Fishman died

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JiveHonky: May 12, 2001; by zen death robot; Grimey Drawer

RIP FISHMAN

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Jos� �ngel N�jera S�nchez (January 6, 1951 � April 8, 2017) was a Mexican luchador or professional wrestler best known under the ring name Fishman. Fishman was one of the top wrestlers in the mid-1970s and 1980s and worked for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre, the Universal Wrestling Association, the World Wrestling Association and Asistencia Asesor�a y Administraci�n in Mexico as well as frequent trips to Japan and the United States. N�jera was unmasked after losing a match in 2000 and retired shortly afterwards. Three of his sons are all luchadors enmascarados (masked wrestlers) known by their ring names Black Fish, El Hijo del Fishman and El �nico de Ciudad Ju�rez.

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N�jera was born on January 6, 1951, in Torre�n, Coahuila, Mexico, with his family relocating to Ciudad Ju�rez, Chihuahua, while he was still very young. At an early age his mother and aunts would bring N�jera along when they would watch lucha libre shows at the local Torero de Cuartro Caminos bullfighting area from the time he was nine years old. During his formative years N�jera cited both Black Shadow and Blue Demon as his idols, favoring the rudos (lucha libre term for those that portray the bad guys) of the era over tecnicos (the "good guys") such as El Santo.[2]

At one point in time N�jera was married to Mar�a Dolores Gonz�lez, a luchadora who worked under the name Lola Gonz�lez but the two have since divorced.[3] It has not been confirmed if Gonz�lez is the mother of three of N�jera's sons that have all followed him into a career in lucha libre. N�jera's sons are all enmascarados (masked wrestlers) and as such their birth names are not revealed per lucha libre traditions.[4] While it is not uncommon in lucha libre for wrestlers to license their names to wrestlers who pretend to be second generation wrestlers,[Note 1] it is believed that Black Fish, El Hijo del Fishman and El �nico de Ciudad Ju�rez are all N�jera's biological sons.[5]

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The Apuestas match would mark N�jera's retirement from lucha libre, although he did make a couple of special appearances in subsequent years, one in 2011 in Japan teaming with Black Tiger and Itoku Hidaka, losing to Original Tiger Mask, The Great Sasuke and Mr. Cacao.[43] He also worked on the "Villano III 40th Anniversary show", teaming with former UWA Headliners Dos Caras, Scorpio Jr. and Villano III to win the main event match over Negro Navarro, Rambo, Sangre Chicana and Villano IV.[44] Following his retirement N�jera helped his youngest son make his pro wrestling debut in 2008 after first introducing the world to El Hijo del Fishman during his final Luchas de Apuestas match.

His oldest son originally worked as "Fishman, Jr." but in 2007 he changed his name to Black Fish. His son was born out of wedlock and when his other son wanted to use the name N�jera decided to take back the rights to the name. His oldest son decided to sue for the rights to the name but ended up changing his ring name to Black Fish instead, using a black version of the mask his father made famous.[41] A third son works as El �nico de Ciudad Ju�rez.[5] Hijo del Fishman sometimes teams up with El Canek Jr. to form a team known as Los Nuevos Asesinos del Ring, playing off the past history of the name between Fishman and El Canek, and at times joined by El Hijo del Medico Asesino. N�jera died on April 8, 2017 of a heart attack.[41] It was noted that N�jera had looked frail in his last public appearances.[45]

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Honky Dong Country: Feb 11, 2015

RIP FISHMAN

# ? Apr 10, 2017 03:28

JiveHonky: May 12, 2001; by zen death robot; Grimey Drawer

Honky Dong Country posted:

RIP FISHMAN

Is that FISHMAN death photo gross du

# ? Apr 10, 2017 03:31

Honky Dong Country: Feb 11, 2015

JiveHonky posted:

Is that FISHMAN death photo gross du

Yeah they tore off his luchador mask and he died, that's their secret weakness.

# ? Apr 10, 2017 03:32

Blue Train: Jun 17, 2012

Hes sleeping with the fishes now

# ? Apr 10, 2017 03:34

Honky Dong Country: Feb 11, 2015

FISHMAN PODER (do your mom)

# ? Apr 10, 2017 03:35

JiveHonky: May 12, 2001; by zen death robot; Grimey Drawer

Honky Dong Country posted:

Yeah they tore off his luchador mask and he died, that's their secret weakness.

I guess he's flying off the top rope of the devil's wrestling ring into a fiery pit of spikes in hell.

God bless u FISHMAN.

# ? Apr 10, 2017 03:36

a shiny rock: Nov 13, 2009

# ? Apr 10, 2017 03:38

Honky Dong Country: Feb 11, 2015

�Qu� vas a hacer, hermano, cuando la man�a de Fishman est� corriendo sobre ti?

A: Nothing because he is dead and there is no danger.

Honky Dong Country fucked around with this message at 03:41 on Apr 10, 2017

# ? Apr 10, 2017 03:38

olaf2022: Feb 19, 2003; Fun Shoe

I will best remember him for his role in the development of Mega Man 2

# ? Apr 10, 2017 04:40

Thirsty Girl: Dec 5, 2015

rip fesh meng

# ? Apr 10, 2017 05:28

Honky Dong Country: Feb 11, 2015

# ? Apr 10, 2017 05:30

Thirsty Girl: Dec 5, 2015

the natural aptitudes of the fish, with all the advantages of being also a man....

# ? Apr 10, 2017 05:36

Honky Dong Country: Feb 11, 2015

FISHMAN TAKES ORDERS FROM NOBODY

AQUAMAN IS A BITCH

# ? Apr 10, 2017 05:38

JiveHonky: May 12, 2001; by zen death robot; Grimey Drawer

Honky Dong Country posted:

FISHMAN TAKES ORDERS FROM NOBODY

AQUAMAN IS A BITCH

Exactly

# ? Apr 10, 2017 05:55

Honky Dong Country: Feb 11, 2015

Aquaman was like "Yo Fishman toss me a beer"

Fishman wasn't having it though, ain't taking no poo poo off some rear end in a top hat and his weak rear end fish-commanding powers and his refusal to call it cerveza like Fishman's Tecate is a motherfucking bud light or some poo poo.

# ? Apr 10, 2017 06:08

OXBALLS DOT COM: Sep 11, 2005; by FactsAreUseless; Young Orc

Honky Dong Country posted:

Aquaman was like "Yo Fishman toss me a beer"

Fishman wasn't having it though, ain't taking no poo poo off some rear end in a top hat and his weak rear end fish-commanding powers and his refusal to call it cerveza like Fishman's Tecate is a motherfucking bud light or some poo poo.

I was following along until that last bit

# ? Apr 10, 2017 06:13

Honky Dong Country: Feb 11, 2015

OXBALLS DOT COM posted:

I was following along until that last bit

I'm just making it up as I go along man. I worked with a Mexican guy when I was with a plumbing company and he got super pissy about just calling mexican beer brands beer instead of cerveza. He was otherwise an extremely cool dude but we loved to give him poo poo about it. Tecate was his preferred brand.

# ? Apr 10, 2017 06:17

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

I've never actually watched any luchador stuff, where would I begin?

# ? Apr 10, 2017 08:49

Coolness Averted: Feb 20, 2007; oh don't worry, I can't smell asparagus piss, it's in my DNA

GO HOGG WILD!
🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗

500 good dogs posted:

I've never actually watched any luchador stuff, where would I begin?

netflix has lucha underground right now which you might like because it has some American wrestlers too

Or if you wanna see the cool old lucha culture stuff instead of wrastlin' there's the Santo movies, which are basically Mexican Batman vs stuff like werewolves and Frankenstein's daughter

If you wanna see actual live US shows Lucha Va Voom is pretty cool as an intro too if you're not sure you wanna go full into watching wrastlin'

# ? Apr 10, 2017 19:57

FlimFlam Imam: Mar 1, 2007; Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams

So long and thanks for all the fishman.

# ? Apr 10, 2017 19:58

Sweaty IT Nerd: Jul 13, 2007

Dear Jesus,

Good work on the drummer but will you please call up the rest of Phish soon?

Thx

# ? Apr 10, 2017 20:24

Mermaid Autopsy: Jun 9, 2001

Another gym rat gone before Keith Richards :dukedoge:

RIP Fishmech

# ? Apr 10, 2017 21:04

Neukoln19: Oct 27, 2005

au revoir, ameego

# ? Apr 10, 2017 21:09

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

Coolness Averted posted:

netflix has lucha underground right now which you might like because it has some American wrestlers too

Or if you wanna see the cool old lucha culture stuff instead of wrastlin' there's the Santo movies, which are basically Mexican Batman vs stuff like werewolves and Frankenstein's daughter

If you wanna see actual live US shows Lucha Va Voom is pretty cool as an intro too if you're not sure you wanna go full into watching wrastlin'

Thanks!

# ? Apr 10, 2017 22:24

Aesop Poprock: Oct 21, 2008; Grimey Drawer

I wonder what lucha masks smell like when you take them off

# ? Apr 10, 2017 23:05

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# ? May 6, 2024 11:27

Aesop Poprock: Oct 21, 2008; Grimey Drawer

Like faces get pretty greasy on their own so it's gotta be pretty bad right

# ? Apr 10, 2017 23:05

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