Diablo Velasco

Cuahutémoc Velasco Vargas
Ring name(s)	Telmo Velazco Diablo Velasco
Born	1919 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Died	01999-06-13 June 13, 1999
Billed from	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Trained by	Raul Romero
Debut	1937
Retired	1942

Cuahutémoc Velasco Vargas (1919 - June 13, 1999) was a professional wrestler and trainer of other wrestlers under the name Diablo Velasco. Velasco trained many famous Mexican wrestlers, including Gory Guerrero, Perro Aguayo, Essa Rios, and Mil Máscaras. In 2001, Velasco was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in recognition of his career and extensive influence on lucha libre.

Professional wrestling career

Velasco started his wrestling career in 1937 after having trained for two years under the tutelage of Raúl Romero, using the name "Telmo Velazco". Since Velasco did not have the physical size to become a top line wrestler he was never a main eventer but due to his skills and tenacity he was a respected mid-card wrestler who could be relied on to put on a good match. In 1942 Velasco decided that his skills would be put to better use training wrestlers than performing in the ring. In 1959 he was made the head trainer of the Arena Coliseo de Guadalajara, one of the biggest wrestling schools in Mexico.

Over the years he trained a long row of future top stars in Lucha Libre instilling his work ethic and drive into them. After some time as the head trainer at Arena Coliseo his students would gain a reputation as having good prospects in the ring, if Velasco let them graduate they had to have a certain level of skill. Velasco was in the sport not for the money, but because he genuinely loved the sport, a sentiment he managed to pass along to most of his students. Even after an old hip injury forced Velasco to stop getting in the ring with his students he still oversaw and mentored everyone in his gym.

Velasco continued to run his wrestling school until he retired in 1997 at the age of 78, and died in 1999.

Notable students

• Gory Guerrero
• Perro Aguayo
• Cavernario Galindo
• Bobby Bonales
• Atlantis
• Cien Caras
• Ángel Blanco
• Ángel Blanco, Jr.
• Tarzán López
• El Solitario
• Rito Romero
• Rolando Vera
• Hiro Matsuda
• Mano Negro
• Rayo de Jalisco
• Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.
• Solar I
• Solar II
• Mil Máscaras
• Abismo Negro
• El Dandy
• Alfonso Dantés
• Mr. Águila
• Satánico
• Shocker
• Oro
• El Supremo

Championships and accomplishments

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2001)

References

General

• Madigan, Dan (2007). "Dorada de lucha libre: Las Leyendas, las peleas, los fósforos del resentimiento (the golden age of lucha libre: the legends, the feuds, the grudge matches): Diablo Velasco". Mondo Lucha Libre: the bizare & honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling. HarperColins Publisher. pp. 203–205. ISBN 978-0-06-085583-3. 

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Name	Velasco, Diablo
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Date of birth	1919
Place of birth	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Date of death	June 13, 1999
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