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Picudo

{{Short description|Mexican professional wrestler}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{family name hatnote|Hernández|Herrada|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox professional wrestler

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|birthname = Arturo Hernández Herrada

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  • Devil Rocker
  • Espectro 2000
  • Picudo

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|height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|weight = {{convert|88|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

|birth_date = {{birth date|1967|08|03}}

|birth_place = Mexico

|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|08|03|1967|08|03|mf=y}}

|death_place = Mexico

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  • Espectro I

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|debut = March 2, 1985

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Arturo Hernández Herrada (August 3, 1967 – August 3, 2018) was a Mexican professional wrestler who wrestled under the ring name Picudo. He was best known for his appearances in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) which he had worked for from 1992 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2013. As Picudo, Hernández was a member of Los Vatos Locos, a Kiss look-alike group of wrestlers, with whom he held the Mexican National Atómicos Championship. In 2012, he returned to AAA under the ring name Devil Rocker, with who he was introduced as part of a group called Los Inferno Rockers (with Machine Rocker, Demon Rocker, Soul Rocker, and Uru Rocker). As both Picudo and Devil Rocker, Hernández wore wrestling gear reminiscent of the elaborate stage costumes of the rock group Kiss.

Professional wrestling career

=Los Vatos Locos=

In mid-1998 AAA owner Antonio Peña put together a new group of wrestlers, a stable called Los Vatos Locos (Spanish for "the crazy guys") consisting of Nygma, Charly Manson, May Flowers and Picudo. After joining Los Vatos Locos Nygma changed his appearance slightly, adopting an outfit and a face paint/mask combo inspired by Kiss lead guitarist Ace Frehley's "Spaceman" look. Picudo changed his look to resemble Gene Simmons' "Demon" outfit as well. The team made their first pay-per-view appearance when they defeated Los Vipers (Histeria, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced and Psicosis II) at the 1998 Verano de Escandalo.{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/verano.html#1998|title=Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Verano de Escandalo|access-date=2009-02-19|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}} The Verano de Escandalo match was just the first encounter in a long storyline feud between the two groups that would last for several years. On February 14, 1999, Los Vatos Locos defeated Los Vipers to win the Mexican National Atómicos Championship. The team successfully defended the championship against Los Vipers at the 1999 Rey de Reyes show.{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/rey.html#1999|title=Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Rey de Reyes|access-date=2009-02-19|publisher=Pro Wrestling History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706050222/http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/rey.html#1999|archive-date=2018-07-06|url-status=dead}} Los Vatos Locos reign with the Atómicos title lasted only 63 days as they lost the championship to Los Junior Atómicos (Blue Demon Jr., La Parka Jr., Máscara Sagrada Jr. and Perro Aguayo Jr.) on April 18, 1999. The Vatos Locos / Los Vipers feud continued through 1999 with the two teams wrestling to a double disqualification at Triplemanía VII in June.{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/triple.html#vii|title=Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion TripleMania|access-date=2009-02-19|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}} Los Vatos Locos finally regained the Atómicos title from Los Vipers at the 1999 Guerra de Titanes show. The group's second Atómicos reign was only slightly longer than their first as they lost the title on April 15, 2000, to Los Vipers. In late 2000 Charly Manson broke away from Los Vatos Locos to join a newly formed group called The Black Family, in his place Los Vatos brought in Espiritu to replace him. In keeping with the "Kiss" theme set by Nygma and Picudo, Espiritu altered his appearance to look more like Paul Stanley's "Starchild" character. This combination of Los Vatos Locos (Nygma, Picudo, May Flowers, and Espiritu) did not last long, as May Flowers left the group in early 2001 to form his own Exóticos group. Los Vatos replaced May Flowers with Silver Cat, a ring persona patterned after Kiss drummer Peter Criss "the Catman" character, making Los Vatos Locos; the group even began carrying instruments to the ring and "perform". On November 23, 2001, the new incarnation of Los Vatos Locos defeated longtime rivals Los Vipers to win the Mexican National Atómicos Championship once more. Los Vatos third title reign lasted for over a year, 374 days, before they lost the titles back to Los Vipers. After losing the Atómicos title Los Vatos Locos featured less prominently on AAA shows, not making a single major show appearance after September 16, 2002, when they appeared at Verano de Escándalo.{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/verano.html#2002|title=Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Verano de Escandalo|access-date=2009-02-19|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}} In 2005 Espiritu left the group to join La Secta de Mesias, keeping a friendly relationship with his old group.

=Los Inferno Rockers=

In mid-2012 AAA introduced a new masked trio known as Los Inferno Rockers{{cite web | url=http://luchalibreaaa.com/roster/item/531-soul-rocker.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140306195234/http://luchalibreaaa.com/roster/item/531-soul-rocker.html | title=Soul Rocker | archive-date=March 6, 2014 | access-date=April 23, 2017 | work=Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide | language=es | url-status=dead }} (Machine Rocker, Devil Rocker and Soul Rocker), a trio of masked, glam rocker inspired wrestlers who resembled the rock band Kiss.{{cite news | title=Número Especial - Lo mejor de la lucha ilbre mexicana durante el 2012 | id=493 | date=January 15, 2013 | language=es | work=SúperLuchas | editor-first=Ernesto | editor-last=Ocampo | publisher=Impresos Camsam, SA de CV | location=Mexico City, Mexico| issn=1665-8876 | page=17}}{{cite web | url=http://superluchas.com/2012/07/29/aaa-resultados-27jul12-botellazo-para-wagner-camino-a-triplemania-xx/ | title=AAA (Resultados 27/Jul/12): ¡Botellazo para Wagner camino a Triplemania XX! | author=ReyMexicool | date=July 29, 2017 | access-date=April 22, 2017 | work=SúperLuchas | language=es | editor-first=Ernesto | editor-last=Ocampo | publisher=Impresos Camsam, SA de CV | location=Mexico City, Mexico| issn=1665-8876}} It was later verified that the former Tito Santana was under the Soul Rocker mask. The trio was set up as the rivals of Los Psycho Circus (Psycho Clown, Murder Clown and Monster Clown), who at the time had been undefeated for years. They later introduced the {{Convert|201|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall Uro Rocker to the team, targeting Psycho Clown specifically.{{cite web | url=http://superluchas.com/2012/09/21/aaa-fusion-30sep-llega-un-nuevo-infierno-rocker/ | title=AAA Fusión (30/Sep): Llega un nuevo Infierno Rocker | date=September 21, 2012 | access-date=April 22, 2017 | author=ReyMexicool | work=SúperLuchas | language=es | editor-first=Ernesto | editor-last=Ocampo | publisher=Impresos Camsam, SA de CV | location=Mexico City, Mexico| issn=1665-8876}} It was later revealed that Uro Rocker was supposed to be the main rival of Psycho Clown, but the wrestler playing the part hurt wrestlers he worked with and was quickly dropped from the group.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqNhdenTW3o | title=Podcast BOOM! Episode 11 | work=Pidcast boom! | author=Konnan | author-link=Konnan | publisher=YouTube | date=July 8, 2016 | access-date=April 22, 2017 | language=es}}

The group lost to Los Psycho Circus at the 2012 Guerra de Titanes show, their first appearance at a major AAA show.{{cite web | url= http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2012/12/02/guerra-de-titanes-minuto-a-minuto-en-vivo | title=Guerra de Titanes, Minuto a Minuto ¡En Vivo! | date=December 2, 2012 | access-date=December 2, 2012 | work=MedioTiempo | language=es}} 18 days later the trio wrestled International Wrestling Revolution Group's Los Oficiales (Oficial 911, Oficial AK-47 and Oficial Fierro) in one of the featured matches on the Arena Naucalpan 35th Anniversary Show when the match ended in a double pinfall. In early 2013 Los Inferno Rockers finally defeated Los Psycho Circus, gaining some momentum in their ongoing feud.{{cite web | url=http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=98199 | title=AAA Fusion | date=January 3, 2013 | access-date=April 22, 2017 | work=CageMatch}} They repeated the feat at the 2012 Rey de Reyes show, seemingly escalating their feud towards a Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match" where the teams would put their masks on the line.{{cite web | url= http://www.pwinsider.com/article/76198/complete-aaa-rey-de-reyes-results-aaa-splitting-into-separate-brand-for-united-states-and-more-the-lucha-report.html?p=1 | title= Complete AAA Rey de Reyes results, AAA splitting into separate brand for United States and more: The Lucha Report | last=Zellner | first=Kris | date=March 18, 2013 | access-date=March 18, 2013 | work=Pro Wrestling Insider}}{{cite web | url= http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2013/03/18/retiene-texano-jr-el-megacampeonato-ante-blue-demon-jr | title= Retiene Texano Jr. el Megacampeonato ante Blue Demon Jr. | date=March 18, 2013 | access-date=March 18, 2013 | work=MedioTiempo | language=es}} The Apuestas match never happened and Los Inferno Rockers were soon diverted from Los Psycho Circus. In late 2013, Devil Rocker left AAA and was replaced by Demon Rocker to remain a trio.{{cite web | url = http://www.wrestleview.com/featured-articles/60354-viva-la-raza-lucha-weekly-4916-aaa-lucha-underground-star-wants-wrestlecon-la-parka-jr-injured/ | title = Viva la Raza Lucha Weekly (4/9/16): AAA and Lucha Underground star wants out, WrestleCon and La Parka Jr. injured | access-date = April 11, 2016 | work = Wrestleview| date = 9 April 2016 }}

Personal life and death

Arturo Hernández Herrada was the son of Espectro I and the older brother of Silver Cat.{{cite book | title=Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling|edition=2nd|first=Harris M. | last=Lewis III| publisher=McFarlane | year=2003 | isbn=9781476605050|page=101}} He was also the cousin of Antonio Peña, the founder of AAA.{{cite news|title=Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre|work=Espectro I|location=Portales, Mexico|id=17|page=21|date=November 2008|language=es}}

Hernández died of diabetes on August 3, 2018, his 51st birthday.{{cite web|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/universal-deportes/mas-deportes/muere-el-luchador-arturo-hernandez-herrada-el-picudo/|title=Muere el luchador Arturo Hernández Herrada "El Picudo"|publisher=El Universal|date=3 August 2018}}

Championships and accomplishments

''Luchas de Apuestas'' record

{{See also|Lucha libre#Luchas de apuestas|l1=Luchas de Apuestas}}

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!width=20% scope="col"|Winner (wager)

!width=20% scope="col"|Loser (wager)

!width=20% scope="col"|Location

!width=20% scope="col"|Event

!width=15% scope="col"|Date

!class="unsortable" width=5% scope="col"|Notes

Perro Aguayo Jr. (hair)Picudo (mask)Naucalpan, State of MexicoLive event{{dts|1995|12|3}}{{efn|The two lost a "Relevos Suicida" to Rey Misterio Jr. and Juventud Guerrera and were forced to wrestle each other.}}
Perro Aguayo Jr. (hair)Picudo (hair)Ciudad Madero, TamaulipasGuerra de Titanes{{dts|1997|11|19}}{{efn|Aguayo, Jr. and Picudo were the last two men in a four-man Steel Cage match that also included Heavy Metal and Sangre Chicana.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/mexico/aaa/guerra.html#1997|title=Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion Guerra de Titanes|access-date=September 12, 2009|publisher=Pro Wrestling History}}{{cite news|title=Guerra de Titanes|work=Box y Lucha Magazine|pages=10–12|id=issue 2329|date=December 23, 1997|language=es}}
Picudo (hair)Tonina Viper (hair)Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, State of MexicoLive event{{dts|2000|11|03}}
Hombre Sin Miedo (hair)Picudo (hair)Nuevo Laredo, TamaulipasLive event{{dts|2008|07|07}}

See also

Footnotes

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References

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External links

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Category:1967 births

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Category:Deaths from diabetes in Mexico

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