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EMLL (SUN) 12/29/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 301A, Box y Lucha 302A]
1) Popeye Franco b El Coyote
2) Chico Veloz TLDRAW Red Man
3) Torbellino Blanco b Jacobo Macías
straight falls
4) León Genuth & Tarzán López b Gorilita Flores & Jorge Allende
straight falls, second by DQ
5) Cavernario Galindo & Ray Mendoza b Blue Demon & Dorrel Dixon
EMLL (FRI) 12/27/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 301A, Box y Lucha 302A]
1) Black Sugar b Lorenzo Soto
2) Juan Diaz b El Pirata
3) Orquídea DRAW Chale Romero
4) Dr. Castro b Carnicero Grimaldo
5) Chico Casasola b Murciélago Velazquez
6) Henry Pilusso b El Espectro
7) Black Shadow & Blue Demon b El Enfermero & Karloff Lagarde
Event Notes: All tecnico wins
EMLL (WED) 12/25/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 300A, Box y Lucha 301A]
1) Guapo Rodríguez vs Popeye Franco
2) León Genuth & Tarzán López b Cavernario Galindo & Gorilita Flores [quarterfinal]
3) Canelo Segura & Espectro b Enrique Llanes & Mario Llanes [quarterfinal]
4) Jorge Allende & Ray Mendoza b Huroki Sito & Manuel Robles [quarterfinal]
5) Halcón Negro & Henry Pilusso b Dorrel Dixon & Torbellino Blanco [quarterfinal]
6) Jorge Allende & Ray Mendoza b León Genuth & Tarzán López [semifinal]
7) Halcón Negro & Henry Pilusso b Canelo Segura & Espectro [semifinal]
8) Halcón Negro & Henry Pilusso b Jorge Allende & Ray Mendoza [final]
Event Notes: Wednesday show due to the holiday
EMLL (SUN) 12/22/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 300A, Box y Lucha 301A]
1) El Costeño b Rudy Castillo
El Costeno replaced Rudy Castillo
2) Chuchu García DRAW Tony Sugar
3) Murciélago Velazquez b Chivo García
4) Chico Casasola b Pepe Mendieta
Chico took ⅓
5) Blue Demon & Dorrel Dixon b Karloff Lagarde & Sugi Sito
Demon and Dixon take 2/3
EMLL (FRI) 12/20/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 300A, Box y Lucha 301A]
1) Jaibo García TLDRAW Rudy García
2) El Costeño b Tony Barbetta
an upset
3) Rubén Juárez b Frankenstein
win via knocked out
4) Alex Romano b El Califa
5) Tarzán López b Gorilla Flores
6) Cavernario Galindo b Torbellino Blanco
Galindo took 2/3
7) El Enfermero & El Espectro CO Black Shadow & Henry Pilusso
Enfermero only man who can get to his feet after topes, though the reporter and the crowd thought he didn't get up in time and it should be a draw.
EMLL (TUE) 12/17/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 299A]
1) Pery Lopez b Rocky Man
2) Black Sugar b Popeye Franco
3) Tony Sugar DRAW José Cruz
4) El Nazi b Memo Rubio
5) Mario Llanes, Orquídea, Rubén Juárez b Chale Romero, Frankenstein, La Momia
EMLL (SUN) 12/15/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 299A, Box y Lucha 300A]
1) El Pirata b Jaibo García
Rated 6 ½
2) Daniel Aldana b Tony Barbetta
rated 6 ¼
3) Carnicero Grimaldo b Chuchu García
Rated 7 ½
4) León Genuth b Jorge Allende
Leon took ⅔ Rated 7 ¼
5) Enrique Llanes, Halcón Negro, Henry Pilusso b Manuel Robles, Ray Mendoza, Sugi Sito
Team Llanes took ⅓ Rated 7 ½
EMLL (FRI) 12/13/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 299A, Clinch 242]
1) Chivo García b Enrique Villa
rated 6 ¾
2) Canelo Segura b Huroki Sito
Rated 7
3) Gorilla Flores b Mario Llanes
Rated 6 ¾
4) El Califa b Alex Romano
Rated 7 ¼
5) Torbellino Blanco b Ray Mendoza
debut of Torbellino Blanco, who looked impressive. Rated 6 ¾
6) Blue Demon & Dorrel Dixon b El Enfermero & El Espectro
Rated 7 /12
7) Black Shadow b Karloff Lagarde
scheduled to be Lagarde (finally) challenging Blue Demon for NWA WELTER, but Black Shadow wrestles the singles match instead. Shadow takes ⅔, the last with a tope. Rated 7 ¼.
Event Notes: Notes column explains EMLL wanted to raise prices for the Lagarde/Demon match, but Mexico City’s La Oficina de Espectaculos strongly opposed it. EMLL didn’t change prices but also no longer ran the title match. Box y Lucha all but says Lagarde was winning the title. This title change happens a month later.
EMLL (TUE) 12/10/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 298A]
1) Popeye Franco b Wama
2) Frankenstein b El Nazi [quarterfinal]
3) Orquídea b Memo Rubio [quarterfinal]
4) Enrique Villa b Karis La Momia [quarterfinal]
5) Moloch b Jalisco González [quarterfinal]
6) Orquídea b Frankenstein [semifinal]
7) Moloch b Enrique Villa [semifinal]
8) Moloch b Orquídea [final]
EMLL (SUN) 12/08/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 298A, Box y Lucha 299A]
1) Lorenzo Soto b Roberto Negrete
2) Chuchu García b El Pirata
straight falls
3) Murciélago Velazquez b Carnicero Grimaldo
4) Huroki Sito & Manuel Robles b Canelo Segura & El Califa
5) Ray Mendoza & Sugi Sito b Dorrel Dixon & Henry Pilusso
EMLL (FRI) 12/06/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 298A, Box y Lucha 299A]
1) Rudy García b Popeye Franco
2) Memo Rubio b Troglodita Flores
3) Mario Llanes b Moloch
4) Rubén Juárez b Chico Casasola
5) Alex Romano b Jorge Allende
6) Rene Guajardo b Halcón Negro [super libre]
7) El Enfermero, El Espectro, Karloff Lagarde b Black Shadow, Blue Demon, Enrique Llanes
straight falls, setting up Lagarde challenging Demon the next week.
EMLL (TUE) 12/03/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 297A, Box y Lucha 298A]
1) Rocky Man b El Coyote
2) Chuchu García b José Cruz
straight falls
3) Humberto Garza b Red Man
straight falls
4) Murciélago Velazquez b Chale Romero
5) Orquídea & Rubén Juárez b El Nazi & Huroki Sito
EMLL (SUN) 12/01/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 297A, Box y Lucha 298A]
1) Rudy García b Jorge Rubio
Rated 7. Straight falls.
2) Chivo García b Dientes Hernández
Rated 6 ¾
3) Jacobo Macías b Moloch
Rated 7
4) Rubén Juárez b Gorilita Flores
Rated 7 ¼
5) Enrique Llanes & Henry Pilusso b Karloff Lagarde & Ray Mendoza
Pilusso/Llanes took ⅓. Rated 7.
EMLL (FRI) 11/29/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 297A, Box y Lucha 298A ]
1) Guapo Rodríguez b Tony Sugar
actually took place after the main event. Rated 6 ½
2) Bobby Rolando b Red Man
Rated 6 ¾
3) Dr. Castro b Tony Barbetta
Rated 6 ½
4) Chico Casasola b Mario Llanes
Rated 6 ¾
5) Alex Romano b Huroki Sito
Rated 7.
6) Halcón Negro DQ Rene Guajardo
Recap is very positive about Rene. DQ for illegal post usage. Rated 7.
7) El Espectro & Sugi Sito b Black Shadow & Blue Demon
Sito/Espectro took ⅔. Ratead 7 ½
EMLL (TUE) 11/26/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 296A, Box y Lucha 297A]
1) Carlos Ortega b El Xochimilco
2) Jaibo García DRAW Rudy García
3) El Nazi b Orquídea
4) Mario Llanes b Frankenstein
5) Huroki Sito & Moloch b Humberto Garza & Rubén Juárez
Sito & Moloch took ⅔
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EMLL (SUN) 11/24/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 296A, Box y Lucha 297A]
1) Gorila Osorio b Mar Allah
2) Chu Chu García b José Cruz
recap seems down on Jose Cruz
3) Jalisco González b Chale Romero
4) Halcón Negro & Rubén Juárez b Canelo Segura & El Califa
Ruben Juarez replaced Alex Romano, who turns out to be still under suspension for wrestling as a fake El Santo many years ago. Romano is off to Monterrey. Halcon/Ruben took ⅓. Rated 7 ¼
5) Enrique Llanes & Henry Pilusso b Carlos Moreno & Cavernario Galindo
Pilusso/Llanes took ⅓. Rated 6 ¾
EMLL (FRI) 11/22/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 296A]
1) Popeye Franco b Jorge Rubio
2) Roberto Negrete b Lorenzo Soto
3) Orquídea b Enrique Villa
4) Rene Guajardo b Rubén Juárez
5) León Genuth b Gorilita Flores
Genuth undefeated
6) El Espectro b Dorrel Dixon
Rated 7 ¼
7) Black Shadow & Blue Demon DQ Karloff Lagarde & Sugi Sito
Karloff came back in after being eliminated to attack Shadow. Rated 7 ½
EMLL (WED) 11/20/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 296A]
1) Canelo Segura & El Califa b Roberto Negrete & Tony Barbetta [semifinal]
2) El Nazi & Jorge Allende b Dientes Hernández & Murciélago Velazquez [quarterfinal]
3) Humberto Garza & Reyes Oliva b Chale Romero & Frankenstein [quarterfinal]
Reyes Olivia debut, subbing for Jalisco Gonzalez
4) Huroki Sito & Moloch b Enrique Llanes & Mario Llanes [quarterfinal]
5) Canelo Segura & El Califa b Humberto Garza & Reyes Oliva [semifinal]
6) Huroki Sito & Moloch b El Nazi & Jorge Allende [semifinal]
7) Huroki Sito & Moloch b Canelo Segura & El Califa [final]
Event Notes: a special Wednesday show
EMLL (SUN) 11/17/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 296A]
1) Jaibo García b Popeye Franco
2) Frankenstein b Daniel Aldana
3) Rene Guajardo b Jalisco González
4) León Genuth & Tarzán López DQ Carlos Moreno & Jorge Allende
straight falls
5) Enrique Llanes vs Sugi Sito
Sito took fall 1, then accidentally headbutted Llanes in the second for a DQ. Llanes won the third. Rated an 8.
EMLL (FRI) 11/01/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Black Shadow vs Enfermero [NWA MIDDLE, #1 Contenders]
2) Karloff Lagarde b Blue Demon
EMLL (SUN) 09/08/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Karis La Momia b Humberto Garza [hair]
EMLL (FRI) 09/06/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Black Shadow b Sugi Sito [NWA WELTER, #1 Contenders, final]
EMLL (FRI) 08/30/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Black Shadow b Dory Dixon [NWA WELTER, #1 Contenders, semifinal]
2) Sugi Sito b Karloff Lagarde [NWA WELTER, #1 Contenders, semifinal]
EMLL (FRI) 08/23/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) ? b Halcón Negro, Cavernario Galindo, Tarzán López, Enrique Llanes [NWA MIDDLE, #1 Contenders, quarterfinal]
2) Sugi Sito b ?? [NWA MIDDLE, #1 Contenders, quarterfinal]
3) Black Shadow vs ?? [NWA WELTER, #1 Contenders, quarterfinal]
4) Karloff Lagarde vs ?? [NWA WELTER, #1 Contenders, quarterfinal]
5) Dory Dixon vs ?? [NWA WELTER, #1 Contenders, quarterfinal]
not sure the first round matches
EMLL (FRI) 08/16/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Alex Romano b Manuel Robles
debut of Romano
2) Black Shadow b Remington
debut of Remington, who did not impress
EMLL (TUE) 08/06/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Orquídea b Carlos Segura [hair]
EMLL (TUE) 07/23/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Carnicero Grimaldo & Gori Casanova b Orquídea & Popeye Franco
debut of Franco
EMLL (TUE) 07/09/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 274A]
1) Pery Lopez vs El Gavilán
2) Huroki Sito & Manuel Robles vs Humberto Garza & Rubén Juárez and Canelo Segura & Frankenstein and Carnicero Grimaldo & Gori Casanova and Chuchu García & Orquídea and Akio Yoshihara & Taro Hito and Chico Veloz & Memo Rubio and El Pirata & Troglodita Flores
EMLL (SUN) 07/07/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 274A]
1) Kid Vanegas vs Pancho García
2) Lotario vs Carlos Moreno, Gorila Macías III, Pepe Mendieta, Daniel Aldana, Tony Barbetta, Ivan el Terrible, Chico Casasola [battle royal]
3) Enrique Llanes vs El Espectro
EMLL (FRI) 07/05/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 276A]
1) Tony Sugar vs Jaibo García
2) José Cruz vs Chuchu García
3) Carnicero Grimaldo vs Memo Rubio
4) Jalisco González vs Frankenstein
5) Manuel Robles vs Rubén Juárez
6) Halcón Negro vs Cavernario Galindo
7) Black Shadow vs Karloff Lagarde
EMLL (MON) 07/01/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 275A]
1) Pery Lopez b Guapo Rodríguez
2) Lorenzo Soto b Hércules Poblano
3) Antonio Ramírez b Ramsés
4) Canelo Segura b Orquídea
5) Huroki Sito & Manuel Robles b Humberto Garza & Jalisco González
Jalisco Gonzalez replaced Ruben Juarez (hurt in a match on Sunday)
EMLL (SUN) 06/30/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 275A, Box y Lucha 276A]
1) José Cruz DRAW Pancho García
Ratad 6 ¾
2) Chuchu García b El Pirata
Rated 6 ¾
3) Canelo Segura b Enrique Villa
Rated 7 ½
4) Ivan el Terrible b Jacobo Macías
Rated 6 ¾
5) Enrique Llanes, Lotario, Tarzán López b Carlos Moreno, Cavernario Galindo, Ray Mendoza
Rated 8 (!)
EMLL (FRI) 06/28/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 275A, Box y Lucha 276A]
1) Zepelin Ahumada b El Coyote
may have actually happened after the main event. Ratead 7.
2) Akio Yoshihara b Antonio Ramírez
Ratead 6 ½
3) Gori Casanova TLDRAW Juan Diaz
15 mintue draw. Rated 7.
4) Jalisco González vs Chivo García
Rated 7
5) Rubén Juárez b Jorge Allende
Rated 6 ¾
6) Karloff Lagarde b Blue Demon
Rated 7 ¼
7) Black Shadow b El Espectro
Rated 7 ½
Event Notes: top 2 setting up title matches
EMLL (TUE) 06/25/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 274A, Box y Lucha 275A]
1) Astucia b Rudy Tinoco
2) El Pirata b Lorenzo Soto
3) Ramsés b Chico Veloz
4) Orquídea DQ Frankenstein
5) Humberto Garza & Rubén Juárez b Carnicero Grimaldo & Gori Casanova
EMLL (SUN) 06/23/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 274A, Box y Lucha 275A]
1) Tony Sugar b Pancho García
Rated 6 ½
2) Akio Yoshihara TLDRAW Dientes Hernández
Rated 6 ½
3) Dr. Castro b Jacobo Macías
Rated 6 ½
4) Manuel Robles b El Verdugo
Rated 7
5) Carlos Moreno & Cavernario Galindo b Enrique Llanes & Tarzán López
Rated 7 ½
EMLL (FRI) 06/21/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 274A, Box y Lucha 275A , Clinch 242]
1) Zepelin Ahumada b Mar Allah
actually took place after the main event. Rated 6 ¼
2) Jaibo García b José Cruz
Ratead 6 ¾
3) Enrique Villa b Murciélago Velazquez
Rated 6 ½
4) Rubén Juárez b Jalisco González
Rated 6 ¼
5) Lotario b Ivan el Terrible
return of Loatario. Rated 6 ¾.
6) Jorge Allende & Ray Mendoza b Huroki Sito & Sugi Sito
Rated 7
7) Espectro & Karloff Lagarde b Black Shadow & Blue Demon [supre libre]
an upset! Rated 7 ½.
EMLL (TUE) 06/18/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 273A, Box y Lucha 274A, Box Y Lucha 868, Clinch 242]
1) Mar Allah b Pery Lopez
2) Humberto Garza TLDRAW Gori Casanova
some controversy around referee Polo Juarez. Both won a fall, Casanova seemed to have the third one won but refeee Polo Juarez called time.
3) Frankenstein b Dr. Castro
4) Enrique Llanes & Rubén Juárez DQ Carnicero Grimaldo & Cavernario Galindo
5) Juan Diaz b Chu Chu García [MEX LIGHT, final]
Juan Diaz is 32 years old upon winning this vacant championship
EMLL (SUN) 06/16/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 273A, Box y Lucha 274A]
1) Taro Hito DRAW Jaibo García
rated 6 ¼
2) Tony Barbetta DQ Bobby Rolando
Straight falls. Rated 6 ¾
3) Ivan el Terrible b Daniel Aldana
Rated 6 ½
4) Manuel Robles b Jorge Allende
Rated 7 ½
5) Espectro & Karloff Lagarde b Huroki Sito & Sugi Sito
Rated 7 ¼
EMLL (FRI) 06/14/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 273A, Box y Lucha 3536, Clinch 242, RB, SL 311]
1) Chico Veloz b Pancho García
Rated 6 ¼
2) Gori Casanova b Antonio Ramírez
Rated 6 ¾
3) El Verdugo b Enrique Villa
Rated 7
4) Jalisco González b Canelo Segura
Rated 7
5) Carlos Moreno b Chico Casasola
Rated 6 ¾
6) Sugi Sito DQ Cavernario Galindo
another unfair DQ according to Box y Lucha, this time for sending Sito into a post. Ratead 7
7) Black Shadow & Blue Demon b Enrique Llanes & Tarzán López [MEX TAG]
Tecnico/Tecnico final, brothers vs traineer/trainee. Third fall said to go a half hour. Match came down to Llanes and Demon, Demon getting the win. They’re declared the champons of Mexico but I don’t see any belts in the photo. Rated 8. By Clinch 242's 1957 review, these are being called Arena Coliseo Tag Team championships with no explanation of the change.
EMLL (TUE) 06/11/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 272A, Box y Lucha 273A, Clinch 242]
1) José Munoz b Rocky Man
2) Zepelin Ahumada b Chamaco Vega
3) Chuchu García b Mar Allah [MEX LIGHT, semifinal]
4) Juan Diaz b José Cruz [MEX LIGHT, semifinal]
5) Manuel Robles b Canelo Segura
Event Notes: good turnout
EMLL (SUN) 06/09/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 272A, Box y Lucha 273A]
1) Lorenzo Soto DQ Eskimo Blancarte
Straight falls, second by DQ. Rated 6 ½
2) El Pirata b Dientes Hernández
Dientes is rated a 6 ½ and Pirata is a 5 ½
3) Enrique Villa b Akio Yoshihara
Straight falls Rated 6 ¾
4) Carlos Moreno b Ivan el Terrible
Rated 6 ¾
5) Cavernario Galindo & Jorge Allende DRAW Huroki Sito & Sugi Sito
Came down to Sugi & Galindo, who knocked each other. Rated 7
EMLL (FRI) 06/07/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 272A, Box y Lucha 273A, Box y Lucha 3536, Clinch 242]
1) Taro Hito b Guapo Rodríguez
rated 6 ½
2) Antonio Ramírez b Chico Veloz
Rated 6.
3) Tony Barbetta b Murciélago Velazquez
Rated 6.
4) Carnicero Grimaldo TLDRAW Orquídea
20 minutes. Rated 6 ½
5) Ray Mendoza b El Enfermero
Terrific match (though only one fall), rated 7 ½
6) Enrique Llanes b Chico Casasola
Rated 7 ¼
7) Black Shadow & Blue Demon b Espectro & Karloff Lagarde [MEX TAG, semifinal]
Rated 7 ½
EMLL (TUE) 06/04/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 271A, Box y Lucha 272A, Clinch 242]
1) Chu Chu García b Pancho García [MEX LIGHT, 8F]
straight falls. Garcia is debuting, from Coahuila
2) Mar Allah b Bobby Ramírez [MEX LIGHT, 8F]
Box y Lucha said Allah is a naturalized citizen (and because of that, eligible for this title). Ramirez debuted, from hidalgo
3) Zepelin Ahumada b José Cruz [MEX LIGHT, 8F]
Ahumda debuted from Veracruz, used something like Vera’s reinera for the win.
4) Juan Diaz b El Coyote [MEX LIGHT, 8F]
straight falls.
5) Huroki Sito & Manuel Robles b Carnicero Grimaldo & Gori Casanova [super libre]
EMLL (SUN) 06/02/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 271A, Box y Lucha 272A]
1) El Costeño ?? Eskimo Blancarte
rated 7
2) Chico Veloz ?? Akio Yoshihara
rated 7
3) Chico Casasola ?? Tony Barbetta
rated 7
4) Carlos Moreno & Jorge Allende b Frankenstein & Ivan el Terrible
Rated 7 ½ . Moreno & Allende took ⅔
5) Black Shadow b Karloff Lagarde
close match, both men exhausted by the end. Ratead 7 ¾
Event Notes: results only for the first two
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
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
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
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 (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.
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
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 (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
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
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 (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
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 (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 (TUE) 04/30/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 266A, Box y Lucha 267A]
1) El Gavilán b Rudy Tinoco
2) El Costeño b Jaibo García
3) José Cruz b Rudy García
4) Frankenstein b Maravilla Enmascarada
5) Carnicero Grimaldo & Gori Casanova b Antonio Ramírez & El Caballero
EMLL (SUN) 04/28/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 266A, Box y Lucha 267A]
1) Chico Veloz b Red Man
Veloz took fall 1 and then they went to a time limit, said to count as a win. Rated 7
2) Akio Yoshihara b Tony Fusari
Rated 6 ¾ . Straight falls.
3) Dr. Castro b Chivo García
Rated 7
4) El Verdugo b Canelo Segura
Rated 8
5) Black Shadow & Enrique Llanes b Gladiador & Ivan el Terrible
Rated 7. Praise for Llanes performance.
EMLL (MON) 04/22/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 266A]
1) Jaibo García b Asturica
⅔
2) Chico Veloz b Wama
straight falls
3) El Costeño b Black Sugar
⅔
4) Humberto Garza b Tony Fusari
5) Huroki Sito & Manuel Robles b Carnicero Grimaldo & Gori Casanova
straight falls
Event Notes: matches set by battle royal
EMLL (SUN) 04/21/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 265A, Box y Lucha 266A]
1) Juan Diaz vs Rudy García
Rated 6 ¾
2) Antonio Ramírez vs Red Man
Rated 6 ½
3) Chico Casasola DRAW Rubén Juárez
Rated 7
4) Ivan el Terrible & Tony Barbetta b Pepe Mendieta & Tarzán López
took ⅔. Rated 7 ¼
5) El Gladiador DQ Enrique Llanes
Llanes definitely fouled Gladiador but debate on if it was intentional. Referee Blancarte said yes. Rated 7 ½
EMLL (SAT) 04/20/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 265A, Box y Lucha 266A]
1) El Coyote b José Munoz
2) Humberto Garza b Tony Fusary
rated 6 ¾
3) Murciélago Velazquez b Jalisco González
Rated 6 ¼
4) El Verdugo b Orquídea
Oquidea replaced Enrique Villa. Rated 6 ¼
5) Carnicero Butcher b Pepe Mendieta
Pepe Mendieta replaced Bobby Bonales. Rated 6 ¼
6) El Enfermero CO Black Killer
they cloncked heads in the third fall in the ring, neither could stand up. Enfermero had his shoulders flat on the mat, Killer fell on his side. Rated 7 ½
7) El Espectro & Karloff Lagarde b Black Shadow & Blue Demon
Espectro & Lagarde took ⅓, a great win for team. Rated 7 ¼
Event Notes: Saturday, not a Friday . Crowd a little down from regular.
EMLL (SUN) 04/14/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 265A]
1) El Coyote b Jaibo García
Straight falls. Rated 5 ¼
2) Akio Yoshihara b Antonio Ramírez
rated 7
3) Verdugo TLDRAW Canelo Segura
rated 7 ½
4) Carnicero Butcher b Pepe Mendieta
rated a 7
5) Gladiador & Ivan el Terrible b Bobby Bonales & Sugi Sito
rated a 7
EMLL (TUE) 04/09/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 265A]
1) Huroki Sito & Manuel Robles vs Enrique Villa & Rubén Juárez
rated 7 ¾
Event Notes: location is a guess
EMLL (FRI) 03/29/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Black Shadow, Enrique Llanes, Rolando Vera b Enfermero, Espectro, Karloff Lagarde
return of Enrique Llanes, who’s been inactive for years.
EMLL (TUE) 03/26/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Gori Casanova vs Memo Rubio
debut of Casanova. He fouled Rubio, finish unclear.
EMLL (TUE) 03/19/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Troglodita Flores b Costeño
2) Antonio Ramírez & Enrique Villa b Carnicero Grimaldo & Frankenstein
Event Notes: First show in a run of Nuevo Valores shows.
EMLL (SUN) 03/17/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242, SL530]
1) Humberto Garza b Juan Diaz
straight falls
2) Huracán Ramírez TLDRAW Manuel Robles
30 minute draw
3) Rubén Juárez DQ Ray Mendoza
out of control brawl
4) Black Shadow & Tarzán López DQ El Enfermero & Espectro
another out of control brawl
5) Black Killer b El Caballero [mask]
Caballero was unmsaked as Tony Lopez
EMLL (FRI) 03/01/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Dorrel Dixon & Rolando Vera b Espectro & Karloff Lagarde
EMLL (SUN) 02/17/1957 Arena Coliseo [SuperLuchas]
1) Blue Demon & Dorrel Dixon DQ Espectro I & Karloff Lagarde
EMLL (FRI) 02/08/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) El Gladiador & Karloff Lagarde vs ? & ??
2) Enrique Villa b Canelo Segura
match 1. Debut of Villa
EMLL (SUN) 02/03/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 942]
1) Black Shadow & Rubén Juárez vs Chico Casasola & Espectro
EMLL (SUN) 01/27/1957 Arena Coliseo [Clinch 242]
1) Rubén Juárez b Black Killer
match 3. Return of Black Killer, who gets surprised by Juarez in ⅓
EMLL (FRI) 01/25/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 942, Clinch 242]
1) Karloff Lagarde vs Bobby Bonales
2) Sugi Sito b Espectro
return of Sugi Sito (following Santo leaving a couple of weeks earlier)
EMLL (SUN) 01/20/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 252A]
1) Taro Hito vs Fantomas
2) Humberto Garza vs Memo Rubio
3) Gorila Macías III vs Giuliano
4) Carnicero Butcher vs Bobby Bonales
5) Chico Casasola & Gori Guerrero vs Black Shadow & Dorrel Dixon
EMLL (FRI) 01/18/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 252A, Clinch 242]
1) Maravilla Enmascarada vs Eskimo Blancarte
2) Carnicero Grimaldo vs Centella Inca
3) El Espectro vs Cavernario Galindo, Rubén Juárez, Ray Mendoza, Tarzán López, El Caballero [battle royal]
Lagrade & Demon in the battle royal as well
4) Gori Guerrero b Masahiko Kimura
return of Guerero. Kimura is 7th grade judo player.
5) Karloff Lagarde b Blue Demon
EMLL (SUN) 01/13/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 251A]
1) Gorila Osorio b Mar Allah
straight falls. Rated 5 1/2.
2) Humberto Garza b Red Man
rated a 6 3/4
3) Giuliano b Murciélago Velazquez
4) El Caballero b Jorge Allende
Tarzan Lopez is a Caballero protege
5) Dorrel Dixon & Tarzán López b Carlos Moreno & Cavernario Galindo
rated a 6 3/4
EMLL (FRI) 01/11/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 251A, Box y Lucha 252A]
1) Rudy García b Tony Sugar
2) Chico Veloz b Fantomas
3) Memo Rubio TLDRAW Huroki Sito
20 minnutes
4) Teizo Watanabe b Verdugo
5) Rubén Juárez b Frankenstein
6) Masahiko Kimura b Bobby Bonales
straight falls in a surpise
7) Black Shadow & Blue Demon b Cavernario Galindo & Gladiador [supre libre]
rated an 8.
EMLL (SUN) 01/06/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 250A, Box y Lucha 251A]
1) Rudy García b Tony Sugar
2) Humberto Garza DRAW Huroki Sito
return of Sito. Rated a 7 ¼.
3) El Caballero b Murciélago Velazquez
rated a 7
4) Jalisco González & Tarzán López b Ray Mendoza & Verdugo
rated a 7/12
5) El Santo b Dorrel Dixon
win y knockout. Rated a 7 ½
EMLL (FRI) 01/04/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 250A, Box y Lucha 251A]
1) Jaibo García b Taro Hito
2) Memo Rubio DRAW Red Man
return of Red Man
3) Manuel Robles DRAW Sordomudo Rodríguez
return of Rodriguez
4) Karloff Lagarde b Orquídea
rated 7.
5) Rubén Juárez b Teizo Watanabe
25 minute match. Rated a 7.
6) Masahiko Kimura b Carlos Moreno
Rated a 7.5
7) Black Shadow & Blue Demon DQ Cavernario Galindo & Gladiador
Galindo fouls Demon, though Box y Lucha feels it was accidental and Eddie Palau made a bad call by awarding it a DQ. Rated a 7.5.
EMLL (TUE) 01/01/1957 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 249A, Box y Lucha 250A]
1) Pery Lopez b Guapo Rodríguez
Perry Lopez also listed as Baby Lopez
2) Juan Diaz b Taro Hito
3) Humberto Garza b Chico Veloz
Chucho Veloz was in a auto accident but still made the match, said to be great
4) Emilio Charles DRAW Frankenstein
5) Jorge Allende b Pepe Mendieta
6) Ray Mendoza b Tarzán López
7) Black Shadow & Dory Dixon b Espectro & Santo [final]
Shadow & Dixon won 10,000 pesos and two trophies. Rated 7 ¼
Event Notes: a rare Tuesday lineup (for new year’s day) Referee Eddie Palau returned after a long abscene, implied to be the fault of commission Manuel Muniz.
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