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Atlantis

2005-10-01T00:19:24Z

KrisZ:

== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Atlantis.jpg
|name=Atlantis
|nicknames=El Ídolo de los niños (The Idol of the Kids); El Príncipe de la Atlántida (The Prince of Atlantis)
|nameHistory=Atlantis (debut -)
|family=[[Atlántico]] (brother)
|maestro=[[Diablo Velazco]]
|birthdate=September 28, 1962 - Los Altos, Jalisco
|debut=June 12, 1983 - Pista Arena Revolución - Mexico City
|height=5'8"/173 cms
|weight=202 lbs/92 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[La Atlántida]] (spinning torture rack variation), [[Scorpion Deathlock]]
|titles=[[NWA World Middleweight Title]] (3), [[National Middleweight Title]], [[National Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Ángel Azteca]]), [[National Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Octagón]] & [[Máscara Sagrada]]), [[CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title]] (2), [[CMLL World Tag Team Titles]] (3, w/ [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]], w/ [[Lizmark]], w/ [[Blue Panther]]), [[CMLL World Trios Titles]] (2, w/ [[Mr. Niebla]] & Lizmark, w/ Mr. Niebla & [[Black Warrior]]), [[Michinoku Pro Tohoku Jr. Title]] (Campeonato de Asia)
|}}

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

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

No and no. He had periods where he was considered one of the top draws in
his promotion (more to this later), but in that period there was people like
[[Canek]], [[Konnan]], [[Perro Aguayo|Aguayo]], [[Cien Caras]], who were clearly ahead of him in terms of drawing.

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

He is a national draw, and a regional draw. In fact, perhaps one of his
biggest strengths was his ability to draw in the most remote of places.
During years, his gimmick and nickname was that he was "the idol of the
kids", and this was actually true as his popularity was amazing. As I said,
he had an ability to easily fill out small to medium sized arenas (2,000 to
5,000, more or less) that could not afford bringing the top tier guys that
would rather work somewhere else where there was more money.

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

I'd say he was a top draw from 1988 to 1991. In 1992 AAA entered the game,
and he didn't jump ship. Other than that, he did have good drawing periods
building up to his mask vs. mask matches with [[Mano Negra]] (Oct 93) and
[[Villano III]] (selling out Arena Mexico - in the last five years the only
other times it has been sold out have been for [[Cien Caras]] vs. [[Perro Aguayo|Aguayo]], [[Perro Aguayo|Aguayo]] retirement vs. [[Universo 2000|Universo]], [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]]/[[Negro Casas|Casas]] vs. [[Scorpio Jr.|Scorpio]]/[[Bestia Salvaje]], [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.|Rayo de Jalisco]] vs. [[Steel]], all of them hair or mask matches). After AAA, and not
counting those times, he has not really been a draw, but there is periods
where nobody in the promotion really has been.

Before that "drawing prime", he was many times on top of the cards and
headlined some of them which were sellouts. He is a guy that during
virtually all of his career, first based on work and charisma, and now on
reputation, has been on top of the cards and he's always been counted on to
headline "anniversary cards". His anniversary card record has all of the
following cards selling out except for 1992 (11,500, weak card w/ a poor,
thrown out, [[Dandy]] vs. [[Satanico]] hair vs. hair match in the semi that nobody
wanted to see - this match is not to be confused with their previous classic
bouts) and 1999 (15,000) but everybody knew neither Villano or Atlantis was
going to lose.

84/09/21 - b. [[Talisman]], mask vs. mask

89/09/15 - w/ [[Satanico]] b. [[MS-1]]/Tierra Viento y Fuego, hair/mask vs.
hair/mask

92/09/18 - w/ [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]] & [[King Haku]] b. [[Pierroth Jr.|Pierroth]], [[Fiera]], [[Gran Kabuki]]

93/09/01 - b. [[Mano Negra]], mask vs. mask

99/09/24 - w/ [[Villano III]] b. [[Shocker]]/[[Mr. Niebla]], losers fought mask vs. mask
and Shocker lost.

00/03/17 - b. [[Villano III]], mask vs. mask

When he was not headlining, he could be found several times in the semi-main
event of those cards (90, 97, 99). Other sellout drawing matches were his
mask winning matches vs. [[Kung Fu]], and [[Hombre Bala]].

One good conclusion would be saying that when put on big matches expected to
draw, he delivered, but in the Mexico City arenas, except for a relative
short period, he was not a week-in-week-out huge draw like [[Perro Aguayo|Aguayo]], [[Konnan]],
[[Vampiro]], [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo Jr.]], Misioneros, etc. who people paid to see no matter who
they faced. But to make up for it, he had the regional arena draw level.

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

No to both. The first one is out of the question. Atlantis' best year
work wise was 1989, and even then there was several guys ahead of him: [[El Dandy]], [[Pirata Morgan]], [[Emilio Charles Jr.]], [[Javier Cruz]], [[Fuerza Guerrera]],
Satanico and that's only counting EMLL natives. If we add UWA and the indy
guys, we could come up with a few extra names.

The only period where I can really imagine a very strong argument for
Atlantis being the best worker in his promotion is 84 to 86. [[Emilio Charles Jr.|Charles]] was not
as good and [[Dandy]] had not grown as much (by 87 I'd put both over Atlantis).
I'd put [[Satanico]] above him and maybe [[Lizmark]], though during those years
Atlantis was more inspired than [[Lizmark]] and I know some would put Atlantis
over [[Satanico]] as well. [[Fuerza Guerrera|Fuerza]] was not EMLL, but indy who worked for both UWA
and EMLL, so I am not counting him, or I'd put him above Atlantis too. Ditto
[[Negro Casas|Casas]] and [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]] who also worked some Arena Mexico cards.

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

He's been a middleweight during the first half of his career and and a
borderline Light Heavyweight during the latter half. When he was very young,
he was a welterweight, but soon became a middleweight.

That being said, except for perhaps the period mentioned above, there's
always been better workers in his class like [[Emilio Charles Jr.]], [[El Dandy]]
when he became a middleweight (late 86/early 87), [[Negro Casas]] (in reality he
was a welterweight who also held several welterweight titles, but he
regularly faced the middleweight guys). That is only counting Mexico.

By 1991, while he was still very good, his work was already passed by
several other guys in the Middleweight ranks. When he was "officially" a
Light Heavyweight (early 93), there also was several better guys such as
[[L.A. Park|Parka]], [[Jerry Estrada]] or [[Lizmark]] who were having great matches in AAA.

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

His debut date is universally listed as 1983 (though I heard once, but never
confirmed, that he had been under other name and mask at least two years
earlier, 1981). In 1983, he already was very good. His work was clearly down
by 1996, though he had that last hurrah vs. [[Villano III]]. Nowadays he can
still have good matches, but only with top opposition.

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

As said before, his prime being 1989 would tell us the answer to both
questions is yes. Nowadays he is not bad by any means, but he is really
predictable and his matches are bland and by-the-numbers unless motivated by
his opponent or by the situation (i.e. title match or a big tournament). A
huge feud would do wonders for him. But reputation takes you a long way and
he still has got the rep, and it helps that he is very easy to work with.

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

Yes. Excellent singles matches vs. [[Blue Panther]] (best lucha match of the 90s
that nobody ever seems to talk about), [[Villano III]], [[Emilio Charles Jr.]],
[[Jerry Estrada]], [[El Dandy]], [[Satanico]], just to name a few. Also, a wide variety
of trios matches were his performance was an important part in making the
match excellent.

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

He was, with [[Lizmark]] and [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.|Rayo Jr.]], the main tecnico star of the promotion during the last years in the 80s through 1990. By 1991 we had [[Octagon]]
getting over from lowcard attraction to main event superstar fast, [[Perro Aguayo|Aguayo]]
wrestling more at Arena Mexico as a tecnico, [[Konnan]], [[Anibal|Anibal's]] return to lose
his mask. By 1992, we also had [[Vampiro]] and [[Love Machine|Love Machine's]] push. In all
fairness, Atlantis was still there, sometimes main eventing, but he was far
from an anchor. He "took back" his spot when by May, everybody and their
mothers had left to AAA. When AAA started the main tecnicos for La Empresa
were Atlantis, [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.|Rayo]], [[Lizmark]] and [[Vampiro]]. And not too much after, Lizmark and [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.|Rayo]] left.

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

Yes. He played his roles well (more later), made a good champion when given
a belt AND booked to look like a fighting champion (you can not blame him for
CMLL not caring about some of their titles), and when given the chance he
rarely let anybody down by not being good or charismatic enough.

His hardest career test perhaps was starting it off with a nice push in the
market with the toughest fans, but he didn't let anybody down even then.

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

Yes and yes. Before his prime he was an amazing young worker who could be
used on top if needed and was a natural successor for Lizmark. He was given
the chance to headline several big shows, and through work and charisma he
was seen as a big star. Years later, Mogur, who was a similar prospect
(though not as good in the ring) was given a similar push and he failed. And
also [[Angel Azteca]] was given a push as an Atlantis/[[Lizmark]] kind of guy, and
got over well enough, but was never seen on the level.

After his prime, he had several big and huge matches. Nowadays he's still
useful to the company as a "young legend" that can still go. He is still
used in main events, both trios and singles, and currently is 1/3 of the
CMLL Trios champions with [[Mr. Niebla]] and [[Black Warrior]].

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

During the 80s, UWA was the number one promotion, and EMLL had good business
but not strong promotional runs.

In one of those funny things, I think by 1989 guys like Atlantis, Satanico,
Dandy, Pirata Morgan with their work, and others like Cien Caras and Rayo de
Jalisco Jr. with their mask match a year later, along with the decline of
novelty value in the UWA cards after [[Francisco Flores|Francisco Flores']] death, were key
pieces in making la Empresa the #1 promotion in Mexico again. But by 1991-92
with the TV boom caused by TV personalities like [[Konnan]], [[Octagon]], [[Vampiro]],
Brazos, etc., and legends like [[Perro Aguayo|Aguayo]], caused the guys that had been pulling
the wagon during the last few years (except for [[Cien Caras]]) to be pushed
back. Not to say it was a bad thing to do business wise, but I always think
Peña never really knew how to use either Atlantis or [[Satanico]].

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

Yes. His rivalries with [[Mano Negra]] and [[Villano III]], even if it was just
because of the value of the fallen mask, would be talked about in 30 years.
Especially the [[Villano III]]. But they made them actually very interesting
feuds, with one of them ending in one of the few memorable matches of the
last five years, and the other one actually had a disappointing mask vs.
mask match but was a very good feud overall.

Him feuding with [[Kung Fu]] is considered memorable because of [[Kung Fu|Kung Fu's]]
nostalgia value to Toreo fans, but I hated it. I'm putting the blame 100%
here on [[Kung Fu]] as Atlantis did what he could. No way their matches could be
memorable.

The [[Angel Azteca|Azteca]]/Atlantis vs. [[Dandy]]/[[Satanico]] rivalry was not long lived because of Dandy turning, but it was a hardcore lucha libre fan dream and matches were
memorable. The Atlantis vs. [[Emilio Charles Jr.|Charles]] feud was great, too, but not memorable
even though some of their matches were.

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

Mic work is almost irrelevant in Mexico (but he is not good at it - during
years he would endlessy stammer when in front of the mic, even though he
didn't have a stammer). Working storylines, I think he always was very
effective. Realistically, nobody with some vision of the business thought
he'd ever lose against [[Kung Fu]] or [[Mano Negra]] as both were past their prime
as workers (not that [[Kung Fu]] was ever great) and they were played out acts
with no drawing power left outside of a big mask match. But he played the
sympathetic babyface so well, that he made you doubt. Now, [[Villano III]] is
another subject. We (as in the English language lucha community) had been
hearing for months rumors about [[Villano III|Villano]] wanting to drop the mask, but the
feud was built so well that we were in the edge until the day of the match.
I can honestly say that even though I had Atlantis as the winner I was not
too confident of my choice because it was close to a 50/50 chance pick.

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

Yes. He was a good "hungry young tecnico who can hang around with the vets".
He played this role successfully during his early years by outworking
veterans with a good worker rep, and not getting smoked when he was put in
the same team than a [[Lizmark]] or a [[Mascara Año 2000]] level tecnico (don't
laugh, this guy used to be pure awesomeness).

As a champion, I guess he's a bit like Kobashi or Toyota, who makes a better
challenger than champion, but he had credibility during his most important
title reign (his third NWA Middleweight title) as he made a good fighting
champion that defeated top challengers like [[Fiera]], [[Blue Panther|Panther]], [[Emilio Charles Jr.|Charles]], [[Javier Cruz|Cruz]], [[Dandy]] or then up-and-coming young rudo [[Bestia Salvaje]].

His other major role, which has been played on-and-off since 1988, was of
the "top star who is the partner of hot young tecnico prospects". By teaming
with him, he helped get [[Angel Azteca]] enough credibility to look like a
threat to top workers like [[Dandy]] and [[Satanico]]. Of course this also has got
to be credited to [[Dandy]] and [[Satanico]] for making [[Angel Azteca|Azteca]] look strong, and to
[[Angel Azteca|Azteca]] for being good to keep up, but Atlantis played his role well. He's
also had a somewhat similar role with [[Mr. Niebla]], and [[Octagon]] was put in
matches with him, [[El Hijo del Santo|Santo]] and others when [[Octagon]] was started to get
recognition as the "new hot prospect that is on the level of the stablished
stars". Also to his credit, Atlantis many times put his young partners over
in pre or post match interviews.

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

National Middleweight Title: His first title. Can't say much on it, but he
had several very good matches.

NWA World Middleweight Title x 3. First two reigns was hot potato title
exchanges with [[Emilio Charles Jr.]], so little meaning, but the wrestling was
very good. He eventually took back the title in 1990 from [[Dandy]] in his last
reign, which is the one I already talked about.

National Tag Team Titles w/ [[Angel Azteca]]: This did more for [[Angel Azteca|Azteca]] than for
Atlantis. Very good tag matches vs. [[Dandy]] and [[Satanico]].

National Trios Titles w/ [[Octagon]] and [[Mascara Sagrada]]: Again, Atlantis & hot
prospects win titles to give credibility to the "new" guys.

CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title: First reign was more than a year and a
half long, but was not much. No strong title defenses that I can recall.
Second reign was a very good use of the title, as it was an extra to the
[[Villano III]] vs. Atlantis feud. [[Villano III]] took it back, but strong title
defenses all over (DF, Puebla, Cuernavaca) including V3 winning the title in
a show with a very good 5,500 crowd in Tampico.

CMLL World Tag Team Titles x2 w/ [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]], w/ [[Lizmark]]: Few title
defenses in each reign.

CMLL World Trios Titles x2 w/ [[Mr. Niebla]] & [[Lizmark]], w/ [[Mr. Niebla]] & [[Black Warrior]]: Ditto for the first reign. Second one is still going, but has not
amounted to much so far.

As for tournaments I can only recall the copa Victoria. Tournaments don't
mean much in Mexico unless it's the Leyenda de Plata. [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]]
loves to win lot of the small tournaments, so maybe Atlantis was in his team
for some.

17. Did he win many honors and awards?

WON Match Of The Year 2000 vs. [[Villano III]].

Back in the early 90s, the English speaking lucha community was the
subscriber list of Lucha Libre Weekly (Steve Sims' newsletter) and Viva la
Lucha (Kurt Brown's fanzine). The latter gave year end awards/polls from
89-94, while the other one usually had Steve's opinions only (IIRC). The
Mexican magazine awards are way more markish and political than the PWI
awards of the era, and they are hard to track down anyway, so I'm not
counting them.

VLL Babyface of the year: 1989, 90 and 93.
VLL Wrestler of the year: 1989
VLL Tope/Move of the year: 1990 (for his Quebrada)

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

No and no.

19. Was he a top tag team wrestler?

Not really, but tag team wrestling has not been really big in Mexico in the
last 16-17 years. Now we see a lot of it with the team of [[Ultimo Guerrero|Guerrero]] and
[[Rey Bucanero|Bucanero]], though, which is good, and El Toreo's golden years featured mostly
tag team matches on top, but Atlantis was a Coliseo/Mexico guy.

20. Was he innovative?

The Atlantida backbreaker seems to be his creation. Up to 1991, while not
innovative, his flying was state-of-the-art. In 1991 the new generation of
[[Volador]], [[Oro]], [[Misterioso]], etc. passed him in that aspect. And around that
time, he was smart enough to start dropping some of his crazy moves while
still young and healthy.

21. Was he influential?

He's not a [[Lizmark]]-like influential figure, though because of him being
popular, I guess many kids wanted to be like him. But I don't think that
makes you HOF worthy unless you are Santo and those kids were half a
country. :)

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

Nowadays he just goes through the motions, but in the past he could look
good himself with a limited opponent, and he could make that opponent look
strong by selling and bumping well. During years, [[Pierroth Jr.]] and Atlantis
were the favorite rudo and tecnico (respectively) for the touring foreigners
because how easy was to work with them.

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

He's considered the ultimate pro by his peers and the promoters, and he's
got dedication. He's a guy that rarely, if ever, no-shows without telling
the promoter in advance, and he's one of those guys that arrives to the
arena early. I have never heard any complaints about Atlantis' attitude.

Nowadays, he rarely loses cleanly, but he puts people over when needed and
when he has got big mask vs. mask programs he puts his opponent over really
strong. Of course he will end up taking the mask, but he does a good job of
making it work. In fact, it's not too uncommon to see fans that are not all
that knowledgeable about the worked side of the business, cite how
Atlantis took the masks of [[Villano III|Villano]] and [[Mano Negra]] "with fluke wins" and
"being an inferior wrestler" (in [[Villano III|Villano's]] case one can understand, but no
way with [[Mano Negra]]).

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

He's always been really protected by [[Paco Alonso]], probably due to loyalty.
During his prime years, as good as he was, he was always facing the top rudo
workers in the promotion so he looked even better. But to be fair, those
rudos also looked better and stronger when facing Atlantis too, so it was
more of a mutual help deal.

== Notable Matches ==

8/1/91 ? Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca: Los Hermanos Dinamita ([[Cien Caras]]/[[Mascara Ano Dos Mil]]/[[Universo Dos Mil]]) defeated '''Atlantis'''/[[Mascara Sagrada]]/[[Octagon]] to win the Mexican National Trios Titles.

6/7/96 ? Arena Mexico: [[Bestia Salvaje]] & [[Chicago Express]] beat [[Atlantico]] & '''Atlantis''' to win the Gran Alternativa.

9/24/99 ? Arena Mexico: [[Mr. Niebla]] beat [[Shocker]] to take his mask after a Parejas Increibles Suicidas match against '''Atlantis''' & [[Villano III]]

2/11/00 ? Arena Mexico: [[Villano III]] beat '''Atlantis''' to retain his CMLL Lt. Heavyweight Title.

3/17/00 ? Arena Mexico: '''Atlantis''' beat [[Villano III]] to take his mask.

12/20/01 ? Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca: [[Tarzan Boy]] defeated '''Atlantis''' to retain his NWA Lt. Heavyweight Title.

6/16/02 ? Arena Mexico: '''Atlantis'''/[[Black Warrior]]/[[Mr. Niebla]] beat Fusion Lagunera ([[Blue Panther]]/[[Dr. Wagner Jr.]]/[[Fuerza Guerrera]]) to win the CMLL Trios Titles.

7/1/02 ? Arena Puebla: [[Shocker]] beat '''Atlantis''' to retain his CMLL Lt. Heavyweight Title.

7/25/02 ? Arena Neza: [[Blue Panther]] defeated '''Atlantis''' to retain his WWA Middleweight Title.

8/22/02 ? Arena Isabel de Cuernavaca: [[Rey Bucanero]] & [[Ultimo Guerrero]] beat '''Atlantis''' & [[La Parka]] to retain their CMLL Tag Titles.

10/29/02 ? Arena Coliseo: [[Blue Panther]] beat '''Atlantis''' to retain his WWA Middleweight Title.

3/21/03 ? Arena Mexico: [[Black Tiger]]/[[Dr. Wagner Jr.]]/[[Universo Dos Mil]] beat '''Atlantis'''/[[Black Warrior]]/[[Mr. Niebla]] to win the CMLL Trios Titles.

11/16/03 ? Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara: '''Atlantis''' defeated [[Rey Bucanero]] to retain his Tohoku Jr. Heavyweight Title.

1/11/04 ? Arena Coliseo: '''Atlantis''' beat [[Black Tiger]] to retain his Tohoku Jr. Heavyweight Title.

1/21/05 ? Arena Mexico: '''Atlantis''' & [[Blue Panther]] beat [[Olimpico]] & [[Rey Bucanero]] to retain their CMLL Tag Titles.

7/1/05 ? Arena Mexico: '''Atlantis''' & [[La Mascara]] defeated [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]] & [[Misterioso II]] to win the Gran Alternativa.

== Gallery ==

[[Image:Atlantis01.jpg|thumb|1983|100px|left]]
[[Image:Atlantis02.jpg|thumb|circa 1985|100px|left]]
[[Image:Atlantis.jpg|thumb|circa 1992|100px|left]]
[[Image:Atlantis03.jpg|thumb|2000|100px|left]]

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

Valentín Mayo

2005-09-30T23:56:23Z

KrisZ:

== Notable Matches ==

10/12/99 ? Arena Coliseo: [[Astro Rey Jr.]] beat '''Valentin Mayo''' to retain his Mexican National Welterweight Title.

10/22/02 ? Arena Coliseo: [[Alan Stone & Chris Stone]] beat [[Karloff Lagarde Jr.]] & ''' Valentin Mayo''' to retain their Arena Coliseo Tag Titles.

Mephisto

2005-09-30T23:53:38Z

KrisZ:

== Profile ==


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|name=Mephisto
|realName=
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Kahoz Jr. (UWA, debut - 05/03/93), Astro Jr./Astro Rey Jr. (05/93 - 07/01), Sendero (CMLL, 10/97 - 10/98), Mephisto (07/01 - )
|family=[[Kahoz|Kahoz/Astro Rey]] (father), [[El Gallo Giro]] (uncle), [[Rey Halcón]] (uncle)
|maestro=[[Kahoz|Astro Rey]], [[Franco Colombo]], [[El Gallo Giro]], [[Rey Halcón]], [[Negro Casas]], [[Pacoman]]
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== Biography ==


== Notable Matches ==

4/7/95 ? Arena Mexico: [[Shocker]] & [[Silver King]] beat '''Astro Rey Jr.''' & [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]] to win the Gran Alternativa.

10/12/99 ? Arena Coliseo: '''Astro Rey Jr. ''' beat [[Valentin Mayo]] to retain his Mexican National Welterweight Title.

8/2/02 ? Arena Mexico: Los Infernales ([[Averno]]/'''Mephisto'''/[[Satanico]]) beat Los Villanos ([[Villano III]]/[[Villano IV]]/[[Villano V]]) to retain their Mexican National Trios Titles.

8/29/02 ? Arena Neza: Los Infernales ([[Averno]]/'''Mephisto'''/[[Satanico]]) defeated Los Temerarios ([[Black Terry]]/[[Jose Luis Feliciano]]/[[Shu el Guerrero]]) to retain their Mexican National Trios Titles.

9/27/02 ? Arena Mexico: La Familia de Tijuana ([[Damian 666]]/[[Halloween]]/[[Nicho el Millionario]]) beat Los Infernales ([[Averno]]/'''Mephisto'''/[[Satanico]]) to win the Mexican National Trios Titles.

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

Apolo Dantés

2005-09-28T00:13:45Z

KrisZ:

== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Apolodantes.jpg
|name=Apolo Dantés
|realName=José Luis Amezcua Muñoz
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Apolo Dantés (debut - )
|family=[[Alfonso Dantés]] (father), [[Cesar Dantés]]/All Star (brother), [[Septiembre Negro]]/Vick Amezcua (grand uncle), [[Al Amezcua]] (grandfather), [[Alberto Muñoz]]/White Man (uncle), [[Indio Jerónimo]] (uncle)
|maestro=[[Alfonso Dantés]], [[Diablo Velazco]], [[Alberto Muñoz]]
|birthdate=September 28, 1968 - Guadalajara, Jalisco
|debut=December 4, 1988 - Arena Coliseo - Guadalajara, Jalisco
|height=5'11"/180 cms
|weight=222 lbs/101 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[Flying Splash]], Apollo 13 (nudo), Northern Lights Suplex
|titles=[[Occidente Middleweight Title]], [[NWA World Light Heavyweight Title]], [[CMLL World Middleweight Title]], [[CMLL World Heavyweight Title]] (2)
|}}

== Notable Matches ==

2/12/93 ? Arena Mexico: '''Apolo Dantes''' defeated [[Titan]] to retain his NWA Lt. Heavyweight Title.

9/1/95 ? Arena Mexico: '''Apolo Dantes''' & [[Emilio Charles Jr.]] defeated [[Hijo del Santo]] & [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]] to win the Copa Junior Tag Team Tournament.

8/14/98 ? Arena Mexico: [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]] beat '''Apolo Dantes''' to win the Grand Prix.

11/23/01 ? Arena Mexico: [[Emilio Charles Jr.]] defeated '''Apolo Dantes''' to take his hair.

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

Ángel Azteca

2005-09-28T00:08:25Z

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== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Angelazteca.jpg
|name=Ángel Azteca (Aztec Angel)
|realName=Juan Manuel Zúñiga
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=unknown (debut - 01/88), Ángel Azteca (01/88 - ), El Charro/Charro de Jalisco (AAA, 94 - 95)
|family=none
|maestro=[[Héctor López]], [[Asterión]], [[Dr. Wagner]]
|birthdate=June 24, 1963 - Cd. Lerdo, Durango
|debut=June 1980 - Torreón, Coahuila
|lostmaskto=[[Arkangel]] - December 5, 2003 - Arena México - Mexico City
|height=5'8"/72 cms
|weight=194 lbs/98 kg
|signatureMoves=La Suástica ([[Swastika]]), [[Huracarrana]], All kinds of elaborate armdrag variations
|titles=[[Laguna Lightweight Title]], [[Arena Victoria Tag Team Titles]], [[National Tag Team Titles]] (2, w/ [[Atlantis]], w/ [[Volador|Super Parka]]), [[National Middleweight Title]], [[NWA World Middleweight Title]], [[National Trios Titles]] (w/ [[El Hijo del Santo]] & [[Super Muñeco]]), [[UWA World Light Heavyweight Title]]
|}}

== Notable Matches ==

12/6/03 ? Arena Mexico: [[Arkangel de la Muerte]] beat '''Angel Azteca''' to take his mask.

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers|Angel Azteca]]
[[Category:Current CMLL wrestlers|Angel Azteca]]
[[Category:Referees|Angel Azteca]]

Arkángel de la Muerte

2005-09-28T00:03:20Z

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== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Arkangel.jpg
|name=Arkangel/Arkangel de la Muerte (Archangel of Death)
|realName=
|nicknames=El Abogado del Diablo (The Devil's advocate)
|nameHistory=Mister Cid (debut - 06/91), Arkangel (06/91 - )
|family=El Cerebro/Torbellino (brother)
|maestro=[[Diablo Velazco]], El Mariscal, El Yaqui, El Carnicerito, [[Pepe Casas]], [[Satánico]]
|birthdate=July 16, 1966 - La Venta del Astillero, Jalisco
|debut=April 1985
|height=5'9"/176 cms
|weight=205 lbs/93 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=Liger Bomb, [[Flying Splash]], Northern Lights Suplex
|titles=[[Distrito Federal Welterweight Title]], [[Naucalpan Tag Team Titles]] (2, w/ Canelo Casas as Mr. Cid, w/ [[Guerrero de la Muerte]] as Arkangel), [[Naucalpan Welterweight Title]] (as Mr. Cid), [[Distrito Federal Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Guerrero de la Muerte]]), [[Distrito Federal Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Guerrero de la Muerte]] and [[Felino]]), [[Guerrero Welterweight Title]] (2), [[Acapulco Welterweight Title]], [[National Welterweight Title]], [[CMLL World Welterweight Title]]
|}}

== Notable Matches ==

12/30/94 ? Arena Coliseo: [[Hector Garza]] & [[Negro Casas]] defeated '''Arkangel de la Muerte''' & [[Satanico]] to win the Gran Alternativa.

12/6/03 ? Arena Mexico: '''Arkangel de la Muerte''' beat [[Angel Azteca]] to take his mask.

== Gallery ==

[[Image:Arkangel.jpg|thumb|circa 1998|100px|left]]
[[Image:Arkangel01.jpg|thumb|2004|100px|left]]

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

Antifaz

2005-09-27T23:58:57Z

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== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Antifaz.jpg
|name=Antifaz/Antifaz del Norte (Mask of the North)
|nicknames=El Rey del Aire (The King of Air)
|nameHistory=Hunter II (used it once, before his official debut), Antifaz/Antifaz del Norte (debut - )
|family=[[Marco Tulio]] (father), [[Lila Cavazos]] (mother, Monterrey lucha promoter)
|maestro=[[Marco Tulio]], [[Jesse Rojas]] "El Vasco"
|birthdate=July 7, 1971 - Monterrey, Nuevo León
|debut=July 4, 1993 - Arena Pesquería - Pesquería, Nuevo León
|height=5'7"/170 cms
|weight=194 lbs/88 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Frog Splash]], [[Huracarrana]], Slingshot Corkscrew Bodypress, Flying Corkscrew Plancha, Corkscrew Plancha Suicida
|titles=[[NAWA Middleweight Title]] (3), [[WWA World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[L.A. Park]])
|}}

== Notable Matches ==

7/27/97 ? Arena Coliseo de Monterrey: '''Antifaz del Norte''' beat [[Pirata Morgan]] to take his hair.

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

Aníbal

2005-09-27T23:56:54Z

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== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Anibal.jpg
|name=Aníbal
|realName=Carlos Ignacio Carrillo Contreras
|nicknames=El Guerrero Cartaginés (The Carthagenian Warrior), La Saeta Azul (The Blue Arrow), La Furia Azul (The Blue Fury), El Príncipe de Seda (The Silk Prince)
|nameHistory=Carlos Carrillo (debut - 65), Anibal (65 - retirement)
|family=[[El Hijo de Aníbal]] (son)
|maestro=Chico Fernández, Salvador Flores
|birthdate=November 5, 1940 - Topilejo, Michoacán (other sources list Zitarora, Mich. and Laureles, Mich. as his birthplace)
|obituarydate=March 9, 1994
|debut=November 1963 - Topilejo, Mich.
|lostmaskto=[[Máscara Año 2000]] - December 13, 1991 - Arena México - Mexico City
|height=5'10"/178 cms
|weight=178 lbs/87 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Angelito]], [[Spinning Headscissors]], [[Tabla marina]]
|titles=[[Distrito Federal Light Heavyweight Title]], [[NWA World Middleweight Title]] (2), [[National Middleweight Title]], [[UWA World Middleweight Title]], [[UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title]] (2), Caribbean Light Heavyweight Title (Puerto Rico), European Middleweight Title (Panamá)
|}}

== Biography ==

Aníbal was born on November 4, 1940 in the state of Michoacán. In different interviews he has done through the years he has stated being born at Zitacora, Topilejo and Michoacán.

When he was four years old his family moved to Mexico City. There he had access to lucha libre, and he idolized Black Shadow and wanted to be a wrestler like him. When he was around twenty years old he started to train at the Gimnasio Baños Gloria and at the Gimnasio San Francisco de Portales, where the instructors were Chico Fernández and Salvador Flores.

He had his first professional match in November of 1963 under his real name, Carlos Carrillo. It was in Cuernavaca, Mor. and he was paid 40 pesos.

Two years later his representant designed a mask for him. He didn't want to wear a mask, but seeing how most of the younger idols were masked wrestlers he finally decided to go on with the idea. He came up with the Aníbal name.

Carlos was an avid reader of history books, and one of his favorite tales was the one of Aníbal - a Carthagenian general, son of Amílcar Barca and brother of Asdrúbal. He conquered the city of Sagunto, crossed the Pyrenees and the Alps, and battled and defeated the Romans. He almost conquered the city of Rome, but he killed himself in a battle after being surrounded by the enemy troops, because he'd rather be dead than waste the rest of his life being a slave.

As Anibal, his "padrinos" during his debut were Mil Máscaras, and his idol Black Shadow.

Anibal's rookie days were in the Arena "Al Gusto" in Naucalpan, he became a hot independent worker in El Cortijo, and in 1966 he signed with La Empresa, EMLL. On October 14, a bit before signing with EMLL, he lost the Distrito Federal Light Heavyweight Title against the popular wrestler now turned referee Pepe Casas.

During the second part of the 60s he wrestled for EMLL but even though he was considered a sensational wrestler from the start he did not become a big name wrestler until 1970, even though by 1968 he already was an Arena Coliseo main eventer.

In 1970, he won the NWA Middleweight Title from Masio Koma and started a multi-year feud with René Guajardo. He was also voted wrestler of the year by the magazine El Halcon, which is an honor he had again in 1974.

He was one of the many wrestlers that on May of 1975 left EMLL to join the newly created UWA was created. Anibal was already a very popular wrestler and had big profile rivalries with people like El Marquez, but his memorable feuds and matches there with Guajardo, Ray Mendoza, Perro Aguayo and others are what turned him into a legend.

He was a big star until the mid 80s, where he sort of disappeared from the scene due to injuries. His style had changed so much because he couldn't wrestle the fast tecnico style anymore. In 1983 he was still doing a huge campaign teaming with Villano III and El Solitario as "Los Tres Caballeros" (The three gentlemen) but in 1984 he turned rudo and formed a regular team with his arch-enemy Dr. Wagner. His last big feud was perhaps in Puerto Rico, where he lost the UWA Junior Light Heavyweight Title to local favorite Invader #3. That was the 15th of August, in San Juan, where the WWC promotion was having his 11th Anniversary Show. Anibal eventually regained the title and lost it on January of 1985 to Negro Navarro.

Anibal's name popped up again strongly on the lucha scene in 1991. He wrestled a lot in Panama and he started to get booked in Arena Mexico shows again. This was because he had agreed to lose his mask to Universo 2000, brother of Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000, as in EMLL they wanted to elevate Universo and make him a big heavyweight star. However before the match could happen, the Lucha Libre magazine, run by Benjamín Mora, crushed EMLL's plans by unveiling them in the magazine. In fact, Mora crushed almost a whole year worth of big feuds due to his bitterness as they didn't want to do business with him anymore (Mora owed them money). So to protect the integrity of the sport in the eyes of the less educated fans, it was Máscara who feuded with Anibal and took his mask in the end. That was the 13th of December of that same year 1991, and the match sold out Arena Mexico (drawing 18,000). The Anibal we saw in the match was an old unathletic man that was not even close to his past level of performance. After his mask loss he had a short tour all over Mexico and retired. It's said that Anibal really needed the money.

He eventually returned some months later after his good friend Tony Arce convinced him, but his hip was in so much pain that he needed surgery again so he retired for good. Before retiring, he had a last Panama tour where he lost his mask to local legend Sandokán (not the Mexican one) to culminate a 20 years plus feud.

On December of 1993, AAA had an Anibal benefit card because after the surgery he had gone bankrupcy. This card was actually promoted by the "Jose María Álvarez" foundation, which is a foundation that collects money for homeless kids. This was their way to say thank you to Anibal, who in the past promoted countless benefit cards for that asssociation. Everybody that met him will agree that he was a great man and a class act.

An Hijo del Anibal made his debut on October 24, 93 at El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, but it is believed, though unconfirmed, that this was not a real relative of the original Anibal.

Anibal died on March 9, 1994 at age 53 due to a brain tumor.


== Notable Matches ==

1/29/75 ? Palacio de los Deportes: '''Anibal''' beat [[Rene Guajardo]] to retain his NWA Middleweight Title.

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery||name=Anibal01.jpg|caption=70s}}
{{Gallery||name=Anibal.jpg|caption=80s}}
{{Gallery||name=Anibal02.jpg|caption=80s}}

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

Mr. México

2005-09-27T23:53:25Z

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== Profile ==
{{bioFields|
|image=Mrmexico.jpg
|name=Mr. Mexico
|realName=Miguel Ángel Guzmán Velázquez
|nicknames=El Hércules Poblano (The Hercules from Puebla)
|nameHistory=Drago (debut - ??), Konnan II (?? - 92), El Coloso (92 - 93), Vegas (AAA, 01/96 - 02/96), El Gitano (Promo, 96 - 02/98), IWRG Mr. Niebla (02/98 - 08/99), Mr. Mexico (08/99 - )
|family=none
|maestro=[[Satánico]]
|birthdate=[[July 22]], [[1970]] - [[Puebla]], [[Puebla State|Puebla]]
|obituarydate=
|debut=32203
|lostmaskto=[[Dr. Wagner Jr.]] (as Drago); [[Mágico]] (as Konnan II); [[Shu El Guerrero]] (as El Coloso); [[Mr. Niebla]] (as IWRG Mr. Niebla)
|height=5'9"/175 cms
|weight=194 lbs/88 kg
|signatureMoves=[[Scorpion Deathlock]]
|titles=[[IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Title]] (2)
}}

== Biography ==


== Notable Matches ==

3/1/01 ? Arena Coliseo: [[Tony Rivera]] beat '''Mr. Mexico''' to take his hair.

7/14/02 ? Arena Mexico: [[Veneno]] & [[Violencia]] defeated '''Mr. Mexico''' & [[Poder Mexica]] to take Mexico?s hair & Mexica?s mask.

11/19/04 ? Arena Mexico: [[Alan Stone]] & [[Zumbido]] defeated [[Loco Max]] & '''Mr. Mexico''' to take their hair.

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery|
|name=Vegas.jpg
|caption=Vegas (1996)
}}



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

Loco Max

2005-09-27T23:47:35Z

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== Notable Matches ==

2/4/02 ? Arena Puebla: '''Loco Max''' beat [[Volador Jr.]] to retain his Mexican National Lightweight Title.

11/19/04 ? Arena Mexico: [[Alan Stone]] & [[Zumbido]] defeated '''Loco Max''' & [[Mr. Mexico]] to take their hair.

José Luis Feliciano

2005-09-27T23:34:37Z

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== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Joseluisfeliciano.jpg
|name=José Luis Feliciano
|realName=José Luis Feliciano
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=José Luis Feliciano (debut - 02/92), Guerrero del Futuro (02/92 - )
|family=none
|maestro=unknown
|birthdate=April 30, 1955 - Cuidad Juárez, Chihuahua
|debut=July 30, 1978 - Arena Neza - Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State
|lostmaskto=[[El Hijo del Santo]] - July 18, 1998 - Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City
|height=5'8"/172 cms
|weight=192 lbs/87 kg
|signatureMoves=Elbowdrop, Elbow Attack, [[Flying Splash]], [[Cavernaria]]
|titles=[[National Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Shu El Guerrero]] & [[Black Terry]] - as J. L. Feliciano), [[Naucalpan Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Shu El Guerrero]] & [[Black Terry]]), [[Distrito Federal Trios Titles]] (w/ [[Shu El Guerrero]] & [[Black Terry]])
|}}

== Biography ==

In the golden years of UWA trios wrestling in El Toreo (early 80s), Feliciano was a part of two Los Temerarios (The Reckless Ones) teams, the first version with Black Terry and Lobo Rubio, and the second and better version with Black Terry and Shu El Guerrero.

He captured the National trios titles with Shu and Terry on November 20, 1988 after defeating Tony Arce, Rocco Valente and Emilio Charles Jr. at Arena Coliseo. They lost the titles on January 21, 1990 to the popular high flying team of Los Arqueros del Espacio (Danny Boy, Robin Hood and Lasser), also at Arena Coliseo.

Jose Luis left UWA, and he and Black Terry joined EMLL full time on January of 1992. Both were repackaged, Black Terry as Guerrero Maya, and Feliciano as Guerrero del Futuro. They were put in a trio called "Los Guerreros del Futuro" with Damián El Guerrero. Maya and Futuro were good wrestlers, and though Damian wasn't that good, they were a team fun to watch as they used tons of creative triple team attacks.

In 1996, Maya retired from the full-time competition as a business he had was doing very well, so the team disbanded and Damian and Futuro went their separate ways.

In 1997 he had a chance to participate in a CMLL Japan tour. His first Japanese tour was actually in March of 1990 with Terry and Shu as Los Temerarios, wrestling for Hamada's Universal. He also competed as the masked Guerrero del Futuro for Tenryu's SWS, and in the year 2000 he wrestled (masked) for Big Japan Pro Wrestling.

Ended up losing his mask to Hijo del Santo on July 18, 1998 in the first Ruleta de la Muerte promoted by OCESA at the mythical Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. Hijo del Espectro was supposed to lose, but he no-showed and Futuro was probably offered a lot of money to be a last minute replacement.

From then on, he returned to the undercard where he's still active, though now he also works as the financial secretary of the CMLL syndicate. He is a solid undercard addition and while he's clearly past his prime, he's still a great bumping rudo when he's fired up (i.e. OCESA's Guerra de Naciones) and a very good talent to have there to "teach the ropes" to the young guys of the promotion.

== Notable Matches ==

7/19/98 ? Palacio de los Deportes: [[Hijo del Santo]] beat '''Guerrero del Futuro''' to take his mask in the finals of a Ruleta de la Muerte.

10/30/01 ? Arena Coliseo: [[Alan Stone]] beat '''Guerrero del Futuro''' to take his hair.

8/29/02 ? Arena Neza: Los Infernales ([[Averno]]/[[Mephisto]]/[[Satanico]]) defeated Los Temerarios ([[Black Terry]]/'''Jose Luis Feliciano'''/[[Shu el Guerrero]]) to retain their Mexican National Trios Titles.

12/15/02 ? Arena Coliseo: '''Guerrero del Futuro''' beat [[Solar II]] to take his hair.

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