Pierroth Jr.

Norberto Salgado Salcedo (born March 10, 1958) is a retired Mexican luchador (professional wrestler), primarily known under the ring name Pierroth Jr. Salgado made his professional wrestling debut on July 1, 1984, working as a luchador enmascarado, or masked wrestler, using the name Pierroth Jr. He lost his mask as a result of losing a Lucha de Apuestas ("bet match") to La Parka in 1998.

When Salgado made his in-ring debut July 1, 1984, he used the ring name "Pierroth Jr.", inspired by the wrestler Pierrot who was popular in Arena Isabel in the 1950s and 1960s despite not being related in any way.

Salgado adopted the same black and yellow Harlequin diamond patterns for his mask and tights, ignoring the fact that in the Commedia dell'Arte tradition Pierrot was the rival of Harlequin and normally dressed in white.

Early in his career he won both the Morelos Light Heavyweight Championship, and the Morelos Tag Team Championship alongside El Judio.

The team with El Judio later led to a storyline feud between the two that resulted in Salgado winning his first Lucha de Apuestas ("bet match") of his career, in Lucha Libre the Lucha de Apuestas match is generally considered more important than championship matches.

In 1985 Salgado, working as Pierroth Jr., began working occasional shows for Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL; Spanish for "Mexican Wrestling Enterprise. Renamed Consejo Mundial de Luch Libre; CMLL in 1992), diving his career between Arena Isabel and EMLL in Mexico City. By 1988 he was a regular performer for EMLL, winning the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship from Halcón 78 on April 4, 1988. The reign lasted for 156 days until he lost it to Mogur on September 7. Pierroth Jr. became a two-time Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion on January 12, 1990 with a victory over Mogur to win the title.

Pierroth Jr. began teaming with Bestia Salvaje on a regular basis in either late 1989 or early 1990, forming a team that the EMLL officials decided should win the Mexican National Tag Team Championship from then-champions Ángel Azteca and Atlantis.

Their reign lasted 287 days, until they were defeated by Ángel Azteca and his new partner Volador.

Afterwards he was put together with Jaque Mate and Masakre to form a trio called "Los Intocables" ("The Untouchables").

In the late 1990s Pierroth became known as Comandante Pierroth or simply Pierroth, leader of a faction of pro-Puerto Rican wrestlers in CMLL known as Los Boricuas, notwithstanding him being born in Mexico.

On March 22, 1992 Los Intocables defeated Los Infernales (MS-1, Pirata Morgan and El Satánico) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship.

Los Infernales regained the championship on September 20, 1992, after which Los Intocables was broken up.

Pierroth Jr. defeated Jerry Estrada to become the second ever CMLL World Light Heavyweight Champion, starting a reign that would last 379 days.

On April 2, 1993, Pierroth Jr.'s reign was ended by Dr. Wagner Jr. Pierroth Jr. won the mask of El Supremo as part of CMLL's "Year end" celebration on December 8, 1992.

In early 1994 he won the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship from Rayo de Jalisco Jr..

Pierroth Jr. made his Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) debut in late 1995, joining several other CMLL workers who left the promotion to join their rival instead.

In AAA, he became involved in a long-running feud with La Parka, which led Pierroth Jr. to his third reign as Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion, which lasted 11 days.

When Pierroth Jr. left CMLL he was still the Mexican National Heavyweight Champion and the Mexico City Lucha Libre commission allowed him to defend it in AAA after he joined the company.

His reign lasted 574 days, until September 20, 1996, where he was defeated by Máscara Sagrada.

In mid-1996 Pierroth Jr. won two separate AAA championships; First he won the newly created AAA Campeón de Campeones Championship at Triplemanía IV-B as he won a torneo cibernetico elimination match to become the first champion.

The following month he teamed with Villano III, Villano IV and Villano V to become the first holders of the Mexican National Atómicos Championship by defeating the team of Damián 666, Espectro Jr., Halloween and Karis la Momia in the finals of a tournament.

The championship was later vacated when Los Villanos left AAA.

In late 1996 AAA and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now called WWE) began working together, with AAA providing several luchadors that worked on WWF shows.

Pierroth Jr. was paired up with Cibernético for the WWF shows, making their debut on the December 16, 1996 Raw is War show by defeating the New Rockers (Marty Jannetty and Leif Cassidy).

That same night he defeated Matt Hardy for a Superstars taping which aired on December 22.

The following night the team lost to Doug Furnas and Phil Lafon by disqualification when Cibernético pulled the referee out of the ring.

In 1997 and 1998 Salgado made several appearances for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as part of the AAA/WWF talent exchange agreement between the two companies.

While his ring name is the Spanish name of the Pierrot character from the Commedia dell'Arte tradition, his mask and tights were decorated with the Harlequin style black and yellow diamonds, a character that traditionally would oppose Pierrot in the plays.

Norberto Salgado trained under Elfego Silva and Gran Cochisse in the lucha libre school associated with Arena Isabel in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.

Latin Lover defeated Pierroth Jr. to win the Campeón de Campeones Championship on February 15, 1997.

He started his fourth and final reign as the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion by defeating Latin Lover for that championship.

The duo participated in the 1997 Royal Rumble match and were eliminated without any storylines.

On March 10, 1997, Pierroth Jr. made his last WWF appearance, teaming with Heavy Metal and Pentagón to defeat the trio of Latin Lover, Héctor Garza and Octagón.

Salgado left AAA in mid-1997, while still holding both the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship, and began working on the independent circuit.

At some point in 1998, he lost the championship to Máscara Sagrada who took it back to AAA.

After Salgado's stint with AAA and the WWF ended, he began working for the newly formed International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) based in Naucalpan, Mexico State.

After suffering a stroke in November 2008 Salgado retired from wrestling.

Several other wrestlers have used the name Pierroth or derivatives thereof over the years, with approval from Salgado, currently Pierrothito is the only wrestler actively using the name.

Over the years Salgado has worked for Mexican professional wrestling promotions Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), and International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG).

He also undertook several tours with the Puerto Rico-based World Wrestling Council (WWC).