Hijo del Perro Aguayo Passes Away

[Roadster]

Don't they sign waivers?

 

[Bort]

 

[Bort]

For those unfamiliar with Perro's body of work: http://deathvalleydriver.com/forum/index.php?/topic/3472-perro-aguayo-jr-july-23-1979-march-21-2015/

I really can't stress enough the magnitude of this death for AAA and lucha in general. This isn't some jobber or midcarder. Perro was a huge star, big draw, he knew the business down to a T. Imagine if, god forbid, Nakamura or Bryan died. Household names. That's what Perro was in Mexico. He was also the top rudo, every star returning or signing with AAA was bound to work a program with Perro at some point. Perro was the centerpiece of booking, the mentality of lucha is that the pillar of booking is having a big top rudo to make flying babyfaces look great. Perro did that throughout his entire career. He was supposed to headline TripleMania with Myzteziz. After that he was supposed to feud with Alberto. The man was in his prime.

Meltzer will say Mistico was responsible for lucha rebirth a decade ago. But Perro was Mistico's arch nemesis, Perro was the villain who made him a loveable superhero and enormous babyface draw.

Luckily for AAA, they're loaded with talent. Mesias (Mil Muertes) just turned rudo 10 days ago, he's a big star as well. Texano and Pentagon will move up the totem pole, which is awesome. Texano was already near the top, but not quite there like Perro was. The fat old fart Villano IV (the Finlay of lucha) could wrestle more regularly. There are Hell Brothers. Maybe Konnan can do a retirement tour. Maybe LA Park and Dr. Wagner can come back and finally have that (expensive) mask match that is 12 years in the making (CMLL, AAA, indies). Short term AAA will be fine because they have a plethora of rudos, but longterm they should really go all in with Texano and Pentagon, because both guys are fantastic in what they do.

 

[Stopspot]

Just one night after Hijo del Perro Aguayo (Perro Aguayo Jr.) passed away after an accident at a CRASH indie event in Mexico on Friday night, Konnan, who was one of the first to tend to Aguayo Jr. after the in-ring spot with Rey Mysterio, was present for last night’s AAA Lucha Underground tapings in California. There was a ceremony done for Aguayo Jr. and it was described as “very sad” by Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Lucha Underground officials informed the press that talents would not be available for interviews this weekend and won’t be available until the next tapings because the talents were too upset to talk.

There were tributes for Perro done at several Mexican promotions last night and it’s expected we will see some form of tribute at the indie events during WrestleMania 31 weekend in California. There has been no mention of the passing by WWE yet.

Aguayo’s funeral is being held today in Guadalajara.

(Source: F4Wonline.com)



Read more: http://www.pwmania.com/ceremony-hel...s-funeral-being-held-today-more#ixzz3V8iWWGcs

 

[Bort]

The most recent thecubsfan update:

Updated (Sunday 12:30): The funeral wake was held earlier this morning. Perro Sr. was in attendance. Contrary to earlier reports, luchador Medico Asesino Jr. says he tried to contact Perro Sr. to tell him about Perro Jr.’s injury during the hour he was being treated in the hospital, looking for advice on what they should do, but saying he only got as far as Perro’s secretary.

Miguel Fonesca, while explaining that the Crash was an independent show which had nothing to do with AAA outside of using two of it’s wrestlers, said there will be a tribute show to Perro Aguayo Jr. at some point. It’s too soon to say when that’ll happen.

Universal has a story with Perro Sr.’s half brother, Juan. He talks about the death, and says Perro Jr. wanted to be a luchador since he was seven. His father tried to push Perro Jr. in other directions, but he was set on it.

Lawyers are trying to get involved. Even regional politics at this point; the Tijuana newspaper is carrying the word of the commission that everything was done as it should, and the Guadalajara papers are bringing in experts to talk about all the things which were done wrong in Tijuana.

There are various infographics and pictorials of Perro’s death, with so many people weighing in on what happened. It’s reached the point of diminishing returns.

 

[Farooq]

RIP, this is a horrible situation.

 

[Roadster]

This is really...just really...

 

[Butters!]

Such a sad day.

R.I.P

 

[Bort]

Apparently Rey got death threats, shades of Akitoshi Saito and Jeque Mate. Dunno about Rey-Rey, but I'd take death threats from Mexico City, Guadalajara and Tijuana pretty seriously, at least for few weeks until everyone calms down.


Public wake:

https://www.facebook.com/GymPerroAguayo/...2068135887
https://www.facebook.com/GymPerroAguayo/...8544801906

Two random moments of applause, one of them being CMLL:

 

[Bort]

Mass photos:

 

[Bort]

https://es-us.deportes.yahoo.com/video/el-homenaje-la-arena-méxico-220040955.html

 

[Roadster]

Hearing his theme is kind of tear jerking.

 

[Koko B.]

It would have been really creepy if this happened during a casket match

 

[Roadster]

It would have been really creepy if this happened during a casket match

That really has a lot to do with the situation at hand. tunga:

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

Rey's getting death threats apparently.. wow, I really don't think that's a fair way to treat him, I highly doubt Rey meant to kill let alone purposely hurt him.