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
| Masakre | |
|---|---|
 Masakre in 1993 | |
| Birth name | Aristóteles Radamés Coccó Flores |
| Born | May 13, 1954 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | April 12, 2012 (aged 57)[1][2] Charlotte, North Carolina, United States[2] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Drakula Masakre MS-2 Yeti |
| Billed height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Billed weight | 100 kg (220 lb) |
| Trained by | Lázaro García Rafael Salamanca Raúl Reyes |
| Debut | May 1, 1983 |
| Retired | No later than 2000 |
Professional wrestling career
editAristóteles 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
editCoccó died from spinal cancer on April 12, 2012.[1][2]
Championships and accomplishments
edit- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Pierroth, Jr. and Jaque Mate (Los Intocables)[5]
- Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with MS-1[4]
Luchas de Apuestas record
edit| 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
edit- ^ a b c Meltzer, Dave (April 13, 2012). "Mexican headliner Masakre passes away". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ a b c d Saavedra, Roman Farid (April 13, 2012). "En paz descanse Masakre". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ a b "Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre". MS-1 (in Spanish). Portales, Mexico. November 2008. p. 39. 17.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Royal Duncan & Gary Will (2000). "Mexico: National Trios Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 393. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Nuestros Monstruos, Recordando" (in Spanish). Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. November 2, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2009.