Los Espantos

Los Espantos
Los Espantos wearing the distinctive black and white mask all Espantos has worn at some point in their career
Stable
Members	Espanto I Espanto II Espanto III Successors
Name(s)	Los Espantos Los Hermanos Espanto
Debut	January 24, 1962
Disbanded	1979
Promotions	EMLL Independent circuit

Los Espantos (Spanish for "The Terrors"), sometimes referred to as Los Hermanos Espanto ("The Terror Brothers"), was a Mexican professional wrestling group, called a stable. The original Espantos team consisted of Espanto I (José Eusebio Vázquez Bernal) and Espanto II (Fernando Cisneros Carrillo), but later expanded to a trio when Espanto III (Miguel Vázquez Bernal), the younger brother of Espanto I, joined the group. They primarily worked as a rudo (a term used for wrestlers who portray the "Bad guys") faction for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) and on the Mexican independent circuit. As a team Espanto I and II held the Mexican National Tag Team Championship and Espanto II and III held the Northern Mexico Tag Team Championship. The team of Espanto I and Espanto II are considered among the best rudo teams in the history of lucha libre.

In the mid-1980s a new generation of Espantos appeared when Espanto IV and Espanto V began teaming up, both sons of Espanto II, and with the emergence of Espanto Jr., who was not related to any of the previous Espanto members but was given permission to use the name. Since then a third "wave" of Espantos have begun wrestling including Los Hijos del Espanto, who were trained by Espanto II but not related, and a new Espanto Jr. who is the son of the original Espanto Jr.

Mexican professional wrestler José Eusebio Vázquez began working as "El Espanto" ("The Terror") in either 1958 or 1959. Months later his childhood friend Fernando Cisneros started to wrestle wearing the same black mask with a white cross on the face and took the name "Espanto II", collectively known as "Los Espantos". The two soon began working for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) in Mexico City and made their debut as a team on January 24, 1961. The duo won a tag team tournament in their debut, defeating Tony López and Kiko Córcega in the finals. The team would go on to win 34 weeks in a row on EMLL's regular Tuesday night show. Due to their success and fan reaction Los Espantos soon started working regularly on EMLL's main show, the Friday night Super Viernes. During their run as a team they wrestled against Lou Thez, the visiting NWA World Heavyweight Champion, with Thez teaming up with Blue Demon on one occasion and Huracán Ramírez on another.