Pierroth, Jr.

Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Luch Libre (1985–1995) In 1985 Salgado, working as Pierroth Jr., began working occasional shows for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; Spanish for "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise. Renamed Consejo Mundial de Luch Libre; CMLL in 1992), diving his career between Arena Isabel and EMLL in Mexico City. joining several other CMLL workers who left the promotion to join their rival instead. In AAA, he became involved in a long-running feud with La Parka, which led Pierroth Jr. to his third reign as Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion, which lasted 11 days. That same night he defeated Matt Hardy for a Superstars taping which aired on December 22. On March 10, 1997, Pierroth Jr. made his last WWF appearance, teaming with Heavy Metal and Pentagón to defeat the trio of Latin Lover, Héctor Garza and Octagón. When he returned to WWC in 1998 he was introduced as the WWC Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, as a storyline way to introduce the championship without holding a tournament. He began teaming with Gran Markus Jr., who also adopted the "Boricua" loyalty. Within weeks the duo became known officially as Los Boricuas and started to grow from a two-man team to a multi-man stable when they added the masked La Boricua and later on Veneno. At this point Pierroth Jr. took the nickname "El Comandate", acting like a dictator over the group, adding the female La Nazi as his personal body guard. In mid-2000 they added Violencia to the group, replacing El Boricua.

The culmination of the storyline between Los Boricuas and various defectors came on March 21, 2003, as Pierroth Jr. and Gran Markus Jr. faced off in main event of that year's Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show. In the end Pierroth defeated Gran Markus and as a result Gran Markus Jr. was shaved bald afterwards. In subsequent months Pierroth began teaming on a regular basis with Vampiro and Tarzan Boy, ending the Los Boricuas faction in CMLL.

Late career (2004–2008) Following the dissolution of Los Boriquas Pierroth Jr. and Vampiro began a long-running storyline feud with Los Hermanos Dinamita, especially Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000. The storyline led to Pierroth and Vampiro losing a Lucha de Apuestas match in the main event of the 2004 Sin Piedad show, leaving both Pierroth and Vampiro totally bald. Shows in his hometown of Cuernavaca also paid homage and support to Salgado. Salgado made a personal appearance at IWRG's 2013 Festival de las Máscaras show on August 11, 2013, where he was presented with a plaque and received applause as he put the black and yellow mask on.

Name confusion Over the years several wrestlers have used the name "Pierroth", or variations on that name in professional wrestling.

Pierrot I / Pierrot II – not related to Pierroth Jr. Hijo del Pierroth (I) – Salgado's son, the name literally translates as "the son of Pierroth", sometimes worked as "Pierroth Jr." after Salgado became known a just Pierroth. Changed his ring name to "Bestia del Ring" in 2017.

Professional wrestling persona After Salgado adopted his militant "Comandante Pierroth" character he earned the nickname El Bocazas ("The Big Mouthed One") for his long, vitriolic speeches both in the ring and back stage. Mexican National Atómicos Championship (1 time) – with Villano III, Villano IV and Villano V Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times) Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) CMLL World Trios Championship (1 time) – with Jaque Mate and Masakre Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (2 times) Copa de Oro 1995 – with Chicago Express Federacion Internacional de Lucha Libre FILL Heavyweight Championship (1 time) International Wrestling Revolution Group IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Kaoz Lucha Libre Kaoz Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Mexican Independent circuit Morelos Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) WWC Universal Championship (1 time) Pro Wrestling Illustrated PWI ranked him #138 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1997

Lucha de Apuesta record

Winner (wager)Loser (wager)LocationEventDateNotesPierroth Jr. (mask) El Judío (mask) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event N/A Pierroth Jr. (mask) Mr. Majestic (mask) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event N/A Pierroth Jr. (mask) Kiss (mask) Tijuana, Baja California Live event 1998 Pierroth Jr. (hair) Máscara Año 2000 (hair) Mexico City Live event Pierroth Jr. (hair) Super Brazo (hair) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event Pierroth Jr. (hair) Super Brazo (hair) Cuernavaca, Morelos Live event N/A Pierroth Jr. (hair) Cien Caras (hair) Mexico City Live event Universo 2000 (mask) Pierroth Jr. (hair) Mexico City Sin Piedad Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 (hair) Pierroth Jr. and Vampiro (hair) Mexico City Sin Piedad Pierroth Jr. (hair) El Satánico (hair) Puebla, Puebla Live event Héctor Garza (hair) Pierroth Jr. (hair) Mexico City Live event Dr. Wagner Jr. (mask) Pierroth (hair) Acapulco Live event Tarzan Boy (hair) Pierroth (hair) Tlaxcala Live event L.A. Park (mask) Pierroth (hair) Xalapa, Veracruz Live event

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