I do not know who Halloween really was. I only saw him when AAA came through Arizona in 1996 or so and loved the routine he did. I also lived for the interaction he had with the fans the few times this promotion came through. It was the funniest part of their cards, except for the one night where another of their wrestlers was so drunk he fell off the ring apron in the middle of a tag team match.
Halloween wore one of those jack o lantern masks seen in Halloween III, though this one never tightened on him, crushed his skull and caused him to spit up spiders like in the movie.
"He's gonna get the seeds knocked out of him."
"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!"
"Doctor Loomis is looking for you."
"La Parka is gonna hit him so hard he's gonna break his shell."
"La Parka is gonna make pumpkin pie out of this bastard."
On and on it would of, in Spanish and in English, with Halloween playing up to the same. He usually had some smartassed response to everyone, but the insults from the stands just kept coming.
"Go back to the farm."
"Go back to the pumpkin patch."
"Don't let the squirrels eat you."
"You aren't a real pumpkin."
"No shit," is all I have to say to that last one.
As far as talent went, Halloween might not have set the world on fire, but he certainly drew a loud response from the crowd.
The cries from the audience often made the night.
Strangely, AAA never gained a foothold in Arizona like they did in Mexico or in other border states and with that, the reign of wrestling's Great Pumpkin came to an end......at least in the Phoenix/Tucson area.
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