Arena Coliseo : 1948
EMLL (FRI) 12/24/1948 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 884]
1) Cavernario Galindo & Wolf Rubinsky b Jack O’Brien & Rito Romero
Event Notes: location not mentioned, assumed to be Arena Coliseo
EMLL (FRI) 12/17/1948 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 884]
1) Cavernario Galindo b Emilio Charles
Event Notes: location not mentioned, assumed to be Arena Coliseo
EMLL (FRI) 12/10/1948 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 884]
1) Rito Romero b Gori Guerrero
2) Cavernario Galindo b Enrique Llanes
debut of Galindo.
EMLL (FRI) 10/29/1948 Arena Coliseo [Lucha Libre 75]
1) Herry Fields b Tarzán López
Fields won in 35 seconds with a nudo. Unclear if it was multiple falls.
EMLL (SUN) 10/24/1948 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 890]
1) Bobby Segura & Firpo Segura b Emir Badui & Tonina Jackson
Event Notes: location not listed, assumed to be Coliseo
EMLL (TUE) 09/28/1948 Arena Coliseo [Punch 58]
1) Santo b Wolf Rubinski
2) Tarzán López b Mike Kelly © [NWA MIDDLE]
Lopez uses a nudo to win the title.
Event Notes: Historically listed as May 28 of this year, Punch magazine says Septiembre and has the Arena Coliseo gate as a record 56,402 pesos. (Box y Lucha claims 05/28/1949.)
EMLL (WED) 09/22/1948 Arena Coliseo [Matt Farmer]
***15th Anniversary***
((Attendance: 9980))
1) Ciclón Veloz DQ Blue Demon
straight falls, Blue Demon debut here.
2) Black Shadow b Rito Romero
3) Gori Guerrero b Bobby Bonales
two falls to one
4) Tarzán López b Mike Kelly
two falls to 1
Event Notes: first show. $56,402.00 gate
EMLL (SUN) 08/29/1948 Arena Coliseo [CLINCH 225]
1) Joe Marín & Tarzán López b Chivo García & The Black Shadow
Event Notes: location a guess
EMLL (FRI) 08/20/1948 Arena Coliseo [Arena 702, CLINCH 225, RB]
1) Harry Fields b Gori Guerrero
straight falls, one by DQ
2) Joe Marín b Black Shadow
Event Notes: Guessing these are the same show in this location
EMLL (THU) 08/19/1948 Arena Coliseo [Matt Farmer]
((Attendance: sellout))
1) Saúl Montes b Erik Bouloff
2) Daniel Aldana b Hombre Montaña
3) Ciclón Veloz DRAW Joe Marín
4) Cavernario Galindo b Bobby Bonales
5) Murciélago Velazquez b El Santo
Event Notes: sellout
EMLL (FRI) 08/13/1948 Arena Coliseo [Arena 702, RB]
1) Black Shadow b Juventud Romero
said to be Shadow’s debut in the building, he was paid 50 pesos
EMLL (FRI) 07/23/1948 Arena Coliseo [Arena 875, RB]
1) Chivo García b Adolfo Bonales
2) Tarzán López b Murciélago Velazquez
3) Tarzan Zimba b Dientes Hernández
4) El Santo TLDRAW Enrique Llanes
30 min time limit, great match
5) Harry Fields b Black Shadow
EMLL (FRI) 06/18/1948 Arena Coliseo [Halcon 50]
1) Adolfo Bonales b Arturo García
2) Rio Tomero DRAW Marshall Lewis
3) Emilio Charles b Lobo Negro
4) Gori Guerrero DQ Marius Marier
5) Bobby Bonales b El Santo
EMLL (SAT) 05/08/1948 Arena Coliseo [Halcon 44]
1) Murciélago Velazquez b Chivo García
2) Emilio Charles DRAW Joe Marín
3) Lobo Negro b Harold Massem
4) Wolf Rubinski b Bobby Bonales
5) Mike Kelly © b Rito Romero [NWA MIDDLE]
EMLL (SUN) 04/18/1948 Arena Coliseo [Lucha Libre 340]
1) Tony Navarro b Caballero Lee
2) Ciclón Veloz b Eskimo Blancarate
3) Dientes Hernández b Hector Lopez
4) Firpo Segura & Juventino Romero b Douglas Henderson & Gorila Macias II
EMLL (FRI) 04/02/1948 Arena Coliseo [Lucha Libre 338]
***Arena Coliseo 4th Anniversary***
1) Black Shadow b Joe Marín
2) Manuel Muñiz b Billy Hunter
3) Jack O’Brien b Harold Masem
4) Rito Romero b Bobby Bonales
5) Mike Kelly b Gori Guerrero © [NWA MIDDLE]
Event Notes: Arena Coliseo 4th anniverasry
EMLL (FRI) 03/19/1948 Arena Coliseo [Lucha Libre 335]
1) Cacama b Juan Orozco
2) Billy Hunter DRAW Tarzán López
3) Harold Masem b Black Shadow
4) Mike Kelly b Manuel Muñiz
5) Rito Romero b Wolf Rubinski
Event Notes: matches set by battle royal
EMLL (FRI) 02/20/1948 Arena Coliseo [RB]
1) Loco Hernández vs Kid Vanegas
2) Chivo García vs Joe Marín
3) Emilio Charles vs Otto Luger
4) Billy Hunter vs Tarzán López
5) Jack O’Brien & Rito Romero vs Mike Kelly & Wolf Rubinski
EMLL (SUN) 02/15/1948 Arena Coliseo [Lucha Libre 331]
1) Black Shadow DRAW Jack O’Brien
2) Wolf Ruvinski b Lobo Negro
3) Tarzán López b Otto Lugger
4) Gori Guerrero b Enrique Llanes
Event Notes: a battle royal determined matches
EMLL (SUN) 02/08/1948 Arena Coliseo [SuperLuchas]
1) Firpo Segura & Tarzán López b Lobo Negro & Miguel King
King and Negro fought each other after the match.
2) Emilio Charles b Murciélago Velazquez
probably the actual main event, but moved up to give Llanes enough time to get here
3) Tony Navarro b Enrique Llanes
Enrique Llanes ran over here from Old Arena Mexico to replace Diablo López, lost both matches
EMLL (FRI) 01/23/1948 Arena Coliseo [Lucha Libre 37]
1) Enrique Llanes b Mike Kelly
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