Gran Apache - AAA Luchador

Gran Apache (aka El Apache) was born Mario Balbuena González on April 16th, 1959 in Mexico City, Mexico.
He was trained by Rafael Salamanca, Tony Lopez, Blue Demon and Los Cometas Azules I and II, and made his lucha libre debut on August 8th, 1975 in Toluca, Mexico State.
Gran has one of the largest wrestling families with his daughters Mari Apache and Faby Apache, his former wife Lady Apache and his son in law Billy Boy all wrestling.
So far during his long career, he has held the AAA Mixed Tag Team Titles (once with Fabi Apache and once with Mari Apache), the San Pedro Iztacalco Lightweight Title, the Arena Santa Marta Tag Team Titles (with Gran Apache II) and the Pavillón Azteca Tag Team Titles (also with Gran Apache II).
Besides wrestling in the ring, Gran is also considered one of the best trainers in Lucha Libre and also one of the first luchadors to train women.

Ultimo Gladiador - Lucha Libre Mexicana

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

Luchador - Volador Jr

Volador Jr. was born on January 26th, 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.

Luchadores, Universo 2000

Andrés Reyes González was born on April 18th, 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.

Espiritu / Dark Espiritu

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.

Lucha Libre: Alex Koslov

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.

Lucha Libre: Angel Azteca II and Angel Azteca Jr

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.

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El América

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

El Terrible

Damián Gutiérrez Hernández is a Mexican professional wrestler currently performing for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre under the ring name Damián el Terrible or simply El Terrible.

Gutiérrez began wrestling in his native Monterrey and elsewhere for smaller independent promotions under a mask as El Engendro del Mal (The Bad Boy). In 2002, he debuted in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre without a mask as Damián El Terrible but later the "Damián" part of his name was dropped, possibly to alleviate any confusion with Damián 666. He was part of Shocker's first "University of 1000% Guapos," a group of undercarders competing for a spot in Shocker's Los Guapos group. El Terrible was chosen to be the third of the trio with Shocker and Máscara Mágica and the group feuded with Los Talibanes (Emilio Charles, Jr., Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio, Jr.), who were previously known as "Los Guapos." The two groups faced off in a cage match in August 2003 where Terrible and Bestia Salvaje were the last two left in the cage. Terrible pinned Salvaje, meaning Salvaje would have his head shaved. Over the winter, Los Guapos started feuding with Los Capos leading to Terrible teaming with Perro Aguayo, Jr. against Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000 on CMLL's big March show in 2004 in a double hair vs hair match. Terrible and Aguayo won but Terrible started breaking off from Los Guapos.

He fully turned rudo (heel) and feuded with Máscara Mágica, taking his hair the following month in a main event match in Arena México. The natural feud with Shocker never really took off as expected and Terrible ended up joining Perro Aguayo's La Furia del Norte group. He formed a trio with Héctor Garza and Tarzan Boy that won the CMLL World Trios Championship by defeating titleholders Canek, Black Warrior and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr. in November. Terrible joined Aguayo's new Los Perros del Mal group in early 2005 but suffered an orbital fracture while wrestling in Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council. He returned in September and immediately became involved in Los Perros' feud with Los Guerreros del Infierno.

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Juventud Guerrera - Triple AAA Lucha Libre

Juventud Guerrera (born Eduardo Aníbal González Hernández on November 23, 1974 in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional wrestler who has worked for World Championship Wrestling, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion, Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, Extreme Championship Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, World Wrestling Entertainment and Xtreme Pro Wrestling. He is the son of Mexican wrestling legend Fuerza Guerrera (Warrior Strengh or Fighting Force in Spanish). Juventud Guerrera means "Youth Warrior" in Spanish

Early in his career Guerrera was a main stay in the Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion promotion. He had a very lengthy fued with Rey Mysterio, Jr. in which they traded the AAA Welterwieght title back and forth. The pair also had several tag team matches in which Guerrera would team with his father Fuerza, while Rey, Jr. would tag with uncle and trainer Rey Misterio, Sr.

Juventud Guerrera wrestled in many Mexician independent promotions as a masked wrestler but he first gained American exposure in Extreme Championship Wrestling alongside fellow luchadores Rey Misterio Jr., Psicosis, Konnan and La Parka, all of whom were also wrestling for Konnan's Promo Azteca in Mexico at the time. When Konnan left for WCW, Juvi and the rest followed.

In WCW, Juvi made his WCW debut on August 26, 1996 in a victory over Billy Kidman. Prior to signing with WCW, he competed briefly in ECW. He would compete throughout 1996 and 1997 under a mask, like he had in Mexico and ECW. His most remembered matches of '96 and '97 were clashes with fellow luchadores Rey Mysterio and Psicosis. Guerrera pinned the Ultimo Dragon for the WCW Cruiserweight title on January 8, 1998. He would then lose the title to Rey Misterio, Jr., and Chris Jericho would beat him again in a Mask vs Title match forcing Juvi to unmask. Later in the year, Juvi defeated Jericho at Road Wild 98 to capture his second Cruiserweight Championship. He retained the belt at Fall Brawl '98 before losing it to Billy Kidman the following night on Nitro.

At Spring Stampede '99, Juvi faced Blitzkrieg in what many consider the 1999 Match of the Year. Later Juvi became an announcer on WCW Thunder, after he suffered an injury. Juvi often imitated The Rock by calling himself The Juice and saying The Rock's catch phrases. He joined Rey Mysterio, Konnan, Billy Kidman, and others to form the Filthy Animals and during the group's run, Juvi and Mysterio became the WCW Tag Team Champions.

Guerrera went on to wrestle for many other promotions including Xtreme Pro Wrestling, CMLL, WWA, AAA, and Frontier Wrestling Alliance He frequently teamed with Rey Mysterio in CMLL before Rey's signing with WWE. He joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).

In TNA, Guerrera was joined by fellow AAA wrestlers: Mr. Águila, Héctor Garza, Abismo Negro, Heavy Metal to form a group first know as Team AAA, then later as Team Mexico to compete in TNA's World X Cup Matches. Guerrera would also take part in the 2003 Super X Cup advancing through to the final only to be defeated by Chris Sabin.

When TNA's working relationship with AAA came to an end the group dispanded, and Juvi was released to continue working for Lucha Libre promotions.

Juventud Guerrera had signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in spring 2005. He debuted on television, wrestling simply as Juventud (the Guerrera was dropped, possibly to avoid confusion with Chavo and Eddie Guerrero) on June 18, 2005, defeating Funaki on SmackDown!'s sister show Velocity. On June 23 he, Super Crazy and Psicosis (collectively called "The Mexicools") interrupted a match between Chavo Guerrero and Paul London by riding to the ring on a lawn mower and attacking both wrestlers.

This was followed week by week of The Mexicools interrupting matches and beating down seemingly random wrestlers and cutting promos, Juventud quickly established himself as the mouthpiece/leader of the group and began using his old gimmick name of "The Juice".

At the 2005 Great American Bash on July 24, The Mexicools defeated the bWo, a team led by Stevie Richards, in a six-man tag team match.

After more weeks of interruptions and sneak attacks, Juventud and the group were sent down to the SmackDown! B-show, Velocity. The group fueded with Velocity main-stay and Cruiserwieght Champion, Nunzio and his tag partner, Vito. Members of The Mexicools picked up numerous pin fall victories over the champion during this time.

At the October 4 SmackDown! tapings, for Velocity, Juventud (along with Super Crazy and Psicosis) faced Brian Kendrick, Paul London, Scotty 2 Hotty and Funaki in an over-the-top battle royal with the stipulation that the winner would receive a title shot at the Cruiserweight Championship at No Mercy. After finally eliminating Paul London, Juventud won the battle royal and the title shot. At the event on October 9, he defeated Nunzio following a Juvi Driver to capture the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

Juventud later went on to lose the title back to Nunzio at a live event in Italy. On November 25 however, Juventud regained the gold on an edition of SmackDown! from England, following a Juvi Driver. Guerrera lost the title to Kid Kash at Armageddon on December 18, 2005.

On January 6, 2006, WWE announced that Juventud had been released from the company. His final match aired that evening on SmackDown!, a Cruiserweight title rematch against Kid Kash which Juventud lost. During this match, Juventud would use many high flying moves - despite WWE telling its cruiserweights to tone down those aerial moves - and the 450 splash, a move WWE outright banned due to an earlier match Juventud had when he botched the move and ended up fracturing bones in Paul London's face.

Juventud Guerrera would return to Mexico to compete with AAA. Guerrera first appeared on April 30th and formed a new stable known as "Mexican Power" that will include Crazy Boy, who is the first cousin of Super Crazy, and Joe Lider.

During a TNA vs. AAA Mexico show, Juventud was one of the Mexican wrestlers who aided LAX attack A.J. Styles. This footage was later shown on the October 5, 2006 edition of TNA iMPACT!

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Los Villanos

Los Villanos are a five brothers who've all worked under the Villano name. Each one was identified only by a Roman Numeral: I, II, III, IV, and V.
Their father is Ray Mendoza; despite being a successful wrestler himself, he demanded his sons learn another profession/trade before becoming allowing them to start with wrestling. Some of the sons secretly wrestled before fulfilling this request, but all earned degrees in their non-wrestling fields.

As the name suggests, the Villanos were known as villains for large stretches of their career. As a family, their most famous feud was and is with the Brazos, including a memorial trios match where all three Brazos lost their masks.

Villano III's career highlights include feuds with Pegasus Kid and Atlantis, the later who took his mask. Villano IV and V are probably the most famous in the United States due to their long underdcard stretch in WCW. Villano I was a trainer for the UWA in the 90s. Villano II was a freelance artist in his spare time.

Villano I, Villano II, and Ray Mendoza have passed. Villanos III, IV, and V were last in CMLL but are now independent wrestlers.

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Los Temerarios

Los Temerarios were a UWA team comprised of:

Black Terry
Name Black Terry
Real name Esteban Mares Castañeda
Nicknames none
Name history Black Terry (Professional wrestling debut: - ), El Hijo del Diablo (early 90s), Guerrero Maya (02/92 - )
Family none
Trained by: Luis Canales, Babe Face, Chato Quesada
Birth date September 3, 1952 - Guadalajara, Jalisco
Professional wrestling debut: February 1975 - Arena Jalisco - Guadalajara, Jalisco
Lost mask to El Santo - November 7, 1952 - Arena Coliseo
Height 5'6"/167 cms
Weight 176 lbs/80 kg
Signature moves Tope suicida, Lung Blower
Wrestling Title s: UWA World Lightweight Wrestling Title , Jalisco Welterweight Wrestling Title , Naucalpan Welterweight Wrestling Title , Naucalpan Tag Team Wrestling Titles (with Blue Panther), National Trios Wrestling Titles (with Shu el Guerrero & José Luis Feliciano), Naucalpan Trios Wrestling Title s (with Shu & Feliciano), Distrito Federal Trios Wrestling Titles (with Shu & Feliciano)

Jose Luis Feliciano
Name José Luis Feliciano
Real name José Luis Feliciano
Nicknames none
Name history José Luis Feliciano (Professional wrestling debut: - 02/92), Guerrero del Futuro (02/92 - )
Family none
Trained by: unknown
Birth date April 30, 1955 - Cuidad Juárez, Chihuahua
Professional wrestling debut: July 30, 1978 - Arena Neza - Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico State
Lost mask to El Hijo del Santo - July 18, 1998 - Palacio de los Deportes - Mexico City
Height 5'8"/172 cms
Weight 192 lbs/87 kg
Signature moves Elbowdrop, Elbow Attack, Flying Splash, Cavernaria
Wrestling Title s: National Trios Wrestling Title s (with Shu El Guerrero & Black Terry - as J. L. Feliciano), Naucalpan Trios Wrestling Title s (with Shu El Guerrero & Black Terry), Distrito Federal Trios Wrestling Title s (with Shu El Guerrero & Black Terry)

Lobo Rubio
Name Lobo Rubio (Blond Wolf)
Real name Edmundo Arenas Casillas
Nicknames none
Name history La Moska (Professional wrestling debut: - 09/74), Lobo Rubio (09/74 - )
Family Shu El Guerrero (adopted son), Dr. Kaoma (brother),Chamaco Becerra, Rey Apostol, Kaoma Jr. (nephews)
Trained by: Octavio Gaona
Birth date December 1, 1945 - Mexico City
Obituary date December, 2005 - Tecamac
Professional wrestling debut: March 28, 1969 - Deportivo Venustiano Carranza - Mexico City
Lost mask to
Height 5'6"/167 cms
Weight 176 lbs/80 kg
Signature moves
Wrestling Title s: Deportivo Tepito Welterweight Wrestling Title , Distrito Federal Welterweight Wrestling Title , UWA World Welterweight Wrestling Title

Shu el Guerrero
Name Shu El Guerrero (Shu The Warrior)
Real name
Nicknames El Guerrero del Averno (Warrior from Hell)
Name history Shu El Guerrero (Professional wrestling debut: - ), Kraken (AAA, 05/96 - 07/96)
Family Lobo Rubio (step-father), El Monstruo (uncle)
Trained by: Lobo Rubio, Shadito Cruz, Felipe Ham Lee, Yamato, Mulato, Sugi Sito, Sordo Flores
Birth date August 15, 1961 - Mexico City
Professional wrestling debut: February 16, 1982 - Cuautitlán, Mexico State
Lost mask to
Height 5'7"/170 cms
Weight 220 lbs/100 kg
Signature moves La Solarina, La Tapatía
Wrestling Title s: Mexico State Trios Wrestling Title s (with Gran Petroneo & Rey Cobra), Nezahualcoyotl Tag Team Wrestling Title s (with Gran Petroneo), Naucalpan Tag Team Wrestling Title s (with Gran Petroneo), National Trios Wrestling Title s (with Jose Luis Feliciano & Black Terry - Los Temerarios), Naucalpan Trios Wrestling Title s (with Jose Luis Feliciano & Black Terry), Distrito Federal Trios Wrestling Title s (with Jose Luis Feliciano & Black Terry), UWA World Junior Heavyweight Wrestling Title , Japan: UWF Super Middleweight Wrestling Title (2), UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Wrestling Title s (with Scorpio Jr.), UWA World Trios Wrestling Title s (3, with El Engendro & Scorpio Jr. - Los Desafiantes - twice, with Scorpio Jr. & Villano V)

Los Perros del Mal

Los Perros del Mal is a Lucha Libre stable based in Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in Mexico. The name (meaning "The Bad Dogs") is play on the name of the founder of the group, Perro Aguayo, Jr.. It is one of the two main rudo (heel) stables in CMLL.

Current members:
Perro Aguayo, Jr.
Héctor Garza
El Terrible
Mr. Águila
Halloween
Damián 666

The group has a bit of outsider makeup: Perro, Hector, and Aguila all jumped (seperately) from AAA (as did Shocker before his short stint with this group), and Damian 666 and Halloween are considered as outsiders from Tijuana.

Past Members:
Blue Demon, Jr.
Pierroth, Jr.
Shocker
Tarzan Boy
Latin Lover (appeared as a member at Arena Mexico with Garza and Perro Jr. He wore the Perros del Mal shirt, and though it was only an appearance, was considered a member of the stable.)

Perros del Mal has had rivalries with Los Hermanos Dinamita, Guerreros del Infierno and Mistico.

Despite being rudos, the group has a strong fan following and their t-shirts were popular for quite a while.