La Historia de Paco Alonso y Corazon de Leon

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

CMLL President Paco Alonso gave Chris Jericho his first big break, and his first taste of stardom. Paco was the first to put Chris on TV, on the cover of a magazine, and in a championship match. He came up with the “Corazon de Leon” name, and also got Chris to wrestle in Japan for the first time. And so Chris pays tribute to his recently departed mentor and the man who had such a profound effect on his wrestling career with this touching episode that recounts how Chris first met Paco in Mexico City, and all that he learned in his 2 years working for Paco. You’ll hear stories about Hector Guerrero, Norman Smiley, King Haku, and Plaza Madrid, and the reason why Chris eventually stopped working in Mexico.

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0:00.0	I just heard that Paco Lanzo, the president of CMLL in Mexico City, passed away.
0:07.0	I don't know why it hit me so hard, but it did because he was the first guy that believed
0:12.4	in me and made me into a main event star in 1993.
0:18.4	He gave me the name, put us all together, they are.
0:23.7	I don't know what happened.
0:24.7	I don't know how he passed away, but he was pretty young.
0:28.5	And I just want to say thanks Paco for believing in me, believing in his skid from Canada.
0:39.4	And thanks for giving me a chance and always taking care of me.
0:43.4	You're one of the best bosses I ever had.
0:48.3	Thanks Paco.
0:49.3	Which of you will see your lovey thanks Paco.
0:58.5	I'm talking to Jericho baby.
1:01.8	Talk to Jericho.
1:04.8	Talk to Jericho mama.
1:08.1	Talk to me.
1:10.1	OK, so as you just heard, that's what I posted on Instagram a couple of nights ago.
1:18.6	When I found out that Paco Lanzo had passed away and you might be asking, well, who is
1:22.3	Paco Lanzo?
1:23.3	And why was Chris trying?
1:25.3	And I don't know, it just really hit me hard.
1:28.2	Guys come and go in the business that you meet and some have a little bit of impact and
1:34.6	some have a lot of impact and there's some that basically changed the course of a career.
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