Hall of Fame Deep Dive: Mexico

[Al]

I FOLLOWED WRESTLING IN MEXICO CANDIDATES

Los Brazos (Brazo de Oro & Brazo de Plata & El Brazo)

Sangre Chicana

Psycho Clown

Los Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras & Mascara Ano 2000 & Universo 2000)

Dorrell Dixon

Pirata Morgan

Mistico/Caristico

Octagon

La Parka AAA

Huracan Ramirez

Rito Romero

 

I'll start with a list and add comments.

 

1. Huracan Ramirez. Contemporaries in the Hall (born in the same decade): Blue Demon, Black Shadow, Cavernario Galindo, Ray Mendoza, Gory Guerrero, Karloff Lagarde, Medico Asesino. Last year Dave said he felt the backlog of Lucha candidates was empty. I think that may have been a slight to Ramirez, who is iconic in lucha in a way I don't think any of the other candidates are.

 

2. Mistico. Contemporaries in the Hall: none yet. Modern Mexico is hard to evaluate because the big promotions brush guys off and they kind of become persona non grata as well as measurable achievements. I don't know if Mistico is a HOFer, but he had a very high peak.

 

3. Dorrell (Dory) Dixon. I'd list contemporaries but he's different from native luchadors. Dixon I'm honestly more familiar with for his time in Capitol Wrestling where he was a capable hand and occasional main eventer, particularly in six man tags. As ethantyler said in another thread, historically significant wrestler in Mexico.

 

4. Rito Romero. See Ramirez for contemporaries. Is someone who was a draw in the Southwest territories a bigger star than someone most popular in Mexico? Does crossing the border mean something significant? I'm betting yes here. Romero did very well in Texas and Los Angeles.

 

5. Sangre Chicana. Contemporaries: Villano III, Dos Caras, El Canek, Lizmark, the Misioneros. 

 

6. Los Brazos. 

 

7. Pirata Morgan

 

8. Psycho Clown. The Dr. Wagner mask match was a real feather in his cap. But I don't get the feeling he's an important part of the wrestling scene and I could be completely off base on that. Being lucha he's got about twenty more years to build a case.

 

9. Octagon. 

 

10. Los Hermanos Dinamita. I'm sympathetic to Cien Caras as a candidate. As a trio, I'm not sold.

 

11. La Parka (II). Look, two of the exact same gimmick is just going to break the system.

 

[sek69]

La Parka AAA was fine in the role, but a lot of the times he was pushed more as a state of proof that AAA owns the gimmick. He was a fine wrestler, but there's a reason when people think of "La Parka" they are thinking of LA Park and not him. 

Mistico is a guy who should be in the HOF by any tangible metric but will have a hard time getting votes because he's kind of a d-bag. He's like the Roger Clemens of Lucha.