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Arena México : 1979
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EMLL (FRI) 12/07/1979 Arena México [KO 1378, Matt Farmer]
1) El Nazi b El Cobarde
2) Adorable Rubi & Divino Roy b Bello Greco & Sergio el Hermoso
3) Huracán Ramírez & Lawrence de Arabia b Cesar Valentino & Tony Benetto
debut of Lawrence de Arabia
4) Satánico © b Ringo Mendoza [MEX MIDDLE]
5) Alfonso Dantes © b Gran Hamada [NWA LH]
Hamada's UWA Light Heavyweight Championship was not on the line, but this was the first NWA (EMLL) vs UWA (Mora) champions match. Box Y Lucha 1413 says Hamada was told to work this show by Antonio Inoki as a trade for Sayama working 12/19 UWA show. First appearance by Hamada here since a benefit show for Guatemalan earthquake victims. KO 1378 claims this was actually a draw.
6) Águila India & El Faraón b Sangre Chicana & Tony Salazar [hair]
EMLL (FRI) 11/30/1979 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1414, Matt Farmer]
1) Sangre India vs El Reo
Box Y Lucha continues to not list results for the opener.
2) Águila India & Gran Cochisse b Adorable Rubi & Cesar Valentino [quarterfinal]
3) Halcón Ortiz & Kung Fu b Bello Greco & Sergio el Hermoso [quarterfinal]
4) Alfonso Dantes & Satánico b El Cobarde & El Faraón [quarterfinal]
5) Sangre Chicana & Tony Salazar b Águila India & Gran Cochisse [quarterfinal]
6) Ringo Mendoza & Satoru Sayama b Sangre Chicana & Tony Salazar [semifinal]
7) Alfonso Dantes & Satánico b Halcón Ortiz & Kung Fu [semifinal]
8) Ringo Mendoza & Satoru Sayama b Alfonso Dantes & Satánico [final]
Mendoza would like a title match with Satanico. Satanico accepted.
EMLL (FRI) 11/23/1979 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1412, Box Y Lucha 1413, Matt Farmer]
1) Sergio Borrayo b Scaramouche
2) Máscara Año 2000 b Crucero I
3) El Fantasma & Ringo Mendoza b Satánico & Tony Benetto
Tecnicos took 1 (DQ) and 3. Fantasma is 3-0 in Arena Mexico.
4) Alfonso Dantes & Carlos Plata DCOR Halcón Ortiz & Huracán Ramírez
Tecnicos took 1, rudos the second, third fall ended when Halcon dived onto Dantes and neither could return.
5) Cesar Valentino, Sangre Chicana, Tony Salazar DQ Águila India, El Faraón, El Santo
Rudos took 1/3, India fouling Chicana.
EMLL (FRI) 11/16/1979 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1411, Box Y Lucha 1412, Matt Farmer]
1) Manuel Robles b El Reo
2) El Fantasma & Halcón Ortiz b Adorable Rubi & Tony Benetto
3) Huracán Ramírez & Ringo Mendoza DQ Alfonso Dantes & Cesar Valentino
straight falls, DQ in second
4) Satoru Sayama © b Tony Salazar [NWA MIDDLE]
Sayama took 1/3 to retain.
5) Águila India & El Faraón b El Vikingo & Sangre Chicana [hair]
Tecnicos took 1/3
EMLL (FRI) 11/09/1979 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1411, Matt Farmer]
1) Divino Roy b El Rebelde
2) El As DRAW Huroki Sito
3) Cachorro Mendoza & Ringo Mendoza b El Supremo & Satánico
4) El Fantasma & Halcón Ortiz b Alfonso Dantes & Tony Benetto
Arena Mexico debut for El Fantasma. Straight falls.
5) El Vikingo, Sangre Chicana, Tony Salazar b Águila India, El Faraón, Satoru Sayama
Rudos took 2/3, setting up Salazar/Sayama (NWA MIDDLE) and Vikingo/Chicana vs India/Faraon (hair)
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EMLL (FRI) 11/02/1979 Arena México [El Pierrothazo]
1) Celeste vs Asesino Negro
2) Máscara Año 2000 vs Crucero I
3) El Rebelde vs Sugi Sito
4) Águila India, Blue Demon, El Faraón vs Carlos Plata, El Vikingo, Sangre Chicana
5) El Santo, Mil Máscaras, Satoru Sayama vs Adorable Rubi, Alfonso Dantes, Tony Salazar
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EMLL (FRI) 10/26/1979 Arena México
1) Cool Cat vs El Doberman
2) Cien Caras & El Cobarde vs El Nazi & Tony Benetto
3) Cachorro Mendoza & Gran Cochisse vs El Vikingo & Satánico
4) Blue Demon, Ringo Mendoza, Satoru Sayama vs Adorable Rubi, Sangre Chicana, Tony Salazar
5) Américo Rocca © vs Kato Kung Lee [NWA WELTER]
rematch from the previous week, so probably some indecisive finish
EMLL (FRI) 10/19/1979 Arena México [Box Y Lucha, Halcon 387, KO 1371, Matt Farmer]
1) Cool Cat b Divino Roy
2) Adorable Rubi & Tony Salazar b Ringo Mendoza & Satoru Sayama
4) El Supremo & El Vikingo b El Santo & Robot R-2 [mask]
loser of the fall lost the match, Robrt R2 lost fall and was Jesus Reza Garcia (El Rebelde in yet another gimmick)
5) Sangre Chicana b Gran Cochisse [hair]
6) Satánico b Cachorro Mendoza © [MEX MIDDLE]
Satanico wins the title in a big moment for his career.
Event Notes: An Americo Rocca/Kato Kung Lee title match is listed here, but a CMLL poster has it for the following week (and it would be unprecedented to do it two straight weeks)
EMLL (FRI) 10/12/1979 Arena México [Box Y Lucha1406, Matt Farmer]
1) El Invasor vs Rafael Salamanca
2) Cool Cat vs Leo López
3) Robot R-2 (Jalisco) & Robot R-2 (Mexico City) vs El Supremo & Mocho Cota
4) Cachorro Mendoza & Ringo Mendoza vs El Vikingo & Satánico
5) Águila India, Gran Cochisse, Satoru Sayama vs Alfonso Dantes, Sangre Chicana, Tony Salazar
Event Notes: first show of the season in Arena Mexico
EMLL (FRI) 06/22/1979 Arena México [Halcon 372, Matt Farmer, RB, SuperLuchas]
1) Cesar Curiel b Leo López
2) Kato Kung Lee & Kung Fu b Américo Rocca & Carlos Plata
straight falls, first by DQ
3) Lizmark, Mil Máscaras, TNT b El Nazi, Herodes, Sunny War Cloud
4) Alfonso Dantes © b Satoru Sayama [NWA LH]
2/3 for Dantes
5) Cachorro Mendoza & Ringo Mendoza b Adorable Rubi & Divino Roy [hair]
EMLL (FRI) 06/15/1979 Arena México [Halcon 369, Matt Farmer]
1) Cesar Curiel vs El Reo
no result mention in Halcon results.
2) Adorable Rubi & Divino Boy b Cachorro Mendoza & Siglo XX
setting up the Mendozas vs the exoticos
3) El Faraón & Mano Negra DQ Sangre Chicana & Sunny War Cloud
straight falls
4) Américo Rocca © COR Lizmark [NWA WELTER]
Lizmark couldn't amke it back in after a countout.
5) Satoru Sayama b Alfonso Dantes [hair]
Sayama took 1/3, issued a title challenge after pulling off this upset.
6) Ringo Mendoza © b Tony Salazar [NWA MIDDLE]
Mendoza took 1/3 to retain. 28 minute match. Mendoza weighed in at 87.5 kg and had his brother as his second.
EMLL (FRI) 06/08/1979 Arena México [Matt Farmer]
1) Cachorro Mendoza b Sangre Chicana [MEX MIDDLE, final]
2) Carlos Plata & Herodes b El Cobarde & TNT [hair]
EMLL (FRI) 06/01/1979 Arena México [Lucha Libre 804]
1) Caballero Blanco vs Bufalo Salvaje
2) El Vengador vs Scaramouche
3) El Cobarde & TNT vs ? & Carlos Plata
Cobarde listed on both sides
4) Sangre Chicana b Shazam [MEX MIDDLE, torneo]
Sangre Chicana listed in the final.
5) Cachorro Mendoza b Tony Salazar [MEX MIDDLE, torneo]
Cachorro Mendoza listed in the final
6) El Faraón & Satoru Sayama vs Adorable Rubi & Alfonso Dantes
EMLL (MON) 04/30/1979 Arena México [Matt Farmer, RB]
1) Ringo Mendoza b Sangre Chicana [hair]
2) Alfonso Dantes b Pak Choo © [NWA LH]
EMLL (FRI) 04/20/1979 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1382, Lucha Libre 799, Matt Farmer, SuperLuchas]
1) Scaramouche b Sergio Borrayo
2) Cien Caras & Mando Guerrero DQ El Nazi & Herodes
straight falls, DQ for mask pull and a foul
3) Danny Ortiz, Kung Fu, Satoru Sayama DRAW Adorable Ruvalcaba, Carlos Plata, Pak Choo
Pak Choo's contracted ended after this match; he was spotted at the Toreo show two days later.
4) Américo Rocca b Mano Negra © [NWA WELTER]
best match of the night. Rocca becomes world champ days after losing the national title.
5) Ringo Mendoza © b Sangre Chicana [NWA MIDDLE]
6) Alfonso Dantes b El Faraón [hair]
Dantes took 1/3 to win the hair match, using a Gori Special to set up a cradle
EMLL (FRI) 03/30/1979 Arena México [Matt Farmer]
1) Ringo Mendoza b Sangre Chicana [hair]
Event Notes: Box Y Lucha 1378 says Siglo XX was expected to debut in Arnea Mexico on this show.
EMLL (FRI) 03/23/1979 Arena México [Matt Farmer]
1) Chamaco Ortiz vs El Nómada
2) Cesar Curiel vs Tony Benetto
3) Herodes & Máquina Salvaje vs Máscara Año 2000 & Satoru Sayama
4) Américo Rocca, Carlos Plata, Sangre Chicana vs El Faraón, Mano Negra, Ringo Mendoza
5) Alfonso Dantes & Halcón Ortiz vs Gran Markus & Pak Choo
EMLL (FRI) 03/16/1979 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1377, Box Y Lucha 1378, Box Y Lucha 1378, Matt Farmer]
1) Rafael Salamanca DQ El Nómada
DQ for a foul
2) Manuel Robles b Ricky Romero
Ricky Romero replaced El Jalisco I
3) Filli Estrella & Gulliver b Mr. Pone & Pretty Atom
4) Carlos Plata, Mano Negra, Sangre Chicana b Américo Rocca, El Santo, Ringo Mendoza
Rudos took 2/3.
5) El Faraón & Halcón Ortiz b Alfonso Dantes & Pak Choo
Dantes & Pak Choo lost in straight falls after they fell apart as a team.
EMLL (FRI) 03/09/1979 Arena México [Box Y Lucha 1377, Matt Farmer]
1) Apolo Estrada b Scaramouche
2) Jalisco II b El Reo
3) Filli Estrella & Gulliver DQ Katzyuko Nichida & Kotaka Inose
Arena Mexico debut of Japanese enanos, who are not named in the recap. These are the names they used in a show advetised for Monterrey. Estrella & Gulliver are also wrestling Pretty Atom & Mr. Pone around this time, which could be these same people. Whatever their name, they did well.
4) Carlos Plata & Sangre Chicana b Kato Kung Lee & Satoru Sayama
5) El Faraón, Halcón Ortiz, Ringo Mendoza b Alfonso Dantes, Pak Choo, Tony Salazar
Tecnicos took 1/3. Pak Choo accidentally hit Dantes with his top rope knee drop, giving the tecnicos the win.
EMLL (FRI) 03/02/1979 Arena México [Box Y Lucha, Halcon Estelar 2, SuperLuchas]
1) Huroki Sito b Mr. Steel
2) José Luis Mendieta b Leo López
3) Cien Caras & Máscara Año 2000 b Billy White Cloud & El Nazi
4) Blue Demon & Ringo Mendoza b Alfonso Dantes & Tony Salazar
5) Américo Rocca © b Kung Fu [MEX WELTER]
6) Mil Máscaras © b Gran Markus [IWA HEAVY]
Gran Markus was seconded by Tony Benetto, who would later become Gran Markus Jr.
7) Halcón Ortiz b Pak Choo [hair]
EMLL (FRI) 02/23/1979 Arena México [@ostpies , Box y Lucha 1374, Halcon Estelar 2, Matt Farmer, SuperLuchas]
1) El Egipcio b El Invasor
2) José Luis Mendieta b Bruno Victoria
3) Máscara Año 2000 b Herodes
4) Kato Kung Lee, Kung Fu, Ringo Mendoza b Américo Rocca, Sangre Chicana, Tony Salazar
Kung Fu challenged Américo to a welterweight title match
5) El Faraón, Halcón Ortiz, Mil Máscaras b Alfonso Dantes, Gran Markus, Pak Choo
Halcón Ortiz challenged Pak Choo to a hair match, Gran Markus challenged Mil Mascaras to a mask match (but instead had a title match)
EMLL (FRI) 02/16/1979 Arena México [@ostpies , @ostpies (results), Box y Lucha 1373, Box y Lucha 1374, Matt Farmer]
1) Raúl Armas b Sergio Borrayo
2) Jalisco II DCOR Sangre India
good match, end after a Jalisco II dive let both unable to return to the ring
3) Kung Fu & Satoru Sayama b Américo Rocca & Sunny White Cloud
listed as Billy White Cloud in the results and Sunny White Cloud on the poster.
4) El Faraón & Mano Negra DQ Adorable Rubi & Sangre Chicana
excessive rudoism
5) Alfonso Dantes, Gran Markus, Pak Choo DQ El Halcón, El Santo, Mil Máscaras
Rudos took 1/3, the last when Halcon fouled Pak Choo out of desperation
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