Villano III

Villano III
Villano III
	Villano III in July 2018.
Birth name	Arturo Díaz Mendoza
Born	March 23, 1952; Mexico City, Mexico
Died	August 21, 2018 (aged 66); Guadalajara, Mexico
Spouse(s)	La Infernal (wife)
Children	El Hijo del Villano III (son); Villano III Jr. (son);
Parent(s)	Ray Mendoza (father); Guadalupe Mendoza (mother);
Relatives	Villano I (brother); Villano II (brother); Villano IV (brother); Villano V (brother); Villano V Jr. (nephew); Rokambole Jr. (nephew);
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Búfalo Salvaje; Mancha Roja; Pulpo Blanco; Ray Rosas; Rokambole; Villano III;
Billed height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Billed weight	96 kg (212 lb)
Trained by	Felipe Ham Lee; Ray Mendoza;
Debut	January 29, 1970
Retired	May 13, 2017

Arturo Díaz Mendoza (March 23, 1952 – August 21, 2018) was a Mexican professional wrestler who performed under the ring name Villano III (in Spanish Villano Tercero). Díaz was a second-generation wrestler, son of luchador Ray Mendoza and the father of professional wrestlers Villano III Jr. and El Hijo del Villano III himself. All five of the Díaz brothers used the Villano name; José de Jesús (Villano I), José Alfredo (Villano II), Tomás (Villano IV) and Raymundo (Villano V). Of the five Villanos, Arturo was considered the most successful in terms of championship and Lucha de Apuesta (bet match) wins as well as the most talented luchador in the family.^[4] He retired from wrestling in 2015 due to health issues stemming from wrestling. A few days after his death, he was inducted in the AAA Hall of Fame.

During his 35-year career, Arturo Díaz was one of the featured performers for the Universal Wrestling Association, and for all the all major Mexican wrestling promotions such as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and AAA as well as numerous notable smaller Mexican promotions like International Wrestling Revolution Group. Díaz was an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, up until 2000 where he lost to Atlantis and had to unmask as a result. The match against Atlantis was later voted "Match of the Year" in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter year-end awards. In contrast one of his last matches ever, at Triplemanía XXIII was voted the "worst match of the year" in 2015.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Cite error: The named reference PWI64 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Falleció el legendario Villano III por un infarto cerebral" [The legendary Villano III passed away due to a cerebral infarction]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Almarez, Lau (August 21, 2018). "Muere Villano III". Cultura Colectiva (in Spanish). Retrieved January 1, 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference ReyVillano was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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[MedioReport-2] "Falleció el legendario Villano III por un infarto cerebral" [The legendary Villano III passed away due to a cerebral infarction]. MedioTiempo (in Spanish). MSN. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.

[CCNews-3] Almarez, Lau (August 21, 2018). "Muere Villano III". Cultura Colectiva (in Spanish). Retrieved January 1, 2019.

[ReyVillano-4] Cite error: The named reference ReyVillano was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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