Pierroth

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Place in History - Pierroth Jr. was a curious reinterpretation of the luchador Pierrot that proceeded him, using a persona based of the well-known sad clown character of old.  Pierroth Jr. originally dressed in a motley pattern of black and yellow and had his distinctive mask with inverted versions of the same pattern with his trademark colors.  He phased out the clownish costuming, but kept the mask and the colors.  Pierroth was no fool though and developed a reputation as rough rudo in the light heavyweight division, but most significantly as a great talker.  “El Bocazas” (the loud mouth) was well-suited for being a member of a team.  His partner or partners could carry in the workload in the ring and Pierroth could draw the heat.  He fulfilled that role in “Los Renegados” with Gran Markus Jr. and Ulises, but more famously in “Los Intocables” with Jaque Mate and Masakre.  Pierroth had a career year in 1992 holding CMLL’s Light Heavyweight title for most of the year and Los Intocables were embroiled rivalries with Los Infernales and Los Brazos.  However, Pierroth Jr. was not immune to the lure of AAA.  The company had been the hottest in the world, but the devaluation of the peso and subsequent drain of talent had hurt it significantly.  There was a great opportunity for a charismatic villain like Pierroth alongside the influx of talent from the UWA.  One promising young star, Cibernético, was paired with the veteran rudo to learn how to play the role.  Pierroth won a toreo cibernetico to win AAA’s Champion of Champions title in an attempt to established a new super championship.  AAA was an eclectic mix of veterans who were largely past their primes and talent that was fresh, but green.  A talent deal with the WWF allowed Pierroth and others a chance to work in the US, but they looked unimpressive in comparison to former AAA talent that was working in WCW.  Pierroth put over Cibernético and left AAA to work on the independents and for the WWC in Puerto Rico.  Bouncing between the two countries, he had some big spectacle matches including dropping his mask to La Parka in bloody brawl and warring with Glamour Boy Shane, Carlos Colon and Ray Gonzalez as an invader from Mexico.  It was the latter who took his mask and beat him in a loser-leaves-town match that cemented Gonzalez’s place as the top babyface on the island.  Pierroth returned from Puerto Rico to CMLL.  Pierroth helped book for the next year and a half, developing his own persona as Comandante Pierroth, the leader of a Puerto Rican army.  To outsiders, it seems like a silly character, but it drew incredible heat at Arena Mexico.  The rivalry between the two countries was at a fever pitch in boxing, so bringing it to lucha libre was a logical progression.  Pierroth and his growing Boricua force were the main rudo act for a time.  However, Pierroth was hovering around fifty and very limited in the ring.  His mouth continued to carry him for several more years and he added some “sons” to help with the in-ring.  Pierroth is one of the most charismatic characters in modern lucha libre.  He was a good wrestler, but a great talker and was able to raise the ire of the fans.  That skill made him on the major stars of the 1990s in CMLL, AAA and Puerto Rico.