Espanto IV and V
Espanto IV and V | |
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Tag team | |
Members | Espanto IV Espanto V |
Name(s) | Los Espantos Los Nuevo Espantos |
Debut | 1989 |
Disbanded | 2001 |
Brothers Espanto IV and Espanto V (Spanish for "Terror 4"/"Scare 4" and "Terror 5"/"Scare 5") are a Mexican professional wrestling tag team who has worked primarily as a rudo (term used for wrestlers who portray the "Bad guys") team on the Mexican independent circuit. While both brothers have been unmasked in the ring no documentation of their birth names have been found.
They are the sons of professional wrestler Miguel Vázquez Bernal, better known as
Personal lives
The wrestlers known as "Espanto IV" (Spanish for "Terror 4" or "Scare 4") and Espanto V ("Terror 5"/ "Scare 5") were both born and raised in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico sons of Miguel Vázquez Bernal, better known by his ring name, Espanto III. As Espanto III, Vázquez was an active wrestler from the 1960s through the early 1980s. In a 1996 interview Espanto IV revealed that their father never pushed them to become wrestlers, insisting that they learn a trade as well as train for wrestling to make sure they had options in life.[1] Espanto IV also shared the fact that it took a lot of convincing from the brothers to allow them to be known as "Espanto IV" and "Espanto V", but the fact that Vázquez and Fernando Cisneros Carrilo (Espanto II) had given Jesús Andrade Salas permission to work as Espanto Jr. finally convinced their father to allow them to become "Espanto IV" and "Espanto V" instead of being a "Junior" or "hijo" ("son").[1]
Team history
In 1989 Espanto IV and Espanto V made their in-ring debut, both wearing the distinctive black mask with a white cross of the original
On April 20, 1997, Espanto VI and Espanto V lost a
In late 1999 Espanto IV and V both competed in a three-way Lucha de Apuestas match against Aguila Roja, with Espanto IV losing to Aguila Roja and thus was forced to have all his hair shaved off after the match. By 2001 Espanto IV worked less and less, either retiring from wrestling or adopting a new masked identity that has not been revealed.
Luchas de Apuestas record
Winner (wager) | Loser (wager) | Location | Event | Date | Notes |
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Takeda and Maravilloso (masks) | Espanto IV and Espanto V (masks) | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua | House show | April 20, 1997 | [3] |
Blue Fish and Mongol Chino (masks) | Espanto IV and Espanto V (masks) | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon | House show | Unknown | [3] |
Stuka and Stuka Jr. (masks) | Espanto IV and Espanto V (masks) | Gomez Palacio, Durango | House show | Unknown | [3][6] |
Aguila Roja (hair) | Espanto IV (hair) | Deportivo Halcon Suriano | House show | November 21, 1999 | [3][a] |
Takeda and Enigma (masks) | Espanto IV and Espanto V (hair) | Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua | House show | June 2000 | [3] |
Espanto V (hair) | Stuka (hair) | Gomez Palacio, Durango | House show | 2007 | [3] |
Espanto V (hair) | Sexy Francis (hair) | Torreon, Coahuilo | El Homenaje a Dr. Wagner | September 12, 2010 | [b] |
Footnotes
References
- ^ a b "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". Espanto I (in Spanish). Portales, Mexico. November 2008. p. 23. 17.
- ^ "1988 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 10, 1989. pp. 2–28. issue 1864.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Encyclopedia staff (July 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". Espanto IV y V (in Spanish). Mexico. p. 29. Tomo II.
- ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ "1989 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 7, 1990. pp. 2–28. issue 1917.
- ^ a b "Tecnicos – Stuka, Jr". Fuego En El Ring (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
- ^ "1999 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 10, 2000. pp. 2–28. issue 2436.
- ^ "2001 Especial!". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). January 13, 2002. pp. 2–28. Issue 2540.
- ^ "Lo Mejor de la Lucha Libre Mexicana duranted el 2006". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). December 23, 2006. Issue 192. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ^ "Número Especial - Lo mejor de la lucha libre mexicana durante el 2010". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). January 12, 2011. 399.