RIPPA Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 For those that didn't see From Meltzer Juan Banos, a Hall of Famer who was one of the major forerunners of the high flying style of Lucha Libre as the blue masked Lizmark, passed away earlier today from a heart attack. Banos was 66. Banos was a cliff diver out of Acapulco who was training to be a boxer and didn't debut as a wrestler until 1976. He quickly became a star, capturing the Mexican national welterweight title just two years after starting his career. He was primarily known for his plancha outside the ring, a move he popularized, but he was a great all-around wrestler. He is one of only two men in history to capture the NWA world championship in three different weight classes, welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight, the other being Gori Guerrero. During the 1980s he was one of the biggest stars in Mexico, and regularly teamed with Atlantis, who was the next generation top high flyer, as well as with Rayo de Jalisco Jr. during a boom period in CMLL, facing Los Hermanos Dinamita, but his biggest feud was with El Satanico. He was still considered one of the top stars when he jumped to AAA in 1992. He had a major feud in the early days of that promotion with the original La Parka, now L.A. Park, which was the program that really got Parka over as a superstar. He ended up returning to CMLL in 1995, to rekindle his feud with Satanico. His son, who wrestled as Lizmark Jr. and El Hijo de Lizmark, started in CMLL and came to AAA with his father, and they often did a father-and-son team. Lizmark Jr. later wrestled for WCW. He first suffered from heart problems back in 1999, which threatened to end his career, but he returned to the ring after six months and was still working occasional dates as late as last year. Lizmark was voted into the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame in 2001 Alfredo wrote an obit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Again this is Lizmark not Lizmark Jr. So no - not the one you saw in WCW you dullard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 From the lucha rip thread Lizmark on CMLL Informa 9/30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-jltm69W-w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 YES~! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 HAMADA UWF~! w/ MOCHO COTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 This is the only match I can find online so far with Father and Son teaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAN Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 So sad. ------------- With Eddie Guerrero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 My review from the '80s set board: In the words of AC/DC, "if you want blood, you've got it." Baby Face is hellbent to take out La Fiera and Fiera ends up juicing like a trooper. We even get a closeup of his blood on Baby Face's leg in the second fall. The tecnico rally is fun, and Fiera managing to sell being so beat up he's almost out on his feet yet still fighting fire with fire (pardon the pun) is really good. Him leaping out of the ring to spin-kick Baby right in his Face is the shit. Pirata saves Baby from his bloodening and gets pitched flat out of the ring by Rayo for his troubles, followed up by a big plancha. Then it just kind of ends. Flat finale to a pretty good match. This has to be a glitch in the timeline; Fiera has to get his revenge on Baby Face afterwards. Nada about Lizmark on there sadly. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I have no idea what's going on here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Me neither, but that guy that looks like 80's Jeff Jarrett is a hell of a dancer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 80's Jeff Jarret = Karis La Momia = current AAA La Parka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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