UWA: 1978-08

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(Arena Clasica)

MORA (SUN) 08/06/1978 Palacio de los Deportes, Iztacalco, Distrito Federal [Arena Clasica, Box Y Lucha 1347, El Halcon via LuchaWorld, Matt Farmer] Attendance: 24000
1) Bello Greco & Sergio el Hermoso DRAW Babe Face & Scorpió
2) Huracán Ramírez, Karl Gotch Jr., Ultraman b Fishman, León Negro, Perro Aguayo
Karl Gotch Jr. was Joe Malenko. Gotch was there to second Fujinami.
3) Canek, Cesar Valentino, Karloff Lagarde DQ Anibal, El Solitario, Gran Hamada
Canek fouled Hamada, Solitario fouled Canek, only Solitario was caught.
4) Ring Fujinami © b Ray Mendoza [WWWF JH] FUJINAMI VS RAY MENDOZA WWWF COMPLETO JR AG0STO 1978 (posted by DJSPECTRORELOAD)
17:00 minute match. Fujinami took 1/3. Great match. Mendoza weighed in at 98 KG, Fujinami at 95.
5) Bobby Lee & Villano III b Escorpión I & Escorpión II [mask]
Escorpions are Raul Reyes Garcia (Bufalo Reyes) from Mexico City, 15 years a wrestler and Jose Ventura Pedroza Villaloboso (Benny Romero) from Leon, 15 years a wrestler.

Event Notes: part of the show was taped by Nippon TV. Historically listed as the 13th, but a Box Y Lucha published before the 13th has the results. It's listed as "last Sunday" with no date; other results in the magazine indicate that last Sunday was the 6th.

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(@ajpw_gaijin_roy)

MORA (SUN) 08/27/1978 Palacio de los Deportes, Iztacalco, Distrito Federal [Box Y Lucha 1347, DJ Spectro, Matt Farmer] Attendance: 21450
1) Villano I, Villano II, Villano III b Dorrel Dixon, Karl Gotch Jr., Rayo de Jalisco
Karl Gotch Jr. is Joe Malenko. Villanos unmasked Rayo in the third; Box Y Lucha is upset about hwo the referees failed to call a DQ
2) Anibal & El Solitario b Fishman & Perro Aguayo [Relevos Increíbles]
Best match of the night. Anibal & Solitario took 2/3.
3) Ultraman b León Negro [mask]
Leon Negro is Jose del Carmen Castillo Aguilera, 39, from Leon, trained by Pedro Bolaos.
4) Canek b Lou Thesz © [UWA Heavy]
Canek took falls 1/3 to win in 14 minutes. Box Y Lucha says Canek hit Thesz in the adams apple and should've been called for a DQ.
5) Bobby Lee © b El Santo [UWA WELTER] BOBBY LEE VS EL SANTO CAMPEONATO PESO WELTER UWA (posted by DJSPECTRORELOAD)
Bobby Leon took 2/3 to retain, the last by submission to a Gori Special. Photos of match include one of Santo's sons seconding him for this match.

Event Notes: Homenaje al Santo Enmascarado de Plata. Gate: 995,000.00 pes

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