{"id":74699,"date":"2020-08-20T10:02:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=74699"},"modified":"2020-08-20T10:02:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:02:16","slug":"cmll-announcer-armando-gaitan-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/08\/20\/cmll-announcer-armando-gaitan-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary CMLL Ring Announcer Armando Gaitan Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an announcement made by his family, it has been confirmed that long-time CMLL ring announcer Armando Gaitan has passed away aged 76 with no cause of death confirmed.\u00a0 Nicknames &#8220;Mucha Crema&#8221; he became a defining voice for the promotion in a similar way to how American fans remember Howard Finkel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26ab DESCANSE EN PAZ, ARMANDO GAYTAN \u26ab<br \/>El CMLL se une a la pena que embarga a la familia del Sr. Armando Gaytan, mejor conocido como &quot;Mucha Crema&quot; quien fungi\u00f3 como anunciador durante varios a\u00f1os engalanando con su gran estilo las diversas funciones de esta organizaci\u00f3n. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/amrEApVQ5F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/amrEApVQ5F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lucha Libre CMLL (@CMLL_OFICIAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMLL_OFICIAL\/status\/1296281331052158977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Armando Gaitan started out his combat sports career as an announcer for Boxing but wrestling quickly came calling.\u00a0 Gaitan quickly became known for making each wrestler introduction unique to that wrestler which really helped his presentation.\u00a0 It&#8217;s touches like that which he will be most remembered for.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is Armando &quot;Mucha Crema&quot; Gait\u00e1n&#39;s CMLL introduction for Virus where he mentions just how much deadlier he is to the Dengue Fever, Cholera, AIDS and a few other illness. <\/p>\n<p>By far my favorite luchador intro. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PCJfr9GUPE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/PCJfr9GUPE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fredo Esparza (@therealfredo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therealfredo\/status\/1296331765204705282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For some time Gaitan battled with Vitorino who was also a ring announcer for the same company, they were both very different and had their own unique style of introducing wrestlers with some preferring Vitorino&#8217;s no-nonsense approach and others preferring the eccentric Armando Gaitan.<\/p>\n<p>Vitorino passed away in 1996 leaving Gaitan as the sole voice of CMLL until he departed the company in 2009.\u00a0 He would stay in wrestling though as he would be the announcer for\u00a0<strong>Los Perros Del Mal\u00a0<\/strong>promotion.\u00a0 The Lucha libre world has been rocked by the news of Gaitan&#8217;s passing as he was an iconic figure in the world of Lucha libre and one of the most memorable voices in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>We at LWOPW send our thoughts to Gaitan&#8217;s family and friends at this time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Triste noticia para todos los que amamos este gran deporte. \ud83d\ude1e<br \/>Lamentablemente falleci\u00f3 el Se\u00f1or Armando Gaytan mejor conocido como el Mucha Crema. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QEPD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#QEPD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VMTPzwT9O9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VMTPzwT9O9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CintaDeOro (@CintaDeOro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CintaDeOro\/status\/1296291391182643201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\u271d\ufe0f  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LuchaLibreAAA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LuchaLibreAAA<\/a> Worldwide se une a todo el mundo luchistico por el sensible fallecimiento del Sr. Armando Gait\u00e1n &quot;El Mucha Crema&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Mandamos un fuerte abrazo a familiares y amigos \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YZCgp3HRbh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/YZCgp3HRbh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (@luchalibreaaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luchalibreaaa\/status\/1296295353994694656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Un gran compa\u00f1ero y parte incondicional del proyecto luchistico nuestro <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/todoxeltodo1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@todoxeltodo1<\/a> . Lamento profundamente la partida del se\u00f1or Armando Gayt\u00e1n conocido en el mundo de la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/luchalibre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#luchalibre<\/a> como <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElMuchaCrema?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ElMuchaCrema<\/a> qepd. Un fuerte abrazo a su familia y seres queridos. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pLOekS3ElQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/pLOekS3ElQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; El Hijo del Santo (@ElHijodelSanto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElHijodelSanto\/status\/1296286135103127553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 Subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/VideosOficialesCMLL\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CMLL on YouTube<\/a>\u00a0to see their shows which are uploaded for FREE within hours of the show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an announcement made by his family, it has been confirmed that long-time CMLL ring announcer Armando Gaitan has passed away aged 76 with no cause of death confirmed.\u00a0 Nicknames &#8220;Mucha Crema&#8221; he became a defining voice for the promotion in a similar way to how American fans remember Howard Finkel. \u26ab DESCANSE EN PAZ, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":74704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2,547,12,6],"tags":[6781,6782,676,4692,910],"class_list":["post-74699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cmll","category-featured","category-in-memorium","category-news","category-north-america","tag-armando-gaitan","tag-armando-gaytan","tag-cmll","tag-in-memoriam","tag-lucha-libre"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}