231 lbs/105 kg
|signatureMoves=450 Splash, Powerbomb, making every AAA tecnico look good
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== Notable Matches ==

1/21/2001 AAA, Durango: [[Charly Manson]]/[[Escoria]]/[[El Cuervo]]/'''Chessman''' defeated [[Picudo]]/[[May Flowers]]/[[Silver Cat]]/[[Espiritu]] (Debut)

3/30/2001 AAA, Madero: [[Psicosis]]/[[Histeria]]/[[Mosco De La Merced]]/[[Maniaco]] defeated [[Charly Manson]]/[[Escoria]]/'''Chessman'''/[[El Cuervo]], [[Los Payasos]] and [[Picudo]]/[[Silver Cat]]/[[Nygma]]/[[Espiritu]] to retain the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]

9/16/2001 AAA, Naucalpan: [[Histeria]]/[[Maniaco]]/[[Psicosis]]/[[Mosco De La Merced]] defeated [[Crazy 33]]/[[Escoria]]/[[El Cuervo]]/'''Chessman''' and [[May Flowers]]/[[Polvo De Estrellas]]/[[Sexy Piscis]]/[[Gabriel o Gabriella]] and [[Picudo]]/[[Nygma]]/[[Espiritu]]/[[Silver Cat]] to win the Amos De Escandalo Cup

4/19/2002 AAA, Torreon: '''Chessman''' and [[Electro Shock]] defeated [[Mascara Sagrada]] and [[La Parka Jr.]] to win the [[Mexican National Tag Team Titles]]

2/7/2003 AAA, Queretaro: '''Chessman''' and [[Electro Shock]] defeated [[Oscar Sevilla]] and [[Torero]] to retain the Mexican National Tag Team Titles

6/15/2003 AAA, Naucalpan: [[Electro Shock]]/[[Lady Apache]] defeated [[Gran Apache]]/[[Fabi Apache]], [[El Brazo]]/[[Martha Villalobos]] and '''Chessman'''/[[Tiffany]] to win the [[AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles]]

6/20/2003 AAA, Veracruz: [[Octagon]] and [[La Parka Jr.]] beat [[Electro Shock]] and '''Chessman''' to win the [[Mexican National Tag Team Titles]]

7/18/2003 AAA, Madero: '''Chessman'''/[[Ozz]]/[[Escoria]]/[[El Cuervo]] defeated [[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Decnis]]/[[Billy Boy]] to win the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]

8/8/2003 AAA, Puebla: [[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Decnis]]/[[Billy Boy]] beat '''Chessman'''/[[Ozz]]/[[El Cuervo]]/[[Escoria]] to win the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]

9/16/2003 AAA, San Luis Potosi: '''Chessman''' and [[Tiffany]] beat [[Electro Shock]] and [[Lady Apache]] to win the [[AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles]]

9/28/2003 AAA, Guanajuato: '''Chessman'''/[[El Cuervo]]/[[Escoria]] defeated [[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Billy Boy]] in a Cage Match - [[Decnis]] lost his hair

3/21/2004 AAA, Naucalpan: [[Electro Shock]] and [[Tiffany]] beat '''Chessman''' and [[Lady Apache]] in a [[Relevos Suicidas]] Match

3/21/2004 AAA, Naucalpan: '''Chessman''' defeated [[Lady Apache]] in a Hair vs Hair Match - [[Electro Shock]] and [[Lady Apache]] lost their hair

8/1/2004 AAA, Guadalupe: [[Gran Apache]]/[[Fabi Apache]] defeated [[Electro Shock]]/[[Lady Apache]], '''Chessman'''/[[Tiffany]] and [[Oriental]]/[[Cynthia Moreno]] to win the [[AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles]]

8/20/2004 AAA, Puebla: '''Chessman'''/[[Escoria]]/[[Ozz]]/[[El Cuervo]] beat [[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Decnis]]/[[Billy Boy]] to win the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]

== Gallery ==

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[[Category:Current AAA/PAP wrestlers]]

File:Chessmantiffany.jpg

2005-09-10T13:13:28Z

John:

File:Chessmanbelt.jpg

2005-09-10T13:11:50Z

John:

Chessman

2005-09-10T13:05:32Z

John: /* Profile */

== Profile ==

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|realName=???
|nicknames=El Asesino de la Luz Roja (The Red Light Assassin)
|nameHistory=M-357/Armas Mortales M-357 (debut - 96), Magnum (96 - 08/98), Chessman (08/98 - )
|family=none
|maestro=[[Canek]], [[Pepe Casas]]
|birthdate=June 2, 1975 - Villa Nicolás Romero, Mexico State
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=July 3, 1996 - Arena López Mateos - Tlalnepantla, Mexico State
|lostmaskto=n/a
|height=6'0"/183 cms
|weight=231 lbs/105 kg
|signatureMoves=450 Splash, Powerbomb, making every AAA tecnico look good
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== Notable Matches ==

1/21/2001 AAA, Durango: [[Charly Manson]]/[[Escoria]]/[[El Cuervo]]/'''Chessman''' defeated [[Picudo]]/[[May Flowers]]/[[Silver Cat]]/[[Espiritu]] (Debut)

3/30/2001 AAA, Madero: [[Psicosis]]/[[Histeria]]/[[Mosco De La Merced]]/[[Maniaco]] defeated [[Charly Manson]]/[[Escoria]]/'''Chessman'''/[[El Cuervo]], [[Los Payasos]] and [[Picudo]]/[[Silver Cat]]/[[Nygma]]/[[Espiritu]] to retain the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]

9/16/2001 AAA, Naucalpan: [[Histeria]]/[[Maniaco]]/[[Psicosis]]/[[Mosco De La Merced]] defeated [[Crazy 33]]/[[Escoria]]/[[El Cuervo]]/'''Chessman''' and [[May Flowers]]/[[Polvo De Estrellas]]/[[Sexy Piscis]]/[[Gabriel o Gabriella]] and [[Picudo]]/[[Nygma]]/[[Espiritu]]/[[Silver Cat]] to win the Amos De Escandalo Cup

4/19/2002 AAA, Torreon: '''Chessman''' and [[Electro Shock]] defeated [[Mascara Sagrada]] and [[La Parka Jr.]] to win the [[Mexican National Tag Team Titles]]

2/7/2003 AAA, Queretaro: '''Chessman''' and [[Electro Shock]] defeated [[Oscar Sevilla]] and [[Torero]] to retain the Mexican National Tag Team Titles

6/15/2003 AAA, Naucalpan: [[Electro Shock]]/[[Lady Apache]] defeated [[Gran Apache]]/[[Fabi Apache]], [[El Brazo]]/[[Martha Villalobos]] and '''Chessman'''/[[Tiffany]] to win the [[AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles]]

6/20/2003 AAA, Veracruz: [[Octagon]] and [[La Parka Jr.]] beat [[Electro Shock]] and '''Chessman''' to win the [[Mexican National Tag Team Titles]]

7/18/2003 AAA, Madero: '''Chessman'''/[[Ozz]]/[[Escoria]]/[[El Cuervo]] defeated [[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Decnis]]/[[Billy Boy]] to win the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]

8/8/2003 AAA, Puebla: [[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Decnis]]/[[Billy Boy]] beat '''Chessman'''/[[Ozz]]/[[El Cuervo]]/[[Escoria]] to win the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]

9/16/2003 AAA, San Luis Potosi: '''Chessman''' and [[Tiffany]] beat [[Electro Shock]] and [[Lady Apache]] to win the [[AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles]]

9/28/2003 AAA, Guanajuato: '''Chessman'''/[[El Cuervo]]/[[Escoria]] defeated [[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Billy Boy]] in a Cage Match - [[Decnis]] lost his hair

3/21/2004 AAA, Naucalpan: [[Electro Shock]] and [[Tiffany]] beat '''Chessman''' and [[Lady Apache]] in a [[Relevos Suicidas]] Match

3/21/2004 AAA, Naucalpan: '''Chessman''' defeated [[Lady Apache]] in a Hair vs Hair Match - [[Electro Shock]] and [[Lady Apache]] lost their hair

8/1/2004 AAA, Guadalupe: [[Gran Apache]]/[[Fabi Apache]] defeated [[Electro Shock]]/[[Lady Apache]], '''Chessman'''/[[Tiffany]] and [[Oriental]]/[[Cynthia Moreno]] to win the [[AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles]]

8/20/2004 AAA, Puebla: '''Chessman'''/[[Escoria]]/[[Ozz]]/[[El Cuervo]] beat [[Oscar Sevilla]]/[[Alan]]/[[Decnis]]/[[Billy Boy]] to win the [[Mexican National Atomicos Titles]]

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

Gran Apache

2005-09-10T13:03:05Z

John: /* Profile */

== Profile ==



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|image=granapache.jpg
|name=Gran Apache
|realName=Mario Balbuena González
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=El Apache/Gran Apache (debut - ), Lion (IWA Japan, 1995), Chiva Rayada I, Great Sasuke Tiga Power Version (M-Pro, 2000), El Gladiador (M-Pro, 2000), Kimba -original version- ([[CMLL Japan]], 2000)
|family=[[Mari Apache]], [[Faby Apache]], Baby (Jessica) Apache (daughters), [[Lady Apache]] (former wife)
|maestro=[[Rafael Salamanca]], [[Tony Lopez]], [[Blue Demon]], Los Cometas Azules I & II
|birthdate=April 16, 1959 - Mexico City
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=August 8, 1975 - Toluca, Mexico State
|lostmaskto=Conde Bartok & ??? - unknown date
|height=5'6"/168 cms
|weight=189 1/2 lbs/86 kg
|signatureMoves=Fisherman Suplex, Michinoku Driver, Tapatía, Frankensteiner, Moonsault from the second rope, accidentally hitting Faby
|titles=San Pedro Iztacalco Lightweight Title, Arena Santa Marta Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Gran Apache II]]), Pavillón Azteca Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Gran Apache II]])
}}

== Biography ==




== Gallery ==

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

El Oriental

2005-09-04T14:01:18Z

John: /* Profile */

== Profile ==

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|name=El Oriental
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Oriental (debut - )
|family=[[Alfonso Moreno]] (father), [[Alda Moreno|Alda]], [[Esther Moreno|Esther]], [[Rossy Moreno|Rossy]] and [[Cynthia Moreno]] (sisters)
|maestro=[[Blue Panther]], [[Dr. Wagner]]
|birthdate=October 23, 1992 - Arena Azteca - Mexico City
|debut=1952 - Plan Deportivo Sexenal
|height=5'6"/168 cms
|weight=176 lbs/80 kg
|signatureMoves=Flying Headscissors to the outside, Frankensteiner off the top rope, Misterio Rana, [[Huracarrana]], [[Tope Atómico]], [[Corkscrew Plancha]]
|titles=[[National Lightweight Title]], [[CMLL Japan Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Tsubasa]]), Intercontinental Title (fake title he won from [[Super Crazy]] - the actual belt is [[Pirata Morgan]]'s old IWRG title)
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[[Category:Current AAA/PAP wrestlers]]

Rey Wagner

2005-09-03T16:13:02Z

John: /* Profile */

== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Drwagnerjr.jpg
|name=Dr. Wagner Jr.
|realName=???
|nicknames=El Galeno del Mal (The Evil Doctor)
|nameHistory=Dr. Wagner Jr. (debut - )
|family=[[Dr. Wagner]] (father), [[Silver King]] (brother), [[Rossy Moreno]] (former wife)
|maestro=[[Gran Markus]], [[Dr. Wagner]]
|birthdate=August 12, 1965 - Torreón, Coahuila
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=April 7, 1986 - Monterrey, Nuevo León
|lostmaskto=n/a
|height=5'10"/177 cms
|weight=216 lbs/98 kg
|signatureMoves=Wagner Driver ([[Michinoku Driver II]]), Death Valley Driver, Niagara Driver, Top-Rope Diamond Cutter, [[Flying Splash]], [[Flying Senton]], [[Tiger Driver]], Running Lariat
|titles=[[Northern Mexico Heavyweight Title]], [[UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title]], [[CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title]], [[CMLL World Trios Titles]] (3, w/ [[Gran Markus Jr.]] & [[El Hijo del Gladiador]] - La Ola Blanca, w/ [[Blue Panther]] & [[Black Warrior]] - Los Laguneros, w/ [[Fuerza Guerrera]] & [[Blue Panther]]), [[CMLL World Tag Team Titles]] (3, w/ [[Canek]], w/ [[Silver King]], w/ [[Emilio Charles Jr.]]), New Japan Pro Wrestling: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Kendo Kashin]]), WWC Hardcore Title, [[UWA World Heavyweight Title]]
|}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|
|name=wagnermonito.jpg
|caption=The Doc tells off Que Monito
}}

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

El Dandy

2005-09-03T16:09:02Z

John: /* Profile */

== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=eldandy.jpg
|name=El Dandy
|realName=Roberto Gutiérrez Frías
|nicknames=El rudo de los ojos verdes (The green-eyed rudo)
|nameHistory=El Dandy (debut - )
|family=[[El Texano]] (cousin)
|maestro=[[Diablo Velazco]], [[Pedro Anguiano]]
|birthdate=October 2, 1962 - Tijuana, Baja California
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=March 1981 - Guadalajara, Jalisco
|lostmaskto=n/a
|height=5'7"/170 cms
|weight=200 lbs/91 kg
|signatureMoves=Dandina ([[La Magistral]]), [[Running Tope Suicida]], Flying Elbowdrop
|titles=[[National Featherweight Title]], [[National Welterweight Title]], [[NWA World Welterweight Title]] (2), [[NWA World Middleweight Title]] (2), [[National Middleweight Title]], [[CMLL World Middleweight Title]] (3), [[WWA World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Corazón de León]] -[[Chris Jericho]]-), [[NWA World Light Heavyweight Title]], [[WWC Hardcore Title]], [[National Light Heavyweight Title]]
|}}

== Biography ==




== Notable Matches ==

6th December, 1996 - Arena Mexico: [[El Hijo Del Santo]] defeated '''El Dandy''' in a cabelleras match (also involving [[Negro Casas]])

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery||name=Eldandy01.jpg|caption=1983}}
{{Gallery||name=Eldandy02.jpg|caption=1985}}
{{Gallery||name=Eldandy.jpg|caption=1992}}
{{Gallery||name=Dandypimp.jpg|caption=El Dandy with his lovelies}}
{{Gallery||name=Dandyslap.jpg|caption=El Dandy's trademark slap}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

Jim Kata

2005-09-03T16:01:42Z

John:

#REDIRECT [[Charly Manson]]

Damián 666

2005-09-02T10:03:25Z

John: /* Profile */

== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=damian666.jpg
|name=Damián 666
|realName=Leonardo Carrera
|nicknames=La Bestia del Apocalipsis (The Apocalypse Beast)
|nameHistory=Caballero 2000 (debut - 10/87), Ultraman 2000/Ultraman II (10/87 - 03/96), Amigo Ultra (FMW Japan, 1991), Damian 666 (06/93 - ), Galaxy (WCW, 03/97 - ??/97), Damien (WCW, ??/97 - 99)
|family=none
|maestro=Luis Canales
|birthdate=July 9, 1961 - Tijuana, Baja California
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=1985 - Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
|lostmaskto=Psicosis - March 16, 1996 - Auditorio de Tijuana (as Ultraman 2000)
|height=5'9"/176 cms
|weight=222 lbs/101 kg
|signatureMoves=Moonsault, Power Bomb, hitting people with his Cane
|titles=IWAS World Light Heavyweight Title, NAWA Middleweight Title, WWO Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Halloween]]), XLAW Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Halloween]]), AWWA World Middleweight Title, National Trios Titles (w/ [[Halloween]] & [[Nicho]]), Revolution Pro Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Halloween]])
}}

== Biography ==




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

Espanto II

2005-08-31T11:43:19Z

John:

== Profile ==



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|image=loshermanosespanto.jpg
|name=Los Hermanos Espanto (The Espanto Brothers) I, II and III
|realName=José Eusebio Vázquez Bernal (Espanto I); Fernando Cisneros Carrillo (Espanto II); Miguel "Miguelito" Vázquez Bernal (Espanto III)
|nicknames=Los Sustos (The Scares), Los Tinacos
|nameHistory=Espanto I also was: Torbellino Vázquez (debut - ??); Espanto II also was: La Furia (debut - ??), Toro Cisneros
|family=Espanto I and III (brothers); Espanto IV & Espanto V (sons of III)
|maestro=Espanto I: Carlos Gorila Ramos; Espanto II: Maciste, Joe Marín and El Buitre
|birthdate=1933 (Espanto I); August 25, 1932 (Espanto II); February 11, 1940 (Espanto III)
|obituarydate=May 30, 1968 (Espanto I), December 8, 1996 (Espanto III)
|debut=1952 (Espanto II); Late 1962 (Espanto III)
|lostmaskto=???
|height=???
|weight=???
|signatureMoves=???
|titles=Laguna Middleweight Title (Espanto I, won in 1958), Northern Baja California Middleweight Title (Espanto I, won in 1958), National Light Heavyweight Title (3, Espanto I), National Tag Team Titles (Espanto I & II), Northern Tag Team Titles (Espanto II & III), Northern Middleweight Title (Espanto III, won in 1964, lost to [[Huracan Ramirez]])
}}

== Biography ==


The Espantos are one of those teams that you can't overlook while talking about Mexican wrestling history, however they are an undeservedly often forgotten team by modern Mexican fans and historians, and practically a team of unknowns to English speaking fans.

The Espantos are one of the first "gimmicked trios" to ever be in the world, and they were really popular even though they didn't skyrocket the popularity of six-men tag matches like "Los Misioneros de la Muerte" (Signo, Texano and Negro Navarro). However, Los Misioneros can be compared to Los Espanto in many ways. Both teams always were rudos, but they had such incredible charisma that they could sell out arenas full of fans that would cheer for them: "Los Sustos" or "Los Tinacos", as they were known among the fans (even though those names were given to them by a writer of the sports newspaper La Afición).

The first Espanto, José Eusebio Vázquez Bernal was born in 1933, the second Espanto, Fernando Cisneros Carrillo was born on August 25, 1932, and the younger Espanto, Miguel Vázquez Bernal was born in 1942, all of them in the "Lagunero" city of Torreón, Coahuila. Looking by their last names (Hispanic people have two surnames), can be seen that they all aren't really brothers, only two of them are. So their case can be seen like the one of "Los Hermanos Shadow", Blue Demon and Black Shadow, though the Espanto relationship was much stronger than the one of the Shadows was. Espanto II isn't a legitimate brother of the other two Espantos, but since childhood, Eusebio and Fernando were like brothers.

Their friendship was born the second year of primary school at the Escuela México (Mexico School) in Torreón. They became best friends and as a kids game they decided to become "brothers"... without even thinking that at one point in life that would become half-true. But even Espanto II's parents, Edgardo Cisneros Díaz and Isabel Carrillo Iñiguez saw Eusebio as one more of their kids - that's how strong the friendship was.

Some time later, after two years of not seeing each other, Eusebio and Fernando met again while doing amateur boxing, discipline in which Fernando had a great performance in the Golden Gloves tournament. After that, both turned out to become professional wrestlers but each one his own way, as before being the famous Espantos, both had to paid their dues.

Espanto II started out wrestling in San Pedro, Coahuila after local wrestler El Buitre's suggestion. Though back in Torreón, he had been given the first base training on Olympic (Amateur) and Greco-Roman wrestling by wrestler Maciste. In 1952, and under the name La Furia, Fernando made his debut at the corral of the Palacio de Los Deportes teaming with La Hiena Enmascarada against Pokarito Ramírez and Ventarrón. For that match he was paid five pesos.

Months later, "Chato" Cabral gave him the name of "Toro" Cisneros. In this first stage of his career as a luchador, he found his best friend Torbellino Vázquez (Espanto I) and without even thinking about it in the past, they ended up teaming together. They didn't know that they'd eventually also become one of the best and most famous tag teams of all time in Mexico, either

Being El Torbellino Vázquez in Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, local promoter Carlos "Gorila" Ramos gave him a mask and named him "El Espanto", and not too late after that, Toro Cisneros joined him and they became Los Hermanos Espanto.

At the time, the most advanced worker of the team was Espanto I, which was getting formal training from Ramos to send him to Mexico City, where he made his debut on December 16, 1959, at Arena Coliseo. In the meanwhile, Espanto II was also getting polished by great local Lagunero star Joe Marín, so he could make it to Mexico City as well.

Finally Los Hermanos Espanto made their debut as a tag team on January 24 of 1961, winning a tag team tournament after teaming Tony López and Kiko Córcega. After that debut, they had an undefeated streak of 34 weeks (always on Tuesday), which bumped them directly to the Friday Arena Mexico cards without going first through the seasoning at the Sunday Arena Coliseo shows like most others had to do. As a team, Espanto I and Espanto II were National tag team champions (defeating Santo and Rayo de Jalisco in 1966 at Arena México) and also they were featured several times on the official NWA "top 10 tag teams of the world" list. They also were given the chance to wrestle the legendary NWA world heavyweight champion Lou Thesz in tag team matches - one at Arena Mexico when Thesz teamed with Blue Demon, and one in Puebla where Thesz joined forces with Huracán Ramírez. Espanto II fondly remembers those bouts as some of the best in his career.

Espanto III then made his debut in Mexico City's Arena Coliseo on November 13, 1962, either winning a battle royal or defeating El Tigre Hispano (who is now one of EMLL's lead referees). Also in 1962, the Espantos tag team started teaming regularly with El Santo in an excellent trio, until on Friday June 22, 1962 they broke up in a violent manner. They were wrestling Rito Romero, Rayo de Jalisco and Henry Pilusso (who was a replacement for the injured Felipe Ham Lee), and they had a shameful loss in two straight falls. Espanto II got mad at Santo, and gave him a terrible beating. And even that way, Espanto II ended up with his mask shattered and his head was a bloody mess. The two first Espantos also had a successful unit with El Gladiador and had legendary fights against Ray Mendoza, René Guajardo and Karloff Lagarde, one of them even went into the locker room (in 1963).

And of course, they also formed a team with the third Espanto, with their biggest win as a team being a win over the dream team of El Santo, Blue Demon and Mil Máscaras, who then was just a beginner getting his big break against the top guns in the national scene.

During the years, Los Hermanos Espanto had on-and-off big feuds with El Santo, Rubén Júrez, Huracán Ramírez, Álvaro Velazco, Black Shadow, Antonio Montoro, Ray Mendoza, René Guajardo, Karloff Lagarde, Pantera Blanca, Cavernario Galindo, Dorrel Dixon, Rolando Vera and many others, but those were their main opponents.

The first one to lose his mask was Espanto II (against Rubén Juárez, then Espanto I lost it against Santo in a really bloody fight, and finally Espanto III lost his against Huracán Ramírez. When they all were unmasked, the names they gave were their first birth name, with the "Vázquez Cisneros" family names.

May 30, 1968 marked the last time Los Hermanos Espanto I and II teamed together. It was in Monterrey, Nuevo León, facing the Spaniard team of Manolo Pollman and Carlos Moll. That night after the matches, Espanto I and El Misterio Negro II (Popeye Franco) were killed by the owner of a canteen in the heart of the city after a brawl. This was such a big hit for the other two Espantos that it changed their lives and their careers forever. The Espantos I and II had a world tour scheduled to start on June of 1968, where they would go to Germany, France, Spain and then Japan. Espanto II was offered to go alone, but he was so devastated by the death of his best friend that he cancelled it. Bad luck got in their way, as there is little doubt that their tour would have been a total success.

Espanto II kept wrestling during the 70s, but only the weekednds and mostly in the Northern part of Mexico (Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, Torreón, Cd. Juárez), sometimes Guadalajara, and very rarely Distrito Federal. Often teamed with Espanto III, also becoming Northern Tag Team champions when defeated Tony Reyna and Ray Cortez in Cd. Juárez. He retired in 1979 after a match against Gran Hamada in Monterrey, and he is still in good health; though on December 8, 1996, Espanto III died in Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua as a consequence of a heart attack.

Years later, and continuing the tradition with the permission of Espanto II, Espanto Jr. appeared. Espanto Jr. was not a member of either family; he was a really gifted wrestler called Jesús Andrade Salas. Espanto Jr. later wrestled as Santo Negro and Pentagón, but a sad incident finished his lucha career as while wrestling as Pentagón (the original one) he clinically died for a few minutes during a match in Aguascalientes. He was later revived, but he never came back to the ring. That was a side effect of his lifestyle.

Other members of the "family" are Espantos IV and V, who are sons of Espanto III and currently are in a semi-retirement status, El Espantito (mini version) and last but not least, Los Hijos del Espanto I and II (who currently wrestle in the Mexico independent circuit) all under the tutelage of Espanto II. In AAA an Hijos del Espanto tag team appeared (Sergio and César Andrade Salas, brothers of Espanto Jr.) but they were legally taken the name as it they hadn't been given permission to use it by the remaining Espanto, the second one.



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2005-08-31T11:40:36Z

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La Parka AAA

2005-08-31T11:39:40Z

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== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=laparkajr.jpg
|name=La Parka
|realName=Jesús Alfonso Escoboza
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Bello Sexy (debut - 05/92), Maligno (05/92 - ??), Crater, Santa Esmeralda, Karis la Momia (95 - 11/96), La Parka Jr./La Parka (11/96 - )
|family=none
|maestro=America Salvaje, Resplandor
|birthdate=January 4, 1966 - Hermosillo, Sonora
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=1987 - Hermosillo, Sonora
|lostmaskto=n/a
|height=6'0"/183 cms
|weight=216 lbs/98 kg
|signatureMoves=Small Package, Dancing, uh... dancing
|titles=Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title, National Cruiserweight Title, LAW Light Heavyweight Title, Rey de Reyes, AAA Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Máscara Sagrada AAA]]), National Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Octagon]])
}}

== Biography ==

'''N.B.'''
Not the original La Parka, who gave up the rights to the name/gimmick owned by Antonio Peña when he jumped to EMLL in 2003, and who now works as L.A. Park.



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La Parka AAA

2005-08-31T11:39:22Z

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== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=laparkajr.jpg
|name=La Parka
|realName=Jesús Alfonso Escoboza
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Bello Sexy (debut - 05/92), Maligno (05/92 - ??), Crater, Santa Esmeralda, Karis la Momia (95 - 11/96), La Parka Jr./La Parka (11/96 - )
|family=none
|maestro=America Salvaje, Resplandor
|birthdate=January 4, 1966 - Hermosillo, Sonora
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=1987 - Hermosillo, Sonora
|lostmaskto=n/a
|height=6'0"/183 cms
|weight=216 lbs/98 kg
|signatureMoves=Small Package, Dancing, uh... dancing
|titles=Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title, National Cruiserweight Title, LAW Light Heavyweight Title, Rey de Reyes, AAA Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Máscara Sagrada AAA]]), National Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Octagon]])
}}

== Biography ==

'''N.B.'''
Not the original La Parka, who gave up the rights to the name/gimmick owned by Antonio Peña when he jumped to EMLL in 2003, and now works as L.A. Park.



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La Parka AAA

2005-08-31T11:37:33Z

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== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=laparkajr.jpg
|name=La Parka
|realName=Jesús Alfonso Escoboza
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Bello Sexy (debut - 05/92), Maligno (05/92 - ??), Crater, Santa Esmeralda, Karis la Momia (95 - 11/96), La Parka Jr./La Parka (11/96 - )
|family=none
|maestro=America Salvaje, Resplandor
|birthdate=January 4, 1966 - Hermosillo, Sonora
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=1987 - Hermosillo, Sonora
|lostmaskto=n/a
|height=6'0"/183 cms
|weight=216 lbs/98 kg
|signatureMoves=Small Package, Dancing, uh... dancing
|titles=Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title, National Cruiserweight Title, LAW Light Heavyweight Title, Rey de Reyes, AAA Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Máscara Sagrada AAA]]), National Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Octagon]])
}}

== Biography ==




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2005-08-31T11:35:42Z

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L.A. Park

2005-08-31T11:35:05Z

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== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=laparka.jpg
|name=La Parka/L.A. Park (The Skeleton of Death)
|realName=Adolfo Tapia Ibarra
|nicknames=The Chairman, La Calaca
|nameHistory=Adolfo Tapia (debut - ??), El Minero (DF), Príncipe Island (?? - 05/92), La Parka/La Parka Original (05/92 - ), L.A. Park (12/03 - )
|family=Suplex (brother), [[Super Parka]] (uncle)
|maestro=Alberto Mora, Raúl Reyes
|birthdate=November 14, 1965 - Monclova, Coahuila
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=1982 - Deportivo Arena 47 - Monclova, Coahuila
|lostmaskto=El Hijo del Santo - November 21, 1987 (as Príncipe Island)
|height=6'0"/183 cms
|weight=255 lbs/116 kg
|signatureMoves=Skytwister Press, [[Tornillo]], Power Bomb, Enzuigiri
|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 (3), IWC World Heavyweight Title, XLAW Heavyweight Title, WWC Hardcore Title (2)
}}

== Biography ==




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2005-08-31T11:32:54Z

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Damián 666

2005-08-31T11:30:54Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=damian666.jpg
|name=Damián 666
|realName=Leonardo Carrera
|nicknames=La Bestia del Apocalipsis (The Apocalypse Beast)
|nameHistory=Caballero 2000 (debut - 10/87), Ultraman 2000/Ultraman II (10/87 - 03/96), Amigo Ultra (FMW Japan, 1991), Damian 666 (06/93 - ), Galaxy (WCW, 03/97 - ??/97), Damien (WCW, ??/97 - 99)
|family=none
|maestro=Luis Canales
|birthdate=July 9, 1961 - Tijuana, Baja California
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=1985 - Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
|lostmaskto=Psicosis - March 16, 1996 - Auditorio de Tijuana (as Ultraman 2000)
|height=5'9"/176 cms
|weight=222 lbs/101 kg
|signatureMoves=Moonsault, Power Bomb
|titles=IWAS World Light Heavyweight Title, NAWA Middleweight Title, WWO Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Halloween]]), XLAW Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Halloween]]), AWWA World Middleweight Title, National Trios Titles (w/ [[Halloween]] & [[Nicho]]), Revolution Pro Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Halloween]])
}}

== Biography ==




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2005-08-31T11:28:35Z

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Black Warrior

2005-08-31T11:27:33Z

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== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=blackwarrior.jpg
|name=Black Warrior
|realName=???
|nicknames=El Black
|nameHistory=Destroyer (G. Palacio, debut - 85), Camorra (EMLL, 85 - 88), La Máscara (UWA, 88 - 91), Bronce (EMLL, 91 - 05/92), Super Star (AAA, 05/92 - 10/92), Dragón de Oro (AAA/PROMELL, 10/92 - 07/94, 02/95 - 08/95), Bali (AAA, 07/94 - 02/95), Vegas (AAA, 09/95), Black Panther (EMLL, 10/95 - 05/96), Black Warrior (05/96 - )
|family=[[Blue Panther]] (uncle), [[Héctor López]] (uncle), [[Mano Negra]] (father-in-law), [[Mano Negra Jr.]] (brother-in-law)
|maestro=Halcón Suriano, Asterión
|birthdate=January 7, 1969 - Torreón, Coahuila
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=January 1984 - Gómez Palacio, Durango
|lostmaskto=n/a
|height=5'11"/170 cms
|weight=198 lbs/90 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Nudo Lagunero]], Catapult Facebuster, Bullet Tope Suicida, [[Asai Moonsault]], Top Rope Frankensteiner
|titles=Distrito Federal Trios Titles (as Bronce, w/ [[Oro]] & [[Plata]]), NWA World Light Heavyweight Title (2), CMLL World Trios Titles (3, w/ [[Blue Panther]] & [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]] - Los Laguneros, w/ [[Atlantis]] & [[Mr. Niebla]], w/ [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]] & [[Canek]]), 4th Annual Leyenda de Plata Tournament Champion
}}

== Biography ==




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Black Warrior

2005-08-31T11:27:19Z

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2005-08-31T11:24:36Z

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Latin Lover

2005-08-30T19:01:31Z

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== Profile ==

{{bioFields|
|image=LatinLover.jpg
|name=Latin Lover
|realName=Víctor Manuel Resendiz Ruiz
|nicknames=El Mister Nuevo León
|nameHistory=Latin Lover (debut- )
|family=none
|maestro=El Vasco, Blue Fish, Shibata
|birthdate=October 25, 1967 - Monterrey, Nuevo León
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=June 7, 1992 - Arena Solidaridad - Monterrey, Nuevo León
|lostmaskto=Sangre Chicana & Sanguinario - August 1, 1992 - Plaza de Toros Monumental de Monterrey
|height=6'1"/185 cms
|weight=216 lbs/98 kg
|signatureMoves=La Casita (Magistral Cradle), La Patada del Cabrito (Superkick), La Mecedora, Stripping
|titles=National Tag Team Titles (2, w/ [[Heavy Metal]], w/ [[Panterita del Ring]]), FILL Light Heavyweight Title, National Light Heavyweight Title (2), National Heavyweight Title, AAA Campeón de Campeones, AAA Rey de Reyes
}}

== Biography ==




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Latin Lover

2005-08-30T19:01:23Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=LatinLover.jpg
|name=Latin Lover
|realName=Víctor Manuel Resendiz Ruiz
|nicknames=El Mister Nuevo León
|nameHistory=Latin Lover (debut- )
|family=none
|maestro=El Vasco, Blue Fish, Shibata
|birthdate=October 25, 1967 - Monterrey, Nuevo León
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=June 7, 1992 - Arena Solidaridad - Monterrey, Nuevo León
|lostmaskto=Sangre Chicana & Sanguinario - August 1, 1992 - Plaza de Toros Monumental de Monterrey
|height=6'1"/185 cms
|weight=216 lbs/98 kg
|signatureMoves=La Casita (Magistral Cradle), La Patada del Cabrito (Superkick), La Mecedora, Stripping
|titles=National Tag Team Titles (2, w/ [[Heavy Metal]], w/ [[Panterita del Ring]]), FILL Light Heavyweight Title, National Light Heavyweight Title (2), National Heavyweight Title, AAA Campeón de Campeones, AAA Rey de Reyes
}}

== Biography ==




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Gran Apache

2005-08-30T19:00:32Z

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== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=granapache.jpg
|name=Gran Apache
|realName=Mario Balbuena González
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=El Apache/Gran Apache (debut - ), Lion (IWA Japan, 1995), Chiva Rayada I, Great Sasuke Tiga Power Version (M-Pro, 2000), El Gladiador (M-Pro, 2000), Kimba -original version- (CMLL Japan, 2000)
|family=Mari Apache, [[Faby Apache]], Baby (Jessica) Apache (daughters), [[Lady Apache]] (former wife)
|maestro=Rafael Salamanca, [[Tony Lopez]], [[Blue Demon]], Los Cometas Azules I & II
|birthdate=April 16, 1959 - Mexico City
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=August 8, 1975 - Toluca, Mexico State
|lostmaskto=Conde Bartok & ??? - unknown date
|height=5'6"/168 cms
|weight=189 1/2 lbs/86 kg
|signatureMoves=Fisherman Suplex, Michinoku Driver, Tapatía, Frankensteiner, Moonsault from the second rope, accidentally hitting Faby
|titles=Pavillón Azteca Tag Team Titles (w/ El Apache II)
}}

== Biography ==




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El Texano

2005-08-30T18:59:52Z

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== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=eltexano.jpg
|name=El Texano
|realName=Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui
|nicknames=Johnny Texas, Juan El Texano
|nameHistory=Billy The Kid, Roy Navarro, El Texano (?? - ), Silver King II (WCW, 06/92)
|family=Kempo Kid (son), Texano Jr. (son)
|maestro=Antonio Cruz, Diablo Velasco
|birthdate=November 26, 1958 - Mexicali, Baja California
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=February 1972 - Auditorio Municipal -San Luís Rio Colorado, Sonora
|lostmaskto=Brazo de Oro - December 4, 1977 - El Toreo
|height=5'7"/170 cms
|weight=209 lbs/95 kg
|signatureMoves=Huracarrana, La Magistral, Power Bomb, Tope Suicida, Clothesline, whipping people with his bullrope
|titles=Distrito Federal Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Negro Navarro]]); UWA World Welterweight title, UWA World Trios Titles (w/ [[Negro Navarro]] & [[Signo]]), WWA World Tag Team Titles (2, w/ [[Silver King]]), UWA World Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Silver King]]), UWA World Light Heavyweight Title, CMLL World Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Silver King]]), UWA World Middleweight Title, IWA (Japan) World Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Silver King]]), W*ING/WWC Junior Heavyweight Title, National Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Pirata Morgan]])
}}

== Biography ==




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Love Machine

2005-08-30T18:55:42Z

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{{bioFields|
|image=lovemachine.jpg
|name=Love Machine
|realName=Arthur Leon Barr
|nicknames=El Gringo Loco
|nameHistory=Art Barr (debut - death), The Intruder (PNW, 87), Beetlejuice (PNW, 88 - 90), The Juicer (NWA/WCW, 1990), Love Machine (91 - death), American Love Machine, American Machine (NJPW, 1994)
|family=Sandy Barr (father), Jesse Barr/Jimmy Jack Funk (brother), Shawn Barr (brother)
|maestro=Sandy Barr, Roddy Piper
|birthdate=1964 - Portland, Oregon, USA
|obituarydate=November 23, 1994 - Springfield, Oregon, USA
|debut=April 2, 1987 - Salem, Oregon, USA
|lostmaskto=Blue Panther - April 3, 1992 - Arena México
|height=6'1''
|weight=240lbs.
|signatureMoves=Frog Splash, Tombstone, Belly-to-belly Suplex, Dropkick to the face
|titles=PNW TV Title, PNW/NWA Tag Team Titles (2, w/ Big Juice - The Juicer Patrol, w/ Jesse Barr), PNW/USA Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Konnan]] El Barbaro), AAA/IWC World Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Eddy Guerrero]])
}}

== Biography ==


Arthur Barr was one of those persons whose destiny was to become a pro wrestler. Some wrestle for the fun. Others do it for the money. Art had wrestling in his blood.

His father Sandy Barr was a not-really-successful former wrestler, referee, and long time promoter in the Oregon area, and his brother Jesse already was involved in the business too, in fact he even wrestled in the WWF as the "lost brother" of Terry Funk, Jimmy Jack Funk, so little Arthur's life was full of wrestling basically since he was born.

Just like his brother Jesse, Art was a very good amateur wrestler. Art achieved big success as he became a 4-time district champion and a 2-time state (Portland) champion, but he had to quit the university when his first wife became pregnant, so Art stated to work in a steel mill at day while training to become a pro-wrestler at night.

His father gets credited for Art's early training, however his mentor was none other than the great Roddy Piper. When Art was 12, Piper (who was a big name in Oregon at the time) used to take him to the gym. Piper was more than just a mentor though - he was a friend. There's no doubt that Piper played a very important part in Art's training as he taught him how to use properly the immense natural charisma he had.

The 2nd of April of 1987, Art Barr made his pro-wrestling debut under his real name in a card at Salem, OR, but at just 175 pounds, he was way too small to become a serious threat to the main eventers, so despite the fact that he always was a good worker, it was predictable that he would never get past the low-card spots, as even though he owned the TV title for a few weeks, he would rarely wrestle other match than the opening bout.

But... a few months later, Piper had one idea for him. On January 21, 1989, while Arthur was in the middle of the ring during a televised show, Piper and other three wrestlers entered the ring. They covered Art with a sheet, stripped him naked throwing his clothes to the crowd and gave him a new suit. Piper also sprayed something in Art's hair. Then, Piper got the mic and said: "Now I have created The Beetlejuice, the meanest little son-of-a-gun that I have ever seen". He took off the sheet and Arthur was there with his new gimmick, Beetlejuice, a character based on the movie of the same name. Ironically, in a a traditionalist promotion, he became the most popular wrestler among the fans. He especially was a hero to the kids, and he'd usually fight against and defeat the bad guys of the promotion like Al Madril or Abuddah Dean.

Beetlejuice was a big singles player but he also tasted success in the tag ranks teaming with "Big Juice" (Jeff Warker aka P.W. Storm) as "The Juice Patrol". In 1990 they were the top men in the division along with the team of the U.S. Males of Ricky Santana and Curtis Thompson (Firebreaker Chip). The 30th of June, Big Juice lost a "loser-leaves-town" match but that wasn't a big problem for Art's rise to stardom as the WCW management had noticed him. At the time, WCW was very distant to the WWF in terms of popularity among the younger viewers but they noticed a lot of potential in Barr as a new idol for the little kids. So Arthur got his first break in a big promotion as The Juicer, basically the same character with a different name to avoid copyright problems.

Ten weeks after Barr signed with WCW he was found guilty of sexual harassment to a 19-year-old girl called Angela. The 16th of July of 1989, after a wrestling show in Pendleton, OR, Arthur had a late-night sexual meeting at a deserted armory, underneath a stairwell, with that female fan that later charged him with rape. Art always claimed that he had had that meeting with the fan and that he knew that she didn't want to have sex with him at that place, but that he thought that she would have wanted it somewhere else, and he never accepted that he was guilty. In the end, he was fined with $1,000 and with the payment of the medical and counseling bills of the victim, and he was sentenced to 180 hours of community service work. Barr didn't take the case to court and accepted the plea-bargain, and what was expected to be a chapter of his life that would get quickly forgotten, got worse as local media (TV and newspapers) started putting huge pressure to the commision to revoke his wrestling license. The Oregon boxing & wrestling commission found out that in his license questionary he claimed that he had never been convicted of felony and denied him the right to renew his license anymore.

WCW owner Jim Herd didn't fire him as he felt that Barr had already paid his debt to society, but news of the incident made him very impopular to the point that there were crowd chants of "rapist" during his matches, so Herd decided to stop using Barr to avoid damaging the image of the company promoting "a nasty rapist" as a hero to the kids.

As a funny fact, Ole Anderson once told Art that "he'd never get over beacuse he was way too small". Art's response was "Ole, I'm as tall as you are, you are just fat".

Konnan, who along with Rey Misterio (Sr.) was invited to December's WCW Starrcade 90, noticed Barr's tremendous charisma and ability and took him, and Norman Smiley, to the Mexican promotion EMLL in early 1991. Now Art had a chance to work in a place where he didn't have a bad reputation and where he could become a big star as he wouldn't be hold down for not being big enough.

Art was given a mask and a new personality, and The American Love Machine was born in March 1991: an American tecnico (babyface) with a sexy boy gimmick. Word got to Oregon about his new wrestling personality, however this time pressure didn't cross the border and his looks and his ability made him a popular performer very soon, so he was given the chance to have a singles feud with one of the most respected wrestlers from Mexico, Blue Panther. Now Art was earning $3,500 a week, but he and his family hated living in Mexico.

His rivalry widh Panther helped Love Machine become a real top draw for the promotion and after a huge feud build-up, a máscara contra máscara was scheduled for the 3rd of April, 1992 at Mexico's most important wrestling building, Arena México. For that match, not only 18,000 fans overcrowded the 17,100 building, but 8,000 more fans were turned away at the door. EMLL management predicted that overflow so a set of giant TV screens was set up at the parking lot of the building. Panther won that match, as in the 3rd fall Love Machine used the "martinete" (piledriver, usually a tombstone piledriver) on Blue Panther and was instantly DQ'd. The angle here was that Machine didn't know that the martinete is a banned move. In Mexico, the martinete is pretty much considered a move that can kill you dead, it is sort of the wrestling move that separates in-ring hate with REAL hate. Almost every time somebody gets hit with that move, he sells it acting unconscious and being stretchered out. Even still, Arthur kept himself as a babyface though that night the crowd wasn't exactly cheering for him while he removed his mask as they were more concerned about the health of Panther, who was stretchered out of the ring.

EMLL was at a high business point then, but a month later, one of the bookers, Antonio Peña, with help of Konnan, Cien Caras, Perro Aguayo and others left the promotion to create a new group - AAA (Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración). Konnan, who had developed a very solid friendship with Arthur, got Machine a three-year $3,500 per week contract with the new promotion.

Arthur's first appearance for AAA was a fine example of excellent booking. On November 6, 1992, another rising star, Rey Misterio Jr., faced Tony Arce of Los Destructores in a mask vs. hair match, in the main event of a show in Acapulco, Gro. A masked Rey Misterio Sr. was the "second" of his nephew, while Blue Panther was seconding Arce. During the 3rd fall, Panther was interfering too much, so "Rey Sr." got tired and unmasked himself as Love Machine (now the "American" part was removed from the name)! Panther ran in fear back to the locker rooms chased by his American enemy, while Rey Jr. cleanly defeated Tony Arce in the middle of the ring.

By December of 1992, Machine was finally allowed to wrestle in Oregon again, and on January 9, 1993, Art, this time wrestling as American Love Machine, and his buddy Konnan El Barbaro won the Pacific Northwest USA defeating Polynesian Prince and Tazmanian Devil at the Sports Arena. Those belts would be later teken to Mexico and renamed the AAA World Tag Team titles.

The Panther vs. Machine feud reached its highest point on July 18, 1993, when a Blue Panther and Love Machine hair vs. mask match headlined a show in Tonala, Jal. that drew a crowd of 20,000. Even though Machine was the tecnico for this match, he was met with chants of "Mexico! Mexico!". The third fall of this bout is one of the main examples of Machine's true greatness. He already had his opponent beaten when he started fooling around. He'd cover Panther for the pin and lift him up at the two count while acting all cocky and proud. Then he picked up Panther to execute a tombstone! The crowd told him not to do it, so he hold Panther in a tombstone position until Perro Aguayo pushed them and Art was instantly DQ'd for outside interference of his second! This enraged Arthur, who along with Panther's second and longtime Aguayo enemy Fishman started beating up Perro until Panther made the save. A double turn was made that night - the night that Love Machine became one of the biggest superstars in the business.

A month after that incident, another great angle marked the start of a new era. During a trios match in which Eddy Guerrero and El Hijo Del Santo had Love Machine in the opposite team, Machine ripped off Santo's mask, put it on, and attacked Guerrero while pointing to himself like trying to say "Look at me, I'm Santo!". Machine then returned the mask to its owner, only to see an enraged Eddy Guerrero turn on Santo. A week later, Guerrero formed an alliance with Machine, "La Pareja Del Terror" (The team of terror).

The influence of Guerrero and Machine changed lucha libre forever. Guerrero had been wrestling more and more in Japan and started using high impact suplexes and brain busters during his lucha matches. On the other hand, Machine was the American cocky, coward, old-style heel. Or like Konnan later said "Art was the Ric Flair of Mexico".

December 4, 1993 probably was one of the strangest days from Arthur's career. He showed up at the Portland Sports Arena without a previous announcement to fight John Rambo. He didn't even have a wrestling license to fight there. That show was held between a commission meeting regarding Sandy Barr's promotional license, and earlier in the night, a drunk former local wrestler showed up saying that Rambo was a stooge for the commissioner. And well, the Rambo/Barr match turned into a total shoot, as Barr threw a very stiff forearm to Rambo's nose totally destroying it, as later Rambo required surgery to repair it. After the match Barr said it had been an accident but that earlier Rambo had shoot kicked him hard in the throat to the point that he was coughing up blood. After the match, Rambo and Art got into a backstage fight again, but no criminal charges were pressed as no jury would believe that a real assault incident would happen at a wrestling show.

The 23rd of July, during a AAA card in Chicago, Machine and Guerrero captured the AAA World Tag Team titles by defeating the popular team of Santo Jr. and Octagon. A few weeks later, Konnan turned on Aguayo and joined the evil Americans team during a Konnan/Cien Caras vs. Satanico/Perro Aguayo "parejas increíbles" (incredible teams) match.

The Konnan, Guerrero & Machine alliance, better known as Los Gringos Locos (The Crazy Americans) was the perfect combination, as they mixed charisma with wrestling ability in a way never seen before. As Guerrero wasn't available all the time due to his dates working for New Japan, other wrestlers would eventually join the team. Black Cat, Madonna's Boyfriend (the late Louie Spicolli), El Misterioso, Chicano Power and King Lion (El Sanguinario/La Calaca) were a part of the team at different times, but even though Konnan was the natural leader of the team, Machine always was the heart and soul of LGL.

The Summer of 1994 Arthur Barr made his New Japan Pro Wrestling debut as "American Machine", wrestling with one of old American Love Machine masks. His debut match was a Black Cat, Black Tiger (Eddy) & American Machine vs. Shinjiro Otani, El Samurai and Jushin Liger bout that his team won. Liger had big plans for him including a Liger vs. Machine match for the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title that was never done as Liger broke his ankle.

The latest, and greatest match from Love Machine was the one that took place the 6th of November of 1994 - the classic Love Machine/Eddy Guerrero vs. Santo/Octagon double hair vs. mask match. There were all kinds of problems before that match though. First, Art and Octagon were removed from the booking sheet and they'd just be seconds. Luckily, that decision was later changed. Then, the same day of the match, WCW production, pulling out one of their characteristic pointless business decisions, cut down 45 minutes from the show. All the undercard matches became 1 fall matches and the tag team semi-main event, a match that was supposed to last 30 minutes, was cut down to 20 minutes.

Still, Arthur was a man on a mission, and that mission was to steal the show and show the world (because he knew that promoters from all over the world would be watching this) that they should believe the hype and that he really was the best heel in the world.

The match was definitely a 5-star classic and one of the most important bouts in lucha history. Paul Heyman from ECW was amazed and he already wanted to get LGL to wrestle for him in a program against The Public Enemy. Arthur was already scheduled to wrestle on the 1/4/95 New Japan Tokyo Dome show. WCW also showed interest in them and things were only going to get better but...

Only three weeks later Arthur Barr was found dead. The 28-year-old wrestler went home to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. At night, he went to sleep with his 5-year-old son Dexter, and the next day, Art's mother, who went to his house after nobody answered her phone calls found him lying in the bed without pulse and bleeding from the nose.

Preliminary reports said that Barr died of an aneurysm, but later reports said that he died under unknown circumstances. He had not had heart problems, there was no aneurysm or internal bleeding from ring injuries and it wasn't a drug overdose either, however he had taken sleeping pills the night before.

Arthur Barr's loss was a true disgrace to the professional wrestling world. After all the problems he had, he fought hard to get past them and he was just in the verge of his professional career. He was also enjoying personal life success, as he had plans of marrying his fiancé who was pregnant. He was no longer doing recreational drugs or having the wild lifestyle he used to. His dream was to return to WCW to become a top wrestler in that promotion and he was about to accomplish that dream. If given a chance, he and Guerrero could have turned out to be the team of the decade.

He may be gone but his legacy will remain forever as his memory still is, and always will be, alive among the lucha libre fans that loved to hate him.



[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]

Love Machine

2005-08-30T18:55:20Z

John:

== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=lovemachine.jpg
|name=Love Machine
|realName=Arthur Leon Barr
|nicknames=El Gringo Loco
|nameHistory=Art Barr (debut - death), The Intruder (PNW, 87), Beetlejuice (PNW, 88 - 90), The Juicer (NWA/WCW, 1990), Love Machine (91 - death), American Love Machine, American Machine (NJPW, 1994)
|family=Sandy Barr (father), Jesse Barr/Jimmy Jack Funk (brother), Shawn Barr (brother)
|maestro=Sandy Barr, Roddy Piper
|birthdate=1964 - Portland, Oregon, USA
|obituarydate=November 23, 1994 - Springfield, Oregon, USA
|debut=April 2, 1987 - Salem, Oregon, USA
|lostmaskto=Blue Panther - April 3, 1992 - Arena México
|height=6'1''
|weight=240lbs.
|signatureMoves=Frog Splash, Tombstone, Belly-to-belly Suplex, Dropkick to the face
|titles=PNW TV Title, PNW/NWA Tag Team Titles (2, w/ Big Juice - The Juicer Patrol, w/ Jesse Barr), PNW/USA Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Konnan]] El Barbaro), AAA/IWC World Tag Team Titles (w/ ]]Eddy Guerrero]])
}}

== Biography ==


Arthur Barr was one of those persons whose destiny was to become a pro wrestler. Some wrestle for the fun. Others do it for the money. Art had wrestling in his blood.

His father Sandy Barr was a not-really-successful former wrestler, referee, and long time promoter in the Oregon area, and his brother Jesse already was involved in the business too, in fact he even wrestled in the WWF as the "lost brother" of Terry Funk, Jimmy Jack Funk, so little Arthur's life was full of wrestling basically since he was born.

Just like his brother Jesse, Art was a very good amateur wrestler. Art achieved big success as he became a 4-time district champion and a 2-time state (Portland) champion, but he had to quit the university when his first wife became pregnant, so Art stated to work in a steel mill at day while training to become a pro-wrestler at night.

His father gets credited for Art's early training, however his mentor was none other than the great Roddy Piper. When Art was 12, Piper (who was a big name in Oregon at the time) used to take him to the gym. Piper was more than just a mentor though - he was a friend. There's no doubt that Piper played a very important part in Art's training as he taught him how to use properly the immense natural charisma he had.

The 2nd of April of 1987, Art Barr made his pro-wrestling debut under his real name in a card at Salem, OR, but at just 175 pounds, he was way too small to become a serious threat to the main eventers, so despite the fact that he always was a good worker, it was predictable that he would never get past the low-card spots, as even though he owned the TV title for a few weeks, he would rarely wrestle other match than the opening bout.

But... a few months later, Piper had one idea for him. On January 21, 1989, while Arthur was in the middle of the ring during a televised show, Piper and other three wrestlers entered the ring. They covered Art with a sheet, stripped him naked throwing his clothes to the crowd and gave him a new suit. Piper also sprayed something in Art's hair. Then, Piper got the mic and said: "Now I have created The Beetlejuice, the meanest little son-of-a-gun that I have ever seen". He took off the sheet and Arthur was there with his new gimmick, Beetlejuice, a character based on the movie of the same name. Ironically, in a a traditionalist promotion, he became the most popular wrestler among the fans. He especially was a hero to the kids, and he'd usually fight against and defeat the bad guys of the promotion like Al Madril or Abuddah Dean.

Beetlejuice was a big singles player but he also tasted success in the tag ranks teaming with "Big Juice" (Jeff Warker aka P.W. Storm) as "The Juice Patrol". In 1990 they were the top men in the division along with the team of the U.S. Males of Ricky Santana and Curtis Thompson (Firebreaker Chip). The 30th of June, Big Juice lost a "loser-leaves-town" match but that wasn't a big problem for Art's rise to stardom as the WCW management had noticed him. At the time, WCW was very distant to the WWF in terms of popularity among the younger viewers but they noticed a lot of potential in Barr as a new idol for the little kids. So Arthur got his first break in a big promotion as The Juicer, basically the same character with a different name to avoid copyright problems.

Ten weeks after Barr signed with WCW he was found guilty of sexual harassment to a 19-year-old girl called Angela. The 16th of July of 1989, after a wrestling show in Pendleton, OR, Arthur had a late-night sexual meeting at a deserted armory, underneath a stairwell, with that female fan that later charged him with rape. Art always claimed that he had had that meeting with the fan and that he knew that she didn't want to have sex with him at that place, but that he thought that she would have wanted it somewhere else, and he never accepted that he was guilty. In the end, he was fined with $1,000 and with the payment of the medical and counseling bills of the victim, and he was sentenced to 180 hours of community service work. Barr didn't take the case to court and accepted the plea-bargain, and what was expected to be a chapter of his life that would get quickly forgotten, got worse as local media (TV and newspapers) started putting huge pressure to the commision to revoke his wrestling license. The Oregon boxing & wrestling commission found out that in his license questionary he claimed that he had never been convicted of felony and denied him the right to renew his license anymore.

WCW owner Jim Herd didn't fire him as he felt that Barr had already paid his debt to society, but news of the incident made him very impopular to the point that there were crowd chants of "rapist" during his matches, so Herd decided to stop using Barr to avoid damaging the image of the company promoting "a nasty rapist" as a hero to the kids.

As a funny fact, Ole Anderson once told Art that "he'd never get over beacuse he was way too small". Art's response was "Ole, I'm as tall as you are, you are just fat".

Konnan, who along with Rey Misterio (Sr.) was invited to December's WCW Starrcade 90, noticed Barr's tremendous charisma and ability and took him, and Norman Smiley, to the Mexican promotion EMLL in early 1991. Now Art had a chance to work in a place where he didn't have a bad reputation and where he could become a big star as he wouldn't be hold down for not being big enough.

Art was given a mask and a new personality, and The American Love Machine was born in March 1991: an American tecnico (babyface) with a sexy boy gimmick. Word got to Oregon about his new wrestling personality, however this time pressure didn't cross the border and his looks and his ability made him a popular performer very soon, so he was given the chance to have a singles feud with one of the most respected wrestlers from Mexico, Blue Panther. Now Art was earning $3,500 a week, but he and his family hated living in Mexico.

His rivalry widh Panther helped Love Machine become a real top draw for the promotion and after a huge feud build-up, a máscara contra máscara was scheduled for the 3rd of April, 1992 at Mexico's most important wrestling building, Arena México. For that match, not only 18,000 fans overcrowded the 17,100 building, but 8,000 more fans were turned away at the door. EMLL management predicted that overflow so a set of giant TV screens was set up at the parking lot of the building. Panther won that match, as in the 3rd fall Love Machine used the "martinete" (piledriver, usually a tombstone piledriver) on Blue Panther and was instantly DQ'd. The angle here was that Machine didn't know that the martinete is a banned move. In Mexico, the martinete is pretty much considered a move that can kill you dead, it is sort of the wrestling move that separates in-ring hate with REAL hate. Almost every time somebody gets hit with that move, he sells it acting unconscious and being stretchered out. Even still, Arthur kept himself as a babyface though that night the crowd wasn't exactly cheering for him while he removed his mask as they were more concerned about the health of Panther, who was stretchered out of the ring.

EMLL was at a high business point then, but a month later, one of the bookers, Antonio Peña, with help of Konnan, Cien Caras, Perro Aguayo and others left the promotion to create a new group - AAA (Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración). Konnan, who had developed a very solid friendship with Arthur, got Machine a three-year $3,500 per week contract with the new promotion.

Arthur's first appearance for AAA was a fine example of excellent booking. On November 6, 1992, another rising star, Rey Misterio Jr., faced Tony Arce of Los Destructores in a mask vs. hair match, in the main event of a show in Acapulco, Gro. A masked Rey Misterio Sr. was the "second" of his nephew, while Blue Panther was seconding Arce. During the 3rd fall, Panther was interfering too much, so "Rey Sr." got tired and unmasked himself as Love Machine (now the "American" part was removed from the name)! Panther ran in fear back to the locker rooms chased by his American enemy, while Rey Jr. cleanly defeated Tony Arce in the middle of the ring.

By December of 1992, Machine was finally allowed to wrestle in Oregon again, and on January 9, 1993, Art, this time wrestling as American Love Machine, and his buddy Konnan El Barbaro won the Pacific Northwest USA defeating Polynesian Prince and Tazmanian Devil at the Sports Arena. Those belts would be later teken to Mexico and renamed the AAA World Tag Team titles.

The Panther vs. Machine feud reached its highest point on July 18, 1993, when a Blue Panther and Love Machine hair vs. mask match headlined a show in Tonala, Jal. that drew a crowd of 20,000. Even though Machine was the tecnico for this match, he was met with chants of "Mexico! Mexico!". The third fall of this bout is one of the main examples of Machine's true greatness. He already had his opponent beaten when he started fooling around. He'd cover Panther for the pin and lift him up at the two count while acting all cocky and proud. Then he picked up Panther to execute a tombstone! The crowd told him not to do it, so he hold Panther in a tombstone position until Perro Aguayo pushed them and Art was instantly DQ'd for outside interference of his second! This enraged Arthur, who along with Panther's second and longtime Aguayo enemy Fishman started beating up Perro until Panther made the save. A double turn was made that night - the night that Love Machine became one of the biggest superstars in the business.

A month after that incident, another great angle marked the start of a new era. During a trios match in which Eddy Guerrero and El Hijo Del Santo had Love Machine in the opposite team, Machine ripped off Santo's mask, put it on, and attacked Guerrero while pointing to himself like trying to say "Look at me, I'm Santo!". Machine then returned the mask to its owner, only to see an enraged Eddy Guerrero turn on Santo. A week later, Guerrero formed an alliance with Machine, "La Pareja Del Terror" (The team of terror).

The influence of Guerrero and Machine changed lucha libre forever. Guerrero had been wrestling more and more in Japan and started using high impact suplexes and brain busters during his lucha matches. On the other hand, Machine was the American cocky, coward, old-style heel. Or like Konnan later said "Art was the Ric Flair of Mexico".

December 4, 1993 probably was one of the strangest days from Arthur's career. He showed up at the Portland Sports Arena without a previous announcement to fight John Rambo. He didn't even have a wrestling license to fight there. That show was held between a commission meeting regarding Sandy Barr's promotional license, and earlier in the night, a drunk former local wrestler showed up saying that Rambo was a stooge for the commissioner. And well, the Rambo/Barr match turned into a total shoot, as Barr threw a very stiff forearm to Rambo's nose totally destroying it, as later Rambo required surgery to repair it. After the match Barr said it had been an accident but that earlier Rambo had shoot kicked him hard in the throat to the point that he was coughing up blood. After the match, Rambo and Art got into a backstage fight again, but no criminal charges were pressed as no jury would believe that a real assault incident would happen at a wrestling show.

The 23rd of July, during a AAA card in Chicago, Machine and Guerrero captured the AAA World Tag Team titles by defeating the popular team of Santo Jr. and Octagon. A few weeks later, Konnan turned on Aguayo and joined the evil Americans team during a Konnan/Cien Caras vs. Satanico/Perro Aguayo "parejas increíbles" (incredible teams) match.

The Konnan, Guerrero & Machine alliance, better known as Los Gringos Locos (The Crazy Americans) was the perfect combination, as they mixed charisma with wrestling ability in a way never seen before. As Guerrero wasn't available all the time due to his dates working for New Japan, other wrestlers would eventually join the team. Black Cat, Madonna's Boyfriend (the late Louie Spicolli), El Misterioso, Chicano Power and King Lion (El Sanguinario/La Calaca) were a part of the team at different times, but even though Konnan was the natural leader of the team, Machine always was the heart and soul of LGL.

The Summer of 1994 Arthur Barr made his New Japan Pro Wrestling debut as "American Machine", wrestling with one of old American Love Machine masks. His debut match was a Black Cat, Black Tiger (Eddy) & American Machine vs. Shinjiro Otani, El Samurai and Jushin Liger bout that his team won. Liger had big plans for him including a Liger vs. Machine match for the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title that was never done as Liger broke his ankle.

The latest, and greatest match from Love Machine was the one that took place the 6th of November of 1994 - the classic Love Machine/Eddy Guerrero vs. Santo/Octagon double hair vs. mask match. There were all kinds of problems before that match though. First, Art and Octagon were removed from the booking sheet and they'd just be seconds. Luckily, that decision was later changed. Then, the same day of the match, WCW production, pulling out one of their characteristic pointless business decisions, cut down 45 minutes from the show. All the undercard matches became 1 fall matches and the tag team semi-main event, a match that was supposed to last 30 minutes, was cut down to 20 minutes.

Still, Arthur was a man on a mission, and that mission was to steal the show and show the world (because he knew that promoters from all over the world would be watching this) that they should believe the hype and that he really was the best heel in the world.

The match was definitely a 5-star classic and one of the most important bouts in lucha history. Paul Heyman from ECW was amazed and he already wanted to get LGL to wrestle for him in a program against The Public Enemy. Arthur was already scheduled to wrestle on the 1/4/95 New Japan Tokyo Dome show. WCW also showed interest in them and things were only going to get better but...

Only three weeks later Arthur Barr was found dead. The 28-year-old wrestler went home to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. At night, he went to sleep with his 5-year-old son Dexter, and the next day, Art's mother, who went to his house after nobody answered her phone calls found him lying in the bed without pulse and bleeding from the nose.

Preliminary reports said that Barr died of an aneurysm, but later reports said that he died under unknown circumstances. He had not had heart problems, there was no aneurysm or internal bleeding from ring injuries and it wasn't a drug overdose either, however he had taken sleeping pills the night before.

Arthur Barr's loss was a true disgrace to the professional wrestling world. After all the problems he had, he fought hard to get past them and he was just in the verge of his professional career. He was also enjoying personal life success, as he had plans of marrying his fiancé who was pregnant. He was no longer doing recreational drugs or having the wild lifestyle he used to. His dream was to return to WCW to become a top wrestler in that promotion and he was about to accomplish that dream. If given a chance, he and Guerrero could have turned out to be the team of the decade.

He may be gone but his legacy will remain forever as his memory still is, and always will be, alive among the lucha libre fans that loved to hate him.



[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]

File:Lovemachine.jpg

2005-08-30T18:25:45Z

John:

Gran Apache

2005-08-30T18:24:20Z

John:

== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=granapache.jpg
|name=Gran Apache
|realName=Mario Balbuena González
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=El Apache/Gran Apache (debut - ), Lion (IWA Japan, 1995), Chiva Rayada I, Great Sasuke Tiga Power Version (M-Pro, 2000), El Gladiador (M-Pro, 2000), Kimba -original version- (CMLL Japan, 2000)
|family=Mari Apache, [[Faby Apache]], Baby (Jessica) Apache (daughters), [[Lady Apache]] (former wife)
|maestro=Rafael Salamanca, [[Tony Lopez]], [[Blue Demon]], Los Cometas Azules I & II
|birthdate=April 16, 1959 - Mexico City
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=August 8, 1975 - Toluca, Mexico State
|lostmaskto=Conde Bartok & ??? - unknown date
|height=5'6"/168 cms
|weight=189 1/2 lbs/86 kg
|signatureMoves=Fisherman Suplex, Michinoku Driver, Tapatía, Frankensteiner, Moonsault from the second rope, Hitting Faby by mistake
|titles=Pavillón Azteca Tag Team Titles (w/ El Apache II)
}}

== Biography ==




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

File:Granapache.jpg

2005-08-30T18:21:20Z

John:

Eddy Guerrero

2005-08-30T18:19:42Z

John:

== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=eddyguerrero.jpg
|name=Eddy Guerrero
|realName=Eduardo Gori Guerrero Llanes
|nicknames=El Gringo Loco, Latino Heat
|nameHistory=Eddy/Eddie Guerrero (debut - ), Máscara Mágica (EMLL/AAA, 06/92 - 11/92), Black Tiger (second version, NJPW, 09/93 - 10/98), El Caliente (WCW, 08/29/97)
|family=[[Gori Guerrero]] (father), [[Mando Guerrero]], [[Chavo Guerrero]] and [[Héctor Guerrero]] (brothers), [[Enrique Llanes]] (uncle), [[Javier Llanes]] (cousin), [[Chavo Guerrero Jr.]] (nephew), "Vengador" [[Héctor Mejía]] (nephew)
|maestro=[[Gori Guerrero]]
|birthdate=October 9, 1967 - Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=1987 - Auditorio Municipal - Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua
|lostmaskto=n/a
|height=5'9"/174 cms
|weight=205 lbs/93 kg
|signatureMoves=Frog Splash, Gori Special, Tope Atómico, Brainbuster, Swinging DDT
|titles=Cd. Juárez: LAWA Heavyweight Title, WWA World Trios Titles (w/ [[Chavo Guerrero]] & [[Mando Guerrero]]), WWA World Welterweight Title, AAA/IWC World Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Love Machine]]), ECW TV Title (2), WCW United States Title, WCW World Cruiserweight Title (2), North Carolina: PWF World Tag Team Titles (w/ [[Hector Guerrero]]), WWF European title (2), WWF Intercontinental Title, WWA Cruiserweight Title, IWA-Mid South Cruiserweight Title, WWE World Tag Team Titles (2, w/ [[Chavo Guerrero Jr.]], w/ Tajiri), WWE United States Title, WWE World Heavyweight Title
}}

== Biography ==




[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

File:Eddyguerrero.jpg

2005-08-30T18:16:37Z

John:

Cibernético

2005-08-30T18:15:49Z

John: /* Profile */

== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=cibernetico.jpg
|name=Cibernético
|realName=Octavio López
|nicknames=The Main Man, El idolo del bombeo de hierro (The pumping iron idol)
|nameHistory=Urko (debut - ??), Espíritu Negro (?? - 07/93), Cibernético (07/93 - )
|family=none
|maestro=[[Karloff Lagarde]], [[Ray Mendoza]], [[Villano I]], [[Villano III]], Ébano Ruiz
|birthdate=April 12, 1975 - Mexico City
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=March 1992 - Arena Querétaro - Querétaro, Querétaro
|lostmaskto=La Parka Jr. - June 20, 2004
|height=6'0"/184 cms
|weight=234 lbs/107 kg
|signatureMoves=Power Bomb, Gorilla Press, Northern Lights Suplex, Lariat
|titles=WWA World Heavyweight Title, National Heavyweight Title, AAA Campeón de Campeones Title, IWC World Heavyweight Title, UWA World Heavywight Title, AAA Rey de Reyes, GPCW SUPER-X Monster Title
}}

== Biography ==




== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|
|name=maskedciber.jpg
|caption=Masked
}}

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

Cibernético

2005-08-30T18:15:22Z

John: /* Biography */

== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=cibernetico.jpg
|name=Cibernético
|realName=Octavio López
|nicknames=The Main Man, El idolo del bombeo de hierro (The pumping iron idol)
|nameHistory=Urko (debut - ??), Espíritu Negro (?? - 07/93), Cibernético (07/93 - )
|family=none
|maestro=Karloff Lagarde, Ray Mendoza, Villano I, Villano III, Ébano Ruiz
|birthdate=April 12, 1975 - Mexico City
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=March 1992 - Arena Querétaro - Querétaro, Querétaro
|lostmaskto=La Parka Jr. - June 20, 2004
|height=6'0"/184 cms
|weight=234 lbs/107 kg
|signatureMoves=Power Bomb, Gorilla Press, Northern Lights Suplex, Lariat
|titles=WWA World Heavyweight Title, National Heavyweight Title, AAA Campeón de Campeones Title, IWC World Heavyweight Title, UWA World Heavywight Title, AAA Rey de Reyes, GPCW SUPER-X Monster Title
}}

== Biography ==




== Gallery ==

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|caption=Masked
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[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]][[Category:Current AAA/PAP wrestlers]]

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2005-08-30T18:14:30Z

John:

Cibernético

2005-08-30T18:13:55Z

John:

== Profile ==



{{bioFields|
|image=cibernetico.jpg
|name=Cibernético
|realName=Octavio López
|nicknames=The Main Man, El idolo del bombeo de hierro (The pumping iron idol)
|nameHistory=Urko (debut - ??), Espíritu Negro (?? - 07/93), Cibernético (07/93 - )
|family=none
|maestro=Karloff Lagarde, Ray Mendoza, Villano I, Villano III, Ébano Ruiz
|birthdate=April 12, 1975 - Mexico City
|obituarydate=n/a
|debut=March 1992 - Arena Querétaro - Querétaro, Querétaro
|lostmaskto=La Parka Jr. - June 20, 2004
|height=6'0"/184 cms
|weight=234 lbs/107 kg
|signatureMoves=Power Bomb, Gorilla Press, Northern Lights Suplex, Lariat
|titles=WWA World Heavyweight Title, National Heavyweight Title, AAA Campeón de Campeones Title, IWC World Heavyweight Title, UWA World Heavywight Title, AAA Rey de Reyes, GPCW SUPER-X Monster Title
}}

== Biography ==




[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

File:Cibernetico.jpg

2005-08-30T18:11:34Z

John: