Villaño V

Villano V

Villano V before he was unmasked.
Ring name(s) Rokambole
Villano V
Ray Mendoza, Jr.
Billed height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Billed weight 100 kg (220 lb)[2]
Born March 22, 1962 (1962-03-22) (age 49)
Mexico City, Mexico[2]
Billed from Mexico City, Mexico[2]
Trained by Ray Mendoza
Villano I[3]
Debut March 12, 1976[3]

Raymundo Díaz Mendoza Jr. (born March 22, 1962) is a Mexican professional wrestler who has performed under the name Villano V (Villano Quinto, which means "Fifth Villain") until he was unmasked on March 20, 2009, after which he became known as "Ray Mendoza, Jr.". Mendoza and is part of the Mendoza family, a well known Mexican wrestling family that includes all five Villanos. Since making his debut in 1976 Mendoza has wrestled for every major Mexican wrestling federation including Universal Wrestling Association, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.[4] He also worked for the United States based World Championship Wrestling (WCW). While being popular in Mexico, he frequently worked as enhancement talent in WCW, usually appearing on secondary shows like WCW Saturday Night.

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Professional wrestling career

Raymundo Mendoza Jr. is the son of Ray Mendoza, a well known Mexican wrestler and wrestling trainer and the brother of Villano I (José de Jesús Díaz Mendoza), Villano II (José Alfredo Díaz Mendoza), Villano III (Arturo Díaz Mendoza) and Villano IV (Thomas Mendoza). Trained by his father and oldest brother, he was not allowed to use the Villano name until he finished his education. Because his younger brother finished his degree faster than Raymundo Mendoza Jr., he is known as "V" or 5 even though he is the fourth son of Ray Mendoza.[4] In May 1976 Raymundo Mendoza Jr. made his professional wrestling debut using the name "Rokambole" (originally used by his older brother Arturo before he became Villano III). Mendoza worked for several years under this name, gaining experience without the pressure of the Villano Name.[5]

Villano V

In September 1983 Raymundo Mendoza Jr. finally took the mask and the name of his brothers and became Villano V. He immediately began teaming with his brothers, especially Villano I and Villano IV and engaged in a heated and very popular feud with the trios team of Los Brazos (Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Oro and El Brazo). On October 21, 1988 Villano I, IV & V defeated Los Brazos in a Mask Vs Mask match and thus unmasked Los Brazos.[4] Over the years Villano V and his brothers have worked for Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and with shorter runs with International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) and World Wrestling Association holding Tag team and Trios titles in all federations.[6]

World Championship Wrestling

Villano IV and V began working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as part of the influx of Luchadors in 1996. Villano V made his debut at the 1996 World War 3 event as part of the Three Ring, 60 man battle royal.[7] Subsequently Los Villanos worked mainly the weekend shows such as WCW World Wide and WCW Saturday Night.[8] The brothers played the role of a heel and would occasionally cheat by switching places while the referee was distracted (all Villanos wore identical attire, aside from their Roman numeral distinctions). Los Villanos made a couple of appearances on WCW's main shows and PPVs such as Villano IV teaming with Konnan and La Parka to defeat Juventud Guerrera, Ciclope and Super Calo at SuperBrawl VII.[9] They also worked an eight man tag match at the last ever Clash of the Champions, Clash of the Champions XXXV, alongside Psychosis and Silver King against Juventud Guerrera, Super Calo, Héctor Garza and Lizmark Jr..[10] While working in WCW Villano IV suffered a neck injury as a result of a failed move, by Kanyon and Raven. The injury threatened to force Villano IV into retirement but he was able to recover and was back teaming with Villano V in WCW in 2000.[11]

Feuding with Los Laguneros

At the CMLL 75th Anniversary Show on September 19, 2008 Villano V defeated longtime rival Blue Panther in a Mask vs Mask match to unmask Panther after 30 years of using wearing the mask. The ending was very popular with the vocal crowd at Arena Mexico prompting them to throw cash into the ring (a tradition in Mexico after a great match).[12] On March 20, 2009 Villano V lost a mask vs. mask match against Último Guerrero on the Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show and was forced to unmask and reveal his real name as per Lucha Libre traditions.[13] Since losing his mask Villano V regularly wrestles under the ring name "Rey Mendoza, Jr." in honor of his father.[14] He, along with his brothers Villano III and Villano IV were on hand for the 2010 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show where CMLL honored their father Ray Mendoza with an in ring ceremony.[15]

Personal life

Raymundo Mendoza, Jr. is the fourth son and seventh child over all of José Díaz Velazquez and Lupita Mendoza. His brothers, like himself all became wrestlers: luchadors; José de Jesús (Villano I), José Alfredo (Villano II), Arturo (Villano III), Raymundo, Jr. and Thomas (Villano IV).[5] Lupita Mendoza died in 1986, his second oldest brother José Alfredo died in 1989, his oldest brother José de Jesús died in 2002 and his father José Diaz died on April 16, 2003.[5] Díaz was adamant that his sons get a good education instead of becoming wrestlers, wishing that they become lawyers or doctors as he wanted to spare them the physical suffering he experienced himself. Once he realized that his two oldest sons had begun wrestling under masks he agreed to train them and help their wrestling careers. He was also instrumental in training his youngest two sons, although he insisted they both get college degrees before they were allowed to begin wrestling. Since his youngest son Thomas finished his education first he became known as "Villano IV" while Raymundo, the second youngest son, became Villano V".[5] Mendoza has two sons, who are also professional wrestlers under the ring names Kortiz and Kaving.

In wrestling

Championships and accomplishments

  • IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship Championship (1 time) – with Villano III and Villano IV[19]
  • PWI ranked him # 112 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 1998.[16]
  • UWE Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Villano IV[23]

Luchas de Apuestas record

See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Wager Winner Loser Location Date Notes
Hair Rokambole Perro Sosa Mexico City, Mexico 01977-02-12 February 12, 1977  
Hair Rokambole Bronco Toluca, Mexico State 01977-03-27 March 27, 1977  
Hair Rokambole Cuervo Blanco Moctezuma, Mexico State 01977-10 October 1977  
Hair Rokambole Perro Sosa Mexico City, Mexico 01977-12-17 December 17, 1977  
Mask Rokambole Super Libre Puebla, Puebla, Mexico 01978-05-12 May 12, 1978  
Hair Rokambole Comanche Mexico City, Mexico 01978-06-13 June 13, 1978  
Hair Rokambole Azcasgary Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas 01978-08-13 August 13, 1978  
Hair Rokambole Caballero Negro Jalapa, Veracruz 01978-12-14 December 14, 1978  
Mask Rokambole Socio Acapulco, Guerrero 01980-01-06 January 6, 1980  
Hair Rokambole Jose Luis Mendieta Mexico City, Mexico 01980-05 May 1980  
Hair Rokambole Huichol Tapatío Querétaro, Querétaro 01980-03-20 March 20, 1980
Hair Rokambole Castorcito Mexico City, Mexico 01980-06 June 1980    
Hair Rokambole Guerrero Negro Celaya, Guanajuato 01980-09-21 September 21, 1980  
Masks Los Villanos
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)		 Los Brazos
(Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Oro and El Brazo)		 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon 01988-10-21 October 21, 1988 [26]
Masks Los Villanos
Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V		 Mercenarios Americanos
Tim Patterson, Louie Spicolli and Bill Anderson		 Tijuana, Baja California 01991-07-19 July 19, 1991  
Mask Villano V Blue Panther Mexico City, Mexico 02008-09-19 September 19, 2008 At the CMLL 75th Anniversary Show.[12]
Mask Último Guerrero Villano V Mexico City, Mexico 02009-03-20 March 20, 2009 Main event of the 2009 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show [13]

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