{"id":157059,"date":"2024-08-29T18:32:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T23:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=157059"},"modified":"2024-08-29T18:32:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T23:32:13","slug":"villano-v-dead-at-age-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2024\/08\/29\/villano-v-dead-at-age-62\/","title":{"rendered":"Villano V dead at age 62"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3231624332\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Rey Mendoza Jr., who worked as Villano V, died on Thursday at age 62. The cause of death was not disclosed in the online announcement made by the CMLL promotion.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Mendoza teamed with his brother Tomas, who wrestled as Villano IV, in WCW. Although the brothers were not featured prominently in WCW, the Mendoza family are lucha royalty in Mexico. My condolences go out to his family, friends, and fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">&#x26ab; DESCANSE EN PAZ, VILLANO V<br \/>\nEl CMLL se une a la pena que embarga a la familia luch\u00edstica por el sensible fallecimiento del Villano V (Ray Mendoza Jr.), gran protagonista de la historia de la Lucha Libre Mexicana. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s9jIPYkaNf\">pic.twitter.com\/s9jIPYkaNf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMLL_OFICIAL\/status\/1829266844337025400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-169007076\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc_news","category-newsticker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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