Arena México : 1971

Arena México : 1971

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EMLL (FRI) 12/17/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1001, Box y Lucha 1002]
1) José Luis Mendieta b Renato Torres
big upset, biggest win of Mendieta’s career to this point
2) Alberto Muñoz & Garo Katcherian b Coloso Colosetti & Karloff Lagarde
called one of the best matches of the season, results mentioned in photo
3) Anibal, Rayo de Jalisco, Tinieblas b Ángel Blanco, Dr. Wagner, El Solitario
Tinieblas return to Arena Mexico, won over the people this time

Event Notes: recap mentions only the top three matches

EMLL (FRI) 11/05/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box y Lucha 994]
1) El Greco vs Mario Alcala
2) Villano I vs Carlos Plata
3) Manuel Robles vs El Rostro
4) José Luis Mendieta b Gemelo Diablo II
5) Gemelo Diablo I vs Látigo Watson
6) Black Shadow, Blue Demon, Garo Katcherian b Karloff Lagarde, Kitazawa, Shibata
debut of Garo Katcherian (or something like that) from Armenia.
7) Rayo de Jalisco & Tinieblas b Ángel Blanco & El Solitario
bloody match

EMLL (FRI) 10/29/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box y Lucha 993, Box y Lucha 994]
1) Agente X vs Dick Angelo
listed in the lineup, not mentioned in the results.
2) Látigo Watson b Cesar Valentino
3) Raúl Reyes b Coloso Colosetti
Raul Reyes
4) Kitazawa b Alberto Muñoz
5) Anibal & Blue Demon b Karloff Lagarde & Shibata
6) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario DQ Rayo de Jalisco & Tinieblas
Straight falls, Rayo fouled both rudos.
7) Rene Guajardo L Renato Torres, Black Shadow [hair]
first three way hair match. Renato Torres won the battle royal, causing Shadow and Guajardo to have to fight in the first fall. (It's meant to be multiple falls here, not separate matches.) Shadow submitted Guajardo to the Gory Special in the first fall, Torres defeated Black Shadow in the second, Guajardo beat Torres in the third to leave everyone tied at 1 fall won. Black Shadow beat Rene Guajardo again, meaning Shadow escaped the match, and Torres pinned Guajardo to take Guajardo's hair. Box y Lucha later called one of the Black Shadow/Rene Guajardo the best singles match of 1971.

Event Notes: sell out

EMLL (FRI) 10/22/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 992, Box y Lucha 993]
1) Zeus vs Mario Rocca
listed on the lineup, no result
2) Villano I b El Greco
3) Perro Aguayo b Rostro
4) Cesar Valentino b Chino Chow
5) Alfonso Dantes b Látigo Watson
6) Black Shadow & Blue Demon b Kitazawa & Shibata [quarterfinal]
7) Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo b Rayo de Jalisco & Tinieblas [quarterfinal]
8) Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo b Black Shadow & Blue Demon [semifinal]
9) Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo b El Solitario & Renato Torres [final]
Torres wants a hair match. Torres and Soltiario won the battle royal to advance straight to the final.

EMLL (FRI) 10/15/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 991, Box y Lucha 992]
1) Tauro vs Ángel Negro
listed in the lineups, not mentioned in the resuts
2) El Greco b Atila
3) José Luis Mendieta b Gemelo Diablo II
4) Gemelo Diablo I b El Rostro
5) Kitazawa b Chino Chow
6) Dr. Wagner & Renato Torres b Ciclón Veloz & Látigo Watson
Latigo Watson is Whipper Watson Jr., oddly listed as Carl Watson and later Phillip Carl Watson
7) Blue Demon, Rayo de Jalisco, Tinieblas b Karloff Lagarde, Rene Guajardo, Shibata
Blue Demon replacing Anibal

EMLL (FRI) 10/08/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box y Lucha 990, Box y Lucha 991]
1) Atila b Milo Ventura
2) Huroki Sito b Mario Alcala
3) Halcón Dorado b Manuel Robles
4) Chino Chow b Índio Jerónimo
5) Dr. Wagner & El Solitario b Audaz & Dorrel Dixon
6) Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo b Ray Mendoza & Tinieblas
Tinieblas looks green
7) Ciclón Veloz © b Renato Torres [MEX MIDDLE]
Veloz took ⅔ to retain

EMLL (FRI) 10/01/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 989, Box y Lucha 990]
1) El Tauro vs Trueno
2) Dick Angelo vs Carlos Plata
3) Kitazawa & Shibata b Anibal & Black Shadow [quarterfinal]
Anibla replaced Blue Demon
4) El Solitario & Renato Torres b Alberto Muñoz & Ciclón Veloz [quarterfinal]
5) Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo b Ray Mendoza & Tinieblas [quarterfinal]
Tineblas first loss here, coming after Mendoza came back in after being beat
6) Dorrel Dixon & Earl Maynard b Colosso Colosetti & El Nazi [quarterfinal]
7) Dorrel Dixon & Earl Maynard b Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo [semifinal]
8) El Solitario & Renato Torres b Kitazawa & Shibata [semifinal]
9) El Solitario & Renato Torres b Dorrel Dixon & Earl Maynard [final]

EMLL (FRI) 09/24/1971 Arena México [Box Y Lucha]
***EMLL 38th Aniversario***
1) Halcón Dorado vs Gemelo Diablo II
2) Chino Chow vs Gemelo Diablo I
3) Raúl Mata vs El Nazi
4) Anibal vs Shibata
5) Ray Mendoza & Tinieblas vs Kitazawa & Rene Guajardo
6) Dorrel Dixon & Earl Maynard vs Dr. Wagner & El Solitario
7) Renato Torres b Ciclón Veloz Jr. [hair]

EMLL (FRI) 08/06/1971 Arena México [Arena 677, Box y Lucha 1001, Box y Lucha 3615 (reprint of 982), Box y Lucha 981, Box y Lucha 982, SL495]
1) La Cobra b Dr. O’Borman
2) Vick Amezcua b Cesar Valentino
3) El Nazi b El Rostro
4) Renato Torres b Alberto Muñoz
5) Black Shadow & Blue Demon DQ Ángel Blanco & El Solitario
straight falls, with the rudos fouling the tecnicos in the second.
6) Anibal © b Motoyuki Kitazawa [NWA MIDDLE]
Kitazawa was seconed by Dr. OBorman. Anibal took ⅓.
7) Dorrel Dixon & Ray Mendoza b Katsuhisa Shibata & Rene Guajardo [hair]
double hair match. Dixon & Mendoza took 1/3.

EMLL (FRI) 07/30/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box y Lucha 980, Box y Lucha 981]
1) Mario Alcala b Frank Tejeda
2) Rodolfo Ruiz b Johnny Lezcano
3) Chino Chow b Rizado Ruiz
4) Perro Aguayo b Humberto Garza
5) Alberto Muñoz DQ Alfonso Dantes
6) Anibal & Blue Demon b Ángel Blanco & El Solitario
7) Karloff Lagarde, Rene Guajardo, Shibata b Dorrel Dixon, Ray Mendoza, Rayo de Jalisco
Mendoza very bloodied and on a losing streak. Lagrade subbed for Kitazawa.

EMLL (FRI) 07/23/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 979, Box y Lucha 980]
1) Memo Valles b Bruno Victoria
2) Huroki Sito DRAW Johnny Lezcano
3) José Luis Mendieta b Manuel Robles
4) Chino Chow b Índio Geronimo
5) Rubén Juárez b Perro Aguayo
6) Alberto Muñoz & Rayo de Jalisco b Ángel Blanco & El Solitario
7) Kitazawa, Rene Guajardo, Shibata b Anibal, Dorrel Dixon, Ray Mendoza

EMLL (FRI) 07/16/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 978, Box y Lucha 979]
1) Gran Davis vs Ringo Mendoza
listed on the poster but not in the results
2) Johnny Lezcano b León Negro
3) Rizado Ruiz DRAW Cesar Valentino
4) Tony López b Índio Geronimo
5) Chino Chow DQ Vick Amezcua
6) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario b Perro Aguayo & Rene Guajardo [quarterfinal]
7) Kitazawa & Shibata b Alberto Muñoz & Rayo de Jalisco [quarterfinal]
8) Kitazawa & Shibata b Ángel Blanco & El Solitario [semifinal]
9) Kitazawa & Shibata DQ Dorrel Dixon & Ray Mendoza [final]
Mendoza & Dixon won the battle royal. Fans felt the DQ was unfair.

Event Notes: referee Eddie Palau has reached 40 years (wrestling and referee work combined) and is talking about retiring or at least taking a break for a while workng on other business. Box y Lucha often jokes about him but here talks about how he’ll be dearly missed, saying he’s as popular here as Pele is with Brazilian soccer fans.

EMLL (FRI) 07/09/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box y Lucha 977, Box y Lucha 978]
1) Mr. Steel b León Negro
2) Rizado Ruiz b Chucho Villa
rematch
3) Renato Torres b El Rostro
4) Dorrel Dixon b Shibata
5) Kitazawa & Rene Guajardo b Anibal & Rayo de Jalisco
6) Alberto Muñoz © b Karloff Lagarde [NWA WELTER]
7) El Solitario © b Ray Mendoza [NWA LH]
Solitario 89 kg, Ray Mendoza 91 kg

EMLL (FRI) 07/02/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box y Lucha 976, Box y Lucha 977]
1) Mario Alcala b Pepe Casas
2) Mr. Steel b Leo López
3) Pepe Mendieta Jr. b Rodolfo Ruiz
4) Humberto Garza DQ Alfonso Dantes
5) Shibata b Raúl Reyes
6) Alberto Muñoz, Blue Demon, Rayo de Jalisco DQ Karloff Lagarde, Kitazawa, Rene Guajardo
notes column says Kitazawa is being listed as “Nakazawa” in some publications.
7) Anibal & Ray Mendoza b Ángel Blanco & El Solitario
Mendoza unmasked Solitario

EMLL (FRI) 06/25/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 976]
1) Bleda b Johnny Lezcano
2) Mr. Steel b Rodolfo Ruiz
3) Chucho Villa DQ Rizado Ruiz
4) Nazi b Rubén Juárez
5) Alberto Muñoz & Ray Mendoza b Ángel Blanco & El Solitario
6) Black Shadow, Blue Demon, Rayo de Jalisco b Kitazawa, Rene Guajardo, Shibata

EMLL (FRI) 06/11/1971 Arena México [Arena KO 960, Box y Lucha 1002]
1) Dr. Wagner b Rubén Juárez [hair]
Wagner saved his mask
2) Alberto Muñoz b Karloff Lagarde © [NWA WELTER]
Karloff congratulated Munoz for defeated him for the title. Box y Lucha 1002 (YIT) has this as Munoz retained his title.

EMLL (FRI) 04/23/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box Y Lucha 967]
***Arena Mexico 15th Anniversary***
1) Huroki Sito b El Rebelde
2) El Vikingo b Carlos Plata
3) Alfonso Dantes b Tony López
4) Beto Veloz b Ángel Blanco
5) Anibal & Dorrel Dixon b Karloff Lagarde & Shibata
6) Pat Barret DQ El Nazi [hair]
Straight falls. Nazi said to foul barret five times in second fall (!)
7) El Solitario © b Rayo de Jalisco [NWA LH]
Solitario takes 2/3 to retain. He's a rudo but he's a big crowd favorite.

Event Notes: Said to be a sell out.

EMLL (FRI) 04/16/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box y Lucha 965]
1) Ringo Mendoza vs Villano II
2) Mr. Steel vs Villano I
3) Carlos Plata vs Manuel Robles
4) El Rostro vs Vick Amezcua
5) Raúl Reyes vs Alfonso Dantes
6) Alberto Muñoz, Chico Veloz, Pat Barret vs El Nazi, Rene Guajardo, Shibata
7) Anibal & Rayo de Jalisco b Ángel Blanco & El Solitario

EMLL (FRI) 04/09/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 964, Box y Lucha 965]
1) Mario Rocca b Dr. O’Borman
2) Huroki Sito b Carlos Plata
3) Vick Amezcua b José Luis Mendieta
4) Alfonso Dantes b Audaz
Terrible match
5) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario b Alberto Muñoz & Rayo de Jalisco
6) Karloff Lagarde & Shibata b Anibal & Raúl Reyes
Anibal/Lagarde feuding

Event Notes: top 3 matches set by battle royal

EMLL (FRI) 04/02/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 963, Box y Lucha 964]
1) Pepe Casas b Chico Veloz
2) Carlos Plata b Rodolfo Ruiz
3) Rizado Ruiz b Cesar Valentino
4) Alberto Muñoz b El Nazi
5) Karloff Lagarde b Dorrel Dixon
Lagarde replaced Red Bastien
6) Rene Guajardo & Shibata DRAW Audaz & Huracán Ramírez
doble pin
7) Anibal, Pat Barret, Rayo de Jalisco DQ Ángel Blanco, Dr. Wagner, El Solitario
straight falls. Solitario fouled Rayo for the DQ.

EMLL (FRI) 03/26/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box y Lucha 962, Box y Lucha 963, CMLL]
1) Estrella de Plata b Rodolfo Ruiz
2) Rizado Ruiz b Carlos Plata
3) Karloff Lagarde b Enfermero
Enfermero replaced Audaz (moved up)
4) Alberto Muñoz b Coloso Colosetti
5) Ángel Blanco & Dr. Wagner DQ Audaz & Rayo de Jalisco
Blue Demon scheduled but missed the show after getting into a car accident the Friday before. Audaz replaced, and ripped masks with Wagner.
6) Anibal © b Rene Guajardo [NWA MIDDLE]
unclear if they're supposed to be in the same venue
7) El Solitario © b Pat Barret [NWA LH]

EMLL (FRI) 03/19/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 961, Box y Lucha 962]
1) Milo Ventura b Muerte II
2) Estrella Blanca b León Negro
3) Carlos Plata DQ Rizado Ruiz
4) El Nazi DRAW Raúl Reyes
5) Dr. Wagner b Dorrel Dixon
6) Rene Guajardo & Shibata b Anibal & Rayo de Jalisco
straight falls for the rudos. Rayo wants an apuesta match with Rene, Rene wants a title match with Anibal.
7) Pat Barret & Ray Mendoza b Ángel Blanco & El Solitario
return of Ray Mendoza after US/Japan trips

EMLL (FRI) 03/12/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box y Lucha 960]
1) Pepe Casas b El Greco
2) Rafael Salamanca b Huroki Sito
3) Manuel Robles DRAW Carlos Plata
4) Tony López DQ Alfonso Dantes
5) Audaz DQ Coloso Colosetti
Colosetti racking up the DQs.
6) Rene Guajardo & Shibata b Blue Demon & Huracán Ramírez
7) Ángel Blanco, Dr. Wagner, El Solitario b Anibal, Pat Barret, Rayo de Jalisco

EMLL (FRI) 03/05/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 959, Box y Lucha 960]
1) Tino Herrera b Tauro
2) Huroki Sito b Mr. Steel
3) Vic Amezcua b Sergio Borrayo
4) Alfonso Dantes b Chino Chow
5) Alberto Muñoz DQ Coloso Colosetti
6) Danny Hodge & Rayo de Jalisco b Nazi & Shibata [quarterfinal]
typo listing Hodge’s partner as Anibal.
7) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario b Karloff Lagarde & Rene Guajardo [quarterfinal]
8) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario b Danny Hodge & Rayo de Jalisco [semifinal]
Hodge left Mexico the next day without telling anyone, according to Box y Lucha 1002
9) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario b Anibal & Pat Barret [final]
Anibal won the seeding battle royal

EMLL (FRI) 02/26/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box y Lucha 958]
1) Rodolfo Ruiz b Ringo Mendoza
2) Sergio Borrayo b Huroki Sito
3) Chino Chow b Vick Amezcua
4) José Luis Mendieta b Carlos Plata
bad match
5) Dorrel Dixon b Alfonso Dantes
6) Anibal, Blue Demon, Pat Barret b El Nazi, Karloff Lagarde, Shibata
7) Ángel Blanco & El Solitario DRAW Danny Hodge & Rayo de Jalisco
Angel Blanco & Danny Hodge went to a double pin

EMLL (SUN) 02/21/1971 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1167]
1) Danny Hodge & Rayo de Jalisco DRAW Ángel Blanco & El Solitario

EMLL (FRI) 02/19/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 957, Box y Lucha 958]
1) Oso Blanco b Índio Tizoc
2) Rizado Ruiz b El Rebelde
3) Chino Chow b El Enfermero
4) Carlos Plata DRAW Alfonso Dantes
setting up a super libre match
5) Dorrel Dixon DQ Dr. Wagner
6) Karloff Lagarde & Shibata b Anibal & Pat Barret [semifinal]
7) Danny Hodge & Rayo de Jalisco b Anibal & El Solitario [semifinal]
8) Danny Hodge & Rayo de Jalisco b Karloff Lagarde & Shibata [final]

EMLL (FRI) 02/05/1971 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1002, Box y Lucha 955, Box y Lucha 956]
1) Sergio Borrayo vs Rodolfo Ruiz
2) José Luis Mendieta b Rizado Ruiz
3) Carlos Plata b Vick Amezcua
debut of Carlos Plata (held up a few days due to visa issues)
4) Karloff Lagarde © b Alberto Muñoz [NWA WELTER]
5) Huracán Ramírez & Pat Barret b Colosso Colosetti & Rene Guajardo
debut of Pat Barret
6) Danny Hodge & Dorrel Dixon b Ángel Blanco & Dr. Wagner
debut of Danny Hdorge. Box y Lucha very impressed.
7) Anibal © b Shibata [NWA MIDDLE]
Anibal took ⅓ to retain

last updated: 2024-10-01 04:31

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