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Brothers ''Espanto IV'' and ''Espanto V'' (
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for "Terror 4"/"Scare 4" and "Terror 5"/"Scare 5") are a Mexican
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who has worked primarily as a ''
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'' (term used for wrestlers who portray the "Bad guys") team on the Mexican
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. While both brothers have been unmasked in the ring no documentation of their birth names have been found. They are the sons of professional wrestler Miguel Vázquez Bernal, better known as Espanto III and adopted the '' Espantos'' name and mask eight years after their father retired from wrestling. Their uncle Jose Eusebio Vázquez was also a wrestler, better known as
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but was killed in 1968. Espanto IV retired in 2001 and Espanto V is semi-retired, working only the occasional show around his hometown of Torreon, Coahuila.


Personal lives

The wrestlers known as "Espanto IV" (Spanish for "Terror 4" or "Scare 4") and Espanto V ("Terror 5"/ "Scare 5") were both born and raised in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico sons of Miguel Vázquez Bernal, better known by his ring name, Espanto III. As Espanto III, Vázquez was an active wrestler from the 1960s through the early 1980s. In a 1996 interview Espanto IV revealed that their father never pushed them to become wrestlers, insisting that they learn a trade as well as train for wrestling to make sure they had options in life. Espanto IV also shared the fact that it took a lot of convincing from the brothers to allow them to be known as "Espanto IV" and "Espanto V", but the fact that Vázquez and Fernando Cisneros Carrilo ( Espanto II) had given Jesús Andrade Salas permission to work as Espanto Jr. finally convinced their father to allow them to become "Espanto IV" and "Espanto V" instead of being a "Junior" or "hijo" ("son").


Team history

In 1989 Espanto IV and Espanto V made their in-ring debut, both wearing the distinctive black mask with a white cross of the original '' Los Espantos''. and soon verified that they were legitimately the sons of Espanto III, not "storyline" relatives or wrestlers who paid to use the ring name of a famous wrestler. Due to the secretive nature of masked wrestlers in Mexico, it is unclear if Espanto IV and V's 1989 debut was their "true" debut or if the brothers actually made their in-ring debut prior to 1989 using other masks and names to gain experience. The two worked regularly as a tag team in and around the Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico area under the names ''Los Espantos'' or ''Los Nuevo Espantos'' and would work for the
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(UWA) among others. The brothers later toured Japan, working for the Japanese Universal Wrestling Federation and Michinoku Pro. In Japan they unsuccessfully challenged
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for the
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on April 19, 1993. They also appeared on the
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(FMW) Fourth Anniversary Show, teaming up with
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, where they lost to the Great Sasuke,
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and Choden Senshi Battle Ranger. On April 20, 1997, Espanto VI and Espanto V lost a '' Luchas de Apuestas'', or "bet match", to the team of Takeda and Maravilloso. As a result of the loss Espanto IV and V were both forced to take their mask off in the middle of the ring. While they unmasked and revealed their birth names, no record of their actual names have been found. The duo was later involved in controversy as they lost their masks twice more in ''Luchas de Apuestas'' matches, the second time to the team of Blue Fish and Mongol Chino in Monterrey and then a third time to the brother-team of Stuka and Stuka Jr. in Gomez Palacio, Durango. ''
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was often not reported outside of the state, allowing Espanto IV and Espanto V to lose their masks three times in a short period of time without the various wrestling commissions or fans being aware of this. Over time wrestling commissions in the different states did discover the blatant violation of their rules and the state of Nuevo Leon barred them from wrestling there for two years for the infraction. In late 1999 Espanto IV and V both competed in a three-way ''Lucha de Apuestas'' match against Aguila Roja, with Espanto IV losing to Aguila Roja and thus was forced to have all his hair shaved off after the match. By 2001 Espanto IV worked less and less, either retiring from wrestling or adopting a new masked identity that has not been revealed. On December 25, 2006, Espanto V was one of eleven wrestlers who put their mask or hair on the line in a
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; others included Hijo del Soberano, Brillante, Ángel Azteca Jr., Moro III, Súper Leopardo, Depredador, Semental, Dorado Jr. and Máquina 27. Espanto V escaped the cage before the end of the match and kept his hair safe for the night. In 2007 Espanto V gained a small measure of revenge on behalf of Espanto IV as he defeated Stuka in a ''Lucha de Apuestas'' match, forcing Stuka to be shaved bald. On September 12, 2010 Espanto V teamed up with ''
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'' Sexy Francis for a ''Ruleta de la Muerte'' ("Roulette of Death") tournament, losing to the teams of Crazy Daisy and Dulce Paola, Pimpinela Escarlata and Sexy Libra, Sexy Piscis and V-57. Because of the loss, the two were forced to fight each other in a ''Lucha de Apuestas'' match, which Espanto V won. After the match, Sexy Francis was forced to have his hair shaved off as a result.


''Luchas de Apuestas'' record


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