Pentagón Black

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Pentagón Black

Name	Pentagón Black
Real name	José Mercado López
Nicknames	none
Name history	Joe Mercado (debut - 10??/92), Metálico (10??/92 - ??), Dr. Cerebro (first version, ?? - 12/96), Pentagón (01/97 - 2001), Sasuke The Great (Japan: when Masao Orihara -original Sasuke The Great- was wrestling as himself), Venterron, Pentagon Black (Japan, 04/01 - ), King Shisa (Dragon Gate; 2005 - 2006)
Family	Xochitl Hamada (wife), Gran Hamada (father-in-law), Ayako Hamada (sister-in-law), Tiger Mask IV (brother-in-law) - relationship to Hijo de Pentagón Black unsubstantiated
Maestro(s)	Máquina Salvaje, Diablo Velazco
Birth date, location	January 24, 1969 - Mexico City
Obituary date
Debut, location	March 5, 1992 - Arena Coliseo - Mexico City
Lost mask to	Astro Rey Jr. - November 17, 1995 - Arena Coliseo (As Metálico), Hijo del Santo - December 8, 2007 (as Pentagon Black)
Height	5'7"/170 cms
Weight	192 lbs/87 kg
Signature moves	Spinning Backbreaker, Low Blow, Top-Rope Frankensteiner, Michinoku Driver II, Asai Moonsault(outside the ring)
Titles:	- National Middleweight Title IWRG Intercontinental Trios Titles (w/ Black Tiger & Pantera) WAR International Junior Heavyweight Title IWRG Intercontinental Middleweight Title

Biography

Second version of the Pentagón character, after the first suffered his career-ending collapse. After his 2001 departure from AAA split his time between Mexican indies and Japan, and became Pentagón Black. Seems to have retired after his unmasking by Hijo del Santo at the first Todo X Todo show.

Luchas de apuestas record

Date	Apuesta	Winner(s)	Loser(s)	Arena and/or Place
1990/07/22	hair/mask	El Pantera & Joe Mercado	Tarasco I & Tarasco II	Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State
1991/07/02	hair^[1]	Joe Mercardo	Escudero Rojo	Arena Coliseo
1992/02/11	hair^[2]	Volcánico drew Joe Mercado, both lose		Arena Coliseo - Mexico City
1995/11/19	mask	Astro Rey Jr.	El Metálico	Arena Coliseo - Mexico City
1996/06/09	mask	Dr. Cerebro	Cerebro	Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State
2000/03/05	hair (1)	Pentagon & Xochitl Hamada	Rossy Moreno	El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State
2002/05/09	hair (2)	Pentagon Black	Mosco De La Merced I	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
2007/12/08	mask (3)	Hijo del Santo	Pentagon Black	Toreo de Cuatro Caminos - Mexico City
(1) Second loses hair' match between Pentagon w/ Xochitl Hamada and Oriental w/ Rossy Moreno; (2) Match also had Santo Jr., Casas, Super Parka and Kendo; (3) Suicide Tag Team Tournament: Mil Mascaras, Dos Caras, Fantasma, Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Mascara Sagrada, Lizmark, Solar, Hijo de Anibal, Hijo del Solitario, Super Muñeco, Fishman Jr., Blue Demon Jr., El Hijo Del Cien Caras, Tinieblas)