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	Joe Mercardo	Escudero Rojo	Arena Coliseo
92/02/11	hair (1)	Volcánico drew Joe Mercado, both lose		Arena Coliseo - Mexico City
95/11/19	mask	Astro Rey Jr.	El Metálico	Arena Coliseo - Mexico City
96/06/09	mask	Dr. Cerebro	Cerebro	Arena Naucalpan - Naucalpan, Mexico State
00/03/05	hair (2)	Pentagon & Xochitl Hamada	Rossy Moreno	El Toreo - Naucalpan, Mexico State
02/05/09	hair (3)	Pentagon Black	Mosco De La Merced I	Auditorio de Tijuana - Tijuana, Baja California
07/12/08	mask (4)	Hijo del Santo	Pentagon Black	Toreo de Cuatro Caminos - Mexico City
(1) Draw where both wrestlers lost their hair; (2) Second loses hair' match between Pentagon w/ Xochitl Hamada and Oriental w/ Rossy Moreno; (3) Match also had Santo Jr., Casas, Super Parka and Kendo; (4) 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)

Gallery

as Joe Mercado

as Metalico

as Metalico at Arena México

punish to Arkangel de la Muerte

w/WAR Int Jr. Title, 2006

as Joe Mercado kneeling

Jose Mercado

Mask vs Mask

as King Shiisa

as Dr. Cerebro

as Metallico

as Pentagón II

as Pentagón Black

Todo X El Todo