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{{short description|Mexican professional wrestler}}
{{Short description|Mexican professional wrestler (1960–2024)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Díaz|Mendoza|lang=Spanish}}
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|image = VillanoRing.jpg
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|caption = Villano V before he was unmasked
|caption = Villano V in 2006
|birthname = Raymundo Díaz Mendoza Jr.
|birthname = Raymundo Díaz Mendoza
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1962|3|22|mf=y}}
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|names = '''Ray Mendoza Jr.'''<br />Rokambole<br />'''Villano V'''<br />Villano Quinto
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|birth_place = [[Mexico City]], Mexico<ref name="PWIFeb09"/>
|death_date = {{death date and age|2024|8|29|1962|3|22|mf=y}}
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|children = [[Villano V Jr.]] (son)<br>[[Rokambole Jr.]] (son)
|parents = [[Ray Mendoza]] (father)
|relatives = [[Villano I]] (brother)<br>[[Villano II]] (brother)<br>[[Villano III]] (brother)<br>[[Villano IV]] (brother)<br>[[Villano III Jr.]] (nephew)<br>[[El Hijo del Villano III]] (nephew)<br>Alendis (daughter-in-law)
|height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=74Preview>{{cite web|url=http://Superluchas.com/infierno-en-el-ring-74-aniversario-de-la-arena-mexico/|title=Infierno en el ring, 74 aniversario de la arena mexico|author=Ocampo, Jorge|date=September 24, 2007|access-date=September 19, 2009|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|language=es}}</ref><!-- In Mexico they measure height in meters so that should be first -->
|height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name=74Preview>{{cite web|url=http://Superluchas.com/infierno-en-el-ring-74-aniversario-de-la-arena-mexico/|title=Infierno en el ring, 74 aniversario de la arena mexico|author=Ocampo, Jorge|date=September 24, 2007|access-date=September 19, 2009|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|language=es}}</ref><!-- In Mexico they measure height in meters so that should be first -->
|weight = {{convert|100|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="PWIFeb09">{{cite news|title=PWI Official Ratings|work=[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]|publisher= London Publishing|id=Vol 30, Nr. 2 2009|page=145|date=February 2009}}</ref><!--In Mexico they measure weight in kilograms so that should be first -->
|weight = {{convert|100|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="PWIFeb09">{{cite news|title=PWI Official Ratings|work=[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]|publisher= London Publishing|id=Vol 30, Nr. 2 2009|page=145|date=February 2009}}</ref><!--In Mexico they measure weight in kilograms so that should be first -->
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|names = Ray Mendoza Jr.<br />Rokambole<br />Villano V<br />Villano Quinto
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|3|22}}
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|birth_place = [[Mexico City]], Mexico<ref name="PWIFeb09"/>
|billed = Mexico City, Mexico<ref name="PWIFeb09"/>
|billed = Mexico City, Mexico<ref name="PWIFeb09"/>
|trainer = [[Ray Mendoza]]<br>[[Villano I]]<ref name="Encyclopedia">{{cite book|author1=Kristian Pope |author2=Ray Whebbe |name-list-style=amp |title=The Encyclopedia of Professional Wrestling: 100 Years of History, Headlines and Hitmakers|publisher=Krause Publications|year=2003|edition=2nd|isbn=978-0-87349-625-4}}</ref>
|trainer = [[Ray Mendoza]]<br>[[Villano I]]<ref name="Encyclopedia">{{cite book|author1=Kristian Pope |author2=Ray Whebbe |name-list-style=amp |title=The Encyclopedia of Professional Wrestling: 100 Years of History, Headlines and Hitmakers|publisher=Krause Publications|year=2003|edition=2nd|isbn=978-0-87349-625-4}}</ref>
|debut = {{dts|1975|3|15}}<ref name="Encyclopedia"/>
|debut = {{dts|1975|3|15}}<ref name="Encyclopedia"/>
|retired = 2017
|retired = 2017
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|family = [[Villano III]] (brother), [[Villano IV]] (brother)
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'''Raymundo Díaz Mendoza Jr.''' (born March 22, 1960) is a [[Lucha libre|Mexican professional wrestler]], who has performed under the name '''Villano V''' (Villano Quinto, which means "Fifth Villain") until he was unmasked on March 20, 2009, after which he became known as "Ray Mendoza Jr." after his father [[Ray Mendoza]]. Mendoza is part of a well-known Mexican wrestling family that includes four other Villanos, [[Villano I|I]], [[Villano II|II]], [[Villano III|III]] and [[Villano IV|IV]]. Since making his debut in 1975 Mendoza has wrestled for every major Mexican wrestling federation including [[Universal Wrestling Association]], [[Lucha Libre AAA World Wide|AAA]] and [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]].<ref name="LuchaBook">{{cite book|author1=Lourdes Grobet |author2=Alfonso Morales |author3=Gustavo Fuentes |author4=Jose Manuel Aurrecoechea |name-list-style=amp |title=Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling|publisher=Trilce|year=2005|isbn=978-1-933045-05-4}}</ref> He also worked for the United States-based [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) as [[Job (professional wrestling)#Jobbers|enhancement talent]], usually appearing on secondary shows like ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]''.
'''Raymundo Díaz Mendoza''' (March 22, 1962 – August 29, 2024), best known by his [[ring name]] '''Villano V''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: "Villano Quinto"; [[English language|English]]: "Villain the fifth"), was a Mexican ''[[Lucha libre|luchador]]'' (or [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]). Following his unmasking in 2009, he worked under the ring name '''Ray Mendoza Jr.''', as a tribute to his father [[Ray Mendoza]].

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Díaz was part of a well-known Mexican wrestling family that includes four other ''Villanos'', [[Villano I|I]], [[Villano II|II]], [[Villano III|III]] and [[Villano IV|IV]]. Since making his debut in 1975, Díaz wrestled for every major Mexican wrestling promotion, including [[Universal Wrestling Association]] (UWA), [[Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide]] (AAA) and [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (CMLL).<ref name="LuchaBook">{{cite book|author1=Lourdes Grobet |author2=Alfonso Morales |author3=Gustavo Fuentes |author4=Jose Manuel Aurrecoechea |name-list-style=amp |title=Lucha Libre: Masked Superstars of Mexican Wrestling|publisher=Trilce|year=2005|isbn=978-1-933045-05-4}}</ref> He also worked for the United States-based [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) as [[Job (professional wrestling)#Jobbers|enhancement talent]], usually appearing on secondary shows like ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]''.


==Professional wrestling career==
==Professional wrestling career==


=== Early career (1975–1983)===
=== Early career (1975–1983)===
Raymundo Mendoza Jr. is the son of Ray Mendoza, a well known Mexican wrestler and wrestling trainer and the brother of Villano I (José de Jesús Díaz Mendoza), Villano II (José Alfredo Díaz Mendoza), [[Villano III]] (Arturo Díaz Mendoza), and [[Villano IV]] (Thomas Mendoza). Trained by his father and oldest brother, he was not allowed to use the Villano name until he finished his education. Because his younger brother finished his degree faster than Raymundo Mendoza Jr., he is known as "V" or 5 even though he is the fourth son of Ray Mendoza.<ref name="LuchaBook"/> In May 1976, Raymundo Mendoza Jr. made his professional wrestling debut using the name "Rokambole" (originally used by his older brother Arturo before he became Villano III). Mendoza worked for several years under this name, gaining experience without the pressure of the Villano Name.<ref name=MondoVillano>{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha a Go-Go: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2007|chapter=Dorada de lucha libre: Las Leyendas, las peleas, los fósforos del resentimiento (the golden age of lucha libre: the legends, the feuds, the grudge matches): Ray Mendoza and Los Villanos|pages=193–197|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}</ref>
Raymundo Díaz Mendoza was the son of [[Ray Mendoza]], a well known Mexican wrestler and wrestling trainer and the brother of [[Villano I]] (José de Jesús Díaz Mendoza), [[Villano II]] (José Alfredo Díaz Mendoza), [[Villano III]] (Arturo Díaz Mendoza), and [[Villano IV]] (Tomás Díaz Mendoza). Trained by his father and oldest brother, he was not allowed to use the Villano name until he finished his education. Because Díaz's younger brother finished his degree faster than him, he was known as "V" (or 5), even though he is the fourth son of Ray Mendoza.<ref name="LuchaBook"/> In May 1976, Díaz made his professional wrestling debut using the name "Rokambole" (originally used by his older brother Arturo before he became Villano III). Mendoza worked for several years under this name, gaining experience without the pressure of the Villano name.<ref name=MondoVillano>{{cite book|author=Madigan, Dan|title=Mondo Lucha a Go-Go: the bizarre and honorable world of wild Mexican wrestling|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|year=2007|chapter=Dorada de lucha libre: Las Leyendas, las peleas, los fósforos del resentimiento (the golden age of lucha libre: the legends, the feuds, the grudge matches): Ray Mendoza and Los Villanos|pages=193–197|isbn=978-0-06-085583-3}}</ref>


=== Mexican promotions (1983–1996) ===
=== Mexican promotions (1983–1996) ===
In September 1983 Raymundo Mendoza Jr. finally took the mask and the name of his brothers and became Villano V. He immediately began teaming with his brothers, especially Villano I and [[Villano IV]] and engaged in a heated and very popular feud with the trios team of Los Brazos ([[Brazo de Plata]], [[Brazo de Oro (wrestler)|Brazo de Oro]] and [[El Brazo]]). On October 21, 1988, Villano I, IV, and V defeated Los Brazos in a [[Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|Mask vs. Mask]] match and thus unmasked Los Brazos.<ref name="LuchaBook"/> Over the years Villano V and his brothers have worked for [[Universal Wrestling Association]] (UWA), [[Lucha Libre AAA World Wide|AAA]] and [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (CMLL) and with shorter runs with [[International Wrestling Revolution Group]] (IWRG) and [[World Wrestling Association]] holding [[tag team]] and Trios titles in all federations.<ref name="Titles">{{cite book|author1=Royal Duncan |author2=Gary Will |name-list-style=amp |title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>
In September 1983, Díaz finally took the mask and the name of his brothers and became Villano V. He immediately began teaming with his brothers, especially Villano I and [[Villano IV]] and engaged in a heated and very popular feud with the trios team of ''Los Brazos'' ([[Brazo de Plata]], [[Brazo de Oro (wrestler)|Brazo de Oro]] and [[El Brazo]]). On October 21, 1988, Villano I, IV, and V defeated ''Los Brazos'' in a [[Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|mask vs. mask]] match and thus unmasked ''Los Brazos''.<ref name="LuchaBook"/> Over the years, Villano V and his brothers worked for [[Universal Wrestling Association]] (UWA), [[Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide]] (AAA) and [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (CMLL) and with shorter runs with [[International Wrestling Revolution Group]] (IWRG) and [[World Wrestling Association]] holding [[tag team]] and trios titles in all federations.<ref name="Titles">{{cite book|author1=Royal Duncan |author2=Gary Will |name-list-style=amp |title=Wrestling Title Histories|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}</ref>


=== World Championship Wrestling (1996–2000) ===
=== World Championship Wrestling (1996–2000) ===
Villano IV and V began working for [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) as part of the influx of Luchadors in 1996. Villano V made his debut at the 1996 [[World War 3 (1996)|World War 3]] event as part of the [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)#World War 3|Three Ring, 60 man battle royal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/ww3.html#96|title=World War 3 1996|publisher=Pro Wrestling History|access-date=April 12, 2009}}</ref> Subsequently, Los Villanos worked mainly the weekend shows such as ''WCW World Wide'' and ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/wcw97.htm|title=Ring Results: WCW 1997|access-date=April 12, 2009|author=Cawthon, Graham|publisher=thehistoryofwwe.com|quote=Rey Mysterio Jr. would face Villano IV the following weekend on WCW Saturday Night}}</ref> The brothers played the role of a [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] and would occasionally cheat by switching places while the referee was distracted (all Villanos wore identical attire, aside from their [[Roman numeral]] distinctions). Los Villanos made a couple of appearances on WCW's main shows and PPVs such as Villano IV teaming with [[Konnan]] and [[Adolfo Tapia|La Parka]] to defeat [[Juventud Guerrera]], [[Halloween (wrestler)|Ciclope]] and [[Super Calo]] at [[SuperBrawl VII]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/s-brawl.html#VII|title=SuperBrawl VII|publisher=Pro Wrestling History|access-date=April 12, 2009}}</ref> They also worked an eight-man tag match at [[Clash of the Champions XXXV]], alongside [[Psicosis|Psychosis]] and [[César Cuauhtémoc González|Silver King]] against Juventud Guerrera, Super Calo, [[Héctor Garza]] and [[Lizmark Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/clash2.html#XXXV|title=Clash of Champions XXXV|publisher=Pro Wrestling History|access-date=April 12, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128103446/http://prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/clash2.html#XXXV|archive-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref> While working in WCW Villano IV suffered a neck injury as a result of a [[Botch (professional wrestling)|failed]] move by [[Chris Kanyon|Kanyon]] and [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]]. The injury threatened to force Villano IV into retirement but he was able to recover and was back teaming with Villano V in WCW in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/wcw00-01.htm|title=Ring Results: WCW 2000–2001|access-date=April 12, 2009|author= Cawthon, Graham|publisher=thehistoryofwwe.com|quote=WCW Saturday Night taping: 2/12/00: Ron and Don Harris defeated Villano IV and V}}</ref>
Villano IV and V began working for [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) as part of the influx of ''luchadores'' in 1996. Villano V made his debut at the 1996 [[World War 3 (1996)|World War 3]] event as part of the [[Battle royal (professional wrestling)#World War 3|Three Ring, 60 man battle royal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/ww3.html#96|title=World War 3 1996|publisher=Pro Wrestling History|access-date=April 12, 2009}}</ref> Subsequently, ''Los Villanos'' worked mainly the weekend shows such as ''WCW World Wide'' and ''[[WCW Saturday Night]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/wcw97.htm|title=Ring Results: WCW 1997|access-date=April 12, 2009|author=Cawthon, Graham|publisher=thehistoryofwwe.com|quote=Rey Mysterio Jr. would face Villano IV the following weekend on WCW Saturday Night}}</ref> The brothers played the role of a [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]] and would occasionally cheat by switching places while the referee was distracted (all Villanos wore identical attire, aside from their [[Roman numeral]] distinctions). ''Los Villanos'' made a couple of appearances on WCW's main shows and PPVs such as Villano IV teaming with [[Konnan]] and [[L. A. Park|La Parka]] to defeat [[Juventud Guerrera]], [[Halloween (wrestler)|Ciclope]] and [[Super Calo]] at [[SuperBrawl VII]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/s-brawl.html#VII|title=SuperBrawl VII|publisher=Pro Wrestling History|access-date=April 12, 2009}}</ref> They also worked an eight-man tag match at [[Clash of the Champions XXXV]], alongside [[Psicosis|Psychosis]] and [[Silver King (wrestler)|Silver King]] against Guerrera, Super Calo, [[Héctor Garza]] and [[Lizmark Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/clash2.html#XXXV|title=Clash of Champions XXXV|publisher=Pro Wrestling History|access-date=April 12, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128103446/http://prowrestlinghistory.com/supercards/usa/wcw/clash2.html#XXXV|archive-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref> While working in WCW, Villano IV suffered a neck injury as a result of a [[Botch (professional wrestling)|failed]] move by [[Chris Kanyon|Kanyon]] and [[Raven (wrestler)|Raven]]. The injury threatened to force Villano IV into retirement, but he was able to recover and was back teaming with Villano V in WCW in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehistoryofwwe.com/wcw00-01.htm|title=Ring Results: WCW 2000–2001|access-date=April 12, 2009|author= Cawthon, Graham|publisher=thehistoryofwwe.com|quote=WCW Saturday Night taping: 2/12/00: Ron and Don Harris defeated Villano IV and V}}</ref>


=== Mexican promotions (2000–2017) ===
=== Mexican promotions (2000–2017) ===
At the [[CMLL 75th Anniversary Show]] on September 19, 2008, Villano V defeated longtime rival [[Blue Panther]] in a Mask vs. Mask match to unmask Panther after 30 years of wearing the mask. The ending was very popular with the vocal crowd at Arena Mexico prompting them to throw cash into the ring (a tradition in Mexico after a great match).<ref name=F4W>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/6799/124/|title=And the loser of tonight's big mask match was|access-date=January 13, 2009|publisher=Wrestling Observer / Figure Four Weekly}}</ref> On March 20, 2009, Villano V lost a [[Lucha Libre#Luchas de Apuestas|mask vs. mask]] match against [[Último Guerrero]] on the ''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2009)|Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' show and was forced to unmask and reveal his real name as per [[Lucha Libre]] traditions.<ref name=Ovaciones21542>{{cite news|title=Adiós Villano V; hola Ray Mendoza Jr.|url=http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/30032009/2009033001/en/?page=22|work=Ovaciones|publisher=Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.|location=[[Mexico]], [[Mexican Federal District|D.F.]]|id=Número 21542 Año LXII|page=22|date=March 30, 2009|access-date=March 30, 2009|language=es|archive-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826121054/http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/30032009/2009033001/en/?page=22|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since losing his mask Villano V regularly wrestles under the ring name "Ray Mendoza Jr." in honor of his father.<ref name="SL307">{{cite news|author1=Manuel Flores |author2=Manuel Rivera |title=Cayó la máscara de Villano V|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|id=307|location=[[Mexico]], [[Mexican Federal District|D.F.]]|pages=3–7|date=March 23, 2009|language=es}}</ref><ref name=DiaMarch27>{{cite web | url=https://superluchas.com/2015/03/27/en-un-dia-como-hoy-2009-villano-v-se-convierte-en-ray-mendoza-jr-perros-del-mal-vs-santo-wagner-park/ | title= En un día como hoy… 2009: Villano V se convierte en Ray Mendoza Jr… Perros del Mal vs. Santo, Wagner, Park | first=Teddy | last=Centinela | date=March 27, 2015 | access-date=July 1, 2015 | work=[[Súper Luchas]] | language=es}}</ref> His brother [[Villano IV]] had also wrestled under the name Ray Mendoza Jr. briefly in WCW many years before.<ref name=WCW9501Book>{{cite book | first=Graham | last=Cawthon | title=the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 5: World Championship Wrestling 1995-2001 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | year= 2015 | isbn=978-1499656343}}</ref> He, along with his brothers Villano III and Villano IV were on hand for the 2010 ''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2010)|Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' show where CMLL honored their father Ray Mendoza with an in-ring ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/2010/03/19/cmll-arena-mexico-cobertura-y-resultados-19-marzo-2010-felino-y-mistico-vs-volador-jr-y-sombra-por-las-mascaras/|title=CMLL- Arena México (Cobertura y Resultados 19 marzo 2010) – Felino y Místico vs. Volador Jr. y Sombra por las máscaras|date=March 19, 2010|access-date=March 20, 2010|author=Marquina, Alva|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|language=es}}</ref> On September 20, 2012, Mendoza Jr. made his debut for the Japanese [[Wrestling New Classic]] (WNC) promotion, when he was defeated by [[Dave Finlay]] in the main event at [[Tokyo]]'s [[Korakuen Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestling-newclassic.com/ja/329-2012-9-20-korakuen-result.html|script-title=ja:皇帝対決の行方は!? 9・20後楽園ホール大会 全試合結果|date=September 20, 2012|access-date=September 20, 2012|publisher=[[Wrestling New Classic]]|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205011121/http://wrestling-newclassic.com/ja/329-2012-9-20-korakuen-result.html|archive-date=December 5, 2012}}</ref> Two days later in [[Osaka]], Mendoza Jr. defeated [[Yoshihiro Tajiri|Tajiri]] in another main event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestling-newclassic.com/ja/333-2012-9-22-osaka-result.html|script-title=ja:メキシコの皇帝、大阪降臨！ 9・22ムーブ・オンアリーナ大会 全試合結果|date=September 23, 2012|access-date=September 22, 2012|publisher=[[Wrestling New Classic]]|language=ja}}</ref>
At the [[CMLL 75th Anniversary Show]] on September 19, 2008, Villano V defeated longtime rival [[Blue Panther]] in a [[Lucha Libre#Luchas de Apuestas|mask vs. mask]] match to unmask Panther after 30 years of wearing the mask. The ending was very popular with the vocal crowd at Arena Mexico prompting them to throw money into the ring (a tradition in Mexico after a great match).<ref name=F4W>{{cite web|url=http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/6799/124/|title=And the loser of tonight's big mask match was|access-date=January 13, 2009|work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter}}</ref> On March 20, 2009, Villano V lost a mask vs. mask match against [[Último Guerrero]] on the ''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2009)|Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' show and was forced to unmask and reveal his real name as per [[Lucha Libre]] traditions.<ref name=Ovaciones21542>{{cite news|title=Adiós Villano V; hola Ray Mendoza Jr.|url=http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/30032009/2009033001/en/?page=22|work=Ovaciones|publisher=Editorial Ovaciones, S. A. de C.V.|location=[[Mexico]], [[Mexican Federal District|D.F.]]|id=Número 21542 Año LXII|page=22|date=March 30, 2009|access-date=March 30, 2009|language=es|archive-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826121054/http://itecor.v1.myvirtualpaper.com/30032009/2009033001/en/?page=22|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since losing his mask Villano V regularly wrestles under the ring name "Ray Mendoza Jr." in honor of his father.<ref name="SL307">{{cite news|author1=Manuel Flores |author2=Manuel Rivera |title=Cayó la máscara de Villano V|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|id=307|location=[[Mexico]], [[Mexican Federal District|D.F.]]|pages=3–7|date=March 23, 2009|language=es}}</ref><ref name=DiaMarch27>{{cite web | url=https://superluchas.com/2015/03/27/en-un-dia-como-hoy-2009-villano-v-se-convierte-en-ray-mendoza-jr-perros-del-mal-vs-santo-wagner-park/ | title= En un día como hoy… 2009: Villano V se convierte en Ray Mendoza Jr… Perros del Mal vs. Santo, Wagner, Park | first=Teddy | last=Centinela | date=March 27, 2015 | access-date=July 1, 2015 | work=[[Súper Luchas]] | language=es}}</ref> His brother [[Villano IV]] had also wrestled under the name Ray Mendoza Jr. briefly in WCW many years before.<ref name=WCW9501Book>{{cite book | first=Graham | last=Cawthon | title=the History of Professional Wrestling Vol 5: World Championship Wrestling 1995-2001 | publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | year= 2015 | isbn=978-1499656343}}</ref> He, along with his brothers Villano III and Villano IV were on hand for the 2010 ''[[Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2010)|Homenaje a Dos Leyendas]]'' show where CMLL honored their father Ray Mendoza with an in-ring ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/2010/03/19/cmll-arena-mexico-cobertura-y-resultados-19-marzo-2010-felino-y-mistico-vs-volador-jr-y-sombra-por-las-mascaras/|title=CMLL- Arena México (Cobertura y Resultados 19 marzo 2010) – Felino y Místico vs. Volador Jr. y Sombra por las máscaras|date=March 19, 2010|access-date=March 20, 2010|author=Marquina, Alva|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|language=es}}</ref> On September 20, 2012, Mendoza Jr. made his debut for the Japanese [[Wrestling New Classic]] (WNC) promotion, when he was defeated by [[Fit Finlay|Dave Finlay]] in the main event at [[Tokyo]]'s [[Korakuen Hall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestling-newclassic.com/ja/329-2012-9-20-korakuen-result.html|script-title=ja:皇帝対決の行方は!? 9・20後楽園ホール大会 全試合結果|date=September 20, 2012|access-date=September 20, 2012|publisher=[[Wrestling New Classic]]|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205011121/http://wrestling-newclassic.com/ja/329-2012-9-20-korakuen-result.html|archive-date=December 5, 2012}}</ref> Two days later in [[Osaka]], Mendoza Jr. defeated [[Yoshihiro Tajiri|Tajiri]] in another main event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrestling-newclassic.com/ja/333-2012-9-22-osaka-result.html|script-title=ja:メキシコの皇帝、大阪降臨！ 9・22ムーブ・オンアリーナ大会 全試合結果|date=September 23, 2012|access-date=September 22, 2012|publisher=[[Wrestling New Classic]]|language=ja}}</ref>


Mendoza announced that he would be retiring in early 2013, with a show on March 16, 2013, as his last wrestling appearance. The main event of the show was a ''Ruleta de la Muerta'' [[tag team]] tournament, where the losing teams advance instead of the winners and the team that loses in the main event would have to wrestle against each other to determine who would unmask. The teams for the ''Ruleta de la Muerta'' were announced as Ray Mendoza Jr. and Villano IV, [[El Mesias]] and [[Mil Mascaras]], [[Máscara Año 2000]] and [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]], [[Casandro (wrestler)|Casandro]] and [[Hijo de Pirata Morgan]], [[Cien Caras]] and [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], [[Adolfo Tapia|L.A. Park]] and [[Universo 2000]], and [[El Solar]] and [[Toscano (wrestler)|Toscano]]. The Villano duo lost to [[Mil Máscaras]] and [[Ricky Banderas|El Mesias]] in the first round and lost to [[El Texano Jr.]] and [[Super Nova (wrestler)|Super Nova]] in the second round qualifying them for the finals where the losing team would be forced to either unmask (Villano IV) or have their hair shaved off (Mendoza Jr.). The team faced, and defeated the team of [[Hijo de Pirata Morgan]] and [[Cassandro]] which meant Hijo de Pirata Morgan had to unmask and reveal his birthname, Antheus Ortiz Chávez, while Cassandro had all his hair shaved off as is traditional with ''Luchas de Apuestas'' losses.<ref name=VillanoVRetirement/> The undercard featured a match with Ray Mendoza Jr.'s sons [[Kaving]] and [[Kortiz]], teaming with [[Dr. Cerebro]] and [[Cerebro Negro]] losing to the team of [[Eita Kobayashi|Eita]], [[Fénix (wrestler)|Fénix]], [[Freelance (wrestler)|Freelance]], and [[Mike Segura]].<ref name=RetirementCard>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2013/02/14/torneo-de-la-muerte-en-despedida-de-ray-mendoza-jr|title=Torneo de la muerte en despedida de Ray Mendoza Jr.|date=February 14, 2013|access-date=February 15, 2013|work=Medio Tiempo|language=es}}</ref> On March 21, 2013, only 4 days after his official retirement show Ray Mendoza Jr. was announced as working on CMLL's Arena Coliseo 70th Anniversary Show on April 7, claiming that due to poor attendance for his retirement show he personally lost $38,000 promoting the show and thus was forced to return to wrestling to make that money back.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/featured-articles/40476-feature-viva-la-raza-lucha-weekly-3-22-13|title=Viva la Raza! Lucha Weekly 3/22/13|date=March 22, 2013|access-date=March 24, 2013|publisher=WrestleView|first=Josh|last=Boutwell}}</ref> On June 16, Mendoza returned to AAA at [[Triplemanía XXI]], challenging [[El Texano Jr.]] to a future match for the [[AAA Mega Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/2013/06/11/aaa-triplemaniaxxi-cobertura-y-resultados-16-de-junio-de-2013-hijo-del-perro-aguayo-vs-cibernetico-por-las-cabelleras-blue-demon-jr-vs-el-mesias-por-el-campeonato-latinoamericano/|title=AAA #TripleManíaXXI (Cobertura y Resultados 16 de junio de 2013) – El Hijo del Perro Aguayo vs. Cibernético por las Cabelleras – Blue Demon Jr. vs. El Mesías por el Campeonato Latinoamericano|first=Eduardo|last=Cano Vela|date=June 11, 2013|access-date=June 16, 2013|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|language=es}}</ref>
Mendoza announced that he would be retiring in early 2013, with a show on March 16, 2013, as his last wrestling appearance. The main event of the show was a ''Ruleta de la Muerta'' [[tag team]] tournament, where the losing teams advance instead of the winners and the team that loses in the main event would have to wrestle against each other to determine who would unmask. The teams for the ''Ruleta de la Muerta'' were announced as Ray Mendoza Jr. and Villano IV, [[Ricky Banderas|El Mesias]] and [[Mil Máscaras]], [[Máscara Año 2000]] and [[Rayo de Jalisco Jr.]], [[Casandro (wrestler)|Casandro]] and [[Hijo de Pirata Morgan]], [[Cien Caras]] and [[Dr. Wagner Jr.]], [[L. A. Park]] and [[Universo 2000]], and [[El Solar]] and [[Toscano (wrestler)|Toscano]]. The Villano duo lost to Máscaras and El Mesias in the first round and lost to [[Texano Jr.|El Texano Jr.]] and [[Súper Nova]] in the second round qualifying them for the finals where the losing team would be forced to either unmask (Villano IV) or have their hair shaved off (Mendoza Jr.). The team faced, and defeated the team of [[El Hijo de Pirata Morgan]] and [[Cassandro]] which meant El Hijo de Pirata Morgan had to unmask and reveal his birthname, Antheus Ortiz Chávez, while Cassandro had all his hair shaved off as is traditional with ''Luchas de Apuestas'' losses.<ref name=VillanoVRetirement/> The undercard featured a match with Ray Mendoza Jr.'s sons [[Rokambole Jr.|Kaving]] and [[Villano V Jr.|Kortiz]], teaming with [[Dr. Cerebro]] and [[Cerebro Negro]] losing to the team of [[Eita (wrestler)|Eita]], [[Fénix (wrestler)|Fénix]], [[Freelance (wrestler)|Freelance]], and [[Mike Segura]].<ref name=RetirementCard>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2013/02/14/torneo-de-la-muerte-en-despedida-de-ray-mendoza-jr|title=Torneo de la muerte en despedida de Ray Mendoza Jr.|date=February 14, 2013|access-date=February 15, 2013|work=Medio Tiempo|language=es}}</ref> On March 21, 2013, only 4 days after his official retirement show Ray Mendoza Jr. was announced as working on CMLL's Arena Coliseo 70th Anniversary Show on April 7, claiming that due to poor attendance for his retirement show he personally lost $38,000 promoting the show and thus was forced to return to wrestling to make that money back.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/featured-articles/40476-feature-viva-la-raza-lucha-weekly-3-22-13|title=Viva la Raza! Lucha Weekly 3/22/13|date=March 22, 2013|access-date=March 24, 2013|publisher=WrestleView|first=Josh|last=Boutwell}}</ref> On June 16, Mendoza returned to AAA at [[Triplemanía XXI]], challenging El Texano Jr. to a future match for the [[AAA Mega Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://superluchas.com/2013/06/11/aaa-triplemaniaxxi-cobertura-y-resultados-16-de-junio-de-2013-hijo-del-perro-aguayo-vs-cibernetico-por-las-cabelleras-blue-demon-jr-vs-el-mesias-por-el-campeonato-latinoamericano/|title=AAA #TripleManíaXXI (Cobertura y Resultados 16 de junio de 2013) – El Hijo del Perro Aguayo vs. Cibernético por las Cabelleras – Blue Demon Jr. vs. El Mesías por el Campeonato Latinoamericano|first=Eduardo|last=Cano Vela|date=June 11, 2013|access-date=June 16, 2013|work=[[Súper Luchas]]|language=es}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Raymundo Mendoza Jr. is the fourth son and seventh child over all of José Díaz Velazquez and Lupita Mendoza. His brothers, like himself all became wrestlers: José de Jesús (Villano I), José Alfredo (Villano II), Arturo (Villano III), Raymundo Jr., and Tomás (Villano IV).<ref name=MondoVillano/> Lupita Mendoza died in 1986, his second oldest brother José Alfredo died in 1989, his oldest brother José de Jesús died in 2001 and his father José Diaz died on April 16, 2003.<ref name=MondoVillano/> Díaz was adamant that his sons get a good education instead of becoming wrestlers, wishing that they become lawyers or doctors as he wanted to spare them the physical suffering he experienced himself. Once he realized that his two oldest sons had begun wrestling under masks he agreed to train them and help their wrestling careers. He was also instrumental in training his youngest two sons, although he insisted they both get college degrees before they were allowed to begin wrestling. Since his youngest son Tomás finished his education first he became known as "Villano IV" while Raymundo, the second youngest son, became "Villano V".<ref name=MondoVillano/> Mendoza has two sons, who are also professional wrestlers, the two began their careers under as the masked characters [[Kortiz]], and Kaving. Mendoza's nephews (sons of Arturo Mendoza) wrestle as [[Villano III Jr.]] and [[El Hijo del Villano III]].<ref name=Retirement>{{cite web | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2015/05/21/el-villano-iii-anuncio-su-retiro | title=El Villano III anunció su retiro | date=May 21, 2015 | access-date=May 23, 2015 | work=MedioTiempo | publisher=[[MSN]] | language=es}}</ref> On June 6, 2017 Mendoza introduced Villano V Jr., his oldest son who had worked as "Kaving" up until that point, to the public after the young luchador was officially licensed under the name and presented him with the distinctive Villano mask.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://superluchas.com/2017/06/06/nace-villano-v-jr-se-presentara-festival-las-mascaras-iwrg/ | title=¡Nace el Villano V Jr.! — se presentará en el Festival de las Máscaras, de IWRG | first=Jose | last=Vacah | date=June 6, 2017 | access-date=June 6, 2017 | work=Súper Luchas | language=es | editor-first=Ernesto | editor-last=Ocampo | publisher=Impresos Camsam, SA de CV | location=Mexico City, Mexico| issn=1665-8876 | trans-title=Villano V Jr. is born! Will be at IWRG's Festival de las Máscaras}}</ref>
Raymundo Díaz Mendoza was the fourth son and seventh child overall of [[Ray Mendoza|José Díaz Velazquez]] and Guadalupe "Lupita" Mendoza. His brothers, like himself all became wrestlers: José de Jesús ([[Villano I]]), Alfredo ([[Villano II]]), Arturo ([[Villano III]]) and Tomás ([[Villano IV]]).<ref name=MondoVillano/> His mother Lupita died in 1986, his second oldest brother Alfredo died in 1989, his oldest brother José de Jesús died in 2001 and his father José Diaz died on April 16, 2003.<ref name=MondoVillano/> Díaz was adamant that his sons get a good education instead of becoming wrestlers, wishing that they become lawyers or doctors as he wanted to spare them the physical suffering he experienced himself. Once he realized that his two oldest sons had begun wrestling under masks he agreed to train them and help their wrestling careers. He was also instrumental in training his youngest two sons, although he insisted they both get college degrees before they were allowed to begin wrestling. Since his youngest son Tomás finished his education first he became known as "Villano IV" while Raymundo, the second youngest son, became "Villano V".<ref name=MondoVillano/> Mendoza has two sons, who are also professional wrestlers, the two began their careers as the masked characters Kortiz, and Kaving. Mendoza's nephews (sons of Arturo Mendoza) wrestle as [[Villano III Jr.]] and [[El Hijo del Villano III]].<ref name=Retirement>{{cite web | url=http://www.mediotiempo.com/mas-deportes/lucha-libre/noticias/2015/05/21/el-villano-iii-anuncio-su-retiro | title=El Villano III anunció su retiro | date=May 21, 2015 | access-date=May 23, 2015 | work=MedioTiempo | publisher=[[MSN]] | language=es}}</ref> On June 6, 2017, Mendoza introduced Villano V Jr., his oldest son who had worked as "Kaving" up until that point, to the public after the young luchador was officially licensed under the name and presented him with the distinctive Villano mask.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://superluchas.com/2017/06/06/nace-villano-v-jr-se-presentara-festival-las-mascaras-iwrg/ | title=¡Nace el Villano V Jr.! — se presentará en el Festival de las Máscaras, de IWRG | first=Jose | last=Vacah | date=June 6, 2017 | access-date=June 6, 2017 | work=Súper Luchas | language=es | editor-first=Ernesto | editor-last=Ocampo | publisher=Impresos Camsam, SA de CV | location=Mexico City, Mexico| issn=1665-8876 | trans-title=Villano V Jr. is born! Will be at IWRG's Festival de las Máscaras}}</ref>

Díaz died on August 29, 2024, at the age of 62.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.f4wonline.com/news/mexico/hall-of-fame-luchador-villano-v-passes-away/|title=Hall of Fame luchador Villano V passes away|work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter|first=Joseph|last=Currier|date=August 29, 2024|access-date=September 2, 2024}}</ref>


==Championships and accomplishments==
==Championships and accomplishments==
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**[[IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship]] (1 time) – with Villano III and Villano IV<ref name=IWRGTrios>{{cite news|title=2000 Especial!|work=Box y Lucha Magazine|pages=2–20|id=issue 2488|date=January 9, 2001|language=es}}</ref>
**[[IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship]] (1 time) – with Villano III and Villano IV<ref name=IWRGTrios>{{cite news|title=2000 Especial!|work=Box y Lucha Magazine|pages=2–20|id=issue 2488|date=January 9, 2001|language=es}}</ref>
**[[Copa Higher Power]] (2003)
**[[Copa Higher Power]] (2003)
*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
*'''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
**PWI ranked him # '''112''' of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the [[PWI 500]] in 1998.<ref name=PWI500-1998>{{cite news|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 – 1998 :112. Villano IV|work=[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]|publisher=Sports and Entertainment publications LLC|location=Blue Bell, [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]|id=October 1998|page=35|date=August 1998}}</ref>
**PWI ranked him # '''112''' of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the [[PWI 500]] in 1998.<ref name=PWI500-1998>{{cite news|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 – 1998 :112. Villano IV|work=[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]|publisher=Sports and Entertainment publications LLC|location=Blue Bell, [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]|id=October 1998|page=35|date=August 1998}}</ref>
*'''[[Universal Wrestling Association]]'''
*'''[[Universal Wrestling Association]]'''
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{{see also|Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|l1=Luchas de Apuestas}}
{{see also|Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas|l1=Luchas de Apuestas}}
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Mendoza.
Villano V
Villano V in 2006
Birth nameRaymundo Díaz Mendoza
Born(1962-03-22)March 22, 1962
Mexico City, Mexico[1]
DiedAugust 29, 2024(2024-08-29) (aged 62)
ChildrenVillano V Jr. (son)
Rokambole Jr. (son)
Parent(s)Ray Mendoza (father)
RelativesVillano I (brother)
Villano II (brother)
Villano III (brother)
Villano IV (brother)
Villano III Jr. (nephew)
El Hijo del Villano III (nephew)
Alendis (daughter-in-law)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Ray Mendoza Jr.
Rokambole
Villano V
Villano Quinto
Billed height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Billed weight100 kg (220 lb)[1]
Billed fromMexico City, Mexico[1]
Trained byRay Mendoza
Villano I[3]
DebutMarch 15, 1975[3]
Retired2017

Raymundo Díaz Mendoza (March 22, 1962 – August 29, 2024), best known by his ring name Villano V (Spanish: "Villano Quinto"; English: "Villain the fifth"), was a Mexican luchador (or professional wrestler). Following his unmasking in 2009, he worked under the ring name Ray Mendoza Jr., as a tribute to his father Ray Mendoza.

Díaz was part of a well-known Mexican wrestling family that includes four other Villanos, I, II, III and IV. Since making his debut in 1975, Díaz wrestled for every major Mexican wrestling promotion, including Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).[4] He also worked for the United States-based World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as enhancement talent, usually appearing on secondary shows like WCW Saturday Night.

Professional wrestling career

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Early career (1975–1983)

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Raymundo Díaz Mendoza was the son of Ray Mendoza, a well known Mexican wrestler and wrestling trainer and the brother of Villano I (José de Jesús Díaz Mendoza), Villano II (José Alfredo Díaz Mendoza), Villano III (Arturo Díaz Mendoza), and Villano IV (Tomás Díaz Mendoza). Trained by his father and oldest brother, he was not allowed to use the Villano name until he finished his education. Because Díaz's younger brother finished his degree faster than him, he was known as "V" (or 5), even though he is the fourth son of Ray Mendoza.[4] In May 1976, Díaz made his professional wrestling debut using the name "Rokambole" (originally used by his older brother Arturo before he became Villano III). Mendoza worked for several years under this name, gaining experience without the pressure of the Villano name.[5]

Mexican promotions (1983–1996)

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In September 1983, Díaz finally took the mask and the name of his brothers and became Villano V. He immediately began teaming with his brothers, especially Villano I and Villano IV and engaged in a heated and very popular feud with the trios team of Los Brazos (Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Oro and El Brazo). On October 21, 1988, Villano I, IV, and V defeated Los Brazos in a mask vs. mask match and thus unmasked Los Brazos.[4] Over the years, Villano V and his brothers worked for Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and with shorter runs with International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) and World Wrestling Association holding tag team and trios titles in all federations.[6]

World Championship Wrestling (1996–2000)

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Villano IV and V began working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as part of the influx of luchadores in 1996. Villano V made his debut at the 1996 World War 3 event as part of the Three Ring, 60 man battle royal.[7] Subsequently, Los Villanos worked mainly the weekend shows such as WCW World Wide and WCW Saturday Night.[8] The brothers played the role of a heel and would occasionally cheat by switching places while the referee was distracted (all Villanos wore identical attire, aside from their Roman numeral distinctions). Los Villanos made a couple of appearances on WCW's main shows and PPVs such as Villano IV teaming with Konnan and La Parka to defeat Juventud Guerrera, Ciclope and Super Calo at SuperBrawl VII.[9] They also worked an eight-man tag match at Clash of the Champions XXXV, alongside Psychosis and Silver King against Guerrera, Super Calo, Héctor Garza and Lizmark Jr.[10] While working in WCW, Villano IV suffered a neck injury as a result of a failed move by Kanyon and Raven. The injury threatened to force Villano IV into retirement, but he was able to recover and was back teaming with Villano V in WCW in 2000.[11]

Mexican promotions (2000–2017)

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At the CMLL 75th Anniversary Show on September 19, 2008, Villano V defeated longtime rival Blue Panther in a mask vs. mask match to unmask Panther after 30 years of wearing the mask. The ending was very popular with the vocal crowd at Arena Mexico prompting them to throw money into the ring (a tradition in Mexico after a great match).[12] On March 20, 2009, Villano V lost a mask vs. mask match against Último Guerrero on the Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show and was forced to unmask and reveal his real name as per Lucha Libre traditions.[13] Since losing his mask Villano V regularly wrestles under the ring name "Ray Mendoza Jr." in honor of his father.[14][15] His brother Villano IV had also wrestled under the name Ray Mendoza Jr. briefly in WCW many years before.[16] He, along with his brothers Villano III and Villano IV were on hand for the 2010 Homenaje a Dos Leyendas show where CMLL honored their father Ray Mendoza with an in-ring ceremony.[17] On September 20, 2012, Mendoza Jr. made his debut for the Japanese Wrestling New Classic (WNC) promotion, when he was defeated by Dave Finlay in the main event at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall.[18] Two days later in Osaka, Mendoza Jr. defeated Tajiri in another main event.[19]

Mendoza announced that he would be retiring in early 2013, with a show on March 16, 2013, as his last wrestling appearance. The main event of the show was a Ruleta de la Muerta tag team tournament, where the losing teams advance instead of the winners and the team that loses in the main event would have to wrestle against each other to determine who would unmask. The teams for the Ruleta de la Muerta were announced as Ray Mendoza Jr. and Villano IV, El Mesias and Mil Máscaras, Máscara Año 2000 and Rayo de Jalisco Jr., Casandro and Hijo de Pirata Morgan, Cien Caras and Dr. Wagner Jr., L. A. Park and Universo 2000, and El Solar and Toscano. The Villano duo lost to Máscaras and El Mesias in the first round and lost to El Texano Jr. and Súper Nova in the second round qualifying them for the finals where the losing team would be forced to either unmask (Villano IV) or have their hair shaved off (Mendoza Jr.). The team faced, and defeated the team of El Hijo de Pirata Morgan and Cassandro which meant El Hijo de Pirata Morgan had to unmask and reveal his birthname, Antheus Ortiz Chávez, while Cassandro had all his hair shaved off as is traditional with Luchas de Apuestas losses.[20] The undercard featured a match with Ray Mendoza Jr.'s sons Kaving and Kortiz, teaming with Dr. Cerebro and Cerebro Negro losing to the team of Eita, Fénix, Freelance, and Mike Segura.[21] On March 21, 2013, only 4 days after his official retirement show Ray Mendoza Jr. was announced as working on CMLL's Arena Coliseo 70th Anniversary Show on April 7, claiming that due to poor attendance for his retirement show he personally lost $38,000 promoting the show and thus was forced to return to wrestling to make that money back.[22] On June 16, Mendoza returned to AAA at Triplemanía XXI, challenging El Texano Jr. to a future match for the AAA Mega Championship.[23]

Personal life

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Raymundo Díaz Mendoza was the fourth son and seventh child overall of José Díaz Velazquez and Guadalupe "Lupita" Mendoza. His brothers, like himself all became wrestlers: José de Jesús (Villano I), Alfredo (Villano II), Arturo (Villano III) and Tomás (Villano IV).[5] His mother Lupita died in 1986, his second oldest brother Alfredo died in 1989, his oldest brother José de Jesús died in 2001 and his father José Diaz died on April 16, 2003.[5] Díaz was adamant that his sons get a good education instead of becoming wrestlers, wishing that they become lawyers or doctors as he wanted to spare them the physical suffering he experienced himself. Once he realized that his two oldest sons had begun wrestling under masks he agreed to train them and help their wrestling careers. He was also instrumental in training his youngest two sons, although he insisted they both get college degrees before they were allowed to begin wrestling. Since his youngest son Tomás finished his education first he became known as "Villano IV" while Raymundo, the second youngest son, became "Villano V".[5] Mendoza has two sons, who are also professional wrestlers, the two began their careers as the masked characters Kortiz, and Kaving. Mendoza's nephews (sons of Arturo Mendoza) wrestle as Villano III Jr. and El Hijo del Villano III.[24] On June 6, 2017, Mendoza introduced Villano V Jr., his oldest son who had worked as "Kaving" up until that point, to the public after the young luchador was officially licensed under the name and presented him with the distinctive Villano mask.[25]

Díaz died on August 29, 2024, at the age of 62.[26]

Championships and accomplishments

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Luchas de Apuestas record

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See also: Luchas de Apuestas
Winner (wager) Loser (wager) Location Event Date Notes
Rokambole (mask) Perro Sosa (hair) Mexico City Live event February 12, 1977  
Rokambole (mask) Bronco (hair) Toluca, Mexico State Live event March 27, 1977  
Rokambole (mask) Cuervo Blanco (hair) Moctezuma, Mexico State Live event October 1977  
Rokambole (mask) Perro Sosa (hair) Mexico City Live event December 17, 1977  
Rokambole (mask) Super Libre (mask) Puebla, Puebla Live event May 12, 1978  
Rokambole (mask) Comanche (hair) Mexico City Live event June 13, 1978  
Rokambole (mask) Azcasgary (hair) Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas Live event August 13, 1978  
Rokambole (mask) Caballero Negro (hair) Xalapa, Veracruz Live event December 14, 1978  
Rokambole (mask) Socio (mask) Acapulco, Guerrero Live event January 6, 1980  
Rokambole (mask) Jose Luis Mendieta (hair) Mexico City Live event May 1980  
Rokambole (mask) Huichol Tapatío (hair) Querétaro, Querétaro Live event March 20, 1980  
Rokambole (mask) Castorcito (hair) Mexico City Live event June 1980  
Rokambole (mask) Guerrero Negro (hair) Celaya, Guanajuato Live event September 21, 1980  
Los Villanos (mask)
(Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V)		 Los Brazos (mask)
(Brazo de Plata, Brazo de Oro and El Brazo)		 Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Live event October 21, 1988 [38]
Los Villanos (mask)
Villano I, Villano IV and Villano V		 Mercenarios Americanos (mask)
Tim Patterson, Louie Spicolli and Bill Anderson		 Tijuana, Baja California Live event July 19, 1991  
Villano V (mask) Blue Panther (mask) Mexico City CMLL 75th Anniversary Show September 19, 2008 [12]
Último Guerrero (mask) Villano V (mask) Mexico City Homenaje a Dos Leyendas March 20, 2009 [13]
Villano IV (mask) and Ray Mendoza Jr. (hair) Hijo de Pirata Morgan (mask) and Cassandro (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State Rey Mendoza Jr. retirement show March 16, 2006 [Note 1][20]
Rey Mendoza Jr. (hair), Kaving (mask) and Kortiz (mask) Tony Rivera, Dr. Killer Jr. and Ciclon Black (hair) Los Reyes la Paz live event November 28, 2014 [39]
Ray Mendoza Jr. (hair) Mr. Elektro (hair) Naucalpan, Mexico State 55th Anniversary of Lucha Libre in Estado de México December 3, 2017 [40]
  1. ^ Finals of a Ruleta de la Muerte tournament

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