Masakre

Masakre
Masakre in 1993
Birth nameAristóteles Radamés Coccó Flores
Born(1954-05-13)May 13, 1954
Mexico City, Mexico
DiedApril 12, 2012(2012-04-12) (aged 57)[1][2]
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Drakula
Masakre
MS-2
Yeti
Billed height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Billed weight100 kg (220 lb)
Trained byLázaro García
Rafael Salamanca
Raúl Reyes
DebutMay 1, 1983
RetiredNo later than 2000

Aristóteles Radamés Coccó Flores (May 13, 1954 – April 12, 2012)[1][2] was a Mexican professional wrestler, or luchador, best known for working under the ring name Masakre (Spanish for Massacre) in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). As Masakre he was a member of the wrestling group Los Infernales along with MS-1 and El Satánico and a founding member of the group Los Intocables along with Pierroth, Jr. and Jaque Mate. By the mid-1990s Coccó began working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) where he used a variety of more comical ring personas such as Drakula, Yeti and Coco Rosa

Professional wrestling career

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Aristóteles Radames Cocco Flores made his professional wrestling debut in 1983 under the ring name "Masakre". In his debut year he was paired up with MS-1 and given the ring persona of "MS-2"; Coccó was not the first, not the last wrestler to team with MS-1 under the name "MS-2", but the team would later lead to Masakre being brought in to replace Pirata Morgan as part of Los Infernales along with MS-1 and El Satánico.[3] Masakre and MS-1 teamed up to defeat Los Hermanos Dinamita (Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000) to win the Mexican National Tag Team Championship.[4] MS-1 and Masakre defended the Mexican National Tag Team titles for just over a year until losing them to Atlantis and Ángel Azteca on April 6, 1988.[4] El Satánico left Los Infernales as he began focusing more on singles matches and MS-1 and Masakre began arguing, then fighting after the two of them lost the tag team titles thus ending Los Infernales. MS-1 and Masakre faced off in a series of matches, culminating with a headline Luchas de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match at Arena Mexico that MS-1 won.[3] After Los Infernales split up Masakre formed a Trio with Pierroth, Jr. and Jaque Mate, called Los Intocables (the Untouchables). Los Intocables feuded with Los Infernale, winning and losing the CMLL World Trios Championship from Los Infernales.[5]

By the mid-1990s Los Intocables had broken up and Masakre had left CMLL to work for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). Initially he worked under the ring name Drakula, portraying a vampire character.[6] Later on he was repackaged as Yeti, complete with a furry white full bodysuit that gave the appearance of being an actual Yeti.[6][7] Flores disappeared from the wrestling scene altogether.

Death

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Coccó died from spinal cancer on April 12, 2012.[1][2]

Championships and accomplishments

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Luchas de Apuestas record

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Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
MS-2 (mask) Pájaro de Fuego (mask) Querétaro, Querétaro Live event 1982  
Masakre (mask) Herodes (hair) Mexico City Live event N/A  
Kiss (mask) Masakre (mask) Mexico City Live event N/A  
MS-1 (hair) Masakre (hair) Mexico City Live event N/A  
El Faraón and Ringo Mendoza (hair) MS-1 and Masakre (hair) Mexico City Live event N/A  
Masakre (hair) MS-1 (hair) Mexico City Live event N/A  
Pirata Morgan (hair) Masakre (hair) Mexico City Live event N/A  

References

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  1. ^ a b c Meltzer, Dave (April 13, 2012). "Mexican headliner Masakre passes away". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Saavedra, Roman Farid (April 13, 2012). "En paz descanse Masakre". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved April 15, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". MS-1 (in Spanish). Portales, Mexico. November 2008. p. 39. 17.
  4. ^ a b c Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Tag Team Titles". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. pp. 396–397. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  5. ^ a b Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Trios Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
  6. ^ a b Madigan, Dan (2007). "what's in a name". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 209–211. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3.
  7. ^ "Nuestros Monstruos, Recordando" (in Spanish). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. November 2, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2009.