Active and often ignored wrestling in Nogales, Naco, Agua Prieta, San Luis Rio, Colorado, etc. long before lucha libre was an in-thing in America.

COMPANEROS 182
Wore blue masks and outfits, were seen as heels and as babies on an interchangeable basis. A rumor they were killed in a car wreck in 1981 was created so they could start a new gimmick. Not big men, but good fliers.

MIL MASCARAS
Perhaps the first great Mexican star to make it in America. He appeared on a very spasmodic basis on the border. Always sold out arenas when he appeared.

NINO DE LA PALMA I & II
"The Children of the Palm Tree." The name loses something in translation. Heels, usually wore purple masks and trunks with a palm tree design on front.

EL ESTUDIENTE
A couple of wrestlers worked under a hood as Estudiente (The Student). The most common was named Manuel Rodriguez, I believe. Curiously, George Steele also did a brief stint as The Student under a mask in Detroit. In the 1980s and 1990s, they were still seeing Estudientes, presumably different, in the border towns.

SEPTIEMBRE NEGRO
Black September. Not in reference to the terrorists who struck at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, but in reference to a day in the Mexican Revolution. An extremely hated dark masked rulebreaker who was always over.

KIKO TORRES
Resided in Phoenix, but crossed over the border often in the 70s. A handsome babyface with jet black hair, horribly misused and put under by the varied Arizona offices. Had some very bloody bouts with Nano Ortega on both sides of the border. He was put over well in Mexico, but forced to take a back seat to far less talented bunglers like Chuck Hondo and Henry Piluso in the U.S.A. A super flyer and wasted talent, who was never allowed to reach his true potential. No relation to Tito Torres, Enrique Torres, Alberto Torres, or any other Torres by the way.

TINIEMBLAS
A big star and popular baby, universally. He later started traveling with a midget in a weird costume, whom he called Aluche (sort of like Doink and Dink), but originally a solo act. A big, big drawing card in Mexico, famous for lightning fast drop-kicks and leaps off the top rope like Mil Mascaras used to do. Had a big feud with vociferous Juarez villain Ariel "El Diablo" Romeral in the late 80s, when still active. May have quit by now. Maybe still around.

MATAMATICO
"The Math Man"--with appropriate equations on his mask. He was very much hated. Also a decent brawler who liked to go out in the stands and make people scatter. Also provoked much heat, as the crowd liked to throw stuff at him. How he kept his cool and kept from murdering these debris-throwing geeks in the audience is a mystery to me.

ERUPTION
A rotund heel who worked interchangeably in Arizona and Mexico. Later gained tremendous heat in Arizona as a tag team partner to Sergeant Shultz and managed by The Time Traveler. Liked using brass knuckles to win his bouts. More popular in Arizona than in Mexico. Sometimes very comical to watch. Heard he and Schultz later had a major blow up and became bitter enemies in '90 or so.

BESTIA 666
Said to have been trained in Mexico, but did most of his work in U.S. indys. Retired in 1993, after a long and essentially fruitless career. He gave the wrestling world more than he got back. A "monster" gimmick--paired with Golgatha, another monster. He was a good heel who deserved better. Not a bad flyer either.

SUPER ARGO
Real name Alecias Arturo Amerlo. A good little flyer, but as a promoter, he and Doug Hansen bombed miserably. Argo was better known for his feud with "Maniac" Mike Gordon in Arizona in the late 1970s, than for work in Mexico, though he did well enough on the border. Now living in Juarez, Mexico.

EL VIKINGO
A dark haired Mexican who looked no more Viking than would Bret Hart. Still, one top draw and "Un Super Rudo"--super villain.