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Karloff Lagarde

Mexican professional wrestler (1928–2007)

Summary

Mexican professional wrestler (1928–2007)

FieldValue
nameKarloff Lagarde
imageKarloff Lagarde.jpg
image_size200px
birthnameCarlos Delucio Lagarde
namesKarloff Lagarde
height
weight68 kg
birth_date
birth_placeZapotlán de Juárez, Hidalgo, Mexico
death_date
billedZapotlán de Juárez, Hidalgo, Mexico
debut1950

Carlos Delucio Lagarde (July 27, 1928 – August 31, 2007) was best known as Karloff Lagarde, a Mexican Luchador, or professional wrestler, who was immensely popular during the 1960s and 1970s. Through his career had faced most of Mexico's top stars of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s including lucha libre legends such as El Santo, El Solitario, Mil Máscaras, Black Shadow, Huracán Ramírez, Gory Guerrero, Ray Mendoza and Perro Aguayo. He was known as the "king of the Welterweight" due to him holding the Mexican National Welterweight Championship four times and the NWA World Welterweight Championship three times in his career. Lagarde teamed up with René Guajardo to form a tag team known as Los Rebeldes, considered to be one of the top five tag teams in Lucha libre history.

Professional wrestling career

Born in Zapotlán de Juárez, Hidalgo, Carlos Lagarde debuted in 1950 in Hidalgo State wrestling under the name Karloff Lagarde. In 1957 he won his first wrestling championship when he defeated Jalisco Gonzalez to win the Mexican National Welterweight Championship. They were collectively known as Los Rebeldes ("The Rebels") and headlined shows all over Mexico while wrestling against some of the top Tecnicos (good guys) at the time such as El Santo, Blue Demon and Rayo de Jalisco. They held the Mexican National Tag Team Championship at least once between 1962 and 1967. On April 28, 1962, Lagarde regained the Mexican National Welterweight Championship from Blue Demon, but vacated the title the following year to focus on defending the NWA World Welterweight Championship and teaming with Guajardo. Lagarde's marathon reign as NWA World Welterweight Champion ended on August 5, 1965, 2743 days after winning it, when he lost to Huracán Ramírez. Lagarde regained the title in September and held it for 590 days before Vento Castella defeated him for the belt. Lagarde's third and final reign as NWA World Welterweight champion began only two months after Castella had won the title and lasted for 1,469 days making Lagarde the person to have held the NWA World Welterweight Championship the longest with 4,802 days in total, over 2,000 days more than the second longest. In 1969 Lagarde won the Mexican National Welterweight Championship for a fourth time, defeating longtime rival Huracán Ramírez for the title on September 9, 1969. The rivalry with Ramírez extended into the 1970s with Ramírez regaining the title in 1972 and Lagarde winning his fourth and final title from Ramírez on October 20, 1972. Lagarde's final title run ended on August 11, 1973, when he was defeated by El Marque.

Movie career

When the Lagarde / Guajardo duo was at the top of the Mexican wrestling world the duo appeared in one of the many Lucha films produced at the time. They portrayed the enmascarado (masked wrestlers) Ángel and Satán. two of the main protagonists in the 1964 movie Los endemoniados del ring ("The Demons of the Ring").

Personal life

Lagarde was a second-generation wrestler, although the ring name of his father has not been found documented. Another one of Lagarde's nephews wrestles as Coco Rojo, a wrestling clown.

Carlos Lagarde died on August 31, 2007, following numerous weeks in poor health as a result of a stroke.

Championships and accomplishments

  • Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre
    • Mexican National Middleweight Championship (2 times)
    • Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with René Guajardo
    • Mexican National Welterweight Championship (4 times)
    • NWA World Welterweight Championship (3 times)
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter
    • Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame (class of 2020)

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotes
El Solitario (mask)Karloff Lagarde (hair)N/ALive eventN/Atitle=Enciclopedia de las Mascaraswork=El Solitariolocation=Mexico City, Mexicoid=Tomo IVpages=50–51date=October 2007language=es}}
Halcón de Oro II (hair)Karloff Lagarde (hair)Mexico CityLive eventN/A
Karloff Lagarde (hair)El Impostor (mask)Monterrey, Nuevo LeónLive eventN/A
Ray Mendoza (hair)Karloff Lagarde (hair)Mexico CityLive event1965title=Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadriláterowork=Ray Mendoza (1923–2003)location=Mexicoid=Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Librepage=46year=2008language=es}}
Karloff Lagarde (hair)Cavernario Galindo (hair)Mexico CityLive eventtitle=Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadriláterowork=Cavernario Galindo (1923–1999)location=Mexicoid=Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Librepage=16year=2008language=es}}
Jerry London (hair)Karloff Lagarde (hair)Mexico CityEMLL 33rd Anniversary Showurl=http://www.thegladiatores.com/historia-de-los-aniversarios-del-cmll/title=Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLLdate=September 2, 2010access-date=September 28, 2012work=The Gladiatores Magazinelanguage=es}}
Perro Aguayo (hair)Karloff Lagarde (hair)Tijuana, Baja CaliforniaLive eventtitle=Luchas 2000work=Perro Aguayo y sus Victimaspublisher=Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V.location=Juárez, Mexicoid=Especial 30pages=12–15language=es}}

References

References

  1. (2008). "Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero". Karlof Lagarde (1928–2007).
  2. (November 2008). "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". René Guajardo (1933–1992).
  3. Madigan, Dan. (2007). "Mondo Lucha a Go Go: the bizarre & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling". HarperCollins Publishers.
  4. Zellner, Kris. (August 31, 2007). "Wrestling Observer – headlines". The Wrestling Observer.
  5. Royal Duncan & Gary Will. (2000). "Wrestling Title Histories". Archeus Communications.
  6. Royal Duncan and Gary Will. (2000). "Wrestling Title Histories". Archeus Communications.
  7. Royal Duncan & Gary Will. (2000). "Wrestling Title Histories". Archeus Communications.
  8. Royal Duncan & Gary Will. (2006). "Wrestling Title Histories". Archeus Communications.
  9. Meltzer, Dave. (November 13, 2020). "NOVEMBER 16, 2020 OBSERVER NEWSLETTER: 2020 OBSERVER HALL OF FAME ISSUEs". [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]].
  10. (October 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". El Solitario.
  11. (2008). "Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero". Ray Mendoza (1923–2003).
  12. (2008). "Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero". Cavernario Galindo (1923–1999).
  13. (September 2, 2010). "Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine.
  14. "Historia de Los Aniversarios". [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]].
  15. "Luchas 2000". Publicaciones citem, S.A. de C.V..
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