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EMLL (WED) 05/01/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 266A, Box y Lucha 267A]
1) Juan Diaz b Taro Hito
2) Humberto Garza DRAW Chivo García
3) Manuel Robles b Murciélago Velazquez
4) Gorilla Flores b Enrique Villa
5) Carnicero Butcher b Ivan el Terrible
6) Tarzán López b Carlos Moreno
7) Black Shadow & Blue Demon b Espectro & Karloff Lagarde
Tecnicos took ⅓.

Event Notes: Wednesday holiday show.

EMLL (WED) 05/01/1957 Arena Coliseo Acapulco, Acapulco, Guerrero [Box y Lucha 266A, Box y Lucha 269A]
1) Canelo Segura vs Jalisco González
2) Abundio Braulio b Red Man [mask]
Red Man is Jim Lopez.
3) Chabela Romero b Dama Enmascarada
4) El Gladiador vs Chico Casasola

Indy (THU) 05/02/1957 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua [Box y Lucha 268A]
1) Halcón Negro b Mongol

EMLL (FRI) 05/03/1957 Arena México [Box y Lucha 267A, Box y Lucha 269A, Clinch 242, RB, SL 259] Attendance: 10000
1) Akio Yoshihara b Chico Veloz
Rated a 6 ½
2) Chale Romero b Orquídea
Rated a 6.
3) Dr. Castro DRAW Canelo Segura.
Rated a 6 ¾
4) Ray Mendoza b Tony López
Tony Lopez replaced El Caballero. Rated a 6 ½ .
5) Karloff Lagarde b Rubén Juárez
Lagarde won with what reads like a heart punch, Juarez selling temporary paralysis. Rated a 7.
6) Enrique Llanes & Rolando Vera b Cavernario Galindo & El Gladiador
straight falls, DQ in the first, which Box y Lucha thought was unfair - it was just normal rudo tactics. Rated a 7 ½ .
7) El Enfermero b Black Killer [mask]
Enfermero took ⅓. Black Killer is Luiz Marquez Munoz, who previously wrestled as Chimuelo Marquez.

Event Notes: 10,000 attendence. Rated a 7.

source: http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/images/cards/19570505canada.PNG

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indy (SUN) 05/05/1957 Arena Canada Dry, Guadalajara, Jalisco [Box y Lucha 268A, El Informador 1957-05-05]
1) ? vs ??
2) ? vs ??
3) ? vs ??
4) Lotario b Black Man
5) Cavernario Galindo DQ Dorrel Dixon
Tony Canales, now working as a referee, DQed Dixon when Dixon let go of an inverted bear hug on Galindo and Galindo fell on Canales.
6) Jacobo Macías & José Macias b Carlos Moreno & El Gladiador
13 wins a row for the Macias brothers, believed to be a record.

EMLL (SUN) 05/05/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 267A, Box y Lucha 268A, Lucha Libre 111]
1) El Coyote DRAW Taro Hito
rated 7
2) Antonio Ramírez b Juan Diaz
Rated a 6 ¼
3) Pepe Mendieta DQ El Verdugo
Strange. Mendieta wins fall one. Verdugo starts messing with Pepe’s shoes, trying to untie them. Mendieta responds by pulling down Verdugo’s pants. Verdugo is enraged and beats up Mendieta until the referee stops the match via DQ. rated a 6 ¾
4) Chico Casasola b Ivan el Terrible
Rated a 6 ¾ .
5) Huroki Sito & Sugi Sito b Black Shadow & Tarzán López
Rated a 7 ¼ .

EMLL (SUN) 05/05/1957 Arena México [Lucha Libre 117]
1) Pepe Mendieta DQ Verdugo
straight falls, last by excessive violence

Indy (SUN) 05/05/1957 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua [Box y Lucha 268A]
1) Manuel Muñiz b Bobby Rolando
2) Raúl Torres b Al Amezcua
3) Henry Pilusso b Galento Casasola
4) Apolo Sureño & José Fermin b Alvaro Velasco & Manuel Muñiz
Muniz works twice because Kiko TOrres is sick.
5) Halcón Negro b Mongol [super libre]

source: http://www.luchadb.com/images/cards/1950Laguna/19570505plaza.png

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indy (SUN) 05/05/1957 Plaza de Toros Valente Arellano, Torreón, Coahuila [El Siglo de Torreon 1957-05-05]
1) Bello Willy vs The Black Killer, Popeye Franco, Ángel Negro, Carlos Segura, Mario Prado, El Moloch, Joe Marín [battle royal]
2) Chucho Esquivel vs Eddie Martinez

EMLL , FLORES (TUE) 05/07/1957 Arena Aficion [Box y Lucha 268A]
1) Bobby Ramírez b Jabali
2) Charro Lopez b Karis La Momia

EMLL (TUE) 05/07/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 267A, Box y Lucha 268A]
1) Chamaco Vega b José Munoz
2) Red Man b Jaibo García
3) Chico Veloz b Antonio Ramírez
4) Frankenstein & Gori Casanova b Humberto Garza & Rubén Juárez
5) Carnicero Grimaldo b Manuel Robles

source: http://www.luchadb.com/images/cards/1950Laguna/19570507aol.png

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Dipp (TUE) 05/07/1957 Arena Olimpico Laguna, Gomez Palacio, Durango [El Siglo de Torreon 1957-05-07]
1) Chuchu García vs Cavernario Galindo II
2) Ángel Negro vs The Golden Terror
3) Chucho Esquivel vs Mario Prado
4) Bello Willy vs Popeye Franco
5) El Moloch & The Black Killer vs Carlos Segura & Joe Marín

source: http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/images/cards/19570507progreso.PNG

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indy (TUE) 05/07/1957 Plaza de Toros el Progreso, Guadalajara, Jalisco [El Informador 1957-05-07]
1) ? vs ??
2) ? vs ??
3) Jacobo Macías vs Dorrel Dixon
4) Carlos Moreno & Cavernario Galindo vs Huracán Ramírez & Lotario

Indy (THU) 05/09/1957 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua [Box y Lucha 269A]
1) Jorge Torres b Álvaro Velazco
2) Raúl Torres DRAW José Fermin
3) Kiko Torres DRAW El Espanto
4) Henry Pilusso DQ Apolo Sureño
5) El Mongol b Pluma Roja

EMLL (FRI) 05/10/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 268A, Box y Lucha 269A]
1) José Cruz b Coyote
Jose Cruz (“Shadowito”, incorrectly believed to be the younger brother of Black Shadow), is getting rookie of the year talk. Match rated 6 ¼
2) Rudy García b Mar Allah
rated 6 ¾
3) Dr. Castro b Chale Romero
Rated 6 ¾
4) Dory Dixon DRAW Karloff Lagarde
top 4 matches set by battle royal. Rated 6 ¾
5) Jorge Allende b Espectro
Espectro wanted an immediate mask/hair match with a five minute limit, but the commission said nope. Rated 7.
6) Enrique Llanes b Ray Mendoza
Rated 7 1/4
7) Blue Demon b Enfermero
Rated 7 ½

EMLL (SAT) 05/11/1957 Arena Puebla [Box y Lucha 268A]
1) Enrique Llanes & Tarzán López vs Huroki Sito & Sugi Sito
2) Black Shadow vs Karloff Lagarde

source: http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/images/cards/19570512canada.PNG

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indy (SUN) 05/12/1957 Arena Canada Dry, Guadalajara, Jalisco [Box y Lucha 269A, El Informador 1957-05-12]
1) ? vs ??
2) ? vs ??
3) Lotario DQ Jacobo Macías
4) Carlos Moreno b Carnicero Butcher
win by knockout in a bloody match
5) Dorrel Dixon b Cavernario Galindo

EMLL (SUN) 05/12/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 268A]
1) Tony Sugar b Guapo Rodríguez
rated 6 ¼
2) Gori Casanova b Chico Veloz
rated 6 ¾
3) Ivan el Terrible b Pepe Mendieta
Ivan took ⅓. rated 6 ½
4) El Verdugo b Canelo Segura
rated 7 ¼
5) Black Shadow & Rolando Vera b Huroki Sito & Sugi Sito
Rated 7 ¾

Indy (SUN) 05/12/1957 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua [Box y Lucha 269A]
1) Jorge Torres b Guerrero Azteca
2) Espanto b Álvaro Velazco
3) Ray Duran b Pluma Blanca
4) Kiko Torres b El Mongol
5) Apolo Sureño & José Fermin b Henry Pilusso & Raúl Torres [NORTE TAG]

source: http://www.luchadb.com/images/cards/1950Laguna/19570512plaza.png

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indy (SUN) 05/12/1957 Plaza de Toros Valente Arellano, Torreón, Coahuila [Box y Lucha 269A, El Siglo de Torreon 1957-05-12]
1) ? vs ??
2) Moloch b Carlos Segura
3) Joe Marín b Mario Prado
4) Black Killer b Ángel Negro
straight falls
5) Bello Willy b Popeye Franco
straight falls. bloody match.
6) Eddie Martinez b Chucho Esquivel [hair]
Black Killer worked as referee for this match

Event Notes: Matches 2-5 set by battle royal

EMLL , FLORES (TUE) 05/14/1957 Arena Aficion [Box y Lucha 268A]
1) Troglodita Flores b Juan Diaz
Flores returning to wrestling as a sub for Luis Hernandez
2) Rosa Williams © b Toña La Tapatia [MEX WOMEN]
Rosa took ⅔

EMLL (TUE) 05/14/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 268A, Box y Lucha 269A]
1) Gorila Osorio b Chamaco Vega
2) Orquídea b Red Man
Red Man lost his mask on 05/01 in Acapulco but still wore it here.
3) Carnicero Grimaldo b Antonio Ramírez
4) Frankenstein b Enrique Vera
5) Manuel Robles b Tony López
Tony Lopez might be the short lived El Caballero based on being his nickname here

source: http://www.luchadb.com/images/cards/1950Laguna/19570514aol.png

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Dipp (TUE) 05/14/1957 Arena Olimpico Laguna, Gomez Palacio, Durango [El Siglo de Torreon 1957-05-14]
1) Tacho Martí vs Toro Cisneros
2) Mishima Ota vs Golden Terror
3) Ángel Negro vs Tony Fussary
4) Popeye Franco vs Mario Prado
5) Bello Willy, Black Killer, El Moloch vs Carlos Segura, Chucho Esquivel, Joe Marín

source: http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/images/cards/19570514progreso.PNG

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indy (TUE) 05/14/1957 Plaza de Toros el Progreso, Guadalajara, Jalisco [Box y Lucha 270A, El Informador 1957-05-14]
1) El Jarocho vs Relámpago León
2) Red Man vs Red Terror
3) Huracán Ramírez vs La Bestia
4) Carlos Moreno & Cavernario Galindo DQ Dorrel Dixon & Lotario
Everyone fouled everyone and Dixon/Lotario were the losers. Box y Lucha felt this was (another in a series) of unfair DQ calls and pleaded for promoter Elias Simon to book a rematch.

Event Notes: Undercard results differ from poster lineup.

Indy (THU) 05/16/1957 Auditorio Municipal, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua [Box y Lucha 270A]
1) Guerrero Azteca DQ Chivo Salazar
2) Ray Duran b Chico Chow
scheduled as Bobby Pilusso vs Arturo Merjil, double replacement
3) Pluma Blanca DQ Chalo Martinez
Chale Martinez replaced Alvaro Velaszco
4) El Mongol, Espanto, José Fermin b Henry Pilusso, Kiko Torres, Manuel Muñiz
5) Raúl Torres b Apolo Sureño
Torres took ⅓.

Event Notes: all the replacements are because a rival promotion has started up and some peopel jumped.

EMLL (FRI) 05/17/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 269A, Box y Lucha 270A, Box y Lucha 3536, Clinch 242]
1) José Cruz b Guapo Rodríguez
2) El Pirata b Akio Yoshihara
return el El Pirata (Adolfo Moreno), who’d been mentioned as wrestling in South America
3) Chico García TLDRAW Murciélago Velazquez
20 minutes
4) Dr. Castro b El Verdugo
5) Karloff Lagarde b Jorge Allende
6) Enrique Llanes & Tarzán López b Frank Butcher & Ray Mendoza [MEX TAG, quarterfinal]
rated 7 ½
7) Black Shadow & Blue Demon b Chico Casasola & El Enfermero [MEX TAG, quarterfinal]
rated 7 ½

Event Notes: Clinch 242 says this was Arena Mexico, but it's Arena Coliseo in the Box y Luchas

EMLL (SAT) 05/18/1957 Distrito Federal [Halcon Mensual 4]
1) Karloff Lagarde b Blue Demon
debut of Lagarde

Event Notes: probably Coliseo

Indy (SAT) 05/18/1957 Plaza de Toros Alberto Balderas, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua [Box y Lucha 270A]
1) Álvaro Velazco & Oso Blanco vs Black Spider & Cabecitas Alvarez
Oso Blanco billed as the ture NORTE MIDDLE champ

Event Notes: first show of a season and maybe first show of a new promotion.

source: http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/images/cards/19570519canada.PNG

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indy (SUN) 05/19/1957 Arena Canada Dry, Guadalajara, Jalisco [El Informador 1957-05-19]
1) ? vs ??
2) Red Terror vs Red Man
3) La Bestia vs Huracán Ramírez
4) Carlos Moreno & Cavernario Galindo vs Dorrel Dixon & Lotario [super libre]

EMLL (SUN) 05/19/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 269A, Box y Lucha 270A]
1) Jaibo García vs Wama
2) Tony Barbetta vs Daniel Aldana
3) Manuel Robles vs Enrique Villa
4) Gladiador & Gorilita Flores b Jalisco González & Tarzán López
Gladiador & Flores didn’t get along even despite winning. Box y Lucha says they were divided on rating this 6 or 7.
5) Espectro b Sugi Sito
Recap credits Espectro taking advantage of a Sito misake to pull an upset. rated 7 ¾

Event Notes: no results for the undercard

source: http://www.luchadb.com/images/cards/1950Laguna/19570519plaza.png

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indy (SUN) 05/19/1957 Plaza de Toros Valente Arellano, Torreón, Coahuila [Box y Lucha 270A, El Siglo de Torreon 1957-05-19]
1) Mishima Ota b Pokarito Ramírez
2) Chucho Esquivel DRAW Tony Fussari
3) Popeye Franco b Mario Prado
4) Bello Willy b Carlos Segura
5) Henry Piluso & Joe Marín DCOR El Moloch & The Black Killer
Bilack Killer is still wrestling masked here after losing it Arena Coliseo

EMLL (MON) 05/20/1957 Arena Puebla [Box y Lucha 269A]
1) Sugi Sito & Taki Sito vs El Enfermero & Enrique Llanes
Taki Sito is Manuel Robles using his original name

EMLL (MON) 05/20/1957 Tampico, Tamaulipas [Box y Lucha 269A]
1) Canelo Segura & Jorge Allende vs Karis La Momia & Karloff Lagarde

EMLL (TUE) 05/21/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 269A]
1) Mar Allah b Chamaco Vera
2) Taro Hito b Astucia
3) El Costeño DQ Ramsés
Ramses, debuting, looks awful similiar to El Santo with gold instead of silver. EMLL is talking him up but he’s got a long way to go be the new Santo. Straight falls, Ramses getting DQed in the second (which is also like early Santo)
4) Juan Diaz & Orquídea b El Pirata & Gori Casanova
5) Huroki Sito b Carnicero Grimaldo
Sito took 2/3

Event Notes: said to have the best turnout for Tuesday shows in this season, credited to the main eventers.

source: http://www.luchadb.com/images/cards/1950Laguna/19570521aol.png

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Dipp (TUE) 05/21/1957 Arena Olimpico Laguna, Gomez Palacio, Durango [El Siglo de Torreon 1957-05-21]
1) Tony Fussary vs Chu Chu García
2) Henry Pilusso vs Black Killer, Chucho Esquivel, Carlos Segura, Mario Prado, Ángel Negro, Popeye Franco, Bello Willy [battle royal]

source: http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/images/cards/19570521progreso.PNG

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indy (TUE) 05/21/1957 Plaza de Toros el Progreso, Guadalajara, Jalisco [El Informador 1957-05-21]
1) ? vs ??
2) ? vs ??
3) Carlos Moreno vs Lotario
4) Cavernario Galindo & El Verdugo vs Dorrel Dixon & Huracán Ramírez

EMLL (FRI) 05/24/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 270A, Box y Lucha 271A, Clinch 242]
1) Jaibo García b Gorila Osorio
Rated a 6 ¼
2) Eskimo Blancarte b Chico Veloz
Rated a 6
3) Chivo García b Bobby Rolando
Rated a 6 ¾
4) Pepe Mendieta b Frankenstein
Rated a 7.
5) Ivan el Terrible b Carlos Moreno
Rated a 7.
6) Huroki Sito & Sugi Sito b Cavernario Galindo & Gladiador [MEX TAG, quarterfinal]
straight falls. Rated a 7. Gladiador appeared to be drunk, brawls with Galindo outside the ring, and hits commission Balindo trying to break it up, and had to be taken away by police officers after the match.
7) Espectro & Karloff Lagarde b Dorrel Dixon & Rolando Vera [MEX TAG, quarterfinal]
Espectro & Karloff took ⅔. Rated a 7.

EMLL (SAT) 05/25/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 3536]
1) Espectro & Karloff Lagarde b Dorrel Dixon & Rolando Vera [MEX TAG, quarterfinal]
2) Enrique Llanes & Tarzán López b Frank Butcher & Ray Mendoza [MEX TAG, quarterfinal]

Event Notes: unclear why this is 25 and not 24. unclear which location, taking a guess

EMLL (SUN) 05/26/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 270A, Box y Lucha 271A]
1) Rudy Castillo b Kid Vanegas
Rated a 6. Kid Vanegas’ first name is Arssacio.
2) Manuel Robles TLDRAW Jorge Allende
Rated a 7
3) Ray Mendoza b Gorilita Flores
Rated a 6 ½
4) Enrique Llanes b Enfermero
straight falls. Rated a 7 ¼

Event Notes: top four matches set by battle royal

Indy (SUN) 05/26/1957 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua [Box y lucha 271A]
1) Guerrero Azteca DRAW Bobby García
2) Manuel Muñiz DRAW Chico Chow
3) Chale Martínez b Pluma Blanca
4) Kiko Torres & Raúl Torres b Mongol & Ray Duran
5) Alfonso Amezcua & Frank Butcher b Apolo Sureño & José Fermin

source: http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/images/cards/19570526progreso.PNG

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indy (SUN) 05/26/1957 Plaza de Toros el Progreso, Guadalajara, Jalisco [Box y Lucha 271A, El Informador 1957-05-26]
1) Eddie Luna b El Canibal
2) Red Man b Red Terror [super libre]
Red Man accidentally unmasked Red Terror, who left, got a new mask, and then lost. Red Man still is wrestling masked here despite losing it elsewhere.
3) Tony López b La Bestia
4) Blue Demon & Rolando Vera DQ Karis La Momia & Profesor Satán
debuts of Karis & Satan, who lose by DQ due to fouls in the third.

source: http://www.luchadb.com/images/cards/1950Laguna/19570526plaza.png

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indy (SUN) 05/26/1957 Plaza de Toros Valente Arellano, Torreón, Coahuila [Box y Lucha 271A, El Siglo de Torreon 1957-05-26]
1) Pokarito Ramírez b Chu Chu García
2) Beau Brumel DQ Chucho Esquivel
3) Popeye Franco b Fantomas
4) Emilio Charles DQ Bello Willy
Bello Willy seems to be doing a Gorgeous George gimmick, including an unnamed valet
5) Carlos Segura, Henry Pilusso, Joe Marín b El Moloch, El Monje Loco, The Black Killer

EMLL (TUE) 05/28/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 270A, Box y Lucha 271A, Clinch 242]
1) Coyote b Rudy Tinoco [MEX LIGHT, 8f]
2) Mar Allah b José Munoz [MEX LIGHT, 8f]
3) José Cruz b Pery Lopez [MEX LIGHT, 8f]
4) Juan Diaz b Guapo Rodríguez [MEX LIGHT, 8f]
straight falls
5) Carnicero Grimaldo & Gori Casanova b Enrique Villa & Orquídea
took ⅔

source: http://www.luchadb.com/images/cards/1950Laguna/19570528aol.png

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Dipp (TUE) 05/28/1957 Arena Olimpico Laguna, Gomez Palacio, Durango [El Siglo de Torreon 1957-05-28]
1) Pokarito Ramírez vs Ruddy Palma
2) Beau Brumel vs Popeye Franco
3) Fantomas vs Chucho Esquivel
4) Bello Willy & Black Killer vs Canelo Segura & Joe Marín
5) Henry Pilusso vs El Moloch

source: http://www.thecubsfan.com/cmll/images/cards/19570528progreso.PNG

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indy (TUE) 05/28/1957 Plaza de Toros el Progreso, Guadalajara, Jalisco [Box y Lucha 272A, El Informador 1957-05-28]
1) El Verdugo b Pablo Carmona
2) Karis La Momia vs Huracán Ramírez
not mention in Box y Lucha's recap
3) El Enfermero b Blue Demon
4) El Espectro DRAW Rolando Vera
5) Red Terror b Halcón Blanco [mask]
Terror had his mask after this, so he won if match took place

EMLL (FRI) 05/31/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 271A, Box y Lucha 272A, Box y Lucha 3536, Clinch 242]
1) Jaibo García b Tony Sugar
Rated 6
2) Antonio Ramírez b Coyote
Coyote replaced El Pirata. Rated 6 ½
3) Chivo García b Dientes Hernández
Rated 6 ¾
4) Canelo Segura b Dr. Castro
Rated 7.
5) El Enfermero b Gorilita Flores
Rated 6 ¾
6) Cavernario Galindo b Dorrel Dixon
Galindo took ⅓. Rated 7.
7) Enrique Llanes & Tarzán López b Huroki Sito & Sugi Sito [MEX TAG, semifinal]
rated 7 ½

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