L'Ange Blanc (French for "The White Angel") (1930s – January 2006) is the most well known ring name of Francisco Pino Farina a retired Spanish-born professional wrestler. Originally he worked in France as the masked L'Ange Blanc and would later work under the names "El Angel Blanco" and "the White Angel" after being unmasked. He worked in the United States as Pancho Pino and as El Ángel Exterminador in Mexico.
Farina began his wrestling career in the 1950s working primarily in France as the high flying masked face (wrestling term for those that portray the good guys) L'Ange Blanc (The White Angel). His pristine white mask, trunks and boots became his trademark as he was one of the early icons of professional wrestling, with his popularity rivaling that of Hulk Hogan in the United States or Santo in Mexico.[3] He was considered a bigger star in his home country than André the Giant (who was known in France as Le Géant Ferré). L'Ange Blanc was enigmatic and one of the first aerial wrestlers in the heyday of French wrestling. He had televised fights against such wrestling stars as Le Bourreau de Béthune (Jacques Ducrez, another famous masked wrestler), Roger Delaporte and Robert Duranton. Most of his televised matches were commentated by the famous French journalist Roger Couderc which helped the promotion of his wrestling role. In his matches, L'Ange Blanc was the "avenger", while his opponents were the bad guys. By 1962, ratings started to drop so promoters decided to unmask "L'Ange Blanc", which ultimately killed the gimmick.[3] Other wrestlers continued to emulate him, each pretending to be the "real" L'Ange Blanc, most notably Charles Eltes and Gilbert Péchard.
Following his unmasking he started to work in the United States under the name Pancho Pino. In 1967 he began working in Mexico as a masked wrestler, but there was already a well known wrestler working as Ángel Blanco so instead he began working as El Ángel Exterminador ("The Destroying Angel") working primarily for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL). In the fall of 1967 he worked a storyline against Ángel Blanco, and as part of that storyline he defeated Black Shadow in a Lucha de Apuestas, or bet match, forcing Shadow to have his hair shaved off after the match.[4][5] That match was a preview of the main event of the EMLL 34th Anniversary Show where both Angels bet their masks on the outcome of the match. In the end the Mexican Ángel Blanco defeated Ángel Exterminador and forced him to unmask afterwards as per Lucha Libre traditions.[1][6][7][8] In the years following the unmasking Pino retired from professional wrestling.
^ abcdEnciclopedia staff (October 1, 2007). "Enciclopedia de las Mascaras". L'Ange Blanc (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico. p. 8. Tomo III.
^ ab"Lucha Libre: Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilátero". Black Shadow (1921–2007) (in Spanish). Mexico. 2008. p. 10. Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre.
^ ab"Que Ironal... pobre Shadow. El Angel lo apaleo y lo Rapo". Box y Lucha Magazine (in Spanish). Mexico, D.F. 1967. 776.
^ ab"34th Anniversary Show". Pro Wrestling History. September 29, 1967. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
^ ab"Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL". The Gladiatores Magazine (in Spanish). September 2, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
^ abRuiz Glez, Alex (September 7, 2010). "CMLL: 79 historias, 79 Aniversario, las 79 luchas estelares". Súper Luchas (in Spanish). Retrieved October 20, 2012.
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ange, blanc, french, white, angel, 1930s, january, 2006, most, well, known, ring, name, francisco, pino, farina, retired, spanish, born, professional, wrestler, originally, worked, france, masked, would, later, work, under, names, angel, blanco, white, angel, . L Ange Blanc French for The White Angel 1930s January 2006 is the most well known ring name of Francisco Pino Farina a retired Spanish born professional wrestler Originally he worked in France as the masked L Ange Blanc and would later work under the names El Angel Blanco and the White Angel after being unmasked He worked in the United States as Pancho Pino and as El Angel Exterminador in Mexico L Ange BlancBirth nameFrancisco Pino Farina 1 Born1930sSpainDiedJanuary 2006 2 ChildrenRicardo Torres son Professional wrestling careerRing name s L Ange Blanc 3 El Angel BlancoThe White AngelPancho Pino 1 El Angel Exterminador 1 Billed height170 cm 5 ft 7 in Billed weight75 kg 165 lb Debut1950sRetired1960s Contents 1 Professional wrestling career 2 Luchas de Apuestas record 3 Footnotes 4 ReferencesProfessional wrestling career editFarina began his wrestling career in the 1950s working primarily in France as the high flying masked face wrestling term for those that portray the good guys L Ange Blanc The White Angel His pristine white mask trunks and boots became his trademark as he was one of the early icons of professional wrestling with his popularity rivaling that of Hulk Hogan in the United States or Santo in Mexico 3 He was considered a bigger star in his home country than Andre the Giant who was known in France as Le Geant Ferre L Ange Blanc was enigmatic and one of the first aerial wrestlers in the heyday of French wrestling He had televised fights against such wrestling stars as Le Bourreau de Bethune Jacques Ducrez another famous masked wrestler Roger Delaporte and Robert Duranton Most of his televised matches were commentated by the famous French journalist Roger Couderc which helped the promotion of his wrestling role In his matches L Ange Blanc was the avenger while his opponents were the bad guys By 1962 ratings started to drop so promoters decided to unmask L Ange Blanc which ultimately killed the gimmick 3 Other wrestlers continued to emulate him each pretending to be the real L Ange Blanc most notably Charles Eltes and Gilbert Pechard Following his unmasking he started to work in the United States under the name Pancho Pino In 1967 he began working in Mexico as a masked wrestler but there was already a well known wrestler working as Angel Blanco so instead he began working as El Angel Exterminador The Destroying Angel working primarily for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre EMLL In the fall of 1967 he worked a storyline against Angel Blanco and as part of that storyline he defeated Black Shadow in a Lucha de Apuestas or bet match forcing Shadow to have his hair shaved off after the match 4 5 That match was a preview of the main event of the EMLL 34th Anniversary Show where both Angels bet their masks on the outcome of the match In the end the Mexican Angel Blanco defeated Angel Exterminador and forced him to unmask afterwards as per Lucha Libre traditions 1 6 7 8 In the years following the unmasking Pino retired from professional wrestling Luchas de Apuestas record editSee also Luchas de Apuestas Winner wager Loser wager Location Event Date Notes Black Mask mask L Ange Blanc mask Leeds England Live event 1962 3 El Angel Exterminador mask Black Shadow hair Mexico City Mexico EMLL live event August 25 1967 4 5 Angel Blanco mask El Angel Exterminador mask Mexico City Mexico EMLL 34th Anniversary Show August 29 1967 1 6 7 8 Footnotes editReferences edit a b c d e Historia de Los Aniversarios in Spanish Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Archived from the original on October 16 2012 Retrieved September 28 2012 L Ange Blanc s obituary in French a b c d Enciclopedia staff October 1 2007 Enciclopedia de las Mascaras L Ange Blanc in Spanish Mexico City Mexico p 8 Tomo III a b Lucha Libre Conoce la historia de las leyendas de cuadrilatero Black Shadow 1921 2007 in Spanish Mexico 2008 p 10 Grandes Figuras de la Lucha Libre a b Que Ironal pobre Shadow El Angel lo apaleo y lo Rapo Box y Lucha Magazine in Spanish Mexico D F 1967 776 a b 34th Anniversary Show Pro Wrestling History September 29 1967 Retrieved September 27 2012 a b Historia de Los Aniversarios del CMLL The Gladiatores Magazine in Spanish September 2 2010 Retrieved September 28 2012 a b Ruiz Glez Alex September 7 2010 CMLL 79 historias 79 Aniversario las 79 luchas estelares Super Luchas in Spanish Retrieved October 20 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title L 27Ange Blanc amp oldid 960110590, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
