Arena México : 1962

Arena México : 1962

EMLL (FRI) 09/14/1962 Arena México [Box y Lucha 520, Box y Lucha 522, LuchaWorld, OST]
1) Willy Villanueva vs Carlos Ortega
2) El Santo vs Rene Guajardo, Rayo de Jalisco, El Gladiador, Antonio Montoro, Rolando Vera, Ham Lee, Karloff Lagarde [NWA MIDDLE, #1 Contenders]
Box y Lucha 520 lists Black Shadow, Benny Gallant, Espanto I, Espanto II, El Enfermero and Cavernario Galindo as probable participants (in addition to those who are there) and said El Santo wouldn't appear due to Central America tour. Karloff Lagarde is next challenger so likely won.

EMLL (FRI) 08/24/1962 Arena México [Box y Lucha 520, LuchaWorld]
1) Chico Veloz b El Bruto
2) Carlos Mayo b Tony Fusari
3) Oso Negro b Memo Rubio
4) Canelo Segura b Tomás Riande
5) Benny Gallant b Rayo de Jalisco
6) Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo b Antonio Montoro & Antonio Posa
Lagarde & Guajardo beat up Montoro in the third fall, leading to Posa to jump in and verbally submit. Fans didn’t understand what happened.
7) Rolando Vera & Santo DQ Espanto I & Espanto II
straight falls. Espanto DQed in the second for following Vera, which both refs saw. Good match but short.

EMLL (SAT) 08/11/1962 Arena México [Lucha Libre 146]
1) Espanto II b Al Velasco [hair]

EMLL (FRI) 08/10/1962 Arena México [Box y Lucha 518, LuchaWorld]
1) ? vs ??
2) Oso Negro DRAW Canelo Segura
best match on a not great match
3) Rubén Juárez b El Califa
4) Felipe Ham Lee DQ El Enfermero
report said it was an undeserved DQ
5) Ray Mendoza b Rayo de Jalisco
6) Antonio Montoro, Antonio Posa, Rito Romero b Benny Gallant, Karloff Lagarde, Rene Guajardo
Box y Lucha 520 later called this the match of the month
7) Espanto II b Al Velazco [hair]
Espanto saves his mask. 11 minutes, Espanto took 2/3. Velasco did not look good

Event Notes: Box y Lucha said this was the worst Arena Mexico show in a long time

EMLL (FRI) 04/27/1962 Arena México [Arena 193]
***Arena Mexico 6th Anniversary***
1) Huroki Sito b Apolo Curiel
2) Fantasma de la Quebrada b Humberto Cortez
3) Raúl Reyes DCOR Relámpago Cubano
4) Henry Pilusso b El Gladiador
5) El Santo b Black Shadow
the two shook hands as friends after the match
6) Karloff Lagarde © b Blue Demon [NWA WELTER]
Eddie Palau was referee. Title defense for Lagarde. Demon announced he would be stepping away from the ring to focus on business interests for a while.
7) Antonio Posa b Rene Guajardo © [NWA MIDDLE]
Title change! Milo Millan seconded Posa, who happens to win this title right before heading on a tour of Europe. Rene was distraught after the title loss, and a fair bit of fans were behind the Mexican rudo against the Spanish tecnico.

Event Notes: $122,280 gate

last updated: 2024-03-26 11:28