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Los Gringos Locos
Professional wrestling stable
Professional wrestling stable
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| article_name | Los Gringos Locos |
| type | S |
| members | Eddie Guerrero |
| Art Barr | |
| Konnan | |
| Black Cat | |
| Madonna's Boyfriend | |
| Chicano Power | |
| El Misterioso | |
| King Lion | |
| names | La Pareja del Terror |
| Los Gringos Locos | |
| billed | The United States of America |
| debut | 1992 |
| disbanded | November 23, 1994 |
| years_active | 1992–1994 |
Art Barr Konnan Black Cat Madonna's Boyfriend Chicano Power El Misterioso King Lion Los Gringos Locos |}}
Los Gringos Locos (intended to mean The Crazy Americans in English) were a lucha libre stable in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The stable was originally a tag team consisting of Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr and existed between 1992 and 1994.
Almost three decades later, a new iteration of Los Gringos Locos was formed as a tag team consisting of Dominik Mysterio and El Grande Americano.
Gimmick
Los Gringos Locos was intended to be the Mexican version of the Four Horsemen alliance in American promotion World Championship Wrestling. The team wore red, white, and blue wrestling attire.
History
La Pareja del Terror
The stable began as the tag team La Pareja del Terror (The Pair of Terror) made up of Eddy Guerrero and the "Love Machine" Art Barr.
At first the two men did not get along behind the scenes, but they decided to team up for business reasons. Guerrero, however, was teaming with El Hijo del Santo at the time. Barr and Guerrero, however, defeated them for the championship in July. Meanwhile, as they continued to team together, Guerrero and Barr began to become good friends.
Becoming a stable
As Los Gringos Locos became more popular in Mexico, AAA's owner Antonio Peña and top star Konnan decided to turn the team into an alliance of several wrestlers. Backstage, both Guerrero and Barr were against the idea of expanding the team, but agreed to it if they could have a say in who was allowed to join the stable. Konnan was the first to join the team, and at the suggestion of Guerrero and Barr, Black Cat was the second. The stable continued to grow to include Madonna's Boyfriend (Louie Spicolli), Chicano Power, El Misterioso and King Lion.
The team continued to feud with El Hijo del Santo and Octagón, but the rivalry ended in a Hair vs. Mask match at the first lucha pay-per-view in America, When Worlds Collide, which they lost. Barr and Guerrero both received $7,500 for their part in the match.
In the United States, Paul Heyman, the promoter of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), began negotiating with Barr and Guerrero in hopes of bringing the team into his promotion. At the time, rumors circulated that Heyman planned to have Barr and Guerrero feud with The Public Enemy. The duo were looking to work outside of Mexico as the Peso had been devalued, which had caused a dramatic decrease in their pay. On November 23, 1994, Art Barr died from a drug-related heart attack. After his death, the team was forced to vacate the IWC/AAA World Tag Team Championship. The group eventually disbanded not long after. Guerrero took a brief hiatus from wrestling through the rest of 1994 until April 1995 where he appeared in ECW as a singles wrestler, defeating 2 Cold Scorpio to win the ECW TV Title in his debut match for the promotion. Guerrero also started using the Frog Splash in tribute to Art Barr. Guerrero would then go on and have worldwide success in WCW and WWE until his death in 2005.
In addition to Barr's death in 1994 and Guerrero's death in 2005, Louie Spicolli (1971-1998), King Lion (1968-2002) and Black Cat (1954-2006) have all died. Leaving Konnan as the only surviving member of Los Gringos Locos.
Los Gringos Locos 2.0
El Grande Americano |}} In April 2025, American wrestling promotion WWE had acquired AAA. After 31 years of the original stable's dissolution, a new iteration of Los Gringos Locos was formed when El Grande Americano (a character originally portrayed by Chad Gable) helped Dominik Mysterio retained the Intercontinental Championship against Pénta at Backlash on May 10.
Following Gable's injury, the El Grande Americano character would then be portrayed by Ludwig Kaiser. After months of helping Mysterio along with the formation of Los Americanos (a stable consisting of Kaiser and New Catch Republic's Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate), at the November 22 Alianzas event, Mysterio and Americano's tag team name is confirmed as Los Gringos Locos 2.0 and both men were to challenge the Lucha Brothers (Pénta and Rey Fénix) in a tag team match on December 20 at Guerra de Titanes show, until Penta injured his shoulder on the November 24, 2025 episode of Raw. On December 16, Penta named Rey Mysterio as his replacement, and both Fénix and Mysterio would defeat Los Gringos Locos 2.0 at the main event of the event. Mysterio dumped Americano after the match.
Members
| * |
|---|
| Founding member(s) |
AAA
| Members | Joined | Left |
|---|---|---|
| Eddie Guerrero | July 23, 1993 * | November 23, 1994 |
| Art Barr | July 23, 1993 * | November 23, 1994 |
| Konnan | 1993 | November 23, 1994 |
| Black Cat | 1993 | November 23, 1994 |
| Madonna's Boyfriend | 1993 | November 23, 1994 |
| Chicano Power | 1993 | November 23, 1994 |
| El Misterioso | 1993 | November 23, 1994 |
| King Lion | 1993 | November 23, 1994 |
Championships and accomplishments
- Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
- AAA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Guerrero and Barr
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI ranked Guerrero and Barr #18 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" in 2003
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Feud of the Year (1994) Los Gringos Locos vs. AAA
- Tag Team of the Year (1994) Guerrero and Barr
Footnotes
References
References
- Because Barr was American and Guerrero was Mexican-American, they were able to [[Heat (professional wrestling)
- Guerrero, Eddie. ''Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story'', p. 96.
- (October 13, 2004). "Eddie Guerrero". SLAM! Wrestling.
- Guerrero, Eddie. ''Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story'', p. 94.
- Duncan, Royal and Gary Will. (2000). "Wrestling Title Histories". Archeus Communications.
- Williams, Scott E. ''Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW'', p. 45–46.
- Guerrero, Eddie. ''Cheating Death, Stealing Life: The Eddie Guerrero Story'', p. 107.
- https://www.ringsidenews.com/el-grande-americano-helps-dominik-mysterio-retain-ic-title-wwe-backlash-2025/
- https://www.newsweek.com/sports/wrestling/dominik-mysterios-wwe-tag-team-officially-gets-new-name-11098759
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