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Scorpio
Jr has traveled far in the world of lucha libre.
From scorpion-masked psychopath, to a self proclaimed guapo in a
varsity jacket, to a member of the notorious Taliban.
All the while, he has managed to remain in the main event
spotlight for all of the promotions he
has worked for. He recently
added another
federation to his credit, main
eventing the debut show for the
Northern California
lucha fed, Califa LLE. I
had a chance to speak
with the IWRG Intercontinental champion after his match, and was a
little apprehensive about meeting him.
From
Tijuana
, to the CMLL show on
Galavision, to the main event I had just witnessed, I had seen Scorpio
dish out some pretty brutal beatdowns, and wasn’t sure how willing
he’d be to sit down with a pocho from the internet.
Fortunately, he
was very polite, giving sincere, thought out responses in hopes of
giving a good interview. Although
a little worn out from the match that occurred only minutes earlier, he
maintained a slight smile while projecting an intensity that only a
lucha champion can.
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Considering
the fact that he had come to
San Francisco
all the way from
Mexico City
, I was curious if he
kept up with the current American wrestling scene.
“Yeah…well, before
I used to. I would watch the
older WWF shows,” he replied with a sly smile.
(Yeah, I have a hard time watching the new stuff, too.)
“I was a big fan of
Jimmy Snuka,” he added.
The Califa show
was pretty successful, with a very vocal crowd.
When asked about how he liked wrestling in the famous American
city, he quickly replied,
“It’s great here. I
really like wrestling in a variety of places.
I like bringing my style everywhere.”
Even though he enjoys traveling to lucha shows all over the world,
it took him less than a second to tell me his favorite place to
wrestle,
“Arena
Mexico
.
Definitely Arena
Mexico
.”
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Speaking
of the famous
Mexico City
venue, I sadly
explained that in the States, we’re about 3 months behind in CMLL
programming. Unable to keep
up with the current storylines, I asked him what was going on down
south.
“We
just had a big Talibanes vs. Guapos, hair-cage match!” he revealed.
 Researching
this further I learned that like a true rudo, Scorpio had climbed over
his own partner, Bestia Salvaje, to escape the cage.
Minutes later, Bestia came up short in the match, getting his
head thoroughly shaved as a result.
Scorpio Jr
returned to
Mexico
that night to continue
his ongoing feud with Shocker and the rest of the Guapos stable, but
will hopefully return to US someday to dish out even more punishment to
any American wrestlers who are brave enough to step in the ring with
him.
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