Arena México : 1969

Arena México : 1969

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EMLL (FRI) 12/19/1969 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 897, Lucha Libre 323, SuperLuchas]
1) Rodolfo Ruiz b Chico Veloz
ay have actually taken place after the main event.
2) Ciclón Veloz Jr. b Rizado Ruiz
3) Alfonso Dantes b Steve Clements
4) Black Gordman b Antonio Posa
5) Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo b El Santo & Raúl Mata
6) Ray Mendoza DRAW Coloso Colosetti [NWA LH]
Mendoza retains title in a match it seemed likely he would lose on his way out of this company. Third fall ended with a Mendoza tope leaving both men knocked out
7) Anibal b Red Terror [mask]
straight falls. Red Terror is Samuel Chavez Miranda, from Guadalajara, who has been masked for 16 years. (This has been typo listed as February 19.)

Event Notes: Box Y Lucha notes, somewhat surprised, that this was only a two week Arena Mexico run with a plan to return in February.

EMLL (FRI) 12/12/1969 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 896]
1) La Furia b Tino Herrera
2) Estrella Blanca DRAW Huroki Sito
double pin out out of a tapatia
3) Gran Markus b Audaz
4) Raúl Reyes b Alfonso Dantes
5) Steve Clements DQ Karloff Lagarde
DQ for a foul
6) Black Gordman & Red Terror b Anibal & Antonio Posa
Rudos took 2/3, heading towards a Terror/Anibal mask match
7) Coloso Colosetti, El Solitario, Rene Guajardo b Blue Demon, Ray Mendoza, Santo
Rudos took 1/3, setting up a Mendoza/Colosetti title match

Event Notes: first show back in a half full Arena Mexico.

EMLL (FRI) 10/31/1969 Arena México [Box y Lucha 890]
1) Pepe Casas b Ángel Negro
2) Sergio Borrayo b Saúl Montes
3) Golden Boy b Memo Rubio
4) Pantera Negra b Gran Markus
5) Chin Ho Chow b Coloso Colosetti
6) Anibal & Antonio Posa DQ El Vikingo & Renato Torres
7) Raúl Mata, Ray Mendoza, Santo b Ángel Blanco, Dr. Wagner, Red Terror
Santo clearly the big star of the show

EMLL (TUE) 10/07/1969 Arena México [Box y Lucha 887]
1) Tony Sugar b Capitán
2) Mazambula b Tarzán Moreno
3) Halcón Dorado DQ Espectro
4) Coloso Colosetti & Karloff Lagarde b Black Shadow & Rubén Juárez
5) Alberto Muñoz © b Vick Amezcua [MEX MIDDLE]
6) Goliath © b Pantera Negra [MEX HEAVY]
7) Raúl Mata b Ángel Blanco [MEX LH]
match for vacant title (no tournament)

EMLL (FRI) 10/03/1969 Arena México [Box y Lucha 886, Lucha Libre 316]
1) Vick Amezcua b Halcón Dorado
2) Pantera Negra b Gran Markus
3) Carlos Moll b Tony López
4) Goliath b Rubén Juárez
5) Antonio Posa & Black Shadow DQ Rene Guajardo & Terry Beauregard
Posa & Shadow in straight falls, second by DQ. Beauregard's debut and farewell; he'd leave Mexico after the single match.
6) Ángel Blanco, Dr. Wagner, El Solitario b Raúl Mata, Ray Mendoza, Rayo de Jalisco

EMLL (FRI) 08/15/1969 Arena México [Box y Lucha 879, Lucha Libre 305]
1) Huroki Sito b Ray Cortes
Box y Lucha lists this a the super estrella, so it may have taken place after the main event
2) Espectro II b Billy Rogers
3) Karloff Lagarde b Steve Clements
4) Anibal & Rubén Juárez b El Vikingo & Renato Torres
Hippes are on a losing streak.
5) El Santo b Rene Guajardo
mask ripping and blood. Santo took 2/3. Box y Lucha says this is the best match on a stacked show.
6) Ray Mendoza © b Dr. Wagner [NWA LH]
7) El Solitario b Rayo de Jalisco © [NWA MIDDLE]
Solitario wins a title on his sixth challenge, winning via rana. Solitario weighed in at 88 kg, Rayo 86. Soliatrio took 2/3. Rayo, unhappy about losing, attacked Solitario after the match.

Event Notes: Last Arena Mexico show of the run.

EMLL (FRI) 08/08/1969 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 878]
1) Enfermero b Billy Rogers
2) El Nazi b Audaz
3) Chin Ho Chow b El Halcón Dorado
4) Raúl Reyes b Gran Markus
5) Rubén Juárez b Carlos Moll
6) El Vikingo & Renato Torres b Black Shadow & Blue Demon
7) El Solitario & Rene Guajardo b El Santo & Rayo de Jalisco
Box y Lucha 880 calls this the bloodiest match of this Arnea Mexico run.
8) Rudy Palma b Huroki Sito
swing match (last match but not main event) happening after the main event, with Sito actually attacking Rayo de Jalisco as he and Santo were still in the ring from the last match

Event Notes: Said to be best show of this Arena Mexico run in Box y Lucha 880

EMLL (FRI) 08/01/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 303]
1) Victor Reyes b Tarzán Flores
2) Carlos Moll b Raúl Reyes
3) Steve Clements b Rizado Ruiz
4) Billy Rogers b Cavernario Galindo
5) El Rebelde b Rodolfo Ruiz
6) El Solitario & Rene Guajardo b El Santo & Rayo de Jalisco
7) Black Shadow, Blue Demon, Ray Mendoza DQ El Vikingo, Karloff Lagarde, Renato Torres
straight falls, Vikingo getting DQed in the second for coming back in after being eliminated.

EMLL (FRI) 07/25/1969 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 876, Lucha Libre 302, SuperLuchas]
1) Cesar Valentino DRAW Manuel Robles
2) Vick Amezcua b Billy Rogers
3) Steve Clements b Rizado Ruiz
Clements is losing weight by the week
4) Felipe Ham Lee DQ Ángel Blanco
Blanco fouled Ham Lee twice
5) El Santo NC El Solitario © [MEX LH]
Solitario tried to unmask Santo in the third fall. Santo escaped, and actually did unmask Solitario so that everyone saw his face. Solitario escaped the ring, ran to the back, and never came back. Santo was ruled as the winner of the match by the referee, but the commissioner quickly ruled it was a DQ and stripped Santo of the title. Reads like an unplanned event, though the recap writes it more as a strange planned finish.
6) Karloff Lagarde © b Blue Demon [NWA WELTER]
7) Rayo de Jalisco © b Rene Guajardo [NWA MIDDLE]

EMLL (FRI) 07/18/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 301]
1) Victor Reyes b Tauro
2) Ray Cortes b Huroki Sito
3) César Silva b Rizado Ruiz
4) El Enfermero b Billy Rogers
5) Carlos Moll b Alberto Muñoz
6) Ángel Blanco b Anibal
Blanco gets the win Wagner could not the week before.
7) Blue Demon, El Santo, Rayo de Jalisco DQ El Solitario, Karloff Lagarde, Rene Guajardo
Guajardo DQed for a konkc out punch

EMLL (FRI) 07/11/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 300]
1) Tony Romay b Chico Veloz
2) Audaz b Ruby Ruvalcaba
3) Mr. Steel b Manuel Robles
4) Steve Clements b Vick Amezcua
5) Alberto Muñoz b Goliath
heavyweight losing to the middleweight champ
6) Anibal b Dr. Wagner
Wagner was KOed.
7) El Solitario, Karloff Lagarde, Rene Guajardo b Blue Demon, Ray Mendoza, Rayo de Jalisco

EMLL (FRI) 07/04/1969 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 873, Lucha Libre 299]
1) Tauro b Black Sugar
2) León Negro b Rafael Salamanca
3) Audaz DQ Cavernario Galindo
4) Goliath b Steve Clements
5) Alberto Muñoz b Coloso Colosetti
6) Ángel Blanco & Dr. Wagner b Felipe Ham Lee & Ray Mendoza
7) El Solitario & Rene Guajardo b Blue Demon & El Santo
Box y Lucha 880 names Solitario & Guajardo as the best tag team of this Arnea Mexico run.

EMLL (FRI) 06/27/1969 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 872, Lucha Libre 298]
0) Mazambula b Greco
1) Saeta Azteca b Ruben Palma
2) Carlos Moll b Billy Rogers
3) Black Shadow b El Nazi
4) Coloso Colosetti b Raúl Reyes
5) Anibal b Ruben Palma
Anibal listed by his Zaeta (Saeta) Azteca nickname, which is confusing becauase there's another Zaeta Azteca mentioned later in the magazine.
6) Blue Demon & El Santo b Ángel Blanco & Espectro II
straight falls
7) El Solitario & Rene Guajardo b Felipe Ham Lee & Rayo de Jalisco

Event Notes: all but the first two matches set by battle royal

EMLL (FRI) 06/20/1969 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 871, Lucha Libre 297]
1) Felipe Ham Lee b Coloso Colosetti
2) El Nazi b Steve Clements
3) Billy Rogers b Cavernario Galindo
4) Audaz b Manuel Robles
5) Anibal b Carlos Moll [hair]
Anibal saves his mask in very good match.
6) Blue Demon & Santo DQ Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo
DQs in both falls!
7) Ray Mendoza © b El Solitario [NWA LH]
Mendoza takes 2/3 in a surprisingly quick (12 minute) after a Solitario tope failed

Event Notes: card order unclear

EMLL (FRI) 06/13/1969 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 870, Lucha Libre 296]
1) Tarzán Flores b Chico Veloz
2) Mazambula b Olimpus Savenas
3) Ruby Ruvalcaba b Terry Jow
4) Goliath b Billy Rogers
5) Coloso Colosetti b Raúl Reyes
6) Carlos Moll & Karloff Lagarde b Anibal & Steve Clements
straight falls. Looks like Moll is getting a hair/mask match with Anibal.
7) Blue Demon, Ham Lee, Rayo de Jalisco DQ Ángel Blanco, Dr. Wagner, El Solitario

EMLL (FRI) 06/06/1969 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 869, Lucha Libre 295, Matt Farmer]
1) Ruben Palma b Black Sugar
2) Billy Rogers b Chino Chow
3) Cavernario Galindo b Terry Jow
4) Olimpus Savenas DQ Saúl Montes
Savenas is on his way out. Savenas later called in Box y Lucha 880 the worst import of this run and the worst import in recent years (specifically saying he was worse than even Gran Jacobo)
5) Coloso Colosetti b Goliath
6) Anibal & Felipe Ham Lee b Carlos Moll & El Solitario
Moll & Solitario had issues leading to their loss.
7) Black Shadow, Blue Demon, Rayo de Jalisco b El Nazi, Karloff Lagarde, Rene Guajardo
said to be an easy win. Box y Lucha 880 later calls the tecnico team the best trio of this Arena Mexico season.

EMLL (FRI) 04/25/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 289, ricardo aguilar hidalgo ]
1) Espectro II b Espanto III
2) Gemelo Diablo II b Cesar Valentino
3) Carlos Moll b Alberto Muñoz
4) Karloff Lagarde b Steve Clements
5) Billy Rogers & Felipe Ham Lee b Ángel Blanco & Dr. Wagner
straight falls
6) Rayo de Jalisco © b El Santo [NWA MIDDLE]
Rayo de Jalisco won a tournament to get the title shot. He becomes a world champion for the third time; a bit of a surprise he got here and that he won, but Santo may be being phased out.
7) Black Shadow & Ray Mendoza b El Vikingo & Renato Torres [hair]

Event Notes: Arena Mexico anniversary show

EMLL (FRI) 04/18/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 288]
1) Rayo de Jalisco b Rene Guajardo [NWA MIDDLE, final]
seems like an upset; Rayo took 1/3. Later said to be best match of the year
2) El Vikingo & Renato Torres b Billy Rogers & Ray Mendoza
Vikingo wants a title match with Mendoza
3) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario b Blue Demon & Santo
clean this time
4) Coloso Colosetti b Rafael Salamanca
Salamanca replaced Goliath (auto accident)
5) Vick Amezcua b Olimpus Savenas
American Savenas loses in his debut, gets good marks, but review is confused why he's ahead of people why he's getting a shot on a Friday when others can't seem to get it
6) Peruano Aguirre b Benny Romero
7) Ruby Ruvalcaba b El Greco

EMLL (FRI) 04/11/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 287]
1) Terry Jow b Espanto II
2) Carlos Moll b Tony López
3) Espanto b Ray Cortes
4) Rodolfo Ruiz DRAW César Silva
5) Rayo de Jalisco b Steve Clements [NWA MIDDLE, semifinal]
6) Rene Guajardo b Billy Rogers [NWA MIDDLE, semifinal]
7) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario DQ Blue Demon & El Santo
a Demon foul on Blanco caused the DQ, while Blanco had earlier fouled Santo

EMLL (FRI) 03/28/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 285, Lucha Libre 323]
1) Huracán Ramírez b Billy Rogers
quick match
2) Steve Clements DQ El Nazi
3) Vick Amezcua DRAW Alberto Muñoz
4) Peruano Aguirre b Bufalo Reyes
5) Blue Demon & El Santo b Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo
6) Renato Torres b Raúl Reyes [hair]
7) Ray Mendoza © DQ El Solitario [NWA LH]
straight falls. The magazine praises Soltiario anyway for his performance.

Event Notes: 152,144 pesos

EMLL (FRI) 03/21/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 284]
1) Rodolfo Ruiz b Ringo Mendoza
2) Peruano Aguirre b Huroki Sito
3) Raúl Reyes DQ Renato Torres
4) Alberto Muñoz b Chino Chow
5) Billy Rogers b Vick Amezcua
6) Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo b Blue Demon & Huracán Ramírez
Lagarde & Guajardo looked re-energized as a team
7) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario b Ray Mendoza & Santo
sets up a Solitario title match with Mendoza next week.

EMLL (TUE) 03/18/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 284]
1) Estrella Blanca © b Rodolfo Ruiz [MEX LIGHT]
2) El Greco b Ruby Ruvalcaba [hair]
bloody match

Event Notes: Location is likely wrong. Listed as 12th Anniversary show on a Tuesday, but the building is never mentioned (and not quite right for Arena Mexico.)

EMLL (FRI) 03/14/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 283]
1) El Greco b Emir Farjat
2) Manuel Robles b Audaz
3) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario b Black Shadow & Blue Demon [quarterfinal]
4) Raúl Reyes & Ray Mendoza DQ El Vikingo & Renato Torres [quarterfinal]
Tecnicos took fall 1, rudos were winning in fall 2 and had elimianted Mendoza when DQed for double teaming Reyes by Roberto Ranger.
5) El Santo & Mil Máscaras b Dr. Wagner & Gran Markus [quarterfinal]
6) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario b Raúl Reyes & Ray Mendoza
7) Mil Máscaras & Santo b Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo [semifinal]
weird Guajardo/Santo double pin finish with two refs counting different results, but it's a tournament and they had no idea how to handle draws. They did one more fall extra, won by the tecnicos.
8) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario b Mil Máscaras & Santo [final]
Solitario & Blanco are Los copadres

Event Notes: magazine is critical of the referee work on this show, though it's really more the fault of whoever booked finishes

EMLL (FRI) 03/07/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 283]
1) Billy Rogers DQ Chino Chow
match mentioned in passing, unlikely to be the main event, DQ was questionable

EMLL (FRI) 02/28/1969 Arena México [SuperLuchas]
1) Ringo Mendoza b Leopardo
2) Rafael Valenzuela b Benny Romero
3) Pantera Negra b Chino Chow
4) Manolo Polman b Cavernario Galindo
5) Anibal b Gran Markus
6) Steve Clements & Terry Jow DQ Carlos Moll & Karloff Lagarde
straight falls, second by DQ.
7) Blue Demon, El Santo, Mil Máscaras DRAW Ángel Blanco, Dr. Wagner, El Solitario
rudos took the first, draw in the second (Blanco/Demon beat at ht esame time), tecnicos took the third

EMLL (FRI) 02/14/1969 Arena México [Lucha Libre 323, Matt Farmer]
1) Carlos Moll b Humberto Garza [hair]
2) Ray Mendoza b Ángel Blanco © [NWA LH]
title change here, historically listed as Christmas Day 1968, but confirmed as this date three times in the same magazine and said to be the most dramatic match of the year.

Event Notes: 128,660 pesos.

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