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As Charro

2009-01-12T01:37:46Z

Paulcarli: removed link to Charro de Jalisco in the "family" line of the profile, because As Charro's brother Charro de Jalisco was working in the 1970s and 1980s (and the link was to Angel Azteca)

== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Ascharro.jpg
|name=As Charro (Charro Ace)
|realName=Jorge Huaracha López
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Apache López (debut - 67), Yuma (67 - 68), Barba Roja, El Violento, As Charro (74 - retirement)
|family=Charro de Jalisco/Barba Negra (brother), [[As Charro Jr.]] (son)
|maestro=[[El Lince]], [[Felipe Ham Lee]], [[Florentino Martínez]]
|birthdate=[[June 8]], [[1949]] - [[La Piedad]], [[Michoacán]]
|debut=[[June]] [[1964]] - [[Arena Coliseo Reynosa|Arena Coliseo]] - [[Reynosa]], [[Tamaulipas]]
|lostmaskto=[[Mogur]] - [[September 18]], [[1987]] - [[Arena México]]
|height=5'8"/172 cms
|weight=209 lbs/95 kg
|obituarydate=
|signatureMoves=[[German Suplex]], Patada Charra (spin kick)
|titles=[[Northern Middleweight Title]], [[Puebla Welterweight Title]] (2), [[Distrito Federal Heavyweight Title]] (2)
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[October 11|10/11]]|masks (1)|As Charro & [[Gallo Tapado]]|[[Chicano Power]] & [[Sangre Fría]]|[[Plaza México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[November 1|11/01]]|hair|[[As Charro]]|[[Cuchillo|El Polaco]]|[[Arena Xochimilco]] - [[Xochimilco]], [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1977|77]]/[[January 16|01/16]]|masks|[[Sangre Chicana]] & As Charro|[[Los Tigres del Ring]]|[[Plaza de Toros]] - [[Torreón]], [[Coahuila]]}}
{{aline|[[1977|77]]/[[May 15|05/15]]|hair|[[As Charro]]|[[Chino Chow]]|[[Arena Coliseo]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1981|81]]/??/??|hair|[[As Charro]]|[[Luis Mariscal]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1983|83]]/[[June 12|06/12]]|hair|[[As Charro]]|[[Dr. O'Borman]]|[[Arena Puebla]] - [[Puebla]], [[Puebla]]}}
{{aline|[[1987|87]]/[[September 18|09/18]]|mask|[[Mogur]]|[[As Charro]]|[[Arena México]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1989|89]]/[[February 24|02/24]]|hair|[[Konnan]]|[[As Charro]]|[[Auditorio de Tijuana]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}
{{aend|(1) 16 men tag team Torneo de la Muerte}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery|name=Ascharro.jpg|caption=1989}}
{{Gallery|name=Ascharro01.jpg|caption=1989}}
{{Gallery|name=Violento.jpg|caption=as Violento}}
{{Gallery|name=Aascharro.jpg|caption=1988}}
{{Gallery|name=AsCharrounmasked.JPG|caption=}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

Jake Roberts

2008-12-29T22:52:06Z

Paulcarli: he was born on may 30, 1955 and not april 30, 1955

== Profile ==

{{bioFields||image=Jakeroberts.jpg
|name=Jake Roberts
|realName=Aurelian Smith Jr.
|nicknames=Jake The Snake
|nameHistory=Jake Roberts (debut - )
|family=Grizzly Smith (father), Sam Houston (step-brother), Rockin' Robin (step-sister)
|maestro=Grizzly Smith, Brad Rheingans
|birthdate=[[May 30]], [[1955]] - [[Gainesville]], TX, [[USA]] (announced as Stone Mountain, GA)
|debut=[[May 13]], [[1975]] - [[Baton Rouge]], [[LA]]
|height=6'5"/195 cms
|lostmaskto=
|obituarydate=
|weight=275 lbs/125 kg
|signatureMoves=DDT, knee lift, Short-arm clothesline, Getting arrested, Starving snakes to death
|titles=Stampede North American Heavyweight Title, Mid South Louisiana Heavyweight Title, Mid South North American Heavyweight Title (2), Mid South Television Title, NWA World Television Title (2), NWA Mid Atlantic Tag Team Titles (w/ Jay Youngblood), World Class Television Title, World Class 6 Man Tag Team Title (w/ Chris Adams & Gino Hernandez), Australia AWF Title, UWS Title (New York), AWF Puerto Rican Heavyweight Title, SMW Heavyweight Title, WWA Puerto Rican Title, BBOW Title (Colorado)
|}}

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1994|94]]/[[May 27|05/27]]|hair|[[Konnan]]|[[Jake Roberts]]|[[El Toreo de Tijuana]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}
{{aend|}}

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

User:Paulcarli

2008-12-29T22:51:26Z

Paulcarli: Removing all content from page

User:Paulcarli

2008-01-06T21:42:49Z

Paulcarli:

Hello! My name is Paul.

I set luchawiki as my internet explorer home page. :)

Some of my favorite luchadores of all time are: As Charro, Eddy Guerrero, Negro Casas, Sangre Chicana, Solar I, El Faraón, Jerry Estrada, La Parka, El Dandy and Pirata Morgan.

Suggestion Page

2007-12-21T03:02:05Z

Paulcarli:

Really upset that we haven't done a [[India Sioux]] page yet? Wondering if all those links to [[Arena Mexico]] are ever going to go anywhere? Have a good idea for something that this site needs (like a good color scheme)? Let us know on this page.

[[Category: Feedback]]

==Suggestions go below=

HELP WANTED: Would love to find someone who has the ability to do screen captures off of DVD's and can help with the moves page. While Alexis' photos are fantastic, I really like the move pages where we have animated gifs or 4 pictures showing the progression of a move from start to finish. If anyone can help out that would be really great. Thanks.--[[User:Robert|Robert]] 21:35, 31 May 2006 (CDT)

To Robert: Try these two sites out for gifs/wmv of moves....[http://www.yucubetoo.com/moves.html Moves 1][http://www.wrestlingencyclopedia.com/dictmoves.html Moves 2]
--[[User:100%GringoLoco|James]] 12:30, 1 December 2006

Is adding links to matches on Youtube out of the question? If it is something that you would support, I might be able to help out with some.

- Jon

hi, im new to the group, i love this site so far, you guys got everything, lots of profiles, and galleries

please add more profiles of these following luchadores just like in www.obessedwithwrestling.com that website has lots of profiles and galleries

El Duende/
Rabana/
Guerrero de La Muerte/
Reptil/
Superbowl/
Histeria/
Mosco de la Merced/
Bleda/
Ludxor/
Supernova/
Discovery/
Venum/
Indomito/
Magnate/
Aguila De Acero/
Enjambre/
Salsero/
more luchadores during the 90's

even do profiles of luchadores that had a previous gimmicks like black warrior's past names and aslo the same with mr. mexico and super kendo. add more galleries of luchadores that lost their masks, but in those galleries the wrestlers have their mask on
can you find pics of Fishman and Mathematico without their masks?

Hi, I know it's a lot of work. But have you ever considered starting a rosters section with rosters of EMLL, LLI, AAA etc. from the past (and present)? - Paul

Suggestion Page

2007-12-21T03:01:44Z

Paulcarli:

Really upset that we haven't done a [[India Sioux]] page yet? Wondering if all those links to [[Arena Mexico]] are ever going to go anywhere? Have a good idea for something that this site needs (like a good color scheme)? Let us know on this page.

[[Category: Feedback]]

==Suggestions go below=

HELP WANTED: Would love to find someone who has the ability to do screen captures off of DVD's and can help with the moves page. While Alexis' photos are fantastic, I really like the move pages where we have animated gifs or 4 pictures showing the progression of a move from start to finish. If anyone can help out that would be really great. Thanks.--[[User:Robert|Robert]] 21:35, 31 May 2006 (CDT)

To Robert: Try these two sites out for gifs/wmv of moves....[http://www.yucubetoo.com/moves.html Moves 1][http://www.wrestlingencyclopedia.com/dictmoves.html Moves 2]
--[[User:100%GringoLoco|James]] 12:30, 1 December 2006

Is adding links to matches on Youtube out of the question? If it is something that you would support, I might be able to help out with some.

- Jon

hi, im new to the group, i love this site so far, you guys got everything, lots of profiles, and galleries

please add more profiles of these following luchadores just like in www.obessedwithwrestling.com that website has lots of profiles and galleries

El Duende/
Rabana/
Guerrero de La Muerte/
Reptil/
Superbowl/
Histeria/
Mosco de la Merced/
Bleda/
Ludxor/
Supernova/
Discovery/
Venum/
Indomito/
Magnate/
Aguila De Acero/
Enjambre/
Salsero/
more luchadores during the 90's

even do profiles of luchadores that had a previous gimmicks like black warrior's past names and aslo the same with mr. mexico and super kendo. add more galleries of luchadores that lost their masks, but in those galleries the wrestlers have their mask on
can you find pics of Fishman and Mathematico without their masks?

Hi, I know it's a lot of work. But have you ever considered doing a rosters section with rosters of EMLL, LLI, AAA etc. from the past (and present)?
- Paul

Suggestion Page

2007-12-21T03:00:33Z

Paulcarli:

Really upset that we haven't done a [[India Sioux]] page yet? Wondering if all those links to [[Arena Mexico]] are ever going to go anywhere? Have a good idea for something that this site needs (like a good color scheme)? Let us know on this page.

[[Category: Feedback]]

==Suggestions go below=

HELP WANTED: Would love to find someone who has the ability to do screen captures off of DVD's and can help with the moves page. While Alexis' photos are fantastic, I really like the move pages where we have animated gifs or 4 pictures showing the progression of a move from start to finish. If anyone can help out that would be really great. Thanks.--[[User:Robert|Robert]] 21:35, 31 May 2006 (CDT)

To Robert: Try these two sites out for gifs/wmv of moves....[http://www.yucubetoo.com/moves.html Moves 1][http://www.wrestlingencyclopedia.com/dictmoves.html Moves 2]
--[[User:100%GringoLoco|James]] 12:30, 1 December 2006

Is adding links to matches on Youtube out of the question? If it is something that you would support, I might be able to help out with some.

- Jon

hi, im new to the group, i love this site so far, you guys got everything, lots of profiles, and galleries

please add more profiles of these following luchadores just like in www.obessedwithwrestling.com that website has lots of profiles and galleries

El Duende/
Rabana/
Guerrero de La Muerte/
Reptil/
Superbowl/
Histeria/
Mosco de la Merced/
Bleda/
Ludxor/
Supernova/
Discovery/
Venum/
Indomito/
Magnate/
Aguila De Acero/
Enjambre/
Salsero/
more luchadores during the 90's

even do profiles of luchadores that had a previous gimmicks like black warrior's past names and aslo the same with mr. mexico and super kendo. add more galleries of luchadores that lost their masks, but in those galleries the wrestlers have their mask on
can you find pics of Fishman and Mathematico without their masks?

Hi, I know it's a lot of work. But have you ever considered doing a rosters section with rosters of EMLL, LLI, AAA etc. from the past (and present)? - Paul

User:Paulcarli

2007-12-21T00:33:47Z

Paulcarli:

User:Paulcarli

2007-12-21T00:30:09Z

Paulcarli:

Hello! My name is Paul.

I set luchawiki as my internet explorer home page. :)

Some of my favorite luchadores are: As Charro, Eddy Guerrero, Negro Casas, Sangre Chicana, Solar I, El Faraón, Jerry Estrada, La Parka, Bello Greco, Satánico, MS-1 and Pirata Morgan.

User:Paulcarli

2007-12-21T00:28:52Z

Paulcarli: created user page

Love Machine

2007-12-21T00:05:48Z

Paulcarli:

== 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=[[October 8]], [[1966]] - [[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=5'10"
|weight=220 lbs.
|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|Konnan El Barbaro]]), [[AAA/IWC World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Eddy Guerrero]])
}}

== Career ==
Art Barr was the son of Sandy (wrestler, referee and long time promoter in the Oregon area) and the brother of Jesse (who wrestled in the WWF as Jimmy Jack Funk). Art was an accomplished amatuer wrestler, as he became a 4-time district champion and a 2-time Oregon State champion, but he had to drop out when his first wife became pregnant. Art worked in a steel mill during the day, and would train to become a pro-wrestler at night with his father and Roddy Piper, who taught him how to properly use his natural charisma. Art made his professional wrestling debut April 2, 1987 under his real name in Salem, Oregon; weighing only 175 pounds, he was way too small to become a serious threat to the main eventers, so he mainly competed in the opening contests of the shows he worked. On January 21, 1989, while Art was in the ring during a televised show, Piper and other three wrestlers entered the ring, covered Art with a sheet, stripped him naked, threw his clothes to the crowd and gave him a new suit. Piper had also sprayed something in Art's hair, grabbed the mic claimed that he created The Beetlejuice, took off the sheet and revealed Art with his new Bettlejuice gimmick. Ironically, in a a traditionalist promotion, he became the most popular wrestler among the fans. He especially was a hero to children, as he'd usually fight and defeat heels including Al Madril or Abuddah Dean.
Beetlejuice also tasted success in the tag ranks teaming with "Big Juice" as The Juice Patrol. In 1990, they were the top men in the division along with the team of Ricky Santana and Curtis Thompson. On June 30, 1990, Big Juice lost a "loser-leaves-town" match, but it didn't negatively affect Barr as WCW management had began to take notice of him.

=== World Championship Wrestling & EMLL ===
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 kids. Art entered WCW as the same character, but changed his name to the Juicer, in order to avoid potential copyright problems. While in WCW, Ole Anderson allegedly told Art that he'd never get over beacuse he was way too small, in which Art remaked that "I'm as tall as you are, you are just fat."

Ten weeks after Barr signed with WCW, he was found guilty of sexual harassment on a 19 year old girl named 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. Even though Barr was involved in controversy over sexual harassment ten weeks after signing with WCW, owner Jim Herd didn't fire him, as he felt that Barr had already paid his debt to society. However, news of the incident resulted in condemnation from the audience, as they chanted "rapist" during his matches. As a result, Herd decided to stop using Barr, because he felt that promoting "a nasty rapist" as a hero to the kids would tarnish the company's image.

Barr's charisma and ability was noticed by Konnan in December 1990, as he was invited (along with Rey Misterio Sr.) to compete at WCW Starrcade 90. Konnan would bring Barr and Norman Smiley to Mexico's EMLL promotion in early 1991. Art was given the gimmick of The American Love Machine, a masked American tecnico (babyface) with a sexy playboy gimmick, in March 1991. He soon became a popular performer and was given the chance to have a singles feud with Blue Panther, who was one of the most respected wrestlers from Mexico. His rivalry with Panther further elevated Love Machine as a top draw for the promotion, and following a huge build-up, a máscara contra máscara contest was scheduled for April 3, 1992 at Arena México; 18,000 fans packed in the 17,100 capacity building, while the other 8,000 fans were turned away at the door. EMLL management predicted that the attendance would overflow, so a set of giant TV screens were set up in the parking lot of the building. Panther won that match, after Love Machine was instantly disqualified for using the "martinete" (a tombstone piledriver) on Blue Panther during the third and final fall; Machine apparently didn't know that the martinete was a banned move, as the audience was more concerned about the health of Panther (who was stretchered out of the ring) than Love Machine removing his mask.

=== Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración ===
A month later, booker Antonio Peña left the promotion (along with Konnan, Cien Caras, Perro Aguayo and others) to form the [[AAA|Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración]] promotion. Konnan, who had developed a very solid friendship with Art, managed to recruit Machine for a three-year $3,500 per week contract with the new promotion. Art debuted on November 6, 1992, 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 third fall, Panther was getting too involved, which resulted in "Rey Sr." unmasking himself as Love Machine; Panther ran back to the locker room while being chased by Machine, 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 (wrestling as American Love Machine) and Konnan defeated Polynesian Prince and Tazmanian Devil to win the Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championships at the Sports Arena. Later, the belts were imported to Mexico and renamed the AAA World Tag Team Championships.

The Panther vs. Machine feud reached its highest point on July 18, 1993, when the headlining hair vs. mask match in Tonala, Jal. drew a crowd of 20,000; even though Machine was the tecnico for this match, he was met with chants of "Mexico! Mexico!". In the third fall. Machine already had his opponent beaten when he started fooling around, as he'd cover Panther for the pin and lift him up at the two count while acting cocky and proud. He picked up Panther to execute a tombstone and held the position (while the crowd told him not to do it) until Perro Aguayo pushed them, as Machine was instantly disqualified for outside interference by Aguayo; this enraged Machine, who (along with Panther's second and longtime Aguayo enemy Fishman) started beating up Perro until Panther made the save, which resulted in Machine becoming a rudo and Aguayo becoming a tecnico. During a trios match a month after Machine's rudo turn, Machine ripped off Santo's mask, put it on, and attacked (Santo's team mate) Eddy Guerrero while pointing to himself; Machine returned the mask to Santo, as Eddy Guerrero turn on Santo. A week later, Guerrero formed "La Pareja Del Terror" (The team of terror) with Machine.

On December 4, 1993, Barr showed up unannounced at the Portland Sports Arena to fight John Rambo, even though he didn't have a wrestling license to compete there. The 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. As a result, the Rambo/Barr match turned into a total shoot, as Barr threw a very stiff forearm that destroyed Rambo's nose. Following the match, Barr claimed that it had been an accident, but that Rambo had shoot kicked him in the throat earlier in the match to the point that Barr 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.

During an AAA card in Chicago on July 23, 1994, Machine and Guerrero captured the AAA World Tag Team Championships by defeating El Hijo del Santo 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), mixed charisma with wrestling ability in a way that had never been seen before. Seeing as though Guerrero wasn't available full-time time (due to commitments working as Black Tiger II in New Japan), wrestlers including Black Cat, [[Louie Spicolli|Madonna's Boyfriend]], El Misterioso, Chicano Power and King Lion eventually joined group at different times. Barr made his New Japan Pro Wrestling debut as "American Machine" in Summer 1994, wrestling under an old American Love Machine mask. His debut match was a 6-Man Tag involving himself, Black Cat & Black Tiger II against Shinjiro Otani, El Samurai & Jushin Liger, in which Machine's team won. Liger apparently had big plans to feud with Barr (including a match for the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title), but they never materialized after Liger broke his ankle.

=== When Worlds Collide and Death ===
On November 8, 1994, Barr was featured in one of the main events at the WCW-produced AAA/IWC When Worlds Collide PPV; Barr and Guerrero competed against Octagon and El Hijo del Santo in a Best 2/3 Falls, Double Hair vs. Double Mask match. There were backstage problems prior to the match, as Art and Octagon were removed from the booking sheet and booked as seconds to their partners. In addition, WCW production decided to cut the broadcast down 45 minutes from the original run time, resulting in all of the undercard matches becoming one-fall to a finish, and cutting the tag team semi-main event from 30 minutes to 20 minutes. The match ended up impressing promotors all over America, as ECW booker Paul Heyman immediately contacted Art Barr and Eddy Guerrero about coming in to feud against The Public Enemy (who were the top tag team in ECW at the time); Art confirmed this in a shoot interview following the PPV, and said that he looked forward to competing in ECW. Art additionally was scheduled to compete at New Japan's annual Tokyo Dome show on January 4, 1995. WCW and WWF additionally showed interest in Barr and Guerrero as a tag team

Three weeks after the pay-per-view, Art Barr was found lying in bed without a pulse and bleeding from the nose by his mother. Preliminary reports claimed that Barr died of an aneurysm, but later reports ruled that he died under unknown circumstances. Barr suffered from no heart problems, there was no aneurysm or internal bleeding from ring injuries and a drug overdose was ruled out, even though sleeping pills were found in his system. Prior to his death, he was planning to marry his pregnant fiancé and had finally quit drugs and wild partying.

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|92/04/03|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|Love Machine|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|93/07/18|hair|[[Blue Panther]]|Love Machine|Auditorio Rio Nilo - Tonala, Jalisco}}
{{aline|94/11/06|hairs|[[El Hijo del Santo]] & [[Octagon]]|Love Machine & [[Eddy Guerrero]]|Los Angeles Sports Arena - Los Angeles, CA, USA}}
{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==
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[[Category:United States wrestlers]]
[[Category:Deceased wrestlers]]

Love Machine

2007-12-21T00:05:22Z

Paulcarli: edited height and weight

== 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=[[October 8]], [[1966]] - [[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=5'10''
|weight=220 lbs.
|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|Konnan El Barbaro]]), [[AAA/IWC World Tag Team Titles]] (w/ [[Eddy Guerrero]])
}}

== Career ==
Art Barr was the son of Sandy (wrestler, referee and long time promoter in the Oregon area) and the brother of Jesse (who wrestled in the WWF as Jimmy Jack Funk). Art was an accomplished amatuer wrestler, as he became a 4-time district champion and a 2-time Oregon State champion, but he had to drop out when his first wife became pregnant. Art worked in a steel mill during the day, and would train to become a pro-wrestler at night with his father and Roddy Piper, who taught him how to properly use his natural charisma. Art made his professional wrestling debut April 2, 1987 under his real name in Salem, Oregon; weighing only 175 pounds, he was way too small to become a serious threat to the main eventers, so he mainly competed in the opening contests of the shows he worked. On January 21, 1989, while Art was in the ring during a televised show, Piper and other three wrestlers entered the ring, covered Art with a sheet, stripped him naked, threw his clothes to the crowd and gave him a new suit. Piper had also sprayed something in Art's hair, grabbed the mic claimed that he created The Beetlejuice, took off the sheet and revealed Art with his new Bettlejuice gimmick. Ironically, in a a traditionalist promotion, he became the most popular wrestler among the fans. He especially was a hero to children, as he'd usually fight and defeat heels including Al Madril or Abuddah Dean.
Beetlejuice also tasted success in the tag ranks teaming with "Big Juice" as The Juice Patrol. In 1990, they were the top men in the division along with the team of Ricky Santana and Curtis Thompson. On June 30, 1990, Big Juice lost a "loser-leaves-town" match, but it didn't negatively affect Barr as WCW management had began to take notice of him.

=== World Championship Wrestling & EMLL ===
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 kids. Art entered WCW as the same character, but changed his name to the Juicer, in order to avoid potential copyright problems. While in WCW, Ole Anderson allegedly told Art that he'd never get over beacuse he was way too small, in which Art remaked that "I'm as tall as you are, you are just fat."

Ten weeks after Barr signed with WCW, he was found guilty of sexual harassment on a 19 year old girl named 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. Even though Barr was involved in controversy over sexual harassment ten weeks after signing with WCW, owner Jim Herd didn't fire him, as he felt that Barr had already paid his debt to society. However, news of the incident resulted in condemnation from the audience, as they chanted "rapist" during his matches. As a result, Herd decided to stop using Barr, because he felt that promoting "a nasty rapist" as a hero to the kids would tarnish the company's image.

Barr's charisma and ability was noticed by Konnan in December 1990, as he was invited (along with Rey Misterio Sr.) to compete at WCW Starrcade 90. Konnan would bring Barr and Norman Smiley to Mexico's EMLL promotion in early 1991. Art was given the gimmick of The American Love Machine, a masked American tecnico (babyface) with a sexy playboy gimmick, in March 1991. He soon became a popular performer and was given the chance to have a singles feud with Blue Panther, who was one of the most respected wrestlers from Mexico. His rivalry with Panther further elevated Love Machine as a top draw for the promotion, and following a huge build-up, a máscara contra máscara contest was scheduled for April 3, 1992 at Arena México; 18,000 fans packed in the 17,100 capacity building, while the other 8,000 fans were turned away at the door. EMLL management predicted that the attendance would overflow, so a set of giant TV screens were set up in the parking lot of the building. Panther won that match, after Love Machine was instantly disqualified for using the "martinete" (a tombstone piledriver) on Blue Panther during the third and final fall; Machine apparently didn't know that the martinete was a banned move, as the audience was more concerned about the health of Panther (who was stretchered out of the ring) than Love Machine removing his mask.

=== Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración ===
A month later, booker Antonio Peña left the promotion (along with Konnan, Cien Caras, Perro Aguayo and others) to form the [[AAA|Asistencia, Asesoría y Administración]] promotion. Konnan, who had developed a very solid friendship with Art, managed to recruit Machine for a three-year $3,500 per week contract with the new promotion. Art debuted on November 6, 1992, 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 third fall, Panther was getting too involved, which resulted in "Rey Sr." unmasking himself as Love Machine; Panther ran back to the locker room while being chased by Machine, 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 (wrestling as American Love Machine) and Konnan defeated Polynesian Prince and Tazmanian Devil to win the Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championships at the Sports Arena. Later, the belts were imported to Mexico and renamed the AAA World Tag Team Championships.

The Panther vs. Machine feud reached its highest point on July 18, 1993, when the headlining hair vs. mask match in Tonala, Jal. drew a crowd of 20,000; even though Machine was the tecnico for this match, he was met with chants of "Mexico! Mexico!". In the third fall. Machine already had his opponent beaten when he started fooling around, as he'd cover Panther for the pin and lift him up at the two count while acting cocky and proud. He picked up Panther to execute a tombstone and held the position (while the crowd told him not to do it) until Perro Aguayo pushed them, as Machine was instantly disqualified for outside interference by Aguayo; this enraged Machine, who (along with Panther's second and longtime Aguayo enemy Fishman) started beating up Perro until Panther made the save, which resulted in Machine becoming a rudo and Aguayo becoming a tecnico. During a trios match a month after Machine's rudo turn, Machine ripped off Santo's mask, put it on, and attacked (Santo's team mate) Eddy Guerrero while pointing to himself; Machine returned the mask to Santo, as Eddy Guerrero turn on Santo. A week later, Guerrero formed "La Pareja Del Terror" (The team of terror) with Machine.

On December 4, 1993, Barr showed up unannounced at the Portland Sports Arena to fight John Rambo, even though he didn't have a wrestling license to compete there. The 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. As a result, the Rambo/Barr match turned into a total shoot, as Barr threw a very stiff forearm that destroyed Rambo's nose. Following the match, Barr claimed that it had been an accident, but that Rambo had shoot kicked him in the throat earlier in the match to the point that Barr 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.

During an AAA card in Chicago on July 23, 1994, Machine and Guerrero captured the AAA World Tag Team Championships by defeating El Hijo del Santo 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), mixed charisma with wrestling ability in a way that had never been seen before. Seeing as though Guerrero wasn't available full-time time (due to commitments working as Black Tiger II in New Japan), wrestlers including Black Cat, [[Louie Spicolli|Madonna's Boyfriend]], El Misterioso, Chicano Power and King Lion eventually joined group at different times. Barr made his New Japan Pro Wrestling debut as "American Machine" in Summer 1994, wrestling under an old American Love Machine mask. His debut match was a 6-Man Tag involving himself, Black Cat & Black Tiger II against Shinjiro Otani, El Samurai & Jushin Liger, in which Machine's team won. Liger apparently had big plans to feud with Barr (including a match for the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title), but they never materialized after Liger broke his ankle.

=== When Worlds Collide and Death ===
On November 8, 1994, Barr was featured in one of the main events at the WCW-produced AAA/IWC When Worlds Collide PPV; Barr and Guerrero competed against Octagon and El Hijo del Santo in a Best 2/3 Falls, Double Hair vs. Double Mask match. There were backstage problems prior to the match, as Art and Octagon were removed from the booking sheet and booked as seconds to their partners. In addition, WCW production decided to cut the broadcast down 45 minutes from the original run time, resulting in all of the undercard matches becoming one-fall to a finish, and cutting the tag team semi-main event from 30 minutes to 20 minutes. The match ended up impressing promotors all over America, as ECW booker Paul Heyman immediately contacted Art Barr and Eddy Guerrero about coming in to feud against The Public Enemy (who were the top tag team in ECW at the time); Art confirmed this in a shoot interview following the PPV, and said that he looked forward to competing in ECW. Art additionally was scheduled to compete at New Japan's annual Tokyo Dome show on January 4, 1995. WCW and WWF additionally showed interest in Barr and Guerrero as a tag team

Three weeks after the pay-per-view, Art Barr was found lying in bed without a pulse and bleeding from the nose by his mother. Preliminary reports claimed that Barr died of an aneurysm, but later reports ruled that he died under unknown circumstances. Barr suffered from no heart problems, there was no aneurysm or internal bleeding from ring injuries and a drug overdose was ruled out, even though sleeping pills were found in his system. Prior to his death, he was planning to marry his pregnant fiancé and had finally quit drugs and wild partying.

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
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{{aline|92/04/03|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|Love Machine|Arena México - Mexico City}}
{{aline|93/07/18|hair|[[Blue Panther]]|Love Machine|Auditorio Rio Nilo - Tonala, Jalisco}}
{{aline|94/11/06|hairs|[[El Hijo del Santo]] & [[Octagon]]|Love Machine & [[Eddy Guerrero]]|Los Angeles Sports Arena - Los Angeles, CA, USA}}
{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==
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[[Category:Foreign wrestlers]]
[[Category:United States wrestlers]]
[[Category:Deceased wrestlers]]

Suggestion Page

2007-12-20T23:36:21Z

Paulcarli:

Really upset that we haven't done a [[India Sioux]] page yet? Wondering if all those links to [[Arena Mexico]] are ever going to go anywhere? Have a good idea for something that this site needs (like a good color scheme)? Let us know on this page.

[[Category: Feedback]]

==Suggestions go below=

HELP WANTED: Would love to find someone who has the ability to do screen captures off of DVD's and can help with the moves page. While Alexis' photos are fantastic, I really like the move pages where we have animated gifs or 4 pictures showing the progression of a move from start to finish. If anyone can help out that would be really great. Thanks.--[[User:Robert|Robert]] 21:35, 31 May 2006 (CDT)

To Robert: Try these two sites out for gifs/wmv of moves....[http://www.yucubetoo.com/moves.html Moves 1][http://www.wrestlingencyclopedia.com/dictmoves.html Moves 2]
--[[User:100%GringoLoco|James]] 12:30, 1 December 2006

Is adding links to matches on Youtube out of the question? If it is something that you would support, I might be able to help out with some.

- Jon

hi, im new to the group, i love this site so far, you guys got everything, lots of profiles, and galleries

please add more profiles of these following luchadores just like in www.obessedwithwrestling.com that website has lots of profiles and galleries

El Duende/
Rabana/
Guerrero de La Muerte/
Reptil/
Superbowl/
Histeria/
Mosco de la Merced/
Bleda/
Ludxor/
Supernova/
Discovery/
Venum/
Indomito/
Magnate/
Aguila De Acero/
Enjambre/
Salsero/
more luchadores during the 90's

even do profiles of luchadores that had a previous gimmicks like black warrior's past names and aslo the same with mr. mexico and super kendo. add more galleries of luchadores that lost their masks, but in those galleries the wrestlers have their mask on
can you find pics of Fishman and Mathematico without their masks?

Hi, I know it's a lot of work. But have you ever considered doing a rosters section with rosters of EMLL, UWA, AAA etc. from the past (and present)? - Paul

Suggestion Page

2007-12-20T23:35:54Z

Paulcarli: rosters suggestion

Really upset that we haven't done a [[India Sioux]] page yet? Wondering if all those links to [[Arena Mexico]] are ever going to go anywhere? Have a good idea for something that this site needs (like a good color scheme)? Let us know on this page.

[[Category: Feedback]]

==Suggestions go below=

HELP WANTED: Would love to find someone who has the ability to do screen captures off of DVD's and can help with the moves page. While Alexis' photos are fantastic, I really like the move pages where we have animated gifs or 4 pictures showing the progression of a move from start to finish. If anyone can help out that would be really great. Thanks.--[[User:Robert|Robert]] 21:35, 31 May 2006 (CDT)

To Robert: Try these two sites out for gifs/wmv of moves....[http://www.yucubetoo.com/moves.html Moves 1][http://www.wrestlingencyclopedia.com/dictmoves.html Moves 2]
--[[User:100%GringoLoco|James]] 12:30, 1 December 2006

Is adding links to matches on Youtube out of the question? If it is something that you would support, I might be able to help out with some.

- Jon

hi, im new to the group, i love this site so far, you guys got everything, lots of profiles, and galleries

please add more profiles of these following luchadores just like in www.obessedwithwrestling.com that website has lots of profiles and galleries

El Duende/
Rabana/
Guerrero de La Muerte/
Reptil/
Superbowl/
Histeria/
Mosco de la Merced/
Bleda/
Ludxor/
Supernova/
Discovery/
Venum/
Indomito/
Magnate/
Aguila De Acero/
Enjambre/
Salsero/
more luchadores during the 90's

even do profiles of luchadores that had a previous gimmicks like black warrior's past names and aslo the same with mr. mexico and super kendo. add more galleries of luchadores that lost their masks, but in those galleries the wrestlers have their mask on
can you find pics of Fishman and Mathematico without their masks?

Hi, I know it's a lot of work. But have you ever considered doing a rosters section with rosters of EMLL, UWA, AAA etc. from the past (and present)?

Bello Greco

2007-12-20T00:53:11Z

Paulcarli: name history

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== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Asai]]|Bello Greco|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[José Luis Feliciano]]|Bello Greco|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[May Flowers]]|Bello Greco|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|[[Pimpinela Escarlata]]|Bello Greco|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1975|75]]/[[July 29|07/29]]|hair|[[Huracán Ramírez]]|El Greco|[[Gimnasio Benito Juárez]] - [[Cuautitlán]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1977|77]]/[[June 26|06/26]]|hairs|[[Gallo Tapado]], [[Estrella Blanca]] & [[Máscara Roja]]|[[Babe Sharon]], Bello Greco & [[Sergio el Hermoso]]|[[Palacio de los Deportes]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1978|78]]/[[January 22|01/22]]|hairs|Bello Greco & [[Sergio el Hermoso]]|[[Babe Face]] & [[Scorpio]]|[[El Toreo]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1987|87]]/[[May|05]]/??|hair|Bello Greco|[[Sergio el Hermoso|Sergio Sarabia]]|[[Auditorio de Tijuana]] - [[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}
{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==
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{{Gallery|name=BelloGreco.JPG|caption=posing with his sons}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

Dr. O'Borman Sr.

2007-12-18T02:39:46Z

Paulcarli: /* Luchas de apuestas record */

== Profile ==
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|realName=Jesús Brito Olvedo
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=Ventarrón (06/64 - ??), Mr. Atomo, Murcielago Dorado (Golden Bat), Dr. O'Borman Sr. ()
|family=not related to [[Dr. X]]
|maestro=
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|obituarydate=[[Janurary 16]], [[2006]]
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|lostmaskto=[[Solar I]] - [[December 9]], [[1979]] - [[Palacio de los Deportes]]
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== Biography ==
Dr O'Borman was born Jesús Brito Olvedo on Jan 25 1939, in Distrito Federal, son of Alfonso Brito and Ana María Olvedo. In 1961 he moved to Puebla to work as a waiter in a restaurant his uncle Luis Brito owned, and there he got close to lucha libre. General admission to Arena Puebla was 50 pesos back then, and he could afford it, but he wanted to be a wrestler and to get close to the wrestlers, so he carried the bags of the major stars of the era to get free. It worked for HHH.

In 1963, at age 24, he started training in Puebla with Toro Salvaje. He started out wrestling as Ventarrón (Strong Wind), debuting on June 24, 1964 at the Cine Arena Hidalgo in Puebla, losing by DQ in the "especial" (third) match against El Buitre (the Vulture). As a rookie he had the chance to meet his all time idol, El Santo, who encouraged him to work hard. O'Borman always said that really boosted his morale.

As a rookie he wrestled in El Salvador and Honduras during three months, working every day and getting 125 pesos per day. This was brutal and said it would be the last time he'd ever leave Mexico.

Soon he approached the local promoter with his desire to get a new name. He was offered Mr. Atomo, Murcielago Dorado (Golden Bat) and Dr. O'Borman - of course he chose the latter. His reasoning was that as he'd developed a very strong friendship with El Enfermero, a major star at Arena Mexico of the era, with the ready made doctor gimmick he had a chance to someday be his regular tag team partner.

He developed a feud with Franco Colombo, who years later would become a maestro at Arena México, but unfortunately he injured his left arm. He came back six months later, and avenged himself by defeating Colombo in a "máscara contra cabellera" bout. But luck wasn't on his side, though, as in 1966 he injured one of his knees while training, causing him to miss three months of bookings.

The first time he arrived to Mexico City to work, he was not on the level and Salvador Lutteroth Jr. wanted to send him back to Puebla. O'Borman literally begged him for a chance, so he was sent for three months to train daily with Rafael Salamanca at the Arena México gym. His progress was so big, that he became a minor name star at Arena Coliseo, working 39 out of 52 weeks at Arena Coliseo in a tag team with Bruno Victoria.

During the 60s and 70s he had few appearances for EMLL's major arenas, but he was a star in the independent circuit and a main eventer in many of the smaller venues of the Mexico state area, as well as arenas all over the country including Tijuana and Cd. Juárez. As a worker, he was a good hand, who could be used in supporting roles when the major stars from Mexico City came to town, and he could hang with them with no problems.

He defended his mask 13 times, unmasking Turok, Doper (I wonder he he realized what his name meant), Zarco, Rubí, Cuervo, El Invasor, Agente X, Spiderman (in 1966; would later become Black Man) and Astral, and taking the scalps of Henry Romero, Tony González, Chamaco Ortiz (Hombre Bala/The Monsther) as well as Franco Colombo. One of his most memorable "apuestas" matches was his double bloodbath bout with Tony González - who bladed too deep and sliced a vein in his forehead. His favourite career match was a "mano a mano" with La Gacela, a young superworker who would later become famous as Black Terry.

In early 1979 he left the EMLL network and became an "independent", having his last cup of coffee in the smaller arenas operated by Francisco Flores. He engaged in a feud with Solar I, who he had some great matches with, culminating in a mask vs. mask match that he lost on December 9, 1979 at the Palacio de los Deportes.

He planned on retiring, wrestled a bit more and went into semi-retirement, usually coming back to develop feuds and lose hair matches, such as his June 12, 1983 loss against the masked As Charro at Arena Puebla.

After that he promoted wrestling at Plaza Santa Cecilia during a few years.

In 1995 he sold the rights to the O'Borman name to the current Dr. X, who worked as "Dr. O'Borman Jr." until December of 2000. Apparently somebody else, not related to O'Borman Sr., had registered the name years ago and had waited for him to become somewhat of a name to ask for a big price for the rights. He said no way, and changed his name to Dr. X.

O'Borman died on Monday 16, 2006 due to cardio-pulmonary complications. During his last years, as usually happens with most wrestlers of his era, he had terrible knees and could only walk aided by two crutches.

As a kid, he always told his mother "I'll become a doctor and buy you a car". And he didn't lie.

Descanse en paz.

 
== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Dr. O'Borman|[[Turok]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Dr. O'Borman|[[Doper]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Dr. O'Borman|[[Zarco]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Dr. O'Borman|[[Rubí]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Dr. O'Borman|[[El Cuervo I]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Dr. O'Borman|[[El Invasor]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Dr. O'Borman|[[Agente X]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Dr. O'Borman|[[Spidermal]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|mask|Dr. O'Borman|[[El Astral]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|Dr. O'Borman|[[Henry Romero]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|Dr. O'Borman|[[Hombre Bala|Chamaco Ortiz]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|Dr. O'Borman|[[Tony González]]|unknown}}
{{aline|??/??/??|hair|Dr. O'Borman|[[Franco Colombo]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1966|66]]/??/??|mask|Dr. O'Borman|[[Blackman|Spiderman]]|[[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}
{{aline|75/[[September 12|09/12]]|mask|Dr. O'Borman|[[Hombre Araña]]|unknown}}
{{aline|79/12/09|mask|[[Solar]]|Dr. O'Borman|Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City}}
{{aline|83/06/12|hair|[[As Charro]]|Dr. O'Borman|Arena Puebla - Puebla, Puebla}}
{{aend|}}

== Gallery ==


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

Black Man

2007-12-18T02:36:49Z

Paulcarli: /* Luchas de apuestas record */

== Profile ==

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|name=Black Man
|realName=Álvaro Meléndez Tibanez
|nicknames=none
|nameHistory=La Gacela (debut - 77), Spiderman (66), Black Man (77 - ), Celestial (04/91 - 93)
|family=none
|maestro=[[Diablo Velazco]]
|birthdate=[[February 19]], [[1949]] - [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]]
|debut=[[1965]]
|lostmaskto=[[Blue Panther]] - [[February 16]], [[1986]]- [[El Toreo]]; [[Super Delfin]] - [[March 13]], [[1993]] - [[Tokyo]] [[Korakuen Hall]]
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|signatureMoves=[[Tope con Giro]], Corner Headstand into a [[Corbata]], [[Flying Armdrag]], [[Salto Mortal]]
|titles=[[UWA World Lightweight Title]], [[UWA World Trios Championship]] (w/ [[Kung Fu]] & [[Kato Kung Lee]]), [[UWA World Welterweight Title]] (2)
|}}

== Biography ==

The best worker (by a mile) from the legendary trio [[Los Fantásticos]], but also the lesser star. Trained in his native [[Guadalajara]] with [[Diablo Velazco]]. Debuted in [[1965]] as La Gacela. Also worked as Spider Man, and lost his mask to [[Dr. O'Borman]] in [[1966]] in [[Tijuana]]. He was a very good lightweight, but way too small to be a star. Luckily for him, a decade later, [[Francisco Flores]] pushed talented lightweights to the moon. In [[1977]], he became Black Man and got a push on the Northern division and [[El Toreo]] later, winning the [[UWA Lightweight title]] on [[September 10|09/10]]/[[1978|78]], defeating [[El Matemático]] in a rare 'técnico vs. técnico' tournament final that got rave reviews. He had the belt during three years and defended it 69 times. Formed a tag team with [[White Man]] ([[Alberto Muñoz]]), but later feuded with him and unmasked him. After the initial 83-86 run of [[Los Fantásticos]], Black Man stayed at [[El Toreo]] and tried to reform the team with [[Super Kendo|Kendo]] and [[Avispón Negro]] ([[El Monarca]]) without sucess. He had an excellent feud with [[Blue Panther]], who he defeated on [[February 9|02/09]]/[[1986|86]] for the UWA Welterweight title, but lost his mask against him just a week later. After that, every Fantásticos reunion failed because only one of them had his mask. On 04/91 he got himself a new mask and outfit as El Celestial. He was chubbier than before, but still could all his spots, including his trademark headstand on the corner. Well, until he realized people would notice who he is if he kept doing it. He won the UWA Welterweight title with that name on [[June|06]]/[[1992|92]], and lost it to [[Super Delfin]] (who he probably sold it to) on 05/93 in Japan. Also lost his Black Man mask to [[Super Delfin]] in [[Tokyo]]'s [[Korakuen Hall]] on [[March 13|03/13]]/[[1993|93]]. After that he retired and moved to [[Monterrey]] where he owned a lucha gym and a restaurant. As a fun fact, he once was [[El Santo]]'s high risk move double in a movie!

 

== Luchas de apuestas record ==
{{astart}}
{{aline|[[1966|66]]/??/??|mask|[[Dr. O'Borman]]|Spiderman|[[Tijuana]], [[Baja California]]}}
{{aline|[[1977|77]]/[[April 7|04/07]]|mask|Black Man|[[Demonio Azul]]|unknown}}
{{aline|[[1978|78]]/[[January 29|01/29]]|hair|Black Man & [[El Matemático]]|[[El Signo]] & [[Lobo Rubio]]|[[El Toreo]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1983|83]]/[[October 2|10/02]]|hair|Black Man|[[Pantera Negra]]|[[Arena Afición]] - [[Pachuca]], [[Hidalgo]]}}
{{aline|[[1984|84]]/[[November 20|11/20]]|masks|[[Blue Panther]] & Black Man|[[Las Sombras de Plata]]|[[El Toreo]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1986|86]]/[[February 16|02/16]]|mask|[[Blue Panther]]|Black Man|[[El Toreo]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1990|90]]/[[February 7|02/07]]|hair|[[El Brazo]]|Black Man|[[Arena Naucalpan]] - [[Naucalpan]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1990|90]]/[[October 30|10/30]]|hair|Black Man|[[Black Terry]]|[[Arena Querétaro]] - [[Querétaro]], [[Querétaro]]}}
{{aline|[[1991|91]]/[[February 5|02/05]]|hair|[[Negro Casas]]|[[Black Man]]|[[Arena Neza]] - [[Nezahualcoyotl]], [[Mexico State]]}}
{{aline|[[1992|92]]/[[June 4|06/04]]|hair|Celestial|[[Demonio Arrieta]]|[[Pista Arena Revolución]] - [[Mexico City]]}}
{{aline|[[1992|92]]/[[August 11|08/11]]|mask|Celestial|[[Pólvora]] (not current)|[[Arena Querétaro]] - [[Querétaro]], [[Querétaro]]}}
{{aline|[[1993|93]]/[[March 13|03/13]]|mask (1)|[[Super Delfin]]|Black Man|[[Korakuen Hall]] - [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]}}
{{aend|(1) He remasked to lose it in [[Japan]] again}}

== Gallery ==

{{Gallery||name=Blackman.jpg|caption=[[1984]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Blackman01.jpg|caption=[[1989]]}}
{{Gallery||name=Nuevosfantasticosmook.jpg|caption=Los Nuevos Fantasticos}}
{{Gallerywide||name=kungfukatoblackman.jpg|caption=Los Fantásticos}}
{{Gallery|name=uwalight_blackman.jpg|caption=as [[UWA LIGHT|UWA World Light Champ]]}}
 
{{Gallery||name=blackman_headstand.jpg|caption=Headstand}}
{{Gallerywide||name=blackman_saltomortal.jpg|caption=Salto Mortal}}
{{Gallerywide||name=blackman_flyingarmdrag.jpg|caption=Flying Armdrag}}
{{Gallerywide||name=blackman_topecongiro.jpg|caption=Tope con Giro}}
{{Gallery|name=blackman_uwawelter.jpg|caption=as [[UWA World Welterweight Championship|UWA Welter Champ]]}}
 
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{{Gallery||name=ELCELESTIAL.jpg|caption=as Celestial}}

[[Category:Mexican wrestlers]]

Talk:Black Man

2007-12-18T02:26:46Z

Paulcarli:

No info on his career as La Gacela? He didn't lose his mask in a match when he was La Gacela (assuming that La Gacela was a masked gimmick)? I guess they just got rid of the gimmick and changed him to Blackman?

Talk:Black Man

2007-12-18T02:25:54Z

Paulcarli: New page: No info on his career as La Gacela? Did he lose his mask in a match when he was La Gacela (assuming that La Gacela was a masked gimmick)? Or did they just get rid of the gimmick and change...

No info on his career as La Gacela? Did he lose his mask in a match when he was La Gacela (assuming that La Gacela was a masked gimmick)? Or did they just get rid of the gimmick and changed him to Blackman?

Talk:Gran Cochisse

2007-12-18T01:36:41Z

Paulcarli: New page: His debut date is wrong. He couldn't have made his debut before he was born. :)

His debut date is wrong. He couldn't have made his debut before he was born. :)