Box y Lucha 216A (May 1956) recap

Box y Lucha is selling this magazine here. Just one. Box y Lucha releases jump from 216A to 230A. I’m not sure why, and they haven’t given any indication if the missing issues will come turn up. I will redo this post if they do. I’ve got info from other magazines that I’ll use to fill this out.

EMLL (TUE) 05/01/1956 Arena México [Box y Lucha 214A, Box y Lucha 215A]
1) Mar Allah b José Munoz
2) Kiko Torres b Carlos Segura
straight falls
3) Dientes Hernández b Oso Negro
straight falls, first by DQ
4) Canelo Segura b Manuel Robles
bloody match
5) Bobby Bonales & El Gladiador b Chico Casasola & El Santo
match came down to Gladaidor beating El Santo

Box y Lucha pushes the idea that EMLL ran a special Tuesday Arena Mexico show so people who couldn’t make Fridays could still see the new building. There are regular Tuesday shows going forward.

Friday’s show is a one night tournament:

EMLL (FRI) 05/04/1956 Arena México [Box y Lucha 215A, Box y Lucha 216A]
1) Red Man b Bruno Lopez
actually took place after the main event
2) Akio Yoshihara b Juan Diaz
3) Manuel Robles b Murciélago Velazquez
4) Joe Marín & Pepe Mendieta b Bulldog & Gorilla Flores [quarterfinal]
5) Bobby Bonales & Gladiador b Rolando Vera & Tarzán López [quarterfinal]
6) Dorrel Dixon & Joe Grant b Chale Romero & El Califa [quarterfinal]
7) Enfermero & Medico Asesino b Carnicero Butcher & Mongol [quarterfinal]
8) Carnicero Butcher & Mongol b Bobby Bonales & Gladiador [semifinal]
9) Dorrel Dixon & Joe Grant b El Enfermero & Medico Asesino [semifinal]
10) Dorrel Dixon & Joe Grant b Bobby Bonales & Gladiador [final]
Dixon and Grant won trophies and 10,000 pesos

10,000 pesos seems a very high amount when the biggest gate is 100,000 pesos.

EMLL (SUN) 05/06/1956 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 215A, Box y Lucha 216A]
1) Sombra Azul b Chico Hernández
2) Dientes Hernández b Fantomas
3) José Macias b Moloch
4) Canelo Segura & Chico Casasola b Dr. Castro & Emilio Charles
5) El Santo b El Gladiador [super libre]

Santo finally gets a pinfall over Gladiador into a super libre rematch.

It’s the semimain that has more news. Box y Lucha says Emilio Charles went out to dinner with a family before the show and had “two or three beers.” The commission doctor checked on Charles before the match, smelled the alcohol, and reported it. Charles still wrestled – said to be the best match on the show! – and partied after the show. He wasn’t informed of his suspension until after his Wednesday match in Acapulco.

I have a lineup for 05/11:

EMLL (FRI) 05/11/1956 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 215A]
1) Gorila Osorio vs Taro Hito
2) Kiko Torres vs Ali Bey
3) Frankenstein vs Dr. Castro
4) Orquídea vs El Califa
5) Black Killer vs Joe Marín
6) Pepe Mendieta vs El Mongol
7) Dorrel Dixon & Joe Grant vs Enfermero & Medico Asesino

Medico Asesino & Enfermero getting a rematch with tournament winners on Dixon & Grant.

EMLL (SUN) 05/13/1956 Arena Coliseo [Box y Lucha 215A]
1) El Coyote vs Mar Ala
2) Carnicero Grimaldo vs Juan Diaz
3) Manuel Robles vs Chale Romero
4) El Mongol vs Halcón Negro
5) Chico Casasola & Santo vs Rolando Vera & Tarzán López

Sunday has Santo & Vera in the main event.

I’ve got nothing on 05/18. Another magazine has 05/25.

EMLL (FRI) 05/25/1956 Arena Coliseo [Punch 95]
1) Rogelio De La Paz b El Coyote
2) Juan Diaz b Gorila Osorio
3) Memo Rubio b Fantomas
4) El Mongol b Gorilita Flores
5) El Santo b Gran Markus
debut of Markus
6) Tarzán López b Carnicero Butcher
7) Rolando Vera b Bobby Bonales
Vera took 2/3

With those names, the tease in the battle royal is for Santo and Vera again, but they end up in separate matches.