Arena México : 1976

Arena México : 1976

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EMLL (FRI) 12/10/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1260, CMLL, Matt Farmer, RB] Attendance: 17000
1) ? vs El Reo
MF lineup has Jerry London listed here, but he passed away in 1970 and unlikely someone else would be using the name.
2) Cachorro Mendoza & Gallo Tapado vs As Charro & Karloff Lagarde
3) Carlos Plata & El Halcón vs Adorable Rubi & Tony Salazar
4) Gran Markus b Tigre Colombiano [hair]
Gran Markus' mask on the line.
5) Perro Aguayo DRAW Ringo Mendoza © [MEX MIDDLE]
double pin draw on a tapatia
6) Mano Negra b Demonio Blanco [mask]
Demonio Blanco was Manny Coronado

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EMLL (FRI) 12/03/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1260, KO 1276, RB]
1) Franco Colombo b Índio Pinto
2) El Monarca b Septiembre Negro
3) Alfonso Dantes, Gran Markus, Perro Aguayo b Carlos Plata, Ringo Mendoza, Tigre Colombiano
4) As Charro & Fishman b Demonio Blanco & Mano Negra
Blanco turned on Mano Negra, setting up a mask match the next week
5) Mil Máscaras © b El Halcón [IWA HEAVY]

EMLL (FRI) 11/26/1976 Arena México [Arena 954, RB]
1) Tauro b Spider
2) Septiembre Negro b Chino Chow
3) Demonio Blanco & Spirit DQ As Charro & Sangre Chicana
4) El Faraón & Tigre Colombiano b Gran Markus & Tony Salazar
5) Carlos Plata, Mil Máscaras, Ringo Mendoza b Alfonso Dantes, Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II

EMLL (FRI) 11/19/1976 Arena México [Halcon 232]
1) Mano Negra b Fishman © [NWA WELTER]
2) Ringo Mendoza b Tony Salazar [hair]
guessing these are both the same day, no date given for the hair match but could be off a week

EMLL (FRI) 11/05/1976 Arena México [Halcon 229]
1) Cachorro Mendoza b Cacique Mara
2) Máscara Roja COR Septiembre Negro
3) Sangre Chicana & Tony Salazar DQ Enrique Vera & Tigre Colombiano
Colombiano unmasked Chicna
4) Mano Negra & Ringo Mendoza DRAW Cesar Valentino & Fishman
Negro/Fishman double pin
5) Adorable Ruvalcaba, Gran Markus, Perro Aguayo DQ El Faraón, El Halcón, Mil Máscaras
straight falls, DQed in both. Recap weirdly doesn't name Faraon's partners but Halcon and Mil are visible in photos

Event Notes: worst turnout of the reason

EMLL (FRI) 10/29/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1254]
1) Índio Vitela vs Chino Chow
2) Demonio Blanco vs As Charro
3) Carlos Plata, El Halcón, Mano Negra vs Blue Demon, El Faraón, Spirit and Alfonso Dantes, Fishman, Perro Aguayo and Adorable Rubi, Cesar Valentino, Gran Markus

EMLL (FRI) 10/22/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1254, CMLL, Halcon 227, Matt Farmer]
1) Leo López b Sergio Borrayo
2) Mano Negra & Tigre Colombiano b El Nazi & Fishman
3) El Halcón & Mil Máscaras b Alfonso Dantes & Gran Markus
4) El Cobarde b Tug Wilson [hair]
straight falls
5) El Faraón b Perro Aguayo © [NWA MIDDLE]
title change
6) Ringo Mendoza b Adorable Rubi [hair]

Event Notes: Halcon says full house.

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EMLL (FRI) 10/15/1976 Arena México [Halcon 226]
1) Tony López b Karate Hayato
2) Sangre Chicana DRAW Rayo de Jalisco
3) Tug Wilson b El Cobarde
mask vs hair challenge
4) Alfonso Dantes & Fishman b Blue Demon & Tigre Colombiano
5) Gran Markus & Rubí Ruvalcaba b Carlos Plata & Ringo Mendoza
6) El Faraón & El Halcón b Perro Aguayo & Tony Salazar
Tecnicos took 2/3, setting up another Faraon title challenge of Aguayo

EMLL (FRI) 10/08/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1251]
1) El Satán vs César Silva
2) Chino Chow vs El Nazi
3) Fishman & Gemelo Diablo II vs Jon Güil Don & Mano Negra
4) Rayo de Jalisco & Ringo Mendoza vs Adorable Rubi & Gemelo Diablo I
5) Blue Demon, El Faraón, El Santo vs Alfonso Dantes, Cesar Valentino, Perro Aguayo

EMLL (FRI) 10/01/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1250, Box Y Lucha 1251]
1) Septiembre Negro b Mohamad Alma
Only match in EMLL for Alam.
2) Rizado Ruiz DRAW Chino Chow
3) El Cobarde & Jon Güil Don b Sangre Chicana & Tug Wilson
straight falls
4) Mano Negra & Rayo de Jalisco b Adorable Rubi & Tony Salazar
return of Rayo de Jalisco after three years. Tecnicos took 2/3
5) Alfonso Dantes, Cesar Valentino, Perro Aguayo b Carlos Plata, El Faraón, El Santo
rudos took 1/3, with Dantes as the star.

EMLL (FRI) 09/24/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1250]
1) Dardo Aguilar b Tauro
2) David Taylor DQ Raúl Reyes
3) Jon Güil Don & Tigre Colombiano b Tony Salazar & Tug Wilson
debut of Jon Guil Don, who did not impress. He's a colombian karate fighter wrestling in a gi.
4) El Halcón © b Gran Markus [MEX HEAVY]
5) Adorable Rubi, Alfonso Dantes, Cesar Valentino b Blue Demon, Carlos Plata, Santo
rudos took 2/3
6) El Faraón b Perro Aguayo [hair]
Faraon took 2/3

Event Notes: 43rd Anniversary show

EMLL (FRI) 09/17/1976 Arena México [Halcon 222]
1) Alfa Centauris b Rafael Salamanca
2) Mr. Tempest b Manolo Robles
3) Enrique Vera & Spirit DQ Raúl Reyes & Tug Wilson
straight falls,f irst by DQ.
4) Cesar Valentino & Rubí Ruvalcaba b Ringo Mendoza & Tigre Colombiano
took 2/3
5) Dantes, Gran Markus, Perro Aguayo b El Faraón, El Halcón, Santo
Rudos took 1/3. Markus beat Halcon, mask and title match challenges

EMLL (FRI) 08/27/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1245]
1) Leo López vs Henry London
2) El Nazi vs Flama Azul
3) El Cobarde & Spirit vs Gemelo Diablo I & Gemelo Diablo II
4) El Faraón, El Halcón, El Santo vs Cesar Valentino, Dorrel Dixon, Perro Aguayo
5) Gran Markus vs Enrique Vera [mask, hair]
6) Carlos Plata vs Alfonso Dantes [NWA LH]

EMLL (TUE) 08/24/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1245]
1) Doberman vs Gran Davis
2) Mr. Lancer vs Diogenes
3) El Trueno vs El Impacto
4) Flama Azul & Halcón Dorado II vs Rodolfo Ruiz & Tauro
5) Cinta Negra & Estrella Blanca vs Bruno Victoria & El Reo
6) Cachorro Mendoza, Gallo Tapado, Mano Negra vs Karloff Lagarde, Sangre Chicana, Tony Salazar

EMLL (FRI) 08/20/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1245, Matt Farmer]
1) Bruno Victoria b César Silva
2) Sangre Chicana b Demonio Blanco
3) El Rostro & Enrique Vera DQ El Judas & Gran Markus
4) El Faraón & Mano Negra b Cesar Valentino & Fishman
straight falls. Teasing Vera/Markus in a hair match.
5) Alfonso Dantes, El Halcón, Ringo Mendoza b Adorable Rubi, Carlos Plata, Perro Aguayo
setting up Dantes/Plata title match

EMLL (FRI) 07/16/1976 Arena México [RB]
1) Carlos Plata b Adorable Rubi © [NWA LH]

EMLL (FRI) 06/11/1976 Arena México [CMLL, Punch 95, RB]
1) Carlos Plata & Ringo Mendoza DQ Gemelo Diablo I & Gemelo Diablo II [hair]
2) Perro Aguayo © b El Faraón [NWA MIDDLE]

Event Notes: Punch 96 says Santo appeared and Fishman maybe defended his title, but not a sell out.

EMLL (FRI) 04/23/1976 Arena México [Box y Lucha 1638, Halcon 201, Luchas 2000 668, Punch 87, RB]
***Arena Mexico 20th Anniversary***
1) Manuel Robles b Estrella Blanca
2) Carlos Plata b Karloff Lagarde
3) Enrique Vera & Mano Negra b Gemelo Diablo I & Gemelo Diablo II
4) El Halcón & El Santo DQ Adorable Rubi & Alfonso Dantes
straight falls, first by DQ
5) Perro Aguayo b Ringo Mendoza © [NWA MIDDLE]
Perro kept the title
6) Fishman b El Faraón [mask]
Faraon is Jose Luis Barajas Fernandez, 28 years old, from Mexico City.

EMLL (FRI) 04/09/1976 Arena México [Halcon 199]
1) Leo López b Chino Chow
2) Sangre Chicana b Cacique Mara
3) Enrique Vera & Ringo Mendoza b Coloso Colosetti & Gran Markus
Took 1/3
4) Dr. Wagner & El Santo b Alfonso Dantes & Perro Aguayo
straight falls, first by DQ.
5) El Faraón b Tony Salazar [hair]
Faraon bled but won.
6) Fishman b Blue Demon [NWA WELTER]
Seconds Cacique mara (Demon), Espectro Jr. (Fishman.) Demon is 76 kg, Fishman is 78 kg. Demon took the first fall in 15 minutes, Fishman took fall 2, Demon took the third fall. Fishman vacates the national welterweight title (again) after winning

EMLL (SAT) 04/03/1976 Arena México [Halcon 200]
1) El Faraón & Fishman vs ? & ??

Event Notes: a recap teasing these two in a mask match mentions they feuded on this show, matches set by a 16 man battle royal

EMLL (FRI) 03/26/1976 Arena México [Halcon 197]
1) Cinta Negra b Escorpión I
unclear which Escorpion
2) Tony López b Demonio Blanco
3) Sangre Chicana b El Cobarde
4) Alfonso Dantes, Fishman, Tony Salazar b Dr. Wagner, Mano Negra, Ringo Mendoza
5) Blue Demon, El Faraón, Enrique Vera DQ Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II, Perro Aguayo
6) Alfonso Dantes, Fishman, Tony Salazar b Blue Demon, El Faraón, Enrique Vera [final]
Rudos took 2/3. Faraon and Salazar are feuding.

Event Notes: a bit more than half full

EMLL (FRI) 03/19/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1222, Halcon 196]
1) César Silva b Escorpión I
2) José Luis Mendieta DRAW El Cobarde
3) El Faraón & Máscara Roja DQ Gemelo Diablo I & Gemelo Diablo II
4) Tony Salazar b Cacique Mara [hair]
5) Dr. Wagner & El Santo b Adorable Rubi & Perro Aguayo
6) Hiro Matzuda © b El Halcón [NWA JH]
Matsuda took 2/3. Danny Hodge is (or was recently) champ at this point so unclear what title Matzuda is actually carrying through Mexico.

EMLL (FRI) 03/12/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1222]
1) Manuel Robles TLDRAW Henry London
no time mentioned
2) Tony López b Rizado Ruiz
3) Cacique Mara & Máscara Roja b Sangre Chicana & Tony Salazar
strong debut by Mascara Reyes
4) Alfonso Dantes, Gemelo Diablo I, Gemelo Diablo II DRAW Dr. Wagner, Mano Negra, Ringo Mendoza
double pin by Wagner & Dantes, rare trios draw
5) El Halcón & Santo DQ Adorable Rubi & Hiro Matzuda
tecnicos took 1/3, Halcon challenging Matzuda again

EMLL (FRI) 03/05/1976 Arena México [Halcon 194]
1) Halcón Dorado b Huroki Sito
2) As Charro b Chino Chow
3) Mano Negra & Ringo Mendoza b Cesar Valentino & Sangre Chicana
Mano & Ringo took 2/3.
4) Gemelo Diablo I & Gemelo Diablo II b Cien Caras & Enrique Vera
straight falls
5) Dr. Wagner, El Halcón, Santo b Hiro Matzuda, Perro Aguayo, Rubí Ruvalcaba
debut of Matzuda/Matsuda (who had wrestled there 15 years prior as Sujiro Kojima), billed as as World Junior Heavyweight championship. Tecnicos took 2/3, Halcon wants a shot at Matsuda

EMLL (TUE) 03/02/1976 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1222, Halcon 194]
1) Enrique Vera b El Cobarde
2) Anibal & Huracán Ramírez vs Canek & Dory Dixon
3) Ray Mendoza & Villano III vs Hamada & Hiro Matsuda
4) Blue Demon, El Halcón, Santo b Perro Aguayo, Raúl Reyes, Tony Salazar

Event Notes: Guatemala benefit show (earthquake) with EMLL and Mora wrestlers. Written like it's happened but with also a preview, something doesn't seem right. Sugi Sito vs Karloff Lagarde was announced but full results do not appear in either magazine; they may have teamed with Vera & Cobarde. Box Y Lucha says Guajardo, Jalisco and Solitario all excluded. 178,000 pesos were raised and given to the Guatemalan ambassador. Wolf Rubinski worked as referee on the show and got a lot of attention for his showman performance.

EMLL (FRI) 02/27/1976 Arena México [CMLL, Halcon 194, RB]
1) Cesar Valentino & Sangre Chicana ?? Blue Demon & Mano Negra
Sangre Chicana's debut in Arena Mexico.
2) El Faraón b Bruno Victoria [hair]
3) Adorable Rubi b Dr. Wagner © [NWA LH]

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