The Luchadores - Lucha Libre Mexicana

Yuriko - Lucha Libre AAA

2011-11-08T12:15:00.002-05:00

Yuriko - Lucha Libre AAA
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Well I have done write ups on luchadors like Pimpinela Escarlata and Polvo de Estrellas, so here is another exotico,Yuriko.
Yuriko's real name is Brandon Castillo and he was born on October 11th, 1979.
He was trained by Sol De Oriente and made his wrestling debut in 2004.
Yuriko came into AAA as a member of The Night Queens.
And as a matter of fact, Pimpinela Escarlata, Polvo de Estrellas, Yuriko and Pasión Cristal all appeared together on the television show 100 mexicanos dijeron (A hundred Mexicans said) which is a is a Mexican version of the Family Feud.

X-Fly - Lucha Libre AAA

2011-10-12T07:31:00.001-05:00

X-Fly - Lucha Libre AAA
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Juan Francisco Domínguez is better known as luchador X-Fly.
He was formerly known as Mosco de la Merced ("Mosquito of Mercy"), Winners II, Kumbia Kid Johnny and Pierroth Jr.
X-Fly was born on August 9th, 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
His father is luchador La Araña Atomica and he was trained by Skayde and Torero.
X-Fly made his lucha libre debut in October of 1995 as the masked Mosco de la Merced, but lost his mask to Antifaz Del Norte on November 30th, 1998 at the Plaza de Toros Lauro Luis Longoria in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

He has worked for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), the WWF, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), Perros del Mal Producciones, Independent/International Wrestling League, International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), Orden de Lucha Xtrema and Xtreme Latin American Wrestling.
During his career so far, he has held the Mexican National Tag Team Championship (with Fuerza Guerrera), the XLAW Tag Team Championship, the OLX Hardcore Extreme Championship (with El Depredador), the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship, the IWL Tag Team Title (with Bestia 666), the Perros del Mal Extreme Title, the AAA World Trios Titles (with Damian 666 and Halloween) and the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Titles (with Damian 666 and Bestia 666).

Ultimo Gladiador - Lucha Libre Mexicana

2011-06-08T08:35:00.007-05:00

Luchador Ultimo Gladiador was born Gerardo Campos Poza on March 28th, 1978.
He was trained by Black Man, Rocky Santana, Macho I, El Pantera (his uncle) and Sacramouche.
Ultimo made his lucha libre debut on June 11th, 1997 in Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, Estado de México, but he didnt debut as Ultimo Gladiador.
He started out as as a rudo called El Potro ("The Colt").
Ultimo wrestled under that name for about two months before taking on a mask and the name Mega, as part of the Los Megas that also included Ultra Mega and Super Mega.
This all took place in the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) wrestling promotion and when he left IWRG, the Mega persona was given to Cesar Caballero.
Ultimo then took on the name Último Gladiador (the last gladiator) and went on to work for Alianza Universal De Lucha Libre (AULL) and then Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).
So far in his career, Ultimo has held the AAA World Tag Team Championship (with Silver King) and the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship (with Joe Lider and Silver King).
Currently Ultimo is part of the group La Maniarquía, along with Silver King and Chessman.

Here is Silver King and Ultimo Gladiador taking on Extreme Tiger and Jack Evans

Super Fly - Lucha Libre AAA

2011-02-20T15:21:00.004-05:00

One of the reasons I like Lucha Libre so much is because of the really cool costumes and masks.
Case in point, Super Fly.
Super Fly was born on February 24th, 1987 in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, and is the son of luchador El Seminarista.
His uncles are all luchadors, Murciélago I, Murciélago II, Murciélago III and Robinson.
He was trained by his father, Skayde and Psicosis, and made his lucha libre debut on May 1st, 2001.
Yes, he was just fourteen years old.
After wrestling for smaller promotions, Super Fly signed with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 2005.
Along with Laredo Kid and Nemesis, he was one of the founding members of Real Fuerza Aérea (Royal Air Force), a group that consisted of young tecnicos (faces) that were high fliers.

After enjoying several years as a hero, Super Fly turned bad and changed not only his tactics, but his ring attire as well.
He left Real Fuerza Aérea and joined two other rudo (heel) groups La Milicia (The Militia) and La Sociedad (The Society, a merger of La Legión Extranjera, Los Perros del Mal, La Milicia and Los Maniacos).

Super Fly - Lucha Libre AAA, posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/ on February 21st, 2011

Relampago - Lucha Libre AAA

2011-02-11T17:23:00.004-05:00

This interesting looking masked man is Asistencia Asesoría y Administración luchador Relámpago (Lightning).
Relámpago was born on February 14, 1981 in Hermosillo, Sonora.
So happy early birthday!
He was trained by luchadors Ráfaga de Oro, Latino, El Mexicano and Gran Apache, and made his lucha libre debut on May 23rd, 2003 at Arena Obreros del Progreso in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
Relámpago won the 2010 AAA/FMF Lucha Futbolistica (Soccer Fight) a joint event put on by the Mexican Football Federation and AAA.
There he was known as Mexico.

There was also a Relampago comic book superhero published in the 1970s.
That character was the first Mexican American superhero in the American comic book industry.

Relampago - Lucha Libre AAA, posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/ on February 13th, 2011

Polvo de Estrellas - Lucha Libre AAA

2011-01-09T17:07:00.003-05:00

If you thought Pimpinela Escarlata was wild last time, wait till you get a load of Polvo de Estrellas.
"Star Dust" reminds me a lot of Goldust.
Hmmm...

Anyway, Fidel (or Felipe) Alvarado is another Exotico who wrestles for the Mexican Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) wrestling promotion.
And like Pimpinela Escarlata, Polvo de Estrellas is not one to be taken lightly.
He was trained by luchadors Braulio Mendoza, Arturo Padilla, Gran Hamada, Karloff Lagarde, Abundio Radilla, Sordo Flores and Yamato.
He made his wrestling debut in 1987 and has wrestled under many identities like Adrian, Siniestro, Faces I, La Llorona Loca, Coco Rosa and Amadeus.

Amadeus for one is really cool looking...

Polvo de Estrellas has held the UWA Light Heavyweight Championship and the Arena Toluca Tag Team Championship (with Faces II)

Polvo de Estrellas - Lucha Libre AAA, posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/ on January 10th, 2011

Pimpinela Escarlata - Lucha Libre AAA

2010-10-06T18:56:00.003-05:00

Now for a luchador who is a bit different from the others I have profiled here in the past.
Mario González Lozano was born on April 18th, 1969 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.
He works as Pimpinela Escarlata, an Exotico for the Mexican Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) wrestling promotion.
Exoticos are ...well...different from the wrestlers we have here in the WWE or TNA, with the possible exception of the old Billy and Chuck tag team.

Exoticos are not new in Lucha Libre.
They have been around since the 1950s, with luchadores like Adorable Rubí, Sergio el Hermoso and Bello Greco, but Pimpinela Escarlata has helped give legitimacy to this style of luchador, having held the Pista Arena Revolucion Welterweight Title, the IWA Light Heavyweight Title, the National Light Heavyweight Title, the National Middleweight Title, and one half of the AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles with Fabi Apache.

He was trained by Halcón Suriano and Héctor López, and made his debut in Lucha Libre on June 15th, 1988 in Matamoros, Coahuila.

Pimpinela Escarlata - Lucha Libre AAA, posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/ on October 7th, 2010.

Nygma

2010-09-10T10:04:00.002-05:00

Mexican Luchador Nygma was born on January 21, 1974.
We know that much, but the rest is kept secret under the veil of secrecy that surrounds a lot of the masked luchadors.
He was trained by Rodolfo Ruiz, Raúl Reyes and La Bestia Negra, and made his lucha libre debut in June of 1992 as Galaxi working for Promo Azteca, a short-lived wrestling promotion based in Mexico.
He then went to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and joined Los Vatos Locos, a KISS tribute group along with Picudo, Charly Manson and May Flowers.
After that, he joined Polvo De Estrellas, Jessy and Yuriko to form Los Night Queens.

In 2009, Nygma left AAA and along with Cibernetico, Punket, Emo Extreme and Steel Rock, formed a new group in the Indy wrestling promotions called Los Bizarros.
Later in 2009, he returned to AAA with Los Bizarros to help Cibernetico attack Dr. Wagner, Jr.

So far during his career, he has held the National Atomicos Titles (twice with Picudo, May Flowers and Charly Manson and once with Espiritu, Picudo and Silver Cat), and the Mexican National Welterweight Championship.

Nygma, posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/ on September 10th, 2010

Judas Mesias - Lucha Libre Mexicana

2010-07-24T10:14:00.001-05:00

Gilbert Cosme was born on May 25th, 1976 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Gilbert Cosme may not sound familiar, but if you follow lucha libre, you may know Gilbert under one of his many ring names like El Mega Triple Campeón de AAA, Asesor Cibernetica, El Mesías, Muerte Cibernetica, Ricky Banderas or Judas Mesias.
Heck, even if you dont follow lucha libre, you may know him from his appearances here in the US working for wrestling promotions like the short lived Wrestling Society X (he was the last wrestler to win the WSX Championship) or Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
There was even a rumor going around that he might make his way to the WWE.

He made his wrestling debut in 1997 and except for brief stints in the before mentioned WSX and TNA, he has wrestled for the Puerto Rico-based professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Association (IWA), Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), and another Puerto Rico-based promotion, The World Wrestling Council (WWC).

As far as belts, titles and awards go, during his career so far he has held....

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración
AAA World Heavyweight Championship (three times)
GPCW Super-X Monster Championship
IWC World Heavyweight Championship
And won the Copa Antonio Peña in 2008

International Wrestling Association
IWA Hardcore Championship (nine times)
IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (twice)
IWA World Heavyweight Championship (five times)
IWA World Tag Team Championship (five times. Three times with Gran Apolo, once with Glamour Boy Shane and once with Cruzz.

Wrestling Society X
WSX Championship

World Wrestling Council
Copa Luchador de la Década

And in 2008, Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him number 26 out of 500 singles wrestlers in the world.

Judas Mesias - Lucha Libre Mexicana, posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/ on July 24th, 2010.

Monster Clown - Lucha Libre AAA

2010-07-03T14:11:00.003-05:00

Los Psycho Circus, Monster Clown is on the right.

Now this is part of what I like so much about lucha libre.
The blatant outrageousness they can pull off at times.
I mean how cool is going into the psyche of the fans and pulling out Coulrophobia (fear of clowns) as a gimmick?
Well Monster Clown does just that.

The man behind the mask started out wrestling in 1997 as Highlander.
Then he went on to the wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and became Aliens.

In 2007, AAA repackaged him as Zombie Clown and made him part of the new wrestling stable, Los Psycho Circus along with Psycho Clown and Killer Clown.
The stable was supposed to be inspired by the B-movie, Killer Klowns from Outer Space.

These guys went on a rampage taking on and defeating not only faces, but heels as well.

In August 2009, Zombie Clown was renamed "Monster Clown" and his partner Killer Clown was renamed "Murder Clown" due to some copyright issues over the original names.
I've looked and I cant figure out what the copyright issue was.

Monster Clown - Lucha Libre AAA, posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/ on July 3rd, 2010

Máscara Divina, Lucha Libre AAA

2010-05-19T10:02:00.003-05:00

The luchador known as Máscara Divina has wrestled under several names.
He was Mexican wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion (AAA)'s Mascara Sagrada from 1999 to 2006 , he was Super Mascara Sagrada in 2003, he was Televisa Deportes/T.D. from 2003 to 2006, he was Triple A/Super Triple A from 2004 - 2006 and finally Máscara Divina

As Máscara Sagrada with luchadora Estrellita

He has held the AAA Second/Mascota Tag Team Titles with Mascarita Sagrada 2000, and the Mexican National Tag Team Titles with La Parka Jr.

There is also a mini called Máscarita Divina.

For more info and pictures, check out http://www.luchawiki.org/

Laredo Kid - Lucha Libre AAA

2010-04-25T11:04:00.005-05:00

Mexican luchador Laredo Kid was born on December 30, 1983 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
He currently works for the Mexican wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and has been with them since 2005.
Laredo Kid was trained by luchadors Marvik, El Albanil and El Hechicero (Muerte Subita).
He made his lucha libre debut in 2003 at the Arena Cuatro Caminos in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

The Laredo Kid started out wrestling under the name Exterminador on the independent circuit, and then when he signed with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in 2005, he changed his name to Laredo Kid.
He is part of the wrestling stable Real Fuerza Aerea (Royal Air Force) along with Nemesis, Super Fly, Rey Cometa and others.

So far, the only title he has held is the Tamaulipas State Tag Team Titles with Hombre Sin Miedo.
Although in 2006, he did win the Luchando Por un Sueño (Dream Tournament) where he defeated Mr. Condor, Pesadilla, Kaoma, Jr. and Gran Apache.

His signature wrestling moves are the 450° splash, Laredo 630 (630° senton) and the Phoenix Splash (Corkscrew 450° splash)

There is a "Mini Laredo Kid" that also wrestles for AAA and the Indys, but as far as I can tell, the two have never tag-teamed together.

Here is a video posted by TheSuicidalDragon on YouTube of the Top Ten Moves of Laredo Kid...

Laredo Kid - Lucha Libre AAA posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/ on April 25th, 2010.

La Parka - Lucha Libre AAA

2010-04-05T10:56:00.001-05:00

I cannot believe that this blog has been around since January 2007 and I have never done a write up on the famous luchador La Parka!
I dont know what I was (or wasn't) thinking.
Adolfo Tapia Ibarra was born on November 14, 1965 in Querétaro, Mexico.
He was trained by luchadors Alberto Mora and Raúl Reyes, and made his Lucha Libre debut in 1982 at the Deportivo Arena 47 in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico.
Adolfo has wrestled under many names, Adolfo Tapia, El Gringo, El Minero,El Asesino de Tepito, Príncipe Island, Invasor Del Norte I, La Parka/La Parka and finally, L.A. Park.
He is the brother of El Hijo Del Cien, Super Parka, Johnny Ibarra and Desalmado are his uncles and Black Spirit (or El Hijo de L.A. Park) is his son.

La Parka has wrestled for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and almost every minor wrestling promotion in Mexico, and he's wrestled in Japan.

As you might have guessed from his long career, he has held several titles including:
In Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion he has held the IWC World Championship and the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship four times.
In Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre he held the CMLL World Tag Team Championships with Shocker.
In Independent Wrestling Revolution / Revolucha, he held the IWR / Revolucha Heavyweight Championship.
In the National Wrestling Alliance, he held the NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship.
In the World Wrestling Association, he held the WWA Light Heavyweight Championship twice.
And in Xtreme Latin American Wrestling, he held the XLAW Xtreme Heavyweight Championship twice.

And here is a video posted on YouTube by Strabos that has got to be one of the dream matches of all time....
La Parka versus Sabu!

Joe Lider - Lucha Libre AAA

2010-03-24T15:41:00.000-05:00

Mexican Luchador Joe Lider was born Jose de Jesus Alvarez on June 2, 1978 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
He was trained by Luchadores Aullido and Javier Mariscal, and made his pro wrestling debut on December 8, 1993 at Arena Oblatos.
Joe currently works for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) wrestling promotion in Mexico.
He has held the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración AAA World Tag Team Championship twice, once with Crazy Boy and once with Nicho el Millionario (who you might know better as Psicosis).
When he held the title with Nico, they set a record, holding the belts for 551 days before losing the titles to Taiji Ishimori and Takeshi Morishima from La Legión Extranjera.
Joe also once held the Mexican National Atomicos Championship with Psicosis II, Crazy Boy and Juventud Guerrera.

Outside of AAA, he has held the Xtreme Latin American Wrestling (XLAW) Junior Heavyweight Championship three times, the Distrito Jalisco Middleweight Championship, the Distrito Jalisco Heavyweight Championship, the New Wrestling Generation (NWG) Extreme Championship three times and the Tonala Absolute Championship.

Luchador Gato Eveready / Alan

2010-03-10T10:20:00.001-05:00

Víctor Manuel Soto Flores was born on July 23, 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico.

This now masked wrestler has wrestled under several names during his career including Morfo, Billy Jean, (Spice Boy) Jimmy Boy, Alan and of course, Gato Eveready.

He was trained by luchador El Picudo and made his Lucha Libre debut in April, 1998 working for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) wrestling promotion, under the ring name Morfo.

Later, his ring name was changed to "Jimmy Boy" and he teamed up with Billy and Vangelis to form Los Spice Boys, that was kinda like a "Boy Band" wrestling stable.
When Los Spice Boys broke up, they reformed into Los Barrio Boys with Jimmy Boy (now renamed Alan), Billy Boy and Decnis.
Alan and Decnis turned on Billy Boy in 2007 as part of the Billy Boy-Gran Apache-Faby Apache storyline.

Later in 2007, the Barrio Boys broke up, but were reformed by Alan as the Nuevo Barrio Boys in 2008 with Kevin (Los Warriors), Javi (Nemesis) and Ricky (the son of luchadora Vicky Carranza).

The new Barrio Boys never really caught on, and it's rumored that Javi went on to become a new character (sponsored by Eveready Battery?) called Gato Eveready.
We probably know the Energizer Bunny better, but for years the symbol was the "Cat With Nine Lives" symbol.
The colors of Gato Eveready are even the same colors as the old logo.

Javi left the character, and in 2008, Alan took over, wrestling as both Gato Eveready and sometimes Alan.

At one time, he held the Mexican National Atómicos Championship along with Oscar Sevilla, Billy Boy, Decnis.

Here is a video of Sexy Star, Billy Boy and Tigre Cota wrestling Faby Apache, Aerostar and Gato Eveready posted by LuchaLibreNation on YouTube...

For more info on Gato Eveready, you can check out
http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/
and
http://www.luchawiki.org/

Luchador - Extreme Tiger

2010-02-15T16:42:00.000-05:00

Mexican luchador Extreme Tiger ("Gato Suicida"..."Suicidal Cat") currently works for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración wrestling promotion in Mexico.
After being trained by the legendary Rey Misterio, Sr., Tiger made his Lucha Libre debut on September 13, 1998, in Salon Danubio Azul, Tijuana as Tyger Mask.
He joined Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in 2006, became Extreme Tiger and wrestled as a rudo (heel).
Staying in the mid-cards, he worked his way up and turned tecnico (face) in 2007.
After becoming a technico, he won the Alas de Oro tournament ("Wings of Gold", an eight-man elimination match with two wrestlers in the ring at the same time and the remaining competitors on the floor), and then later in the year, he went back to being a rudo.
As a rudo, he started tag teaming with Halloween and Juventud Guerrera.

So far in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, he has won the Alas de Oro in 2007, the AAA World Tag Team Championship with Halloween and the AAA Cruiserweight Championship twice.
As of this post, he is still the Champion.
Outside of AAA, he has held the Baja California Lighweight Championship and the NGX Extreme Championship twice.

You can find out more about Exteme Tiger here:
http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/luchadores/rudos/extreme-tiger.html

And here:
http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Extreme_Tiger

Lucha Libre AAA - Marco Corleone

2010-01-09T12:38:00.000-05:00

This six foot six, 265 pound literal beast of a man is Marco Corleone, who works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in Mexico.
Before that he worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and New Japan Pro Wrestling.
But here in the States, you may know him better as Mark Jindrak from the WCW and WWE.

Mark was born on June 26, 1977 in Auburn, New York.
He was trained at the WCW Power Plant by Paul Orndorff, and made his pro wrestling debut in 1999.
Mark had a decent career in WCW, winning the WCW World Tag Team Championship twice with Sean O'Haire.
As a matter of fact, Mark and Sean helped form the wrestling stable, The Natural Born Thrillers in WCW.

When the WWF bought WCW back in 2001, Mark made the transition over to the new wrestling promotion.
He was released from his contract in 2005, and went to New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2006.

In Late 2006, Mark went to CMLL and adopted the ring name "Marco Corleone".
In CMLL, Mark (along with Shocker, El Terrible and El Hijo del Texano) were banned from wrestling in Tijuana, Mexico for a year, after an incident where he pulled down the tights of an opponent during a match.
Did all four do it?

Anyway, in 2009, Mark jumped from CMLL to the rival Mexican wrestling promotion AAA.

You can keep up with Marco at his MySpace page here:
http://www.myspace.com/markjindrak

Luchadores - Chessman

2009-12-10T11:17:00.003-05:00

It's been a while since I did a write up on Chessman (2007 to be exact) so here are some updates.....

Chessman was born Kevin Citlali Zamora on July 2, 1975 in Villa Nicolás Romero, Mexico State.
He was trained by luchadores Super Taka, El Canek and Pepe Casas and made his lucha libre debut on July 3, 1996 at the Arena López Mateos in Tlalnepantla, Mexico State, wrestling masked as M-357 (357 Magnum) .
During his wrestling career, he has been known as M-357, Magnum, Quinto Elemento (The Fifth Element) and finally Chessman.
He took the name Chessman, not from the game, but from the notorious criminal, Caryl Chessman.
Chessman works for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) wrestling promotion, and has been a part of many wrestling stables such as The Black Family, Lucha Libre Latina (LLL), La Secta Cibernetica, La Secta del Mesías and Los Hell Brothers.
During his career he has been nicknamed El Apostol de la Maldad" ("The Bad Apostle"), "El Asesino de la luz Roja" ("The Red Light Assassin"), Dark Chessman and El Asesino de la luz Negra" ("The Black Light Assassin").
Chessman has held the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship (with Tiffany), the Mexican National Tag Team Championship (with Electroshock) the Mexican National Atómicos Championship (3 times, once with Ozz, Escoria and Cuervo and twice with The Psycho Circus (Killer Clown, Psycho Clown and Zombie Clown) and the UWA World Light Heavyweight Championship.

Here is a video of Chessman taking on El Mesias

You can find out more about Chessman at the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) website here.

Luchadore Black Abyss

2009-11-25T12:01:00.000-05:00

Luchadore Black Abyss has wrestled under many names since his debut in December of 1990.
He started out as Ángel Mensajero, then wrestled as Nautilius, Triple A (II), Black Abyss/Abismo Negro II and possibly Mantra.
He has wrestled for Indy wrestling promotions in Mexico, and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) as a rudo or heel.

Abyss was trained by Manuel Hernandez, Principe Negro Caudillo Jr. El Apache and the late Abismo Negro.
He atually feuded with Abismo until his untimely death in March of 2009.
There was talk of him taking up the mantle of Abismo Negro and continuing on in his name, but so far that hasnt happened.

Black Abyss has held the DWA Championship and the X-LAW Tag Team Championship with Mr. Tempest.

Luchadore Black Abyss, posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/ on November 25th, 2009

Luchador-Billy Boy

2009-11-03T09:13:00.004-05:00

José Roberto Islas García was born on June 9, 1977, in Tetitlan, Guerrero, Mexico.
He is better known in lucha libre as Billy Boy, a wrestler for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración wrestling promotion.
Billy was trained by luchadors Gran Apache and Skayde.
He made his pro wrestling debut in july of 1997.
Billy is married to the beautiful luchadora Faby Apache, is the son-in-law of Gran Apache, the brother-in-law of Mari Apache and the father of Marvin the baby.
Besides Billy Boy, he has wrestled as Fighterman, Luigi Boy, Billy and the masked Alfa.

During the Summer of 2009, Billy, Hijo del Tirantes and Mesias (Ricky Banderas) were arrested for allegedly beating up a fan after a show.
Mesias (who you may know from TNA and the ill-fated Wrestling Society X) said he was just trying to calm Billy and Hijo del Tirantes down.
Billy and Hijo del Tirantes were both suspended for two weeks after the incident.

Billy has held the Mexican National Atomicos Championship twice with Oscar Sevilla, Alan and Decnis.

For more info on Billy Boy, check out http://www.luchalibreaaa.com/

Luchador-Billy Boy, posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/, Nov. 3rd, 2009

Luchador - Argenis

2009-09-22T12:26:00.001-05:00

Argenis is a Mexican luchador that is in the "Real Fuerza Aerea" stable with Aero Star, Laredo Kid, and Super Fly I mentioned in the last entry.
He has a questionable Lucha Libre lineage because some sources claim he is the brother of famed luchador Mistico, and some claim he is his cousin.
If either one is true (his ring gear does resemble Mistico's) that makes him related to Mistico, Astro Boy II, Dr. Karonte Jr., Dr. Karonte and Tony Salazar.
Either way, he was trained by the legendary Gran Apache.

Argenis started out in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in 2006, but was unhappy that he didn't get a push there despite being related (somehow) to Mistico.
He then moved to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and joined the "Real Fuerza Aerea" stable where he hasnt faired much better.

Besides CMLL and AAA, Argenis has worked for International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG).

Argenis, posted to http://theluchadores.blogspot.com/ on Sept 22nd, 2009

Luchador - Aero Star

2009-09-17T10:58:00.000-05:00

Mexican luchador Aero Star was born on October 22, 1984 in Mexico City, Mexico and is possibly one of the coolest looking luchadors wrestling today.
He's got that whole Lucha Libre / Power Ranger thing going on.
Aero was trained by legendary luchadores Gran Apache and the late Abismo Negro.
He made his lucha libre debut as Aero Star on December 20, 2006.
Before that he wrestled as El Acuatico as early as 2003.
Aero Star is part of a group called Real Fuerza Aerea along with fellow luchadors Laredo Kid, Super Fly and Argenis.

He has held the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) World Mixed Tag Team Championship with Faby Apache and he defeated Jack Evans to win the 2008 Alas de Oro tournament.
Aero Star is also in the running for the 2009 Alas de Oro.

Luchador - Volador Jr

2009-09-08T11:40:00.001-05:00

Volador Jr. was born on January 26, 1981 in Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico.
He is the son of luchador Volador (Super Parka).
His uncles are luchadores Johnny Ibarra and El Desalmado, and his cousins are La Parka and Suplex.
He was trained by his father and Satánico, and made his Lucha Libre debut in October of 1997 at the Arena Neza.
Volador Jr. works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), but has also done work for TNA wrestling.
During his career, he has held the National Trios Titles twice ( with Safari and Felino and with La Sombra and Sagrado), the CMLL World Tag Team Championship (with La Sombra), he won the Reyes de Aire (Kings of the Air) in 2005 and 2007, and he (along with Rey Bucanero, Ultimo Guerrero and Averno) won the 2008 TNA World X Cup.

Lucha Libre: Virus

2009-08-19T10:56:00.002-05:00

The Luchador known as Virus was born Ricardo Amezquita Cardeño on December 9, 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico.
He is unique in that he started out as a "Mini"( a division that I have overlooked here and I will be correcting that soon) and moved into the regular division.
Ricardo was trained by Luchador El Fuerza Aérea, and made his Lucha Libre debut on April 20, 1986 at Auditorio Municipal de Ozumba in Estado de Mexico.
He started out in the Universal Wrestling Association promotion as "Bird Boy" and usually worked the low end of the card because of his size (5'5, 170 pounds).
On July 27, 1991 he won the UWA World Featherweight Championship (even though the feather weight class in Lucha Libre is usually 130-140 pounds).

Even before he lost the UWA World Featherweight Championship to El Coralillo on August 25, 1992, Ricardo had started wrestling for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). After he lost the title, he became a CMLL luchadore full time. And when booker Antonio Peña left CMLL to form his own promotion, Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), Virus stayed with CMLL to try to revive the Minis Division since most of them left with Pena.
Since most of the Minis are "minature" versions of the big names, Ricardo was renamed Piratita Morgan, a mini version of Pirata Morgan.
The original Piratita Morgan that had left CMLL to join AAA.
When Pirata Morgan left CMLL to join AAA, Ricardo was renamed "Damiancito El Guerrero" after CMLL wrestler "Damian El Guerrero".
During this time he toured Japan, and when he returned he defeated Máscarita Mágica to win the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship on February 27, 1996.

But in 1998, he moved to the regular division as "Virus" and no mention was made that Virus was also Damiancito El Guerrero and held the CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship.
Virus then proceeded to defeat Akira to win the Mexican National Lightweight Championship.
The CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship problem was resolved when CMLL announced that Ultimo Dragoncito had won the title on an undisclosed day in October, 1999.

Virus has held several wrestling titles during his career:
Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) World Featherweight Championship
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) Japan Super Lightweight Championship
CMLL World Mini-Estrella Championship
CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship
Mexican National Lightweight Championship
Reyes del Aire ("King of the Air") Tournament (2007)

Luchadores, Universo 2000

2009-08-12T10:42:00.000-05:00

Andrés Reyes González was born on April 18, 1963, in Santa Anita, Jalisco, Mexico.
He is a Mexican Luchador best known in Lucha Libre as Universo 2000.
Universo was trained by Diablo Velazco and Rafael Salamanca, and made his wrestling debut on June 15, 1985 at Arena Ecatepec in Ecatepec, Mexico State wrestling under the name Espacial.
Like many other lucha libre stars he comes from a wrestling family. Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 are both his brothers, and Máscara Año 2000 Jr. is his nephew.
Universo wrestled masked until September 17, 2004, when he lost his mask to Canek at Arena México.
During his career, he has held the National Trios Titles (with his brothers Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000), the WWO World Heavyweight Title, the CMLL World Heavyweight Title (three times), the CMLL World Trios Titles (with Black Tiger and Dr. Wagner Jr.), and won the 3rd Annual Leyenda de Azul Tournament.

Luchadores, Último Guerrero

2009-08-05T11:55:00.001-05:00

http://www.elmistico.com.mx/

Último Guerrero (The Last Warrior) is a Mexican Luchador that wrestles for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
Ultimo is not related to the famous Gory Guerrero or any of his children.
"Guerrero" is the Spanish word for warrior.
He was trained at "Gimnasio El Ranchero" by Tinito and Halcón Suriano and made his lucha libre debut as "Halcón Dorado" in September 1990 at the Gómez Palacio, Durango.

Último Guerrero is a charter member of Los Guerreros de Infierno / Los Guerreros de Atlantida and besides CMLL, he has worked for TNA where he was part of Team Mexico, and won the 2008 World X Cup.

Ultimo has held sevral titles during his lucha libre career including the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship, the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, the CMLL World Tag Team Championship (5 times), the CMLL World Trios Championship (2 times), he won the Copa de Arena Mexico Tournament in 1999 with Rey Bucanero and Satanico, he won the Junior Grand Prix in 2006 and 2007, he won the Torneo Gran Alternativa twice, once with Blue Panther in 1999 and with Dragón Rojo, Jr. in 2008 and he won the Universal Tournament in 2009.

Outside of CMLL, he won the World Wrestling Association (WWA) World Tag Team Championship with Perro Aguayo, Jr.

And of course he won the TNA 2008 World X Cup with his partners Volador Jr., Rey Bucanero and Averno.

Lucha Libre: El Texano, Jr.

2009-07-29T10:12:00.001-05:00

Lucha Libre star El Texano, Jr. was born Juan Aguilar Leos on July 31th, 1984 in Mexico City, Mexico.
He mainly works for the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) wrestling promotion in Mexico, though he has toured with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW).
Juan is the son of luchador Juan Conrado Aguilar Jáuregui, who wrestled as El Texano until his death in 2006.
Juan started out as wrestling masked as Kempo Kid.
This went on for two years until he was unmasked by Stuka in Monterrey, Nuevo León, in a match.
After the match, he was recognized as the son of El Texano and began working as El Texano, Jr.
Juan was trained by El Texano, Rambo, Satanico and Shocker.
He made his pro wrestling debut in 2001 in Arandas, Jalisco (as Kempo Kid).
Besides his late father, Juan's brother wrestles as Super Nova and his cousin, Jonathan de Jesus Navarro Gimenez, wrestles as Mictlan.

In Lucha Libre, Juan has held the Mexican National Trios Championship with Sagrado and Maximo, the Occidente Tag Team Titles with Terrible and the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship.

La Sombra (The Shadow)

2009-07-22T10:46:00.001-05:00

The Luchador La Sombra (The Shadow) that wrestles for CMLL is not the first to use that name.
The first La Sombra was Tony Lopez who wrestled in the 80s.
The second La Sombra was Hector Navarro who wrestled in the 90s.
And the current La Sombra's real name is unknown, other than his last name is Andrade and he was born on November 3, 1989 in Gómez Palacio, Durango, Mexico.
And we also know that he has one of the coolest masks in Lucha Libre.

The current La Sombra was trained by Moro III, Brillante Sr., Satanico, Stuka and Franco Colombo (the luchador, not the bodybuilder).
He made his wrestling debut on October 18, 2003 in his hometown of Gomez Palacio.
Before adopting the La Sombra idenity, he wrestled as Brillante Jr., Rey Azteca (II) , and Guerrero Azteca.

He has held the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) World Tag Team Championship with Volador, Jr., the Mexican National Trios Championship with El Sagrado and Volador, Jr., the NWA World Welterweight Championship and he won the Torneo Gran Alternativa in 2007 with Místico.

Satanico / El Satanico

2009-07-16T15:24:00.001-05:00

Daniel López López was born on October 26, 1949 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, but he is better known in Lucha Libre as Satánico or El Satánico.
After a long career as a luchador, he is now a trainer for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
He was trained by Diablo Velazco and made his pro wrestling debut on June 17, 1973 in his hometown of Guadalajara.

In his long career, Satánico has held many titles including.....

The Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F. Mexican National Trios Championship twice, once with Mephisto and Averno, and once with MS-1 and Pirata Morgan.
The Mexican National Middleweight Championship three times.
The CMLL World Middleweight Championship once.
The CMLL World Trios Championship three times, once with MS-1 and Pirata Morgan, once with Emilio Charles Jr. and Rey Bucanero, and once with Averno and Mephisto.
He was the CMLL World Welterweight Champion.
He held the NWA World Middleweight Championship five times.
The NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship four times.
And he won the Copa de Arena Mexico Tournament in 1999 with Rey Bucanero and Ultimo Guerrero.
Satánico also held the Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship.
And he held the Universal Wrestling Association World Middleweight Championship.

He was also inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2001.

Sangre Azteca

2009-06-08T12:39:00.001-05:00

Sangre Azteca (Aztec Blood) was born on October 5, 1975, in Mexico City, Mexico.
He is a Mexican pro wrestler (luchadore) who works as a "rudo", or heel, for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
Sangre is part of the "Poder Mexica" stable along with Dragon Rojo Jr. and Black Warrior.
He trained with Scorpio and Raúl Reyes, and made his pro wrestling debut on October 5, 1997, at the Arena Naucalpan.
He started out with International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) and moved to CMLL in 1988.
There he became a member of "Grupo Cibernetico" and was further trained by Guillermo "Memo" Díaz and Negro Casas.

He has held the Mexican National Trios Championship twice, once with Dr. X and Nitro, and once with Dragon Rojo Jr. and Black Warrior.
He has also held the Mexican National Welterweight Championship.
Sangre and Ramstein also held the Distrito Federal Tag Team Championship at one time.

Rey Cometa

2009-06-01T12:31:00.002-05:00

Rey Cometa was born on March 11, 1983 in Queretaro, Queretaro Mexico.
He is a luchadore that works as a tecnico (face) for the Lucha Libre promotion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
When he wrestled for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) he was a member of the stable "Real Fuerza Aerea".
Rey started wrestling at the age of 16, and was trained by Kaoma Jr., Atomico de Oro, Dragon De Oriente I and Dragon de Oriente II.
He made his pro wrestling debut on April 30, 1999 in Cadereyta, Queretaro, Mexico.

After wrestling for AAA, he left with Pegasso to go to CMLL.

Here is a Video of Artillero wrestling Rey in Mexico:

Pegasso

2009-05-25T13:02:00.002-05:00

Pegasso (or Pegaso) was born on February 25, 1978 in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
He was trained by Gran Apache, Sombra Salvaje and Irasu.
Pegasso started out in the Indy wrestling promotions in Mexico until he caught the interest of Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
He went to AAA in 2006 and joined a group called Real Fuerza Aerea.
Pegasso left AAA in 2008 and went to IWRG.
When Rey Cometa went to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Pegasso went with him.
By all accounts he is a sound technical wrestler, but really hasnt received a "push".
This may be because of rumored attitude problems backstage.

Here is a video from YouTube of Billy Boy, Pegasso and Super Fly wrestling Gran Apache, Gallego and Cóndor

Molotov

2009-05-15T11:21:00.001-05:00

Molotov is a luchador that works for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
He was born in 1979 in Mexico City.
Molotov is the cousin of luchador Olimpus, and he was trained by Olimpus and Jose Luis Feliciano.
He made his pro wrestling debut on May 11, 2004 at the Arena Coliseo.
Molotov has tag teamed with Sensei, Starman, Leono and Metalico.

Mistico Updates

2009-05-07T08:26:00.001-05:00

Since the last entry I did on Mistico, thankfully he didn't go to WWE.
I say thankfully because I think Mistico is a great wrestler, and the WWE doesn't have a great track record with lucha libre stars.

Even though Mistico didn't go to the WWE, he and Hector Garza became CMLL World Tag Team champions by defeating Averno and Mephisto on March 10, 2008.
But they did turn around and lose the titles in December 2008.

In July 2008, Místico had a huge opportunity as he went to China and participated in the Beijing International Martial Arts Training Camp.
The event was covered by Televisa and shown during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Mistico made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling at Wrestle Kingdom III on January 4, 2009.

Negro Casas took Mistico's CMLL Welterweight Championship on March 20, 2009.

Mictlan

2009-04-28T10:07:00.001-05:00

Mictlan was born Jonathan de Jesus Navarro Jímenez on August 25, 1982 in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico.
He has wrestled under several names and in several masks.
Mictlan made his pro wrestling debut in 1999 in his hometown.
He's wrestled as Angel del Barrio (2002-2004, lost his mask to Hator), Randy (GDL 2003-2004), Vaquero I (GDL, 2004-2006), Mictlan (lost his mask to Dragon Rojo Jr.)
Mictlan (Mictlan was the Aztec underworld) currently wrestles for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).

Mephisto

2009-04-23T10:26:00.000-05:00

Luchador Mephisto was born on December 10, 1968 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
He is the son of Luchador Astro Rey/Kahoz, and the nephew of El Gallo Giro and Rey Halcón.
Mephisto was trained by Astro Rey, Franco Colombo, El Gallo Giro, Rey Halcón, Negro Casas and Pacoman.
He made his pro wrestling debut in July 1988, in Zecatapec, Morelos.
Mephisto often tag teams with Averno, and they are considered one of the top tag teams in Mexico.
He wrestles for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico.
Durning his career, he has held the Mexican National Trios Championship with Satánico and Averno, the Mexican National Welterweight Championship, the CMLL World Tag Team Championship three times with Averno and the CMLL World Welterweight Championship.

El Felino

2009-04-14T12:26:00.001-05:00

The man who would become Luchador El Felino was born on March 22, 1964 in Mexico City, Mexico.
He is the son of wrestler and referee Pepe Casas, the brother of Negro Casas and Heavy Metal, the cousin of Black Star the uncle of Kid Tiger and Puma King, and the husband of Princesa Blanca.
El Felino was trained by Pepe Casas and Raúl Reyes, and he made his lucha libre debut in 1982.

During his wrestling career he has held the Arena Apatlaco Welterweight Title, the Mexican National Welterweight Championship, the Mexican National Trios Championship with Volador, Jr. and Safari, the CMLL World Welterweight Championship 3 times, he won the CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa with Tigre Blanco in 1999, he won the Leyenda de Plata ("Silver Legend" a tournament in honor of El Santo" in 2002, the Distrito Federal Trios Titles with Arkangel and Guerrero de la Muerte, the IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Titles with Pantera,
the IWRG Intercontinental Trios Championship with Negro Casas and Heavy Metal and the WWA World Welterweight Championship twice.

Dragon Rojo Jr.

2009-04-13T12:24:00.001-05:00

Luchador Dragon Rojo Jr. was born on November 3, 1982 in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico.
He is the grandson of Dragón Rojo.
Rojo was trained by Raúl "Loco" Díaz, Dandy Garcia and Satanico and made his lucha libre debut in June of 2001.
He wrestles for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico.
Dragón Rojo, Jr. has held the # Mexican National Trios Championship with Sangre Azteca and Black Warrior and won the CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa with Último Guerrero in 2008.

El Zorro

2009-04-09T10:18:00.001-05:00

El Zorro was born Jesus Cristóbal Martínez Rodriguez on July 20, 1975 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
He was trained by Jorge Rodríguez and Flash, and he made his pro wrestling debut (as Neurosis) on October 2, 1993 at the Plaza de Toros Jorge Rivera in Zapopan, Jalisco.
He lost the Neurosis mask to Cesar Dantés and soon after adopted the El Zorro gimmick.
El Zorro has has some colorful story lines involving luchador Charly Manson, a cursed Mayan mask and mind control.

He is currently in Konnan's La Legión Extranjera, claiming that he is a Spaniard, not a Mexican.

El Zorro has wrestled for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, Comisión de Box y Lucha Libre Mexico D.F., Comisión de Box y Lucha de Guadalajara, IWA Puerto Rico, Universal Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Organization wrestling promotions, and also made a few brief appearances for the old WWF show, WWF Super Astros.

Sean Waltman / X-Pac

2009-04-03T10:51:00.003-05:00

It seems like I have done write ups on Sean Waltman on every wrestling blog I have.
TNA, WWF / WWE, WSX, but he gets an entry here too.

Sean Waltman was born on July 13, 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
I think he has wrestled for almost every major wrestling promotion in the world since his pro wrestling debut back on March 16, 1992.

In Lucha Libre he is known as 6-Pac or X-Pac (out of the myriad of names he has wrestled under) and wrestles for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).
As far as I can tell, he first showed up there back in 2007, as a member of Konnan's Foreign Legion.
His manager was his girlfriend Alicia Webb (Ryan Shamrock).

X-Pac left Asistencia Asesoría y Administración for a time to re-enter rehab back in mid 2008, but returned towrads the end of 2008, turning on the Foreign Legion and creating D-Generation Mex.
D-Generation Mex was comprised of X-Pac, Rocky "Azúcar" Romero and Alex Koslov.
Both Romero and Koslov came from rival wrestling promotion CMLL to join the stable.

More On The Shocking Death Of A Former TNA Star

2009-03-24T11:22:00.002-05:00

More On The Shocking Death Of A Former TNA Star:

"Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González, better known as Abismo Negro in AAA, was found dead in a river in Mexico yesterday. The lucha wrestler was 37.

No definite cause of death has been determined as of yet, nor has foul play been ruled out.

According to a bus driver who was transporting González and other passengers to Mexico City, González became agitated, almost panicked and demanded to be let off the bus despite it being 1:30 in the morning. After leaving the bus, González found himself lost on the dark hillside, confirmed by a text message he sent to his wife. After receiving the text, his wife contacted local wrestling promoter Vicente Martinez, who organized a search party."

Luchador, Vampiro

2009-03-24T10:08:00.002-05:00

Ian Richard Hodgkinson does not sound like your usual luchador's name.
But his ring name Vampiro is known all over Mexico and the US.

Ian was born on May 31, 1967 in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
He started out wrestling for International Wrestling in Montreal, Quebec in 1984.
Vampiro made his lucha libre debut on February 12, 1991 at the Arena México.
He moved to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1998.
When the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) purchased WCW in 2001, Vampiro was out, so he headed to CMLL.
During that time he also wrestled for Rob Black's XPW, had a tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling, a brief stint with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and finally wound up back in Mexico working for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) wrestling promotion.

Vampiro went to the MTV wrestling show Wrestling Society X (WSX) but finally wound up back in AAA after WSX folded.

In his Lucha Libre career, he won the Rey de Reyes in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración in 2006, the NWA World Light Heavyweight Championship in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and the FILL Heavyweight Championship in Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre.

A documentary on his life titled "Vampiro: Angel, Devil, Hero" made it's US debut in early March 2009.
You can visit the movies website here:
http://www.vampiromovie.com/

He is also part of the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración "Invasion Tour" that starts on March 27th in the US.

The tour dates are:
March 27 in Fresno, Calif. at the Save Mart Center.
March 28 in Sacramento, Calif. at ARCO Arena.
March 29 in San Jose, Calif. at the HP Pavilion.
April 2 in Las Vegas at the Orleans Hotel & Casino.
April 4 in San Diego, Calif. at the Sport Arena.
April 5 in Los Angeles, Calif. at the L.A. Sports Arena.

Tickets range from $30 for general admission to $75 for reserved seating.

Luchador Ricky Banderas

2009-03-17T09:10:00.000-05:00

Luchador Ricky Banderas has worked for wrestling promotions not only in Mexico, but North America and Puerto Rico as well.

He was born Gilbert Cosme on May 25, 1976 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico.
Ricky began his wrestling career in the International Wrestling Association (IWA) in Puerto Rico.
While he was there, he won the IWA Hardcore Championship nine times, the IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship twice, the IWA World Heavyweight Championship five times and the IWA World Tag Team Championship five times (three times with Gran Apolo, once with Glamour Boy Shane and once with Cruzz).

Ricky left IWA in 2006 and went to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in Mexico.
There he wrestled as Muerte Cibernetica.
In November 2006 he went to MTV's Wrestling Society X, where he was the second and last wrestler to win the WSX Championship before the company folded.
Ricky went back to IWA, then returned to AAA as Mesias.
There, he became the first wrestler to win the AAA World Heavyweight Championship.
During that time, Ricky hooked up with the American wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and debuted with them as Judas Mesias in September 2007.
In March of 2008 his run with TNA came to an end and he went back to focusing his time on AAA.

His ring name "Ricky Banderas" is a fusion of Latin musician Ricky Martín and actor Antonio Banderas.

Besides the titles in IWA, WSX and his AAA World Heavyweight Championship, Ricky has held the GPCW Super-X Monster Championship and the IWC World Heavyweight Championship.

In the beginning, while doing his wrestling training in Puerto Rico, Ricky attended the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico in Bayamón, and completed two years of study in computer technology.

Besides Ricky Banderas, he has wrestled under the ring names Asesor Cibernetica, El Mesias, Judas Mesias, Muerte Cibernetica.

Konnan

2009-03-11T11:56:00.001-05:00

Charles Ashenoff doesn't sound much like a luchador's name does it?
But in Lucha Libre and wrestling circles he is better known as Konnan.
Konnan was born on June 6, 1964 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

Before becoming a wrestler, Konnan was a boxer (Californian Middleweight Amateur Boxing Champion in 1982 and 1983) and a bodybuilder.

He was trained in Tijuana, Mexico by varvious luchadors alongside Psicosis, Rey Mysterio, Jr., Halloween and Damián 666.

"The Mexican Hulk Hogan" started out wrestling for Universal Wrestling Alliance as a masked wrestler called El Centurión ("The Centurion").
Leaving UWA, he then went to Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (EMLL). It was in EMLL that he took on the name Konnan El Barbaro ("The Barbarian").
On June 9, 1991, Konnan became the first ever CMLL World Heavyweight Champion.

Konnan left EMLL and went to Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) in 1992.
For AAA he worked as a booker, became the first AAA Americas Heavyweight Champion and helped set the all-time attendance record for a Mexican wrestling event, 48,000 people at TripleMania on April 30, 1993.
In 1994, Konnan formed an alliance known as Los Gringos Locos with Eddie Guerrero, Art Barr and Madonna's Boyfriend (Louie Spicolli).

Konnan left Mexico in 1992 and wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

In early 2007, he returned to AAA.

Besides wrestling, Konnan has appeared on soap operas and TV shows in Mexico, and has recorded Rap music.

You can check out Konnan's MySpace here:
http://www.myspace.com/konnan619

Teddy Hart

2009-02-27T12:00:00.001-05:00

Theodore Annis was born 0n February 2, 1980, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
A third generation member of the Hart wrestling family, he is better known in the wrestling ring as Teddy Hart.
His wrestling pedigree is amazing, not only was he born into the Hart family, but he was trained by Ross Hart, Bruce Hart, Leo Burke and Dory Funk Jr.
Teddy was the youngest wrestler ever signed by the WWE.
He made his Lucha Libre debut on November 30, 2007, wrestling for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).
Teddy is a member of Konnan's heel stable La Legión Extranjera (the Foreign Legion) .
He regularly tag-teams with Jack Evans as The Hart Foundation 2.0.
Part of his heel gimmick is that he can't speak Spanish, so during his shoot promos, AAA captions his dialogue in Spanish.

Silver King

2009-02-23T10:53:00.002-05:00

César Cuauhtémoc González Barrónwas born on January 9, 1968 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico.
He is a Mexican luchador, better known in Lucha Libre as Silver King.
Outside of wrestling though, a lot of you might know him as Ramses from the Jack Black movie "Nacho Libre".
Cesar is the son of the famous Dr. Wagner, and the brother of Dr. Wagner, Jr.
He was trained by Dr. Wagner and Grand Markus and he made his pro wrestling debut in November 1985, in Matamoros, Coahuila.
Silver King lost his mask to El Hijo del Santo on November 13th, 1987 at Auditorio de Tijuana, in Tijuana, Baja California.
He worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1997 to 2000. For a brief time he was managed by Stacy Keibler there.
After leaving WCW, he wrestled for CMLL's Japanese affiliate, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as Black Tiger III. He was the third wrestler to wear the mask, the first two being Mark Rocco and Eddie Guerrero.
Besides WCW and NJPW, he has wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), International Wrestling Association of Japan (IWA), International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG), Universal Wrestling Association (UWA), World Wrestling Association (WWA) and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).

In 2005, César appeared in the movie "Nacho Libre" with Jack Black as the villian Ramses. After the movie opened, he wrestled in the golden Ramses outfit a few times.

Luchador: Rocky Romero

2009-02-19T14:26:00.001-05:00

Luchador: Rocky Romero

John R. Rivera was born on October 28, 1982 in Havana, Cuba.
He is better known by his wrestling name Rocky Romero and as the fourth Black Tiger.
In 2003, Rocky began working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
Rocky became the first ever CMLL World Super Lightweight Champion after beating Volador Jr. in a tournament final on September 12, 2003. He has gone on to hold the belt 3 times and is the current champion.
Which is a little awkward because on October 5, 2008, Rocky jumped from CMLL to rival promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) while still holding the CMLL belt and became a member of Sean Waltman's D-Generation MEX stable.
So what happens to the belt?

Ozz / Dark Ozz

2009-02-13T13:44:00.001-05:00

Ozz (or Dark Ozz) was born Marcos Tinajero on January 30, 1975.
He is a Mexican Luchador that was trained by Skayde and made his pro wrestling debut in 1996.
He has wrestled under the names Angel Del Misterio, Rey Dragon, Path Finder, Ozz and Dark Ozz.
Ozz has held the Mexican National Atomicos Championship several times with Escoria, El Cuervo, Chessman and Espiritu.
He has also held the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) World Tag Team Wrestling Championship with El Cuervo.

Nicho el Millonario / Psicosis

2009-02-08T13:37:00.001-05:00

What's in a name?
Well when you follow luchador Psicosis, a name can get a little confusing.
Is it Psicosis?
Or Psychosis?
Or Psichosis?
Or is he Nicho el Millonario?
Either way he was born Dionicio Castellanos Torres on May 19, 1971 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Psicosis was trained by Fobia and Rey Misterio, Sr.
He made his pro wrestling debut as El Salvaje on March 10, 1989 in his hometown Tijuana.
Nicho El Millionaro is the name he is wrestling under now in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración.
The name began when he was working for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL).
He had to take it because when Psicosis left AAA originally and went to the WCW, AAA booker Antonio Peña claimed ownership to the Psicosis name and gimmick, creating Psicosis II.
In Lucha Libre, he has had feuds with El Hijo del Santo, Rey Mysterio, Jr., La Parka, Juventud Guerrera, and Fuerza Guerrera.

Kenzo Suzuki

2009-02-03T12:42:00.002-05:00

6 foot 3, 260 pound Kenzo Suzuki was born on born July 25, 1974 in Hekinan, Aichi, Japan.
You probably know him best for his apperances in the WWE, but Kenzo has also wrestled for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and is currently in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) as a member of "La Legion Extranjera" (The Foreign Legion).
In AAA his nickname is "El Aguila Imperial" (The Imperial Eagle).
Kenzo was trained at the New Japan Dojo and made his pro wrestling debut on January 4, 2000 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.

Jack Evans

2009-01-28T15:08:00.002-05:00

Jack Evans was born on April 2, 1982 in Parkland, Washington.
Jack was trained in wrestling by Bryan Alvarez, Tim Flowers, Bruce Hart, Ross Hart and Teddy Hart.
He has wrestled for Calgary's Stampede Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling, Wrestling Society X, Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Dragon Gate and Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).

Evans joined AAA Wrestling in 2008 as a member of the heel group La Legión Extranjera (The Foreign Legion) and he tag teams with Teddy Hart as The Hart Foundation 2.0.

Espiritu / Dark Espiritu

2009-01-19T13:55:00.002-05:00

Mexican Luchador Espiritu or Dark Espiritu was born on December 9, 1975 in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico.
He was trained by Bobby Lee and Hercules Leon and made his pro wrestling debut on May 10, 1993.
Dark Espiritu wrestles for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion in Mexico.
When Charly Manson left Los Vatos Locos to form the Black Family, Espiritu stepped in to replace him.
In November 2005, the Black Family became part of La Secta Cibernetica, and they asked Espiritu to join them.
He did, and when La Secta became La Secta De Mesias, Espiritu became Dark Espiritu.
Dark Espiritu has held the Mexican National Atomicos Titles twice, once with his Vatos Locos team mates Picudo, Nygma and Silver Cat, and once with El Cuervo, Escoria and Ozz.

Escoria / Dark Escoria

2009-01-15T10:13:00.001-05:00

Jose Guadalupe Ibarra Andrade was born on December 9, 1980 in Durango, Durango, Mexico.
He is a Mexican Luchador better known as Escoria, or now Dark Escoria (Dark Scoria).
He was trained by Blackman, Negro Sosa and Draco, and made his pro wrestling debut on August 13, 1998.
Dark Scoria works for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and has been part of The Black Family since it was formed.
Besides the Black Family, he has been a member of La Secta Cibernetica, Secta De Mesias and Lucha Libre Latina.
His favorite wrestling moves in matches are the El Pozo (Reverse figure four leglock), Corkscrew Tope, Tornillo (a plancha in which the diving wrestler twists in the air),Jumping leg drop and the Flying Spinning Leg Lariat.
He has been a co-holder of the Mexican National Atomicos Title three times. Once with Ozz and Dark Cuervo, once with Chessman and once with Espiritu.

Dark Cuervo / El Cuervo

2009-01-08T10:20:00.001-05:00

Jaime Ignacio Tirado Correa was born on January 4, 1974 in Toluca, Mexico State, Mexico.
He is a Mexican Luchador better known under his ring name El Cuervo and now Dark Cuervo.
Cuervo was trained by Dos Caras and Impala.
He made his pro wrestling debut on February 28, 1996 at the Arena Naucalpan.
Cuervo wrestles for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and has been part of The Black Family since Charly Manson formed the stable.
He has been a member of Lucha Libre Latina (LLL),and La Secta Cibernetica (later Secta De Mesias).
Cuervo has held the Mexican National Atomicos Championship (three times with Ozz and Escoria, twice with Chessman and once with Espiritu) and the AAA World Tag Team Wrestling Championship (with Ozz).

Apolo Estrada Jr.

2009-01-01T13:13:00.002-05:00

Roberto Guadalupe Estrada Zúñiga was born on January 10, (year unknown) in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
Wrestling in Lucha Libre as Apolo Estrada Jr.,he is presumed to be the son of Luchadore Apolo Estrada.
Apolo wrestles for the Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre (FILL) wrestling promotion in Mexico and he has held several titles there.
The FILL Welterweight Wrestling Title (twice), the FILL Middleweight Wrestling Championship, FILL Tag Team Wrestling Championships with Estrella Dorada Jr, the FILL Trios Wrestling Championship, with Chucho Mar Jr. and Estrella Dorada Jr. and with Monje Negro Jr. and Estrella Dorada Jr. and the FILL Atomicos Titles with Chucho Mar Jr., Estrella Dorada Jr. and Gato Volador.

Mexican Luchadore, Apocalipsis

2008-12-16T14:28:00.001-05:00

This luchadore with the unusual looking mask is Apocalipsis.
He was born Juan Carlos Contreras Uribe on January 16, 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Apocalipsis was trained by Tony Salazar and Jose Luis Feliciano, and made his pro wrestling debut on February 11, 2000 at the Arena Neza.
He wrestles for CMLL.

Luchadores: Anibal

2008-12-15T12:18:00.000-05:00

Carlos Ignacio Carrillo Contreras was born on November 5, 1940 in either Topilejo, Zitácuaro or Laureles Michoacán, Mexico. There's some conflict about his birthplace.
Carlos is better known in Lucha Libre as Anibal.
Anibal was trained by Chico Fernández and Salvador Flores and made his pro wrestling debut on November 1963 in Topilejo, Michoacán.
It wasn't until 1991 that Anibal finally lost his mask to Máscara Año 2000 on December 13, 1991 at the Arena México in Mexico City.
3 years later Anibal passed away on March 9, 1994 at age 53.
During his career, Anibal held several titles including the Distrito Federal Light Heavyweight Wrestling Title, the NWA World Middleweight Title Wrestling twice, the National Middleweight Wrestling Title, UWA World Middleweight Wrestling Title, UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Wrestling Title twice, the WWC World Junior Heavyweight Wrestling Title in Puerto Rico and the European Middleweight Wrestling Title in Panama.
There is an El Hijo de Aníbal that wrestles in Lucha Libre, but it's not known if this is the actual son of Anibal or not.
Anibal wrestled for EMLL (Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre) the promotion that later changed it's name to CMLL.

Lucha Libre: Anubis

2008-12-05T12:31:00.001-05:00

I mentioned Anubis in my last entry, well here is the second Anubis that looks way cooler.
I wonder if they got this idea from "The Mummy".
This Anubis has wrestled under different names, Black Jack and Corsario Negro Jr. besides Anubis.
He was born on February 27, 1988, and his father is Luchadore Black Demon.
Anubis was trained by Indio Chamula,Leopardo Negro, Viento Negro, Shu el Guerrero, El Dandy ("Who are you to doubt El Dandy?") and Negro Navarro.
He made his pro wrestling debut on April 30, 2002.
Anubis wrestles for the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) in Mexico.

Mexican Luchadores: Antar, Antifaz and Anubis

2008-11-28T12:31:00.004-05:00

Luchadore Antar was born in Acapulco, Guerrero.

He's wrestled under the names Antar and Tigre Blanco.

Antifaz or Antifaz del Norte (Mask of the North), was born on July 7, 1971 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
He was trained by Marco Tulio and Jesse Rojas "El Vasco".
His pro wrestling debut was on July 4, 1993 at Arena Pesquería in Pesquería, Nuevo León, Mexico.
He has held the NAWA Middleweight Wrestling Title four times and the WWA World Tag Team Wrestling Titles with L.A. Park.

Mexican luchadore Anubis was trained by Elfego Silva, El Hijo del Diablo, Ringo Mendoza and Zaratustra.
He made his pro wrestling debut October 18, 1998.

Lucha Libre...In London?

2008-11-20T13:44:00.001-05:00

Yes Lucha Libre will be in London in December.
XFM is giving away tickets to the shows at the Roundhouse in Camden.
Some of the Lucha Libre stars that will be wrestling in the shows are El Hijo del Santo, Mascarita Sagrada, Blue Demon Jr., Hijo del Solitario, Lobo Troll, (the mini-troll from Jack Black’s Nacho Libre).
If you live in the UK, or will be visiting there on Sunday December 7th, you can enter to win tickets here:
http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/competitions/win-tickets-to-see-lucha-libre
And if you want info on buying the tickets to see this Lucha Libre spectacular, go here:
http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/productions/lucha-libre-london-2684
Tickets are on sale now!

The WWE versus CMLL and AAA

2008-11-13T13:44:00.002-05:00

The closest I wanna see WWE and Lucha Libre, Shelly Martinez and Vampiro

Well, the WWE has moved into Mexico and are ready to go up against Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre.
Last month WWE Smackdown's debuted on Azteca TV and was the most-watched TV program in prime time from Oct. 3 to 19.
The show drew a 9.0 rating and over 1.2 million TV households tuned in.
WWE Raw debuted on Sunday, Oct. 5 on Televisa to similar results.
I really hope this is a " Interest Factor", people watching WWE just to see what its all about, because I don't see how this would be good for Lucha Libre.
Of course Lucha's storylines are just as exaggerated as the WWE's, but Lucha in Mexico is tradition.
I'd hate to see CMLL and AAA go they way of ECW here in the US. Seeing WWE buy out the two big companies would just give you a watered down version of each.
I shudder to think of " WWE CMLL" or " WWE Friday Night AAA".
I know many of the WWE stars are wildly popular in Mexico and as long as WWE stays a separate entity things may be okay.
But I'd hate to see the memories of El Santo, Mil Máscaras or Blue Demon lumped in with the Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo affair, the Fake Kane or the Red Rooster someday.

Even More Masked Luchadores

2008-11-11T12:20:00.005-05:00

Angelito Vengador

Angelito Vengador was born on January 31, 1974.
He was trained by Halcon Amenza Roja and Tormenta Negra.

El Hijo de Aníbal

Also known as El Hijo de la Saeta Azul (The Son of the Blue Arrow), he was born on November 30, 1970 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
His father was famous luchadore Aníbal and his father in law is Blue Demon Jr.
He was trained by Diablo Velazco, Gran Cochisse and Satánico.
El Hijo de Aníbal made his pro wrestling debut on September 27, 1993 at El Toreo.

Animaniac

Was born on December 26, 1977, in Tijuana, Baja California
He has wrestled under the names Yiyo Rock, Super Rock and Blas Toyser (Pokemon Character).
He was trained by the legendary Rey Misterio. The uncle of WWE wrestler Rey Mysterio.
Animaniac made his pro wrestling debut on March 13, 1996, at the Auditorio/Gym in Tijuana.

De Lucha Libre: More Masked Wrestlers

2008-11-07T12:36:00.006-05:00

Here are some more pictures of the great masked wrestlers in Lucha Libre.

Angel de Oro

Angel de Plata

Angel de la Muerte

For more info on these and tons of other Lucha Libre stars, check out http://www.luchawiki.org/
No I don't run it, but it's the biggest Lucha Libre info site I think you're gonna find.

Lucha Libre: Alex Koslov

2008-10-28T10:32:00.001-05:00

Not all of the stars of Lucha Libre are Mexican.
As a matter of fact, his is a Russian Luchadore.
Alex Sherman was born on January 21, 1984 in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic. (I have also seen his birth name as Alex Pincheck.)
Alex is better known by his ring name, Alex Koslov.
Alex was trained by Jesse Hernandez, Ricky Reyes, Kendo Kashin, Shinsuke Nakamura, Minoru, Rocky Romero, Toru Yano and Bryan Danielson.
He made his pro wrestling debut on May 23, 2003, wrestling for Jesse Hernandez's Empire Wrestling Federation in California under the name Alex Pincheck.
Alex has also wrestled for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and later Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).
In CMLL, Alex, Shocker and Mark Jindrak formed a group first called Los Guapos Internacionales, and then High Society.
Alex was a member of Team International in TNA Wrestling's World X-Cup Tournament in 2008.

Mexican Luchadore, Angel Mortal

2008-10-27T14:13:00.001-05:00

Angel Mortal (Deadly Angel) was born Juan Manuel de la Rosa on December 24, 1959 in Monterrey, Nuevo León Mexico.
He is a Mexican professional wrestler (Luchadore).
Angel has wrestled under the names El Perverso, Ángel Mortal, Al Capone, Hormiga and Payaso Diabolico.
He was trained by Rolando Vera.
Angel made his pro wrestling debut in 1979 in his hometown of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
He lost his mask back in 1995 to Super Calo.
Angel formed a stable with Mr. Condor and Gallego called Los Diabolicos

Mexican Luchadore Angel del Futuro

2008-10-21T11:34:00.002-05:00

Mexican Luchadore Angel del Futuro was born on October 8, 1977.
He was trained in wrestling by his father Zimba.
Angel del Futuro's pro wrestling debut was in 1990.
His favorite wrestling moves are the La Magistral, Frog Splash and the Huracarrana.

Here is a video of Angel del Futuro wrestling for Triple A in Mexico:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyLjn93BM9I

Mexican Luchador Angel Del Espacio

2008-10-14T10:17:00.002-05:00

Mexican Luchador Angel Del Espacio
Angel was trained in wrestling by Chucho Villa and Pequeño Diamante.

Lucha Libre: Angel Blanco (White Angel)

2008-10-06T10:51:00.001-05:00

José Ángel Vargas Sánchez was born August 2, 1936 in Atoyac, Jalisco.
He was better known by his wrestling name, Ángel Blanco (White Angel).
Jose wrestled as El Ranchero Vargas, cruz Diablo, El Gato Negro and finally El Ángel Blanco.
His pro wrestling debut was in 1958, in Morelia, Michoacán.
Angel was trained by Diablo Velazco and Miguel Navarrete.
Three of his sons and a son-in-law have wrestled under variations of his ring name, Ángel Blanco Jr., Ángel Blanco Jr., El Hijo del Ángel Blanco I, El Hijo del Ángel Blanco II.
Angel lost his mask to El Solitario on December 8, 1972 at the Arena México.
He held the NWA World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Title, National Heavyweight Wrestling Title, National Tag Team Titles, with Dr. Wagner, NWA Americas Tag Team Titles, again with Dr. Wagner and the National Cruiserweight Title.
Jose passed away on April 26, 1986 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.

Lucha Libre: Angel Azul (Blue Angel)

2008-09-29T09:36:00.001-05:00

Angel Azul (Blue Angel) is a Mexican Luchadore.
He was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Angel was trained in wrestling by Mr. Lince (Luis Vazquez)
His favorite wrestling moves are the La Tapatía (surfboard) and the Cangrejo (boston crab)

Lucha Libre: Angel Azteca II and Angel Azteca Jr

2008-09-21T10:26:00.002-05:00

A couple of other Luchadores have wrestled in Mexico under the name "Angel Azteca".
Neither one is related to the original Angel though.
There was this guy Angel Azteca II....

And this guy Angel Azteca Jr.

Like I said, neither was related to the original, but Angel Azteca did train both of them.

for more info, go to http://www.luchawiki.org/

Angel Azteca

2008-09-15T09:22:00.002-05:00

Juan Manuel Zúñiga was born on June 24, 1963, in Cd Lerdo, Durango, Mexico.
He was better known in Mexico under his wrestling name, Ángel Azteca.
Angel was trained by Héctor López, Asterión and Dr. Wagner.
His pro wrestling debut was June 1980 in Torreón, Coahuila.
He lost his mask to Arkangel de la Muerte on December 5, 2003, in Arena México, Mexico City.
During his career he held numerous titles. The Laguna Lightweight Wrestling Title, Arena Victoria Tag Team Wrestling Titles, National Tag Team Wrestling Titles( with Atlantis, with Super Parka), National Welterweight Wrestling Title, NWA World Middleweight Wrestling Title, National Trios Titles (with El Hijo del Santo and Super Muñeco) and the UWA World Light Heavyweight Title.
Angel Azteca passed away after a match in Campeche, on March 18, 2007.

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El Angel

2008-09-09T11:22:00.002-05:00

Oscar Omar Puentes Molgado was born on August 19, 1977. He is better known by his wrestling name, El Angel (The Angel).
El Angel's nickname is El Novillero.
He started wrestling in 1997 under the name Óscar Sevilla.
He was trained by Fernando Puentes, Villano I, Torero, Gran Apache, Fantasma and Cementerio.
El Angel's signature wrestling move is the Asai Moonsault outside the ring.
He has held the Mexican National Atomicos Championship with Alan, Decnnis and Billy Boy.
El Angel has had feuds with the Psycho Circus, the Diabolic ones, Night Queens and the Morgan Dynasty.

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Mexican Luchadore, Andy Barrow

2008-09-03T11:39:00.002-05:00

Wrestler Name: Andy Barrow
Name history: Andy Barrow, Hooligan III
Born:July 9, 1967 Tijuana, Baja California
Pro Wrestling Debut: January 1985

Andy Barrow is a Mexican Luchadore.
Andy lost his hair to Tarzan Boy in a wrestling match in 1999.

Mexican Luchadore, Androide

2008-08-28T09:59:00.002-05:00

Androide is a Mexican Luchadore.
He was born August 28, 1980, in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
He is related to Álvaro Meléndez Tibanez, better known as Blackman.
His signature wrestling move is a Running Somersault Plancha through the ropes.
Androide has held the FILL Tag Team Wrestling Titles with Rey Sagitario and the FILL Trios Wrestling Titles with Jungla Negra Jr. and Rey Sagitario.

Américo Rocca

2008-08-23T10:32:00.002-05:00

Javier Hernández Padilla was born September 22, 1952 in Teocuitatlán de Corona, Jalisco.
He is a Mexican Luchadore, better known by his ring name of Américo Rocca.
He was trained by Diablo Velazco and made his pro wrestling debut January 15, 1975 at Arena Coliseo in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
His favorite wrestling moves are La Cavernaria, Tope Suicida, Tapatía.
Américo Rocca has held the National Lightweight Wrestling Title, the National Welterweight Wrestling Title, the NWA World Welterweight Wrestling Title, Occidente Welterweight Wrestling Title, Occidente Light Heavyweight Wrestling Title, Sinaloa Welterweight Wrestling Title and the Arena Azteca Budokan Welterweight Wrestling Title

Amuraby

2008-08-19T09:29:00.003-05:00

Wrestlers Name: Amuraby
Pro wrestling training by: Elfego Silva, Zaratustra, El Hijo Del Gladiador
Born: 1974
Pro wrestling debut: September 8, 1993

Sometimes tag teams with Laberinto.
Amuraby wrestles on the Independent circuit in Mexico.

El América

2008-08-06T09:51:00.003-05:00

Wrestlers Name: El América
Trained by: Gallito Colorado, Crazy Star, El Pantera
Born in: Guanajuato, Veracruz
Pro Wrestling Debut: 1998

Alushe II

2008-07-25T11:56:00.004-05:00

Wrestler Name: Alushe II
Pro Wrestling Debut: 1993

One of the " mini" mascots. Alushe II replaced the original Alushe as the mascot of Tinieblas and his son, Tinieblas Jr.

Fan Drawing of Tinieblas and Alushe, pretty darn cool:
http://portaveritas.blogspot.com/2008/06/tinieblas-and-alushe.html

Masks in Lucha libre

2008-07-17T08:34:00.004-05:00

Masks are an important part of Lucha Libre. They have been used since the beginnings of the sport.
The early masks were basic, but they have grown into the elaborate ones we know today.
Almost all luchadores in Mexico start their careers wearing masks, but over the span of their careers a large number of them will be unmasked.
Often, a retiring wrestler will be unmasked in his final match or at the beginning of a final tour, signifying loss of identity as that character.
Sometimes, losing the mask marks the end of a gimmick, with the wrestler moving on to a new gimmick and masked identity.

Fully removing an opponent's mask during a match is grounds for disqualification.
Some luchadores, like Mil Mascaras (Man of a Thousand Masks), El Santo and Blue Demon, will/were often seen in public wearing their masks.
El Santo was buried wearing his silver mask.
Luchadoras often wear masks as well.

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Alma Llanera

2008-07-10T10:44:00.004-05:00

Alma Llanera

I posted this pic of luchadore Alma Llanera because I like the cool mask variation.
Alma Llanera is on the right.
For more info, check out http://www.luchawiki.org/
They have more lucha libre info than you can shake a stick at!

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Aliens

2008-07-03T09:51:00.000-05:00

Here's one luchadore that I wanted to post simply because he looks cool.
Aliens nickname is "El Octavo Pasajero" ( The Eighth Passenger)
And he has wrestled as Highlander from 1997 to 2004 and Aliens from 2004 to the present.

"El Abuelo" Carrillo

2008-06-27T10:11:00.002-05:00

Wrestler Name: "El Abuelo" (The Grandfather ?) Carrillo
Real name: Alfredo Carrillo
Name history : El Bucanero, Alfredo "el abuelo" Carrillo
Family: Loco Zandokan, El Bucanero, Loco Zandokan II (sons)
Trained by: Diablo Velazco
Born: Guadalajara, Jalisco
Height : 5'8"/172 cms
Weight : 209 lbs/95 kg

http://www.luchawiki.org/

Alfa Centauris / Alfil

2008-06-19T09:24:00.003-05:00

Wrestler Name: Alfa Centauris
Real name: Manny Guzman

Wrestler Name: Alfil

Alegria

2008-06-03T08:20:00.001-05:00

Another unusual looking luchadore......

Wrestlers Name: Alegria (Joy)
Family : El Sultán (father)
Trained by: Tom Mix, El Sultán
Born: 1983
Pro Wrestling Debut: March 11, 2001
Height :5' 10"
Weight :238 lb

El Alebrije, El Alebrije y Cuije

2008-05-22T11:01:00.002-05:00

Talk about outlandish wrestling gear......

Wrestler's Name: El Alebrije
Previous Names: Máscara De Oro (1993 - 1995), Kraneo (1995 - 1997), Máscara Sagrada (1997 - 1998), El Alebrije (1998 - current)
Trained by: Ojo Diabólico, El Magno
Birth date July 12, 1972
Height 6' 1"
Weight 216 lb
Signature wrestling moves: Gory Special
Titles: AAA Second/Mascota Tag Team Titles (with Cuije), UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship, Naucalpan Middleweight Title, Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship

More info here: http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=El_Alebrije

Alderan

2008-05-10T09:43:00.001-05:00

Alderan is a Mexican Luchador.
He was born on June 2nd, in Michoacán de Ocampo, Mexico.
Alderan is related to Águila Solitaria-(Lone Eagle) (father in law), Angel Blanco-(White Angel) (cousin) and Flanagan (cousin)
He got his wrestling training from Águila Solitaria, Tony del Aguila and Tony Salazar.
Alderan's pro wrestling debut was November 22, 1988 at Arena Naucalpan in Naucalpan, Mexico.
His wrestling signature moves are the Alderiana, slam, German Suplex.
He stands 6 feet tall, and weighs 260 pounds.

Luchadore: Alan Stone

2008-04-23T08:46:00.001-05:00

Wrestlers Name: Alan Stone
Name history: Hollywood (1996), Alan Stone (1997 - current)
Family: Bello Greco (father), Super Caló, Chris Stone (brothers)
Trained by: Bello Greco, Super Caló
Born May 23, 1977 - Mexico City
Height 177 cm
Weight 88 kg
Titles: Distrito Federal Trios Titles (with Super Caló & Chris Stone), fabeled Arena Coliseo Tag Team Championship (with Chris Stone)

Way more info here on Alan and his wrestling family:
http://www.luchawiki.org

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Luchadore: Alan

2008-04-11T07:44:00.003-05:00

Wrestlers Name: Alan
Real name: Víctor Manuel Soto Flores
Name history: Morfo (debut - 09/99), Billy Jean (10/99 - 99), (Spice Boy) Jimmy Boy (1999 - 2000), Alan (2001 - current)
Trained by: El Picudo
Born: July 23, 1975 in Mexico City
Pro Wrestling Debut April 1998
Height 174cms
Weight 79kgs
Signature wrestling moves: Running Twisting Moonsault Plancha
Wrestling Titles: Mexican National Atomicos Championship with Oscar Sevilla, Billy Boy, Decnis.

Alan has had a number of different gimmicks marketed to women, but he's best known as one-third of the Barrio Boys. The group was a constant on AAA's undercards for many years, often fighting the Black Family.

Full aricle here:
http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Alan

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Luchadores, Alacran Durango, Aladino, Alacran

2008-04-01T07:33:00.003-05:00

Here are three more masked luchadores......

Alacran Durango

Aladino

Alacran

For way more info than I can put on a blog, check here:
http://www.luchawiki.org/

Luchadore Links

2008-03-26T10:53:00.003-05:00

I thought today since I hadn't done any in awhile, I'd post some links to Luchadore sites.......

Black Tiger, NJPW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Black Warrior, NWA Middleweight Champion. Blue Demon Jr, Luchadore. Blue Panther
http://www.bodyslamming.com/mexico.html

Organizations. Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre / Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre · Universal Wrestling Association
http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/

Luchavavoom
http://www.luchavavoom.com/luchadores.html

Todo lo referente a la lucha libre y el box. ... Correo Electrónico revistaazul@boxylucha.com.mx © Copyright 2002 BOX Y LUCHA Derechos Reservados.
http://www.boxylucha.com.mx/

Aikido, Airon Flay, Akuma

2008-03-13T08:06:00.004-05:00

Wrestler Name Aikido
Trained by: Mr. Lince
Born in: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Height 1.75mts
Weight 75kgs
Signature wrestling moves: Arm Bar, Flying Kicks

Wrestler Name: Airon Flay

Wrestler Name: Akuma

http://www.luchawiki.org

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Águila Solitaria, Águila Tapatía, Águila de Plata

2008-03-03T10:27:00.005-05:00

Some more Luchadores!

Aguila Solitaria

Aguila Tapatia

Águila de Plata

For more Luchadores check this out....
http://www.luchawiki.org

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Agente X, Aguila dorada and Águila India

2008-02-27T09:19:00.004-05:00

Agente X

Aguila dorada

Águila India

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Three more Luchadores

2008-02-16T12:09:00.004-05:00

Adefesio

Adorable Rubi

Aero Star

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Four more Luchadores

2008-02-11T10:27:00.001-05:00

Four more Luchadores.......

Abeja Africana

Abismo Negro

Acero Dorado Jr.

Acertijo

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Aguila Azteca

2008-02-03T13:35:00.000-05:00

Name Aguila Azteca
Trained by: Garringo , Silver Star
Born June 30, 1980 - Monterrey, Nuevo León
Pro Wrestling Debut August 2002

http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Aguila_Azteca

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Aeroflash

2008-01-25T12:58:00.001-05:00

Former UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship and WWF World Light Heavyweight Championship Aeroflash.

Aeroflash and Canek

Aeroflash and Mil Mascaras

http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Aeroflash

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Aeroboy

2008-01-14T09:43:00.001-05:00

Wrestler Name: Aeroboy
Trained by: Crazy Boy, Feroz
Born: August 3rd, 1990 - Tulancingo, Hidalgo
Pro Wrestling Debut December 7, 2003 - Honey, Puebla
Height 1.74
Weight 64kg
Signature moves: Canadian Destroyer, Asai Moonsault, Michinoku Driver II, Lung Blower, 450 Splash, Psycho Driver, Kudo Driver
Titles: DTU Extreme Championship
http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Aeroboy

Aeroboy in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xJG1xduMgY

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Luchadore: AXL

2008-01-05T13:50:00.001-05:00

Name AXL
Name history AXL (not related to Axxel, one of the many grandsons of Santo)
Born in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
Height: 6'2
Weight: 198 lbs
Signature moves Legdrop

http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=AXL

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Dr. Wagner Jr.

2007-12-20T11:24:00.001-05:00

Name Dr. Wagner Jr.
Nicknames El Galeno del Mal (The Evil Doctor) / El Galeno del Bien (After he became Tecnico)
Name history Dr. Wagner Jr. (debut - )
Family Dr. Wagner (father), Silver King (brother), Rossy Moreno (former wife), Leon Del Ring (nephew)
Trained by: Gran Markus, Dr. Wagner
Born: August 12, 1965 - Torreón, Coahuila
Pro Wrestling Debut: April 7, 1986 - Monterrey, Nuevo León
Height 5'10"/177 cms
Weight 216 lbs/98 kg
Signature wrestling moves: Wagner Driver (Michinoku Driver II), Death Valley Driver, Niagara Driver, Top-Rope Diamond Cutter, Flying Splash, Flying Senton, Tiger Driver, Running Lariat, Running Somersault Plancha (off the apron), Running Somersault Plancha (off the ramp)
Titles: Northern Mexico Heavyweight Title, UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Title, CMLL World Light Heavyweight Title, CMLL World Trios Titles (3, with Gran Markus Jr. & El Hijo del Gladiador - La Ola Blanca, with Blue Panther & Black Warrior - Los Laguneros, with Fuerza Guerrera & Blue Panther), CMLL World Tag Team Titles (4, with Canek, with Silver King, with Emilio Charles Jr., with Último Guerrero), New Japan Pro Wrestling: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles (with Kendo Kashin), WWC Hardcore Title, UWA World Heavyweight Title

Juan Manuel Gonzalez Barron is a Mexican professional wrestler who has achieved fame in CMLL and worldwide as Dr. Wagner, Jr. He is the son of Dr. Wagner and brother of Silver King.

Dr. Wagner, Jr. first started wrestling for the Universal Wrestling Association in April 1986 at 20 years of age. The elder Wagner achieved his success in CMLL, and so would it be for the son who adopted his gimmick.

On the day that Dr. Wagner, Jr. was to make his in-ring debut as his father's tag-team partner, Wagner Sr. was involved in a car accident that killed his long-time partner Angel Blanco, leaving Wagner Sr. disabled and unable to continue his wrestling career. When he regained his mobility he took up a job as a taxi driver to earn a living, but continued to actively follow the career of his sons, including his in-ring namesake and a wrestler best known in the United States as Silver King. The two real-life brothers would actually team together to win the CMLL World Tag Team Titles in February 1997, although the titles were vacated six months later when Silver King left CMLL to join the growing lucha roster of World Championship Wrestling.

Wagner's star has continued to rise in Mexico ever since. He has won a variety of different titles for the CMLL promotion. Besides holding the CMLL World Light Heavyweight title he has also been a Trios championship at least four times, including with Gran Markus. Jr. & Hijo del Gladiador and also with Blue Panther & Black Warrior. He has also wrestled extensively in Japan, challenging (and ultimately being defeated by) Jushin Liger for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight belt and tagging with various partners such as his brother and Kendo Kashin, the latter of which he won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team championship with. He has also competed in the U.S. as recently as January 2006, teaming with Rey Bucanero in a losing effort against L.A. Park & Místico at an FMLL show in Chicago. He is most popular when competing in the famed Arena México though, where his charismatic style and popular gimmick cause fans to blow airhorns three times and chant "WAG-NER!" when he's in the ring. Given the fan reaction in Mexico and increasing awareness of the lucha libre style in the United States, his star will surely continue to rise.

In the 2007 Dr.Wagner Jr to be one of the polemics wrestlers in Mexico due to its constant mass media declarations diverse in where he expressed its anger with the CMLL not to program it in fights against Mistico, Atlantis, Ultimo Guerrero or Hijo del Perro Aguayo.

In October 8 of the 2007 sport newspaper "Estadio" publish an interview with Dr.Wagner Jr in where the same one confirmed his departure of the CMLL, which untie surprise during several days and speculations on their future and were not up to one week later that the magazine "Super Luchas" publish another interview with the own Wagner in where this it confirmed his departure of the company and that as of that date was going to be an Free Agent but who was going to fulfill all the presentations that even tapeworm pending with the CMLL.

Dr.Wagner Jr also denied the rumors on his possible incorporation to the AAA (the other big lucha libre company in Mexico) and is speculated on that along with the their brother Silver King fought in shows of TNA that were carried out in the month of December in Mexico City and Monterrey.

http://www.luchawiki.org/index.php?title=Dr._Wagner_Jr.

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